Ron | March 31, 2009
Ah, Miyazaki. His mama raised him right! I’m totally going to sound snobby, but I’m going to say it, “Pixar stuff is overrated” and Miyazaki stuff is underrated (in the States anyway). Uh oh. Maybe it’s the foreign factor (I suspect it’s a big factor). I was watching some youtube vids of clips/music from some [...]
Ron | March 12, 2009
Wow. I just finished watching Oldboy. What a mind-fuck. Mental flagellation. I’m still kind of stunned. I feel like I should wait for my mind to simmer down before writing further, because I can’t yet decide if I like the film or not. On the one hand, this is a very jacked up movie, and [...]
Ron | March 10, 2009
Kana: The first time I get off the boat, I see Kanzaki. I think, “Ooh! He’s so handsome. How I get this kind handsome man? More better than picture!” All the other brides look at us, tell me “Lucky!” He act so nice, so kind. I think I’m in paradise. Riyo: Why Kanzak-san change? [...]
Ron | March 8, 2009
I finally rented The Departed. I didn’t feel a pressing need to watch because I had already seen the original, Infernal Affairs, and I had heard from various friends that the remake did not differ all that much. There were one or two who had said it differed quite a bit, but after seeing it, [...]
Ron | March 7, 2009
Oldboy‘s been eyeing me, saying, “Rent me! Rent me!” And I’ve been responding, “I really want to, but you’re part of a trilogy, so I got to start from the beginning, and the first one’s been checked out.” Finally though, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance showed up at the local Blockbuster. I was a bit wary [...]
Ron | February 24, 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAO5vj6-kbY It’s been a long time since I’ve read Watchmen. And to be honest, I wasn’t that impressed. I can’t remember exactly why, so I suppose I should read it again. But Alex Tse’s interview kinda jogged some memories. I think by the time I had read Watchmen, I had already been exposed to flawed [...]
Ron | February 14, 2009
As Wiki states, “Coraline is a 2009 animated stop-motion horror fantasy film based on Neil Gaiman‘s novella of the same name. ” It’s rated PG, and runs about 100 minutes. I hadn’t heard much about the movie before seeing it, other than that Gaiman was involved. So I was a bit surprised to discover that [...]
Ron | January 18, 2009
Hmm, I’m not gonna write much on this one. It was OK. I wouldn’t watch it again. Well, I wouldn’t watch most movies again, but I would make a conscious effort not to see this one again. It starts off very well, and you can see Ron Howard’s mark all over the place. He has [...]
Ron | December 28, 2008
I just saw Doubt, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Meryl Streep. And I am really annoyed. The whole basis of the film rests upon the whimsical ideas of a couple of dumb wenches (and I mean that in the specific case, not as slander against the sex), one a cold-hearted, zealous conservative, and the other [...]
Ron | December 26, 2008
Cute cover, no? I get cravings for Asian cinema/television once in awhile. While there’s a lot of variety in American films, they’re also inherently bound to American culture and values, which can get tiresome after awhile. I mean, I live it, everyday. There’s just something about Asian culture that I love, particularly Korean and Japanese. [...]
