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Xing xing wang (1977)
I love this movie!
Honest speaking, this movie is really bad, however some awful movies are somehow very attractive and possess some kind of mysterious charms, and this Mighty Peking Man is one of those movies. This is a Hong Kong version of King Kong, who is able to change his size according to each scene, which is miracle! I laughed a lot from the beginning to the end. Samantha is gorgeous and love scene of Johnny and Samantha is very memorable with awesome music, "Could it be I'm in love? Maybe~" I wonder if the director was serious about this movie or he actually intended to make funniest comedy of the decade. Anyway, I really love this movie and if you are reading this and you haven't watch Mighty Peking Man, run to the nearest video shop and grab it. If you can't find it there, try the furthur video shop! It's worth it. Finally I would like to thank Quentin Tarantino for brings back this movie to life.
Blow-Up (1966)
what is reality?
Michelangelo Antonioni's masterpiece, Blowup is the great insight of what is reality and what is not. It's also the great philosophical challenge. This film is not for the people who are infected with Hollywood buzz. Whereas Hollywood films value the storyline(plot)most, the storyline doesn't really matter in Antonioni's films. There is something more than story in his films.
Blowup vividly catchs the images of late 60' swinging London, the fashion, music, and the atomosphere of the era, when the wall between the reality and fantasy were fading by the big drug(LSD) movement.
The photographer, Thomas(David Hemmings) discovers the vague image of dead body in the photos he took in the park. As he get himself involved in the investigation, mysteriously all the evidences disappears. Next morning, even the dead body he saw at the night in the park disappears. Was there really a dead body? What Antonioni leaves us is the forever mystery. The last scene where the bunch of youngs playing tennis without the ball is one of the most unforgettable scene of all time. An the end, when Thomas fades away from the screen, it even makes me wonder if he was really existed.
What's reality? rating:*****/*****
The Wild Bunch (1969)
beauty
I have nothing much to say now as people have already said most of the things about this film anyway. I just want to say that I had such a pure,wonderful cinema experience during watching The Wlid Bunch. I'm very big fan of Sam Peckimpah and there is no doubt this is his masterpiece along with "Ride the High Country", "Straw Dog" and "Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia". Some people criticize the violence in his films but one must note that there are beauty and also kindness behind his violence. *****/*****
Citizen Kane (1941)
Wake Up Everyone
Honestly, I was suprised to see imdb users have given such a high rate for Citizen Kane. I feel that most of people were mindcontrolled by the fact that Citizen Kane was chosen by AFI as the greatest American film that has ever made, and have given this film such a high rate without judging by yourself. In my opinion, there are lots of film which are better than this one. I believe Citizen Kane is selected as the greatest American film not because of the quality of the film itself but because of its meaning for the history of American cinema. Orson Wells was the first director to be given the almost full contorl of the film production, and it means alot in the American film history, as well as the new technics he used in this film(eg,pan focus) I watched Citizen Kane and Howard Hawks' Bringing up Baby on the same day and honestly, I was more impressed by the later film. I'm not criticizing that Citizen Kane is such a bad film, but I doubt if this is the greatest American film ever made. It's more plausible for me to acknowledge that this is the one of the most important films that has ever created from the historical perspective of American cinema. For me, Orson Wells's masterpiece is "Touch of Evil".
Scent of a Woman (1992)
The Ending spoils the film
Overall, it was a great film and Al Pacino's acting was outstanding as always. Congratulations for the Oscar for best actor. The flow of the story was good, especially the Thanksgiving dinner scene was touching and the Tango dancing scene was beautifully shot, however I think the last scene of the school hearing spoils the first good 2 hours. It's too dramatic and the director's intention of moving the emotion of audiences was too obvious. It ends up just another film that pushes us the morality. After all, it was just another well-made Hollywood film. ***/****