The Movies you've recently watched

[Buraku]

Right you know how these topics go, there are plenty of 'which book are you reading' threads and 'what music are u listen 2 now' on the net, so shall we try some film threads ?
..you see any new DVD, VHS ? watch something on TV, in the cinema ?
always wanted to start keeping a list of movies I saw--why not doing it on boards?
So, whenever you see a movie, post it here.
The Greatest movie you've recently seen, the worst film..whatever

Here's what I got to see

- Copycat
a type of thriller/horror, it takes place in the present time and stars Sigourney Weaver and Holly Hunter, Weaver plays a smart but paranoid freak and Hunter plays a aggressive and tough detective. Its a nice thriller with richly drawn characters. Prior to he becoming disabled, Weaver had been a highly accomplished forensic psychologist who'a speciality was serial killers, now there seems to be a copycat killer out there. It's a good movie and worth watching

- Police Story
This was Jackie Chan's early stuff in HongKong its fast, he young and the action is some of the best ever seen on film. Compared to other action films, Police Story makes Schwarzenegger and Stallone look very tame. Police Story possesses some of the most insane stuntwork ever put on film, and the proof of that is the sheer amount of people put in the hospital. Reportedly, the amount of pain felt on this production was so great that Chan was forced to start his own stunt team, which he uses to this day.

-The Fugitive
update of the popular 1960s TV series stars Harrison Ford as a surgeon wrongly accused of the murder of his wife, its an OK film. Some of it is kind of crap, but it has entertainment and is quiet watchable. It almost is just another average suspense movie but Jones and Ford make it good

-Audition
A Japan horror film, Miike Takashi's film is a fright. Ryô Ishibashi does well in this film, I won't give too much away but it's very good

- Firefly Box Set
Got my hands on these over the holidays, this is an insane sci-fi film forget starwars, startrek and phantom menace all that other stuff. Firefly is a great show, and may have done wonderful if Fox Television had not cancelled it.
This series has been described as a "science fiction western" its about a bunch of Cowboys in space in a time 500 years into the future, it has No aliens and there is No sound in space. This kind sounds like a disaster idea for a show but it is one of the best things ever shown on TV. Great story, nice FX, snappy script, nice music, plus because the Solar system is now ruled by a USA-China alliance strange things hppen like sometimes the crew start shouting or yappin' at each other in Chinese it is very clever and has brilliant acting, go watch it !!



C'mon boys & girls, don't be shy! - what are u a-watchin ?

[GuyJean]

C'mon boys & girls, don't be shy! - what are u a-watchin ?

Yesterday - Outlaw Josey Whales
Today - Barbershop
Tomorrow - Waking Life

Not rented, just WOWOW..

GJ

[Mulboyne]

Yesterday - Outlaw Josey Whales

That must have been the Japan print

[tatsujin]

Buraku, I would agree very strongly with you on Audition, it was one opf those movies that I insisted on all my friends watching. It draws you with its slow pace and then BAM! Sorry don't mean to spoil it. I have been disappointed with most of Miikes other films though.

I really enjoyed Battle Royale, part two was more like a straight to TV movie though.

Westside I enjoyed The Shield Season 1 and 2 boxset, a really intelligent drama with some excellently drawn characters, with a great theme blurring good and evil throughout the whole story.

I saw the movie remake of Battlestar Galactica and was pleasantly impressed, I haven't seen the series though, is it any good?

Nip/Tuck was a good series also

I don't watch a lot of TV, but I get a loan of a lot of boxsets though, anyone recommend any others?

[jim katta]

tatsujin,
good American TV box sets to get:
"24" starring keifer sutherland.
"the west wing" (unless you hate politics)
"ALIAS" (if you like kick ass spy stuff)

stuff I'm watching/seen recently:

TV: simpsons, inside the actors studio, the apprentice, charlie rose (talk show), news news news, especially world news, addicted to world news.

