The Asian movies thread! - Page 4

*raphael_is_cool* · 01-18-2005, 06:20 AM

Twin Warriors is my favourite Asian film. So awesome

I'm hoping to see Infernal Affairs, sounds like my sort of film

**HorseTechie** · 02-06-2005, 12:19 PM

Twin Warriors... yes! I also can't wait to see House of Flying Daggers too. Looks wild.

Saw the Grudge (and the Eye)... creepy. I think the Grudge was a tad better this time. The Ringu was the better of the other two.

Been though a bunch of Japanese samurai movies last fall, some good... some bad. "Seven Samurai" is the best, hands down of course. Newer ones we liked was "Samurai Fiction" and "Red Shadow". Those two were connected to each other. Red Shaow was like a sequal of the ninja in Samuari Fiction. Very amusing. There were also Onmyoji, Gojoe, and Taitachi (Legend of the Blind Swordsman).

Since hubby is Korean, there's a bunch of good Korean movies worth seeing too. My husband's favorite is "Freinds" (Chingu). It's about four guys who grew up as tight friends, got thru highschool, and then break off on their sepaerate ways in gangs and college and as drug dealers. But no matter what life dishes out, they still do what they can to still together.

There's also "My Friend, My Boss". It's another one focused on the mobster gangs, but over a high school. Dramatic, has a good many fight scenes, but also has some funny moments too.

A newer one "Going Home". More of a life drama that could be considered a "chic flick". A young spoiled boy learns how to love and understand his 'mute and dumb' grandmother. I thought it was cute.

Last but not least... "The Brotherhood of War" (Tae Guk Ki) "A drama about the fate of brothers forced to fight in the Korean War". The trailer looks so awesome. Hubby has heard that it was a very popular hit in Korea last year too (like Saving Private Ryan or Passion of the Christ big). Unfortuantely, we have not seen the English version relaesed over here yet. He said it would cost about $35 if he were to buy the Korea version now. So we wait. Rrrr...

**ThirdMarioBro** · 02-09-2005, 02:05 AM

I want some gorey Japanese slashers and ninja slashers. Any recomendations?

(don't say Battle Royale

)

**Barkworm** · 02-09-2005, 07:20 AM

I've never seen it but I think Ryuhei Kitamura's "Versus" should be interesting for you then.That movie is supposed to have zero story and nonstop gory katana and gun action.

愛 · 02-09-2005, 08:16 AM

Oh man, Versus is a QUALITY movie! There is practically no story at all, and 2 hours of violence....really graphic violence at that. I highly recommend it.

**ThirdMarioBro** · 02-12-2005, 05:49 PM

Thank you *runs to ebay*

Nothing beats a good ole fashion slasher.

**HorseTechie** · 02-13-2005, 10:38 AM

Oh god... yes. Versus is all that. I was like... "This is a stupid movie... when does it end?"

It has a sequel too, I think. Primus forbid!

愛 · 02-13-2005, 03:31 PM

How...dare you call Versus a stupid movie. Man, that movie is great. That guy running the prisoner over? He was so happy with himself! That movie was an acid trip and a half.

By the way, Ichi the Killer is at Best Buy for $12. I recommend getting it to Asian movie fans.

TerranigmaFreak · 02-22-2005, 11:47 AM

Ah, House of Flying Daggers. It brings back such wonderful memories... wonderful memories of me ripping a movie to tinny little pieces. House Of Flying Daggers is without a doubt hands down the worst movie I've seen in a long time. I'll post a review a little later, let me fill you in on another disappointing movie first.

Godzilla Final Wars. Now I haven't seen the movie myself but I am an active member of a Godzilla forum, and this movie is causing a huge Final War within the Godzilla community. Most of the well respected members(they're insiders) hated this movie. This is causing a huge flame war that's still going on right now. There are people who are utterly pissed off by this movie, and people who loved it. I haven't seen it, but even before the reviews came in, all my worst nightmares were coming true. Not a good sign for when I do get my hands on the movie.

Now comes my House Of Flying Dagger review...

THE REVIEW CONTAINS MINOR SPOILERS!!!!

The movie I'm talking about is House Of Flying Daggers. Let me ask you, is this movie a comedy? I certainly laugh out loud during many of the "so bad it's funny" scenes. Whether it's the ultra lame "kung fu" to the hilarious special effects of the flying daggers. Is this a softcore porno flick? Well there's the mandatory rape scene shoved into every movie. This movie is like Power Rangers with sex.

