We saw Kung Fu Hustle this evening with the Barneses. It's been a long time since I really enjoyed a movie that much. I really really liked it. I thought it was a masterful re-invention of a classic genre. It had just enough "plot" to get us to care a little about the characters, then it just let them go at it, while keeping a hilarious and sometimes dark sense of humor. I also appreciated that it was subtitled rather than re-dubbed. I suppose we have Crouching Tiger to thank for that. I also liked that even though they relied heavily on special effects that they also relied on subtleness (like showing the shadows of things happening rather than trying to make the actual things realistic (which they also did)). Anyway, I thought it was great. And Becky, having a black belt in Kung Fu, also found it quite enjoyable. Definitely a purchase when it arrives on DVD.