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[Sword For Hire]

Who is intrested in this movie or going to see it?  Comments, other thoughts, scribbles?
this is my first topic btw (applause in the background)

Information link
www.imdb.com/title/tt1186367/

www.youtube.com/watch

yay or nay?

[Dr. Explosion]

It has ninjas, who are also assassins, and they fight each other...if it turns out there is a pirate then this may just be the greatest movie of the year

edit: thank you for alerting me to this movie, I definately WILL be seeing this

Modifié par Conall Cameron, 31 octobre 2009 - 12:02 .

[MrGOH]

Ninjas are already assassins. Unless it's a comedy, that's a title fail.

Modifié par MrGOH, 31 octobre 2009 - 12:02 .

[Amberyl Ravenclaw]

I'd watch it not because I'm a fan of ninjas or whatever, but only to see what exactly the movie has to say, especially since I'm a curious student of Asian, Asian-American and (Asians in)-American films. This review, though, hints that it's largely a style-over-substance affair with nothing much to offer in terms of acting or plot. Given the Wachowski brothers' involvement in the production, I'd suspect as much. And personally, I'd rather have a look at a movie that doesn't invoke the age-old East-Asians-know-martial-arts stereotype, but I guess moviemakers know what's going to sell. 

Side tidbit: unlike what the title suggests, it may interest folks to know that the cast is a mix of Korean, Korean-American, Chinese-American, Vietnamese-British, and Japanese to name a few, rather than exclusively native Japanese. Capitalizing, perhaps, on the fact that western / international audiences are often inclined to think that all Asians look alike. Hmmmmm.

Modifié par Amberyl Ravenclaw, 31 octobre 2009 - 12:28 .

[Sword For Hire]

Is there any movies you guys are interested in that are coming up around the corner? I picked this one cause it was the most appealing of all the trailers i've seen so far

[xODD7BALLx]

www.youtube.com/watch

The Messenger

Oh yeah really looking foward to Avatar, and Boondock Saints All Saints Day( that is if it'll even play anywhere but CA, NJ, MA, NY, CT lol fricking stupid).

This movie looks pretty badass though:

www.youtube.com/watch

Modifié par Operative84, 31 octobre 2009 - 03:24 .

[Death Breeze]

MrGOH wrote...

Ninjas are already assassins. Unless it's a comedy, that's a title fail.

Ninjas are trained assasssins but not all assassins are trained ninjas.

[Lord Thing]

Death Breeze wrote...

MrGOH wrote...

Ninjas are already assassins. Unless it's a comedy, that's a title fail.

Ninjas are trained assasssins but not all assassins are trained ninjas.

yeah, but it's still like saying Laptop PC...

[Maria Caliban]

MrGOH wrote...

Ninjas are already assassins. Unless it's a comedy, that's a title fail.

Not all ninjas were assassins.

[MrGOH]

Maria Caliban wrote...

MrGOH wrote...

Ninjas are already assassins. Unless it's a comedy, that's a title fail.

Not all ninjas were assassins.

You're correct; my point is that whether in orientalist representations or Japanese representation idealizing the past, the need to modify the word shinobi or ninja with assassin is reduntant because assassination is something that is included in the general bailiwick of the ninja. Ninja spy would be equally reduntant.

EDit: Ah - ninja assassin could very well mean one who assassinates ninja, whether the assassin is also a ninja or not. I retract my earlier comment.

Modifié par MrGOH, 31 octobre 2009 - 05:24 .

[Mordaedil]

Consider my interest piqued.

Big fan of realistic portrayals of ninjas, though this doesn't look like it. Might still see it just for the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" vibe I get from the style of Ninjas.

[Ponce de Leon]

Oh what a disappointment. I thought this thread was made for mr. Woo, and not for a movie.

Ah well...



Oh wait, look, it's Han!