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John Woo's RED CLIFF Begins Its Release This Week!! See A 9 Minute Promo Reel!!

Fred First? by Freds_Balls_in_a_Mason_Jar	Jul 7th, 2008 11:13:03 AM
HUh?
John Woo? I'm there by Drunken Rage	Jul 7th, 2008 11:13:43 AM
Even though he was responsible for that Mission Impossible piece of shit. And that J-C Van Damme crap. Actually, maybe I won't be there.
I hope this whole X-minute-promo thing.. by Aeghast	Jul 7th, 2008 11:13:59 AM
..don't get to be the new promotion method--Short trailers still rock (?)
Kudos, Fred! by kevinwillis.net	Jul 7th, 2008 11:14:16 AM
Good job. I'm glad to see you're keeping on top of things. It's dirty work, but someone has to do it. Now, why can't I get excited about this movie?
Am I the only one hoping for Paycheck 2? by Nate Champion	Jul 7th, 2008 11:14:18 AM
Because who needs to read subtitles when you can get Ben Affleck and another shitty sci-fi plot to mix with a smoking Barretta in each hand?
Bloody fantastic.... by samuraiyao	Jul 7th, 2008 11:14:49 AM
Warriors and swords, cool...
kevinwillis.net by Freds_Balls_in_a_Mason_Jar	Jul 7th, 2008 11:16:22 AM
Fred as happy as can be for someone whose balls are in jar.
Hope you speak Chinese by TheJake	Jul 7th, 2008 11:16:23 AM
...otherwise you have no clue what is being said.
White Dove alert!! by theycallmemrglass	Jul 7th, 2008 11:32:10 AM
Tony Leung is a class actor and I think will bring gravitas to the film whether Woo directs it well or not. I like the main theme of the soundtrack too. Its about time Woo brought us something great since the days of Bullet in the Head, Killer and Hard bolied. Forget the hollywood crap.
John Woo presents: by One Nation Under Zod	Jul 7th, 2008 11:35:38 AM
Brown Turd.
It's a mammoth project because of the by www.valiens.com	Jul 7th, 2008 11:39:39 AM
over 2 hours of slow-motion doves.
January? by Hawaiian Organ Donor	Jul 7th, 2008 11:39:59 AM
Nuts to that. I'll have the region 3 DVD when it comes out in the fall.
Is Andy Lau in this one or Three Kingdoms?? by picardsucks	Jul 7th, 2008 11:42:16 AM
From what I have seen here looks like a reunion of the cast of Confession of Pain (Great fucking movie by the way)
John Woo's Pear Harbor by HoboCode	Jul 7th, 2008 11:45:33 AM
This looks not so good.
The Best Thing Woo Has Done in the Last 10 Years... by Aquatarkusman	Jul 7th, 2008 11:48:51 AM
... was getting Le Cercle Rouge by Jean-Pierre Melville restored and released. His actual movies... (low whistling sound)
MASTER PAIN!!!!!!! by Snikkar124	Jul 7th, 2008 12:04:46 PM

