ARmy Rumour SErvice

**steven seagull** · 17-05-2012, 13:25

Originally Posted by Alec_Lomas

'OldBoy' a South Korean film albeit, is being remade by Spike Lee with Josh Brolin ( yup, I had to look twice as well) in the lead. Due out in Dec 2013.

Dear god.

I dread to think what a watered down mess a Hollywood remake of Oldboy will look like. Spike Lee hasnt made a decent film since Malcolm X.

Scorcese's remake of Infernal Affairs (The Departed) was a fair effort but usually Hollywood remakes are bloody awful. Tony Scott's remake of The Taking of Pelham 123 being just one of them.

**steven seagull** · 17-05-2012, 13:31

Originally Posted by Rodney2q

Thanks for that. I like Samurai movies (particularly if they don't have Tom Cruise in them). I enjoyed 13 assasins so I'll keep my eye open for this one.

Rodney2q

Twilight Samurai and When the Last Sword is Drawn are good Samurai films.

Azumi, Zatoichi and Ichi (same story as Zatoichi but with a female protagonist) are good feudal Japan films although not strictly Samurai films.

**tuffy52** · 17-05-2012, 13:33

Just watching a very interesting film called 'The Well',,,,Mainly about racial tensions in a small American town,,,,So far the actors have used the 'Ni**er word no less than 8 times in just 25mins,,Still it's a very thought provoking film.......

**BaronBoy** · 18-05-2012, 03:42

Originally Posted by steven seagull

Twilight Samurai and When the Last Sword is Drawn are good Samurai films.

Azumi, Zatoichi and Ichi (same story as Zatoichi but with a female protagonist) are good feudal Japan films although not strictly Samurai films.

Both Twilight Samurai and When The Last Sword Is Drawn are excellent films in any genre. Twilight Samurai is probably my all time favourite film. The samurai genre, like any, runs from the crass to the sublime but there are many excellent films notwithstanding. Most of the Akira Kurosawa films are brilliant, especially Ran, which is based on Shakespeare's King Lear. There are scenes in that film that still make my blood run cold.

**steven seagull** · 18-05-2012, 08:53

Originally Posted by BaronBoy

Both Twilight Samurai and When The Last Sword Is Drawn are excellent films in any genre. Twilight Samurai is probably my all time favourite film. The samurai genre, like any, runs from the crass to the sublime but there are many excellent films notwithstanding. Most of the Akira Kurosawa films are brilliant, especially Ran, which is based on Shakespeare's King Lear. There are scenes in that film that still make my blood run cold.

Yep, I've watched Ran more times than I can count and if I've got the house to myself at the weekend Seven Samurai is the first choice to go in the DVD. The duel scene with the bamboo sticks and then for real is just perfect and rain soaked, mud splattered finale still stands up as an excellent action scene almost fifty years on.

**tuffy52** · 18-05-2012, 10:32

Just watched 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance',,,The Duke,Jimmy Stewart,Lee Marvin,,,,Oldie but goody....

Also found this on You tube which is a pretty good memorial to some of the best Old Films,,,,

The Friends of Mr. Cairo - YouTube

**tuffy52** · 18-05-2012, 10:48

Will it be as good as the original classic..........

Blade Runner Sequel: Sir Ridley Scott Reveals Female Protagonist, And Reunion With Original Writer Hampton Francher

**Alec_Lomas** · 18-05-2012, 10:59

Originally Posted by steven seagull

Yep, I've watched Ran more times than I can count and if I've got the house to myself at the weekend Seven Samurai is the first choice to go in the DVD. The duel scene with the bamboo sticks and then for real is just perfect and rain soaked, mud splattered finale still stands up as an excellent action scene almost fifty years on.

These kept Hollywood cowboy movies inspired as the McQueen / Bryner Magnificent 7 and subsequently Eastwood's 'Man with no Name' series were to honour. Not that I need to remind you, of all posters, on that score.

**Alec_Lomas** · 18-05-2012, 11:04

Originally Posted by BaronBoy

Most of the Akira Kurosawa films are brilliant,

His favoured male lead - Toshiro Mifune (sp?) was up for the Mr. Myagi role in 'The Karate Kid' ( spits on floor) however, the casting types considered him to be too fearsome looking in the end.

**alib** · 18-05-2012, 11:44

Originally Posted by tuffy52

Just watched 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance',,,The Duke,Jimmy Stewart,Lee Marvin,,,,Oldie but goody....
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A fine and deeply subversive Western.

Ransom Stoddard: You're not going to use the story, Mr. Scott?
Maxwell Scott: No, sir. This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.

Incidentally, speaking of legend becoming fact, PBS has a interesting documentary on that famous brothel bouncer, pimp and occasional lawman Wyatt Earp.

I'd never thought of the Gunfight At The OK Corral as a reconstruction era tale of dodgy cattle rustling Democrats V carpetbagging Republicans goons like Earp.