The plot is predictable at best. They used every cliche you can possibly think of. Bath scene, dude's gonna peep and get found out? Check! Plot twists you can smell from a mile away? Check! Random crap shoved in to the story which has no real revelance to the main story whatsoever? Check! Two dimensional characters with the IQ of a turnip? Check!!!

Please keep in mind that I'm watching this on a bootleg DVD. I have no clue whether the subtitles are the same as the real one. I'm just using the names of the characters I see on the sub. Oh and one more thing, the subtitles lose the charms of the hilariously bad dialogue. The comedy is more obvious when you understand Mandarin, and that's where most of the hilariously bad dialogue comes from.

Mei - I was really hoping I would be spared of 2 hours of misery. Hey, at least I knew Zhang ZiYi wasn't bad to look at. When the opening text scrolled across, I thought this movie might actually be good. Of course then Zhang ZiYi appears looking like a constipated chimp cross with the Joker, I really wished the movie was over. Mind you, the make up was kinda traditional, but then Zhang ZiYi just looks really funny in that get up. The scene wouldn't be as ridiculous if she didn't put on a singing performance worthy of Ashley Simpson. Where's William Hung!? He could be singing "She bangs! She bangs!" in many scene during the movie. Of course the plot twist involving her being blind could have been smell from a mile away. What gave it way? Besides the fact that she ran through a forest without slamming head first into a tree? Or the fact the she could go solo even after Wind boy left her? Sorry, I forgot to leave my brain out the door when watching a movie.

Wind Jin - I have no clue what's his name in english. It's sometimes Wind, sometimes Jin. Playboy who gets played and falls in love for real... My advice, stick to Onimusha. NEXT!

Leo - Why is it translated to Leo is beyond me. He would have been cool, had they not shoved a plot twist into it that has absolutely no impact on the story whatsoever. Oh look, he's actually a part of the flying daggers. Go figure. The fact that the lady wanted to personally kill him partically gives it away. Did you for one second think he was gonna really die? Yeah whatever he loves Mei, jealous of windboy and fights him. Yawn. If there was any real character development, I would have actually cared. Since there's no character development, you just somebody dies and let the movie end already. Thank god somebody does die.

The overall plot is just crap. It's a lame ass love story dropped in a historical setting. The corrupted Tang dynasty was falling apart, you'd think there's an epic struggle, instead we get Zhang ZiYi getting banged left and right. Seriously, none of the government thing even matters in this movie. It's just a lame ass love story that shallow as it is predictable.

They try to be clever like telling Leo to return with a dagger in his shoulders to prove that he was attacked. Yeah well, obviously the government would believe you if you had trek 3 days with a dagger in your shoulders and not once did you bother to try and remove it(and it makes the final battle even more silly).

How did those soldier with the swords end up in the bamboo forest? Not the first scene, but during the final battle. They probably felt the flying dagger guys' chi. Or maybe the planet a spidey tracker on one of them.

Commander: Suppress your chi men. We're approaching the hideout of the flying dagger guy. We'll surround them first, then we transform into Super Sayians at all once!

You call it martial arts, I call it wire work. If I wanted to watch a martial arts movie, I would have at least like to see some real martial arts, not this laugh out loud Power Ranger stuff. Watching the martial arts scenes was like watching a circus being performance using CGI. You'll have to excuse me while I laugh at the dagger time animation. Somebody didn't tell the Chinese guys that the Matrix was dead.

I don't know what was more hilarious, the soldier battle in the field of flowers, or the bamboo javelins. You can see the wires on the soldiers when they slide down the bamboo. Hey, it's kinda like spiderman, except they shoot webbing coming out from their ass.

My advice, watch this movie when you're drunk. Or watch Power Rangers when you're drunk, it makes no difference. Except it's in Chinese.

Demented Utrom · 02-25-2005, 11:35 PM

Shaolin Soccer was a good laugh.Hitting soccer balls with Matrix moves.A pretty decent comedy.It used tons of GCI for just a comedy movie.

**Barkworm** · 03-08-2005, 01:34 AM

I finally saw Shaolin Soccer and it's totally hilarious. If you like Asian goofball humour, this is for you.
I also saw Jackie Chan's "New Police Story", which was not as good as I hoped it to be but still very good.

