[quote]Dr. Pangloss wrote:
I was totally into it until we found out why he was imprisoned. It seemed very culturally based. I wonder if the Spike Lee version changed the reason at all.
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Eh, I’m pretty sure the similar reaction to the issue at hand would have happened in places like the U.S.
And I believe you’re supposed to find the entire situation behind the imprisonment absurd and demented.[/quote]
Perhaps. But if so, why did Spike Lee feel the need to change it for the US version?
If you read the Wikipedia entry for OB2013 (which I just did) the reason for the imprisonment resonates with me more. It speaks to Western sensibilities of what exactly would justify* imprisoning a man for 15 years. There seemed to be a disconnect for me between the reason for the imprisonment and the imprisonment itself in OB2003. Which is why I suggested there may be a cultural difference that I’m not aware of.
I realize I’m using the word justify to rationalize the behavior of a wack-job.[/quote]
You could be right about the cultural thing. I watch a lot of weird Asian movies and that particular theme (which I won’t name for the sake of spoilers) occurs a LOT.
[quote]Dr. Pangloss wrote:
I was totally into it until we found out why he was imprisoned. It seemed very culturally based. I wonder if the Spike Lee version changed the reason at all.
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Eh, I’m pretty sure the similar reaction to the issue at hand would have happened in places like the U.S.
And I believe you’re supposed to find the entire situation behind the imprisonment absurd and demented.[/quote]
Perhaps. But if so, why did Spike Lee feel the need to change it for the US version?
If you read the Wikipedia entry for OB2013 (which I just did) the reason for the imprisonment resonates with me more. It speaks to Western sensibilities of what exactly would justify* imprisoning a man for 15 years. There seemed to be a disconnect for me between the reason for the imprisonment and the imprisonment itself in OB2003. Which is why I suggested there may be a cultural difference that I’m not aware of.
I realize I’m using the word justify to rationalize the behavior of a wack-job.[/quote]
You could be right about the cultural thing. I watch a lot of weird Asian movies and that particular theme (which I won’t name for the sake of spoilers) occurs a LOT.
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If you like weird Asian movies, check this one out. This was the one that turned me on to Japanese movies.
I watched Gone Girl the other day. I thought it was actually pretty good. I was thoroughly thrown off by the twist. I thought Batfleck did a pretty good job too.
[quote]Dr. Pangloss wrote:
I was totally into it until we found out why he was imprisoned. It seemed very culturally based. I wonder if the Spike Lee version changed the reason at all.
[/quote]
Eh, I’m pretty sure the similar reaction to the issue at hand would have happened in places like the U.S.
And I believe you’re supposed to find the entire situation behind the imprisonment absurd and demented.[/quote]
Perhaps. But if so, why did Spike Lee feel the need to change it for the US version?
If you read the Wikipedia entry for OB2013 (which I just did) the reason for the imprisonment resonates with me more. It speaks to Western sensibilities of what exactly would justify* imprisoning a man for 15 years. There seemed to be a disconnect for me between the reason for the imprisonment and the imprisonment itself in OB2003. Which is why I suggested there may be a cultural difference that I’m not aware of.
I realize I’m using the word justify to rationalize the behavior of a wack-job.[/quote]
You could be right about the cultural thing. I watch a lot of weird Asian movies and that particular theme (which I won’t name for the sake of spoilers) occurs a LOT.
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If you like weird Asian movies, check this one out. This was the one that turned me on to Japanese movies.[/quote]
nice, thanks for that. Fucking love Asian movies. So brutal!
[quote]Dr. Pangloss wrote:
I was totally into it until we found out why he was imprisoned. It seemed very culturally based. I wonder if the Spike Lee version changed the reason at all.
[/quote]
Eh, I’m pretty sure the similar reaction to the issue at hand would have happened in places like the U.S.
And I believe you’re supposed to find the entire situation behind the imprisonment absurd and demented.[/quote]
Perhaps. But if so, why did Spike Lee feel the need to change it for the US version?
If you read the Wikipedia entry for OB2013 (which I just did) the reason for the imprisonment resonates with me more. It speaks to Western sensibilities of what exactly would justify* imprisoning a man for 15 years. There seemed to be a disconnect for me between the reason for the imprisonment and the imprisonment itself in OB2003. Which is why I suggested there may be a cultural difference that I’m not aware of.
I realize I’m using the word justify to rationalize the behavior of a wack-job.[/quote]
You could be right about the cultural thing. I watch a lot of weird Asian movies and that particular theme (which I won’t name for the sake of spoilers) occurs a LOT.
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If you like weird Asian movies, check this one out. This was the one that turned me on to Japanese movies.[/quote]
nice, thanks for that. Fucking love Asian movies. So brutal!
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This one’s my favorite Japanese movie. Takeshi Kitano is like a fucking Asian Charles Bronson lol.
[quote]Dr. Pangloss wrote:
I was totally into it until we found out why he was imprisoned. It seemed very culturally based. I wonder if the Spike Lee version changed the reason at all.
[/quote]
Eh, I’m pretty sure the similar reaction to the issue at hand would have happened in places like the U.S.
And I believe you’re supposed to find the entire situation behind the imprisonment absurd and demented.[/quote]
Perhaps. But if so, why did Spike Lee feel the need to change it for the US version?
If you read the Wikipedia entry for OB2013 (which I just did) the reason for the imprisonment resonates with me more. It speaks to Western sensibilities of what exactly would justify* imprisoning a man for 15 years. There seemed to be a disconnect for me between the reason for the imprisonment and the imprisonment itself in OB2003. Which is why I suggested there may be a cultural difference that I’m not aware of.
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It’s one of the more accessible Korean movies. The imprisonment in the original Oldboy wasn’t meant as a punishment. The purpose was to amplify Oh Dae-Su’s already base instincts: Koreans don’t really devour live octopods.
[quote]Derek542 wrote:
Watched Maze Runner. To be honest I really enjoyed it, great concept for the end. [/quote]
I was very bored. Waste of money.[/quote]
Apparently it’s the start of some book series?
After hearing that, the moving lacking any context or finality or anything made sense, but holy fuck if it wasn’t the worst example of just stringing people along because it’s a book series. Maybe the book series is shit too though, and the individual books don’t stand well on their own either.
[quote]MaximusB wrote:
Dracula, the Untold Story. Meh.[/quote]
It’s supposed to lay the foundations for a Universal monsters crossover, culminating in a Van Helsing reboot (hopefully without Tom Cruise, probably with since he hasn’t done horror yet and it’s a genre ideally suited to his running skills), so it’s intended as the Iron Man of horror films.
Not the worst Dracula movie by any means, but they followed the Marvel ‘shared universe’ template a little too closely, resulting in more super heroics than scares. Drac even gets a costume and a classic comic book suiting-up montage.
Just wasn’t scary enough to be a competitive modern horror. The fear was superficial, not marrow-deep as it should be with such an iconic character.The biggest britch-shitting moments I’ve had in recent years are from sci-fi. Also, I’m increasingly wary when I see a director I’ve never heard of helm a big budget movie. It screams out ‘studio pawn!’
Which is probably the biggest scream Dracula Untold will cause.
[quote]AliveAgain36 wrote:
300 Rise of and Empire… Lame… I’ve come close to watching it many times and finally did.
The stylized blood splattering… smh[/quote]
One of the actors has a glass eye and they even CGI’d that to move. I swear at one point I saw Eva Green’s nipples follow me menacingly around the room.
