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Post by UncleJager on Jun 14, 2006 10:26:22 GMT -5
I would love to see a film that had a situation like im Mr/Mrs Smith when they were in the shed about to break out. And they get the audiance all excited with music and heroism. The characters bust open the door and they get cut down. But none of that hero slow-mo wiggling and corigraphed dance stuff. Just BAM! drop to ground, end of film. Leave the audiance going WTF? A little supprise like that, would be good.
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Post by Alan Fuckin' Alda on Jun 15, 2006 7:15:33 GMT -5
That sounds like one of the best ideas for a movie. The actors should be really famous for no reason(most Hollywood actors), and the deaths should be as quick and gory as possible.
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Post by T. Miller on Jun 16, 2006 2:42:36 GMT -5
That sounds like one of the best ideas for a movie. The actors should be really famous for no reason(most Hollywood actors), and the deaths should be as quick and gory as possible. Where's Directore Fulci when you need him??
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Post by UncleJager on Jun 17, 2006 22:51:30 GMT -5
Sabu: apparently this was a made for TV movie in japan to commemorate the 40th aniversary of a production company in 2002. It's director Takashi Miike is more famous for fighting movies, however this one was anything but. Sabu is a story of friendship, love and comming of age, but unlike most movies about this subject this one was worth watching. Though it is quite slow pased, it forewent all the western dribble that goes with comming of age films. The only mayor thing lost on me was who was the sister in the opening shot and why was she important. Sabu is an example of what could be done in a made for tv movie, whether it's beautiful camera work, good acting or an actual story/plot. So next time you catch yourself watching the latest NBC production about how Iraq is responsible for the bird flu you can be even more assured that it it CRAP.
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Post by UncleJager on Jun 25, 2006 16:18:07 GMT -5
Onmyoji: a Japanese period piece about the battles of spiritual powers revolving around Ying-Yang. While the movie was slow it was entertaining to watch, though I feel the CG and some of the greenscreen where too obvious. They did not have the beauty of movies like Hero, but then I think this movie did not have the budget of Hero either. That aside, Onmyoji had everything it promised, demons, Japanese mythology and giant brightly colored costumes. That is where this movie shined, I am no expert, but from what I know the film really took care to have accurate costumes. I had seen such outfits in anime many times before, but only in real world did I realise how huge and over the top japanese clothes of the past were. Makes me almost wish that I was poor, if I had lived in that time, so I would not have had to put up with wearing 4ft sleeves and a giant sail for a hat. Another thing that I want to prase is the more authentic look of the demons, they where not ghoulish rather disfigured and unsettling with twisted fang and teeth and sort of bug antennas, as in tradiotion Japanese illustrations. I am not sure that the pentagram was ever really part of japanese religious culture, but I guess it makes sense as the symbol of the 5 elements. Keep an eye out for a cool scene involving an arrow and a head.
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Post by Sucosa on Jun 27, 2006 20:50:40 GMT -5
Memoirs of a Geisha was really good- Of course not exactly like the book but close. A must see..
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Post by UncleJager on Jun 27, 2006 23:54:55 GMT -5
Memoirs of a Geisha was really good- Of course not exactly like the book but close. A must see.. Have to agree, a beautifly made movie. I watched Kung Fu Hustle earlier 2night. Quite an entertaining film! I like the silly mobster references. Seemed more violent than Shoalin Soccer. I have to wonder where S. Chaw came up with so much wierd stuff. I really like Speedy Gonzales scene and that battle with the giant chinese instrument. Seems like something fun to see with friends and some beers. I think we would pee our pants if we watched it in the state we were Fri. night at AZ.
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Post by Sucosa on Jun 28, 2006 8:16:14 GMT -5
Kungfu Hustle was great, we saw that one a while ago. All I can say is that the Landlady Kicks much a$$.
