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Sylvia
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New Movie Review by Sun-Yi

Fearless Director's Cut DVD Worth a Second Look

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I have to admit to not liking Jet Li's Fearless very much the first time I saw it, in its U.S. theatrical release. Yes, the aspiring filmmaker in me drooled over the beautiful cinematography in the film and the martial arts fan in me enjoyed most if not all of the wizardry shown in fight choreography. Overall though, I found the work a very strange mismatch, with the visual beauty of Fearless in stark contrast to both the story and characterization, both sadly lacking, so much so that the people and events in the movie rarely rose above the level of stereotypes or cartoon characters for me. In the first thirty minutes Ronny Yu and Jet trot out just about every martial arts clich� you can think of, from the multinational tournament it begins with to the boy who has to train himself in wushu while living in his father's martial arts training school. From his followers who repeat the exact same words every time he wins � "You're great, master," to a Mother who speaks only in clich�s, it's so one dimensional as to be painful, especially to an Asian-American who was hoping a self-proclaimed "epic" would do more than make the same mistakes so many such films have made in the past. With such beautiful cinematography in the background, it was kind of like watching an episode of the Power Rangers against a Renoir or Magritte backdrop, without the intentional camp factor.

That's an odd way to begin a positive review, isn't it? Because I just watched the Fearless Director's Cut DVD and I loved it. I don't think I've ever had such a wide difference in opinions between a theatrical and DVD release before. Yes, the film still has a few of the same flaws I found annoying in the theater version, especially the use of different film speeds in the fight scenes, which totally destroyed the credibility of these scenes for me. When you have such wonderful talent to work with, manipulating the film in that way purely for effect seemed like such a waste, and left me wondering if I had wandered into a revival of Kung-Pow: Enter the Fist or something. But the forty-five minutes or so added back into the film in the Director's Cut truly changed almost every other criticism I had of the film. Here was the characterization and depth of storyline the U.S. theatrical version was missing, the background and detail that allows even a non-Chinese viewer to understand and appreciate the epic nature of Huo Yuan Jia's tale. The only extra bits in this new cut that felt long, ironically, were the little parts of additional fight scenes, as they really offered nothing new except for some brief glimpses of Thai fighting that Tony Jaa does much better anyway.

It's truly a shame that audiences here in the States will never get to see the film the way it was intended to be and will forever judge it on the horribly cut down version shown to them. But the whole situation is tragically ironic, and indicative of the mentality displayed by a majority of U.S. film companies when bringing an Asian movie to the U.S. or even remaking one here. In this case as in most, the obvious decision was that action and fight scenes sell, story doesn't. It's almost as if U.S. movie companies don't believe their audiences can be bothered to read a movie story or get to know its characters via subtitles, so the automatic equation is subtitles = comic book level dialogue and plot. The irony comes in their marketing as an epic, when they've edited anything truly epic out of the stateside release. It's heartening to see some of the newer Asian filmmakers and films breaking that clich�, and telling deep and engaging stories with sympathetic and believable characters.

So if you are a martial arts and historical epic fan like me and were disappointed in Fearless when you saw it in the theaters, do yourself a favor and give the Director's Cut DVD another chance. I won't say it's the best martial arts film ever and it may not even be Jet Li's or Ronnie Yu's best films, but at least the extra footage previously edited out provides a balance and coherence to the work that was sadly lacking before.

I am Sun-Yi Park.

Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:44 pm

danteIL
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Sun-Yi has announced her Video contest on MHC:

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Ultimate Yellow Eyes Video Creation Contest(tm)!

As promised, here are the details on the Ultimate Yellow Eyes Video Creation Contest�! (So sue me, I love the hyperbole. Mmmmm, hyperbole.)

First, the story � Derek's made this excellent song called Yellow Eyes which practically cries out for an associated music video, like the one we made for Cryptid Love. I've got way too much on my plate to put together and edit the video, but I do have a bunch of clips to use. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to go to this page and download the video clips and assemble them into the best, most amazing, groovy music video that ever existed. By next Monday, February 26, have your video uploaded to YouTube, Google Video, or something similar and post the link in this thread. We'll judge the best one and send the winner a movie poster from The Host along with a Monster Hunter Club t-shirt. Woo!