MOVIES: house of flying daggers, 2046, ghost in the shell 2, once upon a time in the west, demon lover, blade 3, hikikomori, gozu

[Big Booger]

TV:
American Choppers (Discovery)
Monster Garage (Discovery)
Battlestar Galactic Series (excellent)

Movies:
Flight of the Phoenix
Meet the Fockers

Want to see:
Anchorman
The Bourne Supremacy
21 Grams

[GuyJean]

Yesterday - Outlaw Josey Whales

That must have been the Japan print

Yeah. It's about a killer pod stealing money from Japanese fishermen.. A documentary of sorts..

GJ

[kamome]

Want to see:
Anchorman
The Bourne Supremacy
21 Grams

Just saw Anchorman and 21 Grams. Anchorman kind of sucked, lots of stupid comedy that seemed like they were just trying to string together a bunch of ridiculous scenes. Will Farrell is funnier in Back to School, in case you haven't seen that yet.

21 Grams is a very depressing movie, but with damn good acting and an interesting presentation of the story by messing with the continuity and order of scenes. Kept me guessing as to what exactly was happening in the storyline.

[Buraku]

nice, I'll check some of them out

[Seraphis_Set]

Edit: Mistaken

[Mels]

TV:
On Arts and Entertainment:
American Justice
Cold Case Files

On Bravo:
Queer Eye for the Striaght Guy

On Food Net work:
Iron Chef Japan and America
Emril

Discovery Channel:
Anything

Movies I have seen recently
Last Samurai
JuOn- Japanese - DVD
The Grudge- American
The Day After Tomorrow- DVD
Harry Poter- The Prisoner of Azkaban - DVD

I would want to see:
Meet the Fockers
Darkness
White Noise

[vir-jin]

[DJEB]

I just watched Atomic Cafe. It's an interesting collage of newsreels and propaganda pieces from the 1940s and 50s that, while not being overtly anti-nuke, manages to convey the madness of nuclear weapons.

[djgizmoe]

Alright, here's the last 10 things I've stuck into my DVD player:
1. Return of the King (Extended Edition) - I'm still not finished watching all the documentary and commentary stuff. I can't believe Peter Jackson was actually considering having Aragorn duke it out with Sauron (and actually filmed it) before sanity got the best of him...
2. Ed Wood - Great movie, especially if you've seen Plan 9 or Glen or Glenda.
3. Plan 9 From Outer Space - "You see? Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!" Brilliant unintentional humor for the MST3K crowd.
4. Glen or Glenda - Or "Transvestites Are People Too". Has some truly weird 'art' moments too that make it Ed Wood's 'best'.
5. Robot Monster - An alien wearing a gorilla suit and a diving helmut destroys humanity. Skull-crushingly boring, but worth it for the awesome moments of pure 50's sci-fi cheese.
6. Pee-Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special - Pee-Wee Herman, Charo and Lawrence Fishbourne - doesn't get much better than that.
7. The Short Films of David Lynch - Alternately creepy and lame, some weird, (mostly) early stuff from a true original.
8. Ren and Stimpy Uncut - Despite actually being 'cut', I was mostly satisfied by this collection of classic shorts. "It is not I am who crazy! It is I who am mad!"
9. Forbidden Zone - Danny Elfman and the mystic nights of Oingo Boingo in the craziest cult musical ever. WOW.
10. UA - Sora No Koya - Fantastic concert DVD featuring Asa-Chang, Yumiko from Buffalo Daughter and a bunch of other cool players in the 'respectable' avante-garde pop scene.

I also saw The Incredibles at the theater, which wasn't half-bad.

[Buraku]

very nice indeed,
I'll try to see some of these films

[mr. sparkle]

Just saw "The Aviator" and it's pretty cool. Howard Hughes is a total freak/mad genius. Leonardo does a pretty decent job, too.

Too bad the couple behind me talked throughout the whole goddamn thing--even after I politely shushed 'em. Got up to move and there were 30 pairs of legs to either side of me--T R A P P E D ! People at movie theaters here in SF sure are freakin' rude.

[Failsafe]

If anyone gets a chance, go and see oldboy (also called oh daesu) its a korean film and its brilliant, the story is spot on and so is the camera work and of course the acting is top notch.

I can easily say its one of the best films i have ever seen.

