There was one DVD that I’d been looking forward to: Dragon Wars, one of the funniest bad movies of the year. Indeed, it was a classic awful movie, definitely worth a watch. But what’s arguable more entertaining is the packaging work on the back of the DVD here in China. Now, keep in mind that when you create packaging for anything, you create it so that the item will be appealing to consumers, right? Am I missing anything here? Check it out:

Hilarious! Did you notice that Ian McKellan’s quote about the movie wasn’t even about Dragon Wars at all? Now, how did this text actually arrive on the back of the DVD artwork? The best guess I’ve heard is that the underground packaging supplier just pulled a review off of an English movie review site somewhere and stuck it on the back of the DVD packaging without bothering to see if it’s even correct. At least it’s intelligible English. Some of them have obviously been run through Chinese to English translation software a la Prison Break.

“Dragon Wars” makes a great gift for family and friends!