Comments on: Shaolin Soccer http://www.dimfuture.net/wordpress/2008/01/08/shaolin-soccer/ life, time and waste Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:41:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Craig http://www.dimfuture.net/wordpress/2008/01/08/shaolin-soccer/comment-page-1/#comment-5286 Craig Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:48:25 +0000 http://www.dimfuture.net/wordpress/2008/01/08/shaolin-soccer/#comment-5286 carpboy: That's the one. And the ball is always "the soccer." Matt: Those shots of people flying around strike me as a metaphor for Chow's life. Many of his gags center around the protagonist's ability to draw the people around him into his reality, like the dancing sequence, and indeed, the whole plot about getting more people involved in martial arts. I imagine Chow as being something like that: moving through life like a force of nature, drawing some people along in his wake, and blowing away everyone else. Kind of reminds me of some people I know. carpboy: That’s the one. And the ball is always “the soccer.”

Matt: Those shots of people flying around strike me as a metaphor for Chow’s life. Many of his gags center around the protagonist’s ability to draw the people around him into his reality, like the dancing sequence, and indeed, the whole plot about getting more people involved in martial arts. I imagine Chow as being something like that: moving through life like a force of nature, drawing some people along in his wake, and blowing away everyone else. Kind of reminds me of some people I know.

]]> By: Reverend Matt http://www.dimfuture.net/wordpress/2008/01/08/shaolin-soccer/comment-page-1/#comment-5285 Reverend Matt Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:12:12 +0000 http://www.dimfuture.net/wordpress/2008/01/08/shaolin-soccer/#comment-5285 Holy crap but I love this movie. Hilarious, exciting, the whole package. I think my favorite bit is when groups of people are struck by some powerful force or other, and they go flyin' in all directions, tumbling wildly through the air. The ending montage always slays me as well. Brilliant! Holy crap but I love this movie. Hilarious, exciting, the whole package. I think my favorite bit is when groups of people are struck by some powerful force or other, and they go flyin’ in all directions, tumbling wildly through the air. The ending montage always slays me as well. Brilliant!

]]> By: carpboy http://www.dimfuture.net/wordpress/2008/01/08/shaolin-soccer/comment-page-1/#comment-5284 carpboy Tue, 08 Jan 2008 07:02:24 +0000 http://www.dimfuture.net/wordpress/2008/01/08/shaolin-soccer/#comment-5284 <i>The English subtitles have a non-native flavor to them, which many viewers have cited as one of the most endearing aspects of Shaolin Soccer.</i> Is this the release that refers to Golden Leg mainly as "The Lame". If so, a million thumbs up. The English subtitles have a non-native flavor to them, which many viewers have cited as one of the most endearing aspects of Shaolin Soccer.

Is this the release that refers to Golden Leg mainly as “The Lame”. If so, a million thumbs up.

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