EPTnot sure i was sold on the plotline at any point. stylistically it was neat, but can't find anything but indifference at best.
saw oldboy
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Day[9]
United States7366 Posts
not sure i was sold on the plotline at any point. stylistically it was neat, but can't find anything but indifference at best. | ||
motbob
United States12546 Posts
^^^^ that was enough for me. I mean where do you even begin to choreograph something like that | ||
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Day[9]
United States7366 Posts
other than that? | ||
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
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Last.Midnight
Australia906 Posts
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Day[9]
United States7366 Posts
i didn't get the "oh my god" feeling i got when watching memento for example. instead, as the majority of the movie felt disconnected and meandering, i arrived to the "twist" and felt more of a "oh... i guess that's what i've been watching this whole time." | ||
NeverGG
United Kingdom5399 Posts
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doktorLucifer
United States855 Posts
On September 06 2009 18:11 Day[9] wrote: it didn't feel like a twist at all really i didn't get the "oh my god" feeling i got when watching memento for example. instead, as the majority of the movie felt disconnected and meandering, i arrived to the "twist" and felt more of a "oh... i guess that's what i've been watching this whole time." I'm not sure I remember much of the plot, since I did watch this like 3-4 years ago.... But, even though I was disappointed by the film for the same reasons, I still ended up liking it. O_O I found the aesthetic charming. | ||
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
I've watched most of the recommended korean/jap films and Most of them suck tbh. The only one I liked was Ip Man. | ||
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enthusiast
United States90 Posts
But the octopus scene is fucking own. Also the music is awesome. | ||
Rekrul
Korea (South)17174 Posts
and yeah charlie Ip man is the fucking shit and plz dont try to compare movies to memento....thats not fair | ||
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jello_biafra
United Kingdom6641 Posts
Ip Man was awesome and I also recommend the good, the bad and the weird. | ||
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EpiK
Korea (South)5757 Posts
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Piy
Scotland3152 Posts
IMO Sympathy for Lady Vengeance is much better, | ||
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Liquid`Nazgul
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TonyL2
England1953 Posts
But maybe you'd prefer "Zinda" the Bollywood adaptation  | ||
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nK)Duke
Germany936 Posts
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Last.Midnight
Australia906 Posts
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deathgod6
United States5064 Posts
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radar14
United States1437 Posts
On September 06 2009 23:35 Last.Midnight wrote: Memento? The only redeeming part of that movie was that it was done backwards. If you played it in a chronologically normal order it's fucking average. I hate it when people say this. Why would you watch it "normal" ever? The backwards element is such an intrinsic part of the movie that I don't know why people try to judge the movie without it. It's like saying that Tarantino films are average without the dialogue. | ||
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rgfdxm
United States239 Posts
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ZeeTemplar
United States557 Posts
some parts are NSFW so be careful  and enjoy | ||
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SK.Testie
Canada11084 Posts
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skronch
United States2717 Posts
On September 06 2009 19:49 jello_biafra wrote: Mainly that fight scene, the octopus scene, the music and the fact that you can hear someone playing BW at one point. Ip Man was awesome and I also recommend the good, the bad and the weird. what part of the movie is this? i must have completely missed this. | ||
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A3iL3r0n
United States2196 Posts
The main problem I have with this movie is that at times it adheres to realism (besides the plot, which is fine), at others it is not. For example, in the hallway fight scene, he starts wrecking house but he gets swarmed, realistic... but then they let him up, not realistic... and stab a fucking knife into his back but he continues to be able to fight somehow... not realistic. The best part of the movie is where he takes the cigarette from that street punk, and his interior dialogue goes, "can 10 years of training actually work in real life?" and then he beats all of them up, and the interior dialogue says, "apparently, it can." I mean that's fucking great stuff, and its a shame the movie didn't continue along that line. Also, at the very beginning when Dae-Su is totally drunk and in detox, that's great stuff too. | ||
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ManBearPig
Belgium207 Posts
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Crisis_
United States165 Posts
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7mk
Germany10157 Posts
On September 07 2009 01:56 Crisis_ wrote: I love movies like this. I'm not sure how to classify them, though. Can anyone recommend a few good ones in the same "genre"? really obvious but just in case you havent watched em: the other two movies of the vengeance trilogy The director Chan Wook Park also just released a new movie: http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/10011304-thirst/# seems to be a bit different though as it's a vampire movie :p cool idea though with the vampire being a priest, I'm definitely gonna watch this one. Has a pretty badass trailer at that: + Show Spoiler + CJ!!!!  | ||
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udgnim
United States8024 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY48hhpo-gI | ||
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CoOl]1st[
United States243 Posts
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Spike
United States1392 Posts
Seriously, Ip Man is like a carbon copy of countless martial arts movies. Man has been wronged, must take revenge; wasn't anything original or creative about it. You could say that it was "done well", but really, there was no meat to the story and the action wasn't nearly good enough to overcome the lack of substance. | ||
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VarmVaffel
Norway378 Posts
Conclude: Overall a good movie, but nothing spectacular. The plot was better than most movies though. | ||
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koreasilver
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On September 07 2009 06:29 CoOl]1st[ wrote: because its a satyr on how fucked up asians are. We're Greek? | ||
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Shauni
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TabyLing
