The Ultimate Bullets Best of Thai Cinema Thread

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 12 Aug 2006, 23:46

In no particular order:

Jan Dara
Bang-Rajan
Last Life in the Universe
Bangkok Dangerous
Ong-Bak
Tom Yum Goong
Born to Fight
Tears of the Black Tiger
Suriyothai
Ruang Talok 69

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 13 Aug 2006, 00:06

Wow you have even seen 10 Thai films

I have seen under 10, all very good mind you

not even close to a bad one yet.

ReconFive · Post by **ReconFive** » 13 Aug 2006, 00:22

The only Thai films i've seen.
Ong-Bak
Tom Yum Goong
Born to Fight
Shutter (one of the top horror films to come out of Asia)
Bang-Rajan
Noo-Hin: The Movie (really terrible, lol.. my friend insisted that we go see it)

I really want to see Suriyothai, but have not gotten a chance to yet.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 13 Aug 2006, 00:30

OK; I have watched "Jan Dara" for Christy Chung's nakedness, but it really turned out to be a great film!

There are a lot of bad Thai films I have seen as well, though. "Nang Nak" for example. Can't get what people like so much about it.

I have "Shutter" and "Sars Wars" lying around here, waiting to get watched. Also wanted to get "Goodman Town", "Takien", "Ab-normal Beauty" and "Angulimala" soon.

Don't know what people liked about "Killer Tattoo" so much.

ReconFive · Post by **ReconFive** » 13 Aug 2006, 00:37

Watch Shutter LD!! Its awesome!
The only other i've seen out of the ones you mentioned is Ab-normal Beauty, but that is a full HK production as far as i'm aware. Starts out awesome, goes downhill from there IMO. The subs on the HK dvd are horrendous.

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 13 Aug 2006, 09:02

Nope - not a fan of Thai films at all (with the exception of the following):

Tom Yum Goong
Ong Bak
Shutter
Born to Fight

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 13 Aug 2006, 09:50

Last Life in the Universe and that's about it.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 13 Aug 2006, 10:27

Bisc, check out "Last Life in the Universe".

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 13 Mar 2008, 09:01

He he look what I came across by accident.

Seeing as my thread has been taken over (:D) perhaps we could continue talk here.

Ricochan38 · Post by **Ricochan38** » 13 Mar 2008, 09:18

thelostdragon wrote:Bisc, check out "Last Life in the Universe".

ok then you guys shoukld check out

syndromes and a century - (arthouse cinema)

and

ploy

and i recommend also ok baytrong and citizen dog and my girl but those are more mainstream movies.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 13 Mar 2008, 09:31

Is My Girl good then? I remember seeing ads for it all over BKK (I think). It's on eThaiCD under it's Thai name - "Fan Chan". No English subs though

Last Life In The Universe is only £6.89 at Sendit UK (it's over a Tenner elsewhere):

http://www.sendit.com/video/item/7000000095108

The R1 has a Christopher Doyle commentary but the UK Artificial Eye has about 80 minutes of extras (including a 43 minute Director interview), which look as good:

http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=5095

Ricochan38 · Post by **Ricochan38** » 13 Mar 2008, 09:37

bradavon wrote:Is My Girl good then? I remember seeing ads for it all over BKK (I think). It's on eThaiCD under it's Thai name - "Fan Chan". No English subs though

Last Life In The Universe is only £6.89 at Sendit UK (it's over a Tenner elsewhere):

http://www.sendit.com/video/item/7000000095108

The R1 has a Christopher Doyle commentary but the UK Artificial Eye has about 80 minutes of extras (including a 43 minute Director interview), which look as good:

http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=5095

my girl - fan chan I bought the HK dvd with english subs a few years ago on CDwow, they probably still have it...?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 13 Mar 2008, 09:42

I didn't think to check for a HK DVD. I will now, thanks.