Ping Pong Playa, my review.

Jan 22, 2009 23:18

Ever since I found about this movie, I've been looking for a way to watch it. It took more than 6 months for me to be able to find a source and to watch it. I am a little disappointed since the scenes in the trailer were the funniest parts of the movie. There was a part of the movie where it seemed like they were just stretching the kids-gambling-joke a bit too far and it felt like the writer fumbled a bit and didn't know which direction the movie was headed. I thought that they could've shown more ABC (American born Chinese) nuances or jokes but that never really surfaced. I also felt like the movie could've been a little more racist but it seemed like they were afraid to offend the 外国人. But I have to admit, I found a lot of the Chinese jokes funny. I guess the fact that there was no audio-video lock between his face and the way he talked was half of the joke.

Oh yeah, the writer and director were good friends with Pinoys (West Covina Pinoys reprezints). They kept advertising Pinoy Snacks:

The tai tais were enjoying this very Ding Dongs:



I saw Boy Bawang several times but 胖子 chubby here was really pouring the bag into his mouth:



I also got the joke of C.Dubb which was a parody of V.Dubb (guess nalang who). I give this 2 out of 5 stars. I give it A for effort. It was a premise with good potential but the delivery found me wanting more.
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