Movie Talk (New Films, Old Films... doesn't matter) (40 Viewers)
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By my favourite Korean director Chan wook park, and Mia wasikowska is ever more wonderful young actress, but besides some good tense psychological scenes (its a dark triller), its doesnt really stand up to the directors Korean work. Get what he was trying for, but it dragged on way too long that made it harder to really get immersed into the story, though the best scenes were engaging enough. Perhaps I shouldnt have had such high hopes, besides an Ang Lee work here or there, my prefered asian directors dont tend to fit too well in their style with western/american work.
P.S I'm going to semi-spoiler you and make it clear it has NOTHING to do with vampires, despite the name of the movie.
I can't wait for the Hobbit. 
Looks awesome. I did a little squee when I saw Legolas was in this one too.
Indeed.
And yes Kate, I was fairly disappointed. They rushed the only good part of it too. And speaking of reading, currently re-reading the Draco Trilogy (HP fanfiction). :embarasse Ah nostalgia from my more youthful days. The woman who wrote them also has a movie coming out soon - The Mortal Instruments.
Looks awesome. I did a little squee when I saw Legolas was in this one too.
Teenage Emo movies: because no teenager has ever been through the same b.s. before until now.
Indeed. And yes Kate, I was fairly disappointed. They rushed the only good part of it too. And speaking of reading, currently re-reading the Draco Trilogy (HP fanfiction). :embarasse Ah nostalgia from my more youthful days.
The woman who wrote them also has a movie coming out soon - The Mortal Instruments.
This paragraph from an article about star trek
Voyager perfectly sums up all that is wrong with Abrams reboots:
"Whatever you say against JJ Abrams’ Star Trek Into Darkness—and I'd say plenty—you can't claim it lacks purpose. Like Abrams' first entry, it seems dedicated to stripping Trek of its cockeyed optimism, its sense of last-frontier adventurism, and its progressive worldview, and letting the remainder marinate in testosterone and male supremacy politics. So, all the qualities that made Star Trek special—the deep, silly, starry-eyed, predictable, always-inclusive things that sparked a half-century, trans-global love affair? Gone. In their place: a white man-centered Starfleet command. Random T&A. Plot-poaching from old Treks. The Prime Directive, scrunched. The Enterprise—a starship!—hiding from primitive aliens underwater. "
http://www.rogerebert.com/balder-an...of-the-franchises-strongest-feminist-messages
Voyager perfectly sums up all that is wrong with Abrams reboots:
"Whatever you say against JJ Abrams’ Star Trek Into Darkness—and I'd say plenty—you can't claim it lacks purpose. Like Abrams' first entry, it seems dedicated to stripping Trek of its cockeyed optimism, its sense of last-frontier adventurism, and its progressive worldview, and letting the remainder marinate in testosterone and male supremacy politics. So, all the qualities that made Star Trek special—the deep, silly, starry-eyed, predictable, always-inclusive things that sparked a half-century, trans-global love affair? Gone. In their place: a white man-centered Starfleet command. Random T&A. Plot-poaching from old Treks. The Prime Directive, scrunched. The Enterprise—a starship!—hiding from primitive aliens underwater. "
http://www.rogerebert.com/balder-an...of-the-franchises-strongest-feminist-messages