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haven't seen any new movies lately, this shit is funny tho - from Trailer Park Boys:

 I haven't watched the show from start to finish, but the episodes i've seen here and there are pretty funny.

Mama - 2013

Directed by Andrés Muschietti

First time Director ! (according to his resume on imdb) Executive Produced by Guillermo del Toro!

FUCKING SICK - it looks like he made a short film with this concept in 2008, five years later drops an epic feature - good job Muschietti !

Everything production wise is fucking sick in the movie - and the acting is good too.

This movie was not what I was expecting to see (I didn't see a trailer, a friend just put it in) and that was a great surprise because the concept was fucking awesome !

If you like scary/thriller movies - you need to check this out asap

Tombstone - 1993

Directed by George P. Cosmatos

FUCKING AWESOME - director died in 2005 RIP and thank you for Tombstone!

This movie is money - another movie I've seen bits and pieces of that I decided to watch all the way thru and I'm damn happy I did!

I think the cowboys could've looked a little meaner - idk much about them (besides the little bit I read on Wiki after watching the movie and needing to know more) - but I read a book called 'Blood Meridian' that was about a crew of some mean mofos, and when I saw the 'cowboys' I thought they were going to be more like the crew from that book I read.. but maybe that's just not how they were? I guess it's hard for anyone to be intimidating when you got Doc Holliday sitting in your corner.

Val Kilmer plays probably now one of my favorite characters in a movie of all time. I knew nothing about Doc Holliday before I saw this movie, and all I can hope is that he was as badass as Kilmer played him!

"You look like somebody just walked over your grave"

epic, haldukken, all of the above, see this movie god dammit

Half Baked - 1998

Directed by Tamra Davis

I have seen bits and pieces of this over the years, but I finally sat down and watched it. It's pretty funny, but I don't think it's on the same level as what Chappelle and Brennan were doing during 'The Chappelle Show' ..

One thing that kind of bummed me out too is the production value. I felt like the movie was a long skit, instead of a feature film..

I think Guillermo Diaz was my favorite actor/character in the movie - he's fucking hilarious.

The movie was funny, you should watch it, but it wasn't as funny as 'Friday' namean?

Star Trek Into Darkness - 2013

Directed by J.J. Abrams

IMAX 3D mafaka ! Go see it before it's too late!

Burma VJ: Reporter i et lukket land - 2008

Directed by Anders Østergaard

This was a documentary about secret/undercover reporters in Burma during the times of the controversial 2007 riots against the military rule in Burma (now Myanmar)

This was a good documentary - and I learned a lot about a country I've never heard of (maybe because I'm ignorant, but I don't think i'm the only american that has never heard of Burma)

I think every camera operator in the world should watch this film - it was (probably still is) illegal for these kids to be filming shit - one tourist with a camera from Japan was killed for busting out his camera in a protest/march that turned into a shit show with the military and police. Despite the risks, these guys were getting really good shots and coverage of the events that took place. One guy even filmed the cops emptying his apartment of computers and equipment when he came home to find his spot was being raided.. what a boss!

The movie is interesting and quick paced - check it out

The Way Back - 2010

Directed by Peter Weir

This film was pretty cool - the locations were fucking awesome - these guys walked from Siberia to India, so expect to watch a national geographic type filmed movie of ed harris and other people walking for a fucking long time.

honestly - there was not enough conflict in this film for me. It was based on a true story of some people that walked very fucking far to escape communism during WWII - and it was an epic story for sure, but they couldn't hollywoodify it at all? I was waiting for them to get chased by soldiers or bounty hunters or even animals.. but it never happens.. they just keep walking.

There were a ton of impressive shots with beautiful landscapes.. but I would rather watch Planet Earth - at least they have a narrator who drop knowledge on me while I watch that stuff.

There was no reason this movie had to be 2 hours long. This guy Peter did direct 'The Truman Show' - which I loved - but that was a more than a decade ago.. Thanks for sharing this epic tale of walking with us Peter, but next time make it an 80 minute movie for fuck sake.

The Guillotines - 2012

Directed by Wai-Keung Lau (as Andrew Lau)

movie originally called Xue di zi (duh)

again - had to see some killing after that first plane movie..

This movie had okay cgi - could have been better.. I'm glad I didn't see this 3d.

The story was actually pretty awesome - kind of a Robin Hood type of deal, only based in ancient China when gun powder was just being introduced. There were however MANY corny ass moments, but it was okay because I was able to laugh at those moments, as opposed to hate them. Towards the end people were dieting back to back and in slow-motion - it reminded me of the few Bollywood war movies I've seen where the lead characters have epic death scenes at the end..

