Author Topic: Foreign (non English language) Movie Thread (Read 23808 times)

dave 5516 · « **Reply #120 on:** October 27, 2012, 06:58:33 pm »

Anybody seen John Woo's Hard Boiled? Meant to be a classic of Hong Kong Cinema.I fixed that for you.

[/quote]A great film.Woo choreograph's hs film's brilliantly.This like most of Woo's hong Kong film's is uber violent,Chow Yun Fat is the epitome of cool.

You watch Woo's film's and you can see how influential his work is,the last 30 minute's in the hospital are brilliant.

Hazell · « **Reply #121 on:** October 27, 2012, 07:00:53 pm »

Apologies, thought John Woo was for some reason.

Chakan · « **Reply #122 on:** October 27, 2012, 07:01:39 pm »

Any of Jet Li's old Kung Fu Movies.
Pan's Labyrinth (so beautiful)
Un Prophet
City of God

Will think of a few more soon.

Seebab · « **Reply #123 on:** October 27, 2012, 07:10:53 pm »

Le Declin de L'Empire Americain (The decline of the American Empire) is an excellent film from Quebec.

stara · « **Reply #124 on:** October 27, 2012, 07:16:42 pm »

Quote from: Hazell on October 27, 2012, 05:01:53 pm

Cool, I might watch Hard Boiled tonight. Don't think I could stomach some of Takashi Miike films from what I've read about them. Though The Happiness of the Katakuris looks quite interesting.

13 Assasins by Miike belongs to 10 best samurai movies list. IMHO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_ILO2RWhEw

dave 5516 · « **Reply #125 on:** October 27, 2012, 07:16:56 pm »

dave 5516 · « **Reply #126 on:** October 27, 2012, 07:19:42 pm »

Quote from: stara on October 27, 2012, 07:16:42 pm

13 Assasins by Miike belongs to 10 best samurai movies list. IMHO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_ILO2RWhEw

Have you seen the Takeshi Kitano film Zatochi?

stara · « **Reply #127 on:** October 27, 2012, 07:27:26 pm »

Quote from: dave 5516 on October 27, 2012, 07:19:42 pm

Have you seen the Takeshi Kitano film Zatochi?

Not yet, but Kitano's yakuza film that I saw last weekend "Outrage" was a blast.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS88HfXGSGA

as was Hanabi & Sonantine.

stara · « **Reply #128 on:** October 27, 2012, 07:32:59 pm »

And for every Jet Li, John Woo & Tony Jaa fans out there

The Raid - Redemption
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My02wp9fsho

Best action movie I have seen for a while.

dave 5516 · « **Reply #129 on:** October 27, 2012, 07:36:48 pm »

Quote from: stara on October 27, 2012, 07:27:26 pm

Not yet, but Kitano's yakuza film that I saw last weekend "Outrage" was a blast.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS88HfXGSGA

as was Hanabi & Sonantine.

Brilliant film's.

Raid is like John Woo on crank,super violent great fun.

Hazell · « **Reply #130 on:** October 28, 2012, 08:00:49 am »

Quote from: Ziltoid on October 27, 2012, 04:49:27 pm

Got Hard Bolied on DVD - high octance action is an understatement. Saw Hansel & Gretel not long back on Film 4 - weird and enjoyable. i have mentioned this before i think but Versus is a good action movie.

Quote from: dave 5516 on October 27, 2012, 06:58:33 pm

I fixed that for you.

A great film.Woo choreograph's hs film's brilliantly.This like most of Woo's hong Kong film's is uber violent,Chow Yun Fat is the epitome of cool.

You watch Woo's film's and you can see how influential his work is,the last 30 minute's in the hospital are brilliant.

Watched it last night and really enjoyed it. It kind of builds slowly - relatively anyway, there's still quite a bit of intensity - for the first hour which I liked, but the last hour is non-stop. It's really funny as well. And yeah, the hospital bit is awesome.

Danyaals Kop · « **Reply #131 on:** October 28, 2012, 11:20:22 am »

The best non-english movie ever, SHOLAY.

scatman · « **Reply #132 on:** October 30, 2012, 02:27:13 pm »

Quote from: stara on October 27, 2012, 07:32:59 pm

And for every Jet Li, John Woo & Tony Jaa fans out there

The Raid - Redemption
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My02wp9fsho

Best action movie I have seen for a while.

