Watch Stephen Chow's "Fight Back to School" full movie with subtitles on youtube [Archive]

Coolisme

Jan 6th, 2007, 10:21 AM

hahah nice find, i actually have this on VCD..........

And Fight Back to School II and III (even though III's disc 2 is messed up and won't play)........

Now if anyone has the gambling one (I think Saint of Gamblers?)...........the one with "Yee - Mung"..............and the mole

that one was classic, I can't find that one. Apparently it is on LaserDisc..........

haha, I still remember that scene in Saint of Gamblers when he was feeding somebody's armpit with a steak because it had a mole and reminds him of Yee-Mung.

teknoluv

Jan 6th, 2007, 10:34 AM

In my opinion it is his best movie.
Critics commonly agree that A Chinese Odyssey (Monkey King, in 2 parts, of 1994/5) is Stephen Chow at his best.

pennywize

Jan 6th, 2007, 11:13 AM

Critics commonly agree that A Chinese Odyssey (Monkey King, in 2 parts, of 1994/5) is Stephen Chow at his best.

Chinese Odyssey is good, but definately not his funniest movie. That title belongs to God of Cookery, or his General Pao movies.

Corky

Jan 6th, 2007, 01:59 PM

Critics commonly agree that A Chinese Odyssey (Monkey King, in 2 parts, of 1994/5) is Stephen Chow at his best.That is also good. I remember watching both parts in the theater at Market Village.

goJays

Jan 6th, 2007, 02:25 PM

does anyone know where we can find asian streaming videos online? right now i use peekvid.com which doesn't have a big resource base.

any help for a asian movie fanatic?

even a store to buy 20$ for like 10 dvds/vcds (jap/korean) would be nice. im not talkin bout the usual west chinatown spots tho on spadina.

teknoluv

Jan 6th, 2007, 05:04 PM

Chinese Odyssey is good, but definately not his funniest movie.
I guess that's the point. His monkey king character was actually kind of "dark", a rare but nice little experiment by Chow.

Dragonrana

Jan 6th, 2007, 11:47 PM

Here's another one of his movies. "Knight of Gamblers"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz-Jbdck8ss

Loved all his movies back in the 80's & 90's:D

Atheral

Jan 7th, 2007, 12:26 AM

Sweet! Good post!

Yukikaze

Jan 7th, 2007, 12:27 AM

Any more keep them coming.

Tofu Drift Shinji

Jan 7th, 2007, 12:50 AM

Awesome find. Thanks very much!

Paranoidandroid

Jan 7th, 2007, 01:46 AM

Here's another (Future Cops):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=6Aba6hqif_U

best parody movie ever XD

tinlunlau

Jan 7th, 2007, 04:43 AM

sigh...
too bad Stephen Chow no longer makes movies like that anymore. it's like he's been trying to capture more of that Jeff Lau fantasy movie vybe. he does work with Jeff Lau alot anyway.

teknoluv

Jan 7th, 2007, 08:21 AM

Not to be rude, but you guys should really be a bit more demanding, even for Stephen Chow. It's this kind of mentality that has killed the movie industry there.

Alvito

Jan 7th, 2007, 08:30 AM

i dejavu'd a few times while watching this. i must have watched parts of it at a friends house.

Now i know why some of my china friends are so fukd up, they watch this trash.

gman

Jan 7th, 2007, 02:51 PM

it's a horrible parody movie lol and stephen chow isn't even in it

Yes, that was a sucky movie. I bet I watched it before and there were so many Hong Kong super stars in this sucky movie. There were at least 4 top singers and 2 best actors.

manixc

Jan 7th, 2007, 03:35 PM

after all these years, it still put a laugh on my face.

