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Posted: 04 Nov 2005, 15:46
by grim_tales
Hmm.. interesting

Many others have said A Few $ More is their favorite as well.
Posted: 04 Nov 2005, 16:22
by Markgway
Million Dollar baby
Very good drama, but hard going. Not something I could sit thru again.
Posted: 04 Nov 2005, 16:46
by grim_tales
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.
Posted: 04 Nov 2005, 18:46
by Markgway
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.
Posted: 04 Nov 2005, 18:58
by grim_tales
Fair enough

Posted: 05 Nov 2005, 11:27
by BiscLimpkit
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.
Spiderman
Posted: 05 Nov 2005, 16:42
by grim_tales
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

Posted: 05 Nov 2005, 17:24
by grim_tales
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?

Posted: 06 Nov 2005, 18:20
by BiscLimpkit
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!
Posted: 06 Nov 2005, 21:03
by thelostdragon
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.

Posted: 06 Nov 2005, 21:40
by BiscLimpkit
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...
Posted: 06 Nov 2005, 21:42
by BiscLimpkit
JSA - Joint Security Area 5/5
OMG!! You guys seen this? It's like the best movie in the world. Totally awesome...
Posted: 06 Nov 2005, 21:48
by tom2681
Not as good as Sympathy for Mr Vengeance, Oldboy or Lady Vengeance IMO, but still one of the most powerful movies ever.

Posted: 06 Nov 2005, 23:43
by ReconFive
You had not seen JSA bisc!? I agree its amazingly good, one of Chan-wook's best.
Posted: 06 Nov 2005, 23:45
by tom2681
Mister Park, please. Not Chan-Wook.

Posted: 07 Nov 2005, 07:42
by thelostdragon
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?

Posted: 07 Nov 2005, 16:43
by tom2681
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
Posted: 07 Nov 2005, 17:35
by BiscLimpkit
Go do us a favour and rate Park's films from best to worst please. (In your opinion).
Ta.
Posted: 07 Nov 2005, 17:51
by tom2681
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 ?

Posted: 07 Nov 2005, 18:18
by gasteropod
I've seen none of them

Posted: 07 Nov 2005, 18:47
by BiscLimpkit
Tom2681 wrote:
@Bisc:
You were talking to me, right ?

Aye. Cheers dude, much appreciated.

Posted: 08 Nov 2005, 16:49
by grim_tales
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.
Posted: 08 Nov 2005, 17:59
by IronMonkey
Hulk - 2/5
Pretty lame to be brutally honest...
Posted: 08 Nov 2005, 19:14
by thelostdragon
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.
Posted: 08 Nov 2005, 19:16
by thelostdragon
gasteropod wrote:I've seen none of them

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