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Takeshi was great in both Brothe, Hana-Bir and Battle Royale but I didn't like his performance in Zaitoichi though. 
Otherwise he's a good actor if the role is supposed to be cool, gathered and laid-back (I don't think I've seen him being any other way).
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| Posted: Wed, 17th Jan 2018 03:29 Post subject: |
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i actually liked the fact he was more giggling old kind-man in zatoichi rather than playing it as a stone cold badass.
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| Posted: Wed, 17th Jan 2018 13:53 Post subject: |
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casshern
kinda sums up how my viewing preferences have changed over the years. I really really enjoyed the movie when it when i was younger, but now? Maybe its because i never used to care too much about plot, but now.. i really have to admit that the movies story is utterly rediculous. Completely nonsensical, poorly conceived, irrational and inconsistent. I get the broad strokes of the story, such as an exhausted nation after a war, with lack of resources, disease, hunger and poverty rife.. an ambitious (*cough* magical *cough*) plan to find a cure for the sickness plaguing the people, an intially ambiguous resurgeance of war, magic stone lightning (  here we go...  ), animated bodies, hatred, war (with robots, because why not) and then a grand revelation behind the whole mess. The core concept is actually pretty cool, and i LOVED the montage, complete with beautiful music at the end, and POSSIBLY i kinda almost maybe understand the lightning, but then theres just so much other nonsense surrounding it that IF its what i think it is, then it utterly destroys its beauty. I dunno, the story is just a mess.
I also did not like the actor (or at least the performance) of the guy playing the main characters father (the scientist).. honestly, he picks one facial look at the start, and holds that face for the entire film. Its like watching the japanese ice cube. the guy was just dreadful. something between the look of giddy excitement, crying, and trying to conceal a fart.
I also thought that the fight choreography was mostly pretty bad. The flashy visuals no doubt destracted me when i was younger, but now - having seen so many amazing fight sequences in the past - its many failings become to frustratingly apparent. Lots of quick cuts, close up camera work, awkward action sequences (someone runs at a character, then it cuts to them flying against a wall, implying they were hit) and a flat out uncertainty at times as to what even happened. The first 'real' battle with the woman, was probably one of the worst action sequences ive ever seen in a film of this type.
but its not all bad. the films visual style DESERVES to be seen. its one of the most visually unique and beautiful films ive seen. Not just in terms of the effects and usage of colour and filters, but also how it sometimes conceptually handles character conversations, a layering of peaceful dialog with loud, mixing real world visuals with idealised dream-like versions.. its a beautiful film.
as i said, conceptually theres stuff here that works so well, and it delivers an emotional punch that is crazy satisfying towards the end... oh i just fucking wish it had been written to be a coherent film.
oh, and i still grinned just as big as the first time i ever saw that robot battle near the start... when the music kicks in... sooo good 
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| Posted: Wed, 17th Jan 2018 14:19 Post subject: |
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| chiv wrote: | heres the thing i dont understand about ratings. why would someone rate a film at above average if they didnt like it, especially when they found it to be offensive, frustrating and just a soulless cash grab.
*narrows eyes* have you been using the ign ratings scale again... |
I may have been influenced by the ign rating scale and some drugs,yes. I think the movie entertains to a certain point,keeping you waiting for that great conclusion which never comes, instead it rapes your mind,spits in your face and insults you afterwards. The typical Barnsen-FridayNight aside, it has above-average spikes which should grant the movie a 6/10 (and me some cash for shilling the movie)
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| Posted: Thu, 18th Jan 2018 00:58 Post subject: |
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Gerald's Game: Well, that was a great movie. Didn't like her very much at the beginning, but that quickly changed. 8/10 and +0.5 for the nice guy.
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| Posted: Thu, 18th Jan 2018 10:10 Post subject: |
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Tai chi zero
Haven't watched it in a long time, but it's just as enjoyable as I remember it.
Really really funny. It has the (to me) best type of Asian humor I like to see in these kinds of films. Not overly slapstick, not cringe, not gross out or overly cheesy, just genuine humor through scenarios, dialog and expression. Most of the fights are short, but really beautifully choreographed, and the music fits them perfectly. I also love the visual style of the film, utilising comedic text and graphics throughout (similar to scott pilgrim)
Only thing I wasn't too fond of, is that I felt the "bad guy" was a little to sympathetic. I felt a bit bad for him, even though he was clearly in the wrong.
Really fun film, next up is the sequel which I haven't seen before.