[Big Booger]

Want to see:
Anchorman
The Bourne Supremacy
21 Grams

Just saw Anchorman and 21 Grams. Anchorman kind of sucked, lots of stupid comedy that seemed like they were just trying to string together a bunch of ridiculous scenes. Will Farrell is funnier in Back to School, in case you haven't seen that yet.

21 Grams is a very depressing movie, but with damn good acting and an interesting presentation of the story by messing with the continuity and order of scenes. Kept me guessing as to what exactly was happening in the storyline.

They make the previews of anchorman out to be so damn good.. I hate to be disappointed..

I was supposed to see it on my inflight movie but instead I got to watch, wait for it... CINDERELLA STORY, with Hilary Duff.. I was like so totally into that.. wow.

[tatsujin]

I've seen Anchorman and its top stuff, well in the vein of Old Skool (which was excellent). Lets streak to the Quad!

[kamome]

I've seen Anchorman and its top stuff, well in the vein of Old Skool (which was excellent). Lets streak to the Quad!

Really? I just kept sitting there, shaking my head at how asinine it was. I did laugh at several points, though. But it was an uncomfortable, I-can't believe-I'm-using-my-time-to-watch-this type of laugh.

[Mulboyne]

AICN: HARRY'S TOP TEN MOVIES OF 2004!
Harry Knowles is a self-described fan-boy but he does go out of his way to see films with little or no US distribution. Interested to see that he has two Korean films in his list and another on the "honourable mentions". Japan only gets a look-in with two anime HMs. Sadly, that probably reflects the relative strengths of the two film industries.

See "Motorcycle Diaries" when you get the chance.

[tatsujin]

Really? I just kept sitting there, shaking my head at how asinine it was. I did laugh at several points, though. But it was an uncomfortable, I-can't believe-I'm-using-my-time-to-watch-this type of laugh.

I think you about summed it up right. I was only saying to a mate how the standard of comedies has seriously gone down in the last few years, maybe its nostalgia, but there has been nothing to rival Police Academy, Hot Shots and Naked Gun for a while now.

Its good to shut your brain off now and then!

Mulboyne,

I haven't seen Motorcycle Diairies but I've heard great things about it. When I was in Japan I saw the manga from the director who did Spirited Away, I couldn't follow the flow at all. My Japanese friend said she was equally as confused!

[Caustic Saint]

If anyone gets a chance, go and see oldboy (also called oh daesu) its a korean film and its brilliant, the story is spot on and so is the camera work and of course the acting is top notch.

I can easily say its one of the best films i have ever seen.

Old Boy is a great movie.

Hey Taro, wanna host another movie party? We could do Korean flicks. I've got Old Boy, My Wife is a Gangster and Please Teach Me English.

[goldenboy_ge]

Oldboy, My Wife is a Gangster etc? I LOVE these movies, especially Please Teach Me English and 100 days with Mr. Arrogant. I got over 50 J- and K-movies from all categories (pornos aren't included and I don't have any, seriously). For a couple of days ago I watched Arahan and Battle Royale Directors Cut. Since I've seen Tokyo Eyes and Battle Royale for a few years, I said good bye to Western movies.

If u love movies such Please Teach Me English, then u should never ever miss out My Sassy Girl, the ultimate classic and a MUST SEE for Asia fans. I just watched DMZ Demilitarized Zone from South Korea, 2004. I also just watched a Thai movie called Beautiful Boxer and it really rocked, this is one of my faves among with Ong Bak in the Thai movie scene. By the way DONT miss out the award winnning Thai movie "Last Life in Universe" with Japanese actors, it's about an ex Yakuza who lives in Thailand and tries to kill himself. This movie was really great, one of the best, man I'm speechless. Do u guys heard of the Taiwanese hit Formula 17 - the movie really deserved the award in Taiwan Film Festivel. I got to say it was hell fun, some say gay no way, but this movie offers more then just a plain gay story.
Have u guys checked out the Korean movie that hit the Japanese shelfs like a thunder called Windstruck? If u haven't seen it yet, then SEE IT. None of Your Cheek and Flying Boys might be the next on my list for Korean movies. About Jap stuff, I'm excited to see Miike Takashis new hit.
Zaitochi and the Last Samurai aren't my thing, and I don't like the Samurai ching shang chong. There's a US remake of a Japanese movie called the Grudge, oh no!!! Not another bad remake, I really don't like the Hollywood version of the Ring and the Grudge- it's played with Sarah Michele Gellar, enough said (sorry for all Sarah fans, no offense).

