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The Wrong Guy is dumb as hell but I love it. I know this has been said many times but the premise of a small family bank being terrorized by an evil super-wealthy farmer cracks me up every time. I agree about the police subplot too, it probably would have been better to leave them out almost entirely. But it's still a solid comedy, some good memorable parts (personal favorite is Dave Foley's delivery of "what kind of a man... has a favorite daughter?"). Not a masterpiece or anything but I'm glad imps were able to enjoy it and I hope more people get to see this one in general. 3/5 vhs tapes 
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Sword of Doom was a good movie. Interesting way to end it when the story appeared to have another ending in mind. With the way it ended, all the time spent on Hyoma seemed like a waste. Ryunosuke's descent into madness and tying it all together at the end was great, though. Maybe have to two meet outside, and even end it mid-duel. Toshiro Mifune got his poo poo in, which is always great to watch.
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havent watched sword of doom myself yet but i popped on pale flower ill start off with the basics by saying that like a lot of movies in da club it was beautifully shot and well orchestrated the amount of anxiety from certain scenes and how the brass section could almost make the viewer sick with how it warbled was profound the characters were all cool muraki was a kickass gangster punk and the boss of his branch of the yakuza(?) was great comic relief and saeko was of course intriguing in her pursuit of debauchery and danger while obviously well-to-do and the story was neat too without going into specifics its a pretty classic tale so it isnt exactly going to spin anybodys head but when you have a character centric plot like this its really the performance of the actors that elevate it and i think they all did their part here now specifics  my favorite shots are during the opening when they are first gathered in that gambling hall, i liked saeko sitting next to the guy with a tiger tattoo as if to symbolize her inner desire for danger and conflict and then immediately after having the camera behind some bars to sort of illustrate perhaps the illegality of the gambling but also i think it paired well with saeko and the tiger tattoo to also show that shes locked in like an animal in a cage a slave to her whims the other shot i really enjoyed was her opening the door of her expensive luxury convertible not only was the camera work amazing on that but i also really enjoyed how it shocked me a little to see the extent of her wealth and have it really hit home the reality of her situation again the story is one as old as organized crime you kill my guy i kill yours and the divide between the "old school" gangsters who make their money and fun gambling and shaking people down vs the incoming "new school" ones who are getting into the drug trade either by buying selling or using for some other assorted moments i liked id have to say goh staring down muraki while the cacophony of instruments was layered over an intense moment where otherwise nothing was happening made the tension palpable at first i thought muraki was seeing things perhaps the person he had killed prior to the events of the movie and the tension was caused by his own inner turmoil or realization that he was heading down a dark road with saeko where he might murder again turns out it was just a stoner dickhead though lol but then it also turned out he went down that path regardless all the main players have pretty tragic ends, his girlfriend having to come to terms with her yakuza boyfriend no longer being interested and set in his ways to the point he knows that a relationship is pointless, saeko's demise with goh that was easily preventable if she and muraki could simply elope together and leave their thrill seeking behind and of course muraki falling into the same pattern that landed him in jail in the first place and losing his girlfriend and his new love interest in saeko while in the slammer essentially removing any redemption arc for him and almost assuredly marking him as yakuza for life now where the only resolution for him will be his own demise down the road so ermmm pretty cool movie about self-destruction and while LOOKING kickass also a clear condemnation of the yakuza lifestyle 9/10 really great movie
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Aug 9, 2023 00:18
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Pale Flower was awesome. Bbv movie club knocking it out with these picks. The score and editing on this are really cool and both leads give great performances. I really liked the dream sequence where Muraki sees Saeko doing drugs with Yoh. The ending was really cool.
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Aug 9, 2023 19:39
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MacheteZombie posted:Pale Flower was awesome. Bbv movie club knocking it out with these picks. The score and editing on this are really cool and both leads give great performances. I really liked the dream sequence where Muraki sees Saeko doing drugs with Yoh. The ending was really cool. ohhh gently caress yeah i forgot to mention the dream sequence that ruled too i liked the overlaid water ripple effect
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Aug 9, 2023 20:13
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I'm a total sucker for films that use dream imagery and logic
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The Wrong Guy was pretty solid. good jokes, nothing spectacular but a slab of good comedy. lol at the Barenaked Ladies cameo. 7/10
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The Wrong Guy was funny, I'd never heard of it before so that's another win for Movie Club. I don't think any of the jokes flopped, which is remarkable considering how frequently they're coming at you. I laughed the hardest at the bit at the end where the killer shoots Daly and then like 10 seconds later Nelson realizes he should have protected Lynne and awkwardly shuffles in front of her. I'd heard the Kennedy joke before too and didn't realize it was from something. I don't watch comedies very often so it was nice to step out of my comfort zone a bit and watch something I wouldn't have picked on my own.
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The Sword Of Doom hmm it had a cool start, then it meanders for a long time and kind of gets boring, then its finally starting to pick up again and gets a really cool ending that just ends abruptly i guess i just got filtered by this or something Lol most of the plot that the movie shoved down my throat didnt really matter. surely they could have cut some of the fat here at the very start theres that part where he fucks over the old man, the husband and wife, but then hes just going around killing hordes of ppl that i dont give a poo poo ab like im watching some video game. they even run at him one or two at a time to get pwned just like it i guess the movie ends right b4 the hero comes in and either lunges at him ftw or dies and then the thief shoots him. thats cool, i guess the scenes look kind of cool sometimes but im not that impressed. main guys (villain) acting is very good 2/5
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itd be pretty cool if Way of the Samurai 5 were to release one day. and be good.
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Thought Sword of Doom was badass, agree it feels a little long though I wouldn't cut anything so whatever.
