You can think of the successful or unsuccessful attempt of this movie from several different angles: firstly, it's a Stephen Chow work; secondly, it's a Hong Kong entertainment movie rather than Hollywood; thirdly, the filming Location of this movie is mainland China and the production company of this movie is Xi'an film studio which is a very powerhouse of Chinese culture along with Beijing.
In the opening, this movie is absolutely unsuccessful no matter in any aspect. A few decades afterwards, there are more and more people discussing it from more and more viewpoints in China or IMDB. It has been a phenomena, same this movie itself is a tale...