02-06-2005, 12:19 PM	#62
HorseTechie Inactive Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Midwest Posts: 5,677	Obessess much... yes I do! Twin Warriors... yes! I also can't wait to see House of Flying Daggers too. Looks wild. Saw the Grudge (and the Eye)... creepy. I think the Grudge was a tad better this time. The Ringu was the better of the other two. Been though a bunch of Japanese samurai movies last fall, some good... some bad. "Seven Samurai" is the best, hands down of course. Newer ones we liked was "Samurai Fiction" and "Red Shadow". Those two were connected to each other. Red Shaow was like a sequal of the ninja in Samuari Fiction. Very amusing. There were also Onmyoji, Gojoe, and Taitachi (Legend of the Blind Swordsman). Since hubby is Korean, there's a bunch of good Korean movies worth seeing too. My husband's favorite is "Freinds" (Chingu). It's about four guys who grew up as tight friends, got thru highschool, and then break off on their sepaerate ways in gangs and college and as drug dealers. But no matter what life dishes out, they still do what they can to still together. There's also "My Friend, My Boss". It's another one focused on the mobster gangs, but over a high school. Dramatic, has a good many fight scenes, but also has some funny moments too. A newer one "Going Home". More of a life drama that could be considered a "chic flick". A young spoiled boy learns how to love and understand his 'mute and dumb' grandmother. I thought it was cute. Last but not least... "The Brotherhood of War" (Tae Guk Ki) "A drama about the fate of brothers forced to fight in the Korean War". The trailer looks so awesome. Hubby has heard that it was a very popular hit in Korea last year too (like Saving Private Ryan or Passion of the Christ big). Unfortuantely, we have not seen the English version relaesed over here yet. He said it would cost about $35 if he were to buy the Korea version now. So we wait. Rrrr...

02-09-2005, 02:05 AM	#63
ThirdMarioBro Tea Time! Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,905	I want some gorey Japanese slashers and ninja slashers. Any recomendations? (don't say Battle Royale ) __________________

02-09-2005, 07:20 AM	#64
Barkworm Draconian leftist ruler Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 6,758	I've never seen it but I think Ryuhei Kitamura's "Versus" should be interesting for you then.That movie is supposed to have zero story and nonstop gory katana and gun action. __________________ Make ****, not kill!

02-12-2005, 05:49 PM	#66
ThirdMarioBro Tea Time! Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,905	Thank you runs to ebay Nothing beats a good ole fashion slasher. __________________

