Author Topic: 50(or 100) Movies in 2008 Challenge (Read 47731 times)

shirenuファクトリー · « **Reply #60 on:** April 05, 2008, 05:35:18 PM »

Random question, but I think this is the most active movie thread currently...

Can anyone recommend me a Chinese (can be from the continent, HK, Taiwan..) movie for analysis??

I'm taking a Chinese movie course and we have to write a 10-page analysis of a movie (or comparing two movies... The topic is pretty free, as long as it's related to Chinese movies). So I'd need a movie that a.) I could watch more than once without dying of boredom (so no Wong Kar Wai or other artsy movies..

) and b.) doesn't have Tony Leung, or I'll just end up drooling after him instead of concentrating on the movie.

So yeah. Ideas?

sweeety · « **Reply #61 on:** April 05, 2008, 06:05:23 PM »

I think "A tale of two sisters" (janghwa Hongreyon (?) ) is Chinese..... Im not too sure though..... It's really interesting and most people have to watch it more than once to get it. Lol, Im doing almost the same thing. 10 different at least one page analysis for HW. But they can't all be the same media, and I don't wanna do any movies cause I can't be bothered writing that much. So far I've done 0 and it's due last friday! Yey me! Also the bio exam the say after tomorow is making my life just that much more exciting! YEY! (Not)
If not, try the World movies channel!

But I really like this movie, and if you want extra info about it, the Americans are remaking it! Lol, notice how much Su Mi is the spitting image of Emily Browning, and then be amazed at how her English counterpart is scheduled to be played by Emily Browning. I still tell the story of how I thought she looked just like her and then found out she will be played by her in the English version. crunchyroll should most definitelly still have it, thats where I watched it. Also watch kuchisake onna (but I am more than 90% sure that this movie is Japanesse not Chinese, but its still interesting and fun to watch).

shirenuファクトリー · « **Reply #62 on:** April 05, 2008, 06:08:36 PM »

A Tale of Two Sisters is actually Korean (at least the version I've seen)

sweeety · « **Reply #63 on:** April 05, 2008, 06:13:58 PM »

oh oops sory.... So no? Oh well, at least we have another thing in common, we have both seen it! yey!

Tuffty · « **Reply #64 on:** April 05, 2008, 06:36:16 PM »

The only 3 movies of Chinese origin I've seen are Hero, House Of Flying Daggers and Curse Of The Golden Flower. The first two I'd probably recommend above COTGF.

Although I imagine Shi may be drooling over Takeshi Kaneshiro in HOFD.

iacus · « **Reply #65 on:** April 06, 2008, 03:13:26 AM »

Summer Palace is pretty political so it would probably be pretty easy to analyze. As a plus there's a some sex to keep you occupied, on the downside it might be too arty for you.

Crazy Stone is absolutely hilarious, and has a sort-of complicated plot so you might have some good stuff to write about.

You could also pick an old kung-fu film likeThe One-Armed Swordsman.

Election 1 and 2 are good bets as well.

daigong · « **Reply #66 on:** April 06, 2008, 06:02:50 AM »

FUCK! I didn't watch a single movie in March.

Hope that changes in April with hotshit like 88 Minutes coming out.

Guchi_Jnr · « **Reply #67 on:** April 06, 2008, 06:14:36 AM »

Quote from: daigong on April 06, 2008, 06:02:50 AM

Hope that changes in April with hotshit like 88 Minutes coming out.

A DVDRIP of that has been up for a few weeks now..

I was gonna grab it, but then saw the reviews and changed my mind..

That being said, I downloaded Cloverfield last night..

(just know it's going to be CRAP!!)

tenkei · « **Reply #68 on:** April 06, 2008, 06:44:08 AM »

i fucking loved every minute of cloverfield

Guchi_Jnr · « **Reply #69 on:** April 06, 2008, 03:43:52 PM »

^ Hey, it was pretty fuckin' good!!

shirenuファクトリー · « **Reply #70 on:** April 06, 2008, 09:35:02 PM »

Thanks for the recommendations Tuffty, and especially iacus!

Really appreciated, considering I've seen so few Chinese movies.