Fight Back to School 3 is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-rrYdrcaPU

manixc

Jan 7th, 2007, 03:53 PM

Here's another (Future Cops):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=6Aba6hqif_U

best parody movie ever XD

wow, they have so many top stars in there doing stupid roles. haha

tinlunlau

Jan 7th, 2007, 05:00 PM

the ones I keep going back to are Saint of Gamblers, God of Gamblers II, Justice My Foot

and there's this one where Chow plays a billiards champion from China in the same vein as Saint of Gamblers which I liked alot but forgot the name of

that would be 龍的傳人 (lung dik chuen yan).
we (meaning the company i work for, Joy Sales) own the dvd rights to this movie now that we have the license to release anything from Fortune Star (who owns this in their catalogue) within the Hong Kong and Macau region. and yes, i know they get imported to Toronto. parrellel imports are bad for the industry...blah blah blah...whatever...

i just finished re-translating an old Andy Lau movie called "Dances with Dragon" this afternoon and for those who are subtitle-dependent on Hong Kong movies, you are going to want to get a copy of this re-released dvd because i have given this movie a complete overhaul (on the subtitles). it's now much closer to the original dialogue without sounding too simplified and stupid (yes. that is indeed what i think about most of the old theatrical subs). i am now currently prepping to re-translate another Stephen Chow classic called 無敵幸運星 (mo dik hang wan sing).

just be sure to be on the lookout for the upcoming dvd re-releases of these movies. they should be available at CD-Dog in Pacific Mall. they're the ones with the grey colored sleeves with the words "Legendary Collection" on it.

unfortunately, 龍的傳人 is part of the remastered series which i have been told to not deal with. my work is only featured on the non-remastered releases. so yes, it's quite a double-edge sword. get the remastered movies with better video and audio quality but with the old theatrical subtitles or the non-remastered with revamped english subs but crappy AV quality. not our idea but Fortune Star's enforcing this for some reason. i guess they'll save my new subs for future remastered releases. who knows?

tinlunlau

Jan 7th, 2007, 11:06 PM

if this is the "lucky star" movie where he's a thief then I loved this one too

too bad most people have never even heard of it as it's vastly underrated.

nope...wrong movie. that's "siu tau ah sing" (aka "Sleazy Dizzy", i believe)you're talking about. (that's not owned by Fortune Star, by the way)

i'm talking about this other movie he starred with Sandra Ng. translating stpehen chow movies is really tricky. it took me like 2-3 weeks to deal with that other movie "Love is Love" where Stephen Chow and Sandra Ng play newlywed couples. i've been checking the stores and with Joy Sales. they still haven't released it with my re-translations yet.

the fokinator

Jan 7th, 2007, 11:17 PM

haha my favorite stephen chow movie has to be "God of Cooking" followed closely by the whole james bond spoofing series.

jeffyjaixx

Jan 7th, 2007, 11:36 PM

That is also good. I remember watching both parts in the theater at Market Village.

Same. He is the king of comedy.

jeffyjaixx

Jan 7th, 2007, 11:37 PM

hahah in the 007 one, that scene where the inventor guy invents the solar powered flashlight still makes me laugh to this day when I think about it

and when used in the dark he had to shine another flashlight on it to make it work lol

lol, it's not really solar powered I believe.

I think that it's an ordinary flashlight, but he just switches on and off on his own lol.

teknoluv

Jan 8th, 2007, 08:41 AM

it's quite a double-edge sword. get the remastered movies with better video and audio quality but with the old theatrical subtitles or the non-remastered with revamped english subs but crappy AV quality.
Doesn't really matter, does it? Most of them are crappy movies anyway. It's like testing some high end hi-fi system with Eagles Live (1980).

tinlunlau

Jan 8th, 2007, 09:13 AM

Doesn't really matter, does it? Most of them are crappy movies anyway. It's like testing some high end hi-fi system with Eagles Live (1980).

most of 'em have "remastered" sound. and i wouldn't go as far as saying most of them are crap. there's a handful of classics in Fortune Star's catalogue full of movies. ever seen "To be Number One"? yes, that old flick with Ray Lui as the crippled gangster, Ho. i've been waiting to re-work on this one. (although, i was kinda disappointed that they don't intend to remaster that because this is really begging to be given the royal treatment here)

if only i was allowed to work on the remastered selection...