To sum up:

What: Music video contest for Derek's song, Yellow Eyes
Materials: Song audio and video clips
Who: You!
Goal: Use the audio and video clips to make an amazing music video
When: By Monday, February 26 � upload to a hosting service and post link in this thread
Prize: The Host movie poster and Monster Hunter Club t-shirt

Good luck to everyone! I can't wait to see what you guys come up with.

And there's a new page on MHC, containing the same information, plus links to the clips:

http://monsterhunterclub.com/multimedia/YellowEyes/

Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 11:39 pm

Sylvia
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Joined: 21 Apr 2006
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audio blog update

http://www.myspace.com/koreanfilmfan

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Friday, February 23, 2007

Audio Nouveaux

On music videos, secret government programs and the filmmakers who research them, and creepy guys in green jackets � my audio blog for Thursday, February 22. And hey � tomorrow is Friday! Yay!

The guy in the green coat is still stalking/following/watching her and she is starting to freak out because of it.

Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 4:32 am

Sylvia
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[update] Who Watches The Watchers

http://www.myspace.com/koreanfilmfan

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Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Howdy Partners!

Current mood: contemplative

I've posted a new video diary entry for Monday, Feb. 26th, along with sone new pictures of my trip to the NYC Comic Con this paste weekend.

Enjoy!

She has also posted some new pics:
http://a203.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/64/l_e352e149e849d47e0fb2e9b8df99c322.jpg
http://a736.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/61/l_ee1292ad29b9a2daf6eb511edf547ed7.jpg
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http://a941.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/52/l_b6b4a6cdbd1bdb11393fcef21bcc81c4.jpg

ETA: this part of the video about her father it may be important at some point:

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My father, of all people, called and left a message for me this weekend while I was at the comic con. My Father. If I had to count the number of times he's actually picked up the phone and called me I wouldn't need any fingers. And he said something about his superior being unhappy with my involvement in the creature sightings in South Korea. And he ordered me to stop being involved. This is just wrong on so many levels. First of all he works at the embassy. How did his bosses know anything about what I'm doing here? And, just what is it that I'm doing that is so bad? It's not like I've been to Korea lately chasing strange fish. And, what makes him think he could just order me around like that? How very unusually traditional of you Daddy. So, I'll just have to buckle up and play the roll of spunky female lead actress and try to solve some of those mystery.

Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 3:59 pm
Last edited by Sylvia on Thu Mar 01, 2007 10:44 pm; edited 1 time in total

Sylvia
I Have No Life

Joined: 21 Apr 2006
Posts: 2062

new movie review by Sun-Yi

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February 27, 2007
Glorious Achievement: A Review of Indig�nes

Wow. You know, how, sometimes, you go to the movies expecting to be underwhelmed and you're just blown away? That's what happened when I checked out OSCAR foreign film winner Days of Glory, aka Indig�nes.

Directed by Rachid Bouchareb, this Algerian World War II flick, has the emotional punch of the entire 10 episode run of HBO's amazing Band of Brothers series, but synthesized into a two hour movie. Like BoB and Jean Renoir's Grand Illusion, Days of Glory is bereft of jingoism and heroic clich�. It's directed with such restraint and sensitivity (but never sentimentality) that I was tricked, at times, into thinking I was watching a smaller picture, rather than such an emotionally (and cinematically) grand one. The performances, each an original, distinctive take on a familiar archetype, are so natural that the actors scored half their points with me for what they didn't do.

The story follows a brigade of Algerian troops eager to defend their Motherland (France, their conqueror) for a number of varied reasons�money, hope French respect/citizenship, or, in one case, out of boredom, desperation and poverty. The focal characters are: two brothers, older Yassir (Samy Naceri) and younger Larbi (Assaad Bouab), Abdelkader (Sami Bouajila), a natural born leader and intellectual, Said (Jamel Debbouze) a na�ve mama's boy with a simple mind and a softer heart and Massauoud (Roschdy Zem) a homely romantic with aspirations of assimilation into white French society. All are under often cruel, rarely compassionate eye of a lighter-skinned French sergeant, (Bernard Blancan).

