John Woo is one of my favorite directors...

...although, I do agree that his US work has, and probably never will, eclipse his Hong Kong films. The Killer is one of my favorite films. It's funny that Nozhik's photo made you think of Woo. I had the exact same reaction. My favorite scenes in John Woo films are the ones in which bullets are ejected from the gun and fall in slo-mo. Woo makes the motion of their falling seem like flower petals drifting in a breeze, and his scenes of gunplay are almost like a dance. I really regret not picking up all the Criterion Collection versions of Woo films. They are now out of print and sell in the secondary market for a good amount of money.

If you haven't seen it already, you might like the Christian Bale-starrer Equilibrium. It's a scifi flick with acrobatic gunplay. The main characters in the movie engage in a martial art the film calls gun kata. I think the movie is really underrated.

Cheers,
Daos

Weekend in May (part I)

By: Nozhik.V : May 19th, 2009-02:29

I and my wife decided to visit some point of interest although the not good weather. We take a car and after the 7 hours a helm we saw… bb...

part II

By: Nozhik.V : May 19th, 2009-02:33

...

part III

By: Nozhik.V : May 19th, 2009-02:37

You can see a “crazy” photographer in any place. What does he try to see? Here it is the object...

the last part

By: Nozhik.V : May 19th, 2009-02:39

If I modify words of Forrest Gump "Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna see." But if your camera always with you… I made a lot of photo’s but this is my favourite....

LOL... that dude is so gonna leak...

By: ianny : May 19th, 2009-05:01

Priceless pic. Thanks for sharing the moment.. Regards, iAn

LOL! So funny! [nt]

By: DRMW : May 19th, 2009-09:34

No message body

nice photos

By: MiniCooper : May 19th, 2009-15:47

thanks for sharing cheers

Yummie ...

By: bimbeano : May 19th, 2009-12:18

Nice pictures, where are they taken exactly? I love these posts Nozhik. As for the snail, i knew i had a greasy example on my hard disk somewhere .... . Filip This message has been edited by bimbaeno on 2009-05-19 12:20:45...

Is this a snail or a slug, Filip?

By: dxboon : May 19th, 2009-23:00

Without the shell it looks like a slug. Slimy and cool all the same! Cheers, Daos

wiki-

By: bimbeano : May 20th, 2009-03:38

pedia slug Daos !!! ... but be sure you're not eating something ... i will come out !!!! Filip

Hehehe!

By: dxboon : May 20th, 2009-23:56

I can see why you were grossed-out, Filip! Still, slugs are very interesting creatures. My favorite slug-like critters are nudibranchs (sea slugs). They are often such colorful creatures (and sometimes toxic)! Check out how fanciful they look in this link...

That resembles the monster from the movie Aliens!

By: DRMW : May 19th, 2009-23:45

Scary! -MW

YKPAIHA?

By: Ir77 : May 19th, 2009-13:40

??? ?? ???

I made these foto's in Ukraine - you are right [nt]

By: Nozhik.V : May 20th, 2009-00:24

No message body

can you tell me where in specific they were taken?

By: Ir77 : May 20th, 2009-05:21

the text in picture #8 looked like ukrainian (well, whatever was in cyrillic), but there was a lot of other (latin?) text too. looked like a nice trip.

Thanks for sharing these great photos!

By: dxboon : May 19th, 2009-23:02

I particularly love the one of the birds flying up from the street! Very cool! Cheers, Daos

A John Woo moment?

By: AndrewD : May 20th, 2009-05:35

I also loved that image, thanks Nozhik. John Woo was well known for including doves in his films which usually flew away in slow motion as a violent act was about to erupt on the screen. I am obviously still stuck in the B-movie groove, but Woo’s Hong Kon...

TimeOut