grungy-gonads 54 Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 (That was a joke right?) Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 Originally Posted By: Black Mountain Speaking of kung fu movies my recommendation is Kung Fu Panda!! I cried twice it was so good I agree. I recommend Shaolin Soccer Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 just watched "golden slumber" - tis a recent Japanese movie. AWESOME! Out to rent now, but only Japanese subs or audio. Quote: When easy-going Aoyagi meets an old friend for a fishing trip, he ends up drugged, framed for the Prime Minister's assassination, and on the run from corrupt cops. It's only the beginning of what quickly becomes the worst, weirdest day of his life. But he'll get by with a little help from his friends, who include a famous pop diva, a rockabilly deliveryman, a crippled old gangster, and the world's most cheerful serial killer. Among the many puzzles of this twisty, clever film is how Nakamura manages to sneak a genuinely moving tribute to friendship into the madcap procession of perilous events. This doesn't do it justice! Link to post Share on other sites
griller 9 Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 What is awesome about it Rob? Link to post Share on other sites
Mintyjulep 0 Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 Originally Posted By: RobBright Originally Posted By: MintyNZ Originally Posted By: RobBright So saw Inception today, what's the problem with following it? Seemed simple enough to me, until the crappy ending. The ending made me angry too Back on topic after jynxx weird existential off road tour, what made you mad? for me, the spinning top's last shot. yeah, it was the whole did leo's character stay in the dream world or did he go back to his real kids? The last time we see him in the known dream he leaves juno girl to go find the Japanese man. Who is the dreamer in that construct world? He is, or is his wife the dreamer (mum pointed out to me that the spinning top only keeps spinning in her dream - it is her totem (is the whole movie her dream? if she is dead or not dreaming then why will it keep spinning?)) In the last part where the Japanese man is, is that a construct of leo's dream - he dreams he finds him, dreams he wakes up on the plane and his past is redeemed, he goes back to his dream children. You can get so lost in the potential meanings and potential realities. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 Originally Posted By: griller What is awesome about it Rob? The story is solid all the way through, and makes you think who you can and can't trust. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 There is also no storyline left unfinished in it either. Everyone has a part that comes to fruition. Link to post Share on other sites
cal 6 Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Must admit to never actually seeing a Japanese movie. Perhaps I should try some out. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 電車男 is pretty good. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 densha otoko? tis ok. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 Train man?! Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 densha otoko. Surely you must have heard of that muika?! Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 Is it the Japanese version of Trainspotting? Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 'tis a good wholesome movie. Link to post Share on other sites
nagoid 4 Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 No Way Out. 80's cheese but you can always rely on Gene. Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 That was on the other night here actually. Recorded it. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 not seen that one. Gene Hackman? Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 And every housewife's favourite postman, Kevin Costner. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 Yes Gene Hackman. In a rather similar kind of storyline to the other one where he was Prez and killed a lover by accident and tried to get it covered up. Link to post Share on other sites
KlingKlang 1 Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 More a short TV series but The Stand was interesting (the Stephen King story). Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 I plan to see the Expendables. Could be good for a laugh. Link to post Share on other sites
panhead_pete 27 Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Been a bit of a DVD week for me: City Island - well worth a watch. Great to see Andy Garcia play a dad with older kids, made me feel younger. This is the pick of the 3. Sleepers - hard not to pick up a DeNiro movie, especially with Dustin Hoffman and Kevin Bacon. For a change Brad Pitt is in it but doesn't over act nor does his character get too much time. Little Miss Sunshine - Am I the only person to have seen Steve Carell in one too many quirky roles in one to many quirky films? Toni Collette borrows a little too much from Kate Blanchett's role in the great Aussie movie "Little Fish". If you have an arts degree you'll probably love it, I dont. And just one old classic I'll throw in for free. Tora Tora Tora - always loved it. Tomorrow Im stepping back to a real classic. "The Good, The Bad, The Ugly". Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 I step WAY back in time and watched "Spartacus" last night. Classic movie. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Spartacus is one of my all time faves!!!! This is the type of movie that used to get played on Sunday afternoons when I was a kid. Often when it was pissing with rain outside which meant that I had to be inside. My mum watching it and me moaning until quietly accepting that actually I thought it was great. Of course I complained BITTERLY to my mum afterwards......don't tell her I loved it!! Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 Never seen that one. Sounds like I should. Link to post Share on other sites
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