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The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)
An adopted son is a crappy Kabuki actor but he's still in good shape due to his father's respected name. His brother, or whatever you'd call him as he's the dad's real son, has a baby and there's a wet nurse who helps out. Never heard of a wet nurse before outside of porn but she supports the crappy actor, and that starts rumors and conflict in the family, and then it goes from there. The guy wants to make it on his own and she continues to support him and then there's love and other ups and downs. The only thing I didn't get about the movie was the choices forced on people, but then I don't understand the culture. It's about 140 minutes long and slow, but I thought it was excellent. It's very moving and beautifully filmed. Great recommendation Camo.
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The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)
An adopted son is a crappy Kabuki actor but he's still in good shape due to his father's respected name. His brother, or whatever you'd call him as he's the dad's real son, has a baby and there's a wet nurse who helps out. Never heard of a wet nurse before outside of porn but she supports the crappy actor, and that starts rumors and conflict in the family, and then it goes from there. The guy wants to make it on his own and she continues to support him and then there's love and other ups and downs. The only thing I didn't get about the movie was the choices forced on people, but then I don't understand the culture. It's about 140 minutes long and slow, but I thought it was excellent. It's very moving and beautifully filmed. Great recommendation Camo.
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It is so sad that this is his first film in a trilogy about theater in the Meiji period, and the other two are lost for good...
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Mandy: The Revenge of Castor Troy (2018) by Panos Cosmatos
I watched 40 minutes of this film thinking that I was facing a cosmic horror/fantasy. Jesus Christ I didn't see that Grindhouse LSD coming!
The film has a interesting use of lights and colors, the soundtrack was also good. Castor "Nic Cage" Troy was funny!
The second half is bad for its own sake, but Panos lost himself during the carnage, the film stopped to be fun. The last funny scene was when Cage smelled that cocaine, lmao.
It's interesting how Cage goes through all 'stages of loss' in one scene with a bottle of vodka, by far my favorite scene. I didn't knew how to react watching that. The violence was bad, most of it was dark so I coudn't actually enjoy it, and damn, I liked that cartooning blood.
The film was interesting, with some fun moments and a funny performance by Nic, but I didn't like the grindhouse aspect of it.
★★ (Not enough animated boobs)
I watched 40 minutes of this film thinking that I was facing a cosmic horror/fantasy. Jesus Christ I didn't see that Grindhouse LSD coming!
The film has a interesting use of lights and colors, the soundtrack was also good. Castor "Nic Cage" Troy was funny!
The second half is bad for its own sake, but Panos lost himself during the carnage, the film stopped to be fun. The last funny scene was when Cage smelled that cocaine, lmao.
It's interesting how Cage goes through all 'stages of loss' in one scene with a bottle of vodka, by far my favorite scene. I didn't knew how to react watching that. The violence was bad, most of it was dark so I coudn't actually enjoy it, and damn, I liked that cartooning blood.
The film was interesting, with some fun moments and a funny performance by Nic, but I didn't like the grindhouse aspect of it.
★★ (Not enough animated boobs)
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A Mother Brings Her So To Be Shot (2017)
I'm probably being bias as it was a local documentary but I thought it was great. If you can get to see it then you really should give it a watch. Details the story of a punishment shooting in a local estate. Nice Q&A after with the director too.
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Watched a few new films over the weekend
Redbad (Roel Reine, 2018): Reine, known in the United States for direct-to-DVD sequels like The Marine 2, The Man with the Iron Fists 2, The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption, and others, tends to showcase his best in his native Netherlands. This is an 8th Century historical epic about the titular Frisian, who leads an alliance between his people and the Vikings against the Franks in what would be the Netherlands.
Final Score (Scott Mann, 2018): Throwback to 80's/early 90's action films with Dave Bautista as a PTSD-stricken war vet in London visiting the family of his fallen comrade who he treated as a brother and must rescue his kidnapped "niece" from Russian terrorists in West Ham Stadium. Pierce Brosnan has more of an extended cameo and Ray Stevenson made the most of his role without going OTT as the villain.
Bleach (Shinsuke Sato, 2018): Hollywood could seriously learn a thing or two from the Japanese about live-action adaptations of manga/anime. This is definitely high on the list of good ones thanks to great performances from stars Sota Fukushi, Hana Sugisaki, and pop star/actor MIYAVI.
Bleeding Steel (Leo Zhang, 2017): I really wanted to like this Jackie Chan sci-fi film, but there was too much going on. Not that it wasn't a bad film, but I had to watch it twice to get the story as a whole. Show Lo, I think is trying to be the next Stephen Chow, but I did like Callan Mulvey as the villain. I think he should do more big bad guy roles, especially after seeing him in Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Batman v. Superman. But the story was what kind of ruined what could have been a pretty good film.
Redbad (Roel Reine, 2018): Reine, known in the United States for direct-to-DVD sequels like The Marine 2, The Man with the Iron Fists 2, The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption, and others, tends to showcase his best in his native Netherlands. This is an 8th Century historical epic about the titular Frisian, who leads an alliance between his people and the Vikings against the Franks in what would be the Netherlands.
Final Score (Scott Mann, 2018): Throwback to 80's/early 90's action films with Dave Bautista as a PTSD-stricken war vet in London visiting the family of his fallen comrade who he treated as a brother and must rescue his kidnapped "niece" from Russian terrorists in West Ham Stadium. Pierce Brosnan has more of an extended cameo and Ray Stevenson made the most of his role without going OTT as the villain.
