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lionsroar92
i watch a lot of movies, and like to talk eith people bout them. my favorite genres are
asian, action , martial arts
comedy
thriller
horror
drama
i dont want to tell too much cuz then there wont be much to read bout on my site.
Reviews
Ying xiong (2002)
one of the best movies, not just becuz jet li is in it
OK , i am a Asian movie fan, bigtime thats pretty much what most of my DVD collection is made up of. so when i saw that this was being released here in America i was excited and couldn't wait for it to come out. the only reason i went to see in theaters was so i could support the genre and also to see the differences in the rerelease version, cuz i have owned the Chinese version on DVD for 3 months now. OK when i first saw the preview, my assumption was correct in the fact that the movie would be sold purely on jet li's name and also Quentin's name as it is being presented by him, let me explain this QT has nothing to do with the actual making of it, he just help bring it to the us for showing in theaters, same with iron monkey. What a lot of people don't realize is that this is an all star cast jet li, donnie yen, maggie cheung, tony leung and zhang zhiyi, just look up their names and u will see that each one of these people is a major star in Asian cinema and have made a bunch of other films.
issues with the plot: i didn't have any, u just have to put some thought into it, the colors and the multiple fight scenes are reference to who's point of view ur seeing the story thru, when they are all wearing white, this is the truth, thru nobody's view, they are wearing white which is Chinese color for death. THE FLYING fight scenes were not real, those fight scenes were either fake, never really happened becuz they were in their minds or they were embellishments of the persons point of view thru visuals, its like when u tell a story u embellish it a bit thru description well the films way of doin this is thru visuals. ONE MAJOR ISSUE, is some of the translation in the film is off, THE TWO WORDS THAT TONY LEUNGS CHARACTER WRITES IN THE SAND AS BEING(OUR LAND), IN THE ORIGINAL Chinese VERSION, ITS 3 WORDS (ALL UNDER HEAVEN) WHICH SOUNDS A LOT BETTER AND HAS TO MAKE U THINK A BIT. as far as actors, plot and action and visuals HERO is on of the best movies. and as much as i liked crouching tiger hidden dragon, they are two different movies. i don't think one is better than the other. i own both of them. so go see it and have fun and there isn't supposed to be comedy in this film its a more serious movie. 9/10
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
slow and uninteresting
once again, i have seen a movie with my friends who can't pick a movie to save their lives. The previews say comedy but thats not what it is at all, its more of a serious movie and when i mean serious , i mean seriously boring. I didnt care much for the characters. i came in with an open mind because i am into wierd movies but it has to keep me interested which this didnt. first half of the movie was so boring i was thinking of walking out but when jim carey realized he wanted the erasing of clementine to stop, things got slightly more interesting but not by much. for me this would have been a rental. I thought being john malkovich was more interesting than this, its written by the same guy. well hopefully my next review will be more positive. 3/10
Club Dread (2004)
crappiest movie , not funny
I was dragged to this movie with my friends, i am the movie expert among our group of three friends, but know one listens to me. My good friend always picks movies that he wants to see and then me and my other friend have to decide from what he has chosen which needless to say arent very good choices at all. i always go here to imdb first to read about the movies i might possibly have to sit thru with my friends and when i knew we were going to see this i did keep an open mind but i was completely let down by this film. it wasnt funny. there were some funy parts but it wasnt anything i havent seen before. so i wasn't laughing my ass off as i was when i went to see american wedding. This is how bored i was: During this film i was so bored that i wanted to walk out but it would have been more boring doing nothing and waiting for my friends that to sit in the theater, which is the only thing that kept me sitting there. everyone agreed after the film was over that it sucked. what a waste of money. i wouldn't have even paid money to rent this movie , thats how bad it was.
Ritânâ (2002)
Awsome , great plot , great action
From the moment I saw the ads for this movie on tv, I said to myself, i have to get it, I am always on the look out for new movies from asia. So i bought it and wasnt dissapointed at all. I looked this film up on i imdb and saw that Takeshi kaneshiro was in it, this was one more reason for me to get it and the plot sounded cool. this is one of the best japanese movies i have seen. A sci fi movie with a good plot, good action, a great mix of stuff in this film. this was my first time seeing takeshi kaneshiro in a movie as the lead actor, but i had heard of him before, i will check out more of his films because of this. by the way Kaneshiro is the actor they modeled yagyu jubei after for the game onimusha 2 and upcoming 3. We are finally starting to see asian cinema gain interest in america. I suggest people watch the film in japanese with english subtitles for people who dont care about them, it makes the film better. 8/10
EuroTrip (2004)
road trip with international flavor
i saw road trip last night and thought it was pretty good, you cant go into this movie expecting something better than road trip. thats basically what it is except in europe with different cast. it was worth the money. vinnie jomes had a great bit part. and the robot mime sequence was great. just go see it. i always look at ratings on this site and read user comments and i use them as a guide. but when it comes right down to it its all about seeing it for yourself and making a decision, but i do go into films knowing what to expect based on things i read at this site and then after i see the film i agree or disagree.
Juyuso seubgyuksageun (1999)
different then I thought
this korean movie was different then i thought it was i was in for some kind of crime action movie but it turned out to be a comedy, with a crime element to it. i thought it was great. quite a different plot, not what americans are used to, i wasnt used to it. who would go back to the gas station they robbed previously to rob it again? but this makes for an interest movie, and how to deal with people who want gas and various other things that happen during the movie, this was great 8/10