David Kelly 1260 Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Very good mash up of something like The Last Boy Scout (written by Shane Black who wrote and directed this) and The Big Sleep. Downey Jr and Kilmer (as Gay Perry) are both good in the leads and the rest of the cast flesh it out nicely. Worth it just for Downey Jr playing Russian Roulette! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 Butterfly Effect Good film, I enjoyed it. Very intense and thought-provoking, and Ashton Kutcher puts in a good performance (which was great!). 163661[/snapback] Away and shite, it's teen-movie guff. 163676[/snapback] FACT! Watched 11:14 last night, really enjoyed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus 0 Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 watched brokeback mountain. not quite the best film ever but still very good. quite moving in places and well worth a watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 The Birds - If there's a better film about the female orgasm, I'm yet to see it. Princess Raccoon - Quite possibly the worst film about the forbidden love between a man and a raccoon that I've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 Love 'The Birds', I'll skip the other one though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10963 Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 Infernal Affair first time I've watched this and despite me feeling like shit as aI watched it I enjoyed it immensely. proof that Hollywood can't come close to foreign cinema when it comes to a good thoughtful action film. oh and Brock. Butterfly Effect is in know way "thought provoking", unless the provoked thought is "this is an enjoyable popcornflick, it's the diet coke of movies, movie-lite etc." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 proof that Hollywood can't come close to foreign cinema when it comes to a good thoughtful action film. 164000[/snapback] Scorsese's having a go at remaking it so we'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus 0 Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 Infernal Affair first time I've watched this and despite me feeling like shit as aI watched it I enjoyed it immensely. proof that Hollywood can't come close to foreign cinema when it comes to a good thoughtful action film. oh and Brock. Butterfly Effect is in know way "thought provoking", unless the provoked thought is "this is an enjoyable popcornflick, it's the diet coke of movies, movie-lite etc." 164000[/snapback] Great film - part of a trilogy as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10963 Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 Great film - part of a trilogy as well. 164030[/snapback] Oh no, does this mean the next two are going to crowbar as many theological references in as possible? Will Lau be the Christ figure? will he fall down and be shot from above to show some kind of crucifx symbol? will the badge number correlate to a passage in the bible? I thought this was the LAW of the Trilogy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46027 Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Four Little Girls: Spike Lee documentary about the bombing of the 16th Street Church in Birmingham, Alabama which killed four black girls. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Street_B..._Church_bombing It was good. Pretty sad, obviously. It always amazes me that segregation was still legal in the US until the 60s. The generation before mine brought up until their teens with segregation in place in a supposedly civilised country like the US. Mental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 The French Connection and Serpico A New York cop double bill. I did like French Connection but Serpico was vastly superior. Only made 2 years later it doesn't have half of the action, the violence or the tension but it has a level of realism French Connection only claims to have. Looking up what each film won it's no surprise to see that FC cleared up at the oscars while Serpico won nothing. Both portray cops in a bad light, but while FC ends bleakly it still says they get the job done, that cops are essentially good people who move hell and high water to get the job done at a massive cost to their own lives. Serpico ends on a more positive note but is far more scathing of the entire force throughout the whole film. It's a far more depressing notion that the force is thoroughly corrupt. Hackman won the oscar as an officer using dubious methods to get the job done. He's excellent at it. His inner struggle with mistakes of the past and his determination not to repeat the mistakes, to prove his worth. The pain masked by indulgence in drink and women. It's all pitched perfectly. But Pacino's Serpico is a cut above. It's probably an easier role to play with a far more clearly defined arc. He starts as a rookie and goes through years of frustration which he fights at the cost of long term relationships. He has time to become more and more disillusioned. But saying that, Pacino hits every note spot on. Squeaky Al was always better than shouty Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 I love both those films HF. Full-Time Killer - Bizarre love triangle involving two rival assasins in Hong Kong. One seduces the other's housekeeper in order to get close to him so he can Usurp him as the top hit-man. Very enjoyable once I'd worked out what the fuck was going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7169 Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 District 13. Canny enough but no better than ong bak in the fighting stakes, and that was out first. speaking of which, the follow up to ong bak, 'the warrior', is out at cinemas next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Ong Bak is mint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Ong Bak is mint. 164950[/snapback] Have you seen Iron Monkey? More wire work in it, but it's a classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Ong Bak is mint. 164950[/snapback] Have you seen Iron Monkey? More wire work in it, but it's a classic. 164966[/snapback] No *adds to ever increasing Amazon list* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7169 Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 If you like ong bak you gotta see the warrior/tom yum goong. Its only his 2nd major film and its set in oz so theres more english speaking in it. An awesome fighting scene, last about 10minutes, was shot in one take, and is worth the price of the film alone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 If you like ong bak you gotta see the warrior/tom yum goong. Its only his 2nd major film and its set in oz so theres more english speaking in it. An awesome fighting scene, last about 10minutes, was shot in one take, and is worth the price of the film alone! 164984[/snapback] Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46027 Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 These Japanese films you all watch....are they just full of long, drawn-out fight scenes or do they actually have decent stories? Fight scenes in films are about as interesting as car chases in films to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 These Japanese films you all watch....are they just full of long, drawn-out fight scenes or do they actually have decent stories? Fight scenes in films are about as interesting as car chases in films to me. 164989[/snapback] Some of the Asian films I watch have lots of fight scenes, but the scenes have to be good to keep me interested. Quite a lot of the others are in the 'action' genre but without hand-to-hand combat and others like 'In The Mood For Love' and 'Days Of Being Wild' are what you could call stylish love stories. It's hard to categorise them though as I think Japanese, Korean and Hong Kong films all have a distinct style. I think there's something for everyone in Asian cinema though, so long as can arsed with subtitles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46027 Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 I might give a couple a go, but if there's loads of "hiYA, karateeeee CHOP "shit, there's gonna be trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 I might give a couple a go, but if there's loads of "hiYA, karateeeee CHOP "shit, there's gonna be trouble. 164994[/snapback] I would recommend 'Old Boy' for a kick-off. Class film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7169 Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 These Japanese films you all watch....are they just full of long, drawn-out fight scenes or do they actually have decent stories? Fight scenes in films are about as interesting as car chases in films to me. 164989[/snapback] Ong bak and the warrior are thai films and they have class storylines. For example, in Tom Yum Goong/The Warrior, someone steals his elephant, so he travels to Australia to get it back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 These Japanese films you all watch....are they just full of long, drawn-out fight scenes or do they actually have decent stories? Fight scenes in films are about as interesting as car chases in films to me. 164989[/snapback] Ong bak and the warrior are thai films and they have class storylines. For example, in Tom Yum Goong/The Warrior, someone steals his elephant, so he travels to Australia to get it back 165003[/snapback] How funny is the mob boss with the voice box in Ong-Bak? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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