*ahem* This will be my first topic and I just want to ask a really simple question:

How many Thai movies have you all seen? Or was Ong-Bak your first?

I can't really put a number on my count since I have seen Thai movies ever since I was little... I CAN tell the most recent ones you can relate to.

Ong-bak
Suriothai
Story of X-circle (X-man)
Headless Hero 2


Well those are the ones with englis names, others I saw didn't have an English title so I forgot the name shortly after watching it

Ong-Bak was my first thai movie. Then I saw 999999 and Bang Rajan.
I loved Bang Rajan, beautiful and very realistic movie.

I also have beautiful boxer but don't have time to see it yet :blush:

hahaha

Just like I told Pii Ongkot, I also have Beautiful Boxer, original I bought in Thailand, but it's not subed so I haven't gotten to watch it. Altho I can understand some Thai, I can't understand enough to make out the story.

I have seen so many thai movies, from comedy to action and horror...

these are a few good movies to check out;

mon ruk transistor
yaowarat
fah talai jone (tears of the black tiger)
bangkok dangerous
suriyothai

How about Born to Fight? Has anyone seen it? I've already ordered it and waiting for its arrival. If anyone has seen it, I'd like to know how it is compared to Ong Bak. I heard there were some crazy stunts but it's not really getting the same kind of rep. as Ong Bak. But then again, it took awhile for Ong Bak to spread. Just wanted to know if it is as enjoyable as Ong Bak.

Talke a look here http://forum.tonyjaa.org/index.php?showtopic=141 and here http://forum.tonyjaa.org/index.php?showtopic=40.
Concerning me, I saw Born to Fight and find it too violent for me :blink: :blush:

Thank you! I like over-the-top violence...ehehe :laugh: I tend to start beating up on my nephew everytime I watch Ong Bak. Too bad he's picked up a couple moves and I took some to the head. :wacko: Let me tell ya, that kid is bony...

:laugh:
My cousin too begun to make some moves he saw in Ong-Bak . Hopefully he don't train on his little brother :blink: !

Born to fight is cool on action & fights, but unfortunately again no english subs on the DVD.

I have watched some Thai movies,but Ong Bak is my first muay thai movie from Thailand.
Give us some titles of thai movies so that we can watch them

i have see a few but they were all awful, except ong bak.

thai horror movie Shutter was good, just watched that last week.

i just watched The Overture, and it's a beautiful movie. people have already talked a little bit about it in another thread. highly recommended!!!

Where do you get these movies to watch here in the states?

ethaicd.com is the best source for thai movies and cd's. if you don't have a region-free dvd player of some sort, you should buy the VCDs. they are playable on 99% of all DVD players.

I only have an xbox so I can't play VCD'S.
I guess I can burn them on to dvds... I mean that's not a bad thing right??? Because I did buy it already.

you should be able to play VCDs on your computer. i know you have a computer!

I didn't know you could play it on the computer. Thank you for this information, Thawan Daeng.

i don't think you can just put VCD data onto a DVD disc and play it as a DVD... they are in completely different formats. it's like giving a chinese newspaper to an italian who doesn't read chinese and saying "well, you both have noodle dishes in your country... you should be able to read the newspaper."

...ok i guess that wasn't a very good analogy. ok here's the thing: VCDs aren't necessarily anything specific, as far as i know. sometimes they can be in .avi format, sometimes in .dat format, sometimes the disc includes an automatic player, sometimes you have to open a specific file to watch it...

whereas DVDs (movie DVDs at any rate) are designed specifically to plop into a DVD player and have their data (which has been codified by the DVD consortium) easily read by DVD players. DVD data discs just contain whatever information you put on them.

i'm not a technologically savvy person. i don't know how good accurate my information is, and i don't know if anything i said makes any sense! maybe someone who does know about these things can help you out more.

by the way, what movie did you get...?

whatever it is, hope you enjoy it!

I have not gotten a movie yet but I hope to get Ong Bak and the Making of Ong Bak. I have also heard great things about Born to fight on this forum so I should give that a watch to.

Thank you, I ordered the Ong Bak vcd from there, so I will see how it plays when I get it. Not sure how long it will take to get here, but I am not very good at being very patient. heh! I should look to see if they have a Making od Ong Bak vcd on there.

