The Asian Film Thread

Firstly, thanks for stealing my thread (I was going to make it!) Oh well.

Well, I haven't seen any new Asian films really. I haven't been watching the OMNI Channel much because alot of the movies they play now simply don't interest me in the slightest. However, the last good film I saw was AV. This is a film directed by Edmond Pang (Men Suddenly In Black). While, it's not as good as Men Suddenly In Black, I must give credit to it's creativity. Basically, you follow this group of teenagers who try running a porn video business and the whole film is basically about making a porn film. It's pretty funny at times, but overall, it's not a film I'd recommend.

I also want to check out Election, by Johnnie To. I've heard quite a number of good things about this film. Like, how it's as good as his The Mission and PTU. I heard a sequel was being made to the film, called Election 2. Johnnie To never seems to disappoint me. I really hope he doesn't go Hollywood like John Woo or Ronny Yu.

Speaking of Kairo, I've got to say that film is really good. It's not scary, that I will agree on, but it's definitely an enjoyable film. I remember I posted a review of the film in the last Asian movie thread. It's a slow film, but I didn't find it distracting. It was basically a film about Tokyo falling apart, and residents disappearing one by one in a ghost like town. I thought the elements of "quiet" and "slow" made sense. I'd say it's more of a drama horror, than one of those psycholical horrors.

Phone sucks. It's not even worth a review.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Well, I watched Godzilla: Final Wars yesterday. I've got to say that I found the whole mutant/human storyline to drag on for far too long. I wanted to see more of Godzilla beating the crap out of everything around him. I don't feel this is an appropriate temporary finale for the big beast. I found the little Minira to be the most stupidiest looking thing I've ever seen. It should have never been in the movie at all. Nonetheless, when Godzilla is on the screen beating things up this movie is good, otherwise everything else is crap. Ryuhei Kitamura is one of the worst Japanese directors. I found Godzilla: Final Wars to be too The Matrix like in it's fight scenes. Bullet time, slow motion shots, etc. A complete rip off. I did like when the American Zilla was put to waste in a matter of seconds by the big G. Apparently that scene got a standing ovation by the Japanese. I don't recommend this film to the average viewer. Godzilla fans might like this, but then again they may not.

There's nowhere I can't reach.