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Spoilers What Movie Are You Watching?
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Star Wars The Force Awakens. Nothing beats it 
Though I have been watching Mockingjay Part 2...such a stressful movie.
Though I have been watching Mockingjay Part 2...such a stressful movie.Who would of thought this thread has been running for 6 years.. U guys are making me feel old.
i.Robot (2004)
i.Robot (2004)
AntMan. I didn't really pay attention when it came out, but went in not expecting much, and I didn't get it. Good cast, overall interesting story, but once they establish the rules of how things work, they never keep them consistent. Sorta funny, sorta action-y, sorta good.
AntMan. I didn't really pay attention when it came out, but went in not expecting much, and I didn't get it. Good cast, overall interesting story, but once they establish the rules of how things work, they never keep them consistent. Sorta funny, sorta action-y, sorta good.
I enjoyed it. What did you think was inconsistent?
The physics when he's small. If he's just small, but at the same weight, most things he steps on will break. But, when he fights, it's at full strength?
Oh
... Lol. Too much thought applied. Solution- don't question. I just assumed, that he had less mass when small, but in some unexplained way, he could generate greater force that his size would indicate. I don't know about the "no-brain-needed" part...the three shells are quite a puzzle to this day I believe.
Half way through the hateful eight. I hope it picks up. Kind of getting sick of QT's way too long build ups in his movies. His dialogue isn't as witty as I think he thinks it is. But sure do love hearing the n-word in every sentence! Takes me back.....
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Surprised they haven't done a crap reboot of this yet.
Yeah, they tried to sort of explain, but it made no sense. And, then it really became bothersome. "I just added ~180 pounds to the end of your gun", but it doesn't even waver?Oh
Third time through - looking forward to the sequel. At least it's not "Furry Vengeance".
Kung Fu Hustle (2004) - glad I rented. Yuen Giu, Yuen Wah and Leung Siu Lung are entertaining at times, but in typical Stephen Chow fashion it's not my cup. The cartoon fueled choreography tries to be cute but ultimately this is another one whose tone isn't quite sure what it wants to be. I'll skip seeing anything else he's done.
That one has one of the best long takes about 3/4 of the way into the movie IIRC.
Rigor Mortis (2013) - So washed up Hong Kong film star Chin goes to a rundown tenement block to commit suicide and is saved by a one time Taoist exorcist / Vampire Hunter Yau. Also in this building are Auntie Mui and Uncle Tung, a black magician version of Yau, and an insane mother and her albino son Pak. There are various ghosts haunting several blocks of the building too.
Yau rescues Chin from suicide and there begins their relationship. Shortly there after Tung has an accident and dies, but Mui won't let him rest. So with the help of the black magician they prepare to bring old Tung back from the dead. This would transform Tung into a gyonsi - or hopping vampire. There are are twin malevolent girl spirits making life difficult for everyone, and for some reason of illogic their spirits are needed to bring Tung back, however the sloppy back and forth of Tung post resurrection and these twin spirits casts a confusion over this element of the film.
The writers, including director Juno Mak, attempt to fuse some humanity here showing just how much Mui cares for Tung. In this sense and in Mui's desperation I was immediately reminded of Hellraiser. Not a bad thing, however the useless point of bringing Japanese ghosts (twins) into a Chinese horror story, ruins a lot of the supernatural elements here.
I like the use of the five elements in the final fight - some of which was fun. Yau is a kindly exorcist - hunter when he finally gets his groove on. Chin Siu-Ho who plays Chin is misused here except in the final fight / exorcism. I understand there was supposed to be drama with Chin's character but it didn't work, leaving Yau as the lead.
The only horror scene is the nasty rape and attack on the twins by the insane woman's husband and Mui procuring blood in order to bring Tung fully back (very Hellraiser.) Typically, the greatest evils are those that mortal men and woman do. And the last minute casts a disappointing pallor undoing the previous 90+ minutes.
I was sort of excited by the vampire hunter elements and such, as some of the effects reminded me of the Russian dark fantasy Night Watch. I'm still waiting for someone else to use subtitles as fantastically as they did in that film, but with Rigor Mortis' largely maudlin mood and it taking forever for Yau to pick up the mantle again, I wasn't really feeling it.
I appreciate what they were trying to do here, but part of the charm of the gyonsi - ghost cycle of films in the 80s was the humor (black or otherwise) that did translate. Ah well.
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Kung Fu Hustle (2004) - So Stephen Chow and his buddy pretend to be members of the local gang, the Axe gang in order to shake down the citizens of the Pig Sty slums. Oops. Landlord (Yuen Wah) and Landlady (Yuen Giu) aren't having that, so along with three other Kung Fu experts in Pig Sty the quintet repeatedly mop the floor with the Axe gang. The Axe gang call up the world's best killer The Beast and suddenly Stephen Chow's character wakes up with a conscience late in the game.
Yeah, whatever. <<< - when I come out with this reaction, that means the film failed. I just didn't care.
