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vesicles · 11-15-2009

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Originally Posted by FriedRiceNSpice

Anyone watch Korean movies or tv shows?

I've seen one about 3 years ago. It's tooooooo long...

bladerunner · 11-15-2009

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what do you think about the movie, compared to the 1st one? We've been waiting a long time for the movie to come out.

I never watched the first one so I cant compare. and neither did I watch the film long enough to get the storyline. It may be good but I think they left the traditional Chinese kung fu style of film making and modernised it for the younger generation with the pretty boy and girl approach, I hearthrobs for the girls and vice versa for the boys.

THe minute I heard the background music I went right off the film.Typical young Asian romantic easy listening stuff.... yuck.. and i think i saw a attempted kiss.... yuck ( cant have that in a eastern Western), did you ever see those western gunslingers kissing?

ill give it another go when Im in a better mood even though I find the storyline jerky.

By the way isnt one of those actresses Japanese, I think i recognise her by her ears,

now that makes a change from another part of the female anatomy.

Now this grumpy old fart is gonna carry on like you teenage fan boys, sigh sigh heartt throbbing crush crush, when girls appear..... argghhhhh

crobato · 11-16-2009

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Originally Posted by bladerunner

THe only dencent vampire movie was Dracula, all these other ones are a load of rubbish with all that lovy dovy stuff .... yuck

2012, Entertaining, but remeber to leave your brain at the door

Don't want to reveal too much spoilers or anything, but if you think about it, the survival of the human species was suddenly entrusted to the Chinese shipbuilding industry and the PLA to build a fleet of ships far larger, far more survivable by than any aircraft carrier on the planet---and then completely pass up the golden opportunity to make Chinese people the one and only surviving race in the planet.

Bltizo · 11-16-2009

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Don't want to reveal too much spoilers or anything, but if you think about it, the survival of the human species was suddenly entrusted to the Chinese shipbuilding industry and the PLA to build a fleet of ships far larger, far more survivable by than any aircraft carrier on the planet---and then completely pass up the golden opportunity to make Chinese people the one and only surviving race in the planet.

Well I'm not sure if it was the chinese shipbuilding industry only... It was almost the whole world pouring it's resources into these ships.

Also, I heard from my dad that apparently 2012 was cleared very quickly through the chinese movie censoring people, because this movie doesn't disrespect the PRC. If anything, it portrays the PRC and PLA relatively positively. Apparently it was because the director, emmerich commended the PLA's role in the Sichuan earthquakes last year.

AssassinsMace · 11-16-2009

Well I don't plan to watch 2012 because I think Roland Emmerich movies are crap. Interesting to read about the China part. I suspected that would generate a lot of offended people. Normally I could care less but I just find people who can't tell the difference from fiction and reality absolutely fascinating and entertaining and they are intensly emotional about it. So I checked out aint-it-cool news and sure enough there's one guy there so offended by the Chinese angle in this movie that he's going on a rant equivalent to outrage over the holocaust. He's angrily going on how the Chinese would never do this or that following the stereotypes of a police state even during a disaster. He mentions something about these arks are being built in Tibet and the Chinese would never allow Westerners there in the first place because they want to hide the oppression going on there. Even during the destructuction of the world?

Oh and get this, he claims he's an American living in China. Makes you wonder how he's posting from China living in a police state that censors the internet.

This one gets a place in the hall of shame along with the guy I heard about dressed up as Yoda watching the premiere of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. He was in the restroom of the movie theatre crying over the anti-Republican political overtones of the movie. So emotional that he was trying to start a campaign right there to get Congress to force George Lucas to redo the movie and make they Jedi into the terrorist-loving enemy of the story.

Bltizo · 11-16-2009

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So I checked out aint-it-cool news and sure enough there's one guy there so offended by the Chinese angle in this movie that he's going on a rant equivalent to outrage over the holocaust. He's angrily going on how the Chinese would never do this or that following the stereotypes of a police state even during a disaster. He mentions something about these arks are being built in Tibet and the Chinese would never allow Westerners there in the first place because they want to hide the oppression going on there. Even during the destructuction of the world?

Oh and get this, he claims he's an American living in China. Makes you wonder how he's posting from China living in a police state that censors the internet.

I personally am not so surprised at the fact that some people would be "offended" by how China isn't being portrayed negatively in this film. It seems that a movie is being biased if it shows the People's Republic not being evil. Hmmm

bladerunner · 11-16-2009

Its conditioning, and its only a movie geez . In the movie world I like bad guys I enjoy Gernmans and Russians as our nemesis, besides they don'tcome across as good guys as well IMHO.
How many A grade pictures have the Chinese as the Badies, and count Gere out, as none all his movies with a Chinese element are A grade.

Jeff Head · 11-16-2009

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Anyone seen the latest Star Trek Film.
Having been a Trekky fan from the Television series I found it rather difficult looking at a different bunch of actors playing the role of the original characters.

I pre-ordered the Star Trek movie and will be downloading it HD to iTunes tonight. I'm kind of charged about watching it and have heard a lot of good things about it from friends who went to the theater to see it.

Been watching the Star Trek stuff since its inception in 1966 (when I was 10 years old) and through all of the spin-offs.

A couple of movies I recently downloaded and really enjoyed were:

Transformers 2. Great action and special effects.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Outstanding prequal to the other X-Men films

bladerunner · 11-16-2009

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I pre-ordered the Star Trek movie and will be downloading it HD to iTunes tonight. I'm kind of charged about watching it and have heard a lot of good things about it from friends who went to the theater to see it.

