Movies! Movies! Movies! (Non-Japanese)

Watched another Johnnie To flick, P.T.U./Police Tactical Unit, not a Triad flick this time but about a cop who loses his gun one night and how they have until morning to get it back, bit violent, but most of his are. Simon Yam starred, he's quite a good actor from HK. :applaud:

Saw the art documentary featuring famed British street artist Banksy entitled Exit Through the Gift Shop. Excellent film on a rising scene within the art world over the last two decades. Funny, entertaining, and engaging.

http://www.banksyfilm.com/

An old Shaw Brothers film, Come Drink With Me. Chang Pei Pei was the lead, not too many female actors played the leads back in the '60s in martial arts films, but she pulled it off quite well. :applaud: As in all those Shaw films, not much of a plot but action to the Nth degree. :beaten:

hitomi #1 wrote:An old Shaw Brothers film, Come Drink With Me. Chang Pei Pei was the lead, not too many female actors played the leads back in the '60s in martial arts films, but she pulled it off quite well. :applaud: As in all those Shaw films, not much of a plot but action to the Nth degree. :beaten:

That's a classic, though her martial arts skills were pretty rough... She got better with her later films.

I think Shih Szu, her protege, was much more skilled and fluid. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
That's a classic, though her martial arts skills were pretty rough... She got better with her later films.

I think Shih Szu, her protege, was much more skilled and fluid. :victory:

True about her skills, what she was great at was those tricks she did, especially early on in the restaurant. :hehe: Forget his nickname, but the drunk guy had the best martial arts skill out of all of them. Don't know if you've seen either, have My Young Auntie and One Armed Swordsman waiting to be viewed also. :fingerscrossed:

hitomi #1 wrote:True about her skills, what she was great at was those tricks she did, especially early on in the restaurant. :hehe: Forget his nickname, but the drunk guy had the best martial arts skill out of all of them. Don't know if you've seen either, have My Young Auntie and One Armed Swordsman waiting to be viewed also. :fingerscrossed:

Haven't seen the former, but I do have the One-Armed Swordsman Trilogy. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
Haven't seen the former, but I do have the One-Armed Swordsman Trilogy. :victory:

Every review I've read gives it a glowing review, guess that'll be next, didn't know it was a trilogy. :beatyou:

hitomi #1 wrote:Every review I've read gives it a glowing review, guess that'll be next, didn't know it was a trilogy. :beatyou:

Yup.

The One-Armed Swordsman
The One-Armed Swordsman Returns
The New One-Armed Swordsman

Each successive movie has a higher body count than the previous. :beaten:

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bmwracer wrote:
Yup.

The One-Armed Swordsman
The One-Armed Swordsman Returns
The New One-Armed Swordsman

Each successive movie has a higher body count than the previous. :beaten:

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It had a high body count but nearly as much as other Shaw movies, :beaten: think the movie was better off for it. Enjoyed it quite a bit, worth at least a few more watches, interesting note on the film, they had a interview with Jimmy Wang Fu and he had mentioned that his voice was dubbed because his Manadrin was only so-so. :muack:

^ That's Jimmy Wang Yu. :rofl:

bmwracer wrote:^ That's Jimmy Wang Yu. :rofl:

Short term memory loss, took less than 5 seconds to forget his name after I looked it up. :beatyou: :beaten:

hitomi #1 wrote:Short term memory loss, took less than 5 seconds to forget his name after I looked it up. :beatyou: :beaten:

At least you didn't call him Jimmy Wu-Tang. :hehe: :rofl:

"Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel"

Title is weird but movie is good, it is a low budget but a very well written time travel comedy. No big special effects or anything but story is good (and funny) enough to cover it. And come on, movie is about TIME TRAVEL, is there anything better than that?

Sambalici wrote:And come on, movie is about TIME TRAVEL, is there anything better than that?

Yeah, time travel flicks are almost always intriguing.

The Time Machine
Time After Time
Star Trek VI
Summer Time Machine Blues

Among others. :)

bmwracer wrote:
Summer Time Machine Blues

I didn't know about this one, a japanese time travel movie, this can't be bad. :D

thanks!

Sambalici wrote:I didn't know about this one, a japanese time travel movie, this can't be bad. :D

thanks!

It's really good... And funny.

At the beginning, you'll be totally confused, but then it all (hilariously) comes together.

You can download it (via BT) from asiandvdclub.org. :victory:

EDIT: the site's down at the moment, but should be back up later this week. :sweat:

hitomi #1 wrote:An old Shaw Brothers film:

Damn I love Shaw Brothers flicks. I would have to say my favorite was 5 Deadly Venoms followed by Kid with the Golden Arm. Classic stuff!

bmwracer wrote:
Yeah, time travel flicks are almost always intriguing.

The Time Machine
Time After Time
Star Trek VI
Summer Time Machine Blues

Among others. :)

You forgot Somewhere in Time :mrgreen:

Takoyama wrote:You forgot Somewhere in Time :mrgreen:

Not really... I didn't like that film very much. :beaten:

Takoyama wrote:

Damn I love Shaw Brothers flicks. I would have to say my favorite was 5 Deadly Venoms followed by Kid with the Golden Arm. Classic stuff!

Another SB film again, this one called The Shadow Whip, once again starring Cheng Pei-Pei. As you can tell by the title, the whip was weapon of choice, though her uncle was the real master of it. If you like high body counts this one is for you, lost count after 5,000. :nut: SB films will never win any awards, but they sure are entertaining. :victory:

PS- Sambalici, BMW's recommendation of Summer Time Machine Blues was right on target, :applaud: I highly suggest it also, seen it maybe 10 times and it gets better with each viewing. :woot: