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I Take On Movies
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เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 8 มิ.ย. 2011
Welcome to I Take On Movies. My name is Alistair and this is the channel where "I Take On" current and past films and give, well, my takes on them. In other words this channel will focus on providing you movie reviews, best of lists as well as film analysis. I know there are many film buffs out there like myself and this channel is for you. So I implore you to sit back and enjoy as we dive into the world of film.
Not Black Enough? | The Crazy Drake and Kendrick Lamar Beef
I’m sure most of us are aware of the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef that took place about a month ago, and by now we’ve all had a moment to absorb it all. I don’t think we’ve ever witnessed a rap beef on this scale before, and this is coming from someone who vividly remembers when Nas first dropped Ether. There was a lot to take in regarding this feud, but today we’re going to talk about one aspect I feel resonates with my channel the most and that’s this idea surrounding blackness and the idea of not being black enough. I will also be giving a quick breakdown of my feelings towards the artists in general as well as my thoughts on the beef overall, so stay tuned as this should be a fun one!
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Passing | Exploring Racism Through Contrast
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The 2021 film Passing may have flown under the radar for many, but I happen to think it's one of the most important movies to have been released in recent years. It's the film adaptation of Nella Larsons novel of the same name, and both the book and film manage to look at racism from a genuinely unique yet crucial perspective. We, at large, understand race related issues from a very generic and...
Get Out | Why It's a Perfect Movie - Film Analysis
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As we begin Black History Month, I wanted to spend this month speaking about some of my favorite movies either starring, or centered around black people and the black experience. The first movie that came to mind for me was Get Out. If you haven't been able to tell from some of my other videos, I am a huge Jordan Peele fan, and Get Out is largely responsible for that. This is a movie that took ...
The 7 Best Christmas Movies of All Time
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Aftersun | Why This Movie Broke Me - Film Analysis
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Every now and then a movie comes out that just sticks with you and Aftersun is one of those films for me. While not necessarily the most entertaining film, its definitely one of the most thematically impactful movies I've seen in a long time. It's a movie that has received widespread critical acclaim and it's even more impressive considering this is the directorial debut from Scottish Director ...
7 Movies You Need To Watch This Halloween
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They Cloned Tyrone | Why We Need to Talk About This - Film Analysis
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Sound of Freedom | Movie Review
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Sound of Freedom is the surprise hit of the summer almost nobody saw coming. Despite its success at the box office some have criticized the movie or at the very least the people involved in making it while others have labeled it "the film the media is trying to censor". Nonetheless, there is a lot controversy and conspiracies surrounding this film and unfortunately they have overshadowed what t...
The 7 Best Fight Scenes of All Time | Martial Arts Edition
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The action genre is one of the most exciting and loved in all of film. When we think of the term "blockbuster" we usually think of action movies, but the action genre is very broad. Unfortunately, we rarely consider martial arts films blockbusters, but in my opinion they are responsible for many of the genres greatest fight sequences. So today were going to look at the 7 Best Fight Scenes of al...
Evil Dead Rise | Why I'm a Little Torn About This One - Film Review (Spoilers)
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You People | Why It Doesn't Work - Film Review (Spoilers)
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Like many, I heard a movie with Jonah Hill, Eddie Murphy and a bunch of other talented actors was coming to Netflix and got excited. Then I saw the trailer and it wasn't the greatest trailer, but I was still excited to see it. Then I actually saw it and boy was I disappointed. This was a movie that had tons of potential, but lets dig a little deeper into why I think You People Doesn't Work. Mov...
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The 7 Most Anticipated Movies of 2023
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A list of the 7 movies I am anticipating most in 2023. 2022 was a great year for film and there is no doubt 2023 will be great either. There are a lot of movies coming out this year, but these are the ones I think I may be the most excited to see. Let me know in the comment section what movies you all are looking forward to seeing this year. Music Used: Summer in the Neighborhood - Bad Snacks D...
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The Night Comes for Us. Same actors and director of The Raid movies but even better fight scenes
Hey man your voice sounds so familiar. Did you ever do voice overs for Gronky in Fortnite?
O cara entendeu mais do sistema brasileiro que a maioria dos brasileiros
You should watch Gangs of London by the same Director.
I think VISCERAL is a better descriptor than "Realistic".
thats why I watch foreign action movies, because it has best camera work, the MC has martial art knowledge and its not over the top
Best martial arts film I had ever seen I have been watching martial arts movies for a long time great action in every scene
The Raid is great and all but it could have used less artificial camera shake.
Good video. The knock cinematography was my only issue with this video. It was perfect for a period piece.
Have you seen The Night Comes For Us? i'd put that one up there with this series.
I wish I will have super human martial arts 🥋 skills in silat martial arts 🥋💪🥊☯️🥋💥
For me that was John Wick films, after watching John Wick most of the mainstream action films' felt trash to me
i grown up watching asian action movies. i was never able to enjoy hollywood fight scenes, unless that scene was directed by an asian fight director or fully CGI, lol. even still the big director will always put in those extra cuts and not take the time to do fight scenes right.
Denzel has never over acted. The only people who say that are people who have other actors over him; and the funny thing is, no one is. He’s clearly the GOAT. And it’s not even close.
Aftersun is probably one of the best films ever made.
I dunno. I watchee both movies. Wasn't very impressed. IMO, tad bit overrated.
Shaky camera work in action movies is the worst. It is a distraction to make up for the lack of skill and talent in a movie.
Dude you' keep going with the same without mentioning the elephant in the room: The Raid had actors who had martial arts skills. Movies that need millions of video cuts like "Taken" and the "Bourne" franchise don't have (main) actors with skills. That's it. Hence the excessive camera shakes and cuts. That's all there's to it.
this was peak ngl....Raid 1 was HIM❤❤❤
The only western movies that come close to The Raid movies are Netflix's Extraction films with Chris Hemsworth, which also have well-choreographed action with few cuts and flowing camerawork, but they also replicate that sense of a desperate last-stand against ridiculous odds, which is not an easy thing to create when the action is as highly choreographed as it is.
the raid is great movie but blade ending was start beside the old school bruce lee movies blade 1 and 2 the one thing that Chinese have is people lol why there fight can come off as so crazy going to hard boiled the monkey king 1 the raid go on like that
Also extremely good and well choreographed and shot movies: Donnie Yen's Hong Kong: Killzone, and Flashpoint. Ong Bak is another. Honorable mention to one fight scene in Dune 2, Feyd-Rautha in the Harkonnen area vs the Asian Artreides dude. The latter uses actual Escrima.
My highlight reel would be Donnie yen, Tony jaa, Jackie Chan
Thankyou for posting this video. I'm a super huge fan of The Raid franchise and I've been putting people on to these films for years. I agree with you 100%
@BoxingWave same family. Abytime anyone asks about a good action film I automatically bring this franchise up lol
Taken...not a single leg kick. Bunch of old farts can't lift their legs. LOL
If for whatever reason you haven't seen it by now, A Man From Nowhere HAS to be your next watch. It's absolutely a masterpiece. It's basically John Wick before John Wick game out. It's a Korean movie so you know that it's potential is very high. There's not nearly as much action in it compared to John Wick or The Raid but the action in it is some of the best you'll ever see. And the story, acting and the music is absolutely top notch.
Mann check out the night comes for us
This franchise was leagues ahead of most films to day
The raid was ok. The arm flailing was what killed it for me.
I only like taken part one , He didn’t have to keep going to save a different family member, he could’ve just went the route of the equalizer and saved other peoples family members.
It set a new standard?
Yes, absolutely. For action/martial arts films, the Raid films put most big budget action flicks to shame. Did you watch Statham 'Bee Keeper?" It's junk. Just embarrassing how the Raid films are basically on their own level.
