Asian Films

[Leorio]

What do you think about Asian films? (waits for porno comments)
This weekend i watched 3 Asian films and they were all pretty good!

The Eye
The Eye 2
The Returner

I think the asians make horror films the best, they capture those moments that would terrify most in real life.
In The Eye theres this moment where the main women is in a lift and she senses something behind her, a old man (Ghost) is facing away from her and floating in the air and he slowly starts to turn around towards her.
Its not scary but its a creepy moment, just to imagine if you were in that position.

The Eye 2 was even better than the first one where they recaptured some of those moments from the first film but also added alot more onto it, and the story was better too.

The Returner was made in 2002 i think, it has a kind of Terminator story to it where somebody goes back in time to stop something that will eventually take over the world.
The special effects are decent for 2002!

Overall i enjoyed all 3 of these films others ive seen are all the Rings, Dark Water, and a few others

[Neo0tak0n]

I like samurai movies.

Goyokin!!!!!

[Leorio]

Is that the one where there on the bridge at the start?

[Jo Sama]

To be honest I thought The Eye was better than The Eye 2 =P

I really like The Entity, with is a kind of modern B-movie set in Korea. It's not legendary or anything, but I think it's a good watch.

^_^ Jo

[Leorio]

Yeah The Eye was good and both had those kinda creepy moments, but i thought 2 had a better storyline than the first one!

The Entity?
I take it from the name its a horror, is it worth a buy?

[Onigiri]

Anything by Park Chan-Wook.
He directed Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy, and Sympatht For Lady Vengeance.
Also known as the "Vengeance Trilogy"

Other good movies are Peep "TV" Show, In the Mood For Love, 2046, and The Emperor and the Assassin.

These movies aren't horror, but they are well worth watching (and it wouldn't hurt for you to take my word for it, because I am quite the film snob :p).

Also, keep an eye out for Korean movies, they are really setting the bar for innovative cinema.

[Leorio]

Yeah ive seen a few Korean horror movies which were chilling to say the least!
I prefer asian horror but samurai and action films are still good!

[Gibb]

I'm a big fan of Asian movies.

Some of my favorites:
Hero (Chinese)
House of Flying Daggers (Chinese)
Oldboy (Korean)
Shinobi ~Heart of Blade~ (Japanese)
Sex is Zero (Korean)
Kung Fu Hustle (Chinese)
Ringu (Japanese)
Azumi (Japanese)


I just bought Azumi 2 for $15 at a convention over the weekend. I don't expect too much out of it cause it looks like a semi-cheap sequel, but it has the same lead actress "Aya Ueto", so it should be good for some eye candy at least. :P

I just watched Curse of the Golden Flower over the weekend, starring Chow Yun Fat and Gong Li. It was a very beautiful movie, cinematography wise, but the story was a little slow for my tastes. I guess I expected the movie to have more action than it did.

[VidelCoolGirl]

I don't watch as many as I should, but I would let Mifune be my pimp.

[goddessofanime]

House of Flying Daggers was fabulous...especially Zhang Ziyi's pretty, pretty outfits.

Lady Vengence rocks.

But Battle Royale pwns.

[Suki]

House of Flying Daggers was fabulous...especially Zhang Ziyi's pretty, pretty outfits.

Lady Vengence rocks.

But Battle Royale pwns.

Battle Royale was a ****** movie.

I've seen too many Asian flicks to recall. >.<

[master terrence]

I loved death note the live action 1&2 and house of flying daggers... and stuff like that.

Other than that, I've seen my fair share of Hindi movies. Monsoon wedding and American Desi being the bigger titles.

help jog my memory, I once saw a really good Indian movie about how the British unfairly taxed the Indians and it was settle with a game of cricket or rounders or something.

The title was Hindi for "tax" I think. It was really good. I recommend it to everyone (with subtitles of course).

[Bernard_Monsha]

I don't watch as many as I should, but I would let Mifune be my pimp.

Yojimbo FTW!

