Bingbing Fan, Bo-lin Chen, Charlene Choi, Chia Hui Liu, Isabella Leong ...( see more  see more... ) , Kenny Kwan , Nicholas Tse , Steven Cheung , Wah Yuen

A love story between an alien and a monk.

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Directed by: Jeffrey Lau

Release Date: December 22, 2005

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DVD Release Date: August 15, 2006

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  • June 24, 2008
    The some parts of the movie is mixed from Chinese classical novels and literature, so it might be a bit confusing (or even absolutely nonsensical) for those who dont know about it.

    Xuanzang (in the story he is called as Tripitaka), is a budhist monk that is on a pilgrimage to...( read more) india, to obtain Bhuddist religious texts called Sutras. He is accompanied by 3 protectors during his journey, namely Sun Wukong (the Monkey King), Zhu Bajie (the Pig Monk), and Sha Wujing (the Sand Monk).

    The story takes place on middle earth, when they arrive in the city of Sache.....

    Although the plot displaying on the movie board says that its a love story, honestly, theres so much more to it than that, theres evil tree spirits, a millenium bug deamon (lol crazy !), swarms of bug soldiers, lizard people, imps, and time travelers from the future.

    Hawayy! I loved the CGI! It reminded me very much of Final Fantasy slash Stargate slash (Dragon ball Z??!)

    Okay so the movie made me cry a bit, ehehe! I wasnt really expecting to be blown away by this, this exceeded my expectations by a mile wide! I was only expecting cheezy comedy when I got this, but lo and behold Im very suprised and quite pleased with this one! :D

    Im mighty interested with getting a copy of the Journey to the West (book), all just because of this movie.

    Please keep in mind that this movie is, as the title says, A TALL TALE, it is not to be analyzed or taken so seriously. It is after all a chinese comedy/drama/fantasy/sci-fi/action-adventure movie, and their target market included kids.
  • June 27, 2008
    Lots of Kung-Fu fun.
  • November 17, 2009
    It is a twisted story about the monk Tripitaka and his three disciples who are journeying west to acquire Buddhist scriptures. While stopping in Shache City (present day Yarkand), they come under attack by minions of the evil Tree Demon. The demons capture his three disciples.
    T...( read more)ripitaka is then captured by the king of reptiles and placed under the care of the ugly and shunned Meiyan(Chalene Choi), who falls in love with the monk. Luckily for Tripitaka, an alien princess rescues him, and Meiyan decides to team up with the princess in order to rescue the disciples.
  • July 30, 2009
    i do really like this story..yeah!!
  • December 15, 2008
    This film was mixed with Chinese classical novels and literature is call Xi You Ji. The monkey magic's name is Sun Wu Kong he has another name is Qi Tian Da Sheng. Tang Seng is the budhist monk that is on a pilgrimage to india, to obtain Bhuddist religious texts called Sutras. He...( read more) is protected by Sun Wu kong, Zhu Ba Jie and Sha Wu Jing and a white horse. During their journey had a lot of monsters and demons attacked them. They want to catch Tang Seng, because they believe that after eat his flesh can become more powerful and live forever. Sun Wu Kong had poweful magic. he can beat down the demons and monsters to protect his Shi Fu( Tang Sheng). Xi You Ji is an interesting story...However this film is about a love story between an alien and a monk...it is absolutely nonsensical although this film is quite funny.Buddhist monks are strictly forbid fall in love and marry.
  • February 17, 2008
    the purpose of the movie seemed to be to mock the "real" Journey to the West...none of it made any sense...everything was over the top, just totally a waste of time, nonsense...
  • October 7, 2007
    it looks like a fairy tale. when i saw the ugly girl turns to be a beauty with wings, i start to believe that everyone can be really beautiful.
  • August 13, 2007
    It's not my favorite.

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