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[Samurai Cinema] Carl Rinsch & Keanu Reeves' ‘47 Ronin’

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  1. percicles

    percicles Contributing Member

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    This movie has had an interesting production history. Basically they gave Ridley Scott's son in law Carl Rinsch $250 mill to direct his first film. He's an accomplished award winning commercial director but $250 mill tent poles are an entirely different beast. It was an insane decision. Multiple takes, budget overruns, etc...

    The film was supposed to be released Xmas 2012 but it ran over and there was a nasty battle in the editing room betweeen Universal (Comcast btw) and Rinsch over the cut of the film. The rumor is he was kicked out but daddy in law Scott came in to mediate both parties. Thus the film is being released a year later.

    The good side is it was filmed in real 3D and not converted like all the summer junk released so far. The visuals are on par with Rinsch's commercial work but as is the case with most directors coming from that medium the acting seems wooden.

    <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/cRlyTwstGRY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
     
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  2. rockbox

    rockbox Around before clutchcity.com

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    That actually looks pretty good.
     
    #2 rockbox, Jul 24, 2013
  3. Yonkers

    Yonkers Contributing Member

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    47 Ronin. White one is the best and gets the girl. Yay.
     
    #3 Yonkers, Jul 24, 2013
  4. B-Bob

    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"

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    fixed!
     
    #4 B-Bob, Jul 24, 2013
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  5. Deckard

    Deckard Blade Runner
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    I am ready. Lay it on me.
     
    #5 Deckard, Jul 24, 2013
  6. ILoveWhiteGirls

    ILoveWhiteGirls Rookie

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    Keanu Reeves is Asian, hmmmmm. Since when????
     
    #6 ILoveWhiteGirls, Jul 24, 2013
  7. percicles

    percicles Contributing Member

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    1/4 Hawaii and 1/4 Chinese
     
    #7 percicles, Jul 24, 2013
  8. Xerobull

    Xerobull You son of a b!tch! I'm in!

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    I'll watch it. It's one of the three sacred Ks that aren't great actors but are usually in great movies.

    Keanu Reeves
    Kurt Russell
    Kevin Costner
     
    #8 Xerobull, Jul 24, 2013
  9. Mr Boo

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    A commandment of my personal movie-going religion .... "Thou shall watch all Keanu action movies." Even tho I was slightly disappointed by the trailer (I had envisioned something different from the little that I read), I'll watch this flick for sure.

    Here's hoping that there's a director's cut release (on disc) based off of what percicles reported...cause I'm hoping that Universal didn't do something like cut things out for a PG-13 rating.
     
    #9 Mr Boo, Jul 24, 2013
  10. FLASH21

    FLASH21 Heart O' Champs

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    Racist.
     
    #10 FLASH21, Jul 24, 2013
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    Just doesn't feel the same without Tom Cruise.
     
    #11 Jontro, Jul 24, 2013
  12. Air Langhi

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    250 mil? Comcast can't be affording to lose money on this when it is losing money on CSN houston.
     
    #12 Air Langhi, Jul 24, 2013
  13. percicles

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    Here's a few of Carl Rinsch's award winning adverts. They guy has flair, I'll give him that.

    'The Gift' - Phillips

    <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Jeve1kJCBlc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>


    'Evolution of Technology' - Saturn

    <iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/16760365" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/16760365">Saturn - Evolution of Technology</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/hugogarcia">Hugo Garcia</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>

    'Road Color' - BMW

    <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/HP2erfzq0kM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
     
    #13 percicles, Jul 24, 2013
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    Should have used that 250 mill on the Matrix 4
     
    #14 713, Jul 25, 2013
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    Please don't let this be another Last Airbender, please don't let this be another Last Airbender. Can someone confirm that M. Night had nothing to do with this? Please someone confirm that M. Night had no ties to this movie??
     
    #15 VanityHalfBlack, Jul 25, 2013
  16. hotballa

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    Yeah that actually looked pretty ok.

    on another note, can someone tell me what was the last movie that Keanu was in that you didn't secretly enjoy?

    point break, replacements, bill & ted, matrix. hell even that crappy movie sweet november had charlize theron in it. He's batting, what, 7/10 in terms of entertaining movies? Thats pretty damn good IMO
     
    #16 hotballa, Jul 25, 2013
  17. Blurr#7

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    I hate it when b****es be all turning into dragons and ****.
     
    #17 Blurr#7, Jul 26, 2013
  18. RedDynasty

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    Damn, that looked epic as hell.
     
    #18 RedDynasty, Jul 26, 2013
  19. couple of d's

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    That looks pretty cool actually. It's like the last samurai on steroids.
     
    #19 couple of d's, Jul 26, 2013
  20. B-Bob

    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"

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    I like the basic idea of it, but turning into dragons and stuff, with cgi of flowing unearthly robes, etc... meh, I don't know about that.
     
    #20 B-Bob, Jul 26, 2013
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