What was the last Asian movie you watched?

[plan_9]

mine was memoirs of murder, just brought it on dvd watched it for the first time yesterday and i loved it, also chaser one of my all time fave.

would like to know if anybody has seen neighbour no. 13 yet and what you thought of it.

[TheLurkingFear]

The Red Shoes and the Doll Master, I think.

Quite liked the former, didn't care for the latter.

[plan_9]

Originally Posted by TheLurkingFear

The Red Shoes and the Doll Master, I think.

Quite liked the former, didn't care for the latter.

not watched any of them yet. ill put on my list.

[plan_9]

i thought this was a brilliant movie, took me a while to get into it, so trippy

[plan_9]

[plan_9]

going to get cold fish soon, keep hearing alot of good things about this movie.

[Francesco Dellamorte]

Re-watched I Saw The Devil & Thirst again last night.

[plan_9]

Originally Posted by Francesco Dellamorte

Re-watched I Saw The Devil & Thirst again last night.

keep meaning to watch first any good ?

[KennyThaKilla]

Godzilla.

[JohnShaft]

Watched THE HOST for the first time. Dug it quite a bit. I mean it's not flawless, but it was definitely enjoyable.

Thought the ending

SPOILER

with his daughter dying, and him becoming the father of the orphaned boy she saved, was really Asian. That is, brave, non-conventional, non-Hollywood stuff.

Though the governments tracking of the monster just seemed completely non-existent/unbelievable.

[TheLurkingFear]

Originally Posted by JohnShaft

Watched THE HOST for the first time. Dug it quite a bit. I mean it's not flawless, but it was definitely enjoyable.

Thought the ending

SPOILER

with his daughter dying, and him becoming the father of the orphaned boy she saved, was really Asian. That is, brave, non-conventional, non-Hollywood stuff.

Though the governments tracking of the monster just seemed completely non-existent/unbelievable.

I agree. I think it's one of those films where the unbelievability can be forgiven, kind of comic book in it's approach. A fun movie and a great monster. Hillarious too! I think the key words here are non-conventional and non-Hollywood, which invariably equal something worth watching.

[Francesco Dellamorte]

Originally Posted by JohnShaft

Watched THE HOST for the first time. Dug it quite a bit. I mean it's not flawless, but it was definitely enjoyable.

Thought the ending

SPOILER

with his daughter dying, and him becoming the father of the orphaned boy she saved, was really Asian. That is, brave, non-conventional, non-Hollywood stuff.

Though the governments tracking of the monster just seemed completely non-existent/unbelievable.

The Host is a favourite of mine, it's everything cloverfield should of been but wasn't. For a monster movie it really concentrated on the human element of the story. I loved the way it could switch between moments of comedy to moments of real drama & emotion in seconds. I would agree with both your points in the spoiler. the later being an issue but not enough to spoil the movie for me.

[JohnShaft]

Yeah I'm with you both, the (seeming) lack of government hunting didn't spoil it really. I'm not usually forgiving of such things, but it was ignorable in this case.

Agree on the seamless comedy/drama transitions. A number Asian films seem to do this really well, Western ones less so.

As for the unconventional ending I gained a further appreciation for it a day or too later when I finally got around to seeing COLLATERAL. Man, the ending is so Hollywood it's ridiculous. Coincidental, predictable, too-neat, and downright lazy.

[More Than Horror]

o.k., i didn't watch the entire movie, but plenty of clips.
I believe it is called "Hausu, 1977" CRAZY!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBZfG6_8cOU

[plan_9]

the way home (beautiful little movie)

death note (anime)