Kung Fu Hustle

“I thought martial arts was my forte, but then I realized I wasn't the only person that could do this when I got into show-business. Compared to others, I wasn't really that good. So, I became a children's TV program host.” This came from the mouth of one of the famous comedy film directors named Stephen Chow. One of the films I like is “The Mermaid” which is a romantic comedy film directed by Stephen Chow. It was released in the year 2016 and it also broke a few box office records such as the biggest

The Hero’s Journey is an observation of the hero archetype in literature, as well as a story template and idea. John Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces details each step a hero may pass through during his adventure. The book contains detailed descriptions of each of the twenty one steps. Although, these can be summarized into five basic steps: Call to Adventure, Refusal of the Call, Crossing the Threshold/Passage into the Realm, The Road of Trials, and Return to the World of the Common Day

through palm power”, and other killing scenes (Bordwell, 133-134). Whenever a scene is difficult to execute in one establishing shot, filmmaker will take separate shots and use constructive editing to connect each shot. For example in the film Kung Fu Hustle (2004) and Lost in Hong Kong (2015), there are a lot of short length shots which will be difficult for filmmakers and editors if they choose other editing styles besides constructive editing. Constructive editing was very popular in Hong Kong

American Hustle is a movie that attempted to portray the Abscam Sting of 1978. This name was given to an FBI operation that involved seven members of Congress. The FBI lured public officials into accepting bribes and was given the name “Abscam” because it refers to Abdul Enterprises. The FBI agents were undercover as Arab business men and convicted all seven congress members of accepting bribes. Hollywood does not accurately depict the way Sydney Prosser was portrayed and involved in the operation

Christopher Gletton 08/07/2015 POLS2301 22-9:45 Assignment #3 Television and Behavior Kung Fu Panda is a 2008 American computer-animated action comedy martial arts film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by John Stevenson and Mark Osborne and produced by Melissa Cobb, and stars the voices of Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Ian McShane, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross, Randall Duk Kim, James Hong, Dan Fogler, and Michael

supernatural powers of Buddhism and the wisdom of Chan Buddhism. The Buddhism belief and Chan wisdom is the cultural connection that one gets from meditating at this monastery. Martial arts are ways of defense amongst the Asian culture, and the Shaolin Kung Fu was developed to help train the monks’ bodies because the Chinese people believed that too much meditation will develop a weak body (Shaolin Temple). That being said, Benny Chan’s use of narrative elements in his movie Shaolin to convey Chinese culture

A history rich country, China stands as one of the most ancient civilizations that modern humanity knows of. The oldest recorded dynasty was the Xia which was at its peak around 1800BCE. Dynasty after dynasty came next, over twenty different dynasties have risen and fallen in Chinese history. The last being the Qing Dynasty which ended in 1911 and ultimately led to the rise of the People’s Republic of China which was founded in 1949 as a Communist Party. This gave rise to their economy which is to

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~~~1~~~ Zombies are stupid. Not the Zombies you’re thinking of. The Zombies I’m talking about aren’t green, and they can still talk. They are like humans except they are a little less smart. And instead of eating human food, they eat… brains. Real zombies aren’t anything like what we make up in our heads. They are much worse. They trick you, they fit in. You can’t tell if the person standing next to you is a human or a zombie. All you can do is trust them and hope they’re human. I sometimes think

portrayed within modern day media? As a fellow Asian-American. I have noticed that the media displays the Asian community in only one way, the foreign genius who excels everything, like kung-fu and math. You never really ever get to see a main character, who is a independent, courageous Asian "that doesn't know kung-fu", in any movie or TV shows. Many actors in modern day media prove these stereotypes to be true such as; beloved actor Ken Jeong, Jackie Chan, James Hong, Lucy Liu, and John Cho. First