GaijinPunch wrote:
Shurayukihime 2 / Lady Snowblood 2
A far cry from it's predecessor, unfortunately. I would have expected them to up the ante for a sequel, but it seems they downed it in every aspect. First and foremost, the fight scenes from the first I found required a bit of suspension of belief. This was not rectified at all... arguably they put in less effort. The caricature violence eventually rears it's head, but it's not a supporting character as it was the first time. The dead simple, but well executed revenge story is now someone convoluted and centers around something that borders on goofy. Some ridiculous filming tactics that reek of early 70s are there... as well as zooming lenses. Yikes.
I guess if you really dig this kind of film go for it, but I found it highly unnecessary. Thankfully they took the hint and didn't try to cash in any further.
Damn. I hadn't gotten around to this yet but the first was pretty enjoyable. I think I posted about it here, but maybe it was on another forum. I usually c/p after the initial type up to a few forums but sometimes I forget.
I got sick fairly severely (and suddenly) so I can't play Bloodborne tonight (too drained I'd just get wrecked) and this was actually on my short stack of BDs I had out. It was probably going to win out because I am not sure if I am in the mood for a Mizoguchi ball punching. Maybe I'll shamble over to the shelf to grab something else.
Ronyn wrote:
Of course you don't. You are, by extend of your words here, the most unassuming single-line commenter I can witness.
When I heard that they gave Milla Jovovich a role that would require more than portraying a human-shaped sign post, I undertook some pagan tricks to exorcise the thought from my mind. Alas.
Somehow they keep making Resident Evil movies.
soprano1 wrote:
Gremlins (1984)
Another one I never watched beginning to end, for some reason. Bloody good and funny, Gizmo is fucking adorable.
Too bad they went full black humour on the sequel, together with a shitload of references and cameos.
Gremlins 2 has to be pretty high up on the list of unnecessary sequels. It's a long list too.