Sunday, July 01, 2007
JUMPy
Went to watch JUMP today, the Korean martial arts comedy that was being shown at the Esplanade. I felt that it was good. Dad felt that it was ok, but something he would not pay money to watch. Half of me wanted to just ask him to do a somersault in front of me.
The premise of the whole show is this Korean (~duh) family. Each family member is trained in some form of martial art (National Championship level, no less). Grandfather is the head patriarch (according to the free programme booklet, he is a master in Tae Kwon Do, Tae Kyun, Karate and Hapkido); Father is trained in Wushu or something (judging by his clothes); Mother is trained in Tae Kwon Do, cos she's in a gi; Uncle is trained in drunken fist, he's perpetually drunk with a bottle in his hand (he seems like a cross between Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee becos of his dressing); and daughter who seems to be trained in Wu shu as well. And there is the potential suitor for daughter, who.... has a Dr Jerkyll Mr Hyde personality. It starts off with them, showcasing their skills. It ends off with them beating up 2 burglars, which... further showcases their skills.
Ok, so it's hard to describe the whole show, but the whole thing is in the action sequences. JUMP had extremely little dialog and even when dialog was needed, it was a smattering of Korean, and limited English. Everything was in the action, which of course was exaggerated. But nonetheless, it was a laugh-a-minute fest for me, with their slapstick humour. I prefer this over Stephen Chow anytime. And the stunts! Gosh! I know how freaking hard it is to do a bloody cart wheel and these guys were running, jumping, somersaulting effortlessly! It's physically demanding to do a somersault and cart wheel, needless to say, a back flip. And these guys can do 5 in succession. *Must train harder....*
While at the esplanade, I also saw this exhibit which was very interesting. It was a series of drawings done on canvas. And all of them were drawn with only 1 single line: no breaking, no overlapping. It's amazing. The one I was most impressed with was the human brain. It is difficult enough to draw the human brain, let alone in a single, unbroken line. And the tapestries are long... I wonder how long it took to get it done.... should learn this skill... it will come useful when playing PICTIONARY! :D
The premise of the whole show is this Korean (~duh) family. Each family member is trained in some form of martial art (National Championship level, no less). Grandfather is the head patriarch (according to the free programme booklet, he is a master in Tae Kwon Do, Tae Kyun, Karate and Hapkido); Father is trained in Wushu or something (judging by his clothes); Mother is trained in Tae Kwon Do, cos she's in a gi; Uncle is trained in drunken fist, he's perpetually drunk with a bottle in his hand (he seems like a cross between Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee becos of his dressing); and daughter who seems to be trained in Wu shu as well. And there is the potential suitor for daughter, who.... has a Dr Jerkyll Mr Hyde personality. It starts off with them, showcasing their skills. It ends off with them beating up 2 burglars, which... further showcases their skills.
Ok, so it's hard to describe the whole show, but the whole thing is in the action sequences. JUMP had extremely little dialog and even when dialog was needed, it was a smattering of Korean, and limited English. Everything was in the action, which of course was exaggerated. But nonetheless, it was a laugh-a-minute fest for me, with their slapstick humour. I prefer this over Stephen Chow anytime. And the stunts! Gosh! I know how freaking hard it is to do a bloody cart wheel and these guys were running, jumping, somersaulting effortlessly! It's physically demanding to do a somersault and cart wheel, needless to say, a back flip. And these guys can do 5 in succession. *Must train harder....*
While at the esplanade, I also saw this exhibit which was very interesting. It was a series of drawings done on canvas. And all of them were drawn with only 1 single line: no breaking, no overlapping. It's amazing. The one I was most impressed with was the human brain. It is difficult enough to draw the human brain, let alone in a single, unbroken line. And the tapestries are long... I wonder how long it took to get it done.... should learn this skill... it will come useful when playing PICTIONARY! :D
# posted by Xallista @ 11:51 PM 
