Sol Harris (cyberturnip)
EnglandSol's Recent Reviews
Mr. Vampire
PG-13
I'm not sure how much of my enjoyment of this film came purely from witnessing the cultural differences between the Western and Asian world when it comes to vampires and how much of it was genuine enjoyment from the film but I can say that this is a fairly typical example of a Hong Kong comedy with regards to its somewhat cheesy, slapstick tone. It's great fun as a result, but it also was very rarely GENUINELY funny. Rather, it just managed to raise a smile here and there in the same way that classic Laurel and Hardy shorts do. I mean... they're not genuinely funny either, are they? They're more sort of... charming?
Anyway, it's a decent horror/comedy with some good martial arts fight-scenes, but it's not particularly remarkable in any area so that's that. Review over.
6/10
Is It College Yet? (Daria: Is It College Yet?)
Unrated
Pretty much as good as the first one. This is the show's finale, though, so it's a shame that it's not even half as amitious or good as the last episode of the show was. However, it's somewhat saved by the fact that it's able to wrap things up somewhat and give you a story you wouldn't normally see on the show.
That said - just as with the previous 'Daria' TV movie, it does just feel like 3 mediocre episodes stuck together, but just as with the previous one, I'd still get a reasonable amount of enjoyment from 3 episodes stuck together.
7/10


