roddy Posted September 19, 2011 at 02:48 PM Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 at 02:48 PM And a part of the important Cycling Past Tiananmen genre! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted September 19, 2011 at 02:58 PM Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 at 02:58 PM *sigh* the Beijing of that film no longer exists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gleaves Posted September 19, 2011 at 03:20 PM Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 at 03:20 PM I've watched a bunch of Andy Lau movies lately. Not really on purpose, can't say I really like the guy, but he is omnipresent. Thank you for the multiple 天下无贼 recommendations. I totally agree, great film. I watched it on Netflix. To my dismay it is an editted version, so I need to go back and watch the uncut one (it didn't even have the opening scene where she is teaching English). I also watched 狄仁杰之通天帝国. It focused more on 狄仁杰's 功夫 than his detective skills, which was disappointing, but still fun. And also 三国之见龙卸甲, which is a Three Kingdoms swordplay movie not unlike any other old China swordplay movie (maybe slightly more forgettable). I also watched a couple Donnie Yen movies. 关云长 (Lost Bladesman) and 精武风云·陈真 (Return of the Legend of the Fist). The Legend of the Fist went for a Casablanca style that I found strange (example - Donnie Yen with a pencil thin moustache). But Donnie beats people up real good. At the end he fights a room full of people. And I mean a big room full of lots of people. Lost Bladesman was pretty dull, but it does have a cool scene where a guy chops his own head off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted September 19, 2011 at 03:47 PM Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 at 03:47 PM Rewatched . . . hang on, let me check I didn't already post this last week . . .no, I didn't . . . 新龙门客栈. Best part is of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gougou Posted September 21, 2011 at 04:55 AM Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 at 04:55 AM I also watched 有话好好说 a few days ago, and was also getting nostalgic for that Beijing... Then I watched 我们俩 yesterday, and that was really just twisting the knife in the wound! Fantastic acting though, highly recommended! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted September 21, 2011 at 07:45 PM Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 at 07:45 PM I liked 狄仁杰之通天帝国 and 关云长. It's been a while since I've seen either of them, though. Actually, it's been a while since I've watched anything in Chinese lately. They may be the last two films I've seen. I knew having an American girlfriend would be bad for my language skills... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted September 25, 2011 at 09:28 AM Report Share Posted September 25, 2011 at 09:28 AM I watched 梅兰芳 and thought it was okay. The most interesting part was where he 'battled' his master's traditional style with a modern opera, it would have been nice if they would have shown more of that, I think. The later part with the one Japanese who comes to respect Chinese people through their superior culture was a bit too Huo Yuanjia-style nationalist, I think. (Also that Japanese guy looked weirdly un-Japanese.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gleaves Posted September 30, 2011 at 02:36 AM Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 at 02:36 AM Just watched 武俠. Very cool flick. I agree with Skylee's comments, although I think I liked it even more. I was impressed that it managed to mix in some CSI stuff and and even a few guitar riffs without seeming ridiculous. Favorite action movie I have seen in a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heifeng Posted September 30, 2011 at 02:44 AM Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 at 02:44 AM Favorite action movie I have seen in a while. Yes! I just watched the movie not too long ago & I agree! The only 'odd' thing is...well not odd, but let's just rephrase this to just a random observation...I kept thinking to myself while watching this, wow the village wife's putonghua is so standard...Maybe i just had a different image in my mind when I saw a 'countryside scene' ----and then the wife began to talk.....but of course I'm not complaining, just sayin.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted September 30, 2011 at 06:35 AM Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 at 06:35 AM wow the village wife's putonghua is so standard I thought the same thing - especially when everyone else's Chinese (especially the detective!) was very non-standard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Horhe Posted September 30, 2011 at 07:40 AM Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 at 07:40 AM Yesterday I watched 观音山 and wasn't overly impressed. There was some good acting and I learned a few new words , but the storyline seemed undeveloped. Next up on my list is Beijing Punk/北京庞克. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prateeksha Posted September 30, 2011 at 10:14 AM Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 at 10:14 AM Our 老师 made us watch 山楂树 in the 听和说可 yesterday. It was pretty moving, to see such a "pure" love story and also the plight of people back in 60s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Horhe Posted October 1, 2011 at 06:14 AM Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 at 06:14 AM I just watched Beijing Punk last night. Basically, it's a documentary about Beijing's underground punk scene, focusing mainly on three bands - Misandao, Demerit and Hedgehog. The movie might be of interest to those into the whole punk/skinhead thing, seeing how a subculture that has never been on good terms with authority fares in communist China's capital. Needless to say, it's banned in mainland China. After the movie finished I talked to one of the staff members about the possibility of buying a DVD, since it's impossible to find it anywhere, and no major cinemas play it here (there was only two of us at the show), and, to my surprise, he told me they had received a phone call from the Chinese embassy inquiring why they project a banned movie and asking to take it off their screening list. To be honest, I was quite amused, yet also slightly alarmed, by this frantic display of diplomatic adequacy. This movie must have really rubbed the CPC the wrong way... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted October 1, 2011 at 07:08 AM Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 at 07:08 AM he told me they had received a phone call from the Chinese embassy inquiring why they project a banned movie and asking to take it off their screening listThe movie was shown in another country and the Chinese government felt it had any authority to have it banned even there?? Scary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Horhe Posted October 1, 2011 at 08:35 AM Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 at 08:35 AM Well, they didn't exactly ask to have it banned, but demanded that the venue in question doesn't show it. Of course, they were told to, well, you know... Spite can sometimes be a wonderful thing. I should point out that this is not technically a Chinese film, since it's produced by an Australian and is in English, having only been filmed in China. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted October 1, 2011 at 02:47 PM Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 at 02:47 PM I am watching 全球熱戀 on sohu. Seems like fun. Good for killing time. Try it. http://tv.sohu.com/20110930/n321111988.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dd18 Posted October 2, 2011 at 02:39 AM Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 at 02:39 AM I just watched 十月围城 a couple days ago. It was about 孙中山 and the forming of the revolution etc. It was a good, intense movie. Tomorrow I hope I can re-watch my favorite Chinese movie, 不能说的秘密. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renzhe Posted October 3, 2011 at 09:24 PM Report Share Posted October 3, 2011 at 09:24 PM I just watched Beijing Punk last night. I haven't seen this one, I'll have to look into it. I've seen "Beijing Bubbles", a German documentary covering the same topic, filmed about 5 years ago. Is punk rock really banned now? Last time I was in Beijing, I went to D22, and managed to miss seeing Hedgehog play live in Shanghai. It was quite underground and sidelined, but not banned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted October 3, 2011 at 09:30 PM Report Share Posted October 3, 2011 at 09:30 PM I think it's the film that's banned, rather than the genre of music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
character Posted October 6, 2011 at 06:59 PM Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 at 06:59 PM Saw Welcome to Shamatown and Wu Xia recently. Both very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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