Snow White and the Seven Kung Fu Monks
Rumors of a remake of Disney's Snow White surfaced over a year ago. The word is that Disney's president, Robert Iger, has a fixation with China and wishes to expand movie sales there by partnering with domestic Chinese filmmakers. The new movie will be a live action rendition of the familiar animated film, set in China around 1880.
The film's action director, Yuen Woo-ping, is an amazing artist by any measure of the word. The simple fact that the movie bears his name intrigues me. I am certainly interested to see how this story unfolds. I hope it is more than a rumor, and that we see something come of it. I don't really care about criticizing the idea to death like some might. I am so enthralled with martial arts movies, I would watch them all, even the horrible old ones. Even if their plots are similar and overlapping, each movie has elements that make it unique. When watching martial arts films, I absorb every motion and consider them a thing of beauty. I am not myself a martial artist, but a great admirer of those who have attained such high skill and fluid motion. If I thought I was able, I would pursue martial arts skill to the highest degree possible.