Shaolin Soccer, Mimi in NYC
:: Monday, April 5th, 2004 @ 8:00:12 am
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If Shaolin Soccer is playing at a theater near you, you absolutely must go see it. I was introduced to the movie a year ago (thank you!), but was only able to watch it — between compression artifacts — on my computer. It’s playing here in New York at the AMC 25 in Times Square. I suspect that the majority of the audience had never seen anything like it; there was nearly non-stop laughter and cheering. :) Anyway, it’s brilliant, and it totally made my weekend. I also saw that there is an American copy being made of the Japanese movie, “Shall We Dance” (great movie — worth seeing!), which will star Richard Gere. Yuck.
Speaking of the weekend, I spent most of it hanging out with Mimi and Tony, which was a lot of fun. Although… Mimi did make me feel old, especially when she said things like, “you’re old.” Funny. Some of the kids I watched grow up are starting to be like real people.
It’s ok, though. As soon as my travels begin in May, I’ll feel like the baby again (most underwater photographers are old men). [see some photos]
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Is it dubbed or subbed? I saw the dubbed trailer for it last year and it was simply abhorrent.
It is subtitled. Some of the signs in the movie have been digitally altered with English translations, and some scenes have been modified/cut, but the movie survived more or less intact.
thanks for the tip on shaolin soccer - it seems that two theaters in west l.a. are showing it.
of course, when i googled it (via your link), there was a link to netflix.
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Dorrie - please don’t inline huge links. They look horrible.
The movie has been out for a long time; this is a U.S. re-release.
Looking forward to seeing Shaolin Soccer. I have a friend in the industry who says it’s been trapped in US distribution limbo for about two years. Good to see it’s finally out, although apparently in a small number of theaters right now. I’ve also read that you have to see the subtitled version to have any appreciation for it. Apparently, the dubbed version is a travesty.
PS, I’m really impressed with the quality of photos from the SD10. Very cool for something so small, which bodes well for higher quality cameras moving into the camera-phone market soon–hopefully very soon, cuz I want one. :)
we did an audio analysis of this in one of my classes. Very funny stuff. :) half the class was confused and the other half was in hysterics.
aaron - yeah, well, if you take any of the mid-range digicams these days, shoot at the lowest ISO, and stick the thing on a tripod/stationary object, you get good results, generally. :)
but I chose the SD10 because it is lower noise than the other crop of tiny cams, and you can set the shutter to stay open for up to 15 seconds. :)
and yes — I agree about the subbed vs dubbed versions. i might have walked out if the thing had been dubbed. ugh. i’m in pain just thinking about it!
O~ I really love the pics of cats ! I usually take pics of my friend’s cats, and one of them looks just like Professor Plum !
oops sorry!
Shall we Dance with Richard Gere… AHHH! Kill me! I remember hearing about Shaolin Soccer, I hope I didn’t miss it -if it ever came to San Diego(?) I would love to see it.