Hardcore fandom aside, can we all agree that the Street Fighter movie is a thinly veiled excuse to stare at Chun Li–or at least her on-screen equivalent–for 90 minutes? Granted, after the controversy (controversy!) over her supposed thunder thighs, I for one wouldn’t mind watching a slimmer Li kick her legs ridiculously high in the air for an hour and a half.
Still, Kristin Kreuk is certainly a watered down Li. She’s half Chinese, but she’s a bit like the muscular Asian fighter delivered on a dainty American platter. Then again, I’m still thanking Mila Jovovich for giving me something to ogle during the Resident Evil movies, so maybe I’m just a bad video game adaptation perv.
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June 10th, 2008 at 10:53 am
You won’t be a bad video game adaption perv until you sit through repeated viewings of the Bloodrayne movies.
June 13th, 2008 at 4:50 am
It’s really all about the hair… how does she look with the cinnamon buns? Anyone got photoshop?