excellent film
some might find it hard to bare the 210min, but I recommend to do it.
shareaw sad thing is that after viewing the first part i have to wait one week to watch the 2nd part.. argh..
shareni2r0kitt, you wouldn't happen to be in Australia would you? (SBS split the film and showed the two parts in consecutive weeks).
I had seen this film before but this time around I managed to record it. A masterpiece!
GOD! yes! and you know.. i missed the 2nd part to it because i had celebrate my friend's birthday! arghhh.... u recorded it? do you by any chance live in sydney? sigh yea.. such a shame SBS had to split the movie... plss tell me u live in sydney, hopefully somewhere near the CBD area........
shareThat's a real shame. No, I'm afraid I'm in Melbourne.
You're best bet would be to get it on DVD somewhere (I'm looking to try and get it in this format as well). It might be a little tough though because it wasn't distributed here, so an internet purchase looks like the way to do it (Ebay has a few copies).
I agree that they should have shown the whole thing, but somehow I don't think they would be able to screen it in it's entirety because of it's run time.
You should really make the effort of getting it though. The second half is just as good as the first and the ending is excellent. It's now my favourite film of all time (I'm making you feel even worse aren't I?) .
lol yea i guess since u mentioned the ending, i had been contemplating for a few moments whether or not to read more reviews of the film to extract more 'hints' (cant think of a better word) to fill up the void of missing the 2nd part.
yeah too bad blockbuster doesnt have it.. guess ebay's the only way to go.. it'll be awhile before i get my hands on it. shame.
though i will say that i've been doing some catching up on jap films, one other is Tenku no shiro Rapyuta, in Disney terms, Laputa Castle in the Sky. see, im from malaysia now studying in sydney, and sadly i'm deprived of many 'non-mainstream' movies, all we get is pure hollywood.
Laputa moved me in ways i never thought it could, just like Eureka, from what was a plain experiment while studying and i just had to know what's on tv on a Saturday night. Eureka, even though i just watched the first half, was really thought provoking, and i like the way it makes some parts of the movie inaudible or completely silent, which gives ample space for thoughts to flow in. Gee. I am drowning in my inability to watch it for now.
i wont draw comparisons between Eureka and Laputa, but mainly from my biased perspective, feels far more compelling than most hollywood films which aimed at lifting your spirits. you ought to really watch Laputa, Castle in the Sky if u havent already.
I haven't seen Laputa, but I have seen Porco Rosso and Nausicaa. I'll get round to seeing more of Miyazaki's films one day.
Yeah, I also love the minimalist style often found in Japanese movies, and thankfully SBS manages to show some gems. I now seem to judge people on whether they like these sort of slow movies or not. I'm sick of most of the stuff that comes out of Hollywood.
Back to the Eureka ending, there *is* a bit of a twist in the second half, but it shouldn't spoil the experience because the really vital scene comes at the end, IMO.
that is coool! i've been wanting to watch miyazaki films for a long time.. laputa is really nice.. would love to watch Porco Rosso and Nausicaa too... and perhaps all his other films..
SBS does show some gems. some of the european movies they show are way underrated, the fact that upon checking imdb and learn that so few have ever watch such good films and being fed hollywood bogus crap, intent on sucking our life savings.
i will have to get my hands on Eureka asap!
This film is available on ebay and elsewhere from a couple of HK and Korean sellers for between 6-10 US dollars.
Worth double checking with the sellers to see if the English subs actually work on the R3 and R0 versions before buying.
amazon.co.uk has it.
it's region 2 though, so i can only play it on my computer.
one of my favourite films for sure, so it was worth ordering it.
Yes I got the Region 2 version off Amazon.co.uk as well
I definitely recommend it! It is my favourite film of all time.
Unforgettable.
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