"Legend" my ass

[devilsmustcry]

Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
Directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak
Starring Kristin Kreuk, Neal McDonough, Chris Klein, Michael Clarke Duncan, Taboo, Moon Bloodgood
Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence and martial arts action, and some sensuality

Synopsis:
Who gives a shit.

Review:I thought I had seen it all. Potatoes chips being eaten to

Comments

[big_e_man]

Granted, I haven't seen the movie, but from what I hear, you're right. They did get a lot of things wrong. EXCEPT:

"Chun-Li has no backstory, she's a detective tracking down an underground criminal known as Bison. That's all, and if it weren't for her investigation, we would have never met the main characters of the franchise, Ryu and Ken."

That's not true. Chun li wasn't in the original. But her father (or someone who was supposed to be her father I assume) was. He was killed by Shadowloo (which, in their defense, I've heard called Shadow Law in american translations) thus why Chun Li took up the case, and persued it so determindly. It's very similar to Guile's drive in 2, which is why a lot of stories link the two together as partners trying to bring Bison down together. Gen I don't think was her teacher, either. I'm pretty sure he was just a random assasin. Her father (or grandfather) was her teacher.

[devilsmustcry]

I just wanted them to pick ONE way to pronounce it, in this one universe. lol it seemed ridiculous that the director couldn't get everyone on the same page about the pronunciation of a simple word.

Granted. But still, why focus on Chun-Li,of all characters?

That's ANOTHER thing, Gen taught her in the movie but she still fought the exact same way! They show her training, and everything about her stays the same! lol

[big_e_man]

I wouldnt know...haven't seen it.

Why focus on Chun Li? Well...had they done it right, they should have started with Street fighter for the NES, looking at the other games, and making a really cool movie with lots of set ups for future films. This would have made a clear Ryu main character, Ken side character, and Sagat antagonist. That way, they could have gone the Alpha route and covered all of that in 1 movie (possibly 2, combining 1&2 then having 3 be it's own) where they introduce many of the characters that appear in 2, then have 2 that would focus more on these other characters stories, because if you look at the arch, Ryu and Ken fall into the shadows, story wise. The anime tries to make them seem like Main characters, but if you look at their endings; Ken gets Married, and Ryu walks away, wandering around. Whereas Chun Li's ending, and Guile's ending (well...guile to an extent...) seem more like, story wise, they HAD to be the ones to beat Bison. Whereas, getting married and walking off could happen regardless.

[xtremegirly789]

Worse than the happenning?

[devilsmustcry]

Well...not quite THAT bad...but still pretty bad. lol

[xtremegirly789]

Good, because I have determined that the world will end when a movie is worse than the happening.