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Atavachron ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 30 2006 Location: Pearland Status: Offline Points: 65524 |
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The Art of War II: Betrayal
Mediocre sequel to the fairly good first one, the best thing here is of course Wesley Snipes, his strong presence and spritely martial arts skills. The rest is bland and easily forgotten. |
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In Search of Chopin - Documentary by UK director Gashby - Excellent stuff and the top classical pianists in the world giving their perpsective on this pioneer of music
The Grand Budapest Hotel - rarely comical drivel more like Director getting off on his own hype. Great cast though - Cameo frenzy
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Guldbamsen ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Retired Admin Joined: January 22 2009 Location: Magic Theatre Status: Offline Points: 23104 |
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There is indeed something very unnerving and uncomfortable about that stalker, and the manner in which it's communicated on screen is, imo, a small stroke of cinematic genius. People looking for Dirty Harry or other such Don Siegel masculinity will be let-down if they're looking for the same thing though. The "explosions" in the movie are far more subtle. Not exactly what you'd guess to find in his directing debut. Btw, David, have you seen Million Dollar Baby? That was the one I was referring to earlier;-) A pseudo boxing movie, that succeeds in shining a no nonsense light on the sport. Especially the inner mechanics and beauty of it is captured to perfection in Morgan Freeman's old and wise voice overs. Oh how I love that man! |
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Guldbamsen ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Retired Admin Joined: January 22 2009 Location: Magic Theatre Status: Offline Points: 23104 |
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I don't know how you guys feel about kung fu and martial arts movies, but if you're into the real deal - no gimmicks and computerscreens, then you have to watch the Jacki Chan flick 'Drunken Master'. See Jackie at the peak of his powers, together with all the original animal techniques of kung fu. Basically where it all came from. The movie itself is horridly campy and sorry if I offend anyone in here, but very "Hong Kong":-P
It adds to the proceedings, that little bit of B movie charm that then again is outweighed by the sheer beauty of the fighting scenes, and don't get me started on the training! Puts Jean Claude and Michael Dudikoff to endless shame. Arguably the best kung fu ever to feature on screen. |
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Guldbamsen ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Retired Admin Joined: January 22 2009 Location: Magic Theatre Status: Offline Points: 23104 |
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Two remakes: Ole Bornedal's 'The Night Watch' and 'Nikita' with Bridget Fonda.
Wow.... Why even bother? You have two brilliant original movies, that just so happen to be in French and Danish. Why make a remake just to add English? The Night Watch sees Ewan McGregor taking on the role of Nikolaj Coster Waldau, the young night guard who is starting out in a morgue. While Ewan does a fine job of conveying the angst and natural fear of the films protagonist, that suddenly sees himself swept up in a nightmarish murder mystery that keeps leaving dead people around his work place, it never really manages to reach any of the highs of it's ancestor. It lacks the bite of the original. There's no "spark". You can just tell how frustrated Bornedal must've been, when all he can do with the left over cash that presumably had to be spent, is tying black bin liners around the huge cypress trees in front of the morgue......for no obvious reason whatsoever. They're just there. Kinda like this movie... The exact same thing can be said about the remake of Luc Besson's Nikita, although, in fairnesss, this was at least not the work of Besson. No no, here we are served with notorious shoot-em-up director John Badham, who is widely known for being just as lame as his last name. There is no real and horrorfying violence, like the one found in the original. The one put there to illustrate something far more interesting: detachment. Again something that's completely missing from the Badham movie, at least the right kind of detachment. Everything about Badham is very much detached, maybe except for the action and kapow scenes, and that makes the original thought of the movie superfluous. The movie stops making sense, if you are watching it from the original maker's eyes, and that is a shame. Edited by Guldbamsen - May 19 2014 at 03:48 |
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And yes, as a martial artist I have a soft spot for chopsocky flicks, and Drunken Master is great (I like DM 2 as well). I also like the lesser ones; just caught Shaolin Temple Against Lama and have been meaning to see Five Fingers of Death, a classic that Tarantino got a lot of influence from. |
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I think that's why he worked so well with RZA for the Kill Bill flicks. They'd both seen the same movies! RZA used a lot of samples from them in early Wu Tang too.
All the movies you mention there are top dollar. I still think Drunken Master holds the finest fighting scenes though:-P |
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
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Chinese gongfu well choreographed is wonderful, I wish people fought like that in real life
![]() don't know if you like the high-end modern wuxia (Hero,Flying Daggers,etc.), but The Grandmaster was excellent |
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I liked Hero a lot, but there has been too many of the same films made to look like it.
The Grandmaster is one I haven't seen. I'll make a note of it though:-) |
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what we need is more local airwaves that show all the old stuff late at night, a bygone era I suppose-- Kung Fu Theater where are you?
