Caught a midnight showing of Semi-Pro and I enjoyed it. Classic, quotable dialog (still can’t touch Anchorman, though) and several scenes are just so crazy and unpredictable. Fun times.
Just watched Howl’s Moving castle not too long ago. Loved it, if you haven’t seen it, it’s a definite renter.
But imho it still doesn’t beat Princess Mononoke. (Probably due to millions of little forest sprites)
i dunno, i am going to have to disagree and say that PM was really overrated for me. HMC is probably my favorite miyazaki film, right up there with spirited away. i just thought it was so much more whimsical and more along the vein of what i think is the essence of miyazaki. i also love love love my neighbor totoro… i am still waiting for a sequel
I agree with June. i LOVED HMC. I had a HUGE crush on Howl. Yummy anime dude.
Princess Mononoke was OK. I loved the animation, but the characters didn’t do enough for me…
I just watched “ The Last King of Scotland” and I swear, I know why Forrest Whittaker won an Oscar for his performance.
James McEvoy-- Not much to look at in this film, but I liked his character. This movie was depressing but oh so interesting…
and bloody..
Just watched Howl’s Moving castle not too long ago. Loved it, if you haven’t seen it, it’s a definite renter.
But imho it still doesn’t beat Princess Mononoke. (Probably due to millions of little forest sprites)
i dunno, i am going to have to disagree and say that PM was really overrated for me. HMC is probably my favorite miyazaki film, right up there with spirited away. i just thought it was so much more whimsical and more along the vein of what i think is the essence of miyazaki. i also love love love my neighbor totoro… i am still waiting for a sequel
I agree with June. i LOVED HMC. I had a HUGE crush on Howl. Yummy anime dude.
Princess Mononoke was OK. I loved the animation, but the characters didn’t do enough for me...
I’m not a big fan of HMC. maybe it was because I watched the dubbed version but it didn’t do anything for me. I still think spirited away is his best film, that i have seen from him. Nausicaa followed by Porco Rosso. Princess Mononoke was so-so as was Kiki’s delivery service
i dont know what the general consensus is, but in my opinion i think its bc the main girl embodies everything korean girls typically arent, and aren’t supposed to be, so it was a new insight into this breed of female… it was probably liberating and fascinating and funny for a lot of koreans who watched it. i know that after the movie debuted, it was almost “in” to act like her for a lot of girls in korea.
That’s exactly it, really.
interesting, and weird. I’m surprised that kind of role was so novel.
Just finished watching Everything’s gone green. I love Douglas Coupland, but was overall disappointed with this movie. it just seemed like a haphazard amalgam of various plot lines, characters, and concepts from his books, but didn’t have as much of the witty banter as his books, none of the moments of revelation. I felt like I’d seen it all before, like he’s running out of ideas.
^I think the role would have been rejected by Korean society had the woman who played the part been oogilay. Jeon Ji-hyun, though, is easy on the eyes, so the role went over well with a lot of males. Kind of a wake-up call showing them that physical beauty and outspokenness aren’t inversely related for women. You can have both.
Shoot ‘Em Up was SO. WASTEFUL. I can’t believe Clive Owen signed on to that project. though to its credit there were lots of guns. Lots of them.
Casting Monica Bellucci was a complete waste of a talent as a hooker. Though she’s old-skanky-hot, I guess I’ll let it pass.
how can you say this?
i mean, granted.....you take it for what it is.......
come on! I <3ed the nonstop action.
It was very reminiscent of Smokin’ Aces/Death Sentence/Exiled: Cool idea of committing a movie all about guns. But faulty in everything else. The plot was beyond sub-par (COME ON HIS BACKGROUND WAS A SHOOTING COMPETITOR WOW)...baddies were stand-ins to be filled with bullets. Just not thought-inspired at all..nothing new. I felt it was all just raw & senseless, no?
If I wanted something like that, I’d watch Hard-Boiled. 3:10 to Yuma. etc.
But whatever. It’s just a flick; I’m overanalyzing. haha.
I agree with kiggah on this. It was all done tongue-in-cheek, over the top. It wasn’t meant to be taken seriously. I mean, that scene where they’re bangin all the bad guys while they’re bangin, had me totally cracking up.
Yeah, Shoot ‘Em Up wasn’t meant to be taken seriously. It was crazy, over the top action with equally crazy one-liners. I thought it was very well worth my $9.
