Asian films - Comments/suggestions wanted!
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I liked the first "My Wife is a Gangster" and the third one. I didn't really care too much for the second one.
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I just watched Chanbara Beauty (a.k.a. The Oneechanbara) the other day. It's the closest thing to a live-action video game I've seen to date. It's a bit like watching someone play a game like Heavenly Sword for 90 mins. The characters even "power up" like in a fighting game. The plot is generic and predictable; you'll be way ahead of the script. A couple of the actresses are easy on the eyes, although the lead girl (the one in the bikini and cowboy hat) mostly stays covered up. I'm kind of sorry I bought it. I'm sure it'll be released in the U.S., though.
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I just watched Chanbara Beauty (a.k.a. The Oneechanbara) the other day. It's the closest thing to a live-action video game I've seen to date. It's a bit like watching someone play a game like Heavenly Sword for 90 mins. The characters even "power up" like in a fighting game. The plot is generic and predictable; you'll be way ahead of the script. A couple of the actresses are easy on the eyes, although the lead girl (the one in the bikini and cowboy hat) mostly stays covered up. I'm kind of sorry I bought it. I'm sure it'll be released in the U.S., though.
Wish we could get more subtitled anime anthologies and other special releases though - there've been a number of small Studio 4* collections and anthologies, but pretty much none of them have subs - and the Japanese releases are just so pricey. With yesasia's current coupon deals, I'm going to try bouncing a few orders around to pick up a few more coupons and order Ghost in the Shell 2.0 (US release forthcoming?) and the NGE You are (not) alone release (R3 Korea w/OST) this next week. Just ordered 2 M-flo concert DVDs ($$$ = ouch!) and Dai Nipponjin R3 HK.
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$50 from yesasia with free shipping. $53 or thereabouts from cdjapan w/out free shipping. and $42 at amazon.co.jp with $19 shipping and handling (by my calculations) - so yesasia is probably currently the best since R2 Japan is the only edition available.
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That's the closest to a video game I've ever seen. That movie is so gorgeous that all the plot holes don't even matter.
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Well, I was lucky enough to find it for $12 in a Japanese video store today in NYC! Woo Hoo! I haven't watched it yet, but I skimmed through it and the video and audio quality is awesome!
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Has anyone seen Ip Man or Legendary Assassin yet?
I was thinking about picking them up at a local shop, but I thought I'd see what people thought of them here
I was thinking about picking them up at a local shop, but I thought I'd see what people thought of them here
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seen ip man. nice film. great fighting and acting. don't expect it to be layered and earnest, but light(ish) and different to most biopics.
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Here's my review of IP MAN and the dvd: http://forum.dvdtalk.com/internation...ni-review.html