Big Man Japan

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

Why aren't we talking about this film yet?

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[Drunk Monk]

I'm having a Kikaida flashback! Tokusatsu rules!!!

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[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

changy changey go go go. Now I'm going to have that stupid song in my head all day. Kikaida flashback yourself.

[Drunk Monk]

Big Man Japan is being distributed by Magnolia. Here's the official site, but there's nothing there yet. Magnet distributes some DOOM favs: Chocolate, Time Crimes and the soon to be reviewed by DM flick from Baa-Ram-Ewe Mercury Man. I work with a rep for them and will keep an eye on it.

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[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

More like it pops. Go Bam Ram Ewe Go.

When are we getting our Good, Bad, Weird screeners, oh movie pom daddy?

[Drunk Monk]

I just got Mercury Man. I'm looking forward to watching it this weekend and will have my report for y'all soon. Assuming, of course, I don't get distracted plucking the albatross...

[Drunk Monk]

It's a funny premise for sure, but the film is ponderously slow. The BMJ, in his normal form, wallows in self pity for long, extended-shot scenes, reacting to questions from a faux documentary. He tries too much to act like Stephan Chow. The monster fights are all CGI and it's that weird waxy-faced stuff they used for Polar Express complicated by BMJ's Erasehead hairdo. Those scenes are entertaining, but way too few and far in between. If you just watch those scenes, you got a good 10-15 minutes of entertainment. The rest you can toss. The ending is obtuse in an almost French film sort of way - they reached for something, almost caught it, and then plummetted to a miserably boring death.

BMJ was utterly disappointing.

[Drunk Monk]

Symbol comes from the same writer/director. I'm suspect that this guy just makes freaking awesome trailers and that's it.

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