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Aug 11, 2023 18:47
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Pale Flower lmao chuck you have a type. old black and white japanese movie ab twisted ppl w/ cool shots that end abruptly but i liked this one a lot more than the other. its stylish, fun and slick  . i got distracted hella hard by the movie and only now that im done w/ it am i thinking "wait, wtf was this hosed up story?". also unlike the samurai movie, all the side characters/stories felt just right 4 some reasonhavent seen many noir movies but this is easily the best of those. maltese falcon got nothing on this poo poo 4/5
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finally got around to watch the sword of doom and you know i had put it off for a little bit because ive been in a foul mood but actually i dont think there is a better mood to have while watching this lol in many ways same old same old beautifully shot richly scored but theres a lot of neat things to unpack in this movie im going right into spoilers to start off with a negative id have to say and this is not the films fault but following a lot of characters in a japanese movie can be a touch confusing and i did get a little lost from time to time as soon as somebody popped up i would try my best to tie their name to the appearance but some characters still feel the same or even unknown to me for instance the guy who was in the carriage when they were stalking the people to mount ueno im still not 100% sure who that was but he was an absolute turning point for the movie and a key part of ryunosukes downfall so i feel like i shouldve connected the dots and understood who he was more and yet that aside i like how the movie centered around a bad guy which doesnt often happen, in any other movie the first hour wouldve been 5 minutes of flashbacks for the good character to establish their motivation and reason for wanting to track down and kill ryunosuke but here all the preamble is integral to the psyche of the main character... and also the main villain most of my review is going to be focused on him as he is the focal point of the movie and easily the most interesting although the uncle was a close second there were times throughout the film where you almost feel like there is some humanity to ryunosuke, for instance i had a thought pop into my head at the end where he is fighting the shadows of the spirits he had slain previously that perhaps this is his form of remorse and guilt if he felt guilty then there must be humanity to him, something that tells him what he is doing is wrong otherwise he wouldnt be haunted by it but then for me that was dispelled when it became clear that what really bothered him was the words from the carriage guy(sorry i didnt click with his name lol) in that an evil soul is tied to the evil sword what really shook ryunosuke and drove him to madness wasnt guilt, but instead a grim realization that one with an evil sword, and an evil soul, could never be the swordsman like the carriage guy. he saw his virtuosity in the face of those assassins and even sparing the leader as something he could never do and so would never have a pure soul in which to wield a pure sword carriage guy was a paragon of both technical skill that outshone him and morality that he long threw away all he ever desired was power and dominance through any means and to see all of that wasted in an instant made his rage burn hotter than the building that he put alight, and blinded him more than the thick smoke in which he fought the guy was a real jerk 9/10 i could probably go on about how cool the uncle/"father" of omatsu was for not taking advantage of her obvious crush on him and doing his best to stand up for her despite his own shadowy lifestyle as a robber and always doing his best to better her life but i think thats all i got for now and i didnt mind the ending either, when it was over, it was clearly over, and there wasnt a need to go on good way to go out
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symbolic posted:teh sword of d00m
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i actually did watch sword of doom i loved the lead actor and his constant cold faces i found it interesting that, from his point of view, im not sure if he actually killed anyone without reason, even if they werent exactly good reasons. please correct me if im wrong. the grandpa prays for his own death. bunny usagi attacked him first, he was quick to point that out lol. his 'wife' tried to kill him first, and then asked for her death. others were prepared for battle and had the means to fight back, he wasnt even one to attack first during the assassinations
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elf help book posted:i actually did watch sword of doom true for the most part id argue that im not sure if the film conveys that he heard the grandfathers prayer before attacking and its obvious from the look on his face before getting struck down that he didnt truly mean it but its obvious that he enjoys the killing and smiles throughout each act you have to keep in mind his fighting style is to bait people into dying onto his blade and a lot of those kills were him psychologically torturing people before slaying them(ie boinking his brothers wife and then telling him about it so he could break his promise to the wife) or putting himself in situations where he knew he would be attacked
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Lol that's fair
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 congrats kagaya homoraisan, message me ur pick for tomorrow.
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it happened again
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trying to jack off posted:it happened again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWa0dZMHYeE&t=12s
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trying to jack off posted:it happened again lol
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trying to jack off posted:it happened again 
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Aug 14, 2023 15:31
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ok watchin chucks BULLSHIT picks after i read dandadan
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Aug 14, 2023 16:00
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Fungah! posted:ok watchin chucks BULLSHIT picks after i read dandadan dandadan is p drat good, this week was decent too
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Aug 14, 2023 16:54
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copy posted:dandadan is p drat good, this week was decent too its one of those series where you cant believe how much they jam into one week lol, big fan
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Aug 14, 2023 17:11
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Fungah! posted:ok watchin chucks BULLSHIT picks after i read dandadan chuxpix
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Fungah! posted:ok watchin chucks BULLSHIT picks after i read dandadan https://youtu.be/0ylWpKEiqtA
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wots the new movie kagaya.
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Aug 14, 2023 22:13
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ill let sc64 post it, but i think you all will like the choice lol
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Aug 14, 2023 22:19
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Kagaya Homoraisan posted:ill let sc64 post it, but i think you all will like the choice lol I’d better
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Aug 14, 2023 22:41
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its a porno
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its House
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House 2 was pretty good
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Our movie of the week is a more recent one but still great as chosen by Kagaya Homoraisan Mandy - Dir. by Panos Cosmatos  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI054ow6KJk quote:The enchanted lives of a couple in a secluded forest are brutally shattered by a nightmarish hippie cult and their demon-biker henchmen, propelling a man into a spiraling, surreal rampage of vengeance. This movie will Expire on Aug 28. STING 64 fucked around with this message at 23:05 on Aug 14, 2023 |
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