My movie for this morning was Milano Calibro 9.
What a pleasure. A Polizio that is actually quite low on action but high on interest with great performances from Mario Adorf and Gastone Moschin. This one actually reminds me a bit of British crime films of the era. Get Carter etc. Love it.
Midnight Meat Train (Ryuhei Kitamura, 2008)
Gruesome, and I mean gruesome adaptation of a short story by Clive Barker (itās in the first volume of The Books of Blood)
Those who like their horror stories mean and nasty (and I know there are some around here) should definitely check this film out. Although there are some shortcomings, itāll put you on the edge of your seat several times. And youāll learn why itās a good idea to look over your shoulder when your wifeās telling you somebody is approaching you from behind with a hammer.
Barker is an inventive horror writer, his stories are full of original ideas and jokes, but he mixes realistic elements with supernatural ones (as if Sherlock Holmes - instead of Von Helsing - is investigating some serial killings in Rumania). If you havenāt read the story this movie was based upon, the ending might be a bit of a let-down for this reason (although the supernatural elements begin to take over half way). Furthermore they created a feature length movie out of a short story, and not all elements that have been added are improvements. But still: if you havenāt seen it, and are looking for some nasty fun, you could do a lot worse than this.
First note about the cast: Vinnie Jones plays the butcher (who butchers more than butchers usually do); for those who donāt watch football: Vinnie Jones was a football professional, and as such his reputation was already far from being immaculate
Second note on the cast: Brooke Shields is in the movie (so I read) and I didnāt notice her! The horror ā¦
A delight to listen to and of course very pleasant on the eye.
Indeed they were - I also watched this recently. I thought the blonde was the prettiest of the two in the film and the brunette in the interview. Just shows how time changes everything (and yet paradoxically āthe more things change, the more they stay the sameā :-\ (which was just put in to use a confused smiley :))
Monty Python And The Holy Grail tonight. long time since iāve seen it. Beware the killer rabbit!
[quote=āscherpschutter, post:4762, topic:372ā]Midnight Meat Train (Ryuhei Kitamura, 2008)
Second note on the cast: Brooke Shields is in the movie (so I read) and I didnāt notice her! The horror ā¦[/quote]
Brooke Shields played the art dealer that was buying the photographs. Love this film, managed to see it at the cinema despite the extremely limited release. Donāt know what was up with that, but Lionsgate chose to only release it to third run theaters for a very short time. Excellent film that deserved a fullscale release IMO. Funny story, on the way back from the cinema, we drove into a police checkpoint. The office asked us where we were coming from and when I said we had just been to the movies, he of course asked which film. I replied āMidnight Meat Trainā and the officer looked at me with an expression that seemed to say, āwhat the fuck did he just say to me?ā
I also enjoy Clive Barkerās writings, although I havenāt read any in a whileā¦ his interviews on the Midnight Meat Train disc are worth watchingā¦ intelligent fellow
Watched District 9 (Yes, I am actually a sci-fi fan, spagh-westerns are my job ^^).
What a sheer genius of a movie. You really dont know what you are getting in to (DONT READ ANYTHING ABOUT IT ON FOREHAND or youāre spoil the blow in your face!).
Lets just say that the sneers and metaphors are flying around your ears in a way that wouldāve made Leone proud. A movie that goes about one thing on first view, but on second view is something completely different.
Brilliant. Brilliant. Brilliant.
(and forget the hollywood look and feel - it is as much intentional and superficial as is the āclassical western feelingā in Once upon a time in the west).
The Master Touch
Excellent heist movie starring Kirk Douglas and Giuliano Gemma and directed by Michele Lupo. Lupo really maintains the tension with this one and has some nice twists in the end too. It also has one of the most enjoyable car chases Iāve ever seen on film. Turns into a veritable demolition derby.
Recommended.
Viewed Cold Eyes of Fear.
A man and woman are held hostage by a couple of men for reasons of revenge by one of the men.
Slow going most of the time and the dubbing of some of the characters is not so good. The score by Morricone is the best thing.
Popped in the Jet Li sword flick Hero. The R1 DVD is altered slightly from the original with different subtitles used which conveys a different message. I have enjoyed this movie for quite some time but itās been a while since I revisited it. The use of color in each version of the story is great and itās probably one of the best foreign films that should get the appreciation it deserves. Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, Zhang Zi-yi, and Donny Yen are excellent supporting Li. This one beats Crouching Tiger in my book in just a great and interesting movie.
I will be watching a Mexican Western from the early 1970ās called 5000 DOLARES DE RECOMPENSA. This is supposed to be a rather violent, gritty movieāalong the lines of EL SABOR DE VENGANZA. I will be watching this one via a DVD that a compadre of mine brought to me from Mexico. No English options, unfortunately.
I also plan to revisit Giraldiās 7 GUNS FOR THE MACGREGORSāone of my all-time favorites!
Violent Professionals
Enjoyable enough polizio but without the depth of Milano Calibro 9 or the bonkers mayhem of Rome Armed to the Teeth. A good time passer though.
I like this one quite a bit too. Would you mind elaborating on the differences. I wasnāt aware, though iām not terribly suprised. Why is it so hard for US companies to get the sub-titles right?
" X FILES, I Want To Believe" tonight.
youāll want to shoot the tv before itās over
the calligraphy translated in the US release is āOur Landā while the original is āUnder Heavenā. I prefer the original translation and I agree I have no idea why US companies feel the need to redo subtitles. My only thought is that maybe they want to make the subtitles easier for us morons here in the USA to understandā¦ I donāt like whatever reason they may give.
ABYSS
Before Iām going to watch James Cameronās new Movie AVATAR I have to watch this one. Hopefully itās any good. 
[quote=āPaco Roman, post:4777, topic:372ā]ABYSS
Before Iām going to watch James Cameronās new Movie AVATAR I have to watch this one. Hopefully itās any good. ;)[/quote]
The Abyss is great and I am looking forward to Cameronās latest movie.
So am I! Iām going to see next week, in 3D.
sweet! I wonder if itās going to be 3-D hereā¦