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HK Cat III| bdc |
Posted: May 13 2012, 08:01 PM
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 I've found myself being more and more attracted to HK Cat III thrillers and erotic films lately. Not talking about the standard softcore stuff but about the more "out there" titles. I suppose there's more people interested in these (or even Cat IIB) films over here?  Would be interesting to have some discussions about favorites or recommendations imho. Here's some references: King Who's excellent blog (on hiatus it seems): http://inthemoodforgwailo.blogspot.com/ La catégorie 3 (in French but lots of pics): Click "entrée". http://cine-hk.chez-alice.fr/Hkcine/SITE/D.../intro-cat3.htm This week in sleaze podcasts: http://podcastonfire.com/category/this-week-in-sleaze/ |
 
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| Inspector Tanzi |
Posted: May 14 2012, 11:00 PM
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I've found that as time goes on some films get a CAT III that don't really deserve the rating.
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| bdc |
Posted: May 15 2012, 06:59 PM
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You mean newer films that get the rating?
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| Queenie |
Posted: May 16 2012, 05:55 AM
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I too find recent category ratings rather incoherent. For example, "Love in a Puff" (2010 / featuring Shawn Yue and Miriam Yeung)'s Cat III rating was discussed a lot in the local media and among movie fans. This is a pretty straightforward romantic comedy without any nudity or violence. The director, Edmond Pang Ho-Cheung, explained that the rating was due to the amount of foul language and lewd jokes included. When I watched it with English subtitles, I didn't notice anything too offensive...It is possible that everything was not translated, but still...  |
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| bdc |
Posted: May 16 2012, 07:25 PM
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Some older films also got the rating for strange reasons...like for depicting triad rituals (Jackie Chan's Crime Story) or "vulgarness" like Stephen Chow's The Flirting Scholar.
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| Queenie |
Posted: May 17 2012, 09:36 AM
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I see...To be honest, I haven't really paid close attention to cat ratings in the past. I don't own many "out there" titles (in your definition  ) but have quite a few triad/crime movies on DVD/VCDs. I'll probably study the ratings and the movie contents more carefully from now on, that'd be interesting. |
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| bdc |
Posted: May 17 2012, 09:58 AM
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Looking at all the newer "torture porn" horrors/thrillers made in the US and in Europe many of the old Cat III thrillers seem rather restrained nowadays.
 Btw does anybody know of a complete list of Cat III releases? Mainly interested in films made before 2000 (though there are exceptions). |
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| scussi? |
Posted: May 18 2012, 04:15 PM
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how is Flirtong Scholar? been looking at the DVD at a local shop for ages. vulgarness sounds good!
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| bdc |
Posted: May 18 2012, 08:10 PM
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| Inspector Tanzi |
Posted: May 22 2012, 11:30 AM
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Your CAT III disc is on it's way Bruno
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