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[CountDeMoney]

Which is not even a Woody Allen film, as he only acts on it, but didn't write or direct it.

STFU.

[Admiral Yi]

I love the ending gunfight in Open Range

I thought it was perfect until [spoiler] the beaner kid staggered into the line of fire.

[Ed Anger]

I love the ending gunfight in Open Range

I thought it was perfect until [spoiler] the beaner kid staggered into the line of fire.

He thought there was a patch of tomatoes to pick.

[katmai]

fuck you el jefe.

[Ed Anger]

fuck you el jefe.

   

[CountDeMoney]

I love the ending gunfight in Open Range

Yeah, kinda cool to see a flick where a shotgun is actually portrayed as a shotgun.

Open Range merely cemented my Costner bromance.

[Josquius]

I'm not finding this need quite so new thread worthy nonetheless I'm interested; does anyone know anything about Japanese films? Any good ones to recommend?
In particular I'm looking for non-animated films set in contemporary Japan. Not necessarily 100% realistic ones and preferably non-mafia oriented (I've seen a bazillion of these). I've just watched that new Jackie Chan one (something Incident...can't remember the title) and a while back I saw Kamikaze Girls and...well. My interest in Japan is picking up a lot lately.

[Syt]

I'm not finding this need quite so new thread worthy nonetheless I'm interested; does anyone know anything about Japanese films? Any good ones to recommend?
In particular I'm looking for non-animated films set in contemporary Japan. Not necessarily 100% realistic ones and preferably non-mafia oriented (I've seen a bazillion of these). I've just watched that new Jackie Chan one (something Incident...can't remember the title) and a while back I saw Kamikaze Girls and...well. My interest in Japan is picking up a lot lately.

Tampopo is all you need.

[Admiral Yi]

Tampopo is all you need.

Yup.

[The Larch]

I'm not finding this need quite so new thread worthy nonetheless I'm interested; does anyone know anything about Japanese films? Any good ones to recommend?
In particular I'm looking for non-animated films set in contemporary Japan. Not necessarily 100% realistic ones and preferably non-mafia oriented (I've seen a bazillion of these). I've just watched that new Jackie Chan one (something Incident...can't remember the title) and a while back I saw Kamikaze Girls and...well. My interest in Japan is picking up a lot lately.

You can try Takeshi Kitano's Kikujiro (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kikujiro). He's possibly the most famous Japanese director alive, so you may find that easily, as well as his other films. Many of those are dealing directly or indirectly with Yakuzas, but they're not action films, so maybe they can fit your criteria.

There's also Departures (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departures_%28film%29), which won the Oscar for best foreign language film in 2007, about a musician that loses his job, goes back to his hometown and starts working as a mortician by chance, and Hula Girls (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hula_Girls), the Japanese "Full Monty", but with women forming a Hawaian dance group instead of unemployed blokes forming a striptease group.

[Eddie Teach]

The Invention of Lying. Funny at times, slightly more cutesy and sappy than I'd prefer. 7.5 bank errors in your favor out of 10.

[garbon]

I liked it up until the press conference. Went downhill after that.

[Darth Wagtaros]

The Invention of Lying. Funny at times, slightly more cutesy and sappy than I'd prefer. 7.5 bank errors in your favor out of 10.

I'm supposed to see that because it was filmed in my home town.  But it looks like I'd become both diabetic and cavity ridden. 

[Josquius]

As part of my Japanese quest I've seen Tokyo Sonata....
hmm...
OK but...
Damn that guy is an idiot. His family is in financial trouble and he's having to work as a cleaner....by chance he finds a envelope full of cash and he goes running off. It looks like he's running home (why? why not go home the way you got there?) but ends up being hit by a van and falling asleep at the roadside. Then he puts the money in a lost and found box. Pfff. Damn Japanese.
The woman is crazy too but meh, Japanese wifeys....


I've been looking out for Kikujiro but I've yet to see it around.
I'm also wanting to see Train Man but its only available on region 1 dvd

[Martinus]

The Talented Mr. Ripley.

Bisexuals are scum. Like this is news.