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| Posted: Thu, 18th Jan 2018 10:24 Post subject: |
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the man ftom earth 2 - 6/10, well, i loved the first one, the dialogue, the story, the acting, everthing. this one was, good but still unnecessary. they should stick to one movie, never know why hollowood, didnt make a reboot with jonny deep as "john". 
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| Posted: Thu, 18th Jan 2018 21:26 Post subject: |
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Feeding Frenzy - decent for RLM production.
If I would have to score it objectively - 4.5/10
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| Posted: Thu, 18th Jan 2018 22:15 Post subject: |
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Arif v 216 - 8.5/10
Really good.
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Jan 2018 01:50 Post subject: |
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tai chi hero
i enjoyed it. i think its the village-life, training segments of the film i enjoyed the most.. the bits where it felt most like a fun, laid back, light hearted adventure film - its the characters i find the best thing about these movies. I got bored every time the film cut away to establish what other characters were doing in other areas... I just wanted to get back to what the main characters were doing in the village.
sadly it felt like this film took itself more seriously than zero. they dialed back the high spirited glee of the first film. theres less outlandish use of text and graphics overlying the film, and the story not as care-free... some might enjoy that, but since i didnt think the story was all that special anyway, i feel like the film lost a bit of what i found so damn enjoyable about the first film.
but as i said, the fun is still there, characters are still charming, the fights are still pleasant to watch and theres lots of silly cgi and scenarios to enjoy. Theres clearly supposed to be a third film, but after 5 years i kinda doubt its still happening. Pity.
Oh, and the movie had peter stormare in it. They made him do an accent... im guessing it was supposed to be british, but watching a swede try to do a british accent when he neither knows how to nor cares to do it well, was just... awkward and weird and unpleasant. But it does make me wonder about this kind of thing. The director is chinese, so all he needs the english actor to do, is 'talk english' so that the audience knows its an english speaking character. As a native english speaker, I can tell how horrible of a job hes doing, but would asian audiences realize it too.. or even care? I see this a lot in asian films that require an english speaking character - their performances are often woefully bad either because the director lacks the desire or ability to get a good performance from the actor, or maybe they just realize it wont matter to the audience and therefore only do 1 or 2 takes and say 'fuck it, that'll do'. I mean even heavyweight major american actors in asian films tend to give really rubbish english-speaking performances.
I wonder what native chinese and japanese speakers would think about bit-part asian-speaking characters in american films. Are those actors likewise doing a really really shit job and us native english speakers cant tell?
Or is it just that asian filmmakers (and audiences) want english characters to be caricatures? Over the top 'englishy'? Do american filmmakers do the same with asian characters in films too? Oh god... are asians in real life actually less asiany than i think they are?!?!?!?!1111111
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Jan 2018 11:21 Post subject: |
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Azumi
I've seen it before, but a long time ago. It's still fun.. You can tell they really tried, and the result IS an enjoyable action film, but sadly it's a big problem when a: you have a lead actor (in this case, actress) that is neither particularly athletic nor adept at sword play, and b: you're working with a limited budget. The action is mostly quick cuts and painfully clear slow, safe sword moves, with only one or two actors putting in a credible performance. Far too often it feels like a sword is slapping on the someone's back, missing by a mile, or being carefully/slowly placed against the body, followed by a swift pull to emulate a deadly cut. The fights are energetic but sadly quite toothless. It's not as bad as watching a matrix reloaded fight, but it's still clearly lacking.
The story is cool, a lot of the fights may not be especially satisfying but the set pieces and scenarios are, and I've mentioned before that watching Japanese teens die is totally one of my fav genres ( ) so I still enjoyed rewatching the film... but having seen how much higher the bar for sword fighting can be, I just expect more these days than I did when I first saw it.
Film certainly has kitamuras trademark style to it.. I just wish they'd gone with a better actress and spent a bit more time on the sword fighting.
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Jan 2018 11:30 Post subject: |
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Good Time - I watched it because of the 7.4 on IMDB but for the life of me I don't understand how it got such a high score. It's complete nonsense. The script is bland, superficial and dumb. The acting is a piece of shit. Maybe I'm missing something...
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Jan 2018 14:27 Post subject: |
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71 into the fire
i do like my asian-teen-death films and this one gave me 71 of 'em! But turns out south koreans... even though they gave a valiant effort in the dying department, just cant match the japanese when it comes to murdering their teens on film. No one can do that gritted teeth screaming bloody noble teen death quite like the japanese.
