What's The Latest Film You Have Seen?

duga · 10-05-2016, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

His Hong Kong **** is where it's at. Some of the best fight scenes ever. I'd honestly take him over Bruce Lee as far as fight scenes go. Check out Fist of Legend if you haven't already.

This scene may have changed my opinion. Okayyy...I'll go check out his early stuff.

The Batlord · 10-05-2016, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by duga

This scene may have changed my opinion. Okayyy...I'll go check out his early stuff.

He's kinda like Jackie Chan. His American **** is sanitized and uninspired as far as martial arts goes, cause American directors don't know what to do with that ****. But his Chinese movies are amazing. The dude was a wushu champion on the... Chinese... international... circuit... or something? He won tournaments at least. The man is a martial arts machine.

**Frownland** · 10-05-2016, 02:37 PM

I thought that Hero was excellent.

The Batlord · 10-05-2016, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

I thought that Hero was excellent.

Yeah, that was pretty good. I'm not big on the whole flying swordsman genre, but that's one that I actually like. Def not one of my fav martial arts movies though.

djchameleon · 10-05-2016, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Exo

They're also, like, actors acting in a script...

yeah yeah, I know this but still doesn't mean I can't be disappointed in the outcome of the fights.

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Originally Posted by duga

Who Am I? is firmly in the post-Hollywood breakout era, so I didn't mention it. But you are right - it's also a good one. I actually enjoy quite a few of his post-breakout movies. Hell, I even have a soft spot for the first Rush Hour.

I just can't get into Jet Li. Maybe it's because the few movies I have seen of his (The One and Romeo Must Die, among a few others) are pretty much crap.

Ah okay, I didn't realize that Who Am I? was post Hollywood breakout era. I wonder how good Rumble in Hong Kong was. You have piqued my curiosity to look for his earlier work.

I have a soft spot for most of his American movies. The One hits me in the nostalgia feels. War was another good one along with Hero and Black Mask to me.

You might like him in Once Upon A Time.

innerspaceboy · 10-05-2016, 09:13 PM

A Face in the Crowd (1957)

Frighteningly foretelling.

Lucem Ferre · 10-06-2016, 02:31 PM

I watched La Haine. I liked it.

Chula Vista · 10-06-2016, 11:21 PM

Melancholia for the 2nd time. Purposely waited a couple of years since my first viewing. Lars Von Triers is simply in a class all by himself IMO.

Every single second of this movie is a visual and dramatic masterstroke. Been a huge fan of Kirsten ever since her mind blowing performance in Interview With a Vampire. She's beyond brilliant in this.

**Janszoon** · 10-07-2016, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

I thought that Hero was excellent.

I love that movie. So many beautiful scenes.

**Frownland** · 10-08-2016, 12:22 PM

A Single Man

One of the best movies I've ever seen. It does stream of consciousness in a way that I've never quite seen in film. Colin Firth and Julianne Moore play great performances and the introspective approach of the plot was really well done. Definitely going to be watching this a few more times.

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	I thought that Hero was excellent. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Melancholia for the 2nd time. Purposely waited a couple of years since my first viewing. Lars Von Triers is simply in a class all by himself IMO. Every single second of this movie is a visual and dramatic masterstroke. Been a huge fan of Kirsten ever since her mind blowing performance in Interview With a Vampire. She's beyond brilliant in this. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	A Single Man One of the best movies I've ever seen. It does stream of consciousness in a way that I've never quite seen in film. Colin Firth and Julianne Moore play great performances and the introspective approach of the plot was really well done. Definitely going to be watching this a few more times. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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Lucem Ferre Cuter Than Post Malone. Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 4,978	I watched La Haine. I liked it.