Ah, fuck...now you've got me thinking about the hairy pits again!
Recently watched Asian films......
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Posts: 2602 (08/31/08 15:35:25) Ninja Pimp |
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Neil Koch |
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Posts: 3302 (09/02/08 21:06:09) Drunken Moderator II |
Missing - Angelica Lee sees dead people yet again. Like most of Tsui Hark's movies this looks great - but it all feels like he's just on auto-pilot
and painting by numbers. These sorts of ghost movies usually have cheesy plot twists, but the one here really takes the cake. Probably worth checking out if
you're a big Tsui fan but don't expect much.
Shamo - Pretty standard kickboxing movie jazzed up with maga-influenced psuedo-sci fi visuals. The fight scenes were pretty solid and quite violent in parts, and Francis Ng puts in a good performance as the sifu who trains Shawn Yue. Nothing extraordinary, but I dug it for what it was. |
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Posts: 1367 (09/03/08 03:58:10) |
I finally saw "Pray for Death." Happy now?
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American Ninja81 |
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Posts: 2238 (09/03/08 11:34:30) Foreman |
Alvin: You misunderstood us. We were all praying for YOUR death, we weren't interested in you seeing the movie.
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Alvin George |
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Posts: 1368 (09/04/08 04:02:47) |
Given my current lifestyle, I might die young of a heart attack.
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Posts: 4393 (09/04/08 04:27:54) Sci-Fighter |
is that somethign you aspire to?
Bless you, Ants. Blants.
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Alvin George |
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Posts: 1369 (09/05/08 00:43:16) |
No, dude. I'm a couch potato who eats crappy food.
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Posts: 1 (09/07/08 06:06:00) |
Hi all, I'm new around here. So here goes for my first post:
The Boxer Rebellion Chang Cheh (1975) ...This movie is set around the year 1900-ish; now I'm not to hot on the actual historical events which this movie proports to depict, but when you have a WW1 era german commander with what looks like a Glock 17 hand pistol, then it kinda makes me think that this movie must be a big 'ol bag of anachronisms. There is also a bit where Alexander Fu-Sheng fires about six shots without reloading from a rifle, but seeing as I never complain about Arnie in Commando then I'll shut the hell up. Speaking of action, rather than Kung-Fu master against Kung-Fu master as I have suggested what we get in this movie is Kung-Fu masters against the military, which kinda reminded me of Eastern Condors only more old school. The ways in which our heroes dodge bullets is genius, as is the fight choreography. Would've been nice to have more of villain Wang Lung beacause even with his relatively small amout of fight-time he seems to rumble with more conviction than the other guys, who include Beardy and two other Shaw Brothers regulars who's names I don't know. 7/10 |
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Neil Koch |
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Posts: 3308 (09/22/08 19:01:49) Drunken Moderator II |
The Rebel - pretty solid martial arts movie, though it needed a bit more variety in the fights. Dustin Nguyen made a bad-ass villain.
Nowhere to Hide - this was okay, it kind of came off like Milkyway-lite. Tried a bit too hard to be stylish. |
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Posts: 4403 (09/28/08 04:16:09) Sci-Fighter |
Neil... Nowhere to Hide was as excellent film... especially the fight that Matrix 3 ripped off at the end... Oh, you're a holiday.
Bless you, Ants. Blants.
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Posts: 1341 (09/28/08 04:21:55) |
Nowhere to Hide was the first Korean film I ever saw....meh. No big deal. I did however like Joong Hoon Park. Was glad to see him in Demme's The Truth
About Charlie. Liked 'Charlie" much bettr than "Nowhere to Hide'.
'Only stupid people think that the Police are stupid.' XXXX - Layer Cake
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TimeandTide |
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Posts: 2878 (09/28/08 14:46:10) Moderator |
LanternJaw wrote:Welcome, LanternJaw!
Alexander
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American Ninja81 |
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Posts: 2244 (09/30/08 10:31:20) Foreman |
Saw a old school flick Mafia Vs Ninja, it was actually pretty good despite the lame title. I think what made it so great was that the action sequences had
a Drunken Master style of action, indeed you really good feel the hits. I really enjoyed this movie. 8/10
For the record when it comes to Jackie Chan's old school kung fu movie, nothing will ever top Snake In The Eagle's Shadow. |
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Neil Koch |
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Posts: 3320 (09/30/08 16:40:27) Drunken Moderator II |
The Shaw Bros. studio definitely produced their share of clunkers, which is really a given when you take in how many movies they made and the cheapness of the
Bros. themselves, such as River of Fury (Danny Lee's debut), which is tremendously boring. There are also a lot of SB releases that are merely passable
IMO, like Thunderbolt Fist.
That being said, I've been oftentimes surprised how good some SB movies are, even that hack Lo Wei managed to fart out a few good films with them. Also, a lot of people forget that they did shit other that kung fu, and a lot of their movies in other genres are quite good as well. Anyway, I just got done writing a review for Sparrow (new Johnnie To movie) which I liked. There's really not much to it but it was definitely a good way to kill some time along with a few beverages. And does Simon Yam have a deal with the devil or something? I watched Full Contact over the weekend and Simon looks almost exactly the same... |
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Alvin George |
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Posts: 1379 (10/01/08 03:16:18) |
Could Rob Zombie do a good remake of "Red to Kill?"
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Equinox21 |
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Posts: 4404 (10/01/08 04:07:48) Sci-Fighter |
Shut up, Alvin.
Bless you, Ants. Blants.
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Posts: 2245 (10/01/08 04:14:39) Foreman |
I knew that there would come a day when I didn't like a Shaw Brothers movie, and here it is, Seven Blows Of The Dragon/Water Margin. This was
melodramatic, had hardly any action and took forever to get going. Worst of all is that the film just had no action, something I always look for in a kung fu
movie. Perhaps if I had seen it subtitled and with a decent picture (Though the picture quality is passable for a bad DVD transfer) I would've been more
into it, but really it was pretty dull. Even if Ti Lung was in it. The final battle is the film's sole redeeming quality.4/10
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Posts: 3322 (10/01/08 20:48:28) Drunken Moderator II |
Red Cliff - if you like the big historical epics, you'll dig this movie. Not on the level of Woo's finest work, but still very solid, even with the
abrupt to be continued "ending". The battle scenes are very well done, but I felt like they were netuered a bit because of the Mainland
co-production.
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Posts: 1342 (10/02/08 13:37:13) |
Yeah, Red Cliff is one of the best films I have seen this year. I bought a legit copy of it last weekend. I didn't mind the abrupt ending. It ended on
a high note and, as silly as it sounds, left me wanting more. I didn't want it to end and I can't wait for part 2.
'Only stupid people think that the Police are stupid.' XXXX - Layer Cake
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Neil Koch |
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Posts: 3323 (10/02/08 15:14:10) Drunken Moderator II |
Re: Red Cliff. I felt much the same. For a 2 1/2 hour film, it didn't feel like it dragged too much besides a couple of scenes. I just rewatched the 2nd
battle scene - that is I think one of the best ones ever in the genre. And how much of a badass was Guan Yu? No wonder you see cops and gangsters always
praying to his altar. Supposedly, part 2 is where pulled out all the stops (it's where one of the stuntmen died) so I'm pretty stoked to check it out.
I watched the VCD of this, but I'm really tempted now to get the Blu Ray.
BTW, the movie inspired me to pop in Dynasty Warriors on PS2. The games are dopey but pretty fun, check them out if you haven't. Re: To Live and Die in Tsimshatsui. A really under-rated film, mostly because it got buried in a sea of similar films at the time of its release. Definitely Jacky Cheung's best work. |
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