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Journey to the West movie takes scene from Asura's Wrath verbatim (JttW spoilers)
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it's both kinda
buddha challenges son wukong that he couldn't escape from his palmand wukong is like 'yo YEAH WHAT' and jumps to the end of the known world and sees 5 pillars there
and then buddha's like 'yo check this shit out' and reveals that the pillars were the tips of buddha's fingers and his palm is the world that son wukong knows or whatever because buddha is so dang powerful or whatnot
and then he gets a mountain dropped on him with some kinda seal that doesn't get broken until journey to the west
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Banned
It's on Netflix NA
I know what I'm doing tomorrow morning!
I feel kinda bad that a rip off is making me interested in watching it, but I guess CC2 could take that as a compliment to their incredible setpieces.
It's not snail-paced.
The best part? Nah, this isn't Asura vs Chakravartin the creator.
OK, I just watched this movie on Netflix.
HOLY SHIT.
It is SO GOOD.
To answer my own question about pacing -- this movie is super-energetic. Brisk, snappy, crisp. The action is awesome, like Platinum Games-grade spectacle at points. The humor is consistently laugh-out-loud funny. The characters are lovable and endearing. The romance feels genuine rather than forced. Every emotional beat hits its mark. All of the characters are AWESOME.
Seriously, everyone, check out this movie.
The Asura's Wrath part feels more like a quick homage than anything. In context, there's a shitload of meaning by that point in the film. So much HEART.
HOLY SHIT.
It is SO GOOD.
To answer my own question about pacing -- this movie is super-energetic. Brisk, snappy, crisp. The action is awesome, like Platinum Games-grade spectacle at points. The humor is consistently laugh-out-loud funny. The characters are lovable and endearing. The romance feels genuine rather than forced. Every emotional beat hits its mark. All of the characters are AWESOME.
Seriously, everyone, check out this movie.
The Asura's Wrath part feels more like a quick homage than anything. In context, there's a shitload of meaning by that point in the film. So much HEART.
Why did I start singing Rules of Nature while reading your post?
LurkerPrime
Member
NA being USA.
Looks like I'll have to settle for Care Bears: Journey to Joke-A-Lot (Gorramit, Netflix.)
Wait, this was made by the same guy who did Kung Fu Hustle? Alright, this makes me want to watch the film even more.......& rewatch Kung Fu Hustle.
jediyoshi
Member
Within the original text, does it outline how the scene would play out in cinematography along with storyboards? Because otherwise I think you're missing the point
I knew I'd read this somewhere before.
I didn't know that Stephen Chow made this though, I'm going to have to watch this now.
This wasn't even the best part of Asura's Wrath though
victreeb3l
Member
Just to drive it really home:
Yeah, this is definitely Asuras Wrath inspired. The rest of it too really.
Man you just don't know what you're talking about. Asura's Wrath is filled with so many godamn amazing cool scenes. It's not even just the cinematography either. The music and sometimes how it's used is great. The damn art design of the game is not only super cool, but it's so damn stylish, detailed, and unique.
Also despite the "lol interactive movie" criticism thrown at the game, it is the game part that sometimes really shines. How the game uses the gauge and QTEs to interact with the player is almost an amazingly satisfying blending of game and movie storytelling.
God Asura's Wrath was so damn good.
makingmusic476
Member
I've never understood scenes like that one in Asura's Wrath.
Why not just smack the fuckin' planet with your other hand if that little spec is giving you so much trouble?
Edit: The whole "I will overcome insurmountable odds to beat an incredibly large foe because the foe decided to not do anything but flick at me" trope has always bothered me.
Why not just smack the fuckin' planet with your other hand if that little spec is giving you so much trouble?
Edit: The whole "I will overcome insurmountable odds to beat an incredibly large foe because the foe decided to not do anything but flick at me" trope has always bothered me.
well that would be pretty bad for, you know, the planet. Besides, it's not like it'd work with Asura anyway. He also blows up ridiculously oversized enemies with his bare hands in space where they don't try to crush him with a finger.
Well for one, the person he's fighting doesn't want to actually kill or destroy the planet. That would kind of defeat his entire point.