BUT, that aside.. pretty well made film, the action sequences were really good... not much to say other than that. No real plot, just 'dem evil north koreans are comin', we're light on soldiers, so lets get these students to defend a key location at a school'. As is usually the case with films like this, it got a little silly at the end... suddenly a handful of students are mowing down dozens upon dozens of trained, well equipped soldiers, but i guess its more about the metaphor than literal interpretation, so i can at least understand it even though i didnt particularly like it.
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Jan 2018 20:35 Post subject: |
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Kingsman 2
7/10
Nice action scenes, but pretty terrible CGI.
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Jan 2018 22:59 Post subject: |
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american satan - 4/10 WTF
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| Posted: Sat, 20th Jan 2018 00:50 Post subject: |
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Small Town Crime (2017)
really good solid movie, enjoyed it and skipped nothing pretty much
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| Posted: Sat, 20th Jan 2018 07:13 Post subject: |
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Dagon
Actually pretty decent Lovecraftian horror movie. Has that 80s, early 90s italian horror movies feeling. The main thing I could pick on is basic and shitty CGI, fortunately it's sparse in this movie.
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| Posted: Sun, 21st Jan 2018 00:27 Post subject: |
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Grantz: O - 7/10 - some of the weirdest shit I've seen. Script was average and the love story was ridiculous.
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| Posted: Sun, 21st Jan 2018 00:35 Post subject: |
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Dunkirk - Great sound and cinematography but tbh I was really bored. Didn't catch me as I thought it would.
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| Posted: Sun, 21st Jan 2018 01:37 Post subject: |
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| Mister_s wrote: | | Grantz: O - 7/10 - some of the weirdest shit I've seen. Script was average and the love story was ridiculous. |
i assume you saw the recent regret release? is it dual audio or jap the same as all the old bluray releases?
and yes, i know the webdl has english audio, but only 2.0 :/ |
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| Posted: Sun, 21st Jan 2018 02:18 Post subject: |
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Thor Ragnarok
crap/10
I managed to sit through the first 30 minutes or so and then I turned it off. This franchise needs to die.
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| Posted: Sun, 21st Jan 2018 10:40 Post subject: |
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| chiv wrote: | | Mister_s wrote: | | Grantz: O - 7/10 - some of the weirdest shit I've seen. Script was average and the love story was ridiculous. |
i assume you saw the recent regret release? is it dual audio or jap the same as all the old bluray releases?
and yes, i know the webdl has english audio, but only 2.0 :/ |
I watched it on Netflix.
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| Posted: Sun, 21st Jan 2018 13:34 Post subject: |
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Beyond - 6/10
I sort of got the idea and all but the documentary style bored me at some point. Also, cheesy ending.
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| Posted: Sun, 21st Jan 2018 13:50 Post subject: |
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geostorm
you KNOW a movie is stupid when even i chuckle out loud at stuff. the entire last act on the station was really horrible.
as for the rest of the movie... honestly, i didnt hate it. i just thought it was.. bland. average. an "OK" destruction movie. A poor mans 2012. It needed MORE destruction, a grander scale... more insanity and craziness. Films like this NEED to be dialed up to 11, otherwise they just become.. well.. geostorm.
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| Posted: Sun, 21st Jan 2018 13:59 Post subject: |
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| h0rnyfavn wrote: | Thor Ragnarok
crap/10
I managed to sit through the first 30 minutes or so and then I turned it off. This franchise needs to die. |
Really? I thought it was one of the best Marvel movies I've seen. It was stupid as hell, but I guess that's part of the charm. And it was funny.
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| Posted: Sun, 21st Jan 2018 14:32 Post subject: |
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I had to check wiki about Marvel's films.
I think Logan, Deadpool and Doctor Strange (in this order) are the "best" films based on Marvels comics. They are certainly not without flaws but better than the rest of the marvels films
Tbh there are more good or decent films based on DC comics than on Marvel comics.
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| Posted: Sun, 21st Jan 2018 15:29 Post subject: |
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Thor Rangarök is one of the best super hero movies i've seen together with deadpool, watchmen and the second x-men movie.. it's easy to understand why it has a 8.1 on IMDB.. A few of the batman movies are quite good too i guess, but i usually can only stand watching them 1 time, deadpool was also not great for a second viewing..
didn't care at all for Logan, found it really dull and super depressing (watchmen is dark too, but i dont know, found it depressing in a better way lol). haven't seen Dr strange yet.
Ragnarök wasn't flawless but overall really solid.
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