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It was ok. Not brilliant, not terrible. I'd say middle of the road.
That's fair. I love the Coen Brothers so I automatically give it a "10" then rate down from there...
Could you clarify? I saw the trailer at a recent visit to the local theater. It seemed like an action heist type film.
Watched this over the weekend..... kinda strange. The trailers seemed a little misleading as to the tone and type of the movie. Interesting soundtrack tho.
From the trailer, I got the impression it would be an action-comedy type movie (not "serious"). The movie seemed "darker" and very serious at times.
and back to the source I go... The Victim (1980) I am not a Jackie Chan fan and can only tolerate Sammo Hung when his humor works (see The Prodigal Son). I respect SH as actor and choreographer more than a comedian though and, with that in mind, he created some of the most respectful kung fu movies made during the late 70s / early 80s.
This movie was one of those films that respected the choreographers whose made up styles and "shapes" that featured heavily especially in independent kung fu movies at the time.
So here, Sammo thankfully plays second fiddle to Leung Kar Yan (Beardy)'s put upon Chun Yao. Chun Yao was a street urchin who was adopted by a kung fu master who already had a bully of a son in two. Well, the surrogate dad takes a liking to the younger boy which pisses off the older brother. Can you say sibling rivalry? Naturally, the older brother delights in beating and bulling Chun Yao at every opportunity, despite CY learning the family's lethal Iron Cross style kung fu. Things come to a head at Chun Yao's wedding when Big Brother helps himself to the bride, and Chun Yao is too scared to do anything about it.
Cut to the current day when Sammo's street waif desperately wants Chun Yao as his kung fu Sifu and is constantly declined, until the script dictates otherwise. Big bad brother pops up again and when Chun Yao thinks Sammo died by the evil sibling's hand, he finally gives into his vengeful rage and kicks big brother's butt, head and everything else in. I was in a terrible job with an abusive boss, so a part of me still relates to Chun Yao and his plight. I wish I'd seen this while still working at that job.
Watching LKY go all kinds of shapes ballistic on a nasty brute of a bully never stops being cathartic, but it's also one of the best end fights I've seen in any martial arts movie. Partially because you want Chun Yao to take revenge and partially because Leung Kar Yan did not know a lick of kung fu (while working at Shaw's and in these early movies with Sammo Hung); what he had was an astonishing ability to mimic to the choreography almost perfectly and natural agility/stamina. Leung Kar Yan is just such a blast to watch, you forget he did not have at least a decade of training under his sash. I somehow stumbled onto this end fight in late April 2015 on youtube, and because of that and LKY, got back into old school Kung Fu something fierce.
This movie was one of those films that respected the choreographers whose made up styles and "shapes" that featured heavily especially in independent kung fu movies at the time.
So here, Sammo thankfully plays second fiddle to Leung Kar Yan (Beardy)'s put upon Chun Yao. Chun Yao was a street urchin who was adopted by a kung fu master who already had a bully of a son in two. Well, the surrogate dad takes a liking to the younger boy which pisses off the older brother. Can you say sibling rivalry? Naturally, the older brother delights in beating and bulling Chun Yao at every opportunity, despite CY learning the family's lethal Iron Cross style kung fu. Things come to a head at Chun Yao's wedding when Big Brother helps himself to the bride, and Chun Yao is too scared to do anything about it.
Cut to the current day when Sammo's street waif desperately wants Chun Yao as his kung fu Sifu and is constantly declined, until the script dictates otherwise. Big bad brother pops up again and when Chun Yao thinks Sammo died by the evil sibling's hand, he finally gives into his vengeful rage and kicks big brother's butt, head and everything else in. I was in a terrible job with an abusive boss, so a part of me still relates to Chun Yao and his plight. I wish I'd seen this while still working at that job.
Watching LKY go all kinds of shapes ballistic on a nasty brute of a bully never stops being cathartic, but it's also one of the best end fights I've seen in any martial arts movie. Partially because you want Chun Yao to take revenge and partially because Leung Kar Yan did not know a lick of kung fu (while working at Shaw's and in these early movies with Sammo Hung); what he had was an astonishing ability to mimic to the choreography almost perfectly and natural agility/stamina. Leung Kar Yan is just such a blast to watch, you forget he did not have at least a decade of training under his sash. I somehow stumbled onto this end fight in late April 2015 on youtube, and because of that and LKY, got back into old school Kung Fu something fierce.
This afternoon, one of my favorites of 2014 (on Blu-ray, though it's on Netflix streaming for those who may be curious):
This evening, one of my favorites of 2017 (on 4k) -- if my friend doesn't bail, that is. I'll let him to decide whether we'll watch the color version or the black-and-white one:
This evening, one of my favorites of 2017 (on 4k) -- if my friend doesn't bail, that is. I'll let him to decide whether we'll watch the color version or the black-and-white one:
Saw "Hail Caesar" with some colleagues and thought it clever and witty with an excellent cast.
The House. Wow, IMDB has pretty much panned this movie. It was what I was expecting, so I had a good time.
Captain Underpants. I am not the target demographic. My boys loved it. I wanted to tear my eyes out.
Watched this over the weekend..... kinda strange. The trailers seemed a little misleading as to the tone and type of the movie. Interesting soundtrack tho.
Baby driver was very good and stylized.
All the gun fights and action are synced to music. Fresh take on a heist film/love story.
Worth a look!
Trying to watch Free Men (2011) earlier. Have to reboot this another day but it's interesting, and based on fact, so I'll make time for it. Set in 1942 during German occupation of Paris, an Algerian black-marketer deals his way out of the slam by agreeing to snitch on whatever he can notice and report on who's coming and going in the local mosque, which is suspected of trying to smuggle Jews out of France. But... things get very complicated when he inconveniently discovers he has a conscience. Mostly in French, w/ subtitles.
Another polarising SciFI Ghost in the Shell
Best way to describe is if your invested in the original Manga (Japanese animation) the 2017 film is unlikely to live up to your expectations, nor likely could any. If you not invested or can disconnect from the original animated series/films then well worth a watch being a decent SciFi film, albeit a deviation and a far simpler storyline than the originals.
Well worth a watch if you're into the genre, not faithful to the original, equally enjoyable; visuals and audio are well done, storyline is where the film strays, performances are fine given the material at hand.
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Best way to describe is if your invested in the original Manga (Japanese animation) the 2017 film is unlikely to live up to your expectations, nor likely could any. If you not invested or can disconnect from the original animated series/films then well worth a watch being a decent SciFi film, albeit a deviation and a far simpler storyline than the originals.
Well worth a watch if you're into the genre, not faithful to the original, equally enjoyable; visuals and audio are well done, storyline is where the film strays, performances are fine given the material at hand.
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