This shit was fucking awesome

I saw the Devil was crazy too

Anwer · « **Reply #133 on:** October 30, 2012, 02:51:27 pm »

Quote from: scatman on October 30, 2012, 02:27:13 pm

This shit was fucking awesome

I saw the Devil was crazy too

Oh yeah, both of those were immense. Just got a hold of a copy of Ichi the Killer. Should be interesting

greyfade · « **Reply #134 on:** October 30, 2012, 02:59:41 pm »

Oldboy

Ziltoid · « **Reply #135 on:** October 30, 2012, 09:41:08 pm »

Quote from: Anwer on October 30, 2012, 02:51:27 pm

Oh yeah, both of those were immense. Just got a hold of a copy of Ichi the Killer. Should be interesting

Great film, first Asian film i ever bought along with Audition

Carllfc · « **Reply #136 on:** October 30, 2012, 09:46:54 pm »

Battle Royale, Ong bak and Audition are excellent.

jaybeezay · « **Reply #137 on:** October 30, 2012, 10:27:37 pm »

I saw the devil and chaser are a couple of my favourite films. Both brilliantly entertaining Korean films. I watched Sin nombre on Netflix which was class.

If you have love film instant there is a film on there called Macabre which is like an Indonesian Texas chainsaw massacre which if daft but I really enjoyed, very gory and quite atmospheric.

dave 5516 · « **Reply #138 on:** October 30, 2012, 10:36:16 pm »

Quote from: jaybeezay on October 30, 2012, 10:27:37 pm

I saw the devil and chaser are a couple of my favourite films. Both brilliantly entertaining Korean films. I watched Sin nombre on Netflix which was class.

If you have love film instant there is a film on there called Macabre which is like an Indonesian Texas chainsaw massacre which if daft but I really enjoyed, very gory and quite atmospheric.

Sin Nombre is a great film.

A good look at the chase for the American dream seen from the other side of the border.

Try and see Miss Bala,that's another good film this time from Mexico.

shetty5 · « **Reply #139 on:** October 31, 2012, 01:31:17 am »

The Experiment- A brilliant german film... I reckon it's totally underrated. Think it's been remade too... bet it's not as good though.

Run Lola Run - Thought it was fantastic.

Livide - French horror film. One of the creepiest I've ever watched and its not too gory.

Tomie - The entire series of films are great, but the last one is surreally nuts. Loved it.

Audition - Made me cringe it was that horrible!!!

The orphanage - a really creepy film.

Phobia - A collection of short films, I thought it was brilliant.

Pan's Labyrinth is a lovely film and to go into more of the fantasy horror stuff Re-Cycle is one of the best looking films I've ever watched.

WelshMike · « **Reply #140 on:** November 1, 2012, 08:30:09 am »

Two that haven't been mentioned (I don't think):

The Wave, which is really, really good

and

TimeCrimes, which is very interesting indeed, and wonderfully put together (and obviously influenced by Pan's Labyrinth at one particular point)

Rust and Bone is out next week too. It won the highest award at the London Film Festival and is from the director whose previous films include The Beat My Heart Skipped and A Prophet.

WelshMike · « **Reply #141 on:** November 1, 2012, 08:31:07 am »

Oh and Almodovar's most recent - The Skin I Live In - is well worth a watch.

boombap85 · « **Reply #142 on:** December 27, 2012, 07:01:44 pm »

Memories of murder and The Chaser arrived today. Expecting good things.

rob1408 · « **Reply #143 on:** December 27, 2012, 07:47:00 pm »

Quote from: boombap85 on December 27, 2012, 07:01:44 pm

Memories of murder and The Chaser arrived today. Expecting good things.

Both superb films, especially the first. Memories Of Murder is one of my favourite films of all time.

Kashinoda · « **Reply #144 on:** December 27, 2012, 07:55:17 pm »

The Chaser is fantastic, one of my favourite thrillers.

I've had Memories of Murder sitting on my PC for about 2 years now, I need to get round to watching it.

Anwer · « **Reply #145 on:** December 27, 2012, 10:26:28 pm »

Quote from: rob1408 on December 27, 2012, 07:47:00 pm

Both superb films, especially the first. Memories Of Murder is one of my favourite films of all time.

agreed. Just saw Memories of Murder a few days ago and it was brilliant. Reminded me of Zodiac which happens to be one of my favorite films of all time.

rob1408 · « **Reply #146 on:** December 27, 2012, 11:07:33 pm »

Quote from: Anwer on December 27, 2012, 10:26:28 pm

agreed. Just saw Memories of Murder a few days ago and it was brilliant. Reminded me of Zodiac which happens to be one of my favorite films of all time.

They're quite similar in that they both concentrate on the human aspect of the relevant investigations, both films are character studies rather than thrillers.

