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A lot got said in class about the movie Kung Fu Hustle. The first one that I liked was how the loser became "The One". I loved how the movie did this, and I guess that it happens in a lot of movies. In the beginning of the movie he has nothing, he is the loser, but there is something special about him. He just has to find out who he is, and his place in the world. He plays this bad tough guy in the movie, and then he turns out to be the good guy in the end that fixes everything for the "good" people. He was bullied when he was little and he was scammed by the homeless man. He didn't have much in life, but then he "hatches" and becomes the man that he was made to be.

This movie also incorporated so many different movie Genre's: There was the western's with the whole town and the two groups of people coming to fight each other. It was like two gangs, like in the western movies when a gang of bad people come into the town and everyone closes the windows and locks the doors, and there is another gang that tries to stand up to them but then they pretty much all get killed. Another Genre that they had incorporated was the silly cartoon type "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", by having them run really fast like the road runner, and the guy having really big lips, and when he had about 7 knifes in his body and his friend pulls one out and sticks it back into him. Another one was the Matrix/ Star Wars type of movie where they do all of the crazy stunts, and have people floating in the air and kicking people through walls. (Which the effects were really cool I thought!). Then it had the blues brother's guys in it, and it reminded me of that genre.

Also, of course it incorporated Kung Fu movie genre. But it wasn't the same as most Kung Fu movies, maybe I haven't seen that many of them. But this one was so over dramatic. Everything was blown up so much. The Screamer, the toad, the punching of metal, playing the guitar hard enough to throw knifes, they were so over dramatic! But they did stick to the typical master story about how they have their own unique style, and special talent. Which made the movie more like a regular Kung Fu movie. The movie seemed to be making fun of Kung Fu movies, by over dramatizing everything and making it comical instead of serious fighting for a serious reason.

The movie that I would compare this movie the best to would have to be a very corny comparison, but Citizen Kane. I have to say that because no one knew what he was talking about by saying Rosebud, and in the end we find out that he has carried this sled with his since he was a child, but no one else ever found out. In Kung Fu Hustle it was the lollipop that was the childhood symbol. The girl saved it since she was a child because it was the only thing that she had to remind herself of him. In the end he drew a picture of a lollipop and no one understood what he meant by it, and we knew what he was talking about. It's the idea of telling the audience something and never letting the characters know about it. It is a very interesting way of making the audience feel special. Because they know something that the characters never find out about.