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atsonicpark · 09.22.2008, 05:03 PM

son of rambow looks amazing.

atsonicpark · 09.23.2008, 07:32 PM

hana-bi/fireworks - 10/10

!@#$%! · 09.23.2008, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by atsonicpark

hana-bi/fireworks - 10/10

OH MAN I WANNA SEE THAT!!!!!

meanwhile im gonna watch the rest of ichi the killer that ive been procrastinating. ugh, feels like a chore!

atsonicpark · 09.23.2008, 07:57 PM

Haha, yeah, see Fireworks!

Ichi's okay, but Miike's not even in my top 10 favorite Japanese film makers. He's just too damn inconsistent.

Takeshi Kitano, on the other hand, is my new favorite director and actor and writer and whatever else he does. I've only seen 4 of his movies but they've all been brilliant for completely different reasons...

...specifically the movie "Fireworks", which I just watched. Imagine a Charles Bronson "Death Wish" kind of movie that is devoid of any excess, trimmed of any fat, and instead focusing on only impulse, energy, beauty, and violence. Instead of excessive "character development" or boring plots with ridiculous twists, there are scenes of characters sitting around, deep in thought... and there are scenes showing us nothing but the beauty of the ocean or of dead flowers... Very slow and almost completely devoid of dialogue or action, things only happen when it's necessary for them to happen. There is one scene where a guy gets a pencil jammed in his eye, and it seriously lasts about 5 millaseconds. The version I saw isn't cut or anything -- it really lasts that long. Quick bursts of extreme and cruel violence offset by a very minimal but beautiful plot dealing with loss, redemption, death, and whatever else. Bizarre and unexpected humor and a main character (and his wife) who barely say more than 5 sentences the whole film. One of the best films I've ever seen!!! Blew my mind. It has everything I look for in a movie.

!@#$%! · 09.23.2008, 08:20 PM

i LOOOOVE kitano's movies-- zatoichi, brother, dolls, even violent cop, which is kinda cheaply made. fireworks i haven't seen yet.

im actually making my eyes blurry for your review so i don't accidentally read any potential spoilers, ha ha ha. but im putting it on the top of my netflix queue!

atsonicpark · 09.23.2008, 08:25 PM

Of the ones I've seen, VIOLENT COP is amazing... Kikijiro is a great avant-garde family film he did... and Takeshis' is very weird and awesome. I'm queueing all the rest.

Be careful, when I queued FIREWORKS on netflix, they sent me some weird disc called FIREWORKS! that was just a DVD of fireworks going off... I know it wasn't a mistake on my part, because I was queueing all Kitano movies at the same time off of his director page. They just sent me the wrong movie... so I said fuck it and just ordered a copy instead.

!@#$%! · 09.23.2008, 08:30 PM

yeah-- i just added it. netflix predicts i'm gonna give it 5 stars-- fucking netflix knows me ha ha ha ha.

atsonicpark · 09.23.2008, 08:30 PM

Hahah.

I am getting 8 films at a time from netflix now...

!@#$%! · 09.23.2008, 08:33 PM

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Hahah.

I am getting 8 films at a time from netflix now...

damn! i'm on 4 right now. i used to be on 8 at a time when i lived in this hellhole town.

by the way man, i recently bough a ROKU box. it's fucking AWESOME. all their downloadable movies pumped to your tv, for a one-time payment. LOVE IT.

atsonicpark · 09.23.2008, 08:36 PM

WHAT!!!!

That's amazing.

My friend has netflix on his laptop that's hooked up to a projector and we watch cheesy streaming 80's action films on a fucking (small) THEATER SCREEN he has at his house with 4 HUGE speakers (one in every corner of the room) playing the sound. The most ridiculous setup ever to watch "Cobra" and "Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot".

But we watch good movies on it occassionally.

!@#$%! · 09.23.2008, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by atsonicpark

WHAT!!!!

That's amazing.

My friend has netflix on his laptop that's hooked up to a projector and we watch cheesy streaming 80's action films on a fucking (small) THEATER SCREEN he has at his house with 4 HUGE speakers (one in every corner of the room) playing the sound. The most ridiculous setup ever to watch "Cobra" and "Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot".

But we watch good movies on it occassionally.

yeah. it's $100 for the box, $15 or $20 for the shipping.

it hooks up to your internet either wirelessly or via wire, and it hooks up to your tv/projector/whatever via rca or s-video or component or hdmi.

then it goes into the internet & reads your instant queue and displays it. it's very fucking simple. i fucking love it. no commercials whatsoever. it fucking rules.

of course they don't have EVERYTHING on download, but i foresee that more and more their service is going to end up being 100% online-- i mean, who the fuck wants to wait for a dvd in the mail when you can watch shit on instant demand?

atsonicpark · 09.23.2008, 08:44 PM

That's amazing.... I may have to check into that when things slow down around here, haha..

