Foreign Movies Thread

[madunit]

Figured I'd start this up.

A few nights ago I watched the most amusing piece of Japanese comedy ever

RoboGeisha

damn....just damn.

Also, another good piece was a movie called Fatso, about an overweight male virgin who fantasises about his hot swedish room mate.

And as far as drama goes, I watched the Round Up a few months ago, about Jews in Nazi occupied France, being rounded up and sent to camps, mostly to be killed etc. Focus is on a little boy who is seperated from his brothers and family.

 

[Everlovin' Antichrist]

My two favourites are Lagaan, Once upon a time in India and Dreamship Surprise.

Once upon a time is an epic Bollywood movie based round the early days of Cricket in India.

Dreamship Surprise is a pisstake on Star Wars/Star Trek, very funny.

 

[madunit]

Dreamship Surprise sounds good lol.

Another i remember was Shaolin Soccer - another Japanese comedy

 

[Habitual Linestepper]

The Oldboy (and any of the trilogy) is an awesome movie.

So are Battle Royale and I Saw the Devil.

I've got a mean fetish for Asian cinema, Korean in particular.

 

[Red Bear]

Dont Worry, I'm Fine (cant remember french name) was a reasonable movie.

 

[Whos Ya Daddy]

RoboGehsia is just one in a series of recent over the top gorefests from Japan like Machine Girl, Tokyo Gore Police and Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl.

 

[Parra Pride]

REC, and Battle Royale are two live action films that come to mind.

As for animation, Castle in the Sky, Grave of the Fireflies, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, or pretty much anything from Studio Ghibli.

 

[IanG]

Get Ready to be Boyzvoiced. From Norway. Basically it is to Boy Bands what Spinal Tap was to Heavy Metal bands. A really good piss take.

 

[Habitual Linestepper]

REC, and Battle Royale are two live action films that come to mind.

As for animation, Castle in the Sky, Grave of the Fireflies, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, or pretty much anything from Studio Ghibli.

Can't disagree with what you've got there. Battle Royale is Tarantino's favorite movie so that probably says how good it is.

My gf is addicted to Miyazaki films. Princess Mononoke is prob my favorite one out of them.

 

[elyod138]

Kim Ki-duk and Wong Kar-wai.

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

Tarantino is a thief.

Lagaan was a great movie, caught that on SBS one night and got it off an Indian guy at work who was so surprised I'd even heard of it he gave it to me lol.

J'ai toujours rêvé d'être un gangster - French film. There's no subtitles on the video but search it out, absolute great film.
http://youtu.be/8aFXSWcH7lk

If you like RoboGeisha then welcome to the world of Takashi Miike:

Dead or Alive:
http://youtu.be/TM65MPPn4PA <---- That's not a montage it's the opening sequence lol

Dead or Alive 1,2,3 fan trailer:
http://youtu.be/MOs_NsoTiVI part 3 was boring, 2 is one of TM's best works

Gozu
http://youtu.be/8UxmYnNI4H0
http://youtu.be/aMgPK2nXng0 <---- lol

Audition
http://youtu.be/yhsrsWcEspc

Visitor Q
http://youtu.be/CRc6dN7s1w4

Ichi the Killer
http://youtu.be/haiSf60UsPQ

MPD Psycho
http://youtu.be/PSn8A-oz4LM

His Yakuza films are great aswell:

Ley Lines
http://youtu.be/BFJ43h8Xlkw

Rainy Dog
http://youtu.be/bZmNZysqlXo

Shinjuku Triad Society
http://youtu.be/odZx8N-veHA

Crows Zero
http://youtu.be/EBHXYSSGV8Q

Deadly Outlaw: Rekka
http://youtu.be/Ov7919tfWVE <---- includes the awesome Satori as the films score

Takashi Miike's films are quite slow and can be hard for people to get in to but he's unlike anything out there.

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John Woo fantastic action movies with incredible shootouts that include a dual wielding Cow Yun Fat and unlimited ammo :lol: Watch the first 3 and you will where a lot of directors drew inspiration from.

The Killer
http://youtu.be/UvpcFDhoGsg

A Better Tomorrow
http://youtu.be/SR7q9_8qmak

Hard-Boiled
http://youtu.be/jAtxZHuJNW4

Bullet in the Head
http://youtu.be/Zu8Ed-un4yo

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City on Fire
http://youtu.be/HiOSnPVgrvY <------- *cough Reservoir Dogs cough*

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Akira Kurosawa:

Yojimbo
Seven Samura
Ikiru
Ran
Kagemusha
Rashomon
High and Low

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Takeshi Kitano's "Violent Cop"
http://youtu.be/1C2hTZ4RKhU

Graveyard of Honor (1975)
http://youtu.be/HEkOK3byZP0

The entire Lone Wolf and Cub series
http://youtu.be/JMcJ6MkvVpM

Once Upon a Time in China
http://youtu.be/p2EqPGXs10g

 

[Habitual Linestepper]

What i've seen of Takashi Miike i've liked.

Seen Audition and Ichi the Killer and downloaded Visitor Q but haven't watched it yet.

Audition is awesome, the sounds she makes when she's fckn him up stuck with me for days.

 

[TiggaPlease]

What i've seen of Takashi Miike i've liked.

Seen Audition and Ichi the Killer and downloaded Visitor Q but haven't watched it yet.

Audition is awesome, the sounds she makes when she's fckn him up stuck with me for days.

Great movie, pretty f**ked up though, I didn't know what to make of it til I realised it was a black comedy.

 

[IanG]

Don't suppose Once Were Warriors would count as a foreign film would it?

 

[Once Dead]

Crazy Racer - just watched it on World Movies. Funny as, Mandarin action-ish flick.

 

[Parra]

schnell schnell

 

[feeding frenzy]

Sin Nombre.