Woochi the Demon Slayer
May. 8th, 2011 03:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beccaelizabethAnother Cine Asia film from the supermarket, and a total win.
Martial arts and magic, with some real art going into the magic. Not just throwing fireballs, though there's plenty of fire, but some interest and elegance put in to how the magic gets called.
And Woochi is a trickster-wizard, playing with people, so it's not just knock down fights.
Plus, it has an evil rabbit. A giant evil rabbit. A giant evil rabbit goblin of doom. Win!
It could have had more women, but that's slightly complicated - if you find out at the end of the movie that one character's true form is a female dog, what does that do to the gender count? But that character was rather surprised about the idea so they're a he. I don't think there was a single woman in the film that was always a good guy, but then nobody was. Everyone's stumbling around making a mess of things at best.
There was stick fighting, and fights with a fan. I like fighting fans. Weapons that are just weapons are inelegant.
There's also lots of changes of clothes and an intradiagetic soundtrack, because Woochi considers these things important :-)
I read a review that was all blah about it saying it had seen too many films just like it. But I haven't seen anything like it. This might be because I haven't watched very many Asian films yet, but I think it's cause this one is really well done.
Martial arts and magic, with some real art going into the magic. Not just throwing fireballs, though there's plenty of fire, but some interest and elegance put in to how the magic gets called.
And Woochi is a trickster-wizard, playing with people, so it's not just knock down fights.
Plus, it has an evil rabbit. A giant evil rabbit. A giant evil rabbit goblin of doom. Win!
It could have had more women, but that's slightly complicated - if you find out at the end of the movie that one character's true form is a female dog, what does that do to the gender count? But that character was rather surprised about the idea so they're a he. I don't think there was a single woman in the film that was always a good guy, but then nobody was. Everyone's stumbling around making a mess of things at best.
There was stick fighting, and fights with a fan. I like fighting fans. Weapons that are just weapons are inelegant.
There's also lots of changes of clothes and an intradiagetic soundtrack, because Woochi considers these things important :-)
I read a review that was all blah about it saying it had seen too many films just like it. But I haven't seen anything like it. This might be because I haven't watched very many Asian films yet, but I think it's cause this one is really well done.