JunkerSeed Posted February 17, 2002 Share Posted February 17, 2002 Hmm, coulda sworn I posted about this movie already, but Mike saw it, and said he didn't he a post about it, so here it is. This is the other cool French movie that came out this year. It's a martial arts-werewolf-period peice that's insanely stylish, and basically has everything and the kitchen sink thrown into it. This movie uses every visual trick in the book, and has some of the coolest fight scenes I've seen in a while. The werewolf is made by Jim henson and has this cool old school kind of computer animation thing going on. Works pretty well. Really can't express how utterly cool this movie was. The audience goes in thinking they're gonna see some snobby, philosophical foreign film, and then they see two hours worth of badass fighting, cool slo motion, visual trickery, etc. And Mike has seen this one too, so it exists! I'm not just making shit up citing movies nobody has heard of. I think it's playing at dolphin 'round these parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted February 17, 2002 Share Posted February 17, 2002 I recall Kee seemed to go for it, Spiffytee wasnt a fan tho - hey, isnt Jim Henson dead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JunkerSeed Posted February 17, 2002 Author Share Posted February 17, 2002 Um, created by Jim Henson's creature shop, not Jim henson himself, my bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopDawg540 Posted February 18, 2002 Share Posted February 18, 2002 Utterly and completely BADASS, and even though its completely in french the subtitles almost seem to dissapear after a few minutes. This is truly a spectacular film and watching it will bring meaning into your life. I give this a FULL and enthusiastic 5 stars! ~TD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted February 18, 2002 Share Posted February 18, 2002 Lookee, ma! That feller who recommended "Thin Red Line" & "Wild, Wild West" has anudder favorite! Cletus, go on 'n git the gun! *activates thermal optics & hides* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kee Posted February 18, 2002 Share Posted February 18, 2002 Acutally i've already seen this movie and it was quit good. Craig was the one that recommended it to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopDawg540 Posted February 19, 2002 Share Posted February 19, 2002 Boy, I'll be waitin for you out in the parkin lot. Say hello to my lil friend... PS I have countlessly apologised for the thin red line as it thouroughly sucked the crap outta my ass. And WWW was not THAT bad, at least it had a few good lines. ~TD ::Revs his engine waiting for the irishman:: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 From subtitled movie thread: I just saw for the first time Brothehood Of The Wolf. Holy shit that was good. Rivals Crouching Tiger with best foreign action drama I've seen. Good shit. I'm glad you folks talked it up, otherwise I might not have bothered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLeakyBucket Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 So far I haven't bothered. Maybe one day over the rainbow...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of Snake Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Anyone who hasn't seen it should really check it out, it's badass. Bucket, you'd love it, it's like a French Sleepy Hollow with better action, unfortunately there's no Christina Ricci but Monica Belluci should suffice! I enjoyed this a lot, it's been out for a while over here, went thru indie cinemas but it got a good word of mouth and has been doing very well on rentals. IC, on the 'who you'd like to go drinking with' thread, one of the french guys I mentioned, Vincent Cassel, is a standout acting wise in this, having fun as a snarling one-armed aristocrat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiffytee Posted March 1, 2003 Share Posted March 1, 2003 gotta play devil's advocate on this one. for an action flick, it's way too long (somethin like 3 hours.) It wants to put emphasis on the wolf and the main characters at the same time - it didn't quite work well this time around. Seemed like they didn't get enough characterization. Some of the story was resolved in a strange way.... the only redeming thing about this movie were a few action sequences and camera angles. I honestly found myself hoping it would end, like in 13th warrior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JunkerSeed Posted March 2, 2003 Author Share Posted March 2, 2003 Aw... no way. I mean, I'll give you the length, but there was more than enough to keep me entertained. It was so stylish it barely mattered what was happening plot-wise half the time. They went all out with everything that could ever look cool on film and tossed it in. It also wins the award for best dissolve transition in film history when they have the moving shot of the camera going over the girl's boob and dissolveing into a moving shot of a mountain. B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted March 2, 2003 Share Posted March 2, 2003 Eh..im with Spiffy here. Style in the fight scenes, but not enough to carry the plot, which did indeed drag at points. I think Spiffy & Kee saw this one expecting more kung-fu type movie and got @ 3 hours of french dialouge... I enjoyed parts of it, dont get me wrong - the villian was fun until that silly Ivy weapon at the end, and ill admit the cool parts were indeed cool (Indian guy was interestin), but honeslty i stopped this one and had to go back to it later, it kinda lost my interest halfway through - granted i was prolly tired but im guessin Spiffy was in my boat of expectin somethin else. I'm...ok im not at all crapping on this film, it was fun, see it if you havent, but i woudlnt buy it is what im gettin at. Except for maybe the tit transition scene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spongebob Posted March 4, 2003 Share Posted March 4, 2003 OMG one and the only subtitled movie that i really enjoyed while IC didn't so much... : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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