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So I just sat down to watch Shinobi and I gotta say...the Japanese don't do period martial arts stuff nearly as well as the Chinese. The story was really strong, although it kind of reminded me of Azumi. The biggest problem for me was the SFX. I can handle wirework kung fu. I can handle regular kung fu. I cannot, however, handle super fu...where people have ridiculous powers that only exist in the world of CGI. Ok...the chick with the eye thing was pretty cool...even if they did only show it once. But that was really it. People jumping lightning fast from tree to tree got annoying. So...in summation...an exceptionally strong story combined with overused effects makes for a decent but not stellar movie.

Just ask Arnel about how much I hated "The Legend Of Zu" entirely because it relied on ridiculously overused special effects for the entire film (yes, I realize it was a blue screen movie, but it still overused the effects). Seriously...I turned it off a little over an hour through just because it pissed me off that much.