13 Assassins by Takashi Miike

Dat_Triflin_Ass_Dude · Sat Apr 09, 2011 5:28 pm

Lid wrote:
Andvil wrote:yeah Miike is wiiiiiildy inconsistent, probably moreso than any other director.....so while this does indeed look awesome and the reviews are great, I'm gonna try and remain neutral going into it
after watching IZO i didnt ever want to watch another miike film, BUT this jawn is dope as fuck. He did find a way to slip in some wild off the wall shit in the end tho

that's what i'm sayin. WTF was that about?

SPOILER ALERT (for Ric's bitchin ass):

That shit wasn't necessary imo. Think it would've been just fine ending it without that hobo spirit reappearing.

Vlad Analogue · Post by **Vlad Analogue** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 6:40 pm

Dat_Triflin_Ass_Dude wrote:
Lid wrote:
Andvil wrote:yeah Miike is wiiiiiildy inconsistent, probably moreso than any other director.....so while this does indeed look awesome and the reviews are great, I'm gonna try and remain neutral going into it
after watching IZO i didnt ever want to watch another miike film, BUT this jawn is dope as fuck. He did find a way to slip in some wild off the wall shit in the end tho
that's what i'm sayin. WTF was that about?

SPOILER ALERT (for Ric's bitchin ass):

That shit wasn't necessary imo. Think it would've been just fine ending it without that hobo spirit reappearing.

dog, if you are going to write the spolier in white, you have to quote it.

bbatson1 · Post by **bbatson1** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 8:22 pm

I just watched this on Demand. I give it a 10/10 on the enjoyability factor . I liked it more than any movie I've seen in a long time. There's nothing in particular that's make it that great (as far as story and dialogue), it looks great, and there's nothing in it at all that I didn't like or would change.

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 4:50 am

This thread was approaching Dirt Dirt levels at one point.

darkwingduck · Post by **darkwingduck** » Fri May 20, 2011 6:04 pm

10/10

ruraloutfitter · Post by **ruraloutfitter** » Sat May 21, 2011 6:05 am

doesn't live up to the hype created from Miike's last effort, Yattaman

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Andvil · Post by **Andvil** » Tue May 31, 2011 6:29 am

frontrunner for best movie of 2011
twas fucking awesome

Ramen · Post by **Ramen** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 3:38 pm

July 5, 2011

darkwingduck · Post by **darkwingduck** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 8:45 pm

that and hobo is coming out on the same day.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 11:54 pm

ya magnet is puttin a hurtin in lately

jay · Post by **jay** » Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:13 pm

Great movie and first part of the fight scene is epic. Thanks to all for the recommendation

Panama · Post by **Panama** » Thu Jun 16, 2011 5:57 pm

I'm mos def picking this up on release day

kato · Post by **kato** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 12:23 am

Panama wrote:I'm mos def picking this up on release day

Y@k Bollocks · Post by **Y@k Bollocks** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 5:56 am

So good.

HopeLess · Post by **HopeLess** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 5:45 pm

Great fucking movie.

The Ivy League Nigga · Sun Jun 26, 2011 10:13 am

Great movie, def one of my favorite of the year. The antagonist is so extreme that it's silly, but it makes the payoff of the last 40 minutes so much sweeter.

darkwingduck · Post by **darkwingduck** » Sun Jun 26, 2011 11:12 am

Japanese history books say that the dude died of some illness. In fact he was assassinated for being a such a fucked up murderous villain as hes portrayed.

alpha · Post by **alpha** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 5:03 pm

HopeLess wrote:Great fucking movie.

ackbar · Post by **ackbar** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 5:18 pm

can't wait to check the bluray in that case

Loki · Post by **Loki** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 1:42 am

does anyone know the background of that spirit guy they pick up along the way? where did that even come from?

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:35 am

i thought it was just a yokai in human form or something like that. miike did a movie about yokai (one of his best in the last decade btw), plus jsut in general he's teh kind of fucker to throw a random curveball like that into an otherwise straightforward action drama

Loki · Post by **Loki** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:44 am

Interesting, but I wish it made some semblance of sense within the context of the rest of the movie, which was pretty badass btw. But the end left me with a weird aftertaste.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:47 am

it's not truly a miike movie if it makes 100% sense though

Panama · Post by **Panama** » Thu Jun 30, 2011 8:47 pm

Just a heads up to my PF brethren

Best Buy jumped the street day and this can be copped now

Just make sure to price match the online price of $17.99 at the register

alpha · Post by **alpha** » Fri Aug 12, 2011 11:53 pm

its now streaming on netflix. as is "hobo with a shotgun"

None · Post by **None** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 4:50 pm

Finished it today...what a fucking incredible movie. The last hour is some godly shit.

EDIT: As some have said that Miike is inconsistent, would anyone mind giving me three or four films of his that I definitely need to check out?

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 6:42 pm

Watched it. Loved it.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 6:49 pm

None wrote:Finished it today...what a fucking incredible movie. The last hour is some godly shit.

EDIT: As some have said that Miike is inconsistent, would anyone mind giving me three or four films of his that I definitely need to check out?

didn't see this before

fudoh the next generation
audition
visitor q
dead or alive
ichii killer

that's the standart starter pack

Comedy Quaddafi · Post by **Comedy Quaddafi** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 6:37 am

Audition

but I've only seen a handfull of his movies.

For really though, am I the only guy who liked the first hour the most? As dope as all of the fighting was it was also a bit overwhelming for me. I thought the build-up and the story behind the villain, the assembling of the group and the whole tone of it was the best part. I wouldn't have been against it if that took up more screen-time.

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:51 am

Just watched the blu of this last night, really fucking great.
This is a lazy comparison, but a lot of it felt like 300 set in a classic samurai film.
Really impressive for Miike to really flash his auteur credentials, showing that he is capable of a classic narrative and yet very subtletly mixing in his trademark style (my favorite being the wave of blood coming over the building when one of the assassins blows himself up). I'm still trying to decide how I feel about the twist at the end with the 13th assassin though, it pulls you out of the movie a bit and yet gives it a vibe of some sort of divine influence.

Comedy Quaddafi wrote: For really though, am I the only guy who liked the first hour the most? As dope as all of the fighting was it was also a bit overwhelming for me. I thought the build-up and the story behind the villain, the assembling of the group and the whole tone of it was the best part. I wouldn't have been against it if that took up more screen-time.

I'm with this. Not the "liking the first hour the most" part but that there was definitely more room to get to know the protagonists better. Interesting that so many complained about Inglourious Basterds for this reason yet I've barely heard anyone mention that we get to know almost nothing about the assassins. But also maybe that was Miike's intention for their stories to fall in line with the code of the samurai. Who they are and their lives are meaningless; they are honorable men who exist only to serve and die for their masters. Have to think about this some more.