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ddinkins posted:Hana-bi was excellent: acting, pacing, cinematography, everything else. I've just noticed I haven't seen much of Beat Takeshi's work besides Takeshi's Castle (by way of MXC lol). I'm gonna change that Watch Sonatine
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Plutonis posted:Watch Sonatine legit scrolled too fast nd thought this said salo
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Sonatine’s been on my watchlist since I first started watching yakuza films a few years ago and it was only while looking at his filmography after watching Hana-bi that I realized it was one of Takeshi’s lol It’s funny to watch the kinds of movies he makes and think about the fact that he’s best known in Japan as a comedian
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Plutonis posted:Watch Sonatine thanks for the recommendation Fungah! posted:legit scrolled too fast nd thought this said salo lol
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Watched Speed Racer, really fun and chaotic. I kind of appreciate when a movie leans that hard into a stylized/cartoony look and sticks with it consistently. The kid who played Spritle was a standout, he acted his heart out and it worked great. Speed himself was kind of flat and forgettable (which I guess sort of fits with what I remember from the original lol) but for the most part everyone was a good fit for the characters. "More like non-jas" is one of the dumbest lines of all time and I love it 3/5 vhs tapes  Leadthumb posted:Oh yeah and I thought that part where the sides of the track had a series of zebra images animate as they race down the track was cool, even if they probably just rigged it in post or whatever. Me too, and I'm pretty confident that basically the entire movie was done in post lol Sub-Actuality fucked around with this message at 17:57 on Sep 18, 2023 |
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nonjas wasnt doin it for me the first time i watched until he started talkin about the general decline in quality of the ninja lol
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hana-bi - beautifully shot. sad, bittersweet, depressing, funny. hits so many notes. i really enjoyed this. 4/5 speed racer (rewatch) - a cartoon come to life 3/5
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Something I noticed about Hana-bi was how Japanese movies seem to be a lot quieter than American ones, both tonally and literally. It had a typically excellent Joe Hisaishi soundtrack but there was a lot of time with no music at all, or any sound really. Makes the movie feel kinda lonely
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Fungah! posted:nonjas wasnt doin it for me the first time i watched until he started talkin about the general decline in quality of the ninja lol lol
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Nostradingus posted:Something I noticed about Hana-bi was how Japanese movies seem to be a lot quieter than American ones, both tonally and literally. It had a typically excellent Joe Hisaishi soundtrack but there was a lot of time with no music at all, or any sound really. Makes the movie feel kinda lonely Guy who picked House: Man other movies are so quiet.
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lmbo
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Leadthumb posted:Guy who picked House: Man other movies are so quiet. lol
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hana-bi would benefit from having the same 3 songs playing on loop
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Leadthumb posted:Guy who picked House: Man other movies are so quiet. Lol
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Plebian Parasite decided to change things up with this next pick Crank (2): High Voltage - dir. by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8pjrwpS0zE quote:Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker which requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working. Crank: High Voltage is a sequel to 2006's Crank. This movie can be streamed on Netflix and Fubo in the US. This movie will expire Oct 2.
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lol hell yeah
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lol gently caress yeah
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Never saw the first one. I’m going to be lost
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herculon posted:Never saw the first one. I’m going to be lost
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herculon posted:Never saw the first one. I’m going to be lost
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herculon posted:Never saw the first one. I’m going to be lost
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watched speed racer last night, i was 100% on board by the end of it when he was driving on a single wheel at the end of the grand prix, the car looked like a hot wheels toy, and i was cheering right along Fungah! posted:nonjas wasnt doin it for me the first time i watched until he started talkin about the general decline in quality of the ninja lol even before he talked they did quick zoom into this shot and i loved it  Leadthumb posted:Oh yeah and I thought that part where the sides of the track had a series of zebra images animate as they race down the track was cool, even if they probably just rigged it in post or whatever. yeah that was great
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i watched crank 1 and 2 two days ago
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Yeah I probably won't watch because I just saw it relatively recently but it's a good pick and I'm looking forward to seeing the discussion.
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Sub-Actuality posted:lol hell yeah Fungah! posted:lol gently caress yeah
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elf help book posted:watched speed racer last night, i was 100% on board by the end of it i forgot about the ring and cheered irl this time through when they zoomed to it
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elf help book posted:watched speed racer last night, i was 100% on board by the end of it That ring is awesome ----------------
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Speed Racer was great. This is exactly how every movie filmed in a giant, green warehouse should look.
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i havent watched crank 1 or 2 in a while now but i remember liking them because of how ridiculous they were and how frenetic the directing of the 2nd was so im currently debating if ill rewatch both or just the second one
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Crank 1 n 2 are great gta movies
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https://twitter.com/Criterion/status/1650557956738502657
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need that shirt
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lol sick
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im just going for 2 gently caress it from what i remember it stands on its own merits anyway
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symbolic posted:need that shirt found the link for it if anyone else wanted to cop: https://www.criterion.com/shop/product/69-house-t-shirt
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lol sick
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STONE COLD 64 posted:Plebian Parasite decided to change things up with this next pick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpJvmJWEDEo
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just watched crank 2 while cranked out on caffeine which i think helped the experience a bit but i will say out of the gate that a rewatch made it a little less exciting part of the reason i initially enjoyed crank 2 was because of how over the top it was the really stupid comedy moments and the really neat camera work especially during the more electric moments however what initially shocked me the first time watching didnt really do much for me this time since i still remembered the movie quite a bit but there were still some moments that i had a hard time handling the nipple cutting scene is still incredibly difficult to watch even having seen it before but also not having seen it almost a decade and a half ago now theres some stuff i missed that now i can enjoy a little more, not a lot but a few things john de lancie being in it was cool now that i know more about star trek and have watched breaking bad and the glenn howerton scene made me lol a bit more because i know who he is now after watching a bunch of always sunny also the chinese guy with the locked lunch box reminds me of that dude from courage the cowardly dog  i thought it mightve been the same actor but my quick google searches put that to rest quick but the laugh is so similar my biggest complaint with the movie by far is the ending i remembered being bored and let down by it when i watched it in theaters too for all of the inventiveness and creativity of the movie up until that point it just felt really by the numbers and i think they also hosed up by having chet kill the big bad guy instead of venus that seemed like a huge misstep to me i get they wanted another laugh because of the tourettes but they still shouldve let him have the kill after Teh Funny overall a pretty fun and unique action flick that had a fun gimmick with the film matching the intensity of the battery recharging but im giving it a good old 7/10 i think
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