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Topic: Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
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Ken Lackner
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1907
From: Atlanta, GA, USA
Registered: Sep 2001
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posted 01-25-2002 02:38 AM
What a horrible movie! I usually like the stupid humor, and even I thought this movie was bad. I must say, however, that it had it's funny moments. Certain scenes come to mind that were really hilarious. But as a whole, this movie was boring. At least other genre parodies like Scary Movie and Not Another Teen Movie had a plot. Kung Pow really doesn't, which is why I found it borring.For those of you who have seen it, is it supposed to be dark at certain scenes and have random specs on screen? For those of you who built it, did you find identifying where to cut the head and tail leaders as difficult as I did? There are two reel changes (I think 1-2 and 3-4) that fade to black at the end of one reel and fade up from black on the next reel. I wasn't sure if I was leaving any frames of the feature on the leader or if I was leaving any frames of the leader on the feature! Very annoying. When I watched it, those reel changes looked fine, but I just wanted to get other opinions. ------------------
This one time, at Projection Camp, I stuck a xenon bulb....
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David Stambaugh
Film God
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From: Eugene, Oregon
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 01-25-2002 05:36 PM
Cinemark 17, Springfield OR, 1:25PM, Theatre #7, DTS. Was slightly mis-framed for about the 1st 15 mins (splice flashes at the top of the frame -- is that what they're called?), then fine after that.OK, so maybe I am an idiot, but I laughed out loud through most of the movie. They've taken footage from an old Hong Kong kung-fu movie, blended it with some new footage including a lot of CGI, and also placed the Steve Oedekerk (sp?) character "Chosen One" into scenes from the old movie, replacing original characters (like Tom Hanks in Forest Gump). All new wacked-out dialog and sound effects. I dunno, I thought it was pretty funny stuff. If you enjoy totally stupid movies sometimes, this might be for you. There were a bunch of college-age kids in the audience and they seemed to think it was pretty funny by their reaction. The end credits include real and phony outtakes, and there's another funny scene after the end credits, with dialog continuing until well into the final fade to black (right before the rating card comes up). Some of the footage from the old movie is very rough-looking, lab defects maybe, and some kind of weird lens flaring around bright objects. I think that's part of the "random specs" Ken mentioned. ------------------
- dave
Stay away from the meadow
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John Pytlak
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Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 01-25-2002 06:10 PM
David said: "Some of the footage from the 2 old movies is very rough-looking, lab defects maybe, and some kind of weird lens flaring around bright objects. I think that's part of the "random specs" Ken mentioned."No telling where the printing originals came from, or how much they have been mishandled. Sometimes lesser known pictures have hundreds of prints made from the original negatives, resulting in quite a bit of wear-and-tear. Major motion pictures use duplicate negatives to make most of the prints, protecting the originals from excessive wear.
The camera lenses may not have been "state-of-the-art", or deliberate flare may have been added. ------------------
John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7525A
Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA
Tel: 716-477-5325 Cell: 716-781-4036 Fax: 716-722-7243
E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com
Web site: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion
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John Lasher
Master Film Handler
Posts: 493
From: Newark, DE
Registered: Aug 2001
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posted 01-28-2002 03:32 PM
Some of the lens flare might be from the fact that this movie was shot on DV and transfered to film by DVFilm Austin, TX.
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After posting this i got the following e-mail:"Some of the lens flare might be from the fact that this movie was shot on
DV and transfered to film by DVFilm Austin, TX." Would like to take credit for the whole movie :-O but we only did one
scene (the scene where he talks to the animated lion). Perhaps you could post a correction - It could take me days to get
registered for this group! Take care
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John Pytlak
Film God
Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 01-29-2002 01:31 PM
John Lasher had someone at DVFILM write him:"Perhaps you could post a correction - It could take me days to get
registered for this group!" Please write back and encourage them to join the Film-Tech discussions! ------------------
John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7525A
Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA
Tel: 716-477-5325 Cell: 716-781-4036 Fax: 716-722-7243
E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com
Web site: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion
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