Tsui Hark on The Eye 3 and other Asian horror natterings

[yendi]

Tsui Hark will be directing The Eye 3.

I'm a bit surprised, as it doesn't seem like his sort of shtick (since this isn't a franchise that exactly calls for action sequences).

But I'm also intrigued, as Hark, when he's good, is capable of making my all-time favorite Jet Li film (apologies to fans of his more recent works).

On the other hand, he's given us movies that have paired Van Damme with Dennis Rodman and Rob Schneider. Both of which were somehow worse than I'd expected.

I'm also intrigued by the off-hand comment at the bottom of the article about two remakes of the original. I'd known about the Tom Cruise one, but I didn't know that New Line had one in the works as well.

In other Asian Horror news, I finally saw the original Dark Water, and was suitably unimpressed. It would have worked much better in a shorter medium, maybe as a part of an anthology movie (or on a show like Masters of Horror). I'm assuming that the American remake isn't much (if any) better.

Gozu, on the other hand, kicks ass. Mind you, it's very strange ass. But good.

Comments

[ydnic.livejournal.com]

The American remake of Dark Water is one of the absolute WORST films I've ever seen, and not in a good way, sadly (no MST fodder here). It wouldn't even have made a good 1/3 of the 70s classic "Trilogy of Terror." Wm. and I saw it, so you don't have to. :P

[kennycelican.livejournal.com]

*tries to resist*

*fails miserably*

You have a very strange ass? But a good one? That knowledge seems to be falling into the same mental category as Bubba Ho Tep. I don't want to see, but I can't look away...

[corwinok.livejournal.com]

Gotta love Miike's lactation fixation :) Sometimes, while watching his movies, I just have to tell myself not to try and understand, just let the pretty images wash over me. Otherwise my mind snaps like a dry twig.

[yendi]

Nah. It kicks someone else's weird ass.

[yendi]

I'm not sure "pretty" is always the word I'd use, but otherwise, I agree.

[yendi]

I was kinda afraid of that. Thanks for taking the hit for the rest of us!

[corwinok.livejournal.com]

Have you not seen the Happiness of the Kataturis? There are some quite beautiful images in there, particularly during the musical numbers.

[yendi]

HotK is my favorite of his movies, but it's a little different from his typical fare.

Also, it has the best opening sequence ever. :-)

[corwinok.livejournal.com]

A little different, but still a movie about his favorite topic, family.

[techempage.livejournal.com]

On the other hand, he's given us movies that have paired Van Damme with Dennis Rodman and Rob Schneider.

And what would having all three in a movie make?

[robyn-ma.livejournal.com]

This is what happens when you read too quickly:

'Tom Hanks will be directing The Eye 3.

I'm a bit surprised, as it doesn't seem like his sort of shtick...'

Me: 'It sure as fuck isn't his sort of shtick...oh, wait.'

[yendi]

Hey! Don't you pigeonhole Hanks!

Besides, he's directed horror before.

[yendi]

Something that sucked ever more.