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

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 25 Sep 2006, 20:16

Tsui Hark's The Lovers : 5/5

:drunken:

Perhaps the most beautiful movie I've ever seen.
Tsui Hark and James Wong are gods.

slasher13 · Post by **slasher13** » 26 Sep 2006, 15:22

Headspace - 4.5/5
An indie horror movie, and its a great one. I really enjoyed this movie about an intelligent guy, who can read books in minutes, but there something not right about him. The gorey scenes are excellent, and there are great cameos from Olivia Hussey, William Atherton, Sean Young, Udo Kier and Dee Wallace. The only thing with the movie is the ending, it does leave you heardscratching, but Andrew van den Houten's debut movie is a cracker

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 26 Sep 2006, 18:27

hey,

Invincible 2/5

Amibitious, global actioner by Blackie Ko but there's not much on offer despite. A good maximum overdrive finale though.

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 26 Sep 2006, 20:45

Shingster wrote:The Kiki dubtitles are an accurate translation of the original Japanese. So much so that no other DVD release has bothered to include an independant translation.

Unless of course the r2uk only has dubtitles of the Disney dub?

Well they did translate Kohee (Japanese for coffee) as "hot chocolate"...

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 27 Sep 2006, 04:39

It's funny, it's very rare that I see Eng subtitles reproduce the English words in a Japanese sentence - they always seem to translate them into something similar, and occasionally (as in the example above) something totally different!

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 27 Sep 2006, 09:26

They did that in Princess Mononoke - translating "gruel" as "soup".

Japanese: This gruel tastes like hot water.
English: Are you selling soup or donkey piss?

Blaizeyboy · Post by **Blaizeyboy** » 27 Sep 2006, 15:07

'Nine girls and a ghost' 3/5

the title suggests forgetable pap, yet i strangely enjoyed it, even though it was aimed for girls (i got a card inside saying a won a free laurier tampon) :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 27 Sep 2006, 15:13

Blaizeyboy who's the girl in your avitar?
Doesn't she get giddy from doing that?

Blaizeyboy · Post by **Blaizeyboy** » 27 Sep 2006, 15:16

its joey yung, she only gets giddy when she see's me

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 27 Sep 2006, 18:16

grim_tales wrote:They did that in Princess Mononoke - translating "gruel" as "soup".

Japanese: This gruel tastes like hot water.
English: Are you selling soup or donkey piss?

That should hopefully be rectified in the new Optimum DVD....

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 27 Sep 2006, 19:59

hey,

City Cop 3.5/5

Very familiar and by the numbers cop action from Herman Yau. But there is some worthwhile themes planted here and there that makes the film affecting and humane.

IronMonkey · Post by **IronMonkey** » 27 Sep 2006, 22:11

She Shoots Straight - 2/5

Meh. It was ok, but hardly up to the standards of the top Hong Kong films of the 1990s...

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 28 Sep 2006, 03:12

I rather liked SSS. Great cast and great action.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 28 Sep 2006, 03:17

Ed Wood - 4/5
Horrifyingly true film. Couldn't help but jerk tears as I could identify with how he tries to raise money for his films. Damn true, lol! And nothing has changed over the years.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 28 Sep 2006, 13:03

thelostdragon wrote:Ed Wood - 4/5
Couldn't help but jerk tears as I could identify with how he tries to raise money for his films.

And his angora sweater fetish... come on you can tell us...

uberbloke · Post by **uberbloke** » 28 Sep 2006, 14:11

<b>Windtalkers</b> 0.5/5

God was I bored by about the 50min mark... seemed like a bad made for TV movie but with a better effects budget (oh look another shell landing causing stunt men to bounce off trampolines; I wonder when we'll see an arm chopped off again with a katana, oh not long then; hmm must be about time for another pained and/or crazy look from Mr Cage... yes, yes there it is...)

Really really disappointed with Mr Woo

So disappointed I turned off and watched...

<b>The Punisher</b> 3/5

Second viewing still a good little stand by, it cant quite make up its mind whether to go the whole hog with the comic hero/villan thing with the "Russian" being a bit too comicy compared with the other bad guys

Still perked me up no end after Windtalkers

May get around to watching the rest, but I doubt it

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 28 Sep 2006, 14:16

Did you watch the Dolph Lundgren one or the 2004 version?

slasher13 · Post by **slasher13** » 28 Sep 2006, 14:18

Azumi 2 - 3.95/4
Not a bad sequel, I was expecting worse, most people said that the sword fighting wasn't that good, when reading the reviews on the net. They are not bad, some of it is really really good. Especially the wire fight. The story was good, I enjoyed it.

Overall a good sequel, not that bad

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 28 Sep 2006, 14:23

Out of 4 or 5?

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 28 Sep 2006, 16:56

The Host - 3,5/5
Better than I expected. Not the most original monster movie ever made, but it did manage to avoid most clichés. The amount of (sometimes rather dark) humour was a positive surpise. Even the GCI was decent. A nice movie, but I don’t really see why people are getting so terribly excited about it.

Sheitan – 2,5/5
God damn, Vincent Cassel is crazy. And that’s an understatement. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything that equals his performance in pure insanity. The movie itself is a very 80’s kind of horror movie with a bunch of irritating teens going countryside and spending a night in the wrong house. Thoroughly disgusting, but rather effective. The opening scene (with flashing lights) gave me a headache.

Time – 3,5/5
That’s a temporary rating only. I wasn’t expecting a melodramatic and dialogue driven movie filled with humour from the master of silence. Not one of Kim’s best film IMO, but everyone else seems to love it. It was a very interesting film, though. Even with my false expectations I greatly enjoyed it. I think I should give it another chance as soon as possible. I might like it even more on the second viewing.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 28 Sep 2006, 17:06

Where/How did you watch The Host ?
I haven't been able to find it yet.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 28 Sep 2006, 17:45

tom2681 wrote:Where/How did you watch The Host ?
I haven't been able to find it yet.

http://www.hiff.fi

slasher13 · Post by **slasher13** » 28 Sep 2006, 19:07

grim_tales wrote:Out of 4 or 5?

I meant 5

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 28 Sep 2006, 19:10

I thought Sheitan was ok-ish until the ending.... maybe... not really sure tbh.

Toge · Post by **Toge** » 28 Sep 2006, 22:10

American Dad Series 1 - 4/5
Simpsons S13 - 3.5/5
Wheels on Meals - 4/5
How I Met Your Mother Season 1 - 4.5/5