Guest Posted June 23, 2003 Report Share Posted June 23, 2003 Just found a good online source for Thai movie and music CD's: http://www.ethaicd.com/ They are taking advance orders for "Ong Bak", which (according to them) will be released on June 26 (I had previously been told by a clerk at Mangpong that the date was June 27). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straycat Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 And Ong Bak was indeed released today. I picked up a copy at Tsutaya (video rental/sale store). However only available on VCD and VHS and in Thai only. It's also clearly printed on the back cover: "For Thailand Only. Not For Export" I asked about a DVD version but to no avail. Moreover can't find out any info whatsoever about Ong Bak on the distributors web site: http://www.mangpong.co.th/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 28, 2003 Report Share Posted June 28, 2003 personally i was not very impressed by ong bak. i mean, the abilities of the main actor are unbelievable, but everything else - plot, acting, dialog, camera was poor. still, i think that qualitywise none of the newer crop of thai movies comes close to nang naak. look at jiang yi mo's (can't remember the correct spelling) "hero", now that was a fiest for the eyes! that i think set a completely new standard for easterns, absolutely fucking brilliant! my only criticism: way too short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haltest Posted June 29, 2003 Report Share Posted June 29, 2003 DVD should be released on Tuesday according to the staff I asked at the DVD shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted June 29, 2003 Report Share Posted June 29, 2003 Hi, "look at jiang yi mo's (can't remember the correct spelling) "hero", now that was a fiest for the" Absolutely agree. Excellent movie. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 29, 2003 Report Share Posted June 29, 2003 i have met him once in beijing and i was very impressed - an extremely nice guy. no stupid airs - we had lunch at a simple streetstall, once a while someone asked politely for an autograph which he gave straight away. unfortunately he does not speak english so most of the conversation i did not understand. he is one of my favourite directors and i was very happy that he also was personally down to earth not like so many others who became famous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pharcyde Posted June 29, 2003 Report Share Posted June 29, 2003 Says khunsanuk: Hi, "look at jiang yi mo's (can't remember the correct spelling) "hero", now that was a fiest for the" Absolutely agree. Excellent movie. Sanuk! word up. beautiful movie. PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haltest Posted July 3, 2003 Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 OK Ong Bak is out on DVD but..... it has no english subtitles. It's 350 baht and also marked for sale within thailand and not for export! Shame it has no subtitles though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markle Posted July 3, 2003 Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 Shit I hope they don't intend on dubbing it. Knowing Seagal I wouldn't be surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haltest Posted July 3, 2003 Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 I would hope if it was released on dvd for the western market on dvd that it would have the thai soundtrack even if it has been dubbed into english as well. Personally I prefer to watch films in the language they were originally made (whether I can understand the language or not) I was tempted to buy the Thai language dvd, but I like to have english subtitles in case there are some nuances of language I miss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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