Movies! Movies! Movies! (Non-Japanese)

bmwracer wrote:
Who's mesmerizing in her own right. :)

:say_yes: @_@

Ender's Girl wrote:

Hoo boy, the IA trilogy rawked in every way. :metaldevil: Scorsese did a commendable, Oscar-worthy remake, but The Departed was so owned by the Lau/Mak original. I mean, Tony Leung Chiu Wai! Andy Lau! Anthony Wong! Shawn and Edison (hehehe)!!!
Plus, the original ending was a helluvalot better.

Can't forget Tony Leung in Hero, also highly recommended :victory: ...no Anthony Wong but Donnie Yen more than fills his shoes, :applaud: duel scene with Jet Li was worth the price of the DVD! :woot: And don't forget Gong Li in Curse of the Golden Flower, she looked... :sweat:

Tu_triky wrote:

Probably the best movie I saw in 2009. Highly recommended.

Coolio! :victory: Yeah, it made Richard Corliss' Top 10 films of the year. (E.G. = Corliss fangirrrl :beaten:) That makes two recs! :mrgreen: Missed the movie in theaters so will have to find the DVD soon.

(Should Kathryn Bigelow win an Oscar for Best Director, she'll be the first female director to have pulled off the feat. Of course, she'll be facing stiff competition from ex-hubby JimmyJimJim. Who will not be giving his potential Oscar away, oh no no, not by the hair of his JimmyJimJim. :sweat:)

hitomi #1 wrote:
Can't forget Tony Leung in Hero, also highly recommended :victory: ...no Anthony Wong but Donnie Yen more than fills his shoes, :applaud: duel scene with Jet Li was worth the price of the DVD! :woot: And don't forget Gong Li in Curse of the Golden Flower, she looked... :sweat:

Ohohoho yesss, Hero. The visuals, fight choreo and slow-mos (Jet Li's sword slicing through raindrops! :metaldevil:) were enough to elevate the film to greatness, but the unusual narrative structure and the amazing performances made this film a personal fave. :applaud: (I think I love it even more than Crouching Tiger...)

Gong Li is hot and sexy and ageless and gorgeous and terrific in whatever she does. :bow:

i heart asian movies. and i prefer kung fu movies starring bruce lee. hehehe.

and also takeshiro kaneshiro. the fight scenes are amazing! but i have to find out bruce lee's enter dragon coz i havent seen it. yeah my current favorite is the red cliff starred in by tony leung, takeshi kaneshiro and many more! i love this movie so much esp. zhuge the strategist!

and gangster movies also tops my list :nut: :nut: :nut:

yaney wrote:i heart asian movies. and i prefer kung fu movies starring bruce lee. hehehe.

and also takeshiro kaneshiro. the fight scenes are amazing! but i have to find out bruce lee's enter dragon coz i havent seen it. yeah my current favorite is the red cliff starred in by tony leung, takeshi kaneshiro and many more! i love this movie so much esp. zhuge the strategist!

and gangster movies also tops my list :nut: :nut: :nut:

Red Cliff is an entertaining movie.

Ender's Girl wrote:I love it even more than Crouching Tiger...)

I always thought that film to be overrated... Like Kill Bill 1 and 2.

^ Really? It was the first wuxia film I had seen in ages, so I didn't have anything of its kind to compare it to. But I still found the film to be wildly entertaining. :mrgreen:

What didn't you like about it? Was the plot too sprawling and unwieldy? The fight scenes atop the bamboo forest too cheesy? Chang Chen's scraggly facial hair too icky? The ending scene on the Wudang mountain (and the clouds! and the clouds! lol) too hokey? :beaten:

(Oh, and I didn't realize at first that the actress who played Jade Fox was Chang Pei-Pei, the wuxia legend from the '60s. I only found out years later, while idly watching a Nat.Geo. special, haha.)

Ender's Girl wrote:^ Really? It was the first wuxia film I had seen in ages, so I didn't have anything of its kind to compare it to. But I still found the film to be wildly entertaining. :mrgreen:

What didn't you like about it? Was the plot too sprawling and unwieldy? The fight scenes atop the bamboo forest too cheesy? Chang Chen's scraggly facial hair too icky? The ending scene on the Wudang mountain (and the clouds! and the clouds! lol) too hokey? :beaten:

(Oh, and I didn't realize at first that the actress who played Jade Fox was Chang Pei-Pei, the wuxia legend from the '60s. I only found out years later, while idly watching a Nat.Geo. special, haha.)

I've seen a lot of wuxia over the years and more than my share of wire-fu... I mean, it's a pretty good film, but maybe overhyped/overblown.

Yeah, I've seen Cheng Pei-Pei when she was in her heyday and she was quite good... Though I'm more partial to her protege, Shih Szu. :smitten:

Taking Friday off to see Edge of Darkness. :victory:

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bmwracer wrote:Taking Friday off to see Edge of Darkness. :victory:

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I thought you'd take off to watch The Lovely Bones. :beaten:

I've seen the trailer for Edge of Darkness, looks to be an entertaining film. It ain't Nodame Cantabile but hey...there can only be one Masumi Gibson.

Tu_triky wrote:I thought you'd take off to watch The Lovely Bones. :beaten:

Oh yeah. :rolleyes:

I've seen the trailer for Edge of Darkness, looks to be an entertaining film. It ain't Nodame Cantabile but hey...there can only be one Masumi Gibson.

LOL... He's a lethal weapon. ;)

Today's movie day...! :woot:

First show is at 11:15am. :victory:

Back from the movies.

Quite good... Suspenseful... And tragic. :sweat:

I'd give it an 8.5/10.

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I didn't see my favorite Wuxia movie mentioned:

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Just wow.

^ I've no idea what movie that is... Aside from that fact that it's Jet Li. :headscratch:

bmwracer wrote:Back from the movies.

Quite good... Suspenseful... And tragic. :sweat:

I'd give it an 8.5/10.

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Want a glass of milk?

Tu_triky wrote:

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Want a glass of milk?

LOL. :hehe:

So you saw it?

bmwracer wrote:
LOL. :hehe:

So you saw it?

I did :) It was entertaining.

Tu_triky wrote:I did :) It was entertaining.

Ah, you must've been the guy in the back munching away on the Panini. :hehe:

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From now on, I'll never look at milk the same... And I'll need a sodium iodide chaser to go with it :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
Ah, you must've been the guy in the back munching away on the Panini. :hehe:

HAHAHA.

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From now on, I'll never look at milk the same... And I'll need a sodium iodide chaser to go with it :beaten:

Ah, oishii!