Australia69 Posts
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AzureEye
United States1360 Posts
I might be a little biased because I love War films but who doesn't love war films? And it beats the shit out of Saving Private Ryan | ||
DivinO
United States4796 Posts
Haven't seen Oldboy yet. But I'll probably take Day[9]'s seal of disapproval to heart. | ||
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SaveYourSavior
United States1071 Posts
On September 07 2009 08:22 Shauni wrote: I didn't like Oldboy much either. I might not have been as disappointed as you but it was certainly not a great movie. Watch 'Seom' instead if you want a good korean movie! that movie will make you cry it's also very good for a war movie | ||
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ero
United States66 Posts
Since my friends recommended the movie to me, I thought I'd ask them to explain the movie. They couldn't, which led me to the conclusion that it's just good psuedo-intellectual bait (ooh it has subtitles and some weird artsy feel to it!). Dunno, maybe the movie really is good. My Lady Vengeance was pretty cool though. | ||
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igotmyown
United States4291 Posts
Maybe I've seen enough brutal movies since then that I would feel differently. It reminds me of Ebert's review of Aliens. I don't know how else to describe this: The movie made me feel bad. It filled me with feelings of unease and disquiet and anxiety. I walked outside and I didn't want to talk to anyone. I was drained. I'm not sure "Aliens" is what we mean by entertainment. Yet I have to be accurate about this movie: It is a superb example of filmmaking craft. By now it probably would not be considered a huge shocker of a movie, and people might also feel that its plot was predictable. Saving Private Ryan's opening scene is enough to make it a better movie than Tae guk ki, though that says more about the former than the latter. The elite north korean team meleeing the south koreans in battle broke my suspension of disbelief. | ||
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MK
United States496 Posts
boys : the fight girls : the emo-drama gays : cf. girls. | ||
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koreasilver
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On September 07 2009 13:02 ero wrote: I didn't really like Oldboy. But I didn't really understand it fully either. Since my friends recommended the movie to me, I thought I'd ask them to explain the movie. They couldn't, which led me to the conclusion that it's just good psuedo-intellectual bait (ooh it has subtitles and some weird artsy feel to it!). Dunno, maybe the movie really is good. My Lady Vengeance was pretty cool though. It boggles me how neither you or your friends understood the movie. It seriously was not that complicated. That's just sad. | ||
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Day[9]
United States7366 Posts
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NeVeR
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Horrible movie. I stopped watching after about 30-45 minutes. Edit: If you want to watch some good Korean films, I personally really liked Chi Hwa Son (취화선) and Soe Pyon Je (서편제). | ||
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Foucault
Sweden2826 Posts
Intense, great photo. Story maybe a bit half-assed after all but it's an awesome movie | ||
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0.5_A_Glass
United States3 Posts
moar ughh yuck @ the twist that is | ||
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Nytefish
United Kingdom4282 Posts
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0.5_A_Glass
United States3 Posts
On October 01 2009 21:05 Nytefish wrote: Truly. I think that twist made separated the movie from the cliche vengeance-driven movies. The twist gave the movie a good amount of notoriety, too.Screw you people who thought the twist was predictable, I didn't expect it at all and it made the movie really interesting. If a movie is made for my entertainment I won't make it harder by, you know, thinking too much. | ||
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Cloud
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It also basically had a little bit of everything: humor, romance, action, suspense, etc. The plot wasnt in the very least predictable yeah. Charlies opinions as always are worthless, he rates the departed a 10, while giving infernal affairs a 2, what the fuck? | ||
MrHoon
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Oldboy on the other hand, I didn't really enjoy it too much I didn't feel like the movie was overrated by any means, I just didn't feel like I was satisfied with it | ||
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Musoeun
United States4324 Posts
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Chill
Calgary25996 Posts
I think expectations play a huge role in the enjoyability of a movie. | ||
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Elvin_vn
Vietnam2038 Posts
On September 07 2009 01:03 skronch wrote: what part of the movie is this? i must have completely missed this. some scene in the Daesu's old friend's cafe bang you can hear someone doing a tank push TvP | ||
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Foucault
Sweden2826 Posts
On October 02 2009 00:21 Chill wrote: I think expectations play a huge role in the enjoyability of a movie. Definately. People don't just randomly like movies, it's all about what movies you "think" you like and want to be associated with liking, and what expectations a person has about a movie. | ||
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tonight
United States11130 Posts
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
On October 01 2009 21:31 Cloud wrote: It has a good plot, a sad ending, and it leaves you feeling a little stressed, a bit in awe. Quite opposite of hollywood movies. It also basically had a little bit of everything: humor, romance, action, suspense, etc. The plot wasnt in the very least predictable yeah. Charlies opinions as always are worthless, he rates the departed a 10, while giving infernal affairs a 2, what the fuck? That's because infernal affairs sucks ass. A good director (with good actors) got a hold of the story and made it good. | ||
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Ghardo
Germany1685 Posts
it's just such a great idea to make a movie about someone who is conditioned all the way through. he can't even escape his "fate"... maybe some of you won't like the style because you're only accustomed to americanesque movies? (this movie is very drastic) | ||
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fusionsdf
Canada15390 Posts
Tried to watch it again a while ago, but just couldnt get through it. | ||
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Old]Boy[
Switzerland6 Posts
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FiBsTeR
United States415 Posts
Have not even heard of this movie. EDIT: Oh did not notice the date. :x | ||
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Warri
Germany3208 Posts
thx for the necrobump! | ||
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