Reminds me of "Willow," and the line "Want to breed"?

Em wrote:

Just thought you might want to have a bit o' fun.

*steps forward in a superman outfit*

I will save us!

*commense porn music*

hahaha, no I never read that.

The two movies I rented last, and still have, are Curse of the Golden Flower and Days of Glory, both foreign films. Days of Glory was an emotional ride of a war film, and I can see why it was nominated for an Oscar. I'm going to watch Golden Flower next, love the epic martial art romances.

Saw one of the sweetest most romantic movies EVER a couple of nights ago: 3-Iron, a Korean movie.

The male lead doesn't have a single line but manages to completely draw you in.

I must get a copy.

Blast from the Past: KRULL
What a god-awful rip-off of Star Wars!
But it had some interesting production values and set designs as well as one of the first appearances of Liam neeson.
So cheesy, but so much fun to watch and laugh at...with some work it could have been actually been a decent movie but it was made in that era of cheesy-ass sword and sorcery movies...8P

I saw his second US release "the Guardian" which had about as thin a plot as you can get, but DAMN the Marti Action was fast and furious!
I will definatley check out Ong-Bak, kind of feel obligated since it's a Thai film and that's where I was born (No I'm NOT Thai, my parents were in the Peace Corps.).

I loved both those movies. Damn, that guy can move pretty.

Mmmmm samurai Films..8)

Saw "The Bourne Ultimatum" last night...eh movie. Decent action but way too much kerky camera work etc...plot was kinda slim. Entertaining enough, if you sit WAY back in the theatre...not sure how it topped the box-office...

Recently Seen Japanese/Chinese Films:

"Swordsman 2" - Toshiro Mifune as Miyamoto Musashi. GREAT look at the Samurai culture and duelling mentality. Has a great scene involving a sword-polisher at the beginning.

"Dragon Inn" - A fun and light-hearted Wire-Fu Romp that has very few serious points but is entertianing as hell. And the END fight scene is absolutely priceless!

"Sword of Doom" - A mood-piece to be sure with a too-sudden ending that leaves a LOT of unanswered questions...like the film was never completed. But had some great actign form the guy playing the villain/protagonist of the piece as he slowly devolves into madness. But it does show very clearly the highly-deceptive swordsmanship technique the main character uses. Involves him seeming to loose focus and stare at the floor. Lulling the opponent into a false sense of security. Also has an Awesome fight scene with Toshiro Mifune when he's mistaken for someone else by a gang of would-be assassin's and slaughters all but one of them. Up to the end it's a great movie, but that ending sucked.

Ren, i think you confounded something in your review... Toshiro Mifune in a wire-fu production would have been a most interesting combination, though.

[ September 12, 2007: Message edited by: rms ]

yes, but Toshiro M. in Swordsman 2...?

anyways, Sword of Doom is awesome. the ending is absolutely perfect, not only because it reflects the ending of the novel, but also the hopeless situation of the main character in my opinion.

ah, you meant the Samurai trilogy by Inagaki Hiroshi, and i thought about the Swordsman trilogy from early 90´s Hong Kong cinema. quite a difference. everything´s clear now.

[ September 17, 2007: Message edited by: rms ]