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Praeserpium Machinarum:
I thought Dark Water and Hero was good, but that's about the only asian films(besides animation flicks) I have seen, if you don't count the one I saw today about little tibetan boys becoming lamas. But that was hardly a movie. However, I refuse to see Kung Fu Hustle, just the title makes me nauseous.
I have seen a tidbit of Seven Samurais but I wasn't really intrigued...
lingy:
See...Hero, was more eyecandy if anything. But for some reason I just found it terrible.
The acting, the personalities...
it was just so...weak.
Plus, it brings up the fact that Zhang Ziyi is a slut in every single one of her movies.
Now she's in one about Geisha's -.-;;
AND she dated Jackie Chan's son and thats why she's in Rush Hour 2
-shudders-
1patheticloser:
Well she wasn't that much of a slut in....no.....well....she was only really with the one guy in Crouching Tiger....ok....you win.
Also, in terms of Bollywood, the movie Lagaan is amazing. It's a four hour epic about cricket. Like the game. And there's singing. So much awesome.
Oh, and what's the opinion of Oldboy around these parts? In some other circles it's lauded as God's gift to movies...I mean I liked it and all. Bonus points because of the sheer disturbed nature of the plot.
Simulacra:
dude, please don't mention Lagaan. my old roommate made me watch that with him and if i weren't so utterly appalled i would have laughed my ass off. yes, the whole thing, right off. i mean, a musical? about CRICKET???? anywho, when i used to have the Sundance channel, I ran into some decent asian documentary-type movies. anyone know where i might find those or something like it?
mrjjbobo:
I wanted to come to the aid of Kung Fu Hustle. Honestly, seriously, I am a movie buff. I watch tons and think about what I am watching. I've taken film annalysis classes and write reviews for local publications. It's not to toot my horn, it's to establish that I am not a film bumpkin.
Kung Fu Hustle is, in my opinion, the best Movie of the Year. It's eye candy, it's rediculous, it's entertaining. I mean, if you go in expecting something like Hero or 2046 (not saying their similar, just different from KFH) you will be sorely dissapointed. But watch it to be entertained, and I swear it will entertain you.
I am also a big fan of Zatochi the blind samurai series of films, they run on IFC from time to time, and they recently came out on DVD.
Oh, and to defend hero, I don't think plot and character were the main things they were trying to promote. I think it was more on the visual, and in that I was very pleased with it. I really liked the theme they had with seasons and the very distinct and pssionate color schemes.
I just make sure I don't make the mistake of expecting great acting out of Jet Li (although I was surprised by him in that movie with morgan freeman that I can't beleive I forgot the name of because I saw it in theatres and everything, I don't think it was an amazing movie, but I thought Jet Li did better-than-average acting)
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