Personally, I think 'Zodiac' is Fincher's best film, and by some distance.

Vinay · « **Reply #147 on:** December 28, 2012, 11:08:33 am »

Biutiful.
Now that is a movie reflecting current lives.....

Rafalutionary · « **Reply #148 on:** December 28, 2012, 03:11:39 pm »

Quote from: WelshMike on November 1, 2012, 08:31:07 am

Oh and Almodovar's most recent - The Skin I Live In - is well worth a watch.

One of my favourite films, it reminds me a little of Oldboy as well. Antonio Banderas is great in it.

Sahara · « **Reply #149 on:** December 28, 2012, 11:02:26 pm »

My fave Korean movies, I highly recommend

- A Bittersweet Life
- A Dirty Carnival

boombap85 · « **Reply #150 on:** March 18, 2013, 05:08:33 pm »

A few ones I have seen since the new year via netflix

Downfall
The lives of others
Bicycle thieves
The yellow sea

Have the French movie Z arriving shortly. Anyone seen anything decent recently?

Casta · « **Reply #151 on:** March 18, 2013, 06:20:21 pm »

Recently watched Oslo 31 Aug , Headhunters and Loft all very decent. Three Monkeys next has anyone seen it?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1233381/?ref_=sr_1

Pheeny · « **Reply #152 on:** March 19, 2013, 10:47:16 am »

Rundskop http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1821593/ is excellent although it's made even better for me as I live about 10km from where it was filmed...

rob1408 · « **Reply #153 on:** March 19, 2013, 11:33:51 am »

Quote from: Pheeny on March 19, 2013, 10:47:16 am

Rundskop http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1821593/ is excellent although it's made even better for me as I live about 10km from where it was filmed...

Very difficult to watch, despite not being overly graphic, I think it's rated 15 in the UK, I'm quite liberal when it comes to film certifications (My ten year old loves Beetlejuice which is a 15) but even I think 15 may be a touch too young. Matthias Schoenaerts is fantastic and went on to star in the even better 'Rust And Bone'.

Max_powers · « **Reply #154 on:** March 19, 2013, 09:04:55 pm »

I have been watching mostly Non- English movies for the past year and I was surprised at how brilliant some of these were. Some of the best I have watched recently are My Neighbour Totoro and the The Apu Trilogy. My Neighbour Totoro is just a great children's film but even watching it as an adult can be quite rewarding. The Apu trilogy on the other hand is all Neo-Realism. It has very little plot but just the way it is shot makes it a great experience. Although the film is set in colonial India its appeal is universal.

Hazell · « **Reply #155 on:** March 30, 2013, 08:20:01 am »

Quote from: FlashingBlade on February 20, 2011, 11:02:35 am

Usually foreign ( i.e non English language) films on DVD deliver a consistent high quality...unlike Hollywood who put and promote any shit... companies who promote foreign films cut the wheat from the chaff.... recently I watched the excellent Argentinian cirme thriller "The Secret in their eyes"

It's on tonight on BBC4 for those haven't seen it, like me.

loozy · « **Reply #156 on:** April 6, 2013, 08:43:40 pm »

My favourite non-English films:

In Heaven Below
Against the Wall
To the Limit
Downfall
The White Ribbon
Amélie
The Children of Bullerbu
The Crimson Rivers
La Haine
The Chorus
Soul Kitchen
The Lives of Others

Probably forgot a couple but these are the ones that I can think of at the top of my head.

Max_powers · « **Reply #157 on:** April 6, 2013, 10:04:09 pm »

Quote from: loozy on April 6, 2013, 08:43:40 pm

Downfall

Watched it last week. Great movie, the acting is really superb and that is what makes the movie. Possibly the best portrayal of Hitler in movies

loozy · « **Reply #158 on:** April 6, 2013, 10:06:41 pm »

Quote from: Max_powers on April 6, 2013, 10:04:09 pm

Watched it last week. Great movie, the acting is really superb and that is what makes the movie. Possibly the best portrayal of Hitler in movies

I remember how both the actor Bruno Ganz (who is one of the best German actors ever) and the director were ridiculed and put down for doing such a haunting portrayal of Hitler

rob1408 · « **Reply #159 on:** April 6, 2013, 10:11:18 pm »

I watched Kieślowski's 'A Short Film About Killing' last night, an extended chapter of his 'Dekalog' series. It really is an outstanding film on it's own merits. Kieślowski is probably one of the most underrated directors of all time, I haven't seen a film from him that I haven't admired in some way, 'The Double Life Of Veronique' is brilliant, let alone his 'Three Colors' trilogy.