No I'm right...it's the lucky star one...english name is When Fortune Smiles:

http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews/when_fortune_smiles.htm

is that the one you're working on?

ok...u got me there! yes, that's the movie.
but yeah...i'm going to give this movie a full re-translation this week. i should be done with it and giving it to my boss by the weekend or so. no idea when they'll release their version of this, tho. they're taking their time with the releases even though part of the reason is cuz of me. (retranslation takes time. not an easy task at all and it's draining the life outta me)

next thing u know, they'll make me rush thru the special features of Ekin Cheng's new movie "Heavenly Mission" on the last minute. i just know it'll happen!!!

charliebrown

Jan 8th, 2007, 09:25 AM

Spiketv was showing "Shaolin Soccer" last sunday afternoon. Seems like they show quite a few Jet Lif movies as well

ji2o0k

Jan 8th, 2007, 09:26 AM

Doesn't really matter, does it? Most of them are crappy movies anyway. It's like testing some high end hi-fi system with Eagles Live (1980).
most of 'em have "remastered" sound. and i wouldn't go as far as saying most of them are crap.
I think teknoluv is referring to the fact that the Stephen Chow's movies are crap, so even if they were "re-mastered", "re-fixed up", the content of the movies are crappy.

I, like most others in this thread, love Stephen Chow's old movies. Very "mo lay tau".............but brings back so many memories.

Apparently, the movie I love a lot and can't find of Stephen Chow's is called "All for the Winner"........

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_For_The_Winner

If they re-release that on DVD, I would buy it for sure!

tinlunlau

Jan 8th, 2007, 10:19 AM

I think teknoluv is referring to the fact that the Stephen Chow's movies are crap, so even if they were "re-mastered", "re-fixed up", the content of the movies are crappy.

I, like most others in this thread, love Stephen Chow's old movies. Very "mo lay tau".............but brings back so many memories.

Apparently, the movie I love a lot and can't find of Stephen Chow's is called "All for the Winner"........

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_For_The_Winner

If they re-release that on DVD, I would buy it for sure!

haha! "All for the winner" and the majority of the "god of gamblers" series is all exclusive to Mei Ah so as sad as this seems, i can't touch any of it and subtitle-dependent ppl are stuck with the old engrish subs. but there is one thing i've just realized after revisiting these old stephen chow flicks. they aren't all as dumb as you'd assume they would be. alot of 'em are very clever and require a more adult understanding to get all the humor. especially with "All for the winner". even "Love is Love" was a great flick and it wasn't as "mo lei tau" as most of his movies. (i think that was also the last time we see that little girl from that "it's a mad mad mad world" trilogy too. she was hilarious as Sandra Ng's little sister)

yeah....i kinda admit myself. i don't provide the best subs all the time (the recent re-release of Jackie Chan's "Twin Dragons" is a prime example of that.) but there are times where my translation bring a whole new light to the foreigner. i've received a ton of mail from europeans praising my work on "Robotrix". it got to the point where i stopped reading them.

in regards to "All for the winner", i have been told that there were 2 recent dvd re-releases. the one with Sharla Cheung and Sandra Ng standing next to Sing Jai on the cover is actually cut. the one with only Stephen Chow sitting in a black background is the corrected uncut edition. be on the lookout for the uncut version instead.

tinlunlau

Jan 8th, 2007, 12:20 PM

yeah he's a mixed bag. some of his movies are ridulously stupid yet some are very clever and well thought out. To me, Justice My Foot! was one such clever movie and IMO his most un-mo-lay-tow movie to date. The plot had more substance than his other movies and the jokes were more restrained and mature. It was still funny but in a clever way instead of a shock value or silly way.

correct me if i'm wrong but "Justice My Foot" was a remake, right? i also enjoyed this movie. i dunno why they made Ng Man-Tat fart so much in "Justice My Foot". lol! in fact, seeing that this film was produced by Cosmolitan Films (i think) which is owned by Shaw Brothers. it should be re-released to dvd by Celestial Pictures under their Shaw Brothers line of remastered dvd's. i had heard they were going to restore this movie in a remastered form somehow but i have also heard they had made awkward cuts to recent re-releases of a couple of old Stephen Chow movies "Out of the Dark" and "Love on Delivery".

