Bullets 'n' Babes

Miike's previous try in the fantasy adventure genre, Yokai daisenso, was one of his best movies. Can he repeat the success with Yattaman?

The teasers are fantastic, the trailer a bit noisy.
http://twitchfilm.net/site/view/full-th ... e-madness/
http://www.yatterman-movie.com/

I'm just not convinced Kyoko Fukada can match the Chiaki Kuriyama hotness.

What the...? Looks like something out of the Power Rangers

You know you are in trouble when your logo is a big pair of Y fronts!

HungFist wrote:Miike's previous try in the fantasy adventure genre, Yokai daisenso, was one of his best movies. Can he repeat the success with Yattaman?

Can he? Can he? He outdid it. The best film of the year, I kid you not.

HungFist wrote:Yatterman (Japan, 2009) – 4,5/5
And the award for the year’s most mentally insane motion picture goes to... Yatterman. The year’s best film on the other hand... well, that just might be Yatterman, too. Based on a 1970’s anime series Yatterman is an over-the-top adventure in which Yatterman 1 (Sho Sakurai from Arashi) and Yatterman 2 (Saki Fukuda with blond hair) battle evil Doronjo (Kyoko Fukada) and her two dumb helpers around the world, usually destroying half of the city in the process. Also included are all kinds of robots from mecha dog Yatterwoof to Doronjo’s various battle tanks. Yatterman is basically two hours of non-stop, high energy insanity. The manical musical scene in Jackie Chan’s City Hunter’s would be the best comparison. There’s dancing and singing, huge explosions, robots trashing the streets, clumsy villains using Fukada’s breasts as air bags, and a mountain of schoolgirls (literally). The tempo is amazing, and, apart from one scene at the end, never runs out of fuel. The leather dressed Kyoko Fukada is the film’s real star, playing a role somewhat similar to Chiaki Kuriama in Miike’s previous family fantasy The Great Yokai War. She’s not quite on par, but the film is ever better. However, it must be said that the amount of sexually crude jokes inserted into a family film here is mind staggering. Yatterman is Takashi Miike’s craziest film by a mile. It’s also his best.

The grand applause after the screening was well deserved.

VAP Blu-Ray - Post 1/2

Disc 1: Movie Disc (111 min) (BD-50) (Region Free)

Video: 1080p
Audio: Dolby True HD 2.0, Dolby True HD 5.1
Subtitles: Japanese (optional)
File size: 33GB

The running time is slightly longer than the theatrical print because the there’s a little surprise added after the film…

The screen captures below were taken with Media Player Classic. Click image for full size.

VAP Blu-Ray - Post 2/2

Disc 2: Visual Commentary Disc (114 min) (DVD-5) (R2)

This is a commentary by Takashi Miike, Shi Sakurai and Katsuhisa Mamase. So, why isn’t it on disc 1? Well, because this actually isn’t an audio commentary but a visual commentary. The camera is in the studio where the commentators are viewing the film. There’s a small movie window in the right corner so you can see what parts of the film they are commenting. The disc runs a bit longer than the film because they keep talking even after the film has ended. Is this visual commentary worth an extra disc? Not really, but it’s a welcome change from the usual film plus voice pattern. However, it doesn’t serve any real purpose as there isn’t anything too interesting going on in the studio.





Disc 3: Otanoshimi Disc (155 min) (DVD-9) (R2)

Making of Part 1: (39 min)
Making of Part 2 (32 min)
Making of (yes, yet another one) (27 min)
Making of Musical Scene + Music Video (8 min)
Seiyu featurette (4 min)
CGI featurette (8 min)
Sets featurette (7 min)
Robot featurette (11 min)
Premiere / Film festivals (12 min)
Deleted footage (2 min)
Visual design picture gallery
Teaser 1 (0:24), Teaser 2 (0:27) and Teaser 3 (0:20)
Trailer 1 (1:00) and Trailer 2 (1:50)
TV Spot 1 (0:16), TV Spot 2 (0:16), TV Spot 3 (0:16), TV Spot 4 (0:16) and TV Spot 5 (0:16)
Hidden Extra: Message from Takashi Miike (1:24)

The first Making Of documentary concentrates on the hero characters. The second part is about the villains. Both docs are basically production diaries, consisting mostly of behind the scenes footage and brief on site interviews. The third Making of is a separate, more promotional featurette. The musical scene featurette also includes a music video which is just movie clips played over that song. Note that this is the Doronbow gang song, not the Arashi song Believe, but that song is featured in the film’s great ending credits sequence.

The packaging deserved a brief description. You must have seen 2 and 3 sleeve digipacks, but this one’s got 6 sleeves. Expect a lot of pictures of characters and robots on those pages. Unfortunately the material used is not very strong. It shouldn't be a problem, but does give the set a slightly less impressive appearance when you open it. A 24 page booklet is also included.

Making of: Part 1






Making of: Part 2


The original voice cast makes a brief appearance in the film




The third making of


Making of music


Music video


Seiyu


CGI


Sets


Robots featurette (quite useless, don't expect much from this)


Film festival




Deleted scenes


Photo gallery


Hidden extra


Packaging

It does look like a sexy version of Lazy Town still but nice work on that Blu Ray review, more in depth than we will see anywhere else I suspect

HK DVD 30.4.2010
http://www.dddhouse.com/v3/product_deta ... ctID=10793

Bloody hell, the Kangoroos rated it '15'



This is an even bigger failure than the Brits rating RoboGeisha (a custom made PG-12 production) '18'...

Nintama Rantaro R2J's (1 Disc Special Price Edition and 2 Disc Edition) and BD coming 2011/12/22


- http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_dvd. ... sid=809823
- http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_dvd. ... sid=809824
- http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_dvd. ... sid=809825

HungFist wrote:Bloody hell, the Kangoroos rated it '15'

This is an even bigger failure than the Brits rating RoboGeisha (a custom made PG-12 production) '18'...

I generally don't get why this sort of thing bothers you. If it's uncut, we're all over 18 here anyway or if we're not we're all adults. Who cares what rating a film gets?

Does it have strong sexual references? That's no difference than American Pie getting a 15 here (it's an R in America, so worse).

It doesn't "bother me"... it just amazes me every time how dumb film censors in some countries can be. This is a children's film for god's sake...

Ok, maybe it does have some "strong sexual references"... a giant robot getting a bit horny, and a female robot with breast cannons... you know, it's a Miike film... but it was still made primarily for (Japanese) child audiences...

American Pie is 11 in Finland, btw.

HungFist wrote:This is a children's film for god's sake...

Yes but what the Japanese see as a children's film is quite different from the rest of the world's point of view

Well exactly. You can get "girls" pants in vending machines in Japan (yes I know they're fake but that's so not the point). It doesn't mean I want to see them elsewhere.

If it has "strong" sexual references, how is it suitable for children? And as it does, surely you didn't expect the Australian film board to give it a rating any lower?

I still don't get why you bother to bring it up every time. Can you legally see it? Good, move on. Let the parents worry about what their kids can and cannot see. Besides it's well known English speaking countries film censors are tougher (the MPAA is tougher on sex, BBFC violence), not as tough as many Asian film censors mind you.

I still don't get why YOU take it so personally. Every single time I throw some harmless pun or insult towards film censors you come asking "why do you care, it doesn't affect you".