Kung Fury – a comedy funded through Kickstarter [video]

Post by genericuser » Fri, May 29, 2015, 5:07 PM UTC

m0nty wrote: post #5

dragontamer wrote: post #2

Kung Fury is more about the faux-80s that was brought about by Far Cry: Blood Dragon. Not that that's a bad thing, but "true 80s" flicks are a bit different IMO (ie: Breakfast Club, Back to the Future and the like).

Saw two (was it three?) decapitations in the first two minutes. One thing which distinguishes the 80s "genre" was that those things were rarely shown outside movies like The Omen. TV was deliberately sanitised, protagonists developed nice, tidy holes when they got shot, they had time for a few last-minute words, they expired with dignity.

Post by shmerl » Fri, May 29, 2015, 5:10 PM UTC

steve19 wrote: post #8

yankoff wrote: post #4

This movie is amazing. Every scene is just genius :)

Is it though? I watched more than half of it. It is a bunch of satirical scenes full of memes copy n pasted together with almost nothing in the way of actual storytelling, which makes it less of a movie and more of a collection of youtube clips.

Post by TeMPOraL » Fri, May 29, 2015, 5:10 PM UTC

m0nty wrote: post #5

dragontamer wrote: post #2

Kung Fury is more about the faux-80s that was brought about by Far Cry: Blood Dragon. Not that that's a bad thing, but "true 80s" flicks are a bit different IMO (ie: Breakfast Club, Back to the Future and the like).

Saw two (was it three?) decapitations in the first two minutes. One thing which distinguishes the 80s "genre" was that those things were rarely shown outside movies like The Omen. TV was deliberately sanitised, protagonists developed nice, tidy holes when they got shot, they had time for a few last-minute words, they expired with dignity.

Post by shmerl » Fri, May 29, 2015, 5:15 PM UTC

m0nty wrote: post #16

shmerl wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's grotesque on purpose. Note the burning baby carriage and "Try cocaine" billboard in the beginning. And that goes all way through, as core of its satire.

I realise that, but "80s action comedy" isn't really true. 80s action comedies include such gems as The Naked Gun, Beverly Hills Cop and Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. What's the referent for this movie, if it's "80s action comedy"? I can't think of anything like it, it's more like Duke Nukem frankly.

Post by moskie » Fri, May 29, 2015, 5:17 PM UTC

m0nty wrote: post #5

dragontamer wrote: post #2

Kung Fury is more about the faux-80s that was brought about by Far Cry: Blood Dragon. Not that that's a bad thing, but "true 80s" flicks are a bit different IMO (ie: Breakfast Club, Back to the Future and the like).

Saw two (was it three?) decapitations in the first two minutes. One thing which distinguishes the 80s "genre" was that those things were rarely shown outside movies like The Omen. TV was deliberately sanitised, protagonists developed nice, tidy holes when they got shot, they had time for a few last-minute words, they expired with dignity.