Wei-Kang's Movie Page

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Tales from Earthsea - The movie has a nice message about life and death at the end. Beautiful pictures.
Brave Story - There is a nice message at the end but I think the plot is a wee bit weak.
Paprika
Secret - 不能说的秘密 - 有一种青纯的感动!
The girl who leapt through time - Japanese Anime Movie
Eternal Summer (盛夏光年)
Blue Gate Crossing (蓝色大门) - This can be one of my top ten movies.
Transamerica
C.R.A.Z.Y.
Myterious Skin
Brokeback Mountain

Eating Air (1999)
Under the Tuscan Sun - OK, not great. It adheres closely to the tradition of a so-called "chick flick."
Castle in the Sky
Kiki's Delivery Service
My Neighbor Totoro
Spirited Away (2002) - A Japanese Animation movie.
One Day in Europe (2005)
The Returner - Well, it's Takeshi Kaneshiro
Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind - For the first half hour, I was like, why the rave reviews for this movie? I didn't get it. Then the movie gets really interesting and the first part makes sense. The movie went on a little longer than where most movies would have ended. But it's good. It's a love story after all. Highly recommended. But make sure you don't give up half way.
Blue Gate Crossing (2001) - A very nice movie from Taiwan. Very refreshing. Freshness of the actor and actress is the key. Watching the movie is like sipping a glass of cold lemon tea on a warm and dry sunny summer afternoon outside a café under a big white umbrella by the white sandy beach next to the deep blue sea. Four very enthusiastic thumbs up (hands and feet)!
Revenge of the Sith - Finally a worthy prequel to the Star Wars
Summer Storm (in German)
Chungking Express - Well, the movie is not recent. But I only saw it recently
Motorcycle Diaries (2002) - A Brazilian movie. Che in his younger days, doing a road trip through South America including Macchu Picchu.
Formula 17 (2002)
Possession (2002)
Jalla Jalla!
Raising Victor Vargas - A movie that cares about its characters. It doesn't make the characters smarter than they are or dumber than they should be. This makes the movie and the characters lovable, even when they do really silly things...
Lost in Translation

Foreign Movies (from outside the U.S.)

Bad Education - Haven't made up my mind on whether I like it.
I am not scared (in Italian) - Io non ho paura (2003)
Le Papillon (in French)
Goodbye, Lenin! (in German)
The Spanish Apartment (2002) - L'Auberge Espagnole - French, Spanish, and Catalan (?). I really like this movie. It reminds me of the International House at Berkeley.
Embrassez qui vous voudrez (2002) - Quite funny. Everybody is living a lie. But I don't understand the motivations of some characters, why they did what they did.
Bon Voyage (2003) - French
Facing Window (2003) - Italian
One way ticket to Mombasa a.k.a. (2002) - Finnish. The story is quite predictable. But still good. Whoever in charge of the camera knows his stuff. Excellent humour too.
Dark Blue World (2001) - Czech
Comrades, almost a love story (1996) - Chinese and Cantonese. A wonderfully told love story. What Turns to left, Turns to right (2003) would have looked like if it were done right.
Novo (2002) - French, kinda like memento.
AKA (2002) - Three split screens going in parallel
The Emperor's New Clothes (2001)
Lawless Heart (2001) - An story told thrice in sequence in the perspectives of three persons involved
City of God (in Portuguese from Brazil)
Talk to Her (in Spanish from Spain)
Santa Maradona (in Italian)
Le Fate Ignoranti (in Italian)
Il Postino (in Italian)
Mediterraneo (in Italian)
Cinema Paradiso (in Italian)
Life is Beautiful a.k.a. Vita è bella, La (in Italian)
Bread and Tulips (in Italian) - The movie is funny. But I don't know what to make of it in some parts. Language barrier, I reckon
The Central Station / Central do Brasil (in Portuguese, from Brasil) - Very good. Also very depressing
Purple Noon a.k.a. Plein soleil (in French) - The early version of the Talented Mr Ripley
Talk of Angels (1998)
Italian for Beginners (in Danish) - Very depressing and very funny at the same time
The Wedding Banquet (in Mandarin and English) - I really like this movie! It's hilarious!
Das Experiment (in German)
Im Juli (in German) - It contains one of the most romantic scenes in movies
Nowhere in Africa (in German)
Amelie (in French) - Cute
Gosford Park (from UK)
Billy Eliot (from UK)
Gloomy Sunday - Great song!
And Your Mama too (in Spanish from Mexico) - Wicked!
8 Femmes (in French) - Silly but quite charming
The Princess and the Warrior (in German)
Maybe, Maybe Not (in German) - Quite hilarious
He likes me, He likes me not (in French) - Same girl from Amelie, but she is a psycho here
Our Lady of the Assassins (in Spanish from Colombia) - Good but depressing
Like Water for Chocolate (in Spanish from Mexico)
Bitter Sugar (in Spanish from Cuba?)
All about my mother (in Spanish from Spain) - Not for the faint hearted
Strawberry and Chocolate (in Spanish from Cuba?)
Tricolor - Red (1994)

Animated Movies

Naruto! - I am talking about the series. It's the best!
Shrek I and II
Antz (1998)
Anastasia (the Animated Version)
A Bug's Life (1998) - I thought it had some very creative scenes.
Ice Age

Sci-Fi Movies, Epics, etc.

