Asian markets handing in their Oscar contenders

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1. contro 09/25/2007 @ 6:04am

   I have seen exiled I think it may have been a good picked, I am in the process of finishing Secret Sunshine, I think SS may win because it shows strong emotional feelings with the characters in the movie, that and because it involves religion....

2. roystalin 09/25/2007 @ 7:51am

   What about Indonesia Mack?

3. Mack 09/25/2007 @ 8:19am

   Don’t know. Didn’t see anything. Mind you I haven’t gone looking yet. Just wanted to get the first few up and see what other come rolling in. We’ll keep this updated as word rolls in.

4. Timo 09/25/2007 @ 8:46am

   Exiled won’t have any chance to win anyway, since pretentious arthouse dramas will always get more votes than anything remotely related to the ‘action’ genre, but at least the choice is a nice move by HK.

5. fabool 09/25/2007 @ 11:03am

   It would be great if “pretentious arthouse dramas” would actually get the votes - however, to me it seems they just favor titles that drew in the most cash at the box office.
   I doubt Exiled wins, just because it’s probably eyed for a remake by now and the actual prize will go to that in a few years

   Personally I’d love to see Royston Tan get some recognition, although I haven’t seen this newest venture of his. Then again, I hardly value Oscars, as these days they’re about everything else except the actual films…

   I’m fairly sure the winner is Secret Sunshine - they don’t even need to view the titles for that, just go with “What.. we need to read subtitles?! Oh man… Hey, didn’t this one do well at Cannes? Let’s pick this one, yeah!”

6. saadnawab 09/25/2007 @ 12:43pm

   Eklavya is not a good choice. But you can’t complain since there have been no other great movies besides Gandhi, my father. But even that movie had flaws.

   The problem is Bollywood (or whatever the hell you call it) does not take quality films seriously. Everyone wants to make a quick buck whether it be political corruption to its movies. Hence the glamorous, yet completely shallow remakes of Hollywood movies. The director of Eklavya Vinod Chopra has talent. His short was Oscar nominated before as far as I remember. But he lacks the flair in his scripts. So forget it. Eklavya is a visual treat to look at filmed in the dusty locations of Rajasthan giving an earthy feel to the movie. But it is your typical thriller. Maybe Vinod Chopra wanted to go the Shakespeare route ie. keeping it simple, yet layering it messages. Unfortunately it didn’t work out.

7. Mack 09/25/2007 @ 2:11pm

   LOL. ‘shallow remakes of Hollywood movies’. Oh saadnawab you do make me laugh.

8. saadnawab 09/25/2007 @ 5:37pm

   That was a bit rhetorical. But there are some good movies in Hollywood. For example, you get a stupid completely nonsensical remake of Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs which is titles Kaante (Thorns). It stars some of the big-shot actors of the Indian film-industry. The film was pathetic. The same director of Kaante, Sanjay Gupta went on to make a remake of Oldboy that was a frame by frame copy. The censors and the critics thought that it was an original concept or something and praised the director. How I wish they be informed about a guy called Chan-wook Park

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