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Re: 1990s Far East Bracket
« Reply #1050 on: January 20, 2011, 01:47:42 PM »
I'll take it. :)

Just remember, if A Scene at the Sea doesn't win I WILL KILL YOU.

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Re: 1990s Far East Bracket
« Reply #1051 on: January 20, 2011, 02:36:28 PM »
Surfing, Joe Hisaishi score and it's better than this?

As a final word, I'm not sure if this counts as points for or against [The Emporer's Shadow], but in the scene where Yueyang loses her virginity to Jianli, the precise moment is intercut with a massive battering ram breaking through the doors of a fortress. Just sayin.

It must be a good film indeed! ;D

Odds are it'll go through. Worm wasn't too keen on City of the Rising Sun in round one and it only advanced because of an even poorer opponent.

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Re: 1990s Far East Bracket
« Reply #1052 on: February 06, 2011, 09:40:19 PM »
I'm gonna go for Sleeping Man vs. Art Museum By The Zoo.

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Re: 1990s Far East Bracket
« Reply #1053 on: February 17, 2011, 12:16:27 AM »
For my next match-up could I have Eagle Shooting Heroes versus Shall We Dance?

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Re: 1990s Far East Bracket
« Reply #1054 on: February 18, 2011, 03:04:25 PM »
I love how many great films are still available even though we're close to the end of the second round.

I hate to do this, but I'm going to try to speed up the resurrection forecasts by giving up on films that don't impress at all in the first fifteen or thirty minutes — especially films that were panned in the round one verdicts.

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Re: 1990s Far East Bracket
« Reply #1055 on: February 18, 2011, 03:06:41 PM »
I should post my verdict, I really should, but I don't wanna. (And I've already written half of it.)

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Re: 1990s Far East Bracket
« Reply #1056 on: February 18, 2011, 05:05:26 PM »
I hate to do this, but I'm going to try to speed up the resurrection forecasts by giving up on films that don't impress at all in the first fifteen or thirty minutes — especially films that were panned in the round one verdicts.

I don't blame you. It's a massive undertaking even at that!

fwiw, I think you'll find the following films interesting (and really look forward to reading your thoughts):
Coquille
Samurai Fiction
Maborosi
Moe no suzaku


These I give a 50/50 chance.
Ermo
Red Cherry
Kagerô
Picture Bride
Legend of the Galactic Heroes...


These I have no idea. I found them silly and or dull. Green Snake is so f'd up, but I guess I could see enjoying it under certain circumstances (on shrooms).
No. 3
Green Snake
Journey to Beijing
Genghis Khan
Ripples Across Stagnant Water

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Re: 1990s Far East Bracket
« Reply #1057 on: March 17, 2011, 04:58:19 AM »
*taptaptap*

Is this thing on?

Finally tracked down a copy of Postmen in the Mountains, so for my next match up can I have

Postmen in the Mountains vs. Dead or Alive?


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Re: 1990s Far East Bracket
« Reply #1058 on: April 11, 2011, 09:02:35 PM »
Used an online randomizer to help decide my next match-up:

The Bird People of China vs. Ordinary Heroes


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Re: 1990s Far East Bracket
« Reply #1059 on: April 11, 2011, 10:57:08 PM »
O yea, I've got an entire verdict I can write whenever I feel like it...

 

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