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Best movie ever!

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

I WATCH THIS MOVIE 13 TIMES EVERY DAY! I CAN SAY WITH 100% CERTAINTY THAT THIS IS THE BEST MOVIE EVER MADE. I TALK ABOUT THIS MOVIE CONSTANTLY AND RECOMMEND IT TO EVERYONE I SEE!SNAPE KILLS DUMBLEDORE

I remember watching this movie when it hit theaters 15 years ago and I remember it as a quite good movie. By experience I know that childhood memories of movies tend to be a bit better than reality, so naturally I was a bit cautious when I decided to revisit Shaolin-Soccer last night. Luckily this is not the case, because this movie is still quite good! I'm not really into movies about sports, martial arts or love, so for me this mixture of soccer and martial arts, sided with a somewhat subtle love story, and topped off with a pinch of goofy humor, creates an refreshingly original and interesting movie about those same subjects. I'm pretty sure I don't always understand the Chinese form of humor, and most likely some of it is also lost in the subtitles as well… but still, it makes me smile, and it makes me cheer for the good guys! In every sense of the words, a movie easy to watch, and easy to enjoy.

I sincerely apologize for the awful pun in my title. But "this movie kicks grass" was already taken.If you don't see this movie, you're a kung fu-ool. "Shaolin Soccer" will make you laugh, it'll make your blood pump, it'll make you misty in a few spots, and most of all it'll just knock you on your butt with its dazzling, no-holds barred, full-tilt, in-your-face presentation. By that I don't necessarily mean action, but rather I'm referring to the movie's boldness in daring to go where other movies might not. With little or no warning, people may strip off their clothes and start singing & dancing in the street. With little or no warning, scenes may suddenly take you to the front lines, storming the beach of Normandy. And so on. In that respect it reminded me a lot of the classics "Airplane!" or "Blazing Saddles" or other absurdist comedies like those.Note: just be sure to see the original Chinese theatrical release, because the American version edits & shortens a few of the more bizarre scenes. I guess it's to give us a more digestible story. Digestible? Hah! this movie is designed to make you puke your cinematic guts out. Whatever that means.From the first few seconds we get a good idea of what's in store for us. The opening credits and rousing score are highly reminiscent of Sergio Leone's famous spaghetti western, "The Good, the Bad & the Ugly" (note again: the American version cut the opening titles and changed the music. Boo). And indeed, "Shaolin Soccer" is a lot like a spaghetti western on crack.In addition to the films I mentioned above, I would compare this to the excellent Japanese comedies "Kamikaze Girls" and "Cutie Honey".You don't want to miss this movie, so hurry up and hop-kido down to your local video store and rent it. Ouch that one was painful.

Shaolin Soccer is another odd movie we've watched recently and it was like some foreign food you try for the first time in your life: you don't know what is it made of but the taste is awesome and keeps you wondering what the hell was that.To help you understand what I mean I'll show you the ingredients:Take 1 young kung fu master with an idee fixe to let the world know about the benefits of studying kung fu and using it in everyday life. Add 1 down-on-his-luck soccer trainer who used to be a legendary player but ended up with broken leg and tarnished honor. Mix. Then add 5 shaolin monks: Iron Head - an unlucky janitor at night club, Hooking Leg - a grumpy dishwasher and excrement transporter, Iron Shirt - not-too-successful businessman, Empty Hand - unemployed guy who wears an infamous yellow suit of Bruce Lee, and Light Weight - an obese grocery store clerk. Also add a team of local thugs. Finally add a baker of sweet buns - a girl with severe acne whose face is only attractive to flies. Get Team Shaolin.That's not all. The recipe also includes:A tournament with a 1 million dollar prize - 1 million dollar prize - A beauty salon run by a transvestite (why WHY would anyone go there???) - transvestite beauty salon master- A weird team of ugh.. modern amazon women? - Team Evil and a big huge doping conspiracyIf you haven't figured this out - the movie is crazy. It's cracking funny and is full of special effects that might beat matrix! Plus some unique gags... Mix all the above things, place them in the most unpredictable order, add some unexpected encounters and the dish is ready. Serve immediately!