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post #1 of 27
9/28/10 at 2:04pm
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I'm happy to bring board-member and my good friend Jacob Hall to the main page, to cover Fantastic Fest for us this year. He's a talented writer, and is great to do this for us with such a busy festival schedule. He typically does some writing for Cinematical (where he's doing a more general, Fantastic Fest Virigin-type blog), but he's going to be a great fit for CHUD.

I've literally built spaceships with this man (slang), so give him a warm welcome.

Transfer: http://chud.com/articles/articles/25...FER/Page1.html

Golden Slumber: http://chud.com/articles/articles/25...BER/Page1.html

Ong Bak 3: http://chud.com/articles/articles/25...K-3/Page1.html
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post #2 of 27
9/28/10 at 2:11pm
Not sure what to make of the ONG BAK review. If it has great fighting, as the review states, then I'm all for it. Tony Jaa is quite possibly the most talented athlete on the planet. If it's all mysticism and flashbacks, then my interest will naturally wane. Which is it? Does the film lack fighting or not? The review was interesting but not entirely clear. I kind of got the impression that he was saying that the first part of the film is fighting and then it becomes flashbacks. Is that accurate?


Anyway, It's a tragedy what's happened to Jaa's career. If he can make ONG BAK on less than a million dollars, how is there not some Hollywood company out there to give him, say, TWO million dollars to play with? If he can make awesome action on such a cheap budget, why is he living like an indentured servant in Thailand? Why is he beholden to this absurd contract that won't even give him enough money to pay his bills? If he emerges from the jungle in five years to announce to the world that he's perfected his sorcery, then I can see his retirement from film being worth it. Otherwise, it's a damn shame.
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post #3 of 27
9/28/10 at 2:21pm
I've been reading them and the one about Golden Slumber really piqued my interest. Shame I'll probably never get to watch it.
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post #4 of 27
9/28/10 at 2:22pm
Golden Slumber sounds great. Transfer has such an interesting concept I'm still interested in it. I guess one day I'll see Ong-Bak.
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post #5 of 27
9/28/10 at 5:49pm
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Corridor: http://chud.com/articles/articles/25...DOR/Page1.html

Tetsuo: The Bullet Man: http://chud.com/articles/articles/25...MAN/Page1.html
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post #6 of 27
9/28/10 at 6:04pm
Fuck if the last line of that Golden Slumber review isn't a real kicker. Tetsuo sounds fascinating (anyone know if Iron Man is any good?).

Nice reviews Jacob, looking forward to more of these.
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post #7 of 27
9/28/10 at 6:19pm
I saw Tetsuo: The Iron Man just around March this year. 7 months later, I can honestly say I do not know exactly what the fuck I saw.
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post #8 of 27
9/28/10 at 7:16pm
As I said on Twitter, you haven't lived until you've been incomprehensibly attacked on the CHUD talkbacks.

More reviews are forthcoming and from now on, the emphasis will be on fewer but longer, more detailed reviews instead of these extended capsules. There's been some pretty amazing stuff showing down here.

Happy to see my name on CHUD and happy you folks are reading. Thanks.

Preview: I Saw the Devil is going to blow your brain out the back of your head.
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post #9 of 27
9/28/10 at 7:18pm
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Not sure what to make of the ONG BAK review. If it has great fighting, as the review states, then I'm all for it. Tony Jaa is quite possibly the most talented athlete on the planet. If it's all mysticism and flashbacks, then my interest will naturally wane. Which is it? Does the film lack fighting or not? The review was interesting but not entirely clear. I kind of got the impression that he was saying that the first part of the film is fighting and then it becomes flashbacks. Is that accurate?
To clarify: there are about four fight scenes scattered throughout the movie. There are about 50 scenes of Jaa nursing his wounds while staring at a sunset.
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post #10 of 27
9/29/10 at 8:36am
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As I said on Twitter, you haven't lived until you've been incomprehensibly attacked on the CHUD talkbacks.
Screw those mouth breathers.

