"So we have a film about your mom called Dirty Ho, oh and by the way time is a human construct and doesn't really exist and next we have Black Mask with Jet Li" 🙂

@hkcinemasociety

2 ай бұрын

My brain in a nutshell 😂😂😂

inspector wears skirts 1 was a huge surprise for me and became an instant favourite of hk cinema. Skirts 2 was extremely low budget and the action was abysmal and almost non existant. However, i still really enjoyed the comedy and the characters and cuteness, theres just something so charming about it all. And i dont regret buying all 4 from 88 films, perfect escapism.

@iscream2232

2 ай бұрын

I've been holding off on 3 and 4 because I was let down by 2. I heard the action gets better in 4, so I'll eventually have to check the rest out haha.

@hkcinemasociety

2 ай бұрын

Someone in my Facebook group mentioned that the second film is very heavy on goofy comedy, which honestly sounds perfect for me, I love goofy Hong Kong comedy.

The first Stephen Chow movie I ever saw was GOD OF COOKERY, which is probably why it remains my favourite. I saw it at the late, much-lamented Chinatown Cinema in Sydney in the late 90s. That place was amazing. The programming was always a double feature for $11. Sometimes the movies matched (I saw RICH AND FAMOUS and TRAGIC HERO together) or it was just two random movies. My most prized memory of that place, though, is the day I spent an hour convincing the owner to let me buy an original FIST OF LEGEND one sheet poster off him. Alas, it closed and initially became one of those dodgy bootleg VHS rental places. Now it's club, I think.

@hkcinemasociety

2 ай бұрын

This is great, thanks for sharing your memories. That sounds like a great place. I wish I had access to something like that when I was first falling in love with these movies when I was a teenager. Unfortunately I lived in a small town in the middle of nowhere and the closest Chinatown was literally in another country (Canada). I can't wait to check out more Stephen Chow. He cracks me up so hard. I have heard great things about God of Cookery from others.

@perryfan49

Ай бұрын

God of Cookery is one of my favorite Stephen Chow films!

@RolandDeschain1

Ай бұрын

@@perryfan49 When I saw GoC I was in an audience packed with Chinese people. So a lot of the verbal and cultural gags they were roaring at went over my head. But the movie is so full of amazing visual comedy I don't feel like I was cheated in any way.

Damn, those colds can really bring out the filth. I know from personal experience while watching 'The Karate Kid' remake. Jackie Chan yelling 'Jacket off!' sounded like 'Jack it off!', which made me burst out laughing because everybody would be the master of the hidden 37th Chamber of Shaolin. I mean, you gotta master the basics.😇

@hkcinemasociety

2 ай бұрын

Oh man imagine if you acquired martial arts expertise by cranking the hog. I'd be Bruce Lee + Jet Li at this point in my life

Villanueve is pronounced 'Veeya-nerve'. I know this because there was a famous soccer player with that name.

@hkcinemasociety

2 ай бұрын

Oh man, there are a few things I love more than a phonetically typed up way of saying a name I find impossible. This is excellent. Thank you so much.

HERO BEYOND THE BOUNDARY OF TIME is hilarious. It shows just how good Tony Leung is at comedy. I still have that taped off TV in the 90s.

@hkcinemasociety

2 ай бұрын

Oh man, now I can't wait to watch that one. I know very little about it, but I'm always down for a good comedy.

@stanleychen7147

Ай бұрын

@@hkcinemasociety I watched this movie when I was a kid. Later I became a huge fan of Tony Leung through Infernal Affairs, Hero, and most of all his collaborations with Wong Kar Wai. It wasn't until recently that I realized, "wait, that silly guy who reminded me of Stephen Chow in Hero Beyond was TONY LEUNG?" He gave such a different performance there than what I saw later. I haven't watched any of the other comedy roles he's been in, but apparently he's actually done a good number of them. I'd be interested to see if the Hoglord would like this film actually.

@hkcinemasociety

Ай бұрын

@@stanleychen7147 oh man I LOVE the idea of showing that movie to Hog Lord. Maybe I should pick it for the podcast

@stanleychen7147

Ай бұрын

@@hkcinemasociety Yeah this might be a good one for him. But now I'm actually just thinking in general, what the best dirty hog HK movie would be to show him? I feel like HK cinema has had its fair share of swine.

I know you asked this and I don't think anyone answered in the comments. Yes Executioners from Shaolin is almost the same as Clan of the white lotus, which is almost a sequel/remake that came out 3 years later. Both films are superb. Out of the all the films in Shawscope volume 1, Dirty Ho takes some beating, the choreography is so brilliant, funny and inventive, probably my 2nd favourite Shaw brothers movie.

@hkcinemasociety

Ай бұрын

I thought that was the case! Thanks for the confirmation. Dirty Ho is one of those movies I really don't know whether or not I've seen. I kind of think I haven't, but I don't know 100% for sure. I've definitely seen the fight scenes from it, but maybe I just watched them on KZread? I'm very excited to check it out

@mitchsfridaynightsongclub2594

Ай бұрын

@@hkcinemasociety man you need to watch it, the Kara Hui puppet fight and the wine tasting fight are just beautiful. I also think it's my favourite Gordon Liu performance and that's a VERY BIG statement.

