You think this movie'll come out to the US?

[Schadenfreude]

Originally posted by: SherEPunjab

Originally posted by: Jehovah

Originally posted by: SherEPunjab
that looks awesome. looks very Americanized though. Are all Japanese films so remniscient of American films?

No, actually - you'd be very suprised, a lot of typical American flicks have a lot of outsider/foreign influences - a lot of famous American movie directors have emulated Akira Kurosawa and his works, and he was inspired by older US westerns . . ..

The vibrant colors in this movie are very typical of newer Japanese flicks IMO; I think the US has/will be following suit - think of the Matrix/Kill Bill: a lot of those american movies have scenes that are carbon copies of their inspirations, which are anime/Hong Kong cinema - and in turn, like the Matrix, a lot of other movie makers, foreign or nation, it doesn't matter, will imitate them too.

yeah, i think it was awesome [the colors]. so the matrix took asian influences? thats interesting [besides the obvious martial art sequences]. I dunno why, but I always thought international films were less speical effects, less violence, and explosion driven, and more plot driven than American films. I'm not familiar with Japanese films, but I think for the most part European, Spanish, and Indian films are like that.

Dude, you're not familiar with Hong Kong cinema, are you . . ..

Anyhow, yeah, I think the foreign market shares a lot of the foreign influences (as in, they watch a lot more imported moveis, whereas the US only watches US flicks most of the time) so I think the producers there are willing to take more chances because of the broader market base: they have mindless action flicks, but the US, with its bigger budget, usually produces a lot of that - and the foreign market picks up the slack on drama, roamnce, etc. (unlike the generic crap they spew out here - with seom exceptions, 'course) . . ..

 

[SherEPunjab]

Originally posted by: Dragnov
Nope.

Americans don't like to read subs. Or rather, they have difficulty reading and watching at the same time.

speak for yourself dude. some of my favorite films are foreign films. LIfe is Beautiful for example. i tell you one thing though, i would MUCH rather them put subs than Dub them with some ridiculous voices. I'd rather see the Japanese guy speak in Japanese with english subs than have him speak in some voice that sounds like some corn fed All american boy from the Midwest.

 

[SherEPunjab]

Originally posted by: Jehovah

Originally posted by: SherEPunjab

Originally posted by: Jehovah

Originally posted by: SherEPunjab
that looks awesome. looks very Americanized though. Are all Japanese films so remniscient of American films?

No, actually - you'd be very suprised, a lot of typical American flicks have a lot of outsider/foreign influences - a lot of famous American movie directors have emulated Akira Kurosawa and his works, and he was inspired by older US westerns . . ..

The vibrant colors in this movie are very typical of newer Japanese flicks IMO; I think the US has/will be following suit - think of the Matrix/Kill Bill: a lot of those american movies have scenes that are carbon copies of their inspirations, which are anime/Hong Kong cinema - and in turn, like the Matrix, a lot of other movie makers, foreign or nation, it doesn't matter, will imitate them too.

yeah, i think it was awesome [the colors]. so the matrix took asian influences? thats interesting [besides the obvious martial art sequences]. I dunno why, but I always thought international films were less speical effects, less violence, and explosion driven, and more plot driven than American films. I'm not familiar with Japanese films, but I think for the most part European, Spanish, and Indian films are like that.

Dude, you're not familiar with Hong Kong cinema, are you . . ..

Anyhow, yeah, I think the foreign market shares a lot of the foreign influences (as in, they watch a lot more imported moveis, whereas the US only watches US flicks most of the time) so I think the producers there are willing to take more chances because of the broader market base: they have mindless action flicks, but the US, with its bigger budget, usually produces a lot of that - and the foreign market picks up the slack on drama, roamnce, etc. (unlike the generic crap they spew out here - with seom exceptions, 'course) . . ..

Other than Jackie Chan movies (crappy visual effects as you guys know), no.

 

[Qacer]

The Japanese have very wild imagination when it comes to movies. If you've ever seen a Japanese animation (anime), then you'd be exposed to demons with three organs, ninjas cutting people into pieces, blood galore, etc.. Advances in computer graphics allowed them to branch it more into live action. Not that they never had any gore galore live action videos. Think of Battle Royale, Ichi the Killer, etc..