Comments on: Chow Yun-fat playing a kung fu-fighting ‘Confucius?’ Say it ain’t so

By: Kent

Kent — Fri, 15 May 2009 12:16:04 +0000

@Kunt

Wow. What a CLEVER CLEVER pseudonym you used. Is that … is that … a play on a derogatory term for female genitalia!

Contrary to your assumptions:

1) My comments are based on fact. I am not the ONLY academic who feels that adopting Confucian ideals destroyed Chinese creativity (sure, the Chinese invented gunpowder, but what did they invent AFTER Confucius came along?) and led to the widely acknowledged “never question authority” mindset that plagued much of East Asia for the past 150 years.

2) Also, I’m not Caucasian. I’m Chinese. So don’t play the race card on me, idiot.

Kunt ends his little ignorant rant by adding a homophobic suggestion that suggests a mind that falls far short of intelligence. Wonderful.

By: Mark Pollard

Mark Pollard — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:20:44 +0000

Update: Contrary to my previous assertion, this is not the first Chinese-language movie on the life of Confucius. The Hong Kong Film Archive recently uncovered nitrate material for CONFUCIUS, a rare Hong Kong film from 1940 that is currently being restored (see related article).

By: Drunkenmasterbates

Drunkenmasterbates — Sun, 03 May 2009 15:54:07 +0000

fuck confucius. confucianism supports gender inequality and the subordination of women. and if mel gibson could get away with making bank off that passion of the christ bullshit then there is no reason why there should not be a kung fu kicking confucius.

By: Kunt

Kunt — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:05:26 +0000

@Kent,
Eh. An ignorant comment from the bigoted douchebag who advocated the subjugation of women and the blind savior mentality that still plagues the Caucasian mindset today. Most Hollywood superhero movies depict pricks as whoring pederasts with a penchant for goat buggery and paedophilia, but never mind, as they wouldn’t really demean the images of these “white knights” in my eyes. Kent, just s*ck your own b*ll*cks.

By: Daniel Zelter

Daniel Zelter — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:09:38 +0000

“What do you do when you’re Chinese and you don’t know kung fu?”

He sorta did in Once A Thief.

“If Chow ends up flying through the air in this movie while delivering Confucian proverbs critics”

Sounds like something Wong Jing or Tsui Hark would come up with…

“Instead he’s been collecting paychecks for drivel like BULLETPROOF MONK”

Bulletproof Monk is seriously underrated. That Nightwatch guy clearly went for the same approach with Wanted.

Anyway, I’m game, as long as it makes up for DB: E.

By: Captain Boosh

Captain Boosh — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:16:26 +0000

“If Chow ends up flying through the air in this movie while delivering Confucian proverbs critics ”

If that happens, I would laugh my a$$ off. But, that’s exactly what they should do.

Do something akin to Battle Pope, or Shotgun Jesus. Just go so far out of control that it is funny.

By: li guang ming

li guang ming — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:13:10 +0000

Kong Qui being a lesser member of the court during the Spring and Autumn period would have been educated in the chariot, the bow, the sword,calligraphy and music.

By: Mo Kraak

Mo Kraak — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:56:50 +0000

Let’s face it folks–any movie these days that does not have gratuitous sex, violence and non-stop action AND includes character development consisting of more than two back-to-back sentences just doesn’t cut it at the box office. In general, most of today’s movie goers are brainless twits that pay top dollar to watch movies that are brainless drivel.
Nevertheless, would you (obviously a movie fan if you are reading this) go see “Confucious” if you thought that it was just another biopic?

We also have to give Chow Yun Fat somewhat of a break. It’s not like he doesn’t have the charisma and talent to play a variety of roles worthy of our hard-earned dollars. After all, he was one of the stars (my fave of course is Pei-Pei) in “Crouching Tiger . . . ,” IMO one of the greatest films ever!

You may want to watch CTHD again to refresh your memory. I recently did and it brought tears of joy to my eyes! It showcases every single thing that you love about Martial Arts all in one oustanding flick.

By: Kent

Kent — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:53:40 +0000

Eh. Confucius was a bigoted douchebag who advocated the subjugation of women and the blind sheeplike mentality that still plagues the Asian mindset today. Even if a movie depicted the prick as a whoring pederast with a penchant for goat buggery, it wouldn’t really demean his image in my eyes.

As for Chow Yun Fat, he’s a better actor than his past five or 10 years of work have shown, but I guess he does the drivel because a man’s gotta eat. He’s like Asia’s Nicholas Cage–also a talented actor who seems to have decided to make ludicrously bad films the past few years.

By: BruisedLo

BruisedLo — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:35:01 +0000

after playing master roshi in dragonball: evolution, he’s gonna be a kung fu confucius??? he’s not a kung fu star, …and whose idea was it for him to do all these crappy roles in hollywood? his agent? lol.