✌➬ · 09.23.2008, 08:45 PM

!@#$%! · 09.23.2008, 08:46 PM

yeah. enjoy:

http://www.roku.com/

krastian · 09.23.2008, 08:48 PM

mil_pl · 09.24.2008, 02:11 AM

how was it ✌➬ ?

✌➬ · 09.24.2008, 02:57 AM

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how was it ✌➬ ?

Really good, I actually enjoyed it more than I thought I would.

mil_pl · 09.24.2008, 04:35 AM

yep, it's smart, funny, ironic.

afterthefact · 09.24.2008, 12:12 PM

mil_pl · 09.24.2008, 12:27 PM

oh yeah, down by law rules too, have you enjoyed this movie?

roberto benigni with his talking is very funny

'I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream' if I remember it well.

09.22.2008, 05:03 PM	#3521
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	son of rambow looks amazing. __________________
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09.23.2008, 07:32 PM	#3522
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	hana-bi/fireworks - 10/10 __________________
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09.23.2008, 07:57 PM	#3524
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Haha, yeah, see Fireworks! Ichi's okay, but Miike's not even in my top 10 favorite Japanese film makers. He's just too damn inconsistent. Takeshi Kitano, on the other hand, is my new favorite director and actor and writer and whatever else he does. I've only seen 4 of his movies but they've all been brilliant for completely different reasons... ...specifically the movie "Fireworks", which I just watched. Imagine a Charles Bronson "Death Wish" kind of movie that is devoid of any excess, trimmed of any fat, and instead focusing on only impulse, energy, beauty, and violence. Instead of excessive "character development" or boring plots with ridiculous twists, there are scenes of characters sitting around, deep in thought... and there are scenes showing us nothing but the beauty of the ocean or of dead flowers... Very slow and almost completely devoid of dialogue or action, things only happen when it's necessary for them to happen. There is one scene where a guy gets a pencil jammed in his eye, and it seriously lasts about 5 millaseconds. The version I saw isn't cut or anything -- it really lasts that long. Quick bursts of extreme and cruel violence offset by a very minimal but beautiful plot dealing with loss, redemption, death, and whatever else. Bizarre and unexpected humor and a main character (and his wife) who barely say more than 5 sentences the whole film. One of the best films I've ever seen!!! Blew my mind. It has everything I look for in a movie. __________________
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09.23.2008, 08:20 PM	#3525
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,582	i LOOOOVE kitano's movies-- zatoichi, brother, dolls, even violent cop, which is kinda cheaply made. fireworks i haven't seen yet. im actually making my eyes blurry for your review so i don't accidentally read any potential spoilers, ha ha ha. but im putting it on the top of my netflix queue!
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09.23.2008, 08:25 PM	#3526
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Of the ones I've seen, VIOLENT COP is amazing... Kikijiro is a great avant-garde family film he did... and Takeshis' is very weird and awesome. I'm queueing all the rest. Be careful, when I queued FIREWORKS on netflix, they sent me some weird disc called FIREWORKS! that was just a DVD of fireworks going off... I know it wasn't a mistake on my part, because I was queueing all Kitano movies at the same time off of his director page. They just sent me the wrong movie... so I said fuck it and just ordered a copy instead. __________________
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09.23.2008, 08:30 PM	#3527
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,582	yeah-- i just added it. netflix predicts i'm gonna give it 5 stars-- fucking netflix knows me ha ha ha ha.
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09.23.2008, 08:30 PM	#3528
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Hahah. I am getting 8 films at a time from netflix now... __________________
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09.23.2008, 08:36 PM	#3530
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	WHAT!!!! That's amazing. My friend has netflix on his laptop that's hooked up to a projector and we watch cheesy streaming 80's action films on a fucking (small) THEATER SCREEN he has at his house with 4 HUGE speakers (one in every corner of the room) playing the sound. The most ridiculous setup ever to watch "Cobra" and "Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot". But we watch good movies on it occassionally. __________________
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09.23.2008, 08:44 PM	#3532
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	That's amazing.... I may have to check into that when things slow down around here, haha.. __________________
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09.23.2008, 08:45 PM	#3533
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09.23.2008, 08:46 PM	#3534
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,582	yeah. enjoy: http://www.roku.com/
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09.23.2008, 08:48 PM	#3535
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09.24.2008, 02:11 AM	#3536
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09.24.2008, 04:35 AM	#3538
mil_pl expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Poland Posts: 2,467	yep, it's smart, funny, ironic. __________________
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09.24.2008, 12:12 PM	#3539
afterthefact invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,886	__________________ "She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind." - Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle
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09.24.2008, 12:27 PM	#3540
mil_pl expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Poland Posts: 2,467	oh yeah, down by law rules too, have you enjoyed this movie? roberto benigni with his talking is very funny 'I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream' if I remember it well. __________________
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