Arising_uk wrote: ↑Sat Apr 14, 2018 11:43 am
Any of Kurosawa's samurai movies and Houston and Misumi's Shogun Assassin.
And if you love Kung Fu movies the comedy pastiche Kung Fu Hustle.
I've been meaning to view his works - not even seen his famous 7 sam movie. on my list for the last 20 yrs, but not taken the time to view it and his other works yet. I'm a fan of foriegn movies - they have more "heart" and concern the human condition (universal humanism) unlike the excapist pap american movies (outside of the few indies that are still made every few yrs here) have offered - all action, no script, no social theme, no charater dev, just big exposions, asshole villians with character dev with dept of a bird bath, and destopianism for nilalisms sake (becuase asshole villians and empty dystopia is kewl man!!!!!!!!).
older - pre-1980's american movies had heart (and I'm glad to finally see these older american movies FINALLY being offer on bluray. Body Snatchers (79 version is the best). Magic (utterly forgotten today), The Other (another forgotten classic from the 70's).
still waiting for Ordinary People to be moved from a piss poor DVD to a decent Bluray offering ;-/.
Dystopic futures are GREAT then they serve the greater theme of a social statment - like the 70's Rollerball, Planet of the Ages series, Colosis he Probin project (soon to be on Bluray), Lathe of Heaven - yes DR Habor was a dick, but not a shallow villian - just a pridfilled fool who fked up the world more in his egotisical attempts to "fix" the world.
I only take the time to disscover old american movies today - learn of ones i never heard of everyday (like Rapture - when checking to see if The Rapture is on Bluray (its not ;-/.........good american movie 90's) ........stumbled upon the older "rapture" 1965 which looks worthy for me to view now.
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I don't even bother to waste my time on any american movie made since the 1990's. I assume it crap. I can count on my left hand the 5 decent american movies made in the last 20 yrs.
Zodiac, 7 yrs a Slave, The Visitor, The Kings Speech,.................? can't think of any more. sad.
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during those 20 empty american made movie timeline - via the foreigner's offerings:
House of Sand, Central Station, children of heaven, song of sparrows, color of paradise (these last three by Iranian Majid Majidi), valentin, Hunger (made by the guy that did 7 yrs a slave), Dark Blue World (2nd personal fav - about friendship), Final Day of Sophie Scholl, Downfall, The Lives of Others (3rd personal fav - about redemption), Zelary, City of Life and Death.
thats 10 vs 4 off hand..............but that is from my mem posting now - its more like 4 to 1 at least if i had the time to think it through.
fact is american movies SUCK today - and sadly it think it is a reflection of the health (which is not good) of my American society today. "We" simply do not value "thinking about the human condition" - unlike folks in other nations - where more movies with "heart" are made at a ratio of at least 4 times what i see made here in the last 20 yrs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq0SETWIO8U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqnD_165Ow4
Hollywood is unable and the modern american public is unwilling to allow movies with dialog/feeling/artistry as the two above links.
since i know the above links were from moves made in other lands, i assume others (non americans) - have more depth of character and value the human condition moreso to allow movies like the above to be made.
thanks for repy Foggy...............I need to join you with my former avatar from the other place which closed down and from which i came) Crusader Rabbit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3hHQvkUhJo