Nov '18 *
Welcome to the first Foreign/subtitled movie challenge which begins this coming Saturday at 00:01 local time.
To recap: Movies cannot be either in the English language or your native tongue if English isn't your first language (sorry, that's a no if you speak French and you want to watch French movies). And sure, if you are in Belgium or Canada, then British movies are still "foreign", but we are going for World Cinema here which generally refers to movies not in the English language.
Points will be awarded on running time, so the more subtitles you "suffer" through (in the case of Troma), the greater your chances of winning!
A few more points to note:
Ideally the focus should be movies, however as points are based on running time any TV series, including Anime (not dubbed of course) will be accepted.
Can be any genre.
American movies not in the English language will also be accepted e.g. The Passion of the Christ, Letters from Iwo Jima.
Dual-language movies that utilise English will count as long as at least half of the movie (roughly) is in another language.
Silent movies that utilise foreign-language intertitles are permitted.
So those feeling up to it, please pick your spot.
To recap: Movies cannot be either in the English language or your native tongue if English isn't your first language (sorry, that's a no if you speak French and you want to watch French movies). And sure, if you are in Belgium or Canada, then British movies are still "foreign", but we are going for World Cinema here which generally refers to movies not in the English language.
Points will be awarded on running time, so the more subtitles you "suffer" through (in the case of Troma), the greater your chances of winning!
A few more points to note:
Ideally the focus should be movies, however as points are based on running time any TV series, including Anime (not dubbed of course) will be accepted.
Can be any genre.
American movies not in the English language will also be accepted e.g. The Passion of the Christ, Letters from Iwo Jima.
Dual-language movies that utilise English will count as long as at least half of the movie (roughly) is in another language.
Silent movies that utilise foreign-language intertitles are permitted.
So those feeling up to it, please pick your spot.
1. Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972): Japanese / 86 min
12/8
2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009): Swedish / 152 min
3. Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972): Japanese / 88 min
12/9
4. The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009): Swedish / 129 min
12/12
5. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009): Swedish / 147 min
12/13
6. Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable (1973): Japanese / 87 min
12/15
7. Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song (1973): Japanese / 88 min
12/17
8. Terrified (2017): Spanish / 87 min
12/18
9. Police Story (1985): Cantonese / 100 min
10. Police Story 2 (1988): Cantonese / 121 min
Total: 1,085 min
The Female Prisoner Scorpion movies were decent. I'll check out the lead actress's Lady Snowblood movies sometime.
I've seen the Police Story movies before. The first one holds up great. The second one is a little disappointing in comparision when it comes to the action sequences. That's probably why I didn't remember anything about it.