darn. I have the cut version. Do you know any more details about the cuts? All I could find with a net search is the difference allegedly boil down to two scenes. One earlier scene where Sing meets some couple and the end, which is shorter in the cut version. I'm very curious as to the length difference of the final scene. I hope it's not a big difference like the cut of the final scene in God of Gamblers III!!!

i don't remember exactly but they shortened the scene where Sing meets his uncle's ex-girlfriend and her fiance (the "come" scene) and the ending. i'm not sure either. haven't seen the uncut version for years so my memory is vague. i think the original ending implied that the pairing between Sing and Yee Mong wasn't meant to be but they remained friends.

teknoluv

Jan 8th, 2007, 01:17 PM

and i wouldn't go as far as saying most of them are crap. there's a handful of classics in Fortune Star's catalogue full of movies. ever seen "To be Number One"? yes, that old flick with Ray Lui as the crippled gangster, Ho.
Yes, to be fair, there are always a couple of okay movies out of hundreds of titles. "Crippled Ho" may not be another piece of sh*t (I remember watching it, not particularly impressive though), but it's kind of in the same category or *wave* of triad movies that were funded directly or indirectly or even produced by "businessmen" whom we all know are triad related. The problem with these movies are that they idolized those corrupt officials or gangsters (in the 60s); but the truth is: they were scumbags, and will ALWAYS be (even after they died).

tinlunlau

Jan 8th, 2007, 01:59 PM

Yes, to be fair, there are always a couple of okay movies out of hundreds of titles. "Crippled Ho" may not be another piece of sh*t (I remember watching it, not particularly impressive though), but it's kind of in the same category or *wave* of triad movies that were funded directly or indirectly or even produced by "businessmen" whom we all know are triad related. The problem with these movies are that they idolized those corrupt officials or gangsters (in the 60s); but the truth is: they were scumbags, and will ALWAYS be (even after they died).

how about "Rouge" or "Centre Stage"? they were some of the more thought-provoking films in Fortune Star's collection of films. the way i see it, most of the movies they own, are more of a cult classic kind of thing. you have no idea how many horror movies i had to translate in the past few months. all of them seem to either star Bill Tung or Ricky Hui (Mr. Vampire rules!).

teknoluv

Jan 8th, 2007, 03:47 PM

how about "Rouge" or "Centre Stage"? they were some of the more thought-provoking films in Fortune Star's collection of films. the way i see it, most of the movies they own, are more of a cult classic kind of thing. you have no idea how many horror movies i had to translate in the past few months. all of them seem to either star Bill Tung or Ricky Hui (Mr. Vampire rules!).

Now THAT (Rouge) is a classic. I still have the videotape I guess. Stanley Kwan has always been a sensitive director. (He hasn't "come out" yet back then.) So even I never like Anita Mui, I love the movie. (And we have a very cute Chu Bao Yee in there. :D)

By the way, Fairchild TV is showing the TV version of Stanley Kwan's Everlasting Regret (with him co-producing I guess). But the Cantonese dubbing simply kills it. Stupid.

Centre Stage won a few awards, but because of my feeling against Maggie Cheung (I don't "hate" her, just don't like her AT ALL), I've actually NOTwatched it (and will probably NEVER watch it in the future).

And yes, I HATE the vampire movies. ;)

tinlunlau

Jan 8th, 2007, 04:05 PM

Now THAT (Rouge) is a classic. I still have the videotape I guess. Stanley Kwan has always been a sensitive director. (He hasn't "come out" yet back then.) So even I never like Anita Mui, I love the movie. (And we have a very cute Chu Bao Yee in there. :D)

By the way, Fairchild TV is showing the TV version of Stanley Kwan's Everlasting Regret (with him co-producing I guess). But the Cantonese dubbing simply kills it. Stupid.