Yuen Wah and Yuen Giu, they were very stereotypical in their characterizations, not bad given the material. When their fight sequences weren't over wired or cgi'd to death, they were the ones to watch. Leung Siu Lung as the Beast also had his moments, but I much prefer him in 2010's Gallants.
As per Stephen Chow, the tone is all over the place: musical dance routines, unsuccessful and sometimes mean spirited humor and not caring about the characters. I really can't stand Yuen Woo Ping (and Sammo Hung's current over-reliance on wirework and cgi) and it's especially ridiculous when the performers can still do what is required martial arts-wise. I understand this is a hyper realized fantasy and so the choreography with it's occasional Tex Avery winks works to an extent. Me, I'll stick with Yuen Woo Ping's 1970s choreography.
I am an old school fan when it comes to genre films, but I find that especially true of martial arts and kung fu where the performers had to know some styles in order to pull off the characters and fights. There's a respect in that, seeing how hard these folks trained and worked to make it look so darn easy on screen. And when that talent is largely wasted (as it does happen here), I have to wonder what am I missing? A lot of Asian cinema especially the humor and tone goes over my head because I know next to nothing of the cultures and their humor etc. So glad I rented.
No more Stephen Chow for me.
Yau rescues Chin from suicide and there begins their relationship. Shortly there after Tung has an accident and dies, but Mui won't let him rest. So with the help of the black magician they prepare to bring old Tung back from the dead. This would transform Tung into a gyonsi - or hopping vampire. There are are twin malevolent girl spirits making life difficult for everyone, and for some reason of illogic their spirits are needed to bring Tung back, however the sloppy back and forth of Tung post resurrection and these twin spirits casts a confusion over this element of the film.
The writers, including director Juno Mak, attempt to fuse some humanity here showing just how much Mui cares for Tung. In this sense and in Mui's desperation I was immediately reminded of Hellraiser. Not a bad thing, however the useless point of bringing Japanese ghosts (twins) into a Chinese horror story, ruins a lot of the supernatural elements here.
I like the use of the five elements in the final fight - some of which was fun. Yau is a kindly exorcist - hunter when he finally gets his groove on. Chin Siu-Ho who plays Chin is misused here except in the final fight / exorcism. I understand there was supposed to be drama with Chin's character but it didn't work, leaving Yau as the lead.
The only horror scene is the nasty rape and attack on the twins by the insane woman's husband and Mui procuring blood in order to bring Tung fully back (very Hellraiser.) Typically, the greatest evils are those that mortal men and woman do. And the last minute casts a disappointing pallor undoing the previous 90+ minutes.
I was sort of excited by the vampire hunter elements and such, as some of the effects reminded me of the Russian dark fantasy Night Watch. I'm still waiting for someone else to use subtitles as fantastically as they did in that film, but with Rigor Mortis' largely maudlin mood and it taking forever for Yau to pick up the mantle again, I wasn't really feeling it.
I appreciate what they were trying to do here, but part of the charm of the gyonsi - ghost cycle of films in the 80s was the humor (black or otherwise) that did translate. Ah well.
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Kung Fu Hustle (2004) - So Stephen Chow and his buddy pretend to be members of the local gang, the Axe gang in order to shake down the citizens of the Pig Sty slums. Oops. Landlord (Yuen Wah) and Landlady (Yuen Giu) aren't having that, so along with three other Kung Fu experts in Pig Sty the quintet repeatedly mop the floor with the Axe gang. The Axe gang call up the world's best killer The Beast and suddenly Stephen Chow's character wakes up with a conscience late in the game.
Yeah, whatever. <<< - when I come out with this reaction, that means the film failed. I just didn't care.
Yuen Wah and Yuen Giu, they were very stereotypical in their characterizations, not bad given the material. When their fight sequences weren't over wired or cgi'd to death, they were the ones to watch. Leung Siu Lung as the Beast also had his moments, but I much prefer him in 2010's Gallants.
As per Stephen Chow, the tone is all over the place: musical dance routines, unsuccessful and sometimes mean spirited humor and not caring about the characters. I really can't stand Yuen Woo Ping (and Sammo Hung's current over-reliance on wirework and cgi) and it's especially ridiculous when the performers can still do what is required martial arts-wise. I understand this is a hyper realized fantasy and so the choreography with it's occasional Tex Avery winks works to an extent. Me, I'll stick with Yuen Woo Ping's 1970s choreography.
I am an old school fan when it comes to genre films, but I find that especially true of martial arts and kung fu where the performers had to know some styles in order to pull off the characters and fights. There's a respect in that, seeing how hard these folks trained and worked to make it look so darn easy on screen. And when that talent is largely wasted (as it does happen here), I have to wonder what am I missing? A lot of Asian cinema especially the humor and tone goes over my head because I know next to nothing of the cultures and their humor etc. So glad I rented.
No more Stephen Chow for me.