Japanese Movies/Discussion/Recommendations

Anime Dad wrote:

I have it, but haven't watched it yet. I actually downloaded it from eMule because i knew Wyn-chan was looking for it :)

PS Welcome back Tu :)

Thanks mate. It's a decent movie...but most poignant moments don't come until the end....and they revolve around Kou Shibasaki's singing which is one of the highlights of the film, although it may be unexpected given the structure of the film.

Tu_triky wrote:perhaps the foundation you speak of lies more in Buddhist beliefs.

Possibly... Lotsa talk about spirits and the like.

But yeah, I don't know jack about either religion. :sweat:

Wiki time.

I just saw "reincarnation" a few days ago. The end was kind of creepy, it reminded me a snuff film. Not that I know what those look like.

kitakaze wrote:I just saw "reincarnation" a few days ago. The end was kind of creepy, it reminded me a snuff film. Not that I know what those look like.

A snuff film...that's a bit drastic, man! Hehe.

check out GReeeeN's new PV, BE FREE, considered a trailer for strange titled movie Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmjex-aaDOg

the movie looks fun though. the seisyun type :hehe:

Watched Harmful Insect / Gaichu, starring Aoi Miyazaki...I will never watch another Aoi film just because she's in it...movie sucked...she sucked...disappointment...

runpup wrote:I will never watch another Aoi film just because she's in it...movie sucked...she sucked...disappointment...

Never say "never."

bmwracer wrote:
Never say "never."

No, no...this was a real letdown...I hate these damn art films...I think Aoi might have won an award for this..but I can't imagine why...

runpup wrote:I think Aoi might have won an award for this..

If she did, it's not listed anywhere that I've looked... :headscratch:

DVD Beaver review of five postwar Kurosawa Akira films: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews34/postwar_kurosawa.htm

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Currently watching Shindo by Narumi Riko and Matsuyama Kenichi..

currently watching sugar & spice acted by erika sawajiri and yuuya yagira..

its a light love story about first love.. im only halfway through though.. hehehe

I just finished downloading Kamata koshin-kyoku (Fall Guy) on Geez's recommendation. I had to make sure it was the movie I expected, and not a Lee Majors flick :sweat:

Now to author it...

Had to re-download Thirty Lies or So to finish the film....Miki Nakatani was pretty good in this film...the film was interesting "train caper" if you will. Good cast.

Tu_trik

Had to re-download Thirty Lies or So to finish the film....Miki Nakatani was pretty good in this film...the film was interesting "train caper" if you will. Good cast.

She was great. So was Shina. But they left out the con itself, and someone forgot to read the whole book.

I wanted to strangle the editor.

Geezer wrote:Tu_trik

Had to re-download Thirty Lies or So to finish the film....Miki Nakatani was pretty good in this film...the film was an interesting "train caper" if you will. Good cast.

She was great. So was Shina. But they left out the con itself, and someone forgot to read the whole book.

I wanted to strangle the editor.

Haha.

Yeah they did leave out the con...I would have loved to see the Panda suit in action....I guess that was a big shortcut so to speak...I liked the interaction of the characters...but yeah the film could have been much more.

The hard part about turning a book into a film is knowing what to cut out, and what to leave in.

I thought the director made some bone-headed choices with this movie.

It was like he threw out the meat and kept the gravy.

If you liked the cast, and enjoyed what they were doing, stop by a library some time and pick up the book by Don Westlake. It'll give you an idea of what the movie could have been.

Geezer wrote:The hard part about turning a book into a film is knowing what to cut out, and what to leave in.

I thought the director made some bone-headed choices with this movie.

It was like he threw out the meat and kept the gravy.

If you liked the cast, and enjoyed what they were doing, stop by a library some time and pick up the book by Don Westlake. It'll give you an idea of what the movie could have been.

Thanks for the recommendation. :)

Better yet... read the book first. That way the things the actors are doing in the movie will make a lot more sense, and be a lot more meaningful.

Geezer wrote:Better yet... read the book first.

That's always sage advice, to read the book first, when possible.