Been watching the Star Trek stuff since its inception in 1966 (when I was 10 years old) and through all of the spin-offs.

A couple of movies I recently downloaded and really enjoyed were:

Transformers 2. Great action and special effects.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Outstanding prequal to the other X-Men films

Gosh you must have a pretty good set up at home, as some of movies are best seen on a large screen, or you just dont like going to the movies

AssassinsMace · 11-16-2009

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Its conditioning, and its only a movie geez . In the movie world I like bad guys I enjoy Gernmans and Russians as our nemesis, besides they don'tcome across as good guys as well IMHO.
How many A grade pictures have the Chinese as the Badies, and count Gere out, as none all his movies with a Chinese element are A grade.

I wouldn't mind Chinese playing the bad guys if they actually gave him or her the intelligence to be a bad guy. But of course the Chinese being the epic villain have to be inept and weak at the same time. I've seen pics coming out of the Red Dawn remake. Of course all the Chinese soldiers look like skinny little geeks playing soldier at a Comic Con convention.

Jeff Head · 11-16-2009

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Gosh you must have a pretty good set up at home, as some of movies are best seen on a large screen, or you just dont like going to the movies

I have a 28" WXUGA wide-screed LCD monitor on my XPS M1730 laptop along with a Bose Companion 5 5.1 surround sound system in my man-cave for watching iTunes movies I download.

Also have a 42" Viso HD widescreen hooked up to my iLive (IT818B) 5.1 surround sound video dock (as well as my sat provider) in my bedroom for watching it on a larger format.

This is my XPS M1730 set-ip:

This is the iLive:

bladerunner · 11-16-2009

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I have a 28" WXUGA wide-screed LCD monitor on my XPS M1730 laptop along with a Bose Companion 5 5.1 surround sound system in my man-cave for watching iTunes movies I download.

Also have a 42" Viso HD widescreen hooked up to my iLive (IT818B) 5.1 surround sound video dock (as well as my sat provider) in my bedroom for watching it on a larger format.

That would do me any day

vesicles · 11-19-2009

You guys been watching "WWII in HD" on the History channel? If not, you should! It's amazing...

AssassinsMace · 11-19-2009

This would be interesting to see happen. Makes sense Tom Cruise might be interested since he has a love for World War II fighters. There were those that were waiting for War Kai Wong to make his movie he's planned with Nicole Kidman to see if that would open the door to crossover for big Western actors into the Chinese market who are now making big budget movies in league with the West. Now it looks like her ex might beat her to it. Makes more sense if they're looking for a potential "success" into more mainstream audiences.

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John Woo exporting Hollywood values to China

LOS ANGELES, Nov 19 (AFP) Nov 20, 2009
Fittingly for a director who has scored cinematic hits in Hong Kong and Hollywood, John Woo says his next film will depict Chinese and Americans working side-by-side successfully.
After tackling ancient history in "Red Cliff," released in US theaters on Friday, Woo is fast-forwarding to World War Two for his next film "Flying Tigers," about American pilots working in the Chinese Air Force.

The famous volunteer outfit -- notable for the menacing sets of jaws emblazoned on their aircraft -- fought against the Japanese throughout Asia.

"It's about an American volunteer team working with the Chinese airforce to fight with the Japanese in wartime and they worked together so well. They made a great contribution and they helped win the war," Woo told AFP at a recent press event in Beverly Hills to promote "Red Cliff."

"The whole story is about friendship between Chinese and Americans -- they worked together and won the war. And Chinese people are grateful for that; it's hard to forget what they did."

Reports in Hollywood have linked Tom Cruise to a complex project that Woo expects to be "very challenging." After his experience in making "Red Cliff" however, Woo remains undaunted by the prospect.

The 2008 epic, which has been condensed from the four-hour two-part film released in Asia to a more manageable two and a half hours, remains the most expensive Asian-financed film in history.

At times Woo was directing more than 2,000 people on set including some 750 soldiers from China's People's Liberation Army hired as extras.

For Woo, "Red Cliff" was a natural progression after a career that saw him follow up his early Hong Kong crime classics such as "Hard Boiled" and "A Better Tomorrow" with mainstream studio hits like 1997's "Face/Off" and 2000's "Mission Impossible II."

"'Red Cliff' was a movie I wanted to make since I'd started working in Hollywood," Woo says. "I'd learnt a lot from so many good people so I thought it's about time to bring what I learned from Hollywood back to Asia.

"There are so many young filmmakers in China and they are all eager to learn. They have a real passion for movies and they want to work on big-budget, Hollywood-type movies. So 'Red Cliff' was the perfect opportunity."

But while Woo exported Hollywood production values back to Asia for "Red Cliff," the project was mercifully free of the sort of studio interference that would have been the norm for a film of that size made in the United States.

"Let me put it this way: it's always easier making a movie like 'Red Cliff' in Asia," Woo explains. "Everything was so simple. In China, I just walked into the office and let them know that I want to make a movie called 'Red Cliff.' And they said 'Okay let's do it.'

"I had no need to take notes from anyone, I didn't have to take advice from anyone, no need for meetings. I just closed the door, worked with my team, did my own thing and made my own film," he said.

"I've learned so much about big-budget movies from working in Hollywood. But I never got used to the meetings and having so many people involved. It just takes so much longer to start a project, or even to make a decision."

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FriedRiceNSpice · 11-19-2009

Can't wait for Ninja Assassin...
Anyone else here looking forward to that movie?

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