The Asian Film Thread

People say Stephen Chow (Chow Sing Chi) movies are pretty funny.
I've only seen about 2-4 of his movies. It has stupid comedy but it's so funny.
Anyway, maybe someone can recomend some of his title since I haven't seen many.

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I just saw "My Sassy Girl" and "Windstruck" today. (About time..)
My Sassy Girl is really good, great ending too. I thought the character development was well done and it's great to hear oldies and classical songs in this movie. Windstruck is just a nice extra but that's all.

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Originally Posted by Rydia

I didn't get to see "Widstruck" until much later and didn't know that it was related to the other movie. "My Sassy Girl" was actually the first Korean movie I watched.

I just recently finished "Il Mare." Its story resembles something from the American movie, "Frequency," except they write letters and use one mailbox.

Well, it's not directly related. It's more like spiritually related. I mean, she has the same characters in her movies, they meet the same way too but there's differences like her depression periods and her occupation. The plot fits but the circumstances don't.

I haven't watched Il Mare yet but I look forward to it. Many gave it a good rating.

Double Post:
Ok, I just saw Il Mare and I liked it a lot. I thought it was very sweet.
It has a really nice slow and quiet mood. I love that but some people can't stand it.

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Originally Posted by lazuli

I just got done watching Failan (South Korea, 2001). This is the 2nd Korean movie I've seen (first was Oldboy, like many people's :P). It was pretty good and even got a tear or two from me at the end...I have to say I felt it was a bit too sappy though. Both Oldboy & this featured a sort of always-smiling, angelic type saintly girl juxtaposed against the brutal violence in the rest of the film. (I wonder if this is a pattern throughout all Korean films?) It just seems like this type of character is crippled by too much one-dimensionality (as the embodiment of purity) and could not really exist in the real world. But still a good film, I'd give it 7.5/10.

Edit: omg, an Asian movie like Frequency? Must get!

The plot is like frequency but the time paradox theory is different and there's no action but it's still worth the watch.

There's a movie that came out in HK a few years ago called A World without Thieves. Many people liked it. Synopsis on http://imdb.com/title/tt0439884/

Thanks for listing your titles, I'll check them out. I like melodramas.

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Originally Posted by lazuli

Yay for Asian movies

I just got done watching Failan (South Korea, 2001). This is the 2nd Korean movie I've seen (first was Oldboy, like many people's :P). It was pretty good and even got a tear or two from me at the end...I have to say I felt it was a bit too sappy though. Both Oldboy & this featured a sort of always-smiling, angelic type saintly girl juxtaposed against the brutal violence in the rest of the film. (I wonder if this is a pattern throughout all Korean films?) It just seems like this type of character is crippled by too much one-dimensionality (as the embodiment of purity) and could not really exist in the real world. But still a good film, I'd give it 7.5/10.

I just saw Failan and it is sad. I haven't seen much K-movies so I don't know if there's a pattern. I like it and I'll admit that I was crying throughout the last hour of the movie.

I'm plan to watch "Ima, Ai ni Yukimasu". It's a Japanese movie and it's also sappy but I like that so I look forward to it.

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My friend just mentioned the "Asian Film Festival" to me. I've missed it the past two years but this year I marked it down on my calendar. To find out about it just do a search on any search engine with "Asian Film Festival". I'm not sure which cities participate in this so you have to find out for yourself.

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Originally Posted by Shinka

I was lucky to catch most of April Story by Shinji Iwai on TV yesterday and really loved it. It's about a shy girl who comes from Hokkaido to Tokyo to attend university.

"April Story" is the international title. "Shigatsu monogatari" is the original title for those who want to know.
You saw this on TV?? Where do you live? What tv station?

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Originally Posted by Shinka

The trailer for the Il Mare Remake is out...
http://pdl.stream.aol.com/aol/us/mov..._wsdert_dl.mov

starring Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves.
Glad I saw the original first.

I'll watch it... but not in the theatres. No way am I gonna pay $10 to watch an American remake, I'll wait a year or watch a bootleg of it. I already have a passion for the original. And no way the remake can top those variations of the ending song, "must say goodbye" I think it's called.

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gasp where did you get Daisy from?
I wanted to catch it but the torrents are already dead and it just came out this year too.
I think I cried in Il Mare, hahaha. Maybe I'll cry in Daisy if I get the chance to see it. How's the music in Daisy? I liked the songs in Il Mare a lot.

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