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Post by **I'm Murrin** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 11:47 pm

Rewatched Oldboy and Lady Vengeance tonight. That would be my second Oldboy viewing, and my fourth Lady Vengeance. First time I noticed the actors that appeared in both; also realised that one actor who had a bit part in Lady Vengeance had a major role in Sympathy for Mr Vengeance and was also the major character in The Host, another great Korean film I saw recently.
Need to find more of these films--they're some of the best I've ever seen.

Post by **stonemaybe** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 12:00 am

Have you seen R-point, Murrin? ('nuther f@*ked up korean film)

Post by **I'm Murrin** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 12:04 am

No, I haven't seen that one. What's it like?

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 1:03 am

Ratatouille was even better than the first viewing. The computer-generated Paris is more stunning than the real city.

Post by **CovenantJr** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:29 am

Kung Pow.

Oh dear.

Post by **I'm Murrin** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 3:12 pm

Just watched The City of Violence, another recent Korean flick. Funny how the same actors keep cropping up in all of these things. The subtitles weren't that good (I suspect this copy was ripped from a bootleg), but not bad enough to spoil the film.
A good film, overall. The fight sequences towards the end were great.

Post by **stonemaybe** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 11:35 pm

Currently watching Run Lola Run on Film 4.

I'd forgotten how good it is! Wonderful wonderful imagery and a unique (imo) plot.

Post by **I'm Murrin** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:52 pm

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is on TV.

Post by **Montresor** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 2:26 am

Murrin wrote:Rewatched Oldboy and Lady Vengeance tonight. That would be my second Oldboy viewing, and my fourth Lady Vengeance. First time I noticed the actors that appeared in both; also realised that one actor who had a bit part in Lady Vengeance had a major role in Sympathy for Mr Vengeance and was also the major character in The Host, another great Korean film I saw recently.
Need to find more of these films--they're some of the best I've ever seen.

Have you seen Memories of Murder, by the same director as The Host? That also features cast from Sympathy and The Host. It's an excellent film, quite surprising.

I noticed in a recent South Korean war film called Brotherhood of War (a fantastic film), the main character from Old Boy appears in a five minute part as a North Korean captain. Was odd and, I suspect, either a cameo, or a role he had before becoming a leading man actor.

Murrin wrote:Just watched The City of Violence, another recent Korean flick. Funny how the same actors keep cropping up in all of these things. The subtitles weren't that good (I suspect this copy was ripped from a bootleg), but not bad enough to spoil the film.
A good film, overall. The fight sequences towards the end were great.

Awesome movie. Really, really awesome movie.

Post by **dANdeLION** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 5:46 pm

CovenantJr wrote:Kung Pow.

Oh dear.

Heh.

Post by **JazFusion** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 11:55 pm

Watched The Iron Giant. It's too bad the movie didn't do better at the box office. It has some amazing animation.

Post by **stonemaybe** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:35 pm

Had a great film night on Saturday with an old friend who was visiting.

We watched Beddazzled which was hilarious and V For Vendetta which was cool as ....

Post by **JazFusion** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:05 pm

Watched Blade Runner the other night. It just gets better the more I watch it.

Post by **Loredoctor** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:19 am

Equilibrium - Sure it's almost identical to Nineteen Eighty Four, Logan's Run and Fahrenheit 541, but it's an amazing movie. 5 stars.

Post by **sgt.null** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 10:28 pm

hoping to see the Happening in the theater. maybe Iron Man at the same time?

Post by **Cagliostro** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 7:41 pm

sgt.null wrote:hoping to see the Happening in the theater. maybe Iron Man at the same time?

I'd like to see the Happening, but annoyingly already had it spoiled for me. The reviewer that spoiled it sounds just like me though. I keep wanting to give this guy a shot, but Shamalamadingdong keeps blowing it. The reviewer said that he feels like some trailer park wife that keeps insisting she loves her abusive husband no matter how much he hits her. I think I'm starting to wise up, and will probably give this a miss in the theaters as the reviewer said this was the worst to date of his flicks.

Post by **Cail** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 7:44 pm

I skipped his last one for exactly that reason.

I'm still hoping for a sequel to Unbreakable.

Post by **Rigel** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 8:46 pm

Cail wrote:I skipped his last one for exactly that reason.

I'm still hoping for a sequel to Unbreakable.

U2: The Breaking!

Post by **CovenantJr** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 3:12 am

Mad Max.

I recently decided to invest in cheap DVDs of the trilogy, but they arrived in the wrong order. I'd seen 1 and 2 before (and 2 was worse than I remember, while 1 was better) but 3 was new to me. Did Mad max suddenly become property of Disney? It was hideous. In any case, I can now say with some assurance that the original Mad Max is my favourite of the three. I like the relative seriousness of it.

Post by **Cagliostro** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 5:40 pm

Cail wrote:I skipped his last one for exactly that reason.

I'm still hoping for a sequel to Unbreakable.

Completely agree. That's my favorite of his films, and I'll still stand up and support this one. And strangely enough, it's the only one of his films that hasn't bored me during a second viewing.

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