I've been hearing even the most rabid Statham fans should skip Death Race 'cause it's just so awful.
His last movie was a Uwe Boll Medieval hack & slash videogame movie though, so I can see how this one might seem a step up.
Mal: Does she understand that? River: She understands. She doesn't comprehend.
'Objects In Space'
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Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 25, 2008 5:41:01 am PDT #7807 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Hayden - Aug 25, 2008 6:03:07 am PDT #7808 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Also, The Good and The Ugly are clearly soulmates.
Smile when you say that, Blondie.
A couple of questions that strike me: have you seen Yojimbo & Sanjuro? Have you seen Once Upon A Time In The West? Are you interested in seeing more Westerns and need recommendations?
Polter-Cow - Aug 25, 2008 6:20:30 am PDT #7809 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
No, no, no, not exactly. That is, I thought these were good Westerns, but I have no burning desire to watch more unless I have to. There are many more non-Westerns I'm interested in.
Scrappy - Aug 25, 2008 6:32:32 am PDT #7810 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Corwood is going to start pimping The Wild Bunch to you, P-C. I can feel it. Resist his blandishments!
Frankenbuddha - Aug 25, 2008 6:34:17 am PDT #7811 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Yojimbo & Sanjuro are samurai movies, but they are modelled on classic westerns.
Indeed, Yojimbo was inspired by a Dashiel Hammett novel, filmed as a samurai western and remade as...wait for it...A Fistful of Dollars.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 25, 2008 6:35:26 am PDT #7812 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Also, you should see The Wild Bunch.
Nyah, nyah's scrappy.
Hayden - Aug 25, 2008 6:44:47 am PDT #7813 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Indeed, Yojimbo was inspired by a Dashiel Hammett novel, filmed as a samurai western and remade as...wait for it...A Fistful of Dollars.
Yep, and Sanjuro was remade as For A Few Dollars More. And Kurosawa was deeply influenced by John Ford.
But I'm not going to push the Westerns or samurai movies unless there's interest. Frank's doing it for me!
Frankenbuddha - Aug 25, 2008 6:54:41 am PDT #7814 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Sanjuro was remade as For A Few Dollars More
Huh. I haven't seen Sanjuro yet (and it's been so long since I saw FaFDM that all I remember is how confusing it was to see Lee Van Cleef as essentially one of the "good" guys in that movie after having seen The Good, The Bad...etc.), so I didn't realize that FaFDM was a remake as well.
Theodosia - Aug 25, 2008 7:05:05 am PDT #7815 of 10000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Also, if you've seen either Yojimbo or A Fistful of Dollars, catch Fresh which is the plot as interpreted in the African-American ghetto experience -- I HIGHLY recommend it.
Hayden - Aug 25, 2008 7:18:23 am PDT #7816 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Yojimbo kicks all kinds of ass. It's one of those rare movies that is simultaneously cerebral as hell and breathlessly action-packed. I think I first saw it in the late 90s, around 1997 or so, while I was going through a spaghetti western kick. And I've watched it pretty much once or twice a year ever since without any sort of diminishing marginal returns.