Rasseru said

Tea & films: What are you watching?

We need a tea & film thread.

I have just been on a really big asian cinema splurge. Absolutely loving the stuff coming out of korea in the last 10 years. Anyone who is a fan of good kung fu or gangster movies really needs to check some out

A bittersweet life
Mr nobody (or is it the man from nowhere? i cant remember)
No tears for the dead
a dirty carnival
sympathy for mr vengeance
sympathy for lady vengeance
The raid 2
monster boy
Yakuza apocalypse

I cant believe I have never watched Kurosawa either. Really very good. ‘Seven samurai’ and ‘Ran’ were both brilliant. Totally different from the more hardcore violence of the modern movies. I do like this gritty 18-cert adult nature of the korean & japanese offerings vs the big budget teen movies hollywood are knocking out. what the hell did they do to aliens.. fail

also ones I have watched that I enjoyed:

red cliff
admiral
crouching tiger hidden dragon (new one)
rurouni kenshin movies
rough cut
shadowless sword
the restless
ip man

Any film chat welcome, documentaries, anything!

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Christina / BooksandTea said

You might like “Departures” directed by Yojiro Takita. It’s a very sweet movie, and Roger Ebert included it among his “Great Movies” list.

Rasseru said

i’ll add it to my list :)

Rasseru said

ok, more kurosawa, kagemusha. Another brilliant film. Hes well good!

and my little princess, also enjoying :)

Excelsior said

Stephen Chow movies. Notably Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle. Action, Comedy, with Kung Fu mixed in.

As for the more sensitive, Kondowa Aisaika (今度は愛妻家). My wife was bawling at the end of this movie and I have to admit, I did shed some tears. I don’t know if you can find a copy of this movie with subtitles. Memories of Tomorrow (明日の記憶). About a man battling Alzheimer’s. Ken Watanabe plays the main character.

Chiba Shinichi (Sonny Chiba)
The Yagyuu Conspiracy. I liked the TV series more than the movie. A Chiba Shinichi TV/Movie.
Shadow Warriors. TV series about the ninja Hattori Hanzo. Chiba Shinichi and Sanada Hiroyuki.

Regarding the Japanese trendy dramas of the 1990s, I’ve seen most of them including my favorite, Tokyo Love Story.

Rasseru said

ive seen the stephen chow ones.

I can understand basic japanese, emotional and simple understanding but need subtitles to get me out of kindergarten. I can half watch anime because its so cliche :)

i’ll check the rest out

Excelsior said

Then you ave seen most of the Hayao Miyazaki Anime movies? All of them are pretty good.

Have you seen Akira? That movie was on the cutting edge of Anime when in came out. There are also several films of Ghost in the Shell which are pretty good.

Kind of off topic, what cameras do you use to shoot with?

BTW George Lucas was a fan of the Kurosawa films and he tried to cast Toshiro Mifune for the part of Obi Won Kenobi, but Mifune turned him down because George Lucas was almost an unkown director at that time.

Rasseru said

ive watched anime since akira came out, I was 8 at the time. Ive liked oolong (not the good stuff!, that was the last 5 years) since then. So yeah, GITS is one of my favourites. The kid with the super famicom with japanese language games

I shoot with a canon 650d & 100mm non IS macro, I like chasing insects & abstract nature shots. I want an mpe-65 but I know its another level of hard

I’ve never been to Japan either. I should come

Rasseru said

talking of anime, its tired now. not much good comes out

TheOolongDrunk said

For the past 2 weeks I’ve been binge watching The Office while having tea time.
I’m at the end of Season 5. I’ve never laughed so hard at TV show in my life.

Rasseru said

UK or USA version? I’ve heard that each are good for their respective audiences

TheOolongDrunk said

US version! Watching the US version makes me want to watch the UK one now.

Rasseru said

oh man, Ricky Gervais is a comedy master. I dont know if it will be as funny to non-uk watchers, but he is so good anyway it will probably work.

Ubacat said

I just love Asian films! My absolute fav is House of Flying Daggers. I have had to stop the movie at certain points just to admire the beautiful scenes. Amazing fight scenes too.

Empresses of the Palace on Netflix has some beautiful filming too.

There’s a few more I know aren’t listed here but can’t remember them.

Rasseru said

13 assassins is great if you havent, also there is another newer one which im trying to remember the name which is good wuxia. Also CTHD2

Psyck said

Flying Daggers was indeed beautifully filmed; Hero is another movie with good cinematography.

Rasseru said

http://www.imdb.com/list/ls059108722/ wuxia

http://www.imdb.com/list/ls050746928/ action

all have great films on there

Ubacat said

I have seen Hero. It was very good. I’ll have to try some of the others. Thanks Rasseru for that extensive list! I will enjoy watching some of those.

Psyck said

You may like the TV Series Into the Badlands

Rasseru said

interesting. I dont have TV so never heard of this. Cheers.

White Antlers said

Hmmm. If you enjoy Kurosawa, I’d recommend ‘Rashomon’ and ’Dodes’ka-den.’
The latter was Kurosawa’s first color movie.

Rasseru said

ive got rashomon and throne of blood on the list. Watched harikari – brilliant film.

Why have I never seen kurosawa before!?!?!?!? hes so good

Rasseru said

This isnt the ‘tea and kung-fu movies: what you watching’ thread.

Any reviews or chat welcome

Madam Oolong said

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.

Quite possibly the best movie for tea-drinking I’ve ever seen, I always feel so calm watching it!

Rasseru said

I’m really enjoying old b&w movies. More storyline and less flashy excitement, these make me calm also. I do love wuxia though. one of my fave genres :)

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