Ching din dai sing (2005)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Jeffrey Lau

Writer:

Jeffrey Lau (writer)

Release Date:

22 December 2005 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Romance | Sci-Fi

Plot:

A love story between an alien and a monk.

Plot Keywords:

Monk | Disciple | Rescue | Ugly | Magic

Awards:

5 nominations

Cast

Nicholas Tse	...	Tripitaka
Charlene Choi	...	Yue Meiyan
Bingbing Fan	...	Princess Xiaoshan
Bo-lin Chen	...	Sun Wukong
Isabella Leong	...	Red Child
Kenny Kwan	...	Zhu Wuneng
Steven Cheung	...	Sha Wujing
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kenny Bee
Wai-Man Chan
Goo-Bi GC
Kara Hui
San Kao
Yiu-Cheung Lai
Tats Lau
Keung Lee
Kin-Yan Lee
Chia Hui Liu
Guan Lo
Patrick Tam
Yut Fei Wong
Wah Yuen

Also Known As:

A Chinese Tall Story (International: English title)
Qing dian dai sheng (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)

Country:

Hong Kong | China

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Malaysia:U

Company:

Emperor Motion Pictures

Quotes:

Tripitaka: 500 years ago, Wukong wrecked havoc in the Celestial Court. Today, it's my turn!
Sun Wukong: Wish I was that cool back then.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Sai yau gei: Daai git guk ji - Sin leui kei yun (1994)

Soundtrack:

Love Saint

Confusing but one hell of an entertainment.....

The weakness of this comes from the confusing storytelling, plots often coming out of nowhere. But it really didn't matter because I still enjoyed it to it's full length. Once you actually accept that this movies not to be taken too seriously then you'll enjoy it even more. It's basically a love story, a confusing one at first but as it evolves it really is something worthwhile. Sure it's been done so many times before but the complicated version of this is quite inspiring and touching.

The over the top fantasy and cgi was overwhelming at first but I still enjoyed its purpose. And people quit whining about how it borrowed from other movies!! Guess what we know!! And it doesn't really matter because its purpose was to humour and entertain. Sometimes people has to stop being so critical and think for a moment before they start yapping about. Comparing this to Hollywood standards is utterly stupid and ignorant, It's a totally different style and target audience. As far as I'm concerned some the best films I've feasted my eyes upon are from eastern producers and directors. There's your Police story 4,shaolin soccer, kung fu hustle, dragon tiger gate, fist of legend, hero, crouching tiger etc...I for one like this movie and haling from the Philippines, US, england, Libya and now Australia, I'll always be interested in these types of films. Now try and judge my perception, but I warn you I do see things from from the point of view of those 5 countries I've lived in. So you better be as experienced and open minded.