You're all tough, then?
What? Kill me if you can!
It'll hurt.

[CrossboneGundam]

I don't like the idea of lumping the entirety of Asia into one category like it's one contiguous culture, because it's not. Mainly because I don't like the idea of countries like the Phillippines (assuming they even HAVE a movie industry,) getting credit for things they have nothing to do with.

Besides, for example, Bollywood puts out more movies each year than Hollywood and pretty much the only people watching them are Indians.

[Bernard_Monsha]

IMainly because I don't like the idea of countries like the Phillippines (assuming they even HAVE a movie industry,) getting credit for things they have nothing to do with.


Dude the Phillippines have the most awsome secret agent EVAH!!!!!!!! (http://www.badmovies.org/movies/yourheight/index.html)

[kenshinbebop]

Asian movies pwn most American movies. Nothing beats an Asian horror or samurai flick.

[Daishikaze]

I like samurai movies.

Goyokin!!!!!

Goyokin is a great film, one of Gosha's best, Nakadai owns in that one.

Classic Chinese and Japanese films are my favorites. Shaw Brothers used to make some really good movies in their heyday. Too bad their lousy dubbed versions are all most people ever see. Japan used to reign supreme in the asian film community, now their are relegated to mostly shock cinema, its a sad fate.

[GreatNekoKoneko]

Yojimbo FTW!

You're all tough, then?
What? Kill me if you can!
It'll hurt.

...oh snap. i remember that. that was bank.

the recent Zatoichi movie (the one with the tap dancing) was awesome too.

[XxKamishiroxX]

I don't watch too many Asian films, putting anime aside. I do watch some live actions though. I've seen Zatoichi, Princess Blade, Seven Samurai, The JP versions of The Grudge and The Ring, the first live action for Death Note. Maybe it's just the movies I've seen, but from what I've seen America has way better special effects. Correct me if I'm wrong. I know movies aren't all about the visuals, but it feels tedious when things are so noticeable.

EDIT: Oh yeah, I also saw Killer Ichi

[Daishikaze]

yes because special effects are what makes a movie truly great.............not

[XxKamishiroxX]

yes because special effects are what makes a movie truly great.............not

Did I not just say "I know movies aren't all about the visuals, but it feels tedious when things are so noticeable."?

[MrKoreanguy]

Well, I like Korean movies.

Musa
Taegukgi Hwinallimyeo (Or as it is in English, Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War)
My Sassy Girl

And some more. As for live-action movies, I haven't seen any Japanese movies that interested me.

[Daishikaze]

Did I not just say "I know movies aren't all about the visuals, but it feels tedious when things are so noticeable."?

Yes, but you added that part later ;) I think I had already started my reply before you fixed it.

If you know movies aren't all about the visuals, why bother with the comparison at all? Special effects are nice, but today SFX have gotten way out of control, its gotten to the point where studios are relying on Effects to sell the movie rather than construct a complete film. They seem to think that if they pile enough glitter on a film people won't notice the lousy performance their lead is putting or how a story is complete rubbish. "Wow it looks fantastic, no one will ever know this is actually a real stinkburger! Excellent".

[The Million Dollar Prons]

The Shaw Brothers make some really sweet stuff. I liked "Disciples of Death: Also known as Men from the Monastery," because the story was so thin it was as if I was watching two hours of kung fu!

Also love the Stephen Chow movies, God of Cookery, Kung Fu Hustle, Shaolin Soccer, as well as the other few hundred movies I have by him that I have not watched yet. I think God of Cookery was his magnum opus, though.

Like the original poster I dug the eye (even though I never saw the eye 2), I'm planning to watch a Chinese horror film called the forest of death (sic) soon. I also have a large collection of Kung Fu movies I have not dove too deep into yet, but Curse of the Golden Flower looks epic.

I have more to say about Asian TV series, though. I watched some of Kamen Rider Den-O in Chinese Subtitles and it was the bees knees, in fact any KR is good, especially the classic series.

