Of course it can be seen as silly or over dramatic but that's the fun of it. It's not to be taken so seriously. I had fun watching this

The original 1978 Drunken Master put Jackie Chan on the map just as he was about to be black-balled, and in so doing, it revolutionized kung fu cinema. After this point, kung fu comedy was just about the only way to make a successful kung fu film for many years. I thought the movie would look cheaper (as often happened in non-Shaw Brothers films of the 70s, even if they looked more modern in contrast), but I've actually got no complaints. The movie is funny (some of the broad Cantonese comedy, including the cartoony make-up, may not fly with everyone, I admit), the action is spectacular, and flipping the legend of Wong Fei-Hung on its head like this still works (or for Western audiences, perhaps works better NOW that we've seen Jet Li's Once Upon a Time in China series). That said, the DVD has a strange technical flaw: Some of the Cantonese audio is missing and has been replaced, in spots, with the English dub. And wow is it awful. It's actually interesting to compare the poetic Chinese track's translation in the subtitles, and the macho nonsense of the dub (with just as horrible "dubtitles").

The Martial Art of Eight Drunken Masters is by far the most entertaining technique. 'Drunken Master' has some amazing fight sequences consisting this and some mixed fighting techniques, but The Legend of Drunken Master's climax is highly recommended.