Aether Posted October 18, 2014 Posted October 18, 2014 I am surprised that we have never had a thread specifically about Nippon films… so I’m starting one! if anyone wants to share their thoughts on any Japanese films they may have seen or want to see please do so... To start off I watched VERSUS again Well it was the ‘ultimate versus’ version which has 10 mins extra and (please don’t hate me) an English dub which I watched as I have watched far too much subbed stuff lately… Anyway if you haven’t seen Versus then all I can say is that it is what the phrase ‘manga in motion’ was made for , well crazy story/ ass kicking manga anyway… We have escaped convicts , some cops ,some gangsters and a spooky forrest…The story involves reincarnation, samurais, badasses and zombies so gives the perfect excuse for a lot of glorified killing of zombies in cool ways. Yes obviously it is action packed which equates to a lot of violence, but I actually forgot how gruesome some bits of this film are …I mean its not a serious horror film or anything, but when I say gruesome I mean like people punching holes in heads and internal shots of the aftermath of that… quite silly and overtly graphic but done in that kind of b- movie way so its not too disturbing (however if I watch it again I know which bits to turn away at!! ) All of this is actually done quite tongue in cheek as there are various comedic moments spread throughout that levels out the violence and creates a strange but cool vibe to it all… There has been a demand for Versus 2 from just about everyone who has ever seen it but it still hasn’t manifested yet after 14 years…. Watch out for Kenji Matsuda from KR Kiva and Garo: Makai Senki who plays an excellent crazy mob character Overall all i'll just say that its pretty damn cool. Quote
Aether Posted October 29, 2014 Author Posted October 29, 2014 well I might aswell post another film .. I rewatched THE RETURNER yesterday… From about 2002 I think it is quite a good sci-fi action film, involving earth at war with aliens, a time travelling kawaii girl and the Japanese equivalent of neo from the Matrix – well he has a long black leather coat and does some fairly nifty tricks in bullet time type situations… Premise of the film is that earth is at war with invading aliens and a solitary soldier girl is sent back to the past to stop the war from ever starting , she luckily hooks up with a chow yun fat type of professional gun toting young man who helps her on her way, the bad dude is funnily deplorable and there is some impressive action sequences (which I suppose back then were quite good , but now I guess all this is kind of standard fare, however it still holds its own)… Overall the matrix it is not, but it is a good film imho, and worth whiling away a coupe of spare hours if you are so inclined to do so. if Versus is a 5 , i'll give this a 3.75 Quote
¬./Anonymous¬ Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 I remember Versus. Its very generic. I didn't like that the characters lacked the basics of any story. They lacked names and the film lacked much more. Many people don't hear much of anything about that film or films like it. If you ask most people, they will reply to you that they've never heard of it. Its considered just one of those movies that will pass a person by in life. Quote
Aether Posted November 10, 2014 Author Posted November 10, 2014 hello... yes well things like character background and development don't really matter in such a film as Versus... when did you see it? when it came out it wasn't so seemingly generic, what I mean is nowadays it isn't such a stand out film but you have to remember its like 15 years old .. everything nowadays just seems like its been done before... Versus was quite awesome when it came out and still can't be faulted for its action. its just mindless action packed entertainment , nothing more, nothing less. at least someone else has seen it! any Japanese films you can recommend? Quote
¬./Anonymous¬ Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 hello... yes well things like character background and development don't really matter in such a film as Versus... when did you see it? when it came out it wasn't so seemingly generic, what I mean is nowadays it isn't such a stand out film but you have to remember its like 15 years old .. everything nowadays just seems like its been done before... Versus was quite awesome when it came out and still can't be faulted for its action. its just mindless action packed entertainment , nothing more, nothing less. at least someone else has seen it! any Japanese films you can recommend? You're correct. It is no longer relevant that such things do matter in a film such as Versus. Its probably the reason why no one knows that it exists today. I feel as though you're not looking at the bigger picture as such things actually do matter. How can people relate to the characters as they watch the movie? Real crying shame isn't it? I cannot remember last time when I saw Versus and I don't have anything that I can recommend to you. I'm sorry. Quote
durendal Posted December 4, 2014 Posted December 4, 2014 Oh Japanese films? I've seen a fair share of them. One that comes to mind right now is Paradise Kiss. Although it was originally published as a manga, I did enjoy the movie. We have Screen Red Channel, which is part of HBO that shows mainly asian movies (Chinese, Korean and Japanese) Quote
H222G981 Posted February 11, 2015 Posted February 11, 2015 Casshern was a pretty good movie. It did kind of remind me of a cross between Guyver and Megaman. Quote
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