Recently Watched Films

^^ Bathamel: it's in the Roman Empire times and it's taking in place in the Britain's territory, some tribes gave some trouble to the Empire warriors in their quest to take on the world.

Again, not the best movie, but a nice surprise (I had no expectation at all)

About ROBIN HOOD, I am really not sure about this one.... ;-(

m@x wrote: Nice surprise ! 6.9/10 ;-)

that one looks awesome, a middlage warmovie (one of my favourite genres of movies), what is it about and where is the setting, looks Roman Empire ish for me though,

I saw another warmovie/fable yesterday  which i would rate 7,6/10, for several reasons which is to long to write here now, and I can't get enough of Russal Crowe with sword and Mail armor, I still wait on a midleage movie starring Russel Crowe and Hugh Jackman, that would be epic bearded movie.



Edited by Balthamel - 24 Jun 2011 at 2:27pm

Being in bed with a severe flu, I had the time to watch all episodes of this classic:


I prefer the original Macross Saga though, which I'll probably watch too, but first this:

Kelly's Heroes

Rubber  8/10 rating!

The Matrix...again

Watched this one for the umpteenth time earlier tonight:



It just never gets old!

J-Man wrote: In all honesty, I've never seen any martial arts movies (unless The Karate Kid counts ). Are there any that would make for a good starting point?

I guess some good starters for martial arts movies would be Bruce Lee films.  The titling of the first few films differs in North America (titles in brackets)than from the rest of the world.  Any one of The Big Boss (Fists of Fury), Fist of Fury (Chinese Connection), Way of the Dragon (Return of the Dragon), or Enter the Dragon are good watches.  Avoid any other titles because there were lots of Bruce Lee clones that sprouted up after his death.

Jackie Chan has plenty of classic kung fu movies from the 1970s.  He was even a stuntman in a few Bruce Lee movies.  From his 70s stuff, Shaolin Wooden Men, Snake In Eagle's Shadow, Drunken Master, and Fearless Hyena are among my favorites.  He had some cool action movies in the 80s that were more stunt based.  I'd recommend Police Story and Project A.  The great thing with many Jackie Chan movies is his blend of skill and technique with humor.

I own several Asian martial arts titles that are probably only for die-hard fans/collectors like me, but Eastern Condors jumps out as a cool, war-based Asian action movie starring Sammo Hung.  Jimmy Wang Yu was a big star in the 70s too, and he has some nice movies.

If you're into over-the-top movies a bit on the gross side (understatement), check out Ricky Oh: The Story of Ricky.  Very corny, but its a fun watch:

^ I like Enter The Dragon, not sure I've ever watched any others