tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796371.post111139221365084745..comments2023-10-11T03:42:59.033-07:00Comments on The Criterion Contraption: #9: Hard BoiledMatthew Dessemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09288268335735601918noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796371.post-53830757479303640432010-07-11T22:00:13.670-07:002010-07-11T22:00:13.670-07:00As an undercover cop, Tony has to kill countless g...As an undercover cop, Tony has to kill countless gangsters, including his old boss, Mr. Hoi. In pursuing the bad guys, Fat kills another undercover cop. In the climactic final battle, Tony kills a cop as well, one of Fat's assistants. IN all of these battles, countless innocents are killed. Johnny Wong infamously mows through several crippled and sick men and women in the hospital. But what Jennyhttp://strollersstore.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796371.post-53201793775616125642008-10-22T18:17:00.000-07:002008-10-22T18:17:00.000-07:00Couple of things I learned from watching a comment...Couple of things I learned from watching a commentary track on a different version: <BR/><BR/>-I find it interesting that John Woo's samurai movies often have characters with two swords and then, when he does a gunplay movie, all the characters have two guns. Eeeeenteresting.<BR/>-Antony Wong is great in this. There is apparently a "Hard Boiled drinking game" where you take a shot each time Wong steve robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11714025342869446899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796371.post-37556027763090392262007-11-16T16:56:00.000-08:002007-11-16T16:56:00.000-08:00John B.,Agreed on all points. After reading your ...John B.,<BR/><BR/>Agreed on all points. After reading your comments on <EM>The Killer</EM>, I wondered what you'd think of this film. And John Woo is certainly a more natural choice for a superhero film than, say, Ang Lee.Matthew Dessemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288268335735601918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796371.post-61465363392816136182007-11-16T16:54:00.000-08:002007-11-16T16:54:00.000-08:00Camellia, Such a library would unfortunately be fu...Camellia, <BR/><BR/>Such a library would unfortunately be full of stuff that didn't get made for very good reasons. There's a yearly thing called the Blacklist that has the best unproduced specs of the year, though--that's a good place to start.Matthew Dessemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288268335735601918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796371.post-75388820165178422402007-10-31T16:25:00.000-07:002007-10-31T16:25:00.000-07:00Hard Boiled surprised me, Matthew. I expected The...Hard Boiled surprised me, Matthew. I expected The Killer, Part II, but everyone knows what happens when we assume. <BR/><BR/>You were on the mark in your discussion of The Killer when you wrote that violence isn’t as easily controlled as John Woo would have had us believe. Things do get messy, the good guys sometimes do shoot the wrong people, and life’s big questions don’t usually have pat Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796371.post-27340534216195641422007-05-02T13:13:00.000-07:002007-05-02T13:13:00.000-07:00First: I love your blog. I am in the process of re...First: I love your blog. I am in the process of reading all of it (I just found it a few weeks ago).<BR/><BR/>Second: This is a fabulous idea: a "library of stuff that didn't get made". Someone out there should make it happen. <BR/><BR/>Just sayin'.<BR/><BR/>thanks,<BR/>camelliaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796371.post-1133484794090221262005-12-01T16:53:00.000-08:002005-12-01T16:53:00.000-08:00Scud,I haven't seen it yet, unfortunately--I'm hav...Scud,<BR/><BR/>I haven't seen it yet, unfortunately--I'm having a hard enough time seeing the movies I want to see in theaters right now (finishing a screenplay & thus busy all the time). In January or February when the release schedule slows down and this script is done I'll be checking it out, though.<BR/><BR/>MattMatthew Dessemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288268335735601918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796371.post-1133479165185546752005-12-01T15:19:00.000-08:002005-12-01T15:19:00.000-08:00Have you seen Bullet In The Head yet? If so, what ...Have you seen <I>Bullet In The Head</I> yet? If so, what did you think?SCUDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03773932158369356541noreply@blogger.com