Le Pacts des Loups (Brotherhood of the Wolf)

[blackshirt5]

Good to know, Wizardru. I need to review that anyway just to rip some stuff off for my Exalted game. But that sword still rocked on toast! Especially in the hands of Vincent Cassel!

 

[Knightcrawler]

Kick Ass Movie!! Went to see it in the theatres when it was out. In Syracuse, NY is was in the normal movie houses all over the place. I don't think that you have to worry about Hollywood making a remake of this, had plenty of connection sto Hollywood as it was. Jim Hensons Creature Shop did the FX. I rented the DVD but had to watch it with the subtitles like I did in the theatre, the dubs are bu completely different actors and were terrible.

 

[Rackhir]

I enjoyed the film, but was not spectacularly impressed with it. In particular they did not seem to know how to shoot action sequences and frequently kept the camera too close so that the heads and legs were mostly chopped off instead of zooming out to a wider angle shot so you could show the whole scene. This was especially a problem in the big fight at the end. Basically it struck me as a good first time effort, but they have a ways to go before they're in the big leagues.

Still I did find it somewhat amusing, that after so many decades of putting down american "Action" films when they finally tried to do one, it was a big hit, especially in France.

 

[Zaukrie]

I thought BotW was good. The two guys I saw it with hated it. I thought 13th Warrior was entertaining. My mother in law and father in law hated it, and I don't think my wife even really watched it.

I've since bought 13th used (cheap), but I don't think I would buy BotW.

 

[John Crichton]

I enjoyed the film, but was not spectacularly impressed with it. In particular they did not seem to know how to shoot action sequences and frequently kept the camera too close so that the heads and legs were mostly chopped off instead of zooming out to a wider angle shot so you could show the whole scene. This was especially a problem in the big fight at the end. Basically it struck me as a good first time effort, but they have a ways to go before they're in the big leagues.

This is the same problem with most action films, even "The Matrix." I didn't see any glaring problems compared to other movies when considering how the fights were shot.

 

[WizarDru]

Still I did find it somewhat amusing, that after so many decades of putting down american "Action" films when they finally tried to do one, it was a big hit, especially in France.

Have you seen the live action Crying Freeman? What did you think of that, if so? I think it suffered a little more so, but wonder if it might also have something to do with cultural preferences? The same way that Chinese movies seem to have so little music that it's almost infuriating, at times.

 

[Greppa of Tartwater]

I truly apologize for careening of topic but...

A live action Crying Freeman? When was it made? Who made it? Who's in it? Is the DVD out for purchase?

 

[jdavis]

A live action Crying Freeman? When was it made? Who made it? Who's in it? Is the DVD out for purchase?

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0112750/