Bleach (Shinsuke Sato, 2018): Hollywood could seriously learn a thing or two from the Japanese about live-action adaptations of manga/anime. This is definitely high on the list of good ones thanks to great performances from stars Sota Fukushi, Hana Sugisaki, and pop star/actor MIYAVI.
Bleeding Steel (Leo Zhang, 2017): I really wanted to like this Jackie Chan sci-fi film, but there was too much going on. Not that it wasn't a bad film, but I had to watch it twice to get the story as a whole. Show Lo, I think is trying to be the next Stephen Chow, but I did like Callan Mulvey as the villain. I think he should do more big bad guy roles, especially after seeing him in Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Batman v. Superman. But the story was what kind of ruined what could have been a pretty good film.
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
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5150 Elm's Way
Snooze factor rating = Zzz
[Snooze Factor Ratings]:
Z = didn't nod off at all
Zz = nearly nodded off but managed to stay alert
Zzz = nodded off and missed some of the film but went back to watch what I missed
Zzzz = nodded off and missed some of the film but went back to watch what I missed but nodded off again at the same point and therefore needed to go back a number of times before I got through it...
Zzzzz = nodded off and missed some or the rest of the film but was not interested enough to go back over it
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Nice Q&A after with the director too.
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Weird he didn't mention anything about Aikido because that's where his background mostly is (or is supposed to be at least, I have the impression that large part of his claimed history is made up). Just rewatched Marked for Death and what he does there is definitely 90%+ Aikido. In that old films even his striking is mostly based on Aikido hand movements and looks little weird. I'd remember Wing Chun influences came little later (pretty sure The Glimmer Man has that stuff, don't remember if that's first).
His joint attacks are basically Aikido (or Aiki-jujutsu) applied with lots of force by a big man. Especially in his early films many fights look like Aikido presentations without the victim "jumping" with his moves and getting his limbs destroyed instead. I really liked that style and it did set him apart from the usual Karate based martial arts stars.
His joint attacks are basically Aikido (or Aiki-jujutsu) applied with lots of force by a big man. Especially in his early films many fights look like Aikido presentations without the victim "jumping" with his moves and getting his limbs destroyed instead. I really liked that style and it did set him apart from the usual Karate based martial arts stars.
That's all I know. Steve Seagal still runs like a sissy.
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I haven't really watched a lot of films lately this month. I moved into a new home and I've been working a lot more hours than usual, while trying to juggle time on writing, but my fiancee and I have been doing this new tradition we have of trying out different beers (I am almost 23, but I'd never tried alcohol before the move. I haven't gotten drunk or anything, but I've enjoyed how it helps me unwind. Point is, our apparent go-to has been the Jackass films. Of the three times we've drank, we have since watched Jackass 1-3, 2.5, and 3.5. I don't know how to rate them as films, but they're enjoyably stupid.
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When you wake up at 1am and can't sleep...What are you gonna watch? An intense Liam Neeson action/thriller of course...Didn't even bother trying to go back to sleep after this. Just a good action flick as we've come to love from Liam Neeson in recent years. Enjoyed this.
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Zangiku monogatari [The Story Of The Last Chrysanthemums] (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1939)
So much more than just a momentary inspiration for the Hellraiser franchise
So much more than just a momentary inspiration for the Hellraiser franchise
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Nocturama (2016) (Dir. Bertand Bonello)
It doesn't articulate the drive of the militants very well, but it is a slick caper style mission accompanied by an odd quiet in which the culture that birthed them is proven hollow and their entire beings meaningless.Setting the downtime in the shopping center is definitely commentary on consumer culture being ill equip to fulfill people in any meaningful way. These people are all just adrift, and winding up here is almost incidental. The lady on the bike articulates it perfectly with her fatalistic "it was always going to happen".
I generally prefer movies about political violence to actually engage with the geopolitics that fuel them, but this movie is more concerned with the vulnerable who fall prey to those mechanisms and how even when exercising power through destruction they are powerless to alter the grande circumstances in a meaningful way. You sympathize with the human element even if you can't sympathize with their obscured motivations. These people are just cogs in a machine.
It doesn't articulate the drive of the militants very well, but it is a slick caper style mission accompanied by an odd quiet in which the culture that birthed them is proven hollow and their entire beings meaningless.Setting the downtime in the shopping center is definitely commentary on consumer culture being ill equip to fulfill people in any meaningful way. These people are all just adrift, and winding up here is almost incidental. The lady on the bike articulates it perfectly with her fatalistic "it was always going to happen".
I generally prefer movies about political violence to actually engage with the geopolitics that fuel them, but this movie is more concerned with the vulnerable who fall prey to those mechanisms and how even when exercising power through destruction they are powerless to alter the grande circumstances in a meaningful way. You sympathize with the human element even if you can't sympathize with their obscured motivations. These people are just cogs in a machine.
- An underrated 80's sports drama directed by Smokey and the Bandit's Hal Needham to capitalize on the BMX trend. Showed this to my 8-year old daughter and she was blown away by the BMX stunts. The "bicycle dance" scene and the Helltrack race itself are highlights, plus it has one heck of a soundtrack.
Snooze factor rating = Z
Snooze factor rating = Z
[Snooze Factor Ratings]:
Z = didn't nod off at all
Zz = nearly nodded off but managed to stay alert
Zzz = nodded off and missed some of the film but went back to watch what I missed
Zzzz = nodded off and missed some of the film but went back to watch what I missed but nodded off again at the same point and therefore needed to go back a number of times before I got through it...
Zzzzz = nodded off and missed some or the rest of the film but was not interested enough to go back over it
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