And now, for something COMPLETELY different.... a movie by Japanese director Takashi Miike:
Highly mediocre film, that just fails almost all expectations of it. Don't let the trailers fool you. The english bothers me, because it gets in the way of the acting, and it's just really stale in terms of action. When they tell stories in the movie it's enjoyable, but other than that, everything else just is boring... Except the giant machine gun.
Lost in Time o.k.a.
"Mong Bat Liu" I think Cecilia Cheung is beautiful, sure she's got a raspy voice, but she can be funny, and that's beautiful,... but that's not my bias. I think she's been a great actress since her beginning in the Stephon Chow Film
King of Comedy, especially in the film
Failan, which is an ambitious movie that just runs much too long. I actually recommend all the titles I just listed, but make sure you make time for Failan.
Lost in Time is great because of the acting. The story is fairly simple and it doesn't present anything new, and it's a drama so there's no special effects, so if that's your thing look elsewhere. It's a great movie about being human and picking up the pieces of your life when everything has been so shattered.
I'm excited that there's a thread like this. I have mucho movies to discuss.
A good comedy I would recommend is a film called:
Kikujiro no Natsu simply called Kikujiro in the US. Directed by the director of the popular modern Zatoichi film "Beat" Takeshi Kitano. It's a great lit dramedy about a kid traveling japan to finally meet his mom. It's heart breaking in some points, and it's a little longer in some shots, but there are pocket bursts of humor and oddities.
Speaking of Zatoichi, the blind swordsman, anyone else excited for the remake (not a giant follower of the stories I know its been re-made and re-imagined many times) but this time it's a girl.
You can view clips of it
here.On to more fisty-cuffs martial arts stuff. Has anyone seen the Chocolate film? not the one with Johnny Depp, but the one about the autistic girl who's heightened ability is to beat the crap out of people. It's made by the same people who made the
Tony Jaa vehicles the
Ong Bak series and
the Protector? I wonder if it's any good. The impacts didn't seem as good. What are your thoughts on the Muy Thai kick-boxer films vs the chinese Martial arts films? I think the Chinese martial arts films are more beautiful to watch with better stories but the Muy Thai kick-boxer films are more visceral and pleasing to the bone crunchingness... although the Protector was just down right bad and boring.
Edited by chouzu_tao, 15 July 2009 - 06:59 PM.