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Re: how does Crimson Peak look to ya'll? [Re: akira_akuma]
#22335088 - 10/04/15 10:35 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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I'm interested in the movie but kind of wary on it. I honestly love Guillermo del Toro movies so of course I will watch it eventually.
Devil's Backbone was my fav creepy one from him. Pan will always have a space in my heart. It's probably because I used to daydream about being a faerie princess or something when I was a kid. Plus I like to act like the creepy hand/eye monster at home. Walk around like that when I don't have my glasses on.
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Re: how does Crimson Peak look to ya'll? [Re: pachoo]
#22335106 - 10/04/15 10:38 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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isn't it based off a real Spanish creature in mythology, that eye-hand guy? anyways, he freaked me out, genuinely.
so Devil's Backbone is definitely something i should check out, it seems to be in some good-standing.
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Re: how does Crimson Peak look to ya'll? [Re: akira_akuma]
#22335231 - 10/04/15 11:21 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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akira_akuma
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Re: how does Crimson Peak look to ya'll? [Re: pachoo] 1
#22335242 - 10/04/15 11:25 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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well, kudos on him, he made it seem very believable, to an extent. i could've swore it was based on like real folklore of somekind. 
and i've got it booked on my big list of movies. i've got a lot of ground to cover....
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Quote:
CHeifM4sterDiezL said: i dont wanna miss stuff kung fu movies are already really confusing to me most of the time
Are you serious? Kung Fu movies are like...by definition one of the simplest and most formulaic kinds of movies. You'd have to be on insane amounts of benzos to be confused by the storyline of one.
-------------------- "I have no way of knowing whether you, who eventually will read this record, like stories or not. If you do not, no doubt you have turned these pages without attention. I confess that I love them. Indeed, it often seems to me that of all the good things in the world, the only ones humanity can claim for itself are stories and music; the rest, mercy, beauty, sleep, clean water and hot food (as the Ascian would have said) are all the work of the Increate. Thus, stories are small things indeed in the scheme of the universe, but it is hard not to love best what is our own—hard for me, at least."
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Re: how does Crimson Peak look to ya'll? [Re: Cj-B]
#22335287 - 10/04/15 11:43 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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"guy stole my Ginseng!"
*two hour operatic romp through the streets of China*
the end.
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Re: how does Crimson Peak look to ya'll? [Re: akira_akuma]
#22335318 - 10/04/15 11:59 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quite possibly the only kung fu movie I've ever seen with even a mildly confusing storyline, if only cuz it goes in such strange directions.
-------------------- "I have no way of knowing whether you, who eventually will read this record, like stories or not. If you do not, no doubt you have turned these pages without attention. I confess that I love them. Indeed, it often seems to me that of all the good things in the world, the only ones humanity can claim for itself are stories and music; the rest, mercy, beauty, sleep, clean water and hot food (as the Ascian would have said) are all the work of the Increate. Thus, stories are small things indeed in the scheme of the universe, but it is hard not to love best what is our own—hard for me, at least."
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Re: how does Crimson Peak look to ya'll? [Re: Cj-B]
#22335334 - 10/05/15 12:09 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Not strictly kung fu, but A Chinese Ghost Story and Peking Opera Blues have confusing as hell storylines.
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Re: how does Crimson Peak look to ya'll? [Re: clock_of_omens]
#22335335 - 10/05/15 12:09 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Chinese film is awesome.
The Story of Qiu Ju Ju Dou Farewell My Concubine Raise the Red Lantern Hero
classics. still gotta see Yi Yi though. fuck i should not have discarded it. 
and Blue Kite and Yellow Earth too. i had them and then i got rid of them! whhhhhat a doofus.
i miss when Allmovie had the links to lists of movies based on their Country (of origin) i don't know why they got rid of that. i wouldn't have seen not nearly the same breadth of awesome movies if it wasn't for that. wish i could have bookmarked it...luckily there is a good compilation of British films i could look at, but is it as comprehensive, i don't know. 
and Germany and Spain and Italy, so many i miss out on now...luckily i remember most of the greats from Italy and like Russia and stuff, because they're more well known...but British and German and Spanish classics don't get enough love. 
Allmovie kinda sucks now, but it's made some improvements. slight improvements. still, i wanna be able to search West Germany and get classic old school German film. 
i still haven't seen Das Boot...what a crime.
Edited by akira_akuma (10/05/15 12:19 AM)
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