02-22-2005, 11:47 AM	#69
TerranigmaFreak Stone Warrior Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 715	Ah, House of Flying Daggers. It brings back such wonderful memories... wonderful memories of me ripping a movie to tinny little pieces. House Of Flying Daggers is without a doubt hands down the worst movie I've seen in a long time. I'll post a review a little later, let me fill you in on another disappointing movie first. Godzilla Final Wars. Now I haven't seen the movie myself but I am an active member of a Godzilla forum, and this movie is causing a huge Final War within the Godzilla community. Most of the well respected members(they're insiders) hated this movie. This is causing a huge flame war that's still going on right now. There are people who are utterly pissed off by this movie, and people who loved it. I haven't seen it, but even before the reviews came in, all my worst nightmares were coming true. Not a good sign for when I do get my hands on the movie. Now comes my House Of Flying Dagger review... THE REVIEW CONTAINS MINOR SPOILERS!!!! The movie I'm talking about is House Of Flying Daggers. Let me ask you, is this movie a comedy? I certainly laugh out loud during many of the "so bad it's funny" scenes. Whether it's the ultra lame "kung fu" to the hilarious special effects of the flying daggers. Is this a softcore porno flick? Well there's the mandatory rape scene shoved into every movie. This movie is like Power Rangers with sex. The plot is predictable at best. They used every cliche you can possibly think of. Bath scene, dude's gonna peep and get found out? Check! Plot twists you can smell from a mile away? Check! Random crap shoved in to the story which has no real revelance to the main story whatsoever? Check! Two dimensional characters with the IQ of a turnip? Check!!! Please keep in mind that I'm watching this on a bootleg DVD. I have no clue whether the subtitles are the same as the real one. I'm just using the names of the characters I see on the sub. Oh and one more thing, the subtitles lose the charms of the hilariously bad dialogue. The comedy is more obvious when you understand Mandarin, and that's where most of the hilariously bad dialogue comes from. Mei - I was really hoping I would be spared of 2 hours of misery. Hey, at least I knew Zhang ZiYi wasn't bad to look at. When the opening text scrolled across, I thought this movie might actually be good. Of course then Zhang ZiYi appears looking like a constipated chimp cross with the Joker, I really wished the movie was over. Mind you, the make up was kinda traditional, but then Zhang ZiYi just looks really funny in that get up. The scene wouldn't be as ridiculous if she didn't put on a singing performance worthy of Ashley Simpson. Where's William Hung!? He could be singing "She bangs! She bangs!" in many scene during the movie. Of course the plot twist involving her being blind could have been smell from a mile away. What gave it way? Besides the fact that she ran through a forest without slamming head first into a tree? Or the fact the she could go solo even after Wind boy left her? Sorry, I forgot to leave my brain out the door when watching a movie. Wind Jin - I have no clue what's his name in english. It's sometimes Wind, sometimes Jin. Playboy who gets played and falls in love for real... My advice, stick to Onimusha. NEXT! Leo - Why is it translated to Leo is beyond me. He would have been cool, had they not shoved a plot twist into it that has absolutely no impact on the story whatsoever. Oh look, he's actually a part of the flying daggers. Go figure. The fact that the lady wanted to personally kill him partically gives it away. Did you for one second think he was gonna really die? Yeah whatever he loves Mei, jealous of windboy and fights him. Yawn. If there was any real character development, I would have actually cared. Since there's no character development, you just somebody dies and let the movie end already. Thank god somebody does die. The overall plot is just crap. It's a lame ass love story dropped in a historical setting. The corrupted Tang dynasty was falling apart, you'd think there's an epic struggle, instead we get Zhang ZiYi getting banged left and right. Seriously, none of the government thing even matters in this movie. It's just a lame ass love story that shallow as it is predictable. They try to be clever like telling Leo to return with a dagger in his shoulders to prove that he was attacked. Yeah well, obviously the government would believe you if you had trek 3 days with a dagger in your shoulders and not once did you bother to try and remove it(and it makes the final battle even more silly). How did those soldier with the swords end up in the bamboo forest? Not the first scene, but during the final battle. They probably felt the flying dagger guys' chi. Or maybe the planet a spidey tracker on one of them. Commander: Suppress your chi men. We're approaching the hideout of the flying dagger guy. We'll surround them first, then we transform into Super Sayians at all once! You call it martial arts, I call it wire work. If I wanted to watch a martial arts movie, I would have at least like to see some real martial arts, not this laugh out loud Power Ranger stuff. Watching the martial arts scenes was like watching a circus being performance using CGI. You'll have to excuse me while I laugh at the dagger time animation. Somebody didn't tell the Chinese guys that the Matrix was dead. I don't know what was more hilarious, the soldier battle in the field of flowers, or the bamboo javelins. You can see the wires on the soldiers when they slide down the bamboo. Hey, it's kinda like spiderman, except they shoot webbing coming out from their ass. My advice, watch this movie when you're drunk. Or watch Power Rangers when you're drunk, it makes no difference. Except it's in Chinese. __________________ First footage of the new R rated TMNT movie.

01-18-2005, 06:20 AM	#61
raphael_is_cool Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: England Posts: 2,151	Twin Warriors is my favourite Asian film. So awesome I'm hoping to see Infernal Affairs, sounds like my sort of film

02-09-2005, 08:16 AM	#65
愛 Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 7,449	Oh man, Versus is a QUALITY movie! There is practically no story at all, and 2 hours of violence....really graphic violence at that. I highly recommend it.

02-13-2005, 10:38 AM	#67
HorseTechie Inactive Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Midwest Posts: 5,677	Oh god... yes. Versus is all that. I was like... "This is a stupid movie... when does it end?" It has a sequel too, I think. Primus forbid!

02-13-2005, 03:31 PM	#68
愛 Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 7,449	How...dare you call Versus a stupid movie. Man, that movie is great. That guy running the prisoner over? He was so happy with himself! That movie was an acid trip and a half. By the way, Ichi the Killer is at Best Buy for $12. I recommend getting it to Asian movie fans.

02-25-2005, 11:35 PM	#70
Demented Utrom Hench Mutant Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 474	Shaolin Soccer was a good laugh.Hitting soccer balls with Matrix moves.A pretty decent comedy.It used tons of GCI for just a comedy movie.

03-08-2005, 01:34 AM	#71
Barkworm Draconian leftist ruler Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 6,758	I finally saw Shaolin Soccer and it's totally hilarious. If you like Asian goofball humour, this is for you. I also saw Jackie Chan's "New Police Story", which was not as good as I hoped it to be but still very good. __________________ Make ****, not kill!