*opts not to rain on Hunter's parade*



Get it? Because the movie stars "Rain" and I hate the Wachowski Brothers. Oh, I'm so clever.

"extreme disappointment in their considerable talent being squandered in overlong, self-indulgent sequels"

Let's face reality - it's not like they had the overlongness or self-indulgence of the sequels forced upon them. It'd be one thing if they were contractually obligated to Warner for these sequels and were forced to implement stupid studio notes against their will.

It's pretty clear the only movie they were reigned in on was the original Matrix, when they were still a new commodity and lots of money was at stake. It wasn't until that film was a success that Warner took the leash off and we got to see how "talented" they really are - which seems to be "not very" now that we've seen the types of films they make when they have total control over the final product.

My only real issue with the Matrix sequels and Speed Racer (Vendetta doesn't count IMO since they didn't direct it) is their lack of self-restraint in the script stage and in the editing bay.

And for what it's worth, I think most people need an artistic collaborator in order to succeed (i.e. someone to tell them that their bad ideas suck). Without that, it becomes The Phantom Menace.

But that sort of stuff, to me, is everything. I'll generally put up with anything else so long as you don't bore me. Hold my attention. And part of competently holding an audience's attention is to know when to cut your cave rave/Neo-Trinity sex montage and get on with the actual story.

I liked that montage <_<

What isn't cool to me is when they actually tell you the philosophy rather than having it just be a theme in the movie. CAUSALITY

Well I don't see how anyone can hate Jesus, either...

Photos of Rain training for his role in his next movie, “Ninja Assassin” were released recently. He is seen wearing a singlet, holding two sword props in his hands as he went through sword fighting techniques. But most importantly, you can see his much talked about significantly beefed up body. For his role in “Ninja Assassin”, Rain specially hired trainers that trained the cast in “300″ to beef up his body. He went through more than 10 hours of intense training and strict diet each day just to sculpt his body as seen in the pictures. Rain had revealed in an interview when he was back in Korea recently to promote “Speed Racer” that he was surprised with his body transformation, “I have a body that’s difficult to build up muscles actually. But just four months of intense training, I was pretty shocked at the results.” Rain revealed himself that during his work-out period, he has only had a diet consisting of chicken breast, raw fish, sweet potatoes and salad. The work-out lasted for four months and saw his body fat level reduce from 12% to only 5%. “Ninja Assassin” is Rain’s follow-up movie with The Wachowski Brothers after “Speed Racer”. Filming started at the end of April in Germany and is expected to hit cinemas next year.

and saw his body fat level reduce from 12% to only 5%.

That is a problem.

He might not spend as much time on internet message boards also.

Shot of the poster - hopefully a high resolution video of him naked will turn up soon

*refuses to watch any ninja film unless said ninjas are anthropomorphic turtles*

No, really, it sounds pretty cool. One of the few fads I miss from the 80's is the ninja fad. Another is parachute pants.

Shot of the poster - hopefully a better scan will turn up soon:

I like how the poster has rain.. and his NAME is Rain!


I just got a wicked idea: Ninjas... WEARING parachute pants!!

*scrub*

Nah, too swishy. You'd hear them coming a mile away.

Unless...

They want you to think that they're not ninjas. "Oh, that guy's not a ninja, he's wearing parachute pants." Then he flips out and kills you because you're not expecting it. After that, he could just walk away because anyone that saw the dead body would think "A ninja must have got him," and if they saw a guy wearing parachute pants walking away they'd say to themselves, "Well, it couldn't have been that guy."

On second thought, great idea Glue!

Hunter, will he be wearing parachute pants in the film?

See how I hijacked the thread and then politely returned it to its rightful owner? I only borrowed the thread, really.

You can dream Hunter, you can dream...

Did you just ask Hunter if the protagonist would be wearing pant's you just defined as "swishy"?

No one ever care's what nationality other races are in media either though. In terms of casting.

No one ever care's what nationality other races are in media either though. In terms of casting.

For instance I don't remember people watching Brokeback Mountain and complaining...

"Heath ledger can't play a shepherd! He's Australian!"

FYI when I lived in Taiwan, we knew a guy who was a Chinese teacher at the American school in Taipei. He was a Polish dude with blue eyes and blond hair, and he'd always get work in Taiwanese films as the random white guy. He showed us a picture once where he was playing a Nazi in a Taiwanese production.

So I think that kind of thing is pretty common -- they have a hard time telling us apart too.

FIX'D
Cows were not involved in Brokeback Mountain. At least not during the part of the movie where I was actually awake.

FIX'D
Cows were not involved in Brokeback Mountain. At least not during the part of the movie where I was actually awake.

Oh, the misunderstandings surrounding that film.
People wouldn't say have the stuff they do about it, if they'd actually seen it.

In the interest of full disclosure, I have indeed not seen this film. It just leaped to mind as a film in which a white guy played a nationality he was not.