He is the best horror villain of all time, in my opinion.
You can tell he threw it in the window because he was mad because he screams "Hate" right before doing it a call back to radio's speech about the hate hand and love hand
taken fight scene is so choppy AF.
The raid for me is kind of overaction. The last fight scene in the kitchen for eg is so longgggg and overselling until it becomes boring.
If necromancy was like 100% real, I would resurrect Bruce Lee and be like “Bruce, you have to see the Raid movies,” but what would Bruce Lee think of the Raid movies? I have a feeling he might feel jealous to some degree. Because Bruce Lee films are those type of martial art films that makes you think “how the hell is this rated R?” Right before a naked lady appears on camera. But the Raid movies are like the most violent martial art films ever made so far, and I think that if climate change doesn’t kill us all soon, our children’s children will watch those movies and feel the same way I do that they are the most violent martial art films that you will ever see.
Lol u should see The night come for us That movie is Brutal a lot of Familiar actors from the raid also And holy shit it feel like character are in real danger if they mess up
@snakekingblues3017 Oh trust me I've seen it lol. Love that movie, definitely more brutal than The Raid, not even sure how that was possible
@@itakeonmovies but yeah when you compare them to modern movies and the action they really don't compare at all, also i heard the actor actually do hit each other that why it look so real
After watching RAID franchise, i have stopped watching other Action movies becoz it simply looks crap to me. RAID has raised my Action bar so high that no Action movie i watch matches the RAID. It has really ruined my favorite Genre of action movies.
The Best Martial Arts Movies to this day, I have yet to see better 👍
I'm not a movie guy, so I might be saying something obvious. But I think the John Wick saga took a lot of inspiration from these.
The night comes for us. Netflix original
The film Old Boy is filmed in a similar way. Great video brother!
1:23 no ditty
Menace had sharif dad as a productive positive male role model. The man was a teacher, even trays grand father to a lesser extent.
@thamayor6324 very true, but they weren't leading actors in the film. Both of i can recall were unfortunately only given 1 scene each.
It's not about the budget. It's about how dedicated Actors and Everyone at the studio is.
Atomic Blonde and Korean film The Killer has magnificent fight choreography. Totally worth the watch.
Atomic Blonde is great, don't know if you remember another movie called Haywire that came out even before Atomic Blonde. That was good too. Loved The Killer as well.
The Raid ruined action and martial arts movies in the same way for me. Every one I watch now is judged on the standard set by The Raid. Both movies saved their best for last in the final fight scene. The only movie overall that comes close to the Raid movies is John Wick 4. And while not on the level of the Raid movies overall the final fight scene in Boy Kills World is amazing to watch. So, like you, while I don't dislike other movies, the Raid will always be the gold standard.
My thoughts exactly! Jon wick comes closest as far as American made films go. The Night Comes for Us is probably the closest I've seen. Haven't seen Boy Kills World yet. You reccomend it?
@@itakeonmovies It’s worth it just for the final fight scene but of course nowadays it’s probably somewhere on TH-cam already but I’m also a bit of a collector I would never be satisfied with the one scene online. Check it out
Dawn of the dead 1978
Very best fight forever the raid
It’s so difficult to understand Mookie and the throwing the trash can when mookie spent the entire film slacking off. The pizza owner remarked the multiple times mookie showed up late and still keeps him on. Mookie even left the job mid shift to take a shower and come back while being paid for it all. He was treated overly nice at the store, besides the flirtatious remarks towards his sister but the sister is an Adult and can stand on her own. The violence was purely on the friends fault. He was purposely a public nuisance everywhere he went with his music, told repeatedly to lower it and finally the pizza owner snapped and broke it. Something everyone and probably the audience wanted to do since the beginning. His death was wrong without a doubt, but he was fighting through it the whole way. Black communities have justifiably rage, but the actions of this film makes the events the fault of the characters and not the fault of their surroundings