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![]() Yes that and the original Monty Python's Flying Circus run again. I don't know how it is over there, but here in DK we never get to see the real show. Always hapdash compilation shows or the two long movies...sigh |
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
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Atavachron ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 30 2006 Location: Pearland Status: Offline Points: 65524 |
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Hmm, yes I can see them 'hapdashing' it, some of the episodes have great bits but the rest is weird, but you're right; you gotta see it in its original form. What it does need is a thorough remaster, it just looks terrible with that old '60s BBC stock film. Our Public Television used to show it years ago, Fawlty as well, but there's so much more product now there's barely any room for that stuff. I kinda miss all that empty space TV used to have to fill with neat films and shows.
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I can relate. Back when they used to show fishtanks or a simple clock just to pass time. Those were the days...
But now we've got... *drum roll*.......wait for it....... TADAAAHH commercials!!!! Let's all go buy some crap, that we'll never use! |
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
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Atavachron ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 30 2006 Location: Pearland Status: Offline Points: 65524 |
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remnants can still be seen in the burning Yule Log shown on Xmas.. kinda sad actually
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Your short review compelled metowatch this.And I cant stop thinking about it. Absolutely floored me as to the amount of cruelty from the hand of man. Sick, depraved, debased behaviour from start to end- an animal snuff film with noholds barred visceral imagery. The scenes of circus animals herded up, dogs starved, fur ripped off animals, pigs bled out and cows fed into a slaughter machine one by one are depictions of mankind at its most barbaric. See the whole film on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEliPlTqkEk
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I think it's a horror most of us know of, but very rarely give a second thought. Most likely because it is so cruel, and we don't want to be that way. It's just the bareskin truth, if we want to live the way we do.
I have children where I work, who all are surrounded by huge agricultural lands, yet still believe meatballs come from the soil... |
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Thanks for noting that, Scott, my review got stuck at the page bottom and it is an important, if almost unwatchable, film.
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Noah 2014
![]() Seeing Noah for me was a weird experience as I was shocked that very little of the Biblical account existed in the film. According to the director, Stone rock 6 armed transformer guys helped build the ark, and fight off the enemy, these are the fallen angels. The film shows that Noah was going to kill his daughter's babies, then regrets not doing it, then theres an evil king that stowed aboard the ark, although Bible is explicit that nobody boards the ark apart from Noahs family and animals, the animals were all aneasthetised for the journey too, and Methuselah was a wizard. I know directors can have some artistic license but thats taking it too far. I wasnt disgusted though, I was entertained - I would say its just another hollywood movie and should not even be related to any Christian principles as theres virtually none in the film. There is a flood, theres five minutes of animals boarding, but very little else. Christians have told me that its a good film cos it causes many people to go to the Bible and check it out for themselves. Perhaps thats true, but these films should be handled better if they are to be respected by Christians or religious groups. Taking the Bible out of the movie for a moment, I can tell you that it is being critiqued as a major flop for the filmmakers because it does not really appeal to any particular group, certainly Christians will be disappointed at how little of the Bible account is maintained, and others may find it dull and tedious in places.On the Ark all scenes are just faces peering from the darkness, you see no animals at all once they board and its all about Noah's dysfunctional family. His son betrays him to an evil ruler, his daughter has an unwanted baby that Naoh prepares to stab to get rid of her, then theres the big ending with Noah fighting the ruler - finally we see the dove return with the olive branch but its not a scene of peace. The animals disembark in a brief scene, a rainbow in the sky and it ends with us wondering why did they bother. I would agree this is like the Biblical Waterworld,except Waterworld is better for its unintentional humour and Costners deadpan appalling performance. I rate Noah a massive 1 and a half stars for its sheer spectacle in the animal boarding scene. A deadset disappointment. Read the 2 pagesof the Bible instead!
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AtomicCrimsonRush ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 02 2008 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 14258 |
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No probs at all. I would say Earthlings is one of the best docos I have seen for depicting the ugly truth of our ways. Its a horror movie for animals for sure. Intense too with Moby's soundtrack and Phoenix's narrative style. The section on meat will haunt me for a long time as I drive past a stinking abbatoir everyday.The stench is overwhelming but there is an uncanny silence. |
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'Grave Encounters' 7/10
Finally! A stupid ghost hunter show I can watch without wanting to destroy my TV...or taking the more reasonable approach and just switching the channel. ![]() It's a "found footage" movie about a ghost hunter episode taking place in an abandoned mental hospital. Turned out a lot more entertaining than I'd figured. They went a cool direction with it, and it worked pretty nicely. 'Evil Dead' remake 7/10 Brutal reimagining of the story. Not one ounce of humor, but that's what it should've been. Had they tried to recapture that same kind of style of the originals, it would've been garbage, and a bad idea. Liked this one. |
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