Comments on: Top 100 Hong Kong Films of the Nineties - Numbers 40-31

By: SC

SC — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:25:38 +0000

Surprised Beast Cops made it this far, pretty crap movie.

By: Nil

Nil — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:08:12 +0000

@Kozo Good idea to post it on the blog and it shouldn’t take up to much time to spotlight a movie every now and then Think it would also be much appreciated by the readers to watch some old gems again.

By: Webmaster Kozo

Webmaster Kozo — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:18:02 +0000

Hi Nil, your idea is pretty good, but it’s probably best reserved for DAMN YOU KOZO rather than the main site. The downside to the idea is I won’t be able to spotlight much past the early eighties, since the seventies and sixties are not my area of expertise. I’ll consider if as something for me to do with this blog once this current list dries up.

By: Nil

Nil — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:44:35 +0000

@Kozo Maybe you can have a spotlight on an old Hong Kong classic every weekend on the front page, with some nice Kozo comments on why it is a classic?

By: Webmaster Kozo

Webmaster Kozo — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:34:34 +0000

A lot of factors affect what makes the list and doesn’t. For example, I think DVD access means a lot. Nowadays, movies like THE LONGEST NITE, SUMMER SNOW and MADE IN HONG KONG are hard to find. Thus, they may rank a lot lower than stuff that’s readily available.

@Alharu, I actually don’t think the rest will be that surprising. At least, they aren’t to me. The biggest surprise I felt was probably RED TO KILL.

@Juan, haha, you all shouldn’t expect EVERY SINGLE Stephen Chow movie to make this list. That would be both insane and a bad idea.

@Chris Wolter, if this list is helping you find new Hong Kong movies to watch that are seldom discussed anymore, then it’s doing its job. With the rise in online fan press, news about films from just about anywhere is now readily available. The problem, I think, is that people concentrate way too much on the new to the detriment of the old. LoveHKFilm.com is sometimes guilty of that, too.

By: Chris Wolter

Chris Wolter — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:01:38 +0000

This list so far far exceeds my expectations because I have not seen a very large portion of them and looking at box covers in the discount bins in Chinatown doesn’t really narrow down the selection. Even with reading lovehkfilm.com and other sites it’s hard to figure out what to see next. Thanks all!!

By: Juan

Juan — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:36:35 +0000

In my opinion, Sam Lee’s performance in Made in Hong Kong was THE performance of the 90’s. And even more amazing — it was his debut too. Which then made me think, how good was Sam Lee’s output during the 90’s? It’s kind of hard to imagine this based on the Sam Lee of the present — the one who still puts out a good performance every once in while, but seems to have become more of a caricature of himself for a bunch of meaningless cameo roles in HK movies — but once upon a time, this man churned out Made in Hong Kong, the Longest Summer, Beast Cops, Rave Fever, and Bio-Zombie in only a three year span.

…and in other news, The Fight Back to School trilogy looks primed and ready to take over the world. Help.

By: Kyra

Kyra — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:07:04 +0000

Maybe WKW will dominate at least on top 20? or top 10?.
I haven’t watch enough 90’s HK movies *sigh.. I vote for A Man Called Hero because I have to choose it between Eagle Shooting Heroes and Storm Riders. Well I finally choose Nicholas Tse’s appearance =)

I wish The Blade by Tsui Hark will get on the top list, I wanted to put it on my list but missed the chance some years ago to watched it completely, I think that won’t make it a valid vote…

By: b3n1

b3n1 — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:16:23 +0000

@CeeFu. Agree with you, I also don’t really like Wong Kar Wai movie. They are beautiful to look at it but it get me bored if I have to watch them for more than once.

I prefer JET LEE & STEPHEN CHOW movies cause they are fun to watch and I can watch them over & over again.

By: AlHaru

AlHaru — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:05:53 +0000

Looks like WKW is going to run the show later on when some of Johnnie’s and Fruit’s cards are out (apparently To hasn’t run out of his time just yet). None of Jet Li’s “Wong Fei Hung” appears, hinting a furious late-night encounter with the similarly bad gang - Y&D. Li will have his invincible armour put on for the later half of the show, he is unstoppable. The Storm Rider is out, that means Andrew Lau’s cards (except Y&D) are pretty much exhausted unless The Legend of Speed and A Man Called Hero have been voted multiple #1’s by the homeless and the intoxicated. Stephen Chow is going to watch them fight with a cup of tea in one hand and a bun in the other. Master Jing may still have a few aces in Chingmy’s stockings. His pants are full of something else.

My #1 showed up already in yesterday’s list and #2-#9 will end up somewhere in the official #10010 list. Guess there’s nothing worth looking forward to but catching a few shocks and surprises written on everybody’s face from now on Evil Kozo is going to toy with us again. Sadly, we enjoy that.