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So far Heaven and Hell is my favorite kind of #KungFuSat complete with minimal and/or nonsensical plot, outlandish costuming, ridiculous dialogue, and great, old school set pieces.

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/95990

Heaven and Hell

When a fallen angel descends to the Earth on a mission to storm the underworld, a love shared between angels and humans offers telling testament to the power of a lucky ghost. In the battle that follows, both the living and the dead will discover that a war waged in hell could have consequences that resound forever.

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The guards' weapons seem implausible to me. I want to say I read or heard of that being a thing, making the performers use all sorts of random junk as flashy weapons. #KungFuSat

I am digging the surreal feel of "Earth" so far. I was fearing this part would be more mundane. This way feels more conducive for the shenanigans I'm here for. #KungFuSat

I think we've seen dance fu before but definitely not like this. #KungFuSat

Yet another tone shift.

I already miss the dance-fu.

Wait? Is this an anthology? That would make so much more sense. #KungFuSat

Is this the hell of, "Hey! Stop that! We have to pick all this shit up before my parents get back!"?

We are only thirty minutes in?

I definitely need some more herbal refreshment to fully enjoy the remaining hour.

Now it's an anthology within an anthology. Matrioshka anthology. Anthoception. #KungFuSat

Four more past lives then one final climactic battle? Feels like we have time for a final short chapter to the outer or parent anthology. #KungFuSat

I expect a lot of this movie, especially this embedded micro anthology, was a clever and cheap way to make use of bits of film to short to do anything else with. #KungFuSat

With lapels so wide and pointy, I don't think he needs his hands to beat this bully. #KungFuSat

The costuming budget appears to have run out. Several of our heroes are wearing only pants. #KungFuSat

Of course each hero gets to defeat their mortal tormentor in long tongued form for some reason. #KungFuSat

They really belabored the set up, in case anyone was at all unclear on the concept. #KungFuSat

They are regretting reincarnating in only pants now that they are in a frozen hell. #KungFuSat

Sorry, icy hell. #KungFuSat

"This is fair--that I am so fabulous!"

I guess third times a charm? Especially with literal divine intervention. #KungFuSat

Restored his powers--and his fabulousness as well! #KungFuSat

I am not sure what I just witnessed. Was that a literal wheel of reincarnation and/or karma? What was with the long necked guy?! #KungFuSat

Sesame Squirrel Jun 13

@cmdln I have nooooo idea -- like @MatthewTitus88 said: after 6 years and 300+ genre movies, some days we're just left bemused #KungFuSat 👹 #HeavenAndHell1978

Fabuleus ex machina?

Sesame Squirrel Jun 13

@cmdln Hell is other people... that you know #KungFuSat 👹 #HeavenAndHell1978

That's how we know we're in hell: infinite framing devices

@klu9 It's cut scenes all the way down. #KungFuSat

Sesame Squirrel Jun 13

@cmdln @klu9 I feel like #ShawBrothers was using up leftover footage from many movies that got the axe 🤦🏻‍♀️ #KungFuSat 👹 #HeavenAndHell1978

@SesameSquirrel @klu9 I posted before I saw this reply. Was thinking the same thing! #KungFuSat

JohnnyRewind 16h ago

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JohnnyRewind 7h ago

@SesameSquirrel I totally feel you on that ShawBrothers thing. That's actually a common practice they'd reuse and rework footage from various films to save on budgets. Case in point: 'Heaven and Hell' 1978, it's like a Frankenstein's monster of a movie.

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