Centre Stage won a few awards, but because of my feeling against Maggie Cheung (I don't "hate" her, just don't like her AT ALL), I've actually NOTwatched it (and will probably NEVER watch it in the future).

i moved to North York which sucks so i don't get Fairchild anymore but with so many tv series downloads, who really needs Fairchild anyway? Joy Sales didn't release the remastered DVD editions of "Rouge" and "Centre Stage". i believe that was released before the deal with IVL ended and Joy Sales taking over. and even if Joy Sales will reprint these to dvd, chances of me touching isn't very likely which is also a shame.

And yes, I HATE the vampire movies. ;)
blasphemy! Lam Ching-Ying was, is and will always be da vampire pimp!

ji2o0k

Jan 8th, 2007, 04:14 PM

They currently have legit and non-legit versions of this out in Scar/Markham/Chinatown

Go to Pacific Mall. I found my copy there. It's also known as Saint of Gambling.
get the heck out of here...........thx guys.............I will definitely keep my eyes open for the un-cut DVD version..

heck, it doesn't matter if it is cut or un-cut, I just want to see the movie again. It was so funny!@

teknoluv

Jan 8th, 2007, 04:30 PM

i moved to North York which sucks so i don't get Fairchild anymore but with so many tv series downloads, who really needs Fairchild anyway?
I may have mentioned this in another thread. What makes Fairchild and Talentvision so "valuable" is their satellite broadcast of same day news (only 2 hours late in the summer) from Hong Kong, China and Taiwan.

tinlunlau

Jan 8th, 2007, 04:56 PM

I may have mentioned this in another thread. What makes Fairchild and Talentvision so "valuable" is their satellite broadcast of same day news (only 2 hours late in the summer) from Hong Kong, China and Taiwan.

i knew that already but i never watch the news. lol!

Dragonrana

Jan 8th, 2007, 11:07 PM

This was my favourite movie that Stephen Chow made "Tricky Brain"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Cv4iwFarjsI

Or The Mad Monk...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=hnMwKnkeYGY

the fokinator

Jan 8th, 2007, 11:13 PM

lol, this thread makes me want to go out to P-Mall and buy up every single stephen chow movie I can find

tinlunlau

Jan 9th, 2007, 01:00 AM

I watched Fight Back To School on youtube and I found it so sad that the subtitles just didn't do justice to half of the humour in the movie. So many scenes, whether it be the way lines were delivered or double entendres were missed with the subs.

Like the "eating yourself", or "shooting down airplanes" come to mind.

Many scenes in Cantonese are hilarious but when I read the subs they weren't. Sad how much can be lost in translation with comedy.

yeah...back in the 90s, those subs had to be rushed so they can be released. it's sometimes very aggravating when you have to translate stuff at the last minute. friend of mine from HK told me that HK is all about efficiency and rarely about perfection. i kinda shrugged that off in disbelief until i was given that treatment when i had to re-translate "Twin Dragons". we went thru 2-3 revisions and when the dvd came out, i was simply disappointed on the grammar. there were errors that weren't even in the subtitle script i wrote for it and it turned out worse than what i had submitted. i'm also aware that people complained about how i renamed Jackie's character into "Die-Hard" (otherwise "bok mang" in cantonese) which i took from imdb's profile of the movie. but i was aiming for a more accurate, but not too literal translation that isn't dumbed down. (and i still do to this day)

in hollywood, they take that extra time to make sure it can be as presentable as it can be. if they think it's good, they'll delay and release it when everything is all done ready. HK doesn't really allow that all the time although it has become considerably better these days.

i spent over 6 months to redo the subs for that old "it's a mad mad mad world" trilogy. the new dvd's is definitely worth the purchase. and besides, the sequels are filmed in Canada! i got sick of rewatching Bill Tung movies for a while because of that.

tinlunlau

Jan 9th, 2007, 06:04 AM

I think Die-Hard was a good choice for "Bok Meng"

I wish The Killer had more faithful literal translations for the characters' nicknames in the scene in Sally's apartment and better translations overall.