Back to the Futures Series
Star Wars Series
Phantoms (1998)
Memento
Lord of the Rings - Fellowship of the Ring
Lord of the Rings - Two Tower
Lord of the Rings - Return of the King
The Sixth Sense
Spider Man

Action Movies

Spiderman II
Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) - Johnny Depp is wonderful!
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
The Matrix (1999)
Indiana Jones Series
The World is Not Enough (1999)
Dante's Peak (1997)

Drama that I would Recommend

Catch me if You Can
Magnolia
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)
Blowdry - It's a silly movie but quite entertaining
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) - A classic.
Dead Poets' Society (1989) - When I was younger, I liked this movie more.
Stand by Me (1986)
Two Days in the Valley (1996)
Get Shorty (1995)
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) - Before Di Carpio became an idol in Titanic, he acts...
Chasing Amy (1997) - The last of Kevin Smith's New Jersey Trilogy.
Godfathers Series - What can I say, these are classics.
A Room with a View (1986)
Big Night (1996)
Top Gun (1986)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Fargo (1996) - It permanently changes my perception of Minnesota. Ja, you betcha.
The Full Monty (1997) - First half is dull, second part gets funnier.
Good Will Hunting (1997) - I thought this was good, but not extraordinary.
The Trip to Bountiful (1985) - I think this is one of the most touching movies of all times... Most heart breaking!
LA Confidential (1997) - Again, this is a movie which I think is good but not great.
The Flamingo Kid (1984)
The Crucible (1996)
Rounders (1998)
Wilde (1997) - ``Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others.''
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
An Ideal Husband (1999) - "To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance" ~ by Lord Goring
The Truman's Show (1998)
The Last Supper
The Scent of Woman
Girlfight
All the pretty horses
Requiem for a Dream - Very very good but very very depressing at the same time. I think this is better than THE TRAFFIC

Comedies

School of Rock (2003)
American Beauty (1999) - This movie is out of control!
Mumford (1999) - The film gets better in the second half.
Better Than Chocolate (1999) - "Hollywood type love story for lesbians, transvestite, ... Weird but funny.
In and Out (1997)
American Pie (1999) - Hilarious
Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
EDtv (1999) - I think this is better than the Truman's show
There's Something about Mary (1998)
Never Been Kissed (1999) - Predictable but well done.
Clerks (1994) - A Hilarious Look at the Over-the-Counter Culture. Black and white movie made on a hand-held camcorder.
Swingers (1994)
Deconstructing Harry (1997) - I am not a big fan of Woody Allen. But I thought this was just hilarious.
Sabrina (1995) - I thought the new version is better than the original.
Emma (1996) - Cute!
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
40 days and 40 nights - It's a silly movie but I enjoyed it
Bridget Jones’s Diary
About a Boy
Two Weeks Notice
Catch me if you can
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
The Truman Show

Some Movies I don't know which category to put under

Coyote Ugly - Not the deepest movie. But could be fun to watch.
Saving Private Ryan

Not for the Faint Hearted - You have been warned!

The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert (1994) - Guy Pearce as a drag queen...
Hedwig and the Angry Inch - Don't ask me what the angry inch is!
Beautiful Thing
Get Real
Das Experiment - Definitely not for the faint hearted. It's chilling! Extremely violent.
Boys don't cry

Some movies made in San Francisco or University of California at Berkeley, California – My heart skips a beat whenever I see the images of SF or Berkeley in a movie. But honestly most of the movies that took place in SF or Berkeley are pretty bad. Perhaps the producer thinks that a good location is a substitute for (not a complement of) a good script.

    Boys and Girls – haven’t seen it, but sounds like a pretty bad movie.
    Ed-tv – if you like the Truman show, might want to check this one out too. I like it.
    The Graduate – A classic, though I don’t like it.
    Dharma and Greg – TV series. Better in the first season, then it went downhill.
    Charmed – TV series. It looks so bad that I have absolutely no desire to see it.
    The Rock – Also feature Alcatraz. OK movie.
    Interview with the Vampire – part of it.
    Real World – The mother of all reality shows. It’s one of my favorites. The San Francisco season (1994) is a classic. One of the     guys died of AIDs during the filming of the show.
    40 days and 40 nights – It’s a silly movie. But I like it. People either like it or hate it. Not much middle ground.
    Women on Top – Bad movie, but an excellent Bossa Nova soundtrack.
    The Wedding Planner – Bad movie. But that CK model is funny, I thought.

Comrades, almost a love story (1996)

A Walk to Remember

Out of Africa

Some of My Favorite Romantic Movies (They are old; this was done ten years ago)

Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) - I watched this at least five times...
Horseman on the Roof a.k.a.Hussard sur le toit, Le (1995) - It's the most beautifully photographed movies of all times. However, the ending is really lame!
The Umbrella of Cherbourg a.k.a. Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (1964) - A film for all the young lovers of the world. Life goes on though...
When Harry Met Sally (1989) - The fake orgasm scene in the diner is a classic!
A Walk to Remember - Absolutely predictable but also absolutely great!
Out of Africa - It is a sad and moving movie (but see it only if you have experienced enough of life or you won't appreciate it). The scene where Redford and Streep fly over the African continent is truly great! Great soundtrack too!
Mansfield Park
Keeping the Faith
High Fidelity - I get less than half of the movie but it is still hilarious

Four Weddings and a Funeral

The Umbrella of Cherbourg

Horseman on the Roof

When Harry Met Sally

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