In the past couple weeks I and my Hubby have watched some really
crazy movies. A shame I didn't start writing about them earlier.
Today I'd like to start and share you the Hong Kong film that's called "
Encounters of Spooky kind" (or just "Spooky Encounters" in USA release) directed by Sammo Hung who also plays the main role of Courageous Cheung in the film.
Courageous Cheung is a not-too-witty fat pedicab driver whose wife cheats on him with Master Tam - the local official who plots to get rig of Cheung by hiring a magician. However the main character is called Courageous for a good reason.
The movie starts when we see his friends trying to make fun on him by telling a ghost story and later on pretending they're evil spirits. However when some of them get abducted we find out that there ARE ghosts and they're far from friendly.
Later on Cheung gets himself into more troubles. The most fascinating moment was when he fights a jumping corpse controlled by the above mentioned magician. The scene brought tears to my eyes as I LOLed watching that hopping thing with its hands stretched in front of it. Later on I discovered that this was one of the first depictions of
Jiang Shi - a traditional chinese hopping reanimated corpse (sometimes called "Chinese vampire" although it looks more like a zombie to me). I made this sample movie so that you could see how it looks like:
This movie is full of hilarious moments that make you laugh like when we meet a local police inspector who has well his own concerns about dead men or when Cheung's hand gets possessed and tries to kill him or in the end when he allows a Monkey god to possess him so that he can defeat one of his enemies (also possessed by another spirit).
Yep this film is crazy crazy crazy like hell. It's a pity I don't know much about modern Chinese culture because I'm sure there should be some things I didn't understand which a normal Chinese guy would. But that's a problem of watching almost any foreign movie I guess. Oh and the ending is fine too. I won't tell you in case you'd like to watch this film. It's just about what happens to wives who not only cheat on their husbands but also plot to kill them.
Encounters of Spooky kind
Just a short note before the Pony gets me and burns me to ashes for adding those pinkish hearts to its photo. I made it a couple of month ago and he's extremely grumpy. This is the first time I didn't improvise but used a pattern. Two patterns actually. One for the pony and the other one for its wings (which are actually Cthulhu (fhtagn!) wings). Pony is a lovely creature but he always (and by this I mean ALWAYS) turns his back side to me and actually shows contempt in other ways. Oh oh I feel his fiery breathing behind my back. Gotta run away!!!
Shaolin Soccer is another odd movie we've watched recently and it was like some foreign food you try for the first time in your life: you don't know what is it made of but the taste is awesome and keeps you wondering what the hell was that.
That's not all. The recipe also includes:
- A weird team of ugh.. modern amazon women?
- Team Evil and a big huge doping conspiracy
Plus some unique gags...
Mix all the above things, place them in the most unpredictable order, add some unexpected encounters and the dish is ready. Serve immediately!
My Hubby made a feeder using a 2l bottle, scissors, an awl and a piece of rope and I placed it on a tree as high as my height let me. I also placed a mix of rolled oats and pearl barley inside.
It was evening and I didn't see any birds visiting a new cafe but I am sure that soon it'll become a famous hanging out place for everyone who enjoys comfort and excellent cuisine.
In the past couple weeks I and my Hubby have watched some really crazy movies. A shame I didn't start writing about them earlier.
Later on Cheung gets himself into more troubles. The most fascinating moment was when he fights a jumping corpse controlled by the above mentioned magician. The scene brought tears to my eyes as I LOLed watching that hopping thing with its hands stretched in front of it. Later on I discovered that this was one of the first depictions of Jiang Shi - a traditional chinese hopping reanimated corpse (sometimes called "Chinese vampire" although it looks more like a zombie to me). I made this sample movie so that you could see how it looks like:
