zen Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Yea, I was amazed when I found out this was the cut version Thank God the cannibalism was obvious enough. Edit: And Choi Min-sik, WTF. What acting.. God do i wish it was less obvious. Emotionally gruesome. But...it began to feel a little hollow towards the end, once the game begins to wind down. All that killing just to see Lee Byung hun scream in the end. And beheading by proxy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyofx Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 ^ True that, Danny boyle Watch 28 Days Later and Sunshine. Don't go by Slumdog.. :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sufyan Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Watch 28 Days Later and Sunshine. Don't go by Slumdog.. :| and the last 1/3rd of Sunshine fixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyofx Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 God do i wish it was less obvious. Emotionally gruesome. But...it began to feel a little hollow towards the end, once the game begins to wind down. All that killing just to see Lee Byung hun scream in the end. And beheading by proxy! I think you were meant to feel that way. Its meant to feel utterly pointless :| I also saw the highest grossing South Korean film of the year: The Man From Nowhere. An awful rip off of Kim Ji-woon's and Lee Byung-hun's A Bittersweet Life. We're way past the golden age of South Korean cinema. I Saw the Devil is an anomaly. You don't see as many classics as you used to any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STICK3Rboy Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 What's with Koreans and revenge. Yeah, don't you just love them XD? And you can always count on the Koreans to not compromise on the violence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyofx Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 fixed But that was the best part! It turned into a genre movie right at the end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyofx Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Yeah, don't you just love them XD? And you can always count on the Koreans to not compromise on the violence YES. Or the sex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sufyan Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Sunshine was one of the best movies i saw up until the ending which completely ruined it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STICK3Rboy Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 I also saw the highest grossing South Korean film of the year: The Man From Nowhere. An awful rip off of Kim Ji-woon's and Lee Byung-hun's A Bittersweet Life. We're way past the golden age of South Korean cinema. I Saw the Devil is an anomaly. You don't see as many classics as you used to any more. Was actually planning on watching that. Didn't know it would be a rip off of Bittersweet Life, which I loved to bits btw. Watched its hindi remake(awarapan) as well. The less said about that one, the better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyofx Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Sunshine was one of the best movies i saw up until the ending which completely ruined it for me. I think quite a few people felt that way, but I liked how it switched genres on you. The DVD/bluray also has a great commentary track from a CERN scientist who goes into what's possible/probable and what isn't I also liked The Beach and A Life Less Ordinary. Danny Boyle is awesome. I love the guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boltonfan Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Watched this over the weekend. Stunning film, but then that's to be expected with the kind of pedigree involved: Kim Ji-woon (Tale of Two Sisters, A Bittersweet Life) Choi Min-sik (Oldboy) Lee Byung-hun (A Bittersweet Life) Best serial killer film I've seen since The Chaser. Everyone needs to watch this. Highly Recommended. Have you seen the other two films in the vengeance trilogy? Both of them are equally good as oldboy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyofx Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Was actually planning on watching that. Didn't know it would be a rip off of Bittersweet Life, which I loved to bits btw. Watched its hindi remake(awarapan) as well. The less said about that one, the better I wouldn't call it a rip off, per se. But the whole revenge thing (there's that word again :|) was done much better in Kim Ji-woon's than here. This is just a pretty boy singer dressed up to look cool :| A Bittersweet Life was a Buddhist parable, albeit with guns. Hands down one of the greatest films ever, and it had enough tributes in to Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samourai, another classic. You can't fake that kind of cool, which The Man from Nowhere is clearly trying to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 @ keyo// be sure to check them out. btw those black bands of spoiler edit.. all too visible here :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyofx Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Have you seen the other two films in the vengeance trilogy? Both of them are equally good as oldboy. Yup. I actually like Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance more than Oldboy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STICK3Rboy Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Have you seen the other two films in the vengeance trilogy? Both of them are equally good as oldboy. I found Lady Vengeance to be a bit weak when compared to the other two. Probably due to the massive expectations I had from it. Now, between Mr.Vengeance and Oldboy, you've got absolutely sublime direction in Mr. Vengeance and an amazing story in Oldboy. Can't really decide which one is better :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyofx Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 (edited) Mr. Vengeance had Song Kang-ho Edited January 3, 2011 by keyofx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boltonfan Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 (edited) I found Lady Vengeance to be a bit weak when compared to the other two. Probably due to the massive expectations I had from it. Now, between Mr.Vengeance and Oldboy, you've got absolutely sublime direction in Mr. Vengeance and an amazing story in Oldboy. Can't really decide which one is better :| The ending of Lady vengeance was amazing! btw has anyone seen Thirst (Bakjwi)? Decent vampire film. Although not as good as Park chan- wook's previous films. Edited January 3, 2011 by boltonfan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STICK3Rboy Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Mr. Vengeance had Song Kang-ho Love that guy. Has to be one of the most versatile actors ever! Terrific performance by him in Mr.Vengeance. Especially the scene where he watches his daughter's post mortem. Btw, did you watch Memories of Murder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STICK3Rboy Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 (edited) The ending of Lady vengeance was amazing! But it did take its own sweet time getting there btw has anyone seen Thirst (Bakjwi)? Decent vampire film. Although not as good as Park chan- wook's previous films. I actually found Thirst to be really good. Kim Ok-bin's performance alone makes sure of that. Edited January 3, 2011 by STICK3Rboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnackChap Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 I love watching korean love stories, most of them have a set template which goes from -Boy meets girl.....fall in love -One of them suffers from a terminal illness or something -they don't live happily ever after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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