[Films] Croydon Festival of Cheese!

[dancefloorlandmine]

Yesterday afternoon mitchy came over for some cinematic cheese. And lo and behold, the Landmine Library provided - all were films that I'd already watched, but that my guest hadn't, as I like to be able to a) recommend films and b) share ones I enjoy with friends. The programme went as follows:

Silver Hawk (Michelle Yeoh as masked vigilante in comic book adaptation)
Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever (Tony Bandyass looks unshaven and Lucy Liu acts best without lines)
Bullet-Proof Monk (Chow Yun-Fat winds up both Sean William Scott and Nazis)
Sharp Guns (Excellent HK caper movie, with a conman hired to form a team to rescue his old boss's kidnapped daughter)

And this morning, a special showing - another Michelle Yeoh film to bookend the run ...

Wonder Seven (Team of Chinese state-raised orphan operatives in pre-handover HK against a crooked CIA operative)

Oh, I do love my crap movies! [grin] I'm considering it research for running Feng Shui, obviously! Although Sharp Guns is probably one of my top ten, actually - the kind of movie that Tarantino wants to write.

Comments

[battlekitty.livejournal.com]

Signs I need more coffee:

"What? He keeps cheese in his dvd library?... Oh wait, "cinematic cheese" not "cinema and cheese"..."

I also need a "more coffee icon. Dammit.

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

Well, there was real cheese as well, but it was on top of the pizzas ...

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

I also need a "more coffee" icon. Dammit.
If you fancy a "Coffee. At gunpoint." icon, I can provide props ... [grin]

[cookwitch.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed Wonder Seven. Well, to be honest, I enjoyed all those films - but then my taste in films is pretty much the same as yours!

[gaius-octavian.livejournal.com]

I love Ballistic. There is nothing finer in this world than the sight of Lucy Liu blowing stuff up.

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

There is nothing finer in this world than the sight of Lucy Liu blowing stuff up.
[grin] I think it would have been better with Michelle Yeoh, but then, I prefer the idea of Ray Park being twatted by someone who really knew what they were doing ...

I like it though - and not just the "Some women buy shoes ..." line. [grin]

[gaius-octavian.livejournal.com]

Mmm, that Michelle Yeoh. She's in Sunshine at the moment.

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

Really? Excellent. I'm probably still not going to bother watching it, but at least she's getting recognition for her ability to actually act as well.

[gaius-octavian.livejournal.com]

Yeah, she plays the ship's botanist. It is worth seeing, IMHO.

[marylittlegoth.livejournal.com]

You seem to have very similar taste in films as Jamie, will have to get into a proper conversation about HK movies sometimes.

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

If he likes that kind of film, he has to see Sharp Guns - it's up there with Hard Boiled - possibly actually better ...

[yellowrocket.livejournal.com]

'Bullet Proof Monk' is, like 'Invincible', required viewing :-)