Before 周星馳's movies became every channel's favorite, I was so taken by his special sense of humor. Well, a lot of his humor was carried through well by his voice-over(Mandarin), 石斑魚. One day, I watched Stephen's movie in Cantonese, he felt like a completely different person. Anyways, like every other male star in Asia, he started watching Bruce Lee when he was young. Stephen, then, worked very hard to build his martial art technique. (Everyone can see his work in his movie, Kong-Fu Hustle) Stephen Chou had the passion to become one of the greatest actor. It didn't happen very soon. His first role was playing a dead body. I forgot what happened between now and then. Stephen had huge success with his movies, 鹿鼎記一,二(Royal Tramp 1, 2). He always plays a timid but witty character who talks endlessly. He definitely did a lot of home work as an actor. In his movie, A Chinese Odyssey(齊天大聖東遊記), we can see the shadow of Jim Kerry.
People may criticize him being good at only comedies. I don't see what's wrong with that. If that's what you are good at, do it! I've tried to get his movies in the states, but the price has all gone crazy. Here is a list of my must-see and must-own if you like to dig Chinese humor.
Flirting Scholar(唐伯虎點秋香)famous moment, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jLn-Lthtd0
In this part, Stephen played Po-hu, in disguise as Hwa-An, working in his enemy's mansion as a tutor. This link has most of the talkative and funny moments from the movie. Some of the words may seem rude or too frank for Chinese audience but I enjoyed them very much.
from Beijing with love(凌凌七大戰金槍客)Stephen plays a butcher who also works for a secret government agency. He finally gets assigned to a mission. The best moment is definitely the bullet removing scene! BTW, he doesn't use guns but butcher knife!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_72J9ui0Sc
In this link, his friend is trying to remove the bullet from his leg. He is watching some adult movie to ease pain. Because of the movie, erection happens, and it gets his friend's attention. He explains himself not to bleed too much by directing the blood to a concentration...
Hail the Judge 九品芝麻官,Stephen plays a boy who always wants to be a judge but he has no much luck. Eventually, because of wanting to help an innocent pregnant woman, he gets fired and almost killed. He wonders to a whore house and discovers the best technique of arguing.
He finally makes his come back and kicks evil judges asses.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIyYRaqW0pY
From watching the lady arguing with other women, he learns a lot and has been practicing. In this link, the lady questions him for hanging out with her daughter. He says, I am working in the whore house, of course, I care about the whores. If the whores are not happy, they don't work well. If they don't work well, the whore house will crash. If the house crashes, I will have to sleep on the street. Of course, it's my business...
While speaking, my movie, God of Gambler 3, has arrived. I am gonna watch it for more than 100 times...
TBC
