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Why so much hype?

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

We have watched this film 7 times now and it gets better every time. The Monkey King was heroic in this film and exactly the way Sun-Wukong should be portrayed as. Donnie Yen has incredible skills and has great action scenes throughout the film. My kids all now own Blu-Rays and the film has said to be a traditional watch every Chinese New Year. This film was very entertaining and was worth the wait. The special effects were fantastic and it pulls you in from the first scene of the movie. I have to say for an actor I definitely see this as a trademark performance in Donnie Yen's Career.I highly recommend this movie for all age groups.

Journey to the West is a different show from the new 2014 Monkey King movie but the new movie is not bad either.  Even though you incorrectly call the new movie a hot mess, that has nothing to do with the amazing and magnificent original novel that was written in the 16th century by Wu Cheng''en.  Journey to the West is one of the four great classical novels of China.  Please note the fact that Martial arts and kungfu which were invented and created from China is very impressive.  The beautiful ancient Chinese costumes of Asian Chinese men and women, great Chinese mythology and the Bhuddist monk are excellent in the high quality TV series.  Journey to the West is the best novel written about Bhuddism.  Even though the new Monkey King 2014 movie is being badmouthed by you westerners, please note the fact that the special effects and CGI that you complainabout have NOTHING to do with the really good TV series. How about complaining that Hollywood movies in the 20th century, including Harry Potter have PLAGIARIZED and COPIED the Asian Chinese concept of the original Monkey King flying in a cape with this magic staff that was invented first in the 16th century!!!  When you complain and whine about the new Monkey King movie with Chow Yun Fat who did a great job, the other guy, Soe Cheang did a good job with the 2014 movie!!! Please stop writing excessively negative and sad articles to sabotage the new 2014 Monkey King movie.  You bad racist people on IMDb.com are directly and indirectly badmouthing and sabotaging the good reputation of the literary genius, Wu Chengén and the magnificent Journey to the West novel.This IMDb.com website is just jealous of the Monkey King 2014 being a decent movie that deserves an 8/10 or at least a 6.5/10. Why don't you say that the X-men is the 3/10 or worst special effects of all times in the X-men. The western people or other people who evaluated this IMDb rating of 4.7/10 is ridiculous and highly unreasonable at www.imdb.com/title/tt1717715. This "4.7/10"is your opinion and your opinion is wrong and does not make any sense at all. The Hollywood Terminator movie is a 4.5 out of 10!!. If you can be so rude and unreasonable, is it okay for people to write and promote that The Terminator is the WORST movie of all time. It is really rude and NASTY of western/caucsian people to initiate these incorrect insults first against the new Monkey King 2014 movie.

No spoilers... It is just a intro to Chinese folklore....I got It...for westerners this it is a fun fare. I know the history...but they left out so much...but I found it to be very entertaining.It was funny emotional and very captive, I thought that Donnie... like always...he delivers and goes thru all the way...listen don't put it down so much, put the bias a side and you will find it shorter that the long hour of watching the whole soap...I like it and I watched those long month of the soaps...enjoy...I did...I would like to see what the sequel hold for us...man I love it...they got me from beginning to end. Yet To me Donnie Yen could do no wrong...ass does Jet Li.

First, let me say I mean no disrespect to anyone who genuinely enjoyed this movie. I wasn't aware this movie was based off a novel, but if your interested in the film because you enjoyed the book, this review is not for you. The second this film was over, I made it my mission to create an account solely to write this review. My brother suggested this movie to me as a "joke", hoping I would watch it and waste 2 hours of my life. Well the jokes on him because I loved it! I laughed more during this film than most comedies I've ever seen. I've never seen a high budget film produce such horrible English subtitles. However, they made the movie! I truly believe the subtitles were a copy/paste job from an online translation website. There is enough of a storyline, coupled with average action scenes to keep your interest in between laughs, and the ending is absolutely priceless. If you enjoy cult films that are celebrated for reaching new heights of terrible, then this is your film. Only mistake I can find is that it wasn't properly labeled as a comedy ; ).