Oh dear! I am so boycotting this film!
First of all, the reporters have insulted the wuxia novelists and their novels but not researching properly.
Second, I am sick of the movies where the legend has it where a white man must save an anceint foreign blah blah (e.g. the mummy, etc). And they chose a weak white boy to defeat the millions of Chinese dieties and heavenly army? I find it demeaning!
Thirdly, I don't get why they need to save the Monkey King at all. MK was trapped under the mountain cos he was a jerk and disregarded everyone else and needed that 500 years to calm him down so he can accept his destiny. Freeing him just dampens the whole purpose of putting him there in the first place.
Fourthly, why on earth is Jet Li playing both MK and the Monk? Is he also the Dragon Horse, Zhu Ba Jie and the Sand Monk as well? They better not end up joining together into the same body at the end or its gonna look like he's schizophrenic all the way to India.
Lastly, why is there always an evil Chinese Warlord and why does it have to be the Jade Emperor? If they are mixing East and West, then why don't they make Dracula or Voldemort the evil Warlord? Its like saying Harry Potter is the supreme evil wizard of his time or Dorothy is the Wiked Witch of the West.
I am very disappointed by the news of this production. I mean Jackie Chan and Jet Li are two of the most famous Asian stars in the world, and when they finally agree to work together, they choose such a crappy script? I'd rather they go back to work in HK and a serious production that would be remembered for it great fighting scenes or plot rather than star in a Hollywood production that is going be critised for as long as it is remembered?
And as for Liu Yi Fei, i understand that her mother thinks this is a good opportunity to get her exposed to Hollywood but at least choose a better one to appear in.
And I will puke if the characters fall in love!