Gozu was a great movie too, for all the family.

[XxKamishiroxX]

Yes, but you added that part later ;) I think I had already started my reply before you fixed it.

If you know movies aren't all about the visuals, why bother with the comparison at all? Special effects are nice, but today SFX have gotten way out of control, its gotten to the point where studios are relying on Effects to sell the movie rather than construct a complete film. They seem to think that if they pile enough glitter on a film people won't notice the lousy performance their lead is putting or how a story is complete rubbish. "Wow it looks fantastic, no one will ever know this is actually a real stinkburger! Excellent".

I do agree in most cases. I can respect something for what it is without the visuals, it just annoys me when things are REALLY obvious and fake. Excluding older films, of course.

[MrKoreanguy]

So... Everyone is pretty much only obsessed with Japan here?

[Daishikaze]

And China.................Korea is coming up there though. I really liked Legend Of Evil Lake. I though Bichunmoo had alot of unfulfilled potential, but I heard that it was edited severely due to a rule that said all films had to come in under a certain time (I think it was 90 minutes or so).

[XxKamishiroxX]

So... Everyone is pretty much only obsessed with Japan here?

I'm not. I actually love living in America. I just enjoy some Japanese media. I honestly really despise all fanatical obsessions.

[Daishikaze]

I don't think anyone in this thread is obsessed so to speak, if they were, they'd have seen a hell of alot more films that what they listed.

[MrKoreanguy]

Maybe I was being a little too extreme, but no one has seen the films that I mentioned earlier?

[master terrence]

Maybe I was being a little too extreme, but no one has seen the films that I mentioned earlier?

I find this understandable.

At least I haven't seen any of those movies. I'm not really interested in exploring the entire Asian continent for movies.

Mind telling me what those movies were about though? I could check them out if they are good.

[MrKoreanguy]

Well, instead of going to Wikipedia for a brief synopsis, I'll just explain them.

Musa is very similar to Last Samurai (although it came out before, I watched Last Samurai before). It's about an envoy from Korea that goes to China but ends up finding the Chinese princess and escorts her back to China. On their way, they get chased by Mongolians and there are some pretty intense action scenes. I don't wanna sound stupid, but I can't seem to remember any of the kingdoms are names from that period of time. But yeah, Zhang Ziyi is in it.

Taegukgi is a war film. It's based on the Korean War and it focuses on two brothers who have been conscripted into the army and yeah. That one's epic too.

My Sassy Girl is a romantic comedy, and it's actually pretty funny. Although I'm very pessimistic and hate romantic movies, I actually liked this one. It's based on a true story too... Sort of.

And the last one (although I haven't mentioned it yet) is Dasepo Girl. It's rather weird. I guess it's the Korean version of American Pie. It has transgenders and yeah...

[Suki]

So... Everyone is pretty much only obsessed with Japan here?

Everyone are weeaboos here. Don't mind them.

I prefer Korean dramas over Japanese, because the content and acting is so much better. :P

[MrKoreanguy]

Everyone are weeaboos here. Don't mind them.

I prefer Korean dramas over Japanese, because the content and acting is so much better. :P

Wow. I was expecting some people to tell me how Japanese culture is so much superior to the Korean culture, but I guess I underestimated a lot of people. Yeah. Japan learned a lot from Korea before they decided to accept Western ideals (which was a very good thing that China and Korea were stupid to reject).

But anyway, I just want the weeaboos to know that Japan copied a lot of things from China and Korea.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

I like Korea and China much much much better than Japan. I don't like korean dramas so much because I can't seem to find one that's just romantic, they all seem to involve death and commas.

Maybe I was being a little too extreme, but no one has seen the films that I mentioned earlier?

I've heard a lot about the brothers in the war movie (Saw it on DVD at Rasputin's and read about it on the wiki) sounds really good

[MrKoreanguy]

I like Korea and China much much much better than Japan. I don't like korean dramas so much because I can't seem to find one that's just romantic, they all seem to involve death and commas.



