Bollywood Sundays were a limited run, a series that was originally
started to support the "Bollywood Hero" mini-series they made.
All of the movies actually ran twice ( Jab We Met is one of my all
time favorites) -- IFC is aware that people want them to come back,
but somebody has to pay for the licensing. Esurance was the original
sponsor for Sunday Bollywood. No official word on when the films
will return, but if anybody knows any sponsors who should be
interested, hit 'em up!
I've noticed that since the Sunday Bollywood showings caught on,
every major Bollywood release has been in theaters in the US. I'm in
Charlotte (a market that doesn't get ANYTHING) and have seen
everything opening weekend since last year this time.
Daryle
On Feb 10, 2010, at 5:42 PM, Martin Baxter wrote:
They really love their viewers... :P
"If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who
in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
From: hellomahog...@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:50:10 -0800
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: movie review: A bittersweet life
I checked IFC and there's no reply to the comments on the website.
A lot of people are disappointed.
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Martin Baxter
<truthseeker...@hotmail.com> wrote:
I wonder why they've been pulling them, and stopped showing those
Sundays on IFC. I used to set my clock by them.
"If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who
in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
From: hellomahog...@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:28:44 -0800
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: movie review: A bittersweet life
I saw Snoop Dogg in one movie recently. Unfortunately, IFC stopped
showing the Bollywood movies on Sunday mornings. :( I have yet to
see one that was at least a 4 out of 5 so far.
Netflix has been removing some of the movies that I picked from my
list due to "various" reasons.
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Martin Baxter
<truthseeker...@hotmail.com> wrote:
Yes, Mr Worf, they do make watching a hit-or-miss proposition. I
saw "The Don" on IFC once. I think.
"If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who
in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
From: hellomahog...@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:30:36 -0800
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: movie review: A bittersweet life
Yea. The same for Bollywood as well. They use the older method and
it is effective. There is a guy in some of the Bollywood movies
that borrows from Jackie Chan (jumps, shimming down pipes etc.) but
they rarely go overboard or do the quake cam. His name is Shah Rukh
Khan. (Check out the Don)
The problem with Bollywood is that they use too many of the bad
styles that make their movies look like they were shot by Hype
Williams.
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Keith Johnson
<keithbjohn...@comcast.net> wrote:
Compare the fight scenes of this and other Asian films you watch
with American fight scenes. As discussed ad nauseum, I'm really
despairing of so much American action fare, which is horribly
choreographed. If you list Transformers, Crank, G.I. Joe, and
other stuff, it's beyond ridiculous. I honestly couldn't see or
register one clear punch or kick in "Joe", the camera moved so much.
It's been my experience that Asian cinema is much better at fast
action that one can still follow, due to better usage of the
camera, more long shots that let you see the total scene and the
fighters whole bodies, and less frenetic scene shifts. Is that the
case in the stuff you're watching?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kelwyn" <ravena...@yahoo.com>
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 7:02:00 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada
Eastern
Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: movie review: A bittersweet life
Added to my list. I am on somewhat of a South Korean cinema binge.
Watched "A Dirty Carnaval (Biyeolhan geor)" last night. Overall, I
didn't care much for it but the fight scenes were brutal and
realistically choreographed.
~rave!
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@...>
wrote:
>
> Movie Review: Dalkomhan Insaeng aka A Bittersweet Life, directed
by Kim
> Jee-Woon
>
> Made in South Korea, this is a mob story about a very sharp mob
enforcer
> named Kim. Kim’s boss runs a large hotel downtown. One evening
he is asked
> to take care of a situation in one of the private rooms in the
restaurant
> that is being held by three members of a rival gang. Kim goes
into the room
> and counts to three for them to leave. On the count of three he
leaps on top
> of the table kicking one thug in the face, while punching
another. The third
> got the worst of it with a bottle of wine to the head. This all
happened in
> the first five minutes of the film!
>
> Unfortunately, this set off a chain of events that slowly reveals
itself as
> the film progresses. A couple of days later, Kim’s boss asked
him to keep an
> eye on his new girlfriend while he is away on a trip. She is a
college age
> woman that he suspects may be seeing someone her own age. If she
was he
> ordered Kim to kill her and her lover. After spending time
following the
> girl, and spending time with her he realizes that he couldn’t
kill them, and
> orders them both not to see each other again. That may have been
a big
> mistake.
>
> With the boss out of town Kim makes the situation between his
gang and the
> rival gang a little more intense by not apologizing to the Jr.
Boss’ son.
> The mob never forgets no matter where you live, and Kim found
that out the
> hard way.
>
> The fight scenes in this movie are top notch. There were even
some moments
> that was so well done that it was hard to believe that they were
> choreographed. They open a six pack of whip ass quick fast and in
a hurry
> in this film which adds to the realism. One of my favorite scenes
in the
> movie involves one man against a gang in a warehouse. Very good
stuff.
>
> Pros: Good plot. Great fight scenes. Great acting.
>
> 3 out of 5 kicks to da head
> Rated MA
>
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