tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14466718.post7245276906570572912..comments2024-03-23T03:47:07.698-07:00Comments on CHOWFANBLOG:CINE ASIATICO: AN EYE FOR AN EYEUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14466718.post-52558399084373451402008-10-19T06:27:00.000-07:002008-10-19T06:27:00.000-07:00p.s. i don't mean your bashing isn't justi...p.s. i don't mean your bashing isn't justified by your taste. but nobody ever complains about the "girls with guns" are too pretty/sexy, wire-fu are unrealistic. there is more acting here than in a kitano film, but b/c the story/direction are so pedestrian, if you watch for story & not the details of how they interact (e.g. how the stereotype of transvestite & straight cop-setup is surpassed by suggesting long-standing love/hate relationship), it will look poor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14466718.post-65763059306969949442008-10-19T06:22:00.000-07:002008-10-19T06:22:00.000-07:00Are you serious? both Woo and Kitano glamorize a "...Are you serious? both Woo and Kitano glamorize a "gritty tough guy" that is just as romanticized in its violent excess. woo especially creates a hyper-unreal "ballet" of bullets. face it, this film just doesn't fit the taste of the way people want to see asian "tough" guys in the cops/robber genre. the acting is superb (balanced between style and low-key realism, black comedy and humane sentimentality), not the "mannequin" you see. "credibility" doesn't simply come from a scarred and stoney face:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com