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  1. sitenoise

    A Return to Mainland Appreciation

    That's weird. I guess there are two of these things coming out. One is directed by Joan Chen called "Iron Hammer" which is a bio-doc of the coach of China's volleyball team, Lang Ping (thaht was her nickname). The one you linked is more a history of the team. Gong Li plays Lang Ping. She's a...
  2. sitenoise

    A Return to Mainland Appreciation

    oh yeah LOL I forgot about those. I only considered live birth My letterbox pal is unable to create an account here. Tried two different emails. Can't get the confirmation. I think the guy who built this forum is long gone. I PM'd one of the admins here about it but it's a deeper issue than he...
  3. sitenoise

    A Return to Mainland Appreciation

    Remember way back, when me and our dearly departed green scaly reptilian friend ... hmm, are frogs reptiles LOL (gosh I miss that guy) ... would argue the merits and demerits of mainland cinema? I was still trying to defend it back then. I drifted away (and so did he, unfortunately). Anyway...
  4. sitenoise

    Recently Seen, Part 40 (June 2020)

    What's weird to me is that there are plenty of times the dude is painted negatively, either explicitly or by deduction, but I made no judgement on him. I guess because he didn't interest me. He's mostly a ghost even though he's in most every scene. I like the main girl's friend a lot. She kind...
  5. sitenoise

    Recently Seen, Part 40 (June 2020)

    I love characters who are confident in HOPE:
  6. sitenoise

    Recently Seen, Part 40 (June 2020)

    Hmmm ... Hospital Girl Dropper by girl ping pong girl guitar girl Can't really get a shot of the first girl because it's pretty dark. One of the questions I had was: Does Hospital/Dropper by girl have long enough hair to bun it up like ping-pong/guitar girl does? I think it's the...
  7. sitenoise

    Recently Seen, Part 40 (June 2020)

    I just reread your review ... Oops! I came to the conclusion they were all the same girl :emoji_flushed: At first I thought scene 2 hospital girl and "just dropped by" girl were different from opening, ping-pong, and guitar girl. Now I'm flummoxed, except it doesn't matter unless we need to...
  8. sitenoise

    Recently Seen, Part 40 (June 2020)

    I re-watched it, and then a lot of it more, not investigatively but in that way that when you have a crush on someone you just want to see them more. Kind of felt like stalking on her. I read about the "non-linear" structure but it didn't strike me that way :) even though it's obvious at the...
  9. sitenoise

    Recently Seen, Part 40 (June 2020)

    Nah, not a good blind buy. I didn't want to even "blind download" it because I didn't know it would be worth going against my leech ratio :) So I used a friend's Amazon credentials to check it out and at that 30 minute mark of wanting to hug the movie to death I started the download because I...
  10. sitenoise

    Recently Seen, Part 40 (June 2020)

    I recently watched a couple English Language comedy horrors which I would recommend: The Hunt 2020 ★★★★ The Hunger Games with Liberal Elites hunting MAGA deplorables The kills are decent (a couple are cringe-worthy), the comedy is well-paced, the twists are predictable but...
  11. sitenoise

    Recently Seen, Part 40 (June 2020)

    It's much closer to This Charming Girl than A Quiet Dream. You could watch the "trailer" I posted and ask yourself if you want to root for that girl, as she pretends to read the ingredients on that chocolate bar for the third time, to get that guy -- for half a film :) The girl nails pretending...
  12. sitenoise

    Recently Seen, Part 40 (June 2020)

    Available on Amazon The poster has nothing to do with the film either. I don't think that girl is even in the movie. It's all a giant conspiracy I'll never get to the bottom of, sadly.
  13. sitenoise

    Recently Seen, Part 40 (June 2020)

    I agree Movie Trailers can be an art form in their own right. I've seen many. But as a method of determining what the film is like and if you might want to watch it based on watching the trailer -- not so much. I remember Jon Favreau, on his show "Dinner for Five" talking about pitching a movie...
  14. sitenoise

    Recently Seen, Part 40 (June 2020)

    Speaking of Movie Trailers and why they should be outlawed, the trailer for DECEMBER over at hancinema has absolutely nothing to do with the movie. There is only a split-second shot that's actually from the move. All the rest of it must be from the Documentary.
  15. sitenoise

    Recently Seen, Part 40 (June 2020)

    I noticed the genre malfunction as well. I dunno. And yeah, "awesome or awful" is what it is. It does the indie/art thing of ... not necessarily prolonging scenes beyond their expiration date (most of them end abruptly), but lets them take a nap in the middle. :) But it is Korean so it's very...
  16. sitenoise

    Recently Seen, Part 40 (June 2020)

    Well now. Since volleyball's been cancelled, I've dipped a bit more back into movies. I log 'em all over at letterboxd. It's a nice place to log movies, and it's been great for getting tips once I found the players to trust. But it's not a place to talk about movies. You guys remember I like to...
  17. sitenoise

    Recently Seen, Part 38 (April 2020)

    Moira Kelly rocks!
  18. sitenoise

    Recently Seen, Part 38 (April 2020)

    I went through all that with Herzog myself. I even watched a series of "Master Class" on the PBS or BBC or somewhere. Utterly fascinating guy. I love the sound of his voice when he narrates. I think I enjoyed Nosferatu more than you, but yeah, a "mopey, perpetually sad vampyre". Have you seen...
  19. sitenoise

    Recently Seen, Part 37 (March 2020)

    I was reminded of same when I looked up my notes about Paju. I remember all the hype, the "best of" commendations. And Seo Woo -- woo hoo stuff. And then as you say -- footnote land. One thing I noticed is that it never got a Blu-ray release.
  20. sitenoise

    Recently Seen, Part 37 (March 2020)

    This films epitomizes the downhill trajectory of S Korean cinema after the K-Wave. Just like your favorite college indie rock band. After so many people say "you're good", there comes a need to feel important. Paju pushes buttons and forces issues without feeling. The performances and...
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