I've heard a lot about the brothers in the war movie (Saw it on DVD at Rasputin's and read about it on the wiki) sounds really good

Frankly, I don't really care about dramas. Not to sound tough or anything, but romantic stuff doesn't really appeal to me.

[Suki]

I like Korea and China much much much better than Japan. I don't like korean dramas so much because I can't seem to find one that's just romantic, they all seem to involve death and commas.



I've heard a lot about the brothers in the war movie (Saw it on DVD at Rasputin's and read about it on the wiki) sounds really good

Goong, My Girl.

[Yukito Kunisaki]

I saw Dragon Tiger Gate. Tough to understand, but if I watch it once more, I am sure I would grasp the story. The action was remarkable though. :D

[XxKamishiroxX]

I saw a turtle stuck on it's back once. I felt so bad for it, I cried for a straight hour. It was like the perfect drama! The poor turtle still keeps me up at night... :lol:

[Suki]

I saw a turtle stuck on it's back once. I felt so bad for it, I cried for a straight hour. It was like the perfect drama! The poor turtle still keeps me up at night... :lol:

You know they die right? You were laughing at it's death. Congrats.

[XxKamishiroxX]

You know they die right? You were laughing at it's death. Congrats.

Yes, the laughing hences the fact that I'm just joking...

[Panko Z]

i like Korean horror more than Japan. maybe i'm just blind, stupid, or have just seen the wrong movies but J-horror seems to get too formulaic and predictable and K-stuff seems more fresh and novel. both are still fun nonetheless. especially liked Phone and Tell Me Something.

[Reidar]

They're the best in the industry. Three words:

http://www.stomptokyo.com/badmoviereport/pics/R/rickyhead.jpg

Sorry, that was four.

[Suki]

Yes, the laughing hences the fact that I'm just joking...

The laughing emoticon compliments your statement.

[Hisoka]

You know they die right? You were laughing at it's death. Congrats.

Didn't you have a similar post the other day?

[Suki]

Didn't you have a similar post the other day?

The Zard death? Lol.

But this one is a turtle. D:

[Levon]

Kaiju films are my favorite ^_^ I love the Godzilla films & the Gamera trilogy. Gamera Brave doesn't look too good though.

[Nami]

If it's a movie, then currently I like Kungfu Hustle. If it's TV series, then there are multiple series I enjoy watching them. Most of it are the TVB series back in the 80's. =P

Now my family is addicted to Korea period drama though. My sister has to rush back home every weekend to watch Seo Dong Yo, and Jumong. ^^;

[Pariah]

Maybe I was being a little too extreme, but no one has seen the films that I mentioned earlier?

Brotherhood was a fantastic film. Haven't seen the others though.

I like Akira Kurosawa films, namely Yojimbo and Seven Samurai.

Park Chan-Wook's revenge trilogy is pretty decent (Oldboy being far and away the best of the three - Sympathy for Mr. Vengence was pretty bad if I'm honest).

Takeshi Miike has done some interesting stuff, if you're into some heinously violent scenes that is. Ichi the Killer is always going to get an honourable mention.

I can't be bothered to create a "Western Film Thread", so what are people's favourite films of all time?

Topping my list right now is The Departed. But it changes so reguarly.

[Bernard_Monsha]

Kaiju films are my favorite ^_^ I love the Godzilla films & the Gamera trilogy. Gamera Brave doesn't look too good though.

70's Godzilla FTW!

[Levon]

70's Godzilla FTW!

I'v seen every Godzilla besides a few of the 70's ones. Godzilla vs. Mecha Godzilla was my favorite that I'v seen of the 70's. I believe Terror of MechaGodzilla will be getting a re-release with the Japanese track & in widescreen, I havn't seen that yet.

I'm a fan of the Heisei series the most.

[Daishikaze]

Yeah. Japan learned a lot from Korea before they decided to accept Western ideals (which was a very good thing that China and Korea were stupid to reject).

could you elaborate on this?

