RegressiveRock
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A movie you should watch soon
#939866 - 09/09/11 09:38 PM
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13 Assassins.
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turbodave
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Re: A movie you should watch soon
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#939870 - 09/09/11 10:31 PM
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Festen , Dogtooth .... Dave
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RegressiveRock
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Re: A movie you should watch soon
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#939871 - 09/09/11 10:36 PM
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Quote turbodave:
Festen ,
Dogtooth .... Dave
Certainly agree with Dogtooth.
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Re: A movie you should watch soon
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#939896 - 10/09/11 07:41 AM
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Quote RegressiveRock:
13
Assassins.
Reg
Go on Reg...sell me 13 assassins....is it lots of slow mo and spinning with bamboo or
does it have a denser core? Dave
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Re: A movie you should watch soon
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#940035 - 11/09/11 07:46 AM
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I watched Submarine last night - good film, very British (in a really good way), and a
great depiction of school life in the 80's.
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turbodave
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Re: A movie you should watch soon
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#940041 - 11/09/11 08:25 AM
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Quote geefunk:
I watched
Submarine last night - good film, very British (in a really good way), and a great
depiction of school life in the 80's.
Don't you mean very Welsh? 
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RegressiveRock
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Re: A movie you should watch soon
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#940115 - 11/09/11 06:38 PM
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Quote turbodave:
Quote RegressiveRock:
13
Assassins.
Reg
Go on Reg...sell me 13 assassins....is it lots of slow mo and spinning with bamboo
or does it have a denser core? Dave
The film focuses on the end of the Shogunate period in Japan and begins with an
unsupported act of seppuku as a protest at the behaviour of the scion of a former Shogun.
This movie borrows far more heavily from Kurosawa than the more comic-book tradition with
a proper exposition of the mid-19th century politics that effect a gritty swords, bows
(plus historically accurate rifled muskets) and more swords confrontations rather than
unrealistic flying-through-the-air martial arts fantacism.
It is Seven
Samurai with a modern FX budget and certainly worth a watch: achieving 5 stars from Time
Out, the FT, Telegraph and the Independent on Sunday.
It has its failings in
recasting samurai in perhaps a too-sympathetic light, presenting the dysfunction of an
absolute feudal system / heirarchy in less than practical terms.
No doubt
Hollywood will sign off on a budget to feck up its retelling shortly.
Reg
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Re: A movie you should watch soon
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#940132 - 11/09/11 08:26 PM
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Thanks Reg, As much as I loved Crouching Tiger, that and Jet Li have got much to answer
for. As with all creative cash cows crazy fight effects become more and more style over
content. I like style but sheesh!!!! 13 assassins is now on my Lovefilm list. Anyway THIS is the best
eastern movie.  Dave
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RegressiveRock
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Re: A movie you should watch soon
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#940152 - 11/09/11 10:01 PM
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Quote turbodave:
Thanks Reg, As
much as I loved Crouching Tiger, that and Jet Li have got much to answer for. As with all
creative cash cows crazy fight effects become more and more style over content. I like
style but sheesh!!!! 13 assassins is now on my Lovefilm list. Anyway THIS is the best
eastern movie. Dave
It would
appear that your recommendation has been overlooked by many other critics! Could it be
that it is not very Gnodab???
Reg
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Dynamic Mike
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Re: A movie you should watch soon
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#940170 - 12/09/11 12:24 AM
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Quote turbodave:
As much as I
loved Crouching Tiger, that and Jet Li have got much to answer for.
Not least the Hidden Camera, Crouching Teen
website.
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photvid
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Re: A movie you should watch soon
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#940195 - 12/09/11 08:05 AM
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Saw 13 assasins last Saturday and have to say that even though I enjoyed the movie, I was
somewhat underwhelmed (maybe due to high expectations). Followed the same predictable path
as many others. And even though I do like my martial arts movies, the end battle was just
too long for me. To me it didn't seem like the usual Takeshi Miike quality (I especially
like the Audition).
Don't get me wrong, still a good movie, just not
great/fantastic (IMHO).
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