Buncha movies
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I watched the original Shall We Dance in a class on Japanese history and culture and everyone in the class agreed that it's terribly boring. The Americanized version has got be worse because it doesn't have the Japanese businessman who wears a wig that makes him look like a sleazy pedophile, although Stanley Tucci's is supposed to be that character. Also, a lot of the original version dealt with the cultural reaction to ballroom dancing, which is apparently much different in Japan than in America.
<a href='http://www.apple.com/jp/quicktime/trail ... large.html' target='_blank'>http://www.apple.com/jp/quicktime/trail ... ge.html</a>
Just found out about this movie, its also called imortel, It looks sweet albet odd.
Just found out about this movie, its also called imortel, It looks sweet albet odd.
Ong Bak gets the Commie stamp of approval.
I've never seen someone deal out an ass-whoopin' this impressive in ages. Seen it 5 times and still speechless. Jumping folded up through a ring of barb wire impresses me heaps.
I've never seen someone deal out an ass-whoopin' this impressive in ages. Seen it 5 times and still speechless. Jumping folded up through a ring of barb wire impresses me heaps.
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I just saw Ong Bak... wahaha what a stupid movie!!! okay the fighting is pretty decent. But the story almost makes no sense, the head of a statue is cut off and this guy has to retrieve it... and there is this villain with a voice box... hmmm right...
I also saw hero the other day, wow... weird movie as well! it's like crouching tiger with a storyline I could actually follow...
I also saw hero the other day, wow... weird movie as well! it's like crouching tiger with a storyline I could actually follow...
Justin: "Oh and it helps if you're familiar with Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon style of story telling because Hero's story is quite similar in that respect. "
And then from filmcritic.com: "But the king, in a bit of allegorical mind-reading, catches on as swiftly as we do, and in Rashomon-like retelling, imagines the scenarios of battle with different colorations than those of the martial arts storyteller."
I just knew you didn't come up with that yourself. Hah.
And then from filmcritic.com: "But the king, in a bit of allegorical mind-reading, catches on as swiftly as we do, and in Rashomon-like retelling, imagines the scenarios of battle with different colorations than those of the martial arts storyteller."
I just knew you didn't come up with that yourself. Hah.
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