Movie Thread

[Dowly]

Still haven't seen it but heard it's a good 'remake'.

Here's a Nostalgia Critic's Old vs. New comparisation of the original KD and the new one:
http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/vid...new-karate-kid

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Saw Twilight Samurai few weeks back (and last night and last week and... ) and enjoyed it a lot. Just woke up, so I can't be arsed to write anything about it, so I just do some copy & paste magic.

I don't have a top ten list of all time favorite films but if I did Twilight Samurai would be on it. Nominated for best foreign film the same year that the Hollywood film the last samurai got a few nominations it is impossible not to compare the two. While I enjoyed the Last Samurai and it's message of questioning western cultural imperialism Twilight Samurai is a film on whole different level.

LS is a bloated Hollywood epic that delivers intense battles with huge numbers and a unrealistic unsatisfying bull**** love story. Do we really believe that the woman who lost her husband to Tom Cruise the smelly drunk white would fall in love with him?

Twilight Samurai is the opposite in everyway and in everyway it is a better film that is bound to move to tears the hardest of yall out there. It is the story of a petty samurai who after the long lingering death of his wife finds himself become a devoted father.

When Twilight comes and the other samurai go out to drink, he rushes home to clean the house, tend the field and care for his daughters. He has lost track of his imagine, he smells and all he cares about is what is best for his daughters.

When his childhood crush returns and revolution looms this petty samurai is forced into confronting his status as a samurai. Unlike last samurai the small battle between two samurai's at the end is more emotionally involved that any CGI enhanced battle could ever be. The romance in the film is so sweet, tender and believable that is makes the film special.

This could not be as special as it is without excellent acting, direction and above all writing. Holy crap see this movie.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Dowly

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Saw Twilight Samurai few weeks back (and last night and last week and... ) and enjoyed it a lot. Just woke up, so I can't be arsed to write anything about it, so I just do some copy & paste magic.

I drove about three hours with some friends to see this one in a little theater specializing in art/foreign/classic films when it was making its limited rounds here. Wanted to see it because

a) I heard it was awesome
b) samurai!!!
c) the star, Hiroyuki Sanada, is the guy who played Ujio in The Last Samurai, and the best thing about that movie IMO - which is how I became aware of him and his work

Also bought the DVD when it became available. This is a very good film, VERY GOOD. Pretty much swept the Japanese equivalent of the Oscars the year it was released.

[Reece]

What ever happened to 1945A? Is it available on DVD yet, not sure of release date etc! has anyone seen it?

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Pretty much swept the Japanese equivalent of the Oscars the year it was released.

37 awards in total IIRC.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Dowly

37 awards in total IIRC.

37 internationally, I think. Either wins or nominations. Here's a list but I'm too lazy to count 'em all.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0351817/awards

At the Japanese Academy Awards it was nominated in 14 categories and won in 12, including all the "major" ones: best film, actor, actress, director, screenplay, cinematography, editing, score, etc.

Apparently the only category it didn't win was for best supporting actress.

[flatsixes]

I'm a Netflix foreign movie junkie (mystifies the family). Over the weekend I watched a recent (relatively for me) Chinese film titled The Warlords, and starring (of all people) Jet Li.

Now I'm not much of a kung fu movie guy (I prefer Kursawa) and I was a little anxious that the storyline (19th Century civil war against the Qing Dynasty) might get a short shrift in favor of over-the-top stop-action karate. And, to an extent, it did. But it was still pretty entertaining.
Very good acting
Excellent costuming and art direction
Very good cinematography
Blood spilled > 4,000 gals (imp.)
Body count > 100,000.

3 Torps

[Feuer Frei!]

22 Bullets with Jean Reno!
Highly recommend it
Always enjoyed his acting.

[Growler]

Watched Paul three times in the first four days it was out, and laughed like a madman, completely leaving the audience behind for most of it.

Utter frivolity and pure fun, but not a family movie at all, unless your family is like mine - twisted (and able to get in R-rated films).

I wish I could say more without giving away a lot of the humor - let's just say that if you're, maybe 20 - 30 years old or with an appreciation of the Sci-Fi film culture of the last 40-some-odd years, I think you'll like this one. I did, but like I said earlier, I'm a little... strange.