Some Movie Talk
Memoirs of a Geisha - I actually really have been wanting to read this book, and I'm almost certain that I'm going to get to it now before this movie comes out. Why? Because it looks like a piece of crap! A. PIECE. OF. CRAP. Not even the sheer greatness of Zhang Ziyi, Ken Watanabe, and Michelle Yeoh can change that. Since that douche bag director
( Read more... )
Comments 11
Reply
that would be fine, Victoria is gone from the bakery and back on her campus so my days will be later than usual, so no worries really.
Reply
For this reason, I have no doubts about this movie. It may end up being poorly scripted and/or shoddily made, but I have NO DOUBT that the assmebled cast will make this movie watchable. Zhang Ziyi, Michelle Yeoh, Ken Watanabe, Gong Li, Koji Yakusha, Kenneth Tsang, etc? There is no reason not to expect great things.
Reply
And the cast may be great, but they sound like the only english they know is what was written on the script. WHY CAN'T THEY JUST FUCKING SPEAK JAPANESE?! It seriously isn't like Rob Marshall is making this film for the viewers, he's making it to get that naked golden man on his fireplace, something that Polanski rightfully robbed from him and Scorsese in the same year.
I'll tell you what though, any indication of Zhang Ziyi not having acting abilities fizzled pretty fucking fast when I was watching 2046. She was phenominal. Ken Watanabe needs to be in a cop movie. I saw him in a suit, and he looked even cooler than Mifune did in Stray Dog. These actors shouldn't be wasting their time with crap like this. I guarantee you'd rather see the exact same actors star in really anything else.
Reply
WHY CAN'T THEY JUST FUCKING SPEAK JAPANESE?! It seriously isn't like Rob Marshall is making this film for the viewers, he's making it to get that naked golden man on his fireplace,
No doubt. But there's no way he'd have a chance of getting that naked golden man if the movie was in Japanese. Similarly, having the movie in Japanese would severely limit it's audience. Add in the fact that Marshall doesn't speak Japanese and... there's just no way.
any indication of Zhang Ziyi not having acting abilities fizzled pretty fucking fast when I was watching 2046.
Good man. Yeah, definitely her finest performance thus far. Added points for being the nearest to nudity she's ever been in a movie, except the whole wet t-shirt thing in Crouching Tiger.
These actors shouldn't be wasting their time with crap like this. I guarantee you'd rather see the exact same actors star in really anything else.Ah, but see... I think it's very very smart of them to want in on this movie. As you yourself said ( ... )
Reply
remember what the honkeys did to John Woo?
Jackie Chan?
CYF - the corruptor was not that cool
Anything Zhang Ziyi has done here in the states has pretty much been the same (rush hour 2, just to remind you)
EVERY remake of an asian movie so far has licked complete balls. Shit, look at the magnificent seven! You want them to get EXPOSURE here?
Hollywood and asian cinema should stay far away from each other.
trust me, when Zhang Ziyi shows up in Dukes of Hazard 2, you'll understand
calling this good would be like calling the Infernal Affairs dvd cover "cool". The white man doesn't get it.
Reply
Leave a comment