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Finally got around to watching Kate. I think I enjoyed it more after having watched Tokyo Vice. But it was far too predictable and as much as I can like Woody, he was the weakest link in this movie by far
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I too was underwhelmed. Miyavi's character was super fun though! Pretty vicious.

This was an unexpectedly great movie and I highly recommend it if you haven't seen it yet. It uses the horror genre to show the real horrors of life as a refuge and the accompanying grief. Wonderfully done.

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His House is easily one of the best films of 2020. Simultaneously moving and unsettling.
 
Having rather enjoyed Halloween 2018, I hella agree! What a goddamn mess.

Finally also watched the Rob Zombie Halloweens recently, and he at least tried to do something interesting with the IP. Crass, for sure, but actually delivered on its efforts. RZ's H2 is mean and fun.
Yep , I thought the 2018 was great and looked forward to the sequel...but god , what a disjointed load of crap ..was the point to make us feel sorry for the homicidal butchering maniac and blame society ? No idea as it was so badly done ...Absolute load of balls
 
Finally also watched the Rob Zombie Halloweens recently, and he at least tried to do something interesting with the IP. Crass, for sure, but actually delivered on its efforts. RZ's H2 is mean and fun.
His Halloween movies are definitely overhated in my opinion. I get that people don't like the mystique of Michael Myers to be ruined, but after like eight movies of the usual Myers shtick, I think going at it from a different angle was a good move. His first one is a bit iffy, but Halloween II is a legitimately effective and interesting movie (at least, the extended cut is).
 
Thought I would share tonight's viewing. I LOVE old school Jackie Chan & martial arts films. Several years ago I downloaded the complete Jackie Chan collection (which was over 100 I think) and made my way through most of them. Incredibly this is one that slipped by me, which is a surprise considering it also features Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao!

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Okay, so while I'm not big on explosions and CG fighting, I am a huge Jackie Chan fan. I actually ended up reading his autobiography when I was younger. He is so amazingly talented and I see a lot of what he does as some of the best choreographed stuff I have ever seen on film. We even have a running joke about Fantasy Mission Force and how unwatchable it is. You're making me want to dust off some old DVDs...
 
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Okay, so while I'm not big on explosions and CG fighting, I am a huge Jackie Chan fan. I actually ended up reading his autobiography when I was younger. He is so amazingly talented and I see a lot of what he does as some of the best choreographed stuff I have ever seen on film. We even have a running joke about Fantasy Mission Force and how unwatchable it is. You're making me want to dust off some old DVDs...
I LOVE his early films because he did all the stunts himself, hard to imagine they could do the same level nowadays. I read his autobiography a while back and was really impressed by some of the charitable work he did.

He certainly hit the sweet spot in terms of global appeal. Being a big star in the US impressive. Being a big star in China is impressive. Being a big star in both is almost unheard of......but Jackie cracked it!
 
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