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Re: 1990s Far East Bracket: Verdicts
« Reply #370 on: February 13, 2009, 11:11:21 PM »
It's Tsui Hark :P

I've actually heard good things of The Blade.

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Re: 1990s Far East Bracket: Verdicts
« Reply #371 on: February 13, 2009, 11:18:28 PM »
Rouj, I know I know. You are just going to have to trust me and not the thousands of gah-gah fans on this one.  ;)

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Re: 1990s Far East Bracket: Verdicts
« Reply #372 on: February 14, 2009, 01:31:07 AM »
Yeah, the thing with Tsui Hark is that he's totally insane.  He'll try anything, whether it works or not.
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Re: 1990s Far East Bracket: Verdicts
« Reply #373 on: February 14, 2009, 04:46:23 AM »
Rebels of a Neon God (Tsai Ming-Liang, 1992)

So, Tsai does a Wong Kar-Wai movie?

Okay, I am officially turned on by this statement!

Just in case, keep in mind that there isn't the lyrical romanticism of Wong's cinema in the Tsai film.
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Re: 1990s Far East Bracket: Verdicts
« Reply #374 on: February 14, 2009, 07:04:50 AM »
The Blade sounds like a movie I would absolutely loath. I'll take your word for it smirnoff and say I'm glad it's out. Besides, a movie like that could never take on a Jackie Chan (in his prime) flick and win, right?
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Re: 1990s Far East Bracket: Verdicts
« Reply #375 on: February 14, 2009, 07:07:26 AM »
With regards to roujin's verdict, I haven't seen either, so it's hard to say. From your descritpion of the zaniness in Chinpira, it almost sounds like a movie I had in the first round, Justice My Foot!, although that movie was mostly an unfunny comedy. Your movie sounds a lot more violent.
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Re: 1990s Far East Bracket: Verdicts
« Reply #376 on: February 14, 2009, 07:58:13 AM »
It's not zany, actually. It just has moments that make no sense then the rest is serious. Although the serious parts don't make any sense to me, either.

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Re: 1990s Far East Bracket: Verdicts
« Reply #377 on: February 14, 2009, 01:05:26 PM »
From Beijing With Love (Stephen Chow, 1994)

http://www.vimeo.com/3214044
So smooth.

Yes, it is a take on the Bond movie, thanks for noticing. Something along the lines of Austin Powers, if you need to compare it to something, except more nonsensical and deadpan. And much, much more violent. Not really like Austin Powers at all, actually. I'm not even sure I'd call it a spoof, it's more like they threw Stephen Chow and co. in the middle of a straight up spy movie (which sounds better than it is). It's a little like Austin Powers though :)



Either way, it's got none of the style or wit of the more recent Chows (Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle, both of which I really like) and it's not nearly as funny as those, either. But perhaps those expectations were unrealistic. It's hardly a bad movie. It's kinda funny that the bad guy's plan is to steal a dinosaur skull (this is 93-94, so I guess we're meant to assume he bought into the Jurassic Park-generated dinosaur craze :D)



It's also kinda funny to think that the good guy who is actually the bad guy manipulates the lighting in his office to regulate how evil he looks. 





And Chungking references are always fun



So it's amusing. My problem with it are the awkward tonal shifts, especially the scene in the mall — kinda hard to be in the mood for Chow's antics after a man gets shot in the head, execution-style, while holding his son in his arms.



I guess something like this is necessary, because it's what springs the dumb-looking butcher-turned-spy into action



but CINECAST! it, it was pretty tasteless. I'm doing the clips and screenshots though, and this is looking like a much better movie than it did when I watched it a couple of weeks ago, so much so that I'm not sure I should be writing about it anymore. What great action sequences.

http://www.vimeo.com/3214198
Err... I guess I need to rewatch it? :-\



Forbidden City Cop (Stephen Chow, 1996)

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Heh, it's the same joke. Pretty good joke though, hum? Anyway, From Beijing With Love never stood a chance. Equal parts hilarity and kung fu awesomeness...

http://www.vimeo.com/3213898

...ninjas...



...aliens...



... a rat-powered sex machine (hello Burn After Reading)...

<I can't find this screenshot>

...faceless vilains...



...impromptu award cermonies...



...— complete with first hand loser reactions —...



...I don't even remember what this is...



... and more (including a magnet-based fight that has to be seen to be believed); this is the Chow I know and love. May it, too, have a long life in the bracket!
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Re: 1990s Far East Bracket: Verdicts
« Reply #378 on: February 14, 2009, 01:06:31 PM »
CINECAST! me, that took a while and I couldn't even make all the screenshots the same size >:(
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Re: 1990s Far East Bracket: Verdicts
« Reply #379 on: February 14, 2009, 01:15:28 PM »
Awesome, duder. Awesome.

 

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