Movies! Movies! Movies! (Non-Japanese)

4th of July weekend, so watched my favorite 4th of July movie, Avalon:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099073/

bmwracer wrote:
Man, I hated that movie: It propagated the thought that Asian, er, Chinese men are lousy, eccentric, and evil boyfriends/husbands... What a bunch of biased dreck. :grumble:

Ironically written by a Chinese writer, Amy Tan. I also found the "humility" scenes like the fish at the dinner table incredulous. I've never met a Chinese person that purposely demeaned their own achievements. The opposite actually. Tamlyn Tomita had a strong performance in the movie so there was a shining light.

Kijinnmaru wrote:Ironically written by a Chinese writer, Amy Tan.

Yup.

I suppose her own personal experiences composed the story... But what a stilted image it gives to the viewing audience. :shakehead:

Tamlyn Tomita had a strong performance in the movie so there was a shining light.

Yes.

And a fine performance from Ming-Na as well.

Getting ready to go out with a friend to see The Last Airbender! :yippee:

Stevie wrote:Getting ready to go out with a friend to see The Last Airbender! :yippee:

I liked The Last Airbender BUT it had REALLY REALLY BAD acting..super bad acting... :bleh: I think

^ Uh, how can you like it if it has bad acting? :headscratch:

bmwracer wrote:^ Uh, how can you like it if it has bad acting? :headscratch:

I like the story and the graphics

A new Peter Parker/Spider-Man: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2010/07/andrew-garfield-spider-man-peter-parker.html


The strangely logical choice of Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man

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bmwracer wrote:A new Peter Parker/Spider-Man: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2010/07/andrew-garfield-spider-man-peter-parker.html


The strangely logical choice of Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man

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Soo hes the new SpiderMan..Cant wait to see him as Peter Parker

Stevie wrote:Soo hes the new SpiderMan..Cant wait to see him as Peter Parker

If they just named him as the new Peter Parker/Spider-Man, there probably won't be a movie until 2012 at the earliest... :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
If they just named him as the new Peter Parker/Spider-Man, there probably won't be a movie until 2012 at the earliest... :sweat:

Well,I have sometime to wait then :mrgreen:

Stevie wrote:Well,I have sometime to wait then :mrgreen:

Yeah, don't camp out at the theater just yet. :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
Yeah, don't camp out at the theater just yet. :beaten:

I wont :mrgreen:

bmwracer wrote:^ Uh, how can you like it if it has bad acting? :headscratch:

I can kinda understand this. I just saw the movie too, and I thought it was a lot of fun, regardless of the bad acting.

I'm not sure what their budget was like, but they definitely spent it all on the graphics instead of the poor actors. Other than Dev Patel (is that his name?) and two or three others, the actors were terrible. And bad dialogue made it worse. But the visuals were amazing and the story line was pretty interesting. There will probably be two more installments before the story is complete. I'll watch them for sure.

bmwracer wrote:^ Uh, how can you like it if it has bad acting? :headscratch:

Probably based on the old saying: "So bad that it's good".

You simply can't take 22 episodes of development and cram it into a 1 1/2 hour movie and expect it to work. Nor can you take out the humor that's instrumental to who the characters are just to make it "darker".

Kijinnmaru wrote:Probably based on the old saying: "So bad that it's good".

So this movie is another Plan 9 From Outer Space?

bmwracer wrote:
So this movie is another Plan 9 From Outer Space?

Just watched that again over the weekend, truly a classic, :applaud: might I also suggest the Edward Wood boxset, no matter what his critics say it's hard to find more entertaining b-movies than his. :victory:

hitomi #1 wrote:Just watched that again over the weekend, truly a classic, :applaud: might I also suggest the Edward Wood boxset, no matter what his critics say it's hard to find more entertaining b-movies than his. :victory:

Don't forget his biopic, Ed Wood, with Johnny Depp. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
Don't forget his biopic, Ed Wood, with Johnny Depp. :victory:

Yup, viewed that too, wish they had showed his life after Plan 9, :puppydog: still made a few more movies and did alot of writing, no literary awards for some reason. :crazy:

Hmm, I noticed that Ken Watanabe has second billing in Inception, yet I don't see much of him in the trailers... :headscratch:

I might take Friday off to check it out. :victory: