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So thanks to a um...compilation thingy on YT, i've decided to fill the gaps of my Chen Kun movies. I think the only two other major movie actors where I've watched everything they've been in are Stephen Chow and Andy Lau. There might be a few holes in my completion of Andy's filmography, but I watched EVERYTHING Stephen Chow was in, even if he was just a support role lol. ETA - Oh i tell a lie, I've also seen everything Nic Tse and Cecilia Cheung has been in, at least up until a point when i started mostly watching just dramas.
Anyway, so I finally got to watch Zhong Kui, Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal, which is a very unwieldy boring name, BUT that's also pretty much what it's about: ZhongKui, Snow Girl, and the Dark Crystal lmao.
Basic plot surrounds Zhong Kui, the anti-hero devil punisher dude from Chinese mythology. Played by Chen Kun. He's being handled by some guy, a master who either is an immortal or is trying to be, not sure. But the dark crystal is some super special item that allows demons to reincarnate or smth like that. Zhong Kui steals it and naturally a bunch of demons come to get it back. Li Bingbing plays Snow Girl, who is actually a snow demon that ZK met when he was a human. They're initially on opposite sides, but then ZK finds out some inconvenient truths and they end up on the same side again.
This was a pretty action-heavy, CG magic-heavy film and it definitely looked good. I liked the whole desert city aesthetic and whatnot. It was more action fantasy movie than anything else. Chen Kun is...wow lol. You show me anyone else who can look hot wearing a big fake beard lmao. I think he had a couple of good fight scenes and it reminded me of a recent interview where he mentioned a movie he filmed a year or so ago that hasn't come out yet, Weary Poet, where he said they had no stunt doubles and he had to do his own stunts and it was exhausting at his age or something lol.
Idk i remember every movie I watched of his in the past always had some good sexytimes and this one did too. I swear, Chinese movies used to be pretty racy, but now they're pretty badly censored as far as I can tell. This one was 2015 so not too bad in that respect kek.
Next up, I think i'll try to find West Lake Moment. There's one on YT but idk if it's subbed.
Anyway, so I finally got to watch Zhong Kui, Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal, which is a very unwieldy boring name, BUT that's also pretty much what it's about: ZhongKui, Snow Girl, and the Dark Crystal lmao.
Basic plot surrounds Zhong Kui, the anti-hero devil punisher dude from Chinese mythology. Played by Chen Kun. He's being handled by some guy, a master who either is an immortal or is trying to be, not sure. But the dark crystal is some super special item that allows demons to reincarnate or smth like that. Zhong Kui steals it and naturally a bunch of demons come to get it back. Li Bingbing plays Snow Girl, who is actually a snow demon that ZK met when he was a human. They're initially on opposite sides, but then ZK finds out some inconvenient truths and they end up on the same side again.
This was a pretty action-heavy, CG magic-heavy film and it definitely looked good. I liked the whole desert city aesthetic and whatnot. It was more action fantasy movie than anything else. Chen Kun is...wow lol. You show me anyone else who can look hot wearing a big fake beard lmao. I think he had a couple of good fight scenes and it reminded me of a recent interview where he mentioned a movie he filmed a year or so ago that hasn't come out yet, Weary Poet, where he said they had no stunt doubles and he had to do his own stunts and it was exhausting at his age or something lol.
Idk i remember every movie I watched of his in the past always had some good sexytimes and this one did too. I swear, Chinese movies used to be pretty racy, but now they're pretty badly censored as far as I can tell. This one was 2015 so not too bad in that respect kek.
Next up, I think i'll try to find West Lake Moment. There's one on YT but idk if it's subbed.