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Post by UncleJager on Jun 30, 2006 9:57:22 GMT -5
I watched Alexander last night, and while I won't say it was 3 hours of my life I wasted and will never get back, I will say that by the end I was checking the chapter counter wanting it to hit 16, thus end. I think Anthony Hopkins was the only person that came close to acting, the rest got along on their fame and looks. Angolina Jolie broke down into a sudo-Russian accent at points, and Will Ferral sounded like he was doing a ancient version of Mad Max. One praise I have for the movie was that the greeeks really looked like what I would imagine ancient greeks to look like. In Troy they all looked like anybodies dresed in stupid armour. The movie made much more sense after I realised it was an Oliver Stone film. I watched the entire thing thinking how can you make a movie about the greatest conquorer of the ancient world with only two short battles in it. Instead it was about what drove Alexander to the 'end of the world' and what this caused in him and his men, a very Oliver Stone subject. I did like the oversaturated colors that they used after Alexander fell from his horse, that seemed like an interesting way to show the haze that someone is in when they are hurt. For a while I thought Will Farrel played both Alexander and Phillip, that was a good job in casting Val Kilmer in there they truely looked like fathere and son.
Interesting goofs: anyone see the obvious face in the tops of the Hindu Kussh (sp?) when they have a speach about reaching the end of the world. The sun god ring that Alex's friend gives him about halfway through the movie is clearly seen in many earlier scenes. In fact it's in a scene right about the time before he gets the ring.
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Post by Alan Fuckin' Alda on Jun 30, 2006 14:08:59 GMT -5
You're a brave man, G. I watched for about 20 minutes and couldn't take it. Was it the director's cut?
I will say though, that it was funny to watch the making of Alexander. It was Stone and the actors being interviewed during the making, giving off the air of a great film, being all serious and shit about the movie, with no clue to the bomb it would become. Actually though, I guess I feel kinda bad for Stone, since this was the movie he had wanted to make for a long time.
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Post by Alan Fuckin' Alda on Jun 30, 2006 14:14:42 GMT -5
On second thought, I probably didn't like what I saw of it because of the preconceptions I had about its awfulness. I don't think I can't get passed that actor playing Alexander, though. Maybe I'll try again someday.
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Post by Alan Fuckin' Alda on Jun 30, 2006 14:15:42 GMT -5
On third thought, I don't really feel that bad for Stone, because I'm an evil misanthrope.
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Post by UncleJager on Jul 1, 2006 21:36:45 GMT -5
About the Passion discussion, qoute from Sucosa: I knew who demanded that everyone take their kids to it to teach them more about Jesus. They didn't get the point that there is no tv show nor movie that is going to scare someone into following a religion- We couldn't get through the first hour- the movie didn't make me think- it made me sick. The shear amount of violence ( not that being beat up and hung on a cross is a walk in the park- I realize that) and over dramatization of everything was just gross.
I was not thinking of Passion in the propaganda view, but you do make a good point, the Right has been trying to use that film to scare people into religion. But you did demonstrate my point, you found the violence overdone. The events of Passion are one of those things that is near impossible to portray because everyone sees it differently. It is simply too big an event to reproduce. That is what the Right don't understand, they think there is a conspiracy against the movie because it was religious. I think people had problems with the film, not because it was religious but because it did not meet there vision. That was the same problem with Evangelion, people had issues because the original did not meet there vision, it had become too big for the project.
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Post by Alan Fuckin' Alda on Jul 3, 2006 8:06:19 GMT -5
I saw the passion out of curiousity, and speaking as a non-christian, I don't see how that would convert me. A lot of over the top violence, blatant anti-semitism, no exposition about what Jesus taught, and no real purpose to the crucifixion.
I also find it highly ironic that the christian right is dominated by Protestants, yet they seem to really enjoy such an obviously Catholic movie.
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Post by UncleJager on Jul 14, 2006 8:36:17 GMT -5
Ichi The Killer: leave in to the Japanese to make a wierd and totally refreshing mob/slasher film. Less mob and more slashing, but the mob does have a role to play in the film. Thefilm borrows it's look from anime, western music videos with a good bit of that Japanese WTF thrown in. I really like the mob leader character, he has some very anime moments, you will see if you watch the movie, I don't want to ruin it. The charecter of Ichi, I thought was quite different, at first he seemed much like every other disturbed killer but the end changes that. He is how I see a disturbed person acting, wildly swinging emotions.
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