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[CountDeMoney]

  Nor do I do it wearing socks with Dr. Martens and cutoff jeans shorts.

Aw man, that is an Image i never, ever, ever needed to envision.

Funny, that's exactly what I envision Marty parading around in the Azores.

Surely you must be joking. 

I'm not joking.  And don't call me Shirley.  I'm not the bottom around here.

[Syt]

  Nor do I do it wearing socks with Dr. Martens and cutoff jeans shorts.

Aw man, that is an Image i never, ever, ever needed to envision.

Funny, that's exactly what I envision Marty parading around in the Azores.

Surely you must be joking. 

I'm not joking.  And don't call me Shirley. 

[Ed Anger]

Ed's Christmas series, because watching the Ravens being choked out by the Pack was boring:

1941. Not a Christmas movie, but takes place at Christmas time.

[Darth Wagtaros]

I wouldn't mind seeing that one again.  It is an underrated classic.

[Malthus]

Saw Red Cliff. I was underwhelmed.

First, it may not even be a fair criticism, given that the movie was chopped in half - but you never develop any real sense of the characters.

Second, if it is all about the action - that action was too stylized for my taste, and simply seemed silly. Maybe this is just the "grammar" of Chinese action movies, I dunno; but when a movie makes a point of the fact that the baddies are leading an 800,000 man army, and shows (complete with CGI) an endless parade of ships - it sort of loses sense of the epic scale to have the fights seemingly be mostly decided by physics-defying martial arts moves by the generals, with the common soldery mostly relegated to, quite literally, acting as scenery [in one example, the good guys set a "trap" by making a maze out of soldiers carrying huge shields! They then fight in the "corridors" so constructed].

There were lots of nice eye candy for the big screen, but it never seemed to pull together as a movie - again, maybe it would in the 5 hour version.   

[syk]

First up this night: Ghost Dog

[syk]

Still love the "Cold lampin' with Sonny Valerio" scene. 

Next up: Angel Heart

[Habbaku]

rewatched "In Bruges" holds up well to second viewing. or shoud I fuckin say that fucking In Fucking Bruges Fucking rocks fuck.

Only if you're Spellus.

[Queequeg]

rewatched "In Bruges" holds up well to second viewing. or shoud I fuckin say that fucking In Fucking Bruges Fucking rocks fuck.

Only if you're Spellus.

Saw the movie.  Liked it quite a bit, but I was expecting a gunfight in Bruges to the tune of Something Against You by Pixies, and thus ended up disappointed. 

[DisturbedPervert]

Second, if it is all about the action - that action was too stylized for my taste, and simply seemed silly. Maybe this is just the "grammar" of Chinese action movies, I dunno; but when a movie makes a point of the fact that the baddies are leading an 800,000 man army, and shows (complete with CGI) an endless parade of ships - it sort of loses sense of the epic scale to have the fights seemingly be mostly decided by physics-defying martial arts moves by the generals, with the common soldery mostly relegated to, quite literally, acting as scenery [in one example, the good guys set a "trap" by making a maze out of soldiers carrying huge shields! They then fight in the "corridors" so constructed].

That's how I felt too.  I've had that problem with other Chinese films.  I just can't enjoy them.

I'm planning on seeing a Chinese film about the Chinese Civil War this weekend, I hope it's not just Mao Tse Tung flying through a maze of Communist soldiers bayoneting the entire Nationalist army.

[CountDeMoney]

Saw Red Cliff. I was underwhelmed.

First, it may not even be a fair criticism, given that the movie was chopped in half - but you never develop any real sense of the characters.

Second, if it is all about the action - that action was too stylized for my taste, and simply seemed silly. Maybe this is just the "grammar" of Chinese action movies, I dunno; but when a movie makes a point of the fact that the baddies are leading an 800,000 man army, and shows (complete with CGI) an endless parade of ships - it sort of loses sense of the epic scale to have the fights seemingly be mostly decided by physics-defying martial arts moves by the generals, with the common soldery mostly relegated to, quite literally, acting as scenery [in one example, the good guys set a "trap" by making a maze out of soldiers carrying huge shields! They then fight in the "corridors" so constructed].

There were lots of nice eye candy for the big screen, but it never seemed to pull together as a movie - again, maybe it would in the 5 hour version.

Well, these are the people that created Tiger Penis Soup, you know.

[FunkMonk]

Saw the 2007 version of 3:10 to Yuma again, because it's a damn good western and there aren't enough of those these days.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

Ink... very odd indie kinda sci-fi/fantasy something or other. highly stylized, possibly edited on a laptop, but if you can get past the awkward WTF first 15 minutes or so it starts getting coherent and the various stories become obviously linked.

One of those movies that were I in a different mood I may have turned off, but am glad I didn't.  Basically there's a dreamlands story running parallel to an increasingly tragic real life story about a high powered executive who ignores his family and has to learn a lesson the hard alt.timeline way.

The villains are uber creepy, the heroes... a bit too second matrix rave people looking,and the rock video editing is somewhat overdone,  but all in all an ok ride.

7.0 sarcastic weirdoes with electrical tape over their eyes outta 10

[Malthus]

That's how I felt too.  I've had that problem with other Chinese films.  I just can't enjoy them.

I'm planning on seeing a Chinese film about the Chinese Civil War this weekend, I hope it's not just Mao Tse Tung flying through a maze of Communist soldiers bayoneting the entire Nationalist army.

That would almost be worth seeing, for pure campy goodness.

[Josquius]

Saw Red Cliff. I was underwhelmed.

First, it may not even be a fair criticism, given that the movie was chopped in half - but you never develop any real sense of the characters.

Second, if it is all about the action - that action was too stylized for my taste, and simply seemed silly. Maybe this is just the "grammar" of Chinese action movies, I dunno; but when a movie makes a point of the fact that the baddies are leading an 800,000 man army, and shows (complete with CGI) an endless parade of ships - it sort of loses sense of the epic scale to have the fights seemingly be mostly decided by physics-defying martial arts moves by the generals, with the common soldery mostly relegated to, quite literally, acting as scenery [in one example, the good guys set a "trap" by making a maze out of soldiers carrying huge shields! They then fight in the "corridors" so constructed].

There were lots of nice eye candy for the big screen, but it never seemed to pull together as a movie - again, maybe it would in the 5 hour version.  

Sounds like Dynasty Warriors