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MeanGreenStompa wrote:

This, Zatoichi was good.


Dororo
Basically Demons stole his body and he got a fake one from the guy who adopted him, now he travels around so he can get his body back.



Red Cliff


Casshern
Has some nice fight scenes in it. Kind of like how the crappy dragonball live action should have been like.
Some of Dakka will probably like the sound track as well.


There are probably others, I just can't remember them at the moment.

BuFFo wrote:Salo.

Seriously.

I would post a picture of the movie box cover art, but I would probably be banned for doing so.

Yes, just looked it up on wikipedia, we don't want that sort of thing on here

And a bunch of those already mentioned; The City of Lost Children, City of God, Pan's Labyrinth, Let The Right One In, Stalingrad, Goodbye Lenin, and The Lives of Others.

Lord Scythican wrote:It would have been nice if they would have made a sequel to Leon, with Natalie Portman's character (Mathilda) grown up and is a trained assassin.

I like the idea of Black Swan as a follow up to The Professional. It explains why she's so fethed up.

Oh, along side Salo is City of God. Being Brasilian, I guess I love both debauchery and being reminded how my birth place is a giant cesspool-shyt hole.

As a lot of the pics in here are work blocked *shakes fist in rage* I'll post mine, and accept any doubling up, is just sharing an enjoyment of said film with others.


Possibly my fave martial arts/historical based film at the moment.


In my top ten of all time films, love it.


Although I can agree with Spirited Away and My Neighbour Totoro, both of those films work fine for me dubbed, in fact partially better. *Blasphemy, burn him!* However this film is not the same without the very emotive Japanese voice recording.


Departed has absolutely nothing on this movie, just pure class.


As a huge Dynasty Warriors fan, and hence a massive fan of the Three Kingdoms era, I really couldn't wait for this film, and it didn't dissapoint. Just Brilliant!

Thats probably my top five, so I'll leave it there. Although Seven Samurai is knocking on that door. Close call.

I seem to remember my wife watched Pan's Labyrinth a while ago. I was playing the computer at the time. Because I speak Spanish, I was calling out hokey translations and pissing her off!

By far:

Here's a tour of sorts:

Korea:
"My Wife is a Gangster" Especially love the scene where the hooker is tring to teach her how to talk sexy to attact a man.


Japan:
"Samurai Fiction"


China:
"Kung Fu Hustle"


France:
"Taxi"

Seeing as people seem to be naming a few.....











there are heaps of others, but enough is enough

Jolly good thread Idea there Flashman.

Hehe, aye agree totally with Les Visiteurs, totally forgot about that one, but its a great film.

Best one that I have seen recently was An Ordinary Execution

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/nov/28/an-ordinary-execution-review

A bit of a slow burner in some parts but quite gut wrenching in others.

has anyone mentioned Downfall yet?

/facepalmatmyself

For some reason when I think of FFLF I always think of modern ones. Yojimbo and Seven Samurai are freaking classics.

I really like "Six strong Guys" a Chinese comedy about 6 guys who try and commit suicide on the same night. They don't and it examines their lives and why they thought they should kill themselves.

I promise it's funny though. They decide not to kill themselves because a guy a few floors down on the building they were going to jump off of jumps because he MMO account was erased and they think it looks painful.

It's an acquired sense of humor I guess.

Flashman wrote:

Lord Scythican wrote:Let the Right One In

Indeed, especially the underwater point of view shot at the end. Genius and exactly how supernatural should be shown.

Just have to say, I did NOT see that end coming at all. I almost choked myself laughing, which is rather disturbing considering what actually happens, but it was just so unexpected and brutal. Unfortunately, it's a Swedish film, and I'm Swedish, so it doesn't count :(

AlmightyWalrus wrote:

Flashman wrote:

Lord Scythican wrote:Let the Right One In

Indeed, especially the underwater point of view shot at the end. Genius and exactly how supernatural should be shown.

Just have to say, I did NOT see that end coming at all. I almost choked myself laughing, which is rather disturbing considering what actually happens, but it was just so unexpected and brutal. Unfortunately, it's a Swedish film, and I'm Swedish, so it doesn't count :(

Yeah it was out there!

@Morathi's Darkest Sin: Yes you are correct about Grave of the Fireflies. All of the others are just as good dubbed, but I do not think that one got an official dub or a good one. It just didn't seem to be of the same quality. It may be the emotional ties of the voice actors though.

@movac: Wasn't The Magnificent Seven a westernized remake of the Seven Samurai? I heard they are making The Magnificent Eleven. It would be nice to see the Eleven Samurai as well.

EDIT: Uggh....never mind. Here is the plot to that modern remake:

"A modernization of the classic western in which the Cowboys are a struggling local amateur soccer team, the Indians run a nearby Tandoori restaurant and the bandits are a group of menacing thugs led by a maniac known simply as 'American Bob'"

Soccer Team? Seriously?!