The music near the beginning of the first video... by Johnno	Jul 7th, 2008 12:20:36 PM
Is from Princess Mononoke... I love that score! Anyway this movie looks awesome! I'm so there!
hey it's the two male leads from chungking express! by polyh3dron	Jul 7th, 2008 12:37:54 PM
Tony Leung, and whoever that other guy is. this will be awesome.
What Happened to John Woo? by Baron Merlot	Jul 7th, 2008 12:39:48 PM
Remember when John Woo was supposed to be the second coming of Christ? The media machine was all over John Woo when he first came to America, but he never really made the splash that was predicted.
Aquatarkusman by Drunken Rage	Jul 7th, 2008 01:01:40 PM
You're right. And I wish we could get Criterion Collection prints of the other Melville films.
Baron Merlot by HoboCode	Jul 7th, 2008 01:09:04 PM
Never made a splash? What about Face/Off. That movie owned, made money and was pretty well received by audiences and critics who weren't pompous fucks. MI:2 did him in but that's mostly because the script sucked so hard and it wasn't in keeping with the franchise.
reflective shields used in SOLOMON AND QUEEN OF SHEBA by George Newman	Jul 7th, 2008 01:31:08 PM
i just caught it by chance on TCM a couple days ago. YUL BRENNER is king Solomon. his tiny army uses reflective shields on the approaching army, blinding them so that they dont see the gorge between them and solomon's army. the blinded army plunges into the pit and they all dies. it was pretty good. the movie was pretty good. i was catching it only in portions.
that being said, i'm really looking forward to this. by George Newman	Jul 7th, 2008 01:32:18 PM
last spring i took a PRE-MODERN CHINESE FICTION IN TRANSLATION class. in it we read The Three Kingdoms, so i've been looking forward to this.
picardsucks by Hawaiian Organ Donor	Jul 7th, 2008 01:49:28 PM
Andy Lau is in Three Kingdoms, which I watched over the weekend drunk and enjoyed the heck out of it. Sammo and Maggie Q are almost non-existent though.
I wish Woo got his balls back by PumpyMcAss	Jul 7th, 2008 02:19:13 PM
and just made crazy melodramatic shoot-em-ups like the old Hong Kong days. I could do without any of his American films (Face Off being a very mild exception) and really wish he could just lose his mind and have fun again. I watched everything he made until the supremely stupid Windtalkers before I gave up on him. Fuck that guy. Bring back the blood and doves days!
Fres wants to know: Is City of Violence is any good? by Freds_Balls_in_a_Mason_Jar	Jul 7th, 2008 02:19:59 PM
Fred thinking of getting that, but not sure. Anyone have advice?
Fred must be drunk, can't spell own name by Freds_Balls_in_a_Mason_Jar	Jul 7th, 2008 02:20:47 PM
Question was: is City of Violence any good?
To PumpyMcAss by Baron Merlot	Jul 7th, 2008 02:28:48 PM
Yep, I also miss the John Woo Hong Kong action flicks. Guns, blood, doves and tough cops named Tequila who play the saxophone.
My advice for Fred: by palimpsest	Jul 7th, 2008 02:47:17 PM
Stop referring to yourself in the third person.
palimpsest by Freds_Balls_in_a_Mason_Jar	Jul 7th, 2008 02:55:12 PM
Fred thanks you for advice.
Happy to help, Fred! by palimpsest	Jul 7th, 2008 03:04:11 PM

My City Of Violence review: by Nasty In The Pasty	Jul 7th, 2008 03:17:41 PM
http://www.dvdinmypants.com/re views/A-G/city_violence.php In short: it's goooooooooooooooooood.
I'm tired of epic war movies by DarthBakpao	Jul 7th, 2008 03:26:09 PM
They started to look generic and boring. Army marching, slow motion charge, people talking in grandeur manner etc etc
Hawaiian OD Where the F have you been?? by picardsucks	Jul 7th, 2008 03:58:36 PM
I know I was just being a smartass aren't both films essetially big bloated budget versions of the same classic novel?? Last night I screened Andy Lau (as a guest star??) and Eason Chan (With the gayest hair ever) in Brothers. Very entertaining Triad-brotherhood film. How did you get a copy of three kindgoms?? I have a region free but I want to wait for a Region 0 so I can play it thru my Blu-Ray for upscaling goodness!! In the past week I have screened: Brothers Hammer (only US recent release US dvd I have thoroughly enjoyed for a long time a real classic!!) Shanghai Grand My new Blu_ray Inferanl Affairs II Jiang Hu (Andy Lau and Jackie Chung plus Edison "Hong Kong Pussy master" Cheng) and last but certainly not least I finally got a copy of Francis Ng's One Last Dance (Fucking amazing!!) Telling you bro we need a Hong Kong cinema review and news section here I am sure we would be happy to help!!!! Most of these films are can be had at Best Buy and Blockbuster now days and if not there HKFlix and ebay certainly have them. Today I also ordered another batch from HK including: Wait till your older The Wall (Not Floyd this one is a traid drama with Jordan Chan) Exiled Blu-Ray ( Maybe the coolest action drama I have seen since Hard Boiled- No bullshit!!) As Tears Go By - never saw it one of Andy Lau's first serious hits
And Yes City Of Violence is more than good!! by picardsucks	Jul 7th, 2008 03:59:20 PM