EDIT: I wanted to do Summer Palace, but I can't seem to find a torrent for it, and I can only find US version on sale (with eng subs) and my DVD player doesn't play that region. LOL T__T

EDIT: And the problem with the torrent I have is that some comments said it was "fake" or "password protected" so yeah...

ripkirby · « **Reply #71 on:** April 24, 2008, 04:30:33 AM »

Sign me in.

I'll start this month but, I'll catch up for sure. Here's what I've watched this month:

[APRIL]

Eraserhead
Detroit Rock City
Taxi Driver
鉄男　ＴＥＴＳＵＯ
The Killer
American Graffiti
Grindhouse (Does this count as 2)
Big Lebowski (The movie that I base my life on... must have seen this a dozen times already)
Blue Velver
THX 1138
Do The Right Thing (Highly recommended)

Masa · « **Reply #72 on:** May 01, 2008, 08:34:52 AM »

Top 10 of April (movies that I have seen before excluded)
01. Apocalypse Now Redux (a true classic)
02. Street Kings
03. Miller's Crossing
04. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (the best parody movie in years)
05. Waiting...
06. Re-Cycle
07. Dark City
08. The Hunting Party
09. A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
10. Rescue Dawn

Highlights of the month: Apocalypse Now & Marisa Tomei's nude scene in Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

The worst movie of the month: The Hottie & The Nottie, a movie so disgusting it almost made me vomit

The word that describes April best is mediocre. I only saw a handful of good movies and pretty much everything else was either average or garbage

tenkei · « **Reply #73 on:** May 01, 2008, 10:42:55 PM »

my turn.

01. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
02. Byousoku 5 Senchimeetoru (5 Centimeters per Second)
03. The Bank Job
04. Raiders of the Lost Ark
05. Chuen Jik Sat Sau (Fulltime Killer)
06. Akeelah and the Bee
07. Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
08. 16 Blocks
09. Hot Fuzz
10. The Forbidden Kingdom

Cuckoo's Nest is pretty much one of the best fucken movies i've ever seen. I gotta agree with Masa about April though, I didn't watch too many flicks that blew me away, most were just alright. i wonder whats up with that...

iacus · « **Reply #74 on:** May 02, 2008, 05:13:41 AM »

By my count, I watched two brilliant masterpieces. . .

Funky Forest: The First Contact
Summer Palace

. . .Five good movies. . .

Tattooed Flower Vase
Dead Man's Shoes
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
13: Game of Death
Overlord

. . .Nine good but flawed films. . .

Night Watch
Southland Tales
Crazy Lips
Retribution
Blind Beast vs. Killer Dwarf
Eye in the Sky
Rubber's Lover
Blue Gate Crossing
Goyokin

. . .And two really bad films in April.

Jan Dara
Private

This month is interesting in that I saw both Funky Forest, one of the best films I've ever seen, and Jan Dara, one of the worst films I've ever seen, in the same month.

gutsack · « **Reply #75 on:** May 03, 2008, 03:58:13 AM »

I watch 100 movies every night.

tenkei · « **Reply #76 on:** May 03, 2008, 06:27:16 AM »

Quote from: gutsack on May 03, 2008, 03:58:13 AM

I watch 100 movies every night.

free porn clip previews youre fapping to dont count, sorry.

gutsack · « **Reply #77 on:** May 04, 2008, 01:55:41 AM »

shadowstar · « **Reply #78 on:** May 04, 2008, 07:30:47 PM »

February
- 27 Dresses
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

March
- Good Luck Chuck
- Jumper
- The Kite Runner
- Juno
- 10,000 B.C.
- Meet The Spartans- Gabriel
- Over Her Dead Body
- Fool's Gold
- The Covenant

April
- Sydney White
- The Orphanage
- Superhero Movie
- And the Band Played On
- The Signal

May
- Iron Man

ctz · « **Reply #79 on:** May 10, 2008, 08:49:02 PM »

My best of April is definitely The Assasination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. I can't understand how the film got totally ignored in Academy Awards. The worst is Failure to Lauch. Well It had Zooey Deschanel in a supporting role... but that's pretty much everything.