What asian film/series have you just seen.. marks out of 5

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 06 Jul 2011, 20:50

Well my fellow users at AHM didn't like it either

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 06 Jul 2011, 20:57

bah, stupid gaijin

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 06 Jul 2011, 21:01

You just have an unhealthy obsession with Japanese school girls, Hung

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 06 Jul 2011, 21:07

No I don't... really... well.. ...

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 07 Jul 2011, 02:25

HungFist wrote:And it seems like (for once) I'm not alone with my opinions: at Nippon Connection the film received applauses... three times!

He means three people applauded.

Heka · Post by **Heka** » 07 Jul 2011, 22:36

Linda Linda Linda (Japan, 2005) - 5/5
I fun movie that had me smiling throughout. Some scenes had some Aki Kaurismäki wibes and one can see that the filmmaker really knew what he was doing. I'm not that educated in Japanese cinema yet but the quality of the acting is also a lot higher than in many other Japanese/Asian films that I've come across. Being a former performing musician I really could relate to the different aspects of practicing, preparing and performing a gig even though some things were a bit inaccurate. Plus the girls were really cute.

If some of you are wondering who the hell I am I'll answer you this. I'm a young dude from western Finland. HungFist is my senpai at my school and he's the one who got me into Asian cinema. Before that I've mainly been into anime and random films that I come across. It's very probable that all the other regular members of this board have way more knowledge about films and filmmaking than I do but I'll catch up with you someday.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 07 Jul 2011, 22:41

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 07 Jul 2011, 23:49

Heka wrote:
If some of you are wondering who the hell I am I'll answer you this. I'm a young dude from western Finland.

Well.... that's OK I guess... we wont hold it against you.... it's not your fault ofcourse...

HungFist is my senpai at my school and he's the one who got me into Asian cinema.

I sure hope he didn't get you into his unhealthy obsession for 'kawai' schoolgirls

Before that I've mainly been into anime and random films that I come across. It's very probable that all the other regular members of this board have way more knowledge about films and filmmaking than I do but I'll catch up with you someday.

Not likely.

Anyway, welcome to the boards, have fun, and if you get any PM's from Brad, don't open them, cause the pics will scar your eyes and burn your soul forever...

Also, Grim is a beast. Try not to mess with him cause he WILL hunt you down and eat you raw! He's pure evil incarnated.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 07 Jul 2011, 23:55

Bah... you let one Finn on the board and look what happens........

Heka · Post by **Heka** » 08 Jul 2011, 08:07

Yi-Long wrote:
Heka wrote:
HungFist is my senpai at my school and he's the one who got me into Asian cinema.
I sure hope he didn't get you into his unhealthy obsession for 'kawai' schoolgirls

Your good advice comes too late, if only I had met a fan of hairy Armenian school boys my obsession would be way more acceptable...

To tell you the truth I'm not yet that into the whole idol and acting dumb is cute thing but if you look at Japanese school girls and Compare them to the land whales we have moping around here in Finland you too would choose the slanty eyed chick every time.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 08 Jul 2011, 16:55

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 08 Jul 2011, 17:07

Oh, I'm all for slanty eyed chicks, obviously.

Hell, there's been one in my kitchen on a chain for over 10 years now. And ofcourse the western 'women' we have here in Europe are about as useful as a fish that can't swim, and probably not as interesting to talk to either...

I don't know much about hairy armenian boys, although I'm sure Brad has more info on that...

But yeah, I was talking mostly about the quite genuinely scary 'kawaii' fetish he seems to have...

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 08 Jul 2011, 18:04

Life without kawaii has no meaning

How much can you know about good things in life, if you've never been to a maid cafe?

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 08 Jul 2011, 18:25

HungFist wrote:Life without kawaii has no meaning

How much can you know about good things in life, if you've never been to a maid cafe?

You mean one of those places where a girl makes money by 'selling' her cuteness...!?

I don't like fake girls who put on a show. It's not interesting to me in the slightest. It would probably just annoy me or creep me out.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 08 Jul 2011, 18:50

Yet you like movies... actors putting up a fake show and selling their performance. And you don't even get coffee and cake when you watch a Robert De Niro movie

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 08 Jul 2011, 18:54

HungFist wrote:And you don't even get coffee and cake when you watch a Robert De Niro movie

You do if you watch it in Robert DeNiro's house.

Bob: Let's watch my movie.

Mark: D'you have any cake?

Bob: Here's your fuckin' cake.

Mark: D'you have any coffee?

Bob: Here's your fuckin'.....

Mark: Argh, my eyes!!

luckystars · Post by **luckystars** » 08 Jul 2011, 19:07

Yi-Long wrote:
HungFist wrote:Life without kawaii has no meaning

How much can you know about good things in life, if you've never been to a maid cafe?
You mean one of those places where a girl makes money by 'selling' her cuteness...!?

I don't like fake girls who put on a show. It's not interesting to me in the slightest. It would probably just annoy me or creep me out.