I forgot to mention Samaria. It won several movie awards and the director earned the Golden Bear in Berlin. Also a MUST SEE. And u got to watch Too Beautiful To Lie, Save the Green Planet, A Tale of Two Sisters (a MUST SEE, well I hope u got good nerves to survive this horror trip), My Teacher Mr.Kim, Volcano High, Bunshinsaba, JSA and many many more. I all watched these listed movies here and I love it.

Too bad, I would really like to join ur film event- if u invite me to. However I live far beyond the ocean, but if I were in Japan, we could watch anything u want guys. I'll provide u the finest Asian movies and classics.

[Mulboyne]

Hey Taro, wanna host another movie party? We could do Korean flicks. I've got Old Boy, My Wife is a Gangster and Please Teach Me English.

I have "Silmido" on DVD here if you want to see that (english subtitles)

[Caustic Saint]

Hey Taro, wanna host another movie party? We could do Korean flicks. I've got Old Boy, My Wife is a Gangster and Please Teach Me English.

I have "Silmido" on DVD here if you want to see that (english subtitles)

I rented it while I was still in Korea - excellent film. I think Harry Knowles may be right about Korea being the next boomtown for movies.

Goldenboy, I've got My Sassy Girl, but I've yet to get around to watching it. (I really should....)

[Marvin Feltcher]

Mulboyne, thanks for Harry Knowles' list -- it was fantastic! What a marvelous list. I commend his taste and yours for letting us know about it.

Some of my recent movies:
Shaun of the Dead -- Not as brilliant as it had been hyped, but still a good laugh and a much-needed taste of British comedy.
Tampopo -- Really old, but the first time I'd seen the Juzo Itami classic. A ramen Western. Tsutomu Yamasaki is, as always, a laugh. Enjoyed it very much (it also features a very young Ken Watanabe).
Ageman -- Great reminder of the bubble days, though it misses the anti-American vitriol so common in Japan at that time.
Ososhiki -- Having put on more than my share of funerals here, I know what the main protaganist was going through. Charming film that goes along at a rolling pace.
The Incredibles -- Hary Knowles said it all. Outstanding!
Elephant -- Re-creation/dramatization based largely on the Columbine killings. Magnificent work, beautifully made, superbly acted.
Van Helsing -- OK, the story's a bit weak, but I found it to be a great swashbuckler and an enjoyable chance to vege out. (I also know one of the cast members personally, so I have a vested interest). My kids rated it up there with the Incredibles and I, Robot as their movies of the year.
Somersault -- Highly acclaimed in Oz. Great acting, fabulous cinematography (except it was set in one of the most beautiful parts of the country and barely featured the landscape -- a travesty!), but a woeful storyline that made it an overall bore.

[DJEB]

I watched Fear and Loathing in Las Vegason TV yesterday. Johnny Depp has been excellent in this and every movie I hve seen him in but after watching them take drug after drug after drug in the movie, I actually came down with a sympathetic hangover halfway throught the movie complete with headache and nausea. Other than the migraine it might give you, it's a great movie.

[tatsujin]

Mulboyne, thanks for Harry Knowles' list -- it was fantastic! What a marvelous list. I commend his taste and yours for letting us know about it.

Went back and checked the list after the above comment, one film that really stands out for me is "The Dreamers". Excellent tome based on an American kid who comes to Paris and meets an eccentric brother and sister combo. The film is shot against the backdrop of the riots in Paris and is wonderful and quirky. Well worth a watch.


Another film I really rated was Infernal Affairs - great Korean movie. Shiri was a bit over the top but had an excellent ending, if I remember ti was the highest grossing Korean film ever

[goldenboy_ge]

I got to correct u Tatsujin. Infernal Affairs is a Hong Kong movie. Overall the first part is the best one, part 2 and 3 are really dissapointing.