Tuesday
Nov152011
126: East meets West Double Feature - 'Bunraku' & 'The Good, The Bad, The Weird'
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 9:35PM Annnnd we're back on track with themes! This week it's East meets West in two really fun capers.
In 'Bunraku' Josh Hartnett is a mysterious drifter who wants to kill Ron Perlman (sold you already, didn't we?). In ' The Good, the Bad, the Weird,' we follow three men (guess what they are named?), two of which want a treasure map and one who is pursuing both of them.
Check out our reviews of these two films!
Reader Comments (10)
Regarding the lack of character development for The Good, I found this pretty much mirrored the original GBU. In that movie, The Good is little developed beyond being a double dipping bounty hunter and gets only a couple moments of genuine kindness to him. The Ugly is actually probably the most developed character in the whole thing.
On that note, Jung Woo-sung, who played The Good, is probably the ONLY bright spot I see in the upcoming remake of John Woo's The Killer (in 3D, because of course it has to be).
The Good, The Bad and The Weird sounds like a reason to be glad I reactivated my (don't scoff) DVD only Netflix membership. More fodder for scoffing, White Chicks was funnier than I expected and actually makes our may rewatch sometime list. And for a third item, if my fantasy football teams do well this week, I'm watching your podcast while I set them up from now on. So start rooting ; )
I was about to suggest that you review a Korean film. They definitely fit the bill as movies people have missed as pretty much the only Korean film anyone outside of Korea has seen is Oldboy. I lived in Korea for awhile and was really impressed by the movies I saw there. On that note, the Good, the Bad, and the Weird is actually older. It came out while I living in Korea in 2008, it just didn't make it to US theaters until 2010.
If you ever decide to do a Korean double feature, look for "The Host" directed by Joon-ho Bong and basically any film directed by Chan-wook Park (other than Oldboy).
First off, yay! I've been hoping you'd review The Good, The Bad, The Weird for a couple of months now, and I'm glad it popped up. And I'm glad you liked it. But...
Last week, my friend and I were discussing singers-turned-actors and discussed Gackt, specifically, because he was in a truly terrible film called "Moon Child" with another Japanese singer, and we both recalled that he was in an American film last year, but neither of us knew what it was or whether or not it was any good. And then, OF ALL FILMS, you guys review it a week later. It's pure serendipity, I tell you. That's probably the fifth time that's happened with this show. :)
I definitely recommended The Good, the Bad and the Weird like 60 episodes ago or more.
Why does every Bunraku clip in this review get drowned out by that crazy music?
Is that actually in the film, or am I going crazy?
@Zachery
Yeah, I was wondering why the same 20 seconds of music ran over every clip, making a dissonant mess. That CAN'T be right.
Ok, I saw Bunraku on Blu-ray, and it isn't distorted by weird audio glitches, so it's definitely OK to see! Yay!
I would say that a 50-60% score for Bunraku was pretty fair. It is a very visual and pretty movie with an interesting cast but the issues with the plot and pacing do ruin it.
Aw Sam... "Ruin" is such a strong word...