Godzilla Minus One was kino, but I find it so rare that eastern productions are able to “bubble to the surface” of the discussions that I ever come across. Where do you even hear about eastern media worth checking out?
Train to Busan was great, and was one of the few eastern films that managed to hit my radar.
Tangentially, I’ll just add here: the Rebuild series of films for Neon Genesis, I thought were awesome in and of themselves, and managed the crazy hard task of both honoring the original while adding to the universe through the themes that Anno has grown to appreciate as he got older. I think true beauty is enhanced by context and subtext and imo he’s a master of using those tools to convey a story
Depends on what you like, eastern cinema does revenge thrillers and horror films very well. Oldboy, man from nowhere, and I saw the devil all stand out. Horror wise there’s a plethora, tale of two sisters, noroi, haunted asylum, three extremes, infected, incantation, on and on.
Minus One was good. For the most part I'm just a weeb. I watch the first couple episodes of anything with a synopsis on the seasonal chart that catches my eye and see what's decent enough to continue.
Any specific recommendations are really dependant on personal taste, comedy especially. The Legend of the Galactic Heroes remake and Frieren are the two that jump to my mind as being good watches recently, even if anime isn't your thing.
What do you recommend from the East?
Godzilla Minus One was kino, but I find it so rare that eastern productions are able to “bubble to the surface” of the discussions that I ever come across. Where do you even hear about eastern media worth checking out?
Train to Busan was excellent. It's like Dawn of the Dead crossed with Speed.
The unrelated sequel wasn't bad, but definitely didn't re-capture the excitement of the first.
Train to Busan was great, and was one of the few eastern films that managed to hit my radar.
Tangentially, I’ll just add here: the Rebuild series of films for Neon Genesis, I thought were awesome in and of themselves, and managed the crazy hard task of both honoring the original while adding to the universe through the themes that Anno has grown to appreciate as he got older. I think true beauty is enhanced by context and subtext and imo he’s a master of using those tools to convey a story
Depends on what you like, eastern cinema does revenge thrillers and horror films very well. Oldboy, man from nowhere, and I saw the devil all stand out. Horror wise there’s a plethora, tale of two sisters, noroi, haunted asylum, three extremes, infected, incantation, on and on.
Minus One was good. For the most part I'm just a weeb. I watch the first couple episodes of anything with a synopsis on the seasonal chart that catches my eye and see what's decent enough to continue.
Any specific recommendations are really dependant on personal taste, comedy especially. The Legend of the Galactic Heroes remake and Frieren are the two that jump to my mind as being good watches recently, even if anime isn't your thing.