Some movies even important plot elements differ based on translations not being good enough. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon comes to mind. For example exactly why the woman hated Chow Yuen Fat's teacher so much is different in English subs compared to what she actually says in Mando if I recall correctly. In the mando she hates him b/c he took advantage of her sexually. In the english this was left out. I think that omission altered the movie a great deal in terms of explaining her motives and the strength of her resentfulness.

edit: I don't remember if this movie was dubbed too. I should check the dubbed english track to see if they did it properly there as opposed to the subtitles.

too bad the John Woo movies are out of my jurisdiction cuz they belong to the remastered collection. lol! and the ppl who complain about the "Die-Hard" thing are all caucasians who don't really understand the concept of me using that name. i even debated on that topic over @ ADVDG's forums and they simply don't get it. they say it makes no sense. so does it make sense when cantonese speakers keep hearing him being called "bok meng"? i don't think so. it should make as little sense in english as it does in chinese.

btw, there is a dubbed english track for "Crouching tiger hidden dragon". i never had it on dvd so i have nothing to take reference from.

btw, the company i work for, has re-released John Woo's "Bullet in the Head". there are like...multiple directors cut on this dvd release and it includes the infamous piss drinking scene. i don't get the whole fuss is about for this specific scene but when i watched the scene on youtube, i thought it was pretty dramatic. really strong drama there. i don't remember diddily squat for this movie. it's all vague to me so i really wanna start with buying this dvd later on in the month.

teknoluv

Jan 9th, 2007, 08:41 AM

Like the "eating yourself", or "shooting down airplanes" come to mind.
I won't comment on the translation of "Bok Meng/Die-Hard", but yes, I have seen A LOT of lousy "translation" (if they can still be called that way) in subtitles (both in movies and tv) back in Hong Kong, ever since I was a kid. This only intensified after I became an ESL teacher (occupational "disease"). And when I rent a movie for pleasure viewing from KPS (for those who still remember), I have to specifically look for the few with NO subtitles.

To be fair, there are at least 3 or 4 occasions (I mean lines, not the whole movie or even episode) when the translation is superb. I guess we have to understand that this (translation) is a trade (not literature), so don't expect too much.

jeffyjaixx

Jan 9th, 2007, 07:32 PM

The movie is taken down now!!! NOOoooooooooooo

tinlunlau

Jan 9th, 2007, 09:32 PM

not a big loss. it isn't like none of us have ever seen it before.

tinlunlau

Jan 10th, 2007, 06:44 AM

http://www.tower3a.com/ut/attach/87091-royaltramp-embed.jpg

finally!!!
this is the taiwan version. hong kong version shouldn't be that far behind.

teknoluv

Jan 10th, 2007, 09:26 AM

"Luk Ding Kei" (the novel) is a master piece, but Wong Jing is a piece of sh*t. It's kind of funny that anything he produced or directed could be called a master piece (perhaps a master piece of sh*t). The problem with Wong Jing is that he doesn't know he is sh*tty. He THOUGHT when he worked hard, he *could* make some good and decent movies. The truth is: his "best" is at best mediocre. What a pity! He also helped ruined the movie industry in the 1990s. What a SIN!

Irb

Feb 20th, 2007, 09:52 PM

movie is back

http://www.youtube.com/user/tithya0youtube

He's got a bunch of Star Chow's movies.

teknoluv

Feb 21st, 2007, 10:43 AM

tinlunlau

Feb 21st, 2007, 10:57 AM

blasphemy!

Irb

Feb 21st, 2007, 02:30 PM

Don't waste your time watching them. Most Stephen Chow's movies are rubbish. Even his best (Monkey King/Journey to the West) includes scene like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgB35vd7aCc

It's really a pity that a great Cantonese opera MASTER (yes, Law Kar Ying is one of the few LIVING Cantonese opera masters in Hong Kong) has to play a clown, singing a funny version of "Only You". Reason? He said himself that he earned more money making movies in 3 years than his whole opera career of 30 years.His best is Fight Back to School.

Monkey King was alright. The last Chinese film I saw at Market Village. If his films were so rubbish then he wouldn't have made so much money. Oh yeah Kung Fu Hustle and Shaolin Soccer are his two worst movies.