Sure they have : http://www.ethaicd.com/show.php?pid=8102

I really liked the Thai movie Fan Chun (2003). Brings back old memories

I also love Fan Chan: My Girl..it's a great movie You can also find great thai movies at http://www.thailandcd.com.
Oh, also a warning to anyone who wants to watch the horror film The Shutter on their computers. The VCD is equipped with a virus that attempts to block people from copying the VCD. Unfortunately, the virus works a little too well and gets to your computer just by watching the movie.

I want one of those DVD players that can watch regional DVDs....

virus is not work if you press and hold the "shift" button when you insert disk(to cancle autorun).

ps. sorry about my English grammar

I've seen The Eye and Ong Bak.
Sophie

When I watched the Shutter. I don't think I'm gonna be getting a polaroid camera again. It was damn scary, For me it is by far the scariest flick I’ve everseen in my entire life. One of the best horror flick.I was so freaked out I had my bag covering my face for at least half of the movie. I screamed a couple of times in the theatre. lucky I'm not only one who did it.

From my understanding, you can play any DVD worldwide-- whether in PAL or NTSC format, and any region code-- on a computer. I use a Mac, but I believe this applies to PCs as well.

I bought Ong Bak both in the NTSC and the PAL version. But is able to play only the NTSC on my player and the PAL on my computer.

If you enjoy watching international movies from all over, you may want to invest in a code-free DVD player. One good one for USD $150 is here:
http://www.codefreedvd.com/

You can also convert your DVD player to an all-region player by purchasing certain hardwares, installing, and then reprogramming the player. I wouldn't recommend this unless you're good at this sort of things.

Another tip is to find the cheapest DVD players (around $30-40). They're usually code-free. Of course, make sure you research this out before you purchase it.

If you have purchased an original DVD that is a region other than the one your DVD player can play... and you're somewhat tech saavy, you can easily decode and convert the DVD to an all region DVD (region 0) using converting softwares, which you can then play on your player. This is also a great way to backup your originals or if you want to lend a copy to a friend and don't want it damage when you get it back).

For me, I can easily get any movie worldwide by simply researching it using Google then purchasing it online. You can also find most movies on Ebay, but beware, many of them aren't originals, and again, make sure you have the means to play it.

Hope this helps and enjoy.

one warning about region-coded dvd's on a computer: unless you have a region-free program installed on your computer, usually the software will allow you to switch between regions for a limited number of times, and then when it reaches its switching limit, it will automatically lock to the last region. this may not apply to all computers, so just know what you have, be familiar with your software and your dvd's, and consider getting region-free software for your computer's dvd player just in case. better safe than sorry.

Thanks Thawan. That last bit of info is indeed important.
I'm glad you remember.

I love " Homerong (âËÁâç ) " .

I love OngBak and Bangkok dangerous(the best movie of pang brothers).

oh fay âËÁâç(Homerong) is The Overture.¤ÃѺ

Yes, The Overture( HomeRong ).

I like OngBak so much, but I love HomeRong.

โหมโรง The Overture... such a beautiful movie!!
i want to show this movie to my friends, but there is no english subtitle version.

i also really liked Monrak Transistor มนต์รักทรานซิสเตอร์ (i cut and paste that, not write it myself )

OB was my first Thai movie
and TYG was the second
afterall, Thai movies are not very common in hong kong...

but i really want to see Born To Fight as so many of you recommanded it
i am wondering what's the chinese title for the movie ? @@

I'm a fan of Pen-ek Ratanaruang and always watch his work in theater ( except his first movie which I don't like much) . He's the man who directed 'Monrak Transister'. But I don't understand why after 'Last Life in the Universe' ( Among his movies, I like Last Life in the Universe and Sixtynine the most), there are no more of his directed movies coming out. I think Pen-Ek also did some part in the 'Citizen Dog' coming out last year( other than giving his voice as the narrator) because the movie picture look cool. However, I still think the Citizen Dog is not his style. I really love Pen-ek's style but his movie always drawed little money in Thailand though winning the critics' praise outsidet the country. It's been 2 years without his movie in our theater now. Well..tell Pen-Ek, I love him and please produce more work.