Also, Asura's Wrath entire style is to be an over the top mythological story.
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
Ah..figures.
That was one of the best scenes from JttW.
I never played Asura's Wrath so I didn't know about it.
Really enjoyed the movie btw.
That was one of the best scenes from JttW.
I never played Asura's Wrath so I didn't know about it.
Really enjoyed the movie btw.
I still remember a scene from one of the TV series of JttW where Wu Kong take a piss on Buddha's middle finger.
It become one of the Four Great Literature of China not without reason you know
Sun Wukong is the first hot-blooded protagonist in fiction.
Polioliolio
Member
Wow. China continues not giving a single shit about creative integrity.
HoodWinked
Member
man FUCK THAT. shameless as fuck too.
meltingparappa
Member
Whatever gets more people to check out Journey to the West, the better!
Or Asura's Wrath, for that matter.
Or Asura's Wrath, for that matter.
Reading it is like watching a good Dragon Ball Z episode. Yeah, the action is more DBZ than DB. Way more over the top.
Also, I can't get over how the world in Journey to the West is way bigger than Earth. More epic Earth with more secrets. Also Monkey can go 1/10th the speed of light (do the math).
It really doesn't feel that way in context, though. I highly recommend checking out the movie on Netflix. AWESOME movie. It might've cracked my Top Three, which hasn't changed since 2007 (Pan's Labyrinth, Amélie, Spirited Away). I'll need to watch it a few more times to know for sure, but the first impression is STRONG.
Going off memory, Monkey King has superhuman strength and wields a staff weighing several thousand pounds, he can cross tens of thousands of miles in a single somersault, he can shake loose hair follicles that transform into weapons or animals or an entire army of clones, he can conjure up wind storms and part water and create magic circles, he can FLY.
He also is the basis for this Pokémon:
He also is the basis for this Pokémon:
The cinematography is a little too close, but the imagery is a classic Asian trope. Giant Buddha in the sky, huge fist comes crashing down.
From 1996 TV series
http://life.yinteing.com/2011/08/29/sun-wukong-monkey-king-journey-to-the-west/
From 1996 TV series
http://life.yinteing.com/2011/08/29/sun-wukong-monkey-king-journey-to-the-west/
Flacracker
Banned
I have a question about Asura's Wrath. I know that moment is from the beginning of the game. Does it ever surpass that? Does it get all Gurren Lagann? Does he go even more Super Saiyan? I have been wanting to get it for a while.
I'm so happy this thread was made because JTTW had completely slipped my radar, holy crap what a great movie.
Asuras Wrath was pretty good and while the general concept of the stolen scene is well known it's not hard to see the exact composition was taken verbatim, I still can't bring myself to be mad about it though because the movie was fantastic and that scene was only a tiny part of that experience.
Asuras Wrath was pretty good and while the general concept of the stolen scene is well known it's not hard to see the exact composition was taken verbatim, I still can't bring myself to be mad about it though because the movie was fantastic and that scene was only a tiny part of that experience.
blitzcloud
Banned
what you mean plagiarize.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=276WzvBbmMw#t=147
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5uYB9T_GlY#t=263
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=276WzvBbmMw#t=147
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5uYB9T_GlY#t=263
Tizoc
Member
Is the movie in question this one?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_to_the_West:_Conquering_the_Demons
If so, I'll def. give it a watch I love Stephen Chow's movies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_to_the_West:_Conquering_the_Demons
If so, I'll def. give it a watch I love Stephen Chow's movies.
nailbombxx
Member
Looks awesome even if it is ripping from Asura.
Yes to all basically.
Yeah, I'd say the game reaches even more crazy. One of the best parts was put in the epilogue dlc though, so just be aware of that.
Big time.
wuxian fengguang
Neo Member
Considering that substantial parts of Japan's cultural resources are of Chinese import I'm going to give this one a pass. Awesome movie btw.
flatearthpandas
Member
Think I'll check this out today. I always want to like Stephen Chow but have never been completely sold. Either way, I've actually seem quite a few of his films and have never really regretted the time spent.