Angela Mao and George Lazenby also starred together in a film called Stoner. Originally it was meant to be Lazenby and Bruce Lee in Stoner but after Bruce Lee's passing the part was changed to a female character and played by Angela Mao.

@hkcinemasociety

2 ай бұрын

Michael Worth talks about that film in a little bonus feature on the Queens Ransom Blu-ray. I've never seen that one, I'll have to check it out.

@OldManPiccolo

2 ай бұрын

I have Stoner on DVD from HK Video (Taiwan). Not sure if it's a bootleg or not. Hopefully that film will get a proper blu ray release. One of my favorite Angela Mao movies is Broken Oath. I'm hoping that film gets a new release also.

@hkcinemasociety

2 ай бұрын

@@OldManPiccolo i've never seen broken oath but I've heard quite a bit about it, I'll have to check that one out

Another good undercover cop type movie from hk cinema is "Long arm of the law 2" (way better than the first one in my opinion).

@hkcinemasociety

2 ай бұрын

It's been a few years since I re-watched Long Arm of the Law 2, but I definitely like the first one more the last time I watched them back to back. I have the 88 films Blu-ray and I also have the Hong Kong Blu-ray of the second one. I'll have to rewatch that film soon. Thanks for the reminder

@YorgosL1

2 ай бұрын

3 and 4 is even better than 2

Daddy don’t look excited in that thumbnail!

@hkcinemasociety

2 ай бұрын

I have no idea why Mike picked that picture, he just does his thing and I am as much of a bystander as anyone else watching on the Internet

Daddy Will busts a fat load all over us with another pickups video! Every time I watch these I fear for my wallet. But not to worry, it's the good kind of hurt. 😉😆

@hkcinemasociety

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂 daddy had so much pent-up sauce it started spraying everywhere as soon as he got going.

They Call Me Tiger was announced today from Eureka starring Jimmy Wang Yu which was immediately pre ordered. One the fence to purchase Queens Ransom is it a Jimmy Wang Yu film or does he just have a bit part.

@rubenvilla1675

2 ай бұрын

Yeah that trailer to that flick looks good lol

@hkcinemasociety

2 ай бұрын

Jimmy is I would say a major supporting player in Queen's Ransom. There isn't really a main character in that film, it's an ensemble piece with a huge cast, but he's one of the bigger characters in the film. I'm super excited about They Call Me Tiger, I've never seen that.

Great pickups!!! Limbo is a modern masterpiece!!!

@hkcinemasociety

Ай бұрын

I hear nothing but great things about Limbo, excited to check it out

Hi there Best version to watch of queens ransom is dubbed version

@hkcinemasociety

2 ай бұрын

I ended up watching the Mandarin last night, maybe I should watch it again and check out the dub. Thank you for the advice.

If it says "pinky violence" yes, there is rape, lots of rape, the genre should be called "rapey violence." Despite this that Zero Woman movie is worth a watch, stylish and cynical, see if you can find a redeeming character in that movie, I'm not sure there is one.

Love on delivery one of best comedies for laughing a lot

@hkcinemasociety

2 ай бұрын

I'm really excited to check out all those Stephen Chow movies, he's so funny

Will hadnt made content in so long he got blu rays *Badum tists*

@hkcinemasociety

2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

Yeah bois, Will is back! Showing off those fat stacks of Blus just burning a hole in his face!

@hkcinemasociety

2 ай бұрын

Straight through my damn face 😂

Inspector wears Skirts has some great action, the martial arts choreography is really on point but yeah the comedy didn't land for me unfortunately 😢 Love the movie of the week podcast, I've added so many movies to the watchlist 💙

@hkcinemasociety

2 ай бұрын

I'm glad you like the podcast! We have so much fun doing that, it's nice to know there are people out there who enjoy it. We just recorded a really fun episode last week and we are recording again next week.

I wish i had that stack lol

@hkcinemasociety

2 ай бұрын

I'm a lucky daddy to have such a massive stack

Yay! We love ass loads of movies!!

@hkcinemasociety

2 ай бұрын

Same! Load my ass up with Blu-rays

Fuck yeah, that's heretical. -Love, A Donnie Yen fanboy 😉

Ain't you getting a little bored of these movies When that day comes and it will Will you still carry on reviewing Hope so Good luck in future A man called tiger is great movie Wang yu coming soon Eureka. Keep........

@hkcinemasociety

2 ай бұрын

Hong Kong movies are probably only about 20% or so of what I watch. I keep a healthy balance so I don't get bored of any one thing, because I get bored very easily, so I need to mix it up. There are times when I get a little burnt out on the reviewing and I take a break. But it's been about five years at this point and I'm not feeling like I need to throw the channel away yet, so I think things are going OK.

@YorgosL1

2 ай бұрын

how can anyone get bored of hk cinema ? They are timeless rewatch able

@AleksandarBloom

2 ай бұрын

​@@YorgosL1 What did he mean by 'these'? Films shown in this video are diverse in every sense of the word.

@garryjeffery4179

2 ай бұрын

@@YorgosL1 yes I believe that is true

@YorgosL1

2 ай бұрын

@@AleksandarBloom no clue lol