Wednesday, 22 April 2009

Havnt written in here for a while so a fair few things to talk about. First film worth mentioning is Brotherhood, a sort of Korean versio0n of Saving Private Ryan and it is absolutely fantastic. If anyone who likes war films has not seen this I recommend you watch it asap. Great insight into how that country was torn apart by political war and the characters are well acted and well thought out. I would say that the two brothers who are the main characetrs are really the opposite sides fighting the war and their family represents the country of korea. Even though they fight on the same side their personalituies start to collide in the same way that the political parts of the country collided. A truly brilliant film, and I wouldsuggest you watch this not as a rip off of saving private ryan but as a seperate film entirely. Been watching a lot of Flight of the conchortds too, and it is brilliant. Great strange comedy, an excellent show all round, great characetrs and stupid yet witty dialogue makes this utterly enjoyable. Heartily recommended. Also watched Kill Bill part 1 and 2 and forgot how much I liked these films, the 2nd one in particular. I think thios is posiibly Tarantino's most underated work and if you like your japanese samurai films and martial arts flicks, I think Tarantino did a great job of sticking to the way the old films were done while injecting his own style into the story. Also saw Dog Day Afternoon for the first time by Sidney Lumet. What a spectacular film. Incorporates so much of the issues surrounding America at the time and also makes a great observation of Al Pacino's characetr who almost cracks under everything in his life, which I think many people can relate too. Really stayed true to what happened asdwell, brilliantly shot and made with gritty realism. On another note, I've been watching some of the music videos by Rammstein, I know you might not like the music but I urge you to check out some of their videos, I didnt realise how well made they are from a filming standpoint. That will do for now. Time for lunch.

1 comment:

D. Sarakinis said...

I agree on Kill Bill man. I think they're great movies, and every time I watch them I realise how much I miss zooms in recent films! Nobody zooms anymore... :(