You wouldn't be thinking that if you looked up at them waving down to you from the balcony (like in Akihabara)...your hand would go straight in your trousers....for the Yen of course

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 08 Jul 2011, 19:31

luckystars wrote: You wouldn't be thinking that if you looked up at them waving down to you from the balcony (like in Akihabara)...your hand would go straight in your trousers....for the Yen of course

Lots of yen. These places have the most over-priced coffee

Markgway wrote:
HungFist wrote:And you don't even get coffee and cake when you watch a Robert De Niro movie
You do if you watch it in Robert DeNiro's house.

Bob: Let's watch my movie.

Mark: D'you have any cake?

Bob: Here's your fuckin' cake.

Mark: D'you have any coffee?

Bob: Here's your fuckin'.....

Mark: Argh, my eyes!!

ok, ok, that would be even more cool than a maid cafe

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 08 Jul 2011, 23:23

HungFist wrote:ok, ok, that would be even more cool than a maid cafe

And don't even mention watching My Cousin Vinny at Joe Pesci's house.

Mark: You were really funny Joe.

Joe: Funny how?

Mark: Er......

Joe You fucking mutt, you!

Mark: Argh, my eyes!!

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 09 Jul 2011, 10:04

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 09 Jul 2011, 12:40

Kokkuri (Japan, 1997) – 1.5/5
Takahisa Zeze’s mainstream debut is a horror film with some similarities to Sogo Ishii’s new age masterpiece August in the Water (1995) and Hideo Nakata’s horror hit Ringu (1998) from the following year. Zeze manages occasional impressive visuals, but the screenplay is dumb as duck, and any attempt at serious horror come short. The long haired little girls are an even more embarrassing sight here than usual.

KG: Karate Girl (Japan, 2011) – 3.5/5
Super karate shoujo Rina Takeda is back in action in High Kick Girl follow up KG, which marks an improvement over its predecessor in almost all areas. Action is shot with long takes, with zero CG or wire use, and most importantly, without the constant replays and editing cock ups that plagued High Hick Girl. Storytelling is messy at times, but at 91 minutes the film keeps moving fast enough most of the time. The 13 year old kicking machine Hina Tobimatsu steals the show more than once. Karate sensei Tatsuya Naka and Richard "The Monster" Heselton co-star.
- film in more detail: http://sketchesofcinema.wordpress.com/2 ... rate-girl/
- dvd in more detail: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5706&start=20

this sparring shot is too funny. Richard sure had to work for his paycheck

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 09 Jul 2011, 14:20

HungFist wrote:Kokkuri (Japan, 1997) – 1.5/5

Ooo I haven't heard of that one, might have to check it out.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 09 Jul 2011, 14:33

Good luck with that. The worst of all Zeze films I've seen.

Kokkuri (1997) - 1.5/5
Moon Child (2003) - 1.5/5
Dog Star (2002) - 1.5/5
Hysteric (2000) - 2/5
Raigyo (1997) - 2/5
Tokyo X Erotica (2001) - 3/5
A Gap in the Skin (2005) - 3/5
Anarchy in [Ja]Panty (1999) - 4/5
Heaven's Story (2010) - 4/5

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 09 Jul 2011, 16:50

Dog Star (Japan, 2002) – 1.5/5
Etsushi Toyokawa turns into a dog and goes sniffing trees. Or rather the other way round: a dog is killed in car accident and then reborn as Etsushi Toyokawa. And then the trees. And trying to convince the original owner that a man is a dog (or a dog is a man?) Takahisa Zeze’s meritless meritless film is a TV level fantasy-romance, suffering from overlength (125 min) on top of other things. The director’s personal touch is nowhere to be found, which is common in Zeze’s mainstream films. At least the dog man’s love interest Haruka Igawa is a pretty girl. A couple of semi-cool dudes co-star.

Blind Love (Japan, 2005) – 3.5/5
Japan cinematic strashyard, the pink cinema, keeps producting unexpected small gems that by no logic should be there. Blind Love is a romantic comedy, the most charmingly cute one in ages. The storyline follows blind girl who falls in love with a ventriloquist – and his partner, as she mistakes the two men as one. With the voice and body of her love inretest belonging to two different people, the men have to stick together throughout the romance and pretend they are one. Being a pink production, there is an abundance of sex of course, some serving no purpose but to please producers and bore audiences. The sex scene involving the blind Hikari, however, is genuinely sweet and hearwarming. While the storyline does have its more conventional twists, the film really redeems itself with strong screenplay and excellent characters. For those open minded audiences who don’t see sex as the Satan’s filth, Blind Love pretty much deserves full recommendation as a romantic comedy next to any mainstream production.

Heka · Post by **Heka** » 11 Jul 2011, 07:57

Norwegian Wood (Japan, 2010) - 2/5
A unstable film about unstable people. The film starts of as an quite normal drama but little over halfway through the filmmaker apparently decided to drop some acid and direct the film while being high as a kite. The lateral part of the film looks and sounds like some artsy faggotry done in the name of appealing to the drama movie critics and/or the art crowd. Some of the films points were actually quite good but they were drowned in a sea of boring landscape shots and stagnant dialog.

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