The fight scenes unfortunately were not extremely amazing, but the story and visuals were enough to compensate - the visuals by the way were really fuckin good. and the sets/locations and costume work and extras were fucking awesome.

and THANK GOD - the end was EPIC! haha I don't know why I need epic endings, but I do. The end of this film did not disappoint - people died that should have died, and then there was a great act of bravery and courage at the end that was inspirational and maybe even worth a haldukken - I can't give the whole film a haldukken cuz the amount of corny-ness should have been snipped out and added to the deleted scenes section.

You should watch this, and brace yourself to laugh at corny shit from time to time

When Wolf Falls in Love with Sheep - 2012

Directed by Chi-jan Hou

originally called Nan fang xiao yang mu chang

So on the way home from SE Asia, I decided I still want to watch Mandrin movies.. are you shocked? I could have watched Life of Pi, or Django Unchained.. Asian persuasionn babyyy

I decided to give a love story movie a chance again - wanted to see what asian movies are like when they aren't bloody war or kung fu films.. This film was pretty good. There were a lot of stop-motion scenes that I thought was pretty cool and different, and there was a lot of animation intercut here and there - sometimes an animation on a page that a character was looking at would come to life.

The visuals were great, the colors were awesome, and I liked the amount of 'moving image' methods that were combined with cinematic film making - it was inspiring.

The story is nice - like Touch of the Light - a cute little love story. Lots of strange and comical behavior and scenes.

The major let down was the end - this kid is confronted by his ex, and they had what I thought was the lamest conversation in the world.. I won't say more in case you decide to see this film (which I would recommend because it is cinematically great and the characters are funny too)

it was then that I noticed this seemed to be a pattern for the other two asian films I recently saw.. what the hell? have these directors ever seen IP Man?? I guess they are boycotting epic ending right now, not something I'm into, but the movie was good overall. Check it out mafakaz.

Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan - 2007

Directed by Sergey Bodrov

Second movie I watched on the plane - not exactly Mandrin, but I needed some killing after the first movie..

This movie was fucking awesome, the landscapes are amazing and the shots are sick. The story is also pretty badass and I love the lead actor playing Genghis Khan - Tadanobu Asano - he does stoic real well.. and I found out he's the villain in 'Ichi the Killer' (he's also in 'Thor')

His acting was probably the better part of the film. I thought the film was a little strange.. it takes place over practically the whole life of Genghis Khan - except the part where he invaded China - it was more like everything that lead up to that.. and it was a great/interesting story - but there sometimes it would get slightly confusing when there would be a jump through time.

The ending was a little bit of a let down - unfortunately I can't exactly remember why - probably phased it out of my mind, but I remember the movie ended and I was like - that's it huh? maybe I wanted to see him invade China..

I would suggest checking this out if you got two hours or however long it is to spare - it's a great epic movie that you'll be glad you watched, but then you might never watch it again.

Touch of the Light - 2012

Directed by Rong-ji Chang

The real title is Ni guano fei xiang apparently..

So since I was flying to Taiwan, I decided it would be a good idea to watch Taiwanese and Mandrin films to practice Mandrin namean?

This movie is about a blind piano playing prodigy in Taiwan - Huang Yu-Siang - who actually played in the film as himself (never would've guessed until I just recently read that fact on IMDB)

It was a good movie - I was inspired and slightly bored at times to see so many long takes.. but mostly inspired because I am not a major fan of super fast cutting, so long takes are refreshing to see in my humble opinion.

The movie might have been slightly longer than it needed to be, and I think the girl character's story was slightly underdeveloped.. or maybe I just wanted to see her in the movie more because she's hot?

I do have to admit that this is supposed to be an inspirational story, and I didn't feel too inspired at the end.. I think because a lot of things worked out pretty well and easily for the characters.. but it was a nice movies regardless.

would I recommend it? definitely if you like music, and probably if you like cute love stories.. not really if your looking to have your mind blown like a giant haldukken to your brain.

5 months later...

So I feel like I should do some explaining for my two fans :

Jan. I worked on a feature that dominated the whole month, watched no movies.

Feb. worked on my own movie for the whole month, watched no movies (as far as i remember)

Mar. Went to FL for a film festival for 'Cubamerican' - a documentary that got into Miami International Film Festival that a friend of mine edited, and I was in the credits for getting some pick up shots in NY. Came back to NY for a few days, then went back to FL again for some family time. - watched no movies, but tried to get my sister hooked to Avatar the Last Airbender (cartoon obviously - fuck the movie)

April. soon left to SE Asia to DP a television pilot about healing. It was an amazing trip, and I finally got to watch some movies (on the plane)

Ted

Directed by Seth MacFarlane

Saw Ted while I was away for xmas vaca.

This movie was pretty hilarious - I would recommend you watch it and laugh your ass off. The cgi was pretty good (and I was a little worried about that)

The end was corny - I thought the bear should've been dead forever.. but that's just me