What Have You Just Seen... Marks Out of 5

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 04 Nov 2005, 15:46

Hmm.. interesting

Many others have said A Few $ More is their favorite as well.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 04 Nov 2005, 16:22

Million Dollar baby

Very good drama, but hard going. Not something I could sit thru again.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 04 Nov 2005, 16:46

What would you mark it as, do you think?

Anyway, on the For a Few $ More DVD (the one I have) for some reason the opening title sequence of the film is different to the one used in the many trailers for the film

Maybe it was from a different print.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 04 Nov 2005, 18:46

grim_tales wrote:What would you mark it as, do you think?

If you mean me... and Million Dollar baby. I don't know. A good rating in any case.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 04 Nov 2005, 18:58

Fair enough

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 05 Nov 2005, 11:27

Fist of the North Star Vol. 1-6 (1984) - 4/5

Great series, full of exploding heads and traditional hand-drawn animation. It is unfinished though, not sure what Manga is going to do next.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 05 Nov 2005, 16:42

Spiderman: The Alien Costume (Parts 1-3) - 4/5

Excellent 3 part story in the Spiderman cartoon cannon, pretty dark (considering its the cartoon). I wish Disney would do season sets of this

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 05 Nov 2005, 17:24

The Venom Returns episode is pretty good as well - the episodes seem to be out of sequence though

And unconnected beyond the fact Venom is in them. Who the heck are Carnage and Damu (sp?) anyway?

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 06 Nov 2005, 18:20

Fargo - 4.5/5

Aye just watched this for the first time. Very funny and thoroughly enjoyable. I like the accent and how everyone says "ya".

Ooh ooh! Fantastic score!

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 06 Nov 2005, 21:03

Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World - 3.5/5
I would really have loved to give this Japanese film a 4/5. At a running time of 2h 17m I thought that this is going to be long. In fact it wasn't, but the last 15 minutes dragged and dragged and dragged.
So overall, great romantic and dramatic film, with a good ending, too, which is just spanned too long.

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 06 Nov 2005, 21:40

Noooooooo I'd give it a 4.5/5. I bloody love that movie and the J-drama.

You should check out the Japanese Limited Edition...

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 06 Nov 2005, 21:42

JSA - Joint Security Area 5/5

OMG!! You guys seen this? It's like the best movie in the world. Totally awesome...

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 06 Nov 2005, 21:48

Not as good as Sympathy for Mr Vengeance, Oldboy or Lady Vengeance IMO, but still one of the most powerful movies ever.

ReconFive · Post by **ReconFive** » 06 Nov 2005, 23:43

You had not seen JSA bisc!? I agree its amazingly good, one of Chan-wook's best.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 06 Nov 2005, 23:45

Mister Park, please. Not Chan-Wook.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 07 Nov 2005, 07:42

BiscLimpkit wrote:JSA - Joint Security Area 5/5

OMG!! You guys seen this? It's like the best movie in the world. Totally awesome...

Agreed. But as every film has a weak thing about it, so does this one. What honestly pissed me off while watching the film are the scenes that are spoken in English. All the English-speaking characters act as if they had just learnt the sounds by hard from a tape and as if they didn't even understand what they were saying. Especially that Swedish guy.

But apart from that... totally awesome film in every other aspect. The soundtrack is really nice as well.

My rating: 4.5/5.

While Tom says it is not as good as 'OldBoy' and 'SfMV', I think one can't really compare these movies with 'JSA'. Maybe just in one aspect which is that they were all directed by Park.

So where did you see 'Lady Vengeance', Tom? It's not probably in that folder of yours where you showed us that 'AUX'-folder?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 07 Nov 2005, 16:43

where did you see 'Lady Vengeance', Tom ?

I have a friend who works in a movie theater.
He invited me for a "test projection" a couple of days ago.

(Lady Vengeance will be released on Nov 16th over here).

Needless to say I didn't regret it. 4,9 / 5

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 07 Nov 2005, 17:35

Go do us a favour and rate Park's films from best to worst please. (In your opinion).

Ta.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 07 Nov 2005, 17:51

It's not gonna be easy.

1.Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (perfect filmmaking)
2.Oldboy (machiavelli would be proud)
3.Sympathy for Mr Vengeance (linear but very powerful)
4.JSA (too thriller-like for my taste, but still very good)
5.Cut (good but too stylish)
?. If you were me (Haven't seen it yet).

@Bisc:
You were talking to me, right ?

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 07 Nov 2005, 18:18

I've seen none of them

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 07 Nov 2005, 18:47

Tom2681 wrote: @Bisc:
You were talking to me, right ?

Aye. Cheers dude, much appreciated.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 08 Nov 2005, 16:49

The Curious Dr. Humpp (1967) - 2/5

WTF

Surely one of the most strange mixes of sex, sci-fi and horror ever made. Forget the plot, some bollocks about an evil scientist hunting for the secret of eternal youth by giving kidnapped babes aphrodisiacs, it is just a little too wierd. The score is one of two halves - alternating between horrible lounge music and a very minamilist track (mostly moaning).
Copius amounts of nudity (considering this is 1967) but thats exploitation cinema for you

Whether you like it or not depends on whether you like the genre.

IronMonkey · Post by **IronMonkey** » 08 Nov 2005, 17:59

Hulk - 2/5

Pretty lame to be brutally honest...

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 08 Nov 2005, 19:14

Drunken Angel - 5/5
Wow!!! It has been so long since I saw a film that I think really deserves full marks. Akira Kurosawa shot this film in 1948 and apart from 'Seven Samurai' it is in my opinion his best film.

The film takes place in a Japanese city after World War II. A local mafia gang leader (Toshiro Mifune) comes to see a doctor (Takashi Shimura) after he got shot in his hand. The doctor finds out that he suffers from tubacolose and wants to heal him. However, crook Matsunaga does not believe him, accusing him to be after his money.

The illness developes with him and he decides to see the doctor again. However, the doctor himself is an alcohol addict.

Don't want to give away too much, but it's an awesome film. If you get the chance to see it, by all means do so.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 08 Nov 2005, 19:16

gasteropod wrote:I've seen none of them

How I envy you! I wish I could experience them in all virginity again.