Haven't seen the movie, but Peyton Reed is the director and from the comics (and IMDB) Janet Van Dyne is the Wasp and usually Hank Pym's wife/ex.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478970/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast
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Haven't seen the movie, but Peyton Reed is the director and from the comics (and IMDB) Janet Van Dyne is the Wasp and usually Hank Pym's wife/ex.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478970/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast
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I had not followed this movie nor remember reading the comic. Thanks for the help. This article helped clarify too: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/why-ant-man-director-edgar-707374.
It's interesting the dynamic of directors vs studios. It seems that sometimes it becomes muddled whose project this is. In other words in some cases the director is just an employee fulfilling the wishes of the studio bankrolling the project, and other times, like James Cameron, a very powerful director, it's his baby, his name, and he also had money invested, like Titanic. Which in that case running so over budget, I could imagine the studio losing their minds, lol. In that case he pulled it off and his vision was true. But in other cases movies have floundered.
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If you liked the movie then watch "Heart of Darkness" which is the documentary of the making of it. Surreal what they had to go, through to create that movie. Sorry just saw that someone posted the same.
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Superfast (2015)- A Fast and Furious spoof found on Netflix. Stupid but made me laugh occasionally. 
Amazing film, made even more amazing by the insanity surrounding the production. I'd highly recommend 'Hearts of Darkness', the documentary about the making of Apocalypse Now (the name being a slight variation on the name of novella source material). If you're a fan of the film, it's a "must see".
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So I just finished watching, The Grandmaster. I'm not sure where I first heard the recommendation (here perhaps) but I was a little hesitant to watch it mainly because of the title and the thought it would simply be another 'standard' martial arts movie. Whoa, was I wrong. Within five minutes, I knew I was in a for a visual treat and I was right.
This movie is similar in style to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hero, Curse of the Golden Flower and The House of Flying Daggers; visually stunning, exceptional choreography and story lines that intertwine romance, drama and martial arts. If you're a fan of stylized, artistic visuals then you won't be disappointed. And if you appreciate the stylized choreography of those movies, also choreographed by the amazing Yeun Wo Ping, then you're in for a treat here. All five of these movies are similar, not only on their production values, but that they all intertwine three elements: Action, Romance and a touch of Fantasy. Without all three elements being present or without all three elements done just perfectly right, the films would suffer.
I am sad to admit in never having heard of the director, Wong Kar-Wai before, but I will be searching for more of his films going forward. He has a way of creating action-packed scenes and tender, dramatic moments, sometimes within the same scene; something not easily accomplished and altogether rare. The Grandmaster was 'presented' by Martin Scorsese and Samuel L. Jackson, which doesn't mean they have any influence other than, likely, providing funding and certainly the confidence in knowing what the director was capable of. As it happened, I had also borrowed a film called 2046, unbeknown to me to be another film directed by Wong Kar-Wai and staring two of the actors, Tony Leung and Zhang Ziyi. Again, another visually compelling piece of filmmaking that was a little slower-paced and all drama.
The Grandmaster was nominated for two Academy Awards (cinematography and Costumes) and if it weren't for the film, Gravity, The Grandmaster would have surely won for cinematography. It has been nominated or won countless other honors from various Award or Critic societies. Not that awards mean that much but it does lend a bit of credibility and can help elevate its status. I will be interested to know if anyone else has seen this film or gets a chance to watch this in the near future.
This movie is similar in style to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hero, Curse of the Golden Flower and The House of Flying Daggers; visually stunning, exceptional choreography and story lines that intertwine romance, drama and martial arts. If you're a fan of stylized, artistic visuals then you won't be disappointed. And if you appreciate the stylized choreography of those movies, also choreographed by the amazing Yeun Wo Ping, then you're in for a treat here. All five of these movies are similar, not only on their production values, but that they all intertwine three elements: Action, Romance and a touch of Fantasy. Without all three elements being present or without all three elements done just perfectly right, the films would suffer.
I am sad to admit in never having heard of the director, Wong Kar-Wai before, but I will be searching for more of his films going forward. He has a way of creating action-packed scenes and tender, dramatic moments, sometimes within the same scene; something not easily accomplished and altogether rare. The Grandmaster was 'presented' by Martin Scorsese and Samuel L. Jackson, which doesn't mean they have any influence other than, likely, providing funding and certainly the confidence in knowing what the director was capable of. As it happened, I had also borrowed a film called 2046, unbeknown to me to be another film directed by Wong Kar-Wai and staring two of the actors, Tony Leung and Zhang Ziyi. Again, another visually compelling piece of filmmaking that was a little slower-paced and all drama.
