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I saw like half of that flick on USA network where it was played a lot for a few months (like every week or so it would pop up) and I remember vehemently hating it.
I guess you could add Stop or my Mom Will Shoot to that niche genre where action stars are played against type in family comedies like Mr. Nanny, Kindergarten Cop, Tooth Fairy, and that Jackie Chan POS."Ah! By god's balls what licentiousness!"
Marquis de Sade, The 120 Days of Sodom.
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I've avoided most of those films (TOOTH FAIRY, THE PACIFIER) but I remember enjoying KINDERGARTEN COP. I've seen it more than once.
"Boys have penises girls have vaginas"
Hopefully IN THE NAME OF THE KING counts as Jason Statham's "against type" film. I don't want to suffer through something like THE PUPPY TRANSPORTER.Last edited by Jason C; 05-26-2013, 06:15 PM.
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MISSION IRON CASTLE aka NINJA 9 [Shinobi no Shu] - Dir. Issei Mori (1970)
Daiei studios in one last attempt to capitalize on the popularity of the Shinobi no Mono series, put forth this final entry although officially it's not considered part of the Shinobi no Mono series of 8 films. Hiroki Matsukata is now in the lead role taking over after the untimely death of Raizo Ichikawa. Matsukata also took over the famed Nemuri Kyoshiro role from Ichikawa as well but here he manages to shine in his own spotlight as the leader of band of ninja who undertakes a perilous mission to kidnap the wife of a powerful lord. The mission itself is fraught with difficulties including a near impenetrable fortified castle laid with traps specifically designed to foil ninja, having to defeat a shape shifting 100 year old ninja with supernatural powers & even infighting among themselves.
If this was Daiei's last stab then they went out with doozy because this was one of the more entertaining ninja films I've seen. I particularly enjoyed the portrayal of Kunoichi (female ninja) in this one because they are integral to the plot and storyline & yes, while there is the obligatory romantic sub plot and one of the female ninja is ordered to use her feminine wiles to lure an unsuspecting lord into creating a diversion to allow the ninja to capture their target but for the most part they are treated as equals to their male counterparts which is rare in the genre.
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Originally posted by paul h. View PostOriginally posted by Alex K. View PostI like when Roger said "It stinks!." Reminds me of The Critic.Originally posted by Jason C View PostThe clips they show of STOP OR MY MOM WILL SHOOT make it look pretty funny. I do enjoy watching tear a film apart.Originally posted by Alex K. View PostI saw like half of that flick on USA network where it was played a lot for a few months (like every week or so it would pop up) and I remember vehemently hating it.
I guess you could add Stop or my Mom Will Shoot to that niche genre where action stars are played against type in family comedies like Mr. Nanny, Kindergarten Cop, Tooth Fairy, and that Jackie Chan POS.
Last edited by Richard--W; 05-26-2013, 11:59 PM."I've been to college, but I can still speak English when business demands it."
- Raymond Chandler, 1939.
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Hold On - I had seen this before but we had friends over last night and they wanted to watch it. Basically NASA let a bunch of teenage girls name a rocket and they wanted to name it after Herman's Hermits. Fearing that naming the rocket after a British pop group would be unpatriotic, NASA sends a guy named Lindvquist to tail Herman's Hermits to find out just how horrible they really are. Except it turns out that their nice guys who just want to wander around amusement parks, hang out on the beach, and play at garden parties.Rock! Shock! Pop!
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PARKER - I liked this quite a bit despite Jason Statham not really being right for the part in one sense - he's British - but he's also well suited in another - very low key and emotionless. Some great fight scenes and it opens with a kick ass robbery. Michael Chiklis and Nick Nolte (who oddly looks a bit like Cropsy from THE BURNING) are good as you'd expect in support. Certainly not the best Stark adaptation but well worth seeing.
CRANK 2: HIGH VOLTAGE - Holy shit this was awful. I liked the first one well enough for what it was, but this thing...couldn't even finish it, something that is rare as hell for me.
PRINCE OF SPACE - MST3K - Sometimes you need a little Krankor. "Each and every one of you...bite me."I don't go to church. Kneeling bags my nylons.
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Last edited by Alex K.; 05-27-2013, 12:44 PM."Ah! By god's balls what licentiousness!"
Marquis de Sade, The 120 Days of Sodom.
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SANDAKAN 8 aka BROTHEL 8 [Sandakan hachiban shÅkan: BÅkyÅ] - Dir. Kei Kumai (1974)
Based on the novel, Sandakan Brothel No. 8: An Episode in the History of Lower-Class by Yamazaki Tomoko, it follows a female journalist (played by Komaki Kurihara) who travels to Malaysia to research karayuki-san, poor young Japanese women who were forced to work as prostitutes overseas. Famed director, Shohei Imamura also made a documentary on this subject a year later after this film was released. Nominated for the Academy Awards Best Foreign Language Film in 1975 but lost to Kurosawa's Dersu Uzala.
I didn't particularly care for this movie -- the subject itself is quite interesting on face value and I give the director plaudits for tackling such a touchy topic as karayuki-san but the relationship that builds between the journalist and her subject seems forced & the rapport that builds between them is often hampered by the none too subtle acting of lead, Kurihara. On a side note, I usually enjoy Akira Ikufube's film scores but this one appears mismatched to the subject matter & tone of the film and is quite irritating through out.
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Fast and the furious 6.
20 minutes to much plot, but other then that perfection in retard level action-spectacle."No presh from the Dresh!"
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