Which non-Indian film did you watch recently

Ronin - anytime rewatchable movie for me. At that time, it was a treat for De Niro fans who wanted to see him in direct action films. Plus Frankenheimer making it up for the absence of car chase in The French Connection II. "What's in the case?" :D

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Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

Appu,

Ronin was acclaimed for its chasing scenes.. But for a gr8 starcast, the movie was a letdown IMO.

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Agreed, but the casting is perfect IMO.De niro and jeno acted well, the plot is not much interesting.. Niro as action hero is a treat :D

Punch Drunk Love - Excellent :thumbsup:

Throne of Blood(titled Kumonosu-jo meaning spider web castle in japanese):My third Kurosawa movie in the last week and the least impressive.

Before anybody gets me wrong,it's not a bad film but compared to the ones I saw last week,the flaws were visible.

For a 1 hr 40 min movie,the pacing in the first 50 minutes was a problem,there were times when I wanted to cut the scene and move on.

The most in-the face-problem was the casting of the woman(Isuzu yamada) who played the crucial part of Washizu's(played by Mifune) wife.She is the catalyst who gets things moving in a particular direction and she is supposed to be a very well known actress but looked expressionless with pathetic body language and voice modulation.She also looked older and ghostly.

I wanted to shake her up and tell her to please match Mifune who was excellent.

The last half hour was very good with the action choreography in the climax where Washizu is cornered by arrows being stunning.

Once again felt the cinematography was top rate.Seems to be a feature of Kurosawa's movies.

All in all a film where the great Akira Kurosawa looked mortal.

Hitch - started of well, but the last 20 minutes were meh. Decent watch.

Cinefan - A previous discussion about the actress.

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Originally Posted by AravindMano

The lady who acted as Macbeth :lol: yeRkanave moonju konjam izhuththu vechchu thechchaa maadhri irukku. Idhula she wears one stiff expression through out. Andhamma odradhu nadakkaradhu ukkaarradhu ellaame :lol: costume vera innoru oru periya comedy. tailor indha ammavoda height-ku alter paNRadhukku munnaadiyae kudhichchu odi vantaanga pola.

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It is representative of a Japanese theatre style called: "Noh". Its speciality is acting with a fixed/minal expression.

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Punch Drunk Love - Excellent :thumbsup:

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Romba naalaa in the to be watched list. THanks for reminding :-)

Sukiyaki Western Django - Idhellam Naanga Yojimbolayae paathutom

Tarantino, Quentin :rotfl2:

Stepfather..

Another psycho thriller. Would love to see movies of same genre in Tamil.

O'Quinn's performance in the original 80's film, is one to top ! I'd be surprised if the remake is half as good.