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Asian Cinema Thread #2: Resurrected
the old thread is locked now.....it reached 250 posts....so i've taken the liberty to start a new thread....not much to say...except that 'hero' starts tomorrow in theaters.....i plan on catching an 11:15 showing tomorrow in "little saigon"......
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wow! a second thread!
 and for Hero's opening tomorrow:  anyone updating us with new asian movies?  i was reading Entertainment Weekly (johnny depp in cover) and it had a small filler/article that korean film Taegugki , HK's Infernal Affairs will be shown by fall. and this was were i read that House of Flying Daggers will be shown december 3rd.... Last edited by ***isy***; 08-26-2004 at 07:29 PM |
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in a little while i'm going to see 'hero'.....
 ....i've been holding off watching it because i've wanted to see it in a theater........i happened to be reading roger ebert's review of it today online......he gives it 1/2.....perhaps later on i'll make some screen caps from the dvd and post them here.....i've enclosed the link to his review....beforewarned it does contian spoilers....... ebert's 'hero' review and i've also enclosed his review of 'oasis'.....a korean film that i saw a couple of months ago....which i also liked ...spoilers.... ebert's 'oasis' review |
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I wanna see Hero too.
 Been waiting for long. Does this movie have its own thread yet? __________________
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quarterley - no, i dont think Hero has its own thread but i wouldnt be surprised if, after this weekend, there'd be one!
 i'm going to see it too tomorrow.... its just one of those movies that you can see several times and not get bored. and i'm a sucker for christopher doyle.... mukooh - i've read good reviews too. btw anyone seen Taegukgi? i've been seeing the trailer in channel 44 (sorry cant remember the station name)... i've read its something like Saving Private Ryan.... |
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I want to go see Hero soon. I have to say I'm fairly new to Asian Cinema except what is fairly main stream: Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, Crouching Tiger, Iron Monkey, but I really enjoy it. If anyone has any recomendations please let me know.
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Very excited about "Hero"...looks promising and it's playing in a few theaters where I live
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Ultimate Fan
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theAngel - i was born and raised in Philippines so asian cinema (mainly chinese movies) had always been a part of our lives. when i moved to US, i still watch em, and now i've come to be more acquainted to the actors/actresses.
anyways, i subscribe to the brillant Giant Robot Magazine, a Asian Pop Culture magazine based in Los Angeles, CA. in their latest e-mail, they added this: *** From GR Newsletter: IN A THEATRE NEAR YOU Zhang Yimou’s HERO http://www.miramax.com/hero/index.html Pen-ek Ratanaruang’s LAST LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE http://www.palmpictures.com/videos/l...euniverse.html Takashi Miike’s GOZU http://www.pathfinderpictures.com/ COMING SOON TAE GUK GI opens September 3 http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/taegukgi/ GHOST IN THE SHELL: INNOCENCE opens September 17 http://www.gofishpictures.com/GITS2/main.html And much more. . .for more film matters, sign up at filmmatters@giantrobot.com. Support independent cinema! *** Last edited by ***isy***; 08-31-2004 at 05:41 PM |
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I really wonder how Hero will perform in theaters considering a large part of the target audience has already seen the movie.
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Ultimate Fan
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shlee - hopefully there would be a good turnout, considering this weekend there isn't a big movie out....
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all in all i liked it....i'm glad i watched in on a big screen....it is a film of epic proportions...with a story i'm familiar with....i think maybe a year or two ago i saw another film called 'jing ke ci qin wang....('the emperor and the assassin'.....with li gong....a 3 hour film....which explores a related story).....the martial arts choreograph reminded me of 'crouching tiger.....' but i thought it was better displayed in this film.......if anything this film makes me want to follow the acting careers and films of the principle actors in this film even more..... just out of curiosity did anyone here see 'wo de fu qin mu qin' (the road home) with ziyi zhang? it's probably my favorite ziyi zhang film.....i saw it in a theater a few years back...and i really enjoyed watching that film.....i thought it was very very romantic.... |
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Ultimate Fan
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mukooh- am off to see Hero today...
last night i saw Garden State (brillant film too btw! ) and the peson next to me was buying Hero tickets, and the lady selling was like " sir, its subtitled..." and he's like "no problem".. i'm glad they didn't dub it, i HATE it when they do that! speaking of zhang ziyi, there's an article on her on People magazine, and she mentioned that she learned english from listening to cds, one was Norah Jones and someone i can't remember right now.. |
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Hey I have'nt been in this thread for ages so forgive me if you have already spoken about this film.
I finally saw Infernal Affairs. I found it a little confusing at first but then it gets really good. It reminded me of '24' (very good in my book). I wonder what the remake will be like... I think some of the charm of watching the original is because it is set in Hong Kong. __________________
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Ultimate Fan
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sushi - i totally agree that the HK charm worked so well in Infernal Affairs.
i've read they'll show IA either Sept or October.... |
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glad you liked 'garden state'.......i did too.... |
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