The Grandmaster was nominated for two Academy Awards (cinematography and Costumes) and if it weren't for the film, Gravity, The Grandmaster would have surely won for cinematography. It has been nominated or won countless other honors from various Award or Critic societies. Not that awards mean that much but it does lend a bit of credibility and can help elevate its status. I will be interested to know if anyone else has seen this film or gets a chance to watch this in the near future.
just saw shaun of the dead on blu ray. love it. even better than i imagined from seeing it on tv.
Just finished "This is the End"......... There are some good scenes.... For some reason I can see actors, acting this way when they are out of character!
I like Aaron Sorkin's work but don't like sports, and I have to admit that this movie is quite nice. Now I'm even more excited to see Sorkin's take on Steve Jobs.
Watched Suspiria not too long ago for the very first time. Although I liked it (more than Inferno, whose underwater scene is still beautifully haunting - if only the whole movie could hold up to that), I must say that I'm not that much a fan of the colorization, although I fully understand it, dunno, prefer his more down-to-earth ones like Deep Red, Tenebrae or Il gatto a nove code.
Started two Shaw brother pieces but had to interrupt unfortunately, will tell you about them once finished. Having holidays in two weeks and as usual, work is piling up before and has to be finished regardless..
Saw Conan The Barbarian for the very first time yesterday (only half way in too :/), quite funny and really entertaining. Loving the lack of almost any conversation - nothing but images and music. And Arnie.
It took me a very long time to appreciate and understand Suspiria and Inferno. Since the Italians woke me up about using colors to evoke mood in movies (and Zhang Yimou has perfected it to a ridiculous extreme in his recent Wuxias), I really enjoy the artificial primary color world of Supiria. It sets the fairy tale mood and also the time period when it was filmed. I understand why that might not appeal to you, but I think it's another way Argento made sure that his Three Mothers films would look somewhat different from his giallos. That said, I also like prefer the stripped bare white and red, red, red of Tenebrae.
Conan, wow the cheesy bad-yet-fun narration by the wizard character so sets the OTT mood. It's John Milius so I can dig his goofy, manly man movies. (I wish Jeremiah Johnson would have used his script, but I can understand why Redford wanted changes - no liver eating for Robert.) The best thing about Conan... to me was James Earl Jones (and his bad wig - this movie was full of bad wigs along with everything else you mentioned), Thulsa Doom baby.
Last night channel surfing rewarded me with Black Dynamite (2009). I saw this the week it was released theatrically and it remains one of the funniest, most lovingly made spoofs I've come across. If you're familiar with blaxploitation films (especially bad ones), you'll have a lot of fun. Black Dynamite and his pals do everything they can to keep their neighborhood free of drugs and other bad doings by the man. When a conspiracy meant to bring down Black Dynamite and his brothers is revealed, not even Fiendish Doctor Wu or Tricky Dick Nixon can stop BD.
The whole conspiracy makes me laugh so hard, I miss a lot of the great dialog. Michael Jai White and his friends deliver the purposely wooden performances with all the love and cheese they can muster (or should I say chilli and donuts.) And, yes, there is Kung Fu; so someone must know my tastes lately. This is very politically incorrect and that makes it even funnier. If they ever make the proposed sequel (a western a la Blazing Saddles), I will be there opening night.
I've also digested more Shaw Brothers movies, but I'll stop here.
Agreed about the Mother trilogy. I also understand why he went for that style and I'm not criticizing that Argento went for it, but as also for the fantastic but rigid formalism of other late 70s and 80s stuff from Italy (architecture and design in general, while exceptions most certainly exist, I like the fact they tried or went for it without compromises, but I also have to acknowledge that this isn't something that this touches me personally a lot except for theoretical reasons.
The wigs in Conan: <3
Blaxploitation: you got some recommendations there? I have mostly all the classics from the 70s but if you know about some obscure treasures let me know!
Black Dynamite is noted, not having one contemporary flic I think. Gave up when they remade Shaft which was a shame.
Agreed about the Mother trilogy. I also understand why he went for that style and I'm not criticizing that Argento went for it, but as also for the fantastic but rigid formalism of other late 70s and 80s stuff from Italy (architecture and design in general, while exceptions most certainly exist, I like the fact they tried or went for it without compromises, but I also have to acknowledge that this isn't something that this touches me personally a lot except for theoretical reasons.
The wigs in Conan: <3
Blaxploitation: you got some recommendations there? I have mostly all the classics from the 70s but if you know about some obscure treasures let me know!
No Blaxploitation to recommend beyond the classics and Black Dynamite which lovingly makes fun of them.
ha ha Wig shot!