From scene to scene, the inevitability of each man's death becomes increasing tangible, while, inversely, their hopes and dreams become more remote. Compounding the tragedy, Bouchareb directs the entire movie in a matter-of-fact natural style, without any obscene gore or in-your-face "this is war, man!" close-ups. It's this easy distance that further dramatizes the Algerians' helplessness. The d�nouement, a showdown with a German company of troops in Alsace, on the Eastern Border of France marks an ominous homecoming for the surviving men. They're in the Motherland, alright, but they won't be allowed to stay very long, no matter how strong their convictions, brave their hearts or deep their love for France.

Sun-Yi Park - www.myspace.com/koreanfilmfan
� Posted by Sun-Yi Park at February 27, 2007 12:14 PM

Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 4:13 pm

danteIL
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Joined: 08 May 2006
Posts: 1990

New video blog from Sun-Yi:

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Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Anti-Mondays
Current mood: anxious
Category: Blogging

Hi, everybody!

I just uploaded a new video diary entry for Monday, March 5th. I hope you like it!

She's excited about the US premiere of The Host this weekend, and anxious about her meeting with this bodymod guy. She's asking for anybody with a >insert product placement here< to let her know, as 'backup.'

Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 4:21 pm

WolfHawk
Entrenched

Joined: 15 Nov 2006
Posts: 1247
Location: St. Louis

I hafta say it's pretty cool to see the ads on local tv and be able to say: "that's where my cool comic book and monster stickers came from!"

Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 4:56 pm

enaxor
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Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Posts: 2395

[Update] March 9

Sun-Yi posted an audio log about the events in Central Park with green jacket guy.

A couple of points....green jacket guy spoke Korean and they found some kind of code in the pocket of the jacket.

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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:48 pm

Sylvia
I Have No Life

Joined: 21 Apr 2006
Posts: 2062

After her blog update, Sun-Yi posted a film review of "Imprint" by director Takashi Miike.

http://www.twitchfilm.net/archives/009346.html

lost 2 paragraphs wrote:

Let me step back a moment and describe this spectacle. "Imprint" follows Drago's late Victorian journalist, Christopher, to a secret island brothel, where he hopes to find his lost love, Komomo (Michie It�) and rescue her from sex slave status. When he doesn't find her, he's stuck in the brothel and awkwardly ends up spending the night (the Madame insists he choose a woman) with a hideously deformed prostitute (Youki Kudoh).Before long, she explains to Christopher that Komomo is dead, but she waivers on the facts, describing several possible scenarios�sort of like Rashomon if all the POVs came from one person.

These scenarios, as well as those chronicling the deformed woman's life, are told flashback-style, and make up the bulk of "Imprint". I don't want to give away too much narrative (which is paper thin and ends with an incongruous, obscene revelation), but both types of flashbacks include torture and murder aplenty. The problem is, the story of "Imprint"�Christopher's lost love and the prostitute's tragic past-- are poetic folktale nightmares. Miike's torture scenes are punishing and sadistic. Subtlety and restraint are not Miike's forte, but his mixture of tragic folktale and matter-of-fact brutality goes down like blood and porridge.

Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:00 pm

Sylvia
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Joined: 21 Apr 2006
Posts: 2062

[update] Things To Do Before I Grieve

http://www.myspace.com/koreanfilmfan

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Thursday, March 15, 2007

Thank You
Current mood: crushed

Thank you for your condolences and support in this incredibly difficult time.

An audio diary entry for March 15th, 2007.

In Sun-Yi's audio diary she says she has turned over all the information they have to the Korean Embassy and that she is determined to stop Painted Soul and to "make things right or as right as they can be, anyway."

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Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:13 pm

drizjr
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[UPDATE] Sun-Yi's Final Myspace Entry - March 18th, 2007
"Beginnings"

Sun-Yi has updated her MySpace page. (Link.)
She's reporting in Korean, with subtitles. The translation of the text is in the description below.

Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:06 pm

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