Does anyone know... by anyrandomhero	Jul 7th, 2008 04:34:27 PM
if this will be the first in a trilogy? the source material definitely deserves it...such an epic story that one film won't do it justice
Appleseed Ex Machina features robot doves... by Iowa Snot Client	Jul 7th, 2008 05:52:08 PM
CGI robot doves!
Re: DarthBakpao by Cobbio	Jul 7th, 2008 06:29:03 PM
I'm slightly onboard with your point of epic movies starting to look boring. "Army marching, slow motion charge, people talking in grandeur manner etc." Yeah, there have been lots of those in recent years. But despite the obvious wannabee Zhang Yimou stylistics of "Red Cliff," I'm hoping the old bastard Woo gives us something tasty. I hope it's not a bloodless, humorless affair. I hope it kicks ass. I hope. The only "epic" film I'm really looking forward to right now is "Mongol". That film looks wonderfully well-acted and grippingly, non-CG intense. Anyone seen it? And does it compare with "Red Cliff?" Oh, and Fred: it sucks that your balls are in a mason jar. And that you refer to yourself in the third person. But at least you were first.
YOUTUBE VERSION WITH SUBTITLES!!!! by CelestialPudding	Jul 7th, 2008 07:05:18 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =WDqamjm8lc4
Broken Arrow by pr0g2west	Jul 7th, 2008 07:23:29 PM
The best Woo movie in my opinion. Face off 2nd. Everything else was pure garbage...Epic glorified war films are uninteresting, except for Braveheart and Saving private ryan.
Tom Cruise wrecked Woo by Chief Joseph	Jul 7th, 2008 08:27:38 PM
I'm still waiting for Woo's cut of MI:2. Tom Ooze treated John Woo like shit during that film.
Looks Boring.. except for the girl's Boobies. by mistergreen	Jul 8th, 2008 12:55:43 AM
I'm kinda tired of the whole chinese grandiose period movies.
Looks like Troy by Dazzler69	Jul 8th, 2008 06:52:24 AM
I wonder if this will be realistic or stupid overjumping and fighting scenes? I hope it's American dubbed.
picardsucks by Hawaiian Organ Donor	Jul 8th, 2008 07:59:43 AM
Sorry I forgot to check back in on this thread. I got consumed in the Emmerich one. I got Three Kingdoms from HKFlix or RedSunDVD I think. I order from so many places it's hard to keep up. The quality wasn't very good so it's probably the equivalent of a DVD screener. And the subs were terrible. You're 100% right, Harry needs an Ain't It Asian News sister site. There's at least 6 of us that would contribute regularly. Exiled is fantastic. Simon Yam and Anthony Wong are brilliant.
H O D by picardsucks	Jul 8th, 2008 11:51:16 AM
Last night I checked out Jimmy Wang yu's Knight Errant- early to mid 70's Jimmy was such a fucking badass (Master of the flying Guillitine, One Armed Swordsman, Man from Hong Kong, The Savage Killers - which would later become parodied with Master Pain). Master Pain (Fei Lung) was in it as well. In the film Jimmy runs over an older invicable female Japanese Karate master with a car to kill her or more specifically crushes her with the car. Lot's of good street fighting which was Jimmy's forte. Jimmy was not such a great Kung Fu master but he could box and streetfight for reals!!! One true story you may already know that Jimmy came home one night to find his cunt of a wife screwing another dude. Jimmy killed the fucker on the spot and was exhonorated by the courts and hailed as a badass hero!!! Jimmy also had connections with the Triads when they wanted to fucking murder Jackie Chan for one reason or another. Jackie went to his good friend Jimmy who went to the Traid bosses and got Jackie a reprieve. I'd love to see a big budget biography of Jimmy. Jimmy was also the first major star in Hong Kong to tell the Shaw Bros to Fuck off and helped to build Golden Harvest into a viable second large studio. Large enough to woo a young Chinese American Jeet Kune Do instructor and some time actor named Bruce Lee.
Picard, you really do know the classics by Hawaiian Organ Donor	Jul 8th, 2008 01:16:35 PM
And Jimmy is the man. I'm sure HK will do a biopic after he passes.
H O D by picardsucks	Jul 8th, 2008 03:46:47 PM
Hope they have to wait awhile I believe he is only 61. Most of those HK stars started out so young (late teens to early 20's) they were over by their mid 30's. The Shaw stusio for example had an inhouse traing-borading school type system where they would take kids out of school and train them in acting, martial arts, stage construction, ect. ect.and recruit these kids into their films like being called up from a minor league baseball team. It also gave them an excuse to pay their major stars almost nothing as they took them in and trained them and housed them from their youth. Jimmy was only about 35 when his carrer ground to a halt in the early to mid 80's. Same with the Venoms, David Chiang and Ti Lung (Ti Lung being different in that he became hot agin with a better Tomorrow and many good roles thru the 90's and even to now) All these guys were very young men when Shaws closed and the Martial Arts craze died in the 80's.
WATCHING THIS TONIGHT! by CelestialPudding	Jul 8th, 2008 07:04:45 PM
Hey guys, I'm over in Beijing and I'll be going to the premiere screening of this at midnight. Can't wait! Note of interest, my family is descended from the Zhou Yu clan (character played by Tony Leung) so i'm excited to see my ancestor whoop ass and nail one of the hottest women in Chinese history. hehe

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