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bradavon wrote:Agreed, it's not great but it's nothing like Tarantino.
Pseudo-hip crime caper with "witty" dialogue and glib attitude toward violence and criminals. No, nothing like Tarantino then. Yes, I know Scott Frank also wrote Get Shorty, but Tarantino's success helped make these films possible. Recasting Michael Keaton (from Jackie Brown) only enchances the connection.
Tedium yet you've not seen it? :?.
"LOOKS LIKE tedium", I said.
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I've got to agree with Bradavon regarding Out of Sight, it's Elmore Leonard's writing shining through in both that and Jackie Brown that makes it feel so Tarantino-esque. It has all of Tarantino's trademark elements of course, but Leonard thought of them first! :D
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Oh My God Shing agrees with me for once!
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Out of Sight - poor man's Elmore Leonard then? :D
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Well Solaris is nothing like his other films, and it is his best.


Out of Sight is good, but it is far up its own bum, just like Jackie Brown, except JB is just so far up its own bum it ruins it, that and the cast of smug fools. Elmore Leonard adaptations just seem arse.
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Just Walking (Spain / Mexico, 2008) – 3/5
Violence, black suits, good music. This Mexican crime film has a good start. The film features two storylines that later merge. In Mexico a handsome and extremely cool hitman Gabriel (Diego Luna) is mafioso Felix’s right hand man. They are planning a big drug deal with an Asian gang. At the same time in Spain four women attempt to rob the Russian mafia. They fail and one of them is captured and sent to jail. Some time later one member of the group, now living in Spain, becomes Félix’s wife. It doesn’t take her long to get bored , and come up with a plan steal his husband’s money. Just Walking’s (titled after a song, not the film’s tempo) best twist is to set likable characters on both sides and this way avoid a simple good vs evil setting. Audio-visually the film is mostly good, but occasionally leaning too much on intentional cool (the director is an admirer of Quentin Tarantino, but thankully not a talentless copycat and does have his own style as well). The film’s biggest short coming is the ending, which misses many opportunities in terms of characters, and also lacks real punch. But all in all, it’s a stylish film.

Tony Manero (Chile / Brazil, 2008) – 1/5

A word of warning is needed here; this Chilean film about a low life killer obsessed with John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever is not quite exotic film finding some audiences may be expecting. Instead Tony Manero is a naturalistic drama about the most repulsive leading character in recent memory. He’s a killer and thug who beats defenceless elderly people to death and steals their money. Needless to say, he doesn’t treat his family much better. The main character is intended as an allegory for the country’s state in the late 70’s.There may be an audience for this kind of misery-cinema, but I’m not among them. Casual viewers will find little else to enjoy than the two Travolta dance scenes. The lead actor Alfredo Castro’s face looks like a mix of Al Pacino and Christopher Walken.

The Tournament (UK, 2009) – 4/5
The Tournament is one of the several recent Battle Royale soft variations... although ’soft’ is not exactly the best word to use when describing this ultra violent old school actioner. 30 of worlds deadliest assassins gather to play a survival game; the last man standing wins. A normal (fully populated) city in England serves as battle ground. The premise is delicious, and outcome is just as great.... and messy. Head explode and bullets rip off arms when 9 assassins find themselves at the same strip club at the same time in one of the film’s numerous action highlights. The budget appears to have been unsually big for such honest violence entertainment; there is no obvious cgi but real cars blown up to the sky, and of course genuine fake blood splattered all over the walls. The most memorable characters include Chinese kung fu killer (Kelly Hu), amazing french parkour expert armed with double pistols and sniper rifle (Sebastien Foucan), and Ving Rhanes the general bad mofo. And of course Robert Carlyle as a drunk priest who becomes a player by accident when someone throws a tracking device in his coffee! The Tournament is Rambo for 2009.

trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwvSFb95di4
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HungFist wrote: The Tournament (UK, 2009) – 4/5
Where did you see that :)
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At a film festival maybe? ;).
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http://www.hiff.fi/lang-en/traileri

Too bad I could only stay for 3 days this year. Missed a lot of intersting stuff. But it can't be helped.
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Fistful Of Dollars BD 5/5

The classic Dollars trilogy starts with this magnificent reworking of Yojimbo.Eastwood in his first iconic role is superb as are the supporting cast.full of great,memorable lines this expensive italian blu-ray is superb and an excellent example of how a film should be transferred to HD.
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Is there news of a UK/US BD down the line? :)
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Superman/Batman:Public Ememies BD 3/5

Breathless DC Comics animated feature,based i believe on a recent comic story.Lex Luthor is president,he frames Superman for a murder and places a bounty on his head,cue tons of villains and heroes on his tail with Batman his only ally.exciting but the short running time,(barely over an hour) allows little time for character development etc...very enjoyable though.
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The Tournament sounds fun Hung, did you see it at a festival?
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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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:lol: @ Grim
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Die Hard (Blu Ray) 5/5

Awesome film... best it's ever looked and sounded.

Bargain for under a fiver. :clap:
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Come on Mark, I didn't quite see Romero's/Brad's exchange - jeez (!) :D
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Markgway wrote:Die Hard (Blu Ray) 5/5

Awesome film... best it's ever looked and sounded.

Bargain for under a fiver. :clap:
See good things come to thoese who wait :thumbs: now for part 2 :D
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@ Salty: Why did you get the Italian Fistful of Dollars BD?
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Maybe its not out on US/UK BD yet.
I'll certainly get TGTBATU on BD, for the extra Frayling commentary and original mono.
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bradavon wrote:@ Salty: Why did you get the Italian Fistful of Dollars BD?
Because it's one of my favourite films :dontknow:
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No he meant why the Italian in particular?
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grim_tales wrote:No he meant why the Italian in particular?
how do you know what he meant ;) more proof you & Brad are one and the same :lol: if that's the question the answer's obvious-it's the only blu-ray release available ;)
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romerojpg wrote:See good things come to thoese who wait :thumbs: now for part 2 :D
Watched Part 2 last night. Not as awesome as the original but solid entertainment all the same.

I need to get the Region A Part 3.
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saltysam wrote:
grim_tales wrote:No he meant why the Italian in particular?
how do you know what he meant ;) more proof you & Brad are one and the same :lol: if that's the question the answer's obvious-it's the only blu-ray release available ;)
In one reply I typed I did aslk "Maybe the UK/US BD isnt out" ;)