Like every other national cinema, there is good and bad. A few Bollywood films have some level of subtlety and are perfectly watchable to any American. But others have a cult following because they are so cheesy that they are fun to watch-- just like any American cult movie.
I’ll throw in another genre of Japanese film I just don’t get – Japanese porn. Are the women crying constantly supposed to be sexy? Is crying their version of moaning with pleasure? Are they all crying to indicate initial reluctance and disgust – I dunno, maybe by the end they’re “won over” by their man, but I’ve never got that far. It looks too much like rape to me.
I’d have to say Japanese porn really stands out from all the other types I’ve seen. All the others are pretty similar, with the major differences being in how good the actors look and how good the cameras and lighting are.
Depends on the type. Humor that relies on puns / wordplay / witticisms / colloquial expressions are probably the hardest to cross cultures, as most of what made it funny is lost in the translation. Slapstick or pantomime works much better. I’ve read Mr. Bean is pretty popular in a lot of countries just for this reason.
I’ve wondered why Tarantino stuck Hatto Hanso in Kill Bill. Not only is he an obscure historical character, but Sonny Chibi has played him in several other films. Talk about obscure references!
I don’t think smoking has a correlation with intelligence. Actually, I’m sure it doesn’t.
Smoking cigarettes is something that many western countries have decided not to approve of anymore (weed is still cool though).
Smoking might currently have a correlation with lower socio-economic conditions. It certainly has a correlation with countries in terms of how it is viewed differently.
How do you think it’s correlated to stupidity, exactly?
Interesting as it is, it says absolutely noting about crying. In fact it suggests the opposite is the ideal – which seems to be a woman lying as still and quiet as a warm corpse.
And until I saw that title translated into English just now it had never once striked me as *profoundly *stupid. So, thanks for that :).
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Couple that with giant monsters and robots fighting all the time, Battle Royales just make sense.
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I still think they ought to let foul tempered wandering swordsmen deal with the issue organically. Possibly with a reed-that-goes-pok as a performance enhancer to trigger their latent instant kill abilities.
He probably didn’t mention it because it was written 10 posts earlier, in post 28 (though I personally think it’s helpful to quote a small segment or include the posters name in bold if I know there are posts between the one I’m referring to and my own).
Speaking of wacky titles, when The Crying Game was released in Hong Kong they chose something much more literal: "‘Oh No! My Girlfriend Has a Penis!’’ Talk about spoilers!
