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Post by ryochan on May 15, 2010 17:21:08 GMT -5
Just watched Lupin the III "The Castle of Cagliostro." The over-the-topness of this series amuses me. I need to try to find another movie of it.
Of course, it is very interesting to see Miyazaki working on it, as it's definitely more akin to Nausicaa or even Princess Mononoke in the age-group it's meant for, compared to his more for kid's movies like Ponyo or Totoro.
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Post by TheChosen on May 15, 2010 17:46:19 GMT -5
3 good one's in the past week.
Die Hard 4 - Nice actions scenes, Bruce Willis was excellent and overall pretty good movie. The only thing that bothered me was the plot. I mean, last time we had terrorists taking over a building, dangerous situation at the airport (with several planes at the sky) and bombs all over the New York. Now.....someone wants to crash the whole USA economy with the internet.
Also, I was hoping for a explosion at the end, in the style of second movie. Nope. Just some trick shooting.
V for Vendetta - This one was cool. Saw it before on TV and it was nice to get the DVD. Dont care how faithful comic adaptation it is, its friggin awesome even on its own.
Day of the Dead - My god....that was beatiful. Loved the main villain (If you can call Rhodes that) and this was a first time when I felt sympathy for a zombie! Highly recommend this to anyone who loves zombie-flicks.
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Post by Mr. Faptastic on May 15, 2010 19:24:10 GMT -5
That is the reason why I could not stand the Silver Surfer cartoon. Everyone and I mean any being that had any spoken lines talked like they were reading a poem. No one talked like that in the real world, not even the pseudo intellect seekers or the gifted kid talks like the people had here. There are supposed to be many alien life forms in space, yet they all sounded the same to me minus few verbal quirks. It was wasted hours thanks to that end That's pretty true to Jack Kirby's original comics, though. I'm pretty sure it was done intentionally to make the comics seem more epic. |
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Post by Smithee of Zur-En-Arrh on May 15, 2010 21:14:23 GMT -5
I'll either watch Kill Bill Vol. 1, or go for one of my favourites, Night of the Living Dead and proceed to give my thoughts on whichever I have chosen.
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Post by munchy on May 15, 2010 22:37:05 GMT -5
Just got back from seeing the Nightmare on Elm Street remake with my dad and brother. Man, they made Freddy really gross... I guess they wanted to steer away from the "Wile E. Coyote" type Freddy that the old movies made him into. Though I love that Freddy of old, the guy they got to play him in this one was recommended by Robert Englund himself, and it shows. Cool movie, if a bit, well, predictable.
Also saw the trailer for Resident Evil Afterlife. Looks monumentally stupid. Paul Anderson just needs to admit that he wants to make The Matrix but with more BEWBZ. I've only seen the first two; I guess eventually I'll see the third one and this one purely for lolz.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2010 13:39:58 GMT -5
Die Hard 4 - Nice actions scenes, Bruce Willis was excellent and overall pretty good movie. The only thing that bothered me was the plot. I mean, last time we had terrorists taking over a building, dangerous situation at the airport (with several planes at the sky) and bombs all over the New York. Now.....someone wants to crash the whole USA economy with the internet. This movie had three strikes against it from the outset. 1: Rated PG-13 instead of R 2: The "Mac" guy was in it 3: Willis took down a helicopter by vaulting a car at it, and said, "I ran out of bullets." Everything else was just turd frosting on a poop cake. |
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Post by Smithee of Zur-En-Arrh on May 16, 2010 13:48:13 GMT -5
There's a proper, R rated version out there I've heard, where he actually finishes his line.
I saw Kill Bill Vol. 1, and it got a lot of physical responses out of me, in the good way. My brother said it was called something like body genres that I like? Well, if Kill Bill is one of those, I guess I like them (along with Takashi Miike another favourite director). Basically, I was totally sweating and tense at the moments in the movie. The pacing was sex in a can, I need to get the other part.
(I'd love to see a total animated series like the anime segment)
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2010 13:51:10 GMT -5
The first Kill Bill was pretty good, but the second one was a let down. There was one really funny scene in the second one, but that's about it. It's sort of like the difference between Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions.
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Post by Smithee of Zur-En-Arrh on May 16, 2010 13:53:19 GMT -5
I'd still like to see the ending of a saga, regardless.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2010 13:55:35 GMT -5
Yeah, I wasn't trying to say you shouldn't watch it. I'm the same with with a lot of stuff. Once I start a series, I have to see it through to the end, regardless of quality. That's why I watched Live Free or Die Hard in the first place.
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Post by thethird on May 16, 2010 15:33:46 GMT -5
Live Free or Die Hard unrated is the only way to watch it. There's a lot more blood, IIRC, and he curses waaaay more. It goes a long way towards feeling like a Die Hard movie.
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Post by Vendaval Este on May 17, 2010 12:46:57 GMT -5
I could be seeing Salo tonight but tickets are a tad pricey and I've got no one to really go with, plus I've already seen it.
Quite liked it though.
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2010 13:24:05 GMT -5
You could see the old Lupin III series Miyazaki also worked on with the 23 episodes. It may not be in the same style as Cagliostro, but you can see how his inputs shows and lead up to his work out the full length movie which came out way after the first series ended. It is too bad Pioneer only did episodes out the second series which goes over 100+. In a way Lupin III is the Scooby Doo on the anime world with as many movies and specials to watch That's a good analogy, honestly, especially regarding the varying quality and the fact that both series have been continuing mostly through TV/Direct to Video movies over the past two decades. Series 1 and a few episodes of Series 2 were directed by Miyazaki; if you liked the "Ghibli"-esque feel of Cagliostro, your best bet is the two episodes that Streamline released on VHS way back as "Tales of the Wolf" (someone must have a torrent of them)...I'll see if I can remember the names, but one was the last episode of Series 2, and it featured the robot from Laputa about 7 years before Laputa came out  . You also might want to check out the NES Lupin III game, which is supposed to be a sequel to Cagliostro (and is actually a really good licensed game). Be warned, Series 1 is based on the manga and is a lot more violent and dark, which is part of the reason it was cancelled so quickly...the manga Lupin is a cold, calculating murderer who just happens to act silly and crazy (although they didn't bring over his being a successful rapist into the anime, leaving it at "attempted rapist"), so be warned. Just as an example, the first episode features him breaking a sprinkler system and electrocuting about 50 people. |
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Post by Catalyst on May 18, 2010 12:55:19 GMT -5
Just finished watching the original Shaggy Dog, followed by Daybreakers, went back to the television and got to see The Ugly Dachsunds, finished off the night by watching Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.
I loved the three Disney films I saw, even if two of them were before my era. Daybreakers was weird to watch, the contrast of medieval vampire cliches with a sci-fi setting threw me off. Looks to be a good start for franchise, and William Dafoe was awesome.
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Post by Reiji-kun on May 19, 2010 0:59:19 GMT -5
Recently I watched Big Trouble in Little China again... I've seen the movie a hundred times already, but it doesn't make me love the move any less. Everything about it, in my opinion, kicks ass; the Chinese mysticism, the characters... and Kurt Russell.
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