Takashi Miike to remake Django - a western
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Takashi Miike to remake Django - a western
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not actually very hyped for this, i was dissapointed with Izo, i'd rather he didn't do genre movies (except yakuza of course)
not actually very hyped for this, i was dissapointed with Izo, i'd rather he didn't do genre movies (except yakuza of course)
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the whole 'english' thing is kinda bothering me as well
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which ones do you like aside from izo?locke cole wrote:Izo was really good but mainly just because of how weird it was. I usually dislike Miike movies (Gozu, Visitor Q, Audition) but sometimes I really enjoy his stuff
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^^^ had the same problem with it, so hyped for the cast and teh concept but had a hard time finishing it
how can a movie consisting of nothing but fairly well choreographed action be so boring is beyond me
how can a movie consisting of nothing but fairly well choreographed action be so boring is beyond me
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i wouldn't say they were poorly choreographed, pretty standart japanese stuff (obv we're not dealing with LW&C here, but still). I remember there was one sequence where they even used a little wire action and some NICE overhead shots, which is incredible rare for a jap movie
while we're here, what' everybody's favorite miike? i'm going with visitor q
while we're here, what' everybody's favorite miike? i'm going with visitor q
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Izo's form is a pure stylistic exercise. It's waaayyy closer to Suzuki's Pistol Opera and Jodorowsky's El Topo than any actual swordplay flick. It's self-consciously slow and alienating and I'd never watch it if I wanted to be entertained, but as far as super-pretentious philosophical art about the Buddhist cycle of life and death, it's great. I'd definitely qualify it as the most serious and heavy Miike film I've seen and it's certainly made me respect him all the more for it.
I think people's expectations really hurt their enjoyment of the film. They marketed it as an action film because that was the best chance for it to perform at the box office, but it's a huge disservice to the film.
as for my favorite Miike, I'm going to be super weird and say Deadly Outlaw: Rekka. That film has ZERO intellectual value but is a helluvalot of fun.
I think people's expectations really hurt their enjoyment of the film. They marketed it as an action film because that was the best chance for it to perform at the box office, but it's a huge disservice to the film.
as for my favorite Miike, I'm going to be super weird and say Deadly Outlaw: Rekka. That film has ZERO intellectual value but is a helluvalot of fun.
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Izo was quirky. Visitor Q was disgusting and disturbing, worse that Gummo. I wish I could forget I ever watched it.StormShadow wrote:You like Izo because it's weird.... but you dislike Visitor Q.
The ones I like were Ichi, Dead or Alive and Fudo
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You have to watch Happiness of the Katakuris. It's completely unlike any of his other movies and it's the only one of his movies that I like.Funky Butler wrote:usually i dislike miike stuff, but for some reason this seems like it could work
It's like a horrormusicalcomedy. Extremely weird and off the wall and funny and awesome.
Highly recommended.
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You have to watch Happiness of the Katakuris. It's completely unlike any of his other movies and it's the only one of his movies that I like (that I've seen, Bird People in China looks interesting).Funky Butler wrote:usually i dislike miike stuff, but for some reason this seems like it could work
It's like a horrormusicalcomedy. Completely weird and off the wall and funny and awesome.
Highly recommended.
EDITED TO ACKNOWLEDGE I HAVEN"T SEEN THEM ALL.
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i'd agree with most of this, def the El Topo comparison. i don't know about Pistol Opera though, to me that was purely a visual movie - it didn't have an underlying philsophy like the other two. It does have allusions to the same ideas of cycle of life and death, but i think suzuki used them more as flourishes and plot devices to stage some cool sequences than to actually get a point acrossFunk Docta Bombay wrote:Izo's form is a pure stylistic exercise. It's waaayyy closer to Suzuki's Pistol Opera and Jodorowsky's El Topo than any actual swordplay flick. It's self-consciously slow and alienating and I'd never watch it if I wanted to be entertained, but as far as super-pretentious philosophical art about the Buddhist cycle of life and death, it's great. I'd definitely qualify it as the most serious and heavy Miike film I've seen and it's certainly made me respect him all the more for it.
I think people's expectations really hurt their enjoyment of the film. They marketed it as an action film because that was the best chance for it to perform at the box office, but it's a huge disservice to the film.
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On a totally different side of things, it's interesting that cole thought Visitor Q was disgusting but liked Ichi which was infinitely more physically graphic. Probably a good testament to how much effective messed ideas and implications can be as oposed to close up nipple slicings
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