[tsuki no miko]

I like Korea and China much much much better than Japan. I don't like korean dramas so much because I can't seem to find one that's just romantic, they all seem to involve death and commas.


I just couldn't help but snicker :lol:
Well some dramas do have that element. It's changing big time now though. The dramas today are much more plausible and likable. :)


But anyways back to the topic and I'll recommend some Korean films.
Memory of a Murder
The King's Man
Suhpyunje
Secret Sunshine (Won best actress award at Cannes festival woot!)

[tsuki no miko]

Goong, My Girl.

I love those both!
Well the manhwa Goong is actually very good~:)
Didn't see much of the drama though.

And My Girl was...cute!
Kinda has plot holes but still very fun to watch~!

[Etchd]

What do you think about Asian films? (waits for porno comments)


Uhm, so it does really mean 'Asian' films are only Chinese-Korean-Japanese?

I don't like the idea of lumping the entirety of Asia into one category like it's one contiguous culture, because it's not. Mainly because I don't like the idea of countries like the Phillippines (assuming they even HAVE a movie industry,) getting credit for things they have nothing to do with.

Ehrm, mainstream movies in the Philippines are nothing but chick-flicks. So due to the lack of relevant material, discriminating movie-goers (like me) go for independent films, which are more artistic and more mature than any 'big-budgeted' Filipino film out there (cuz they pay the 'best' actors/actresses for a really big talent fee, also I think the local censorship board always rate indie films as restricted, I got a lot of trouble watching when I wasn't of legal age).

There're really good indie films in here, though I'll have to catch them on film festivals... :(


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There's a Bollywood movie I saw about call center agents, and I liked the way how it was portrayed (again forgot the title... :|) Kinda related to it a bit. I'm not really into 'Asian horror' or Chinese epic films. 'Slice of life' films are my cup of tea. So Close was a good movie though... :D

If it's a movie, then currently I like Kungfu Hustle. If it's TV series, then there are multiple series I enjoy watching them. Most of it are the TVB series back in the 80's. =P

Now my family is addicted to Korea period drama though. My sister has to rush back home every weekend to watch Seo Dong Yo, and Jumong. ^^;

Bold: I juz don't understand this show, what's good in it... :|

[DazzleKitty]

Thanks to someone here at AN, my interest in Korean dramas was piqued. I gave a few episodes of My Girl a try, and am really liking it.

[IsaacBrock]

Sars Wars FTW. Own.

[Nami]

So Close was a good movie though... :D
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Oh yes, I totally forgot about So Close. XD I like the action aspect of it, though the ending is a bit sad though. ;-; As for Jumong, my family just started watching this series so I don't have nothing to say much. I think what make it interesting to me right now is will Jumong know who his dad is and will his dad and his mom will meet each other and remember each other again? Also will his dad teach him some fighting skill to him later or not? ^^;;;

[Etchd]

Oh yes, I totally forgot about So Close. XD I like the action aspect of it, though the ending is a bit sad though. ;-; As for Jumong, my family just started watching this series so I don't have nothing to say much. I think what make it interesting to me right now is will Jumong know who his dad is and will his dad and his mom will meet each other and remember each other again? Also will his dad teach him some fighting skill to him later or not? ^^;;;

:lol:
I saw a Jumong trailer a while ago, and he's become a renegade. He established his own town and his brother is out there to get him! XD Dang, housemates who get hooked on a show sure get their toll on you... :P

There was this Korean movie, My Sassy Girl. Quite good too.

[Nami]

:lol:
I saw a Jumong trailer a while ago, and he's become a renegade. He established his own town and his brother is out there to get him! XD Dang, housemates who get hooked on a show sure get their toll on you... :P

There was this Korean movie, My Sassy Girl. Quite good too.

It's all started when I happened to had dinner while the rest are watching Seo Dong Yo. Then they moved on to watch Jumong after that. >__<;

I have heard about My Sassy Girl. Never have a chance to watch it yet though. ^^;

[MonkeyBoy0314]

I suggest the live-action Initial D, Casshern, and Kamen Rider the First

[???????]

