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Karate Kid remake
Over at Angry Asian Man, I read that Will Smith's kid will star in a
Karate Kid remake.
As we all know, the original starred Ralph Macchio as the new kid in
town who gets his ass beat every day by a gang of bullies, until he
strikes up a friendship with quirky old dude who teaches him karate.
Somewhere along the way, the kid hooks up with Elisabeth Shue. And then
later, Tamlyn Tomita.
This new movie will reportedly be filmed in Beijing. Does that mean
that the Cobra Kai-like bullies will be Chinese? Greaaaaat.
But I can't get too mad. Of course the new Karate Kid wouldn't
actually be Japanese... As everyone knows, all Asians already know
martial arts.
posted at: 01:45 Wed 12/Nov/2008 |
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Summer movie wrapup
Briefly, this summer I saw (in rough ascending order, subjective) Hero,
Code 46, Garden State, Hellboy, the Corporation, Spider-Man 2, and
Before Sunset. I'm not a big movie goer, so this was actually a busy
summer for me, movie-wise.
I also rented Infernal Affairs (1) and Before Sunrise.
... and I just saw Control Room on CBC Newsworld.
very brief thoughts on what I saw, then:
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posted at: 10:15 Sun 28/Nov/2004 |
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Incredibles
The Incredibles ruled. I mean, obviously some of its strengths are
great direction and a strong, well-structured story.
But on a more trivial note, I hope more superhero movies will follow its
lead in at least other other aspect: ditch the origins. The origin
stories are, generally speaking, not as much fun as the regular
stories. Spider-Man 2: better than Spider-Man. Superman 2: better
than Superman. What was the most boring part of Hellboy, of X-Men, of
the Hulk? The origin. Ditch 'em.
posted at: 08:18 Sun 14/Nov/2004 |
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Before Sunset
Richard Linklater's "Before Sunset" is my top choice for movie of the
year to date, not that the competition's that close. I suppose the
conventional wisdom is that its talky, plot-light nature means this film
isn't for everyone, but that saddens me. I think everyone should see
it; it's a deeply heartfelt film. The other recent film I can think of
with such genuine emotion is last year's "In America". (I've also read
comparisons to last year's "Lost in Translation", but I haven't seen
that one yet.)
Ethan Hawke was great, Julie Delpy was unbelievable, and the writing (by
all three, plus story credit to Kim Krizan) and cinematography and camerawork
were top-notch.
Without the heavy-handed Hollywood orchestra browbeating you into
emotion, without stupid and gloriously dumb plot twists that inject
artificial drama into the story, they've combined to build a story
presented with such honest and heartfelt emotion that I'm still stunned
a day and a half after watching it.
I cannot wait until the Ridge theater picks this up with Before Sunrise
for a double bill.
posted at: 07:49 Mon 12/Jul/2004 |
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Spider-Man 2
Spider-Man 2 is an excellent movie. I loved the first. The second rips
off a few too many elements of the first, but is still better in so many
ways.
Matt Yglesias on what he sees as the thematic self-contradiction of
Spider-Man 2 (spoilers). (FWIW, I don't really agree with his
argument, preferring instead the comments left by Karmakin, Tacitus, and
mc_masterchef there, as well as Henry at Crooked Timber.)
But what I wanted to talk about was a much smaller nuance of the movie
in particular. Spoilers...
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posted at: 20:43 Sun 04/Jul/2004 |
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