I like your style and hope for more stuff to come. And don't worry about the length. Longer isn't always better, more lucid or informative.
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post #11 of 27
9/29/10 at 8:45am
Loved the Tetsuo: The Bullet Man review. I'm a big Tskumato fan and this just makes me want to see his latest all the more. Thanks!
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post #12 of 27
9/29/10 at 5:25pm
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I Saw the Devil: http://chud.com/articles/articles/25...VIL/Page1.html
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post #13 of 27
10/3/10 at 2:54pm
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Rare Exports: http://chud.com/articles/articles/25...RTS/Page1.html

Hatchet II: http://chud.com/articles/articles/25...-II/Page1.html

Troll Hunter: http://chud.com/articles/articles/25...EST/Page1.html

The Dead and Rammbock: http://chud.com/articles/articles/25...EST/Page1.html

Mini-Reviews (Gallants, Norwegian Ninja, Porno Gang, Sound of Noise, Drones): http://chud.com/articles/articles/25...NES/Page1.html

The Last Circus: http://chud.com/articles/articles/25...NES/Page1.html
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post #14 of 27
10/3/10 at 7:03pm
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To clarify: there are about four fight scenes scattered throughout the movie. There are about 50 scenes of Jaa nursing his wounds while staring at a sunset.
Drat. Oh well, some Jaa is better than no Jaa I guess. Thanks for the clarification though, I appreciate it. I have no clue why Jaa is in the situation he's in, but I'm glad we got one more movie out of him all the same.

Hopefully his 'retirement' is short lived
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post #15 of 27
10/3/10 at 11:46pm
There are a whole hell of a lot of these that now I want to see. This is all such great coverage.
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post #16 of 27
10/4/10 at 5:52pm
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Mini Reviews #2 (Red, White and Blue, Stake Land, We Are What We Are, Primal, Never Let Me Go): http://chud.com/articles/articles/25...-GO/Page1.html
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post #17 of 27
10/5/10 at 10:45am
I am loving this coverage. There is sooooooooo fucking much out there!
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post #18 of 27
10/5/10 at 3:20pm
Yeah, they just keep coming. It's awesome.
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post #19 of 27
10/5/10 at 4:55pm
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13 Assassins: http://chud.com/articles/articles/25...INS/Page1.html
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post #20 of 27
10/6/10 at 5:52pm
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Donnie Yen Menage a trois (Legend of the Fist, Ip Man 2, 14 Blades): http://chud.com/articles/articles/25...DES/Page1.html
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post #21 of 27
10/8/10 at 1:30pm
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Mini Reviews #3 (Nevermore, The Housemaid, I Spit On Your Grave, Fatso, Redline) http://chud.com/articles/articles/25...INE/Page1.html
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post #22 of 27
10/8/10 at 2:11pm
Not very encouraging news about I Spit On Your Grave. Shame.
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post #23 of 27
10/8/10 at 2:39pm
Not encouraging? What exactly were you expecting from a remake of I Spit On Your Grave?

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a nasty piece of work, a remake that somehow manages to top the infamously disgusting original film
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vicious and mean-spirited and cruel
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a movie that more than earns its "unrated" tag. I just left the theater feeling sad and depressed, wishing I had gone to see something else.
Sounds like it lives up to the original. Can't wait!
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post #24 of 27
10/8/10 at 2:43pm
He just made it sound lifeless. I want a bit of verve with my debauchery. I'm on it at the first chance I get, either way.
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post #25 of 27
10/8/10 at 3:29pm
For what it's worth, a LOT of people had positive things to say about I Spit On Your Grave...I just wasn't one of them. It doesn't help that I had just seen Bedevilled (which I'll review very soon), which is a similar story told with class, emotion and, believe it or not, dignity. Horrible things happen in that film, but they act in service of a final, devastating emotional catharsis. I Spit On Your Grave just wants to shock and do nothing more. If that's your thing, you'll probably dig it. Just not for me.
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post #26 of 27
10/11/10 at 2:21pm
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Mini Reviews #4 (Naan Kadavul, Bunraku, The Man From Nowhere, Outrage, A Somewhat Gentle Man): http://chud.com/articles/articles/25...MAN/Page1.html

Bedevilled: http://chud.com/articles/articles/25...ED-/Page1.html
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post #27 of 27
10/22/10 at 2:08pm
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Last but not least, a film I can't wait to see, Rubber: http://chud.com/forum/showthread.php?t=128261
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