Try out Windstruck, a 2004 Korean movie, it is great.

But I think Asians Films especially HK films will not appeal so much to the West because there is alot of quircky stuff and mad stuff that don't seem to match the Western style of humour.

[RPGQueen]

Old Boy is one of my fav movies.

[gameoffreak8]

I watched Jumong of final episode yesterday, it's good, but the ending is not good. I have lots of question on the ending of Jumong. Since Jumong is finally over, AZN released Hwang Jini, but it's too bored to me.

[Dorktron2000]

Has anyone else seen "The Host?" In theaters? It's a horror movie with a completely different feel.

Anyway, I've started to delve into Korean drama a bit myself, I'm currently watching Delightful Girl Choon-hyang, and am almost ready for another series.

On a side note, has anyone else seen the nunsploitation movie "School of the Holy Beast?" Left both me and my roommate speechless afterwords.

[tsuki no miko]

Has anyone else seen "The Host?" In theaters? It's a horror movie with a completely different feel.

Anyway, I've started to delve into Korean drama a bit myself, I'm currently watching Delightful Girl Choon-hyang, and am almost ready for another series.

On a side note, has anyone else seen the nunsploitation movie "School of the Holy Beast?" Left both me and my roommate speechless afterwords.

Yeah the host~!
I'm ashamed to say it was a huge hit here but I didn't go watch it -_-;
I'll have to rent the DVD soon.

Delightful Girl Choon-hyang? Oh! The drama that's based on Choonhyangjun( a very famous Korean story also has pansori to go with it)
That was popluar a few years ago too.
I always know which dramas are popular but I don't watch dramas often. I just don't watch TV a lot. :P

[Haro!]

I always know which dramas are popular but I don't watch dramas often. I just don't watch TV a lot. :P
You probably missed Somunan Chil Gongju, which was awesome, okay I just watched it cause I found Lee Tae Ran to be hot for some odd reason (okay, I think it was the military uniform *drool*).

Yeah the host~!
I'm ashamed to say it was a huge hit here but I didn't go watch it -_-;
I'll have to rent the DVD soon.
The Host was interesting and I liked it quite a bit. I'm usually not up for Korean movies but yeah I liked it. Oh did you catch that Rain movie? Um title was something about being a cyborg... yeah whatever it was called.

[tsuki no miko]

You probably missed Somunan Chil Gongju, which was awesome, okay I just watched it cause I found Lee Tae Ran to be hot for some odd reason (okay, I think it was the military uniform *drool*).


The Host was interesting and I liked it quite a bit. I'm usually not up for Korean movies but yeah I liked it. Oh did you catch that Rain movie? Um title was something about being a cyborg... yeah whatever it was called.
Yeah Chil gongju was a big hit too but..didn't watch it -_-;
I only saw it once and I laughed so hard because of the 7 girls names.
Honestly..I never thought someone would name people like that!

Ohh...the Rain movie..
bad bad bad is all I can say. It was hyped up cuz it was Park Chan Wook's first nonvengance movie. But..I heard it was'nt that good and I didn't watch it.
The Korean title was It's okay even if you're a cyborg. And some people came up with parodies like It's okay even if you don't watch this movie :lol:

[Haro!]

Yeah Chil gongju was a big hit too but..didn't watch it -_-;
I only saw it once and I laughed so hard because of the 7 girls names.
Honestly..I never thought someone would name people like that!

Ohh...the Rain movie..
bad bad bad is all I can say. It was hyped up cuz it was Park Chan Wook's first nonvengance movie. But..I heard it was'nt that good and I didn't watch it.
The Korean title was It's okay even if you're a cyborg. And some people came up with parodies like It's okay even if you don't watch this movie :lol:
ha that's pretty funny. now I have to see it.

[master terrence]

I saw my first Korean film today. It was 100 days with Mr. arrogant. It was funny, I liked it.