Movies Discussion Thread V1: Ratings and Opinions

Faun

Faun

Wahahaha~!
Staff member
^^watch it if you are ready for some mental torture and serious thinking. Its sadistic.
 
Psychosocial

Psychosocial

Violent serenity.
^^20mins and I am liking it. Lolz this is the first anime I have seen which has swearing.

Dead Space Downfall -> 8/10

Makes a good watch even if you haven't played or are not planning to play the game.
 
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a_medico

a_medico

Chillum Baba
Rule number one - Mandarin horror. More on the lines of Fallen. Worth a look. Few good scary moments with usual twists etc.
 
T

tgpraveen

Simpsons rox
i recommend "the illusionist" edward norton in a very good role in a superb film

also watch memento the movie on which ghajini is supposedly based on and also director og this film is the great christopher nolan of batman fame.

another good comedy is hot fuzz with simon pegg as hero.
 
a_medico

a_medico

Chillum Baba
Came across an interesting post somewhere on the net :-

I humbly consider myself an expert on the topic.

So here is my "starters kit":

Korea

Watch everything by Kim Ki-Duk (*www.imdb.com/name/nm1104118/), if you haven’t already. It’s a bit "arthouse" but still worth a try.
Also, check out Park Chan-wook (*www.imdb.com/name/nm0661791/) his "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance" and "Sympathy for Mr Vengeance" form a trilogy with "Oldboy".

Thailand

Definitely check out Pen-Ek Ratanaruang (*www.imdb.com/name/nm0711579/), "Last life in Universe", "Ruang Talok 69", "Invisible Wave" are great pieces of work.

China

Wong Kar Wai (*www.imdb.com/name/nm0939182/) is very heavy to get into at first but it’s wonderful to watch especially his early low budget stuff.
Zhang Yimou (*www.imdb.com/name/nm0955443/) now known for "Hero", "House of Flying Daggers",.. he started of in something completely different. "Raise the Red Lantern" is a fantastic classic.
During the late 90s a lot of underground films were made under poor conditions always running from the authorities showing pictures nobody should see, the films were smuggled out of china and developed by European TV channels. That’s something every body should look into. a few titles: "Beijing Bicycle" (*www.imdb.com/title/tt0276501/) is probably the most known. "Suzhou River" (*www.imdb.com/title/tt0234837/) and Ke Jia Zhang’s movies (*www.imdb.com/name/nm0422605/)

Hongkong

Well Donnie Yen (*www.imdb.com/name/nm0947447/), Johnny To (*www.imdb.com/name/nm0864775/) if you’re down for intelligent action films. "Beyond Our Ken" (*www.imdb.com/title/tt0440445/) is a movie you can easily watch with someone who isn’t into asian movies AT ALL.

Taiwan

Check out early Ang Lee it’s wonderful. Hou Hsiao-hsien (*www.imdb.com/name/nm0396284/) is a great story teller ("Millennium Mambo" or "Café Lumière" )

Japan

Takeshi Kitano should be in everyone’s collection. Toshiaki Toyoda (*www.imdb.com/name/nm0870313/) did great movies until he lost his career due to 5gr of Marijuana.
If you’re really into very slow moving stuff, into real people in real situations then here’s a little tip: Naomi Kawase (*www.imdb.com/name/nm0442905/),Hirokazu Koreeda (*www.imdb.com/name/nm0466153/) and Shinji Aoyama (*www.imdb.com/name/nm0031888/) if you’re into this you will be amazed.
Late Shohei Imamura (*www.imdb.com/name/nm0408076/) basically did the Japanese Nouvelle Vague.
If you’re into more extreme stuff, you already know Takeshi Miike (*www.imdb.com/name/nm0586281/) and Sogo Ishii (*www.imdb.com/name/nm0411025/), if you want to take it further watch Shozin Fukui (*www.imdb.com/name/nm0298006/)2 movies.
A movie most positively every one with a functioning mind will appreciate would be "The Taste of Tea" (*www.imdb.com/title/tt0413893/).
Honorable mention in the wth-category goes to Sion Sono’s "Strange Circus" (*www.imdb.com/title/tt0492784/)

So yeah, this would be a light scratch on the surface of Asian Cinema. It has everything and it’s my firm believe that is greatly superior to Hollywood and most of European Cinema.
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Faun

Faun

Wahahaha~!
Staff member
Muoi Its a pretty decent Korean Horror, until the end is shown. There are many hair raising spooky moments though. But once you know what it is at the end it kinda fades away.

Any way some fine acting by Cha Ye Ryeon, this gal knows acting well :)
 
GameAddict

GameAddict

In the zone
The House Bunny-Decent comedy...may be targeted towards female audience. Anna Faris's (The Scary Movie girl) transformation to a Bunny was amazing. I give it 6/10.

Priceless/Hors de Prix (French)- Somebody suggested this and it was really worth. Sweet,romantic comedy. It gets 8/10 from me.

The Nest-Another French movie. Good,tense thriller. Recommended. 7/10.
 
Ethan_Hunt

Ethan_Hunt

Aspiring Novelist
sam9s said:
Outsourced - 6/10

A decent movie about a man who's company outsources the CC dept to an Indian small company and is sent to take care of the training. Its good comic movie but The reason I give 6/10 is because it focuses less on outsourced business an more on how the protagonist faces situations in India (which are pretty common for we people) It does it pretty comically but quite a few things were exaggerated (specially the terrible situation of the company to whom the business was outsourced). Otherwise a cute movie which would definately give you giggles here n there...
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Had seen this movie last year. Laughed my ass off on some of the scenes. Pretty decent I would say but could have been better.

Last movie(s) I saw:
The Ruins - 7/10
Night of The Demons - 3/10
College - 7/10
 
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