I knew you understood the use of Color in the Supiria and Inferno, no worries.
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I watched Shaolin Prince again. Some forced silliness but Ti Lung knocks it out of the park as usual. It was fun to see him kind of make fun of some of his previous Shaws / Wuxia roles (and the exorcism is fun.) He was so great... (and easy on the eyes too.)
Wig shot is good! Maybe you remember that scene, almost right at the start. Really digging it, great way to show some wizardry without any need of exessive CGI and the kind. What immediately followed took me by surprise btw! - Thought that lady would accompany Arnie throughout the film..
I haven't seen Red Sonja but thought she's eventually that, lol.I'Ve got me 14 Blades and wait for 13 Shanghai... (forgot the exact title), but have to finish some others first. Unfortunately I was quite sloppy and got me 2 or so Shaw Bs with no subtitles! The German dub is unbearable so I'm sitting it through with a faint idea of what's happening, lol! Still really enjoyable but I really have to be in the right mood for that. Fortunately it's not THAT deep.
Pity, really hard to get those with Mandarin + subs (non region A that is).
I finally was able to watch Jurassic World. The movie had an extremely predictable plot, some hollywood cliches, and not so good writing. But I still loved it. Also, the fact that Chris Pratt was in it made it better too. Felt like I was 5 years old again.
Watching the first movie though, they failed to have moments such as the first scene of the Brachiosaurus and the build up of suspense when the T-Rex was let loose. Still, I didn’t expect it to be better than the first movie. I think it was a worthy successor however. Better than The Lost World and certainly better than the abomination known as Jurassic Park III.
Watching the first movie though, they failed to have moments such as the first scene of the Brachiosaurus and the build up of suspense when the T-Rex was let loose. Still, I didn’t expect it to be better than the first movie. I think it was a worthy successor however. Better than The Lost World and certainly better than the abomination known as Jurassic Park III.
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hot fuzz is in the player now. he he he. the trilogy is so much better uncut than it is cut and censored on TV.
hot fuzz is in the player now. he he he. the trilogy is so much better uncut than it is cut and censored on TV.
The wife and I love that movie and it's a go to when we need a good laugh.
I'll admit. I have a mancrush for Simon Pegg.
In no way was Jurassic Park III an abomination.
In some ways, it was better than the second film.
Wig shot is good! Maybe you remember that scene, almost right at the start. Really digging it, great way to show some wizardry without any need of exessive CGI and the kind. What immediately followed took me by surprise btw! - Thought that lady would accompany Arnie throughout the film..
I'Ve got me 14 Blades and wait for 13 Shanghai... (forgot the exact title), but have to finish some others first. Unfortunately I was quite sloppy and got me 2 or so Shaw Bs with no subtitles! The German dub is unbearable so I'm sitting it through with a faint idea of what's happening, lol! Still really enjoyable but I really have to be in the right mood for that. Fortunately it's not THAT deep.
Yes, the transformation of Thulsa Doom is pretty kick ass.
Um, unfortunately that lass is NOT Red Sonja as you surmised.
I hear you about non Chinese dubs. Those can really suck the life out of a movie if you haven't seen it before. I am getting very, very picky about Kung Fu films. If they do not have a Chinese dub, it is rare when I buy the film.
Oh Shanghai 13 - . I love that movie. Simply an excuse to go from one crazy fight to another. But what an excuse. It's paced well, very easy to understand and so much fun. Great to see my favorite Venom (the fellow in my avatar) as the best bad guy in the film. Although the laughing fan wielder is hilarious. Great fun. This is a very addictive movie to me, because the fights escalate and get crazier and it's fun to pick out all these actors I am getting to know and like / love. There's a Cantonese dub which is just fine, but the English dub is LOL funny (takes nothing away from the movie though.)
14 Blades can get a little slow, but I think it's one of Donnie Yen's best acting performances. And the fight scene I posted is among my favorite modern Kung Fu fight scene.
Just finished The Deadly Duo. Early Ti Lung / David Chiang and it takes a little while to get going, but once Chiang's Little Bat character pops up, it is quite good. I enjoyed it.
No, I exclusively get discs with additional Mandarin/Chinese dubs, but I missed 1-2 times that there were no subs included at all, so all I'm understanding is...well, nothing I can exactly make out one way or the other (my Mandarin got really rusty
)..it's ok, you can follow the basic premise and it's still miles above the German dub which sounds as if some random dudes from the street just got asked for a favor. Did you see Conan - The Destroyer or Red Sonya by any chance? Do they come near the first Conan?