***isy***

Oahu. we stayed at Hilton - but i guess you've read my LJ now.

anyways.... The Promise just came out. anyone seen it? my dvd copies are still sitting in my "to be watched" pile.....

mukooh

***isy***......i passed on watching 'the promise' in a theater....i have watched it on dvd.....do you remember what i said about it?



today i saw a couple of films in a theater...one of them was 'sympathy for lady vengeance' the third and final film of a trilogy of films with revenge being the theme.....i was disappointed with this film..it was disjointed...it was hard to follow...perhaps it was the translation of korean language to english subtitles?...there was way too much voiceover and background information which should have been left out....i found it to be distracting.....by far this was the weakest and least effective film of the three films in the series......imo 'oldboy' is the best of all of them.......

Lain

mukooh- From all the Korean movies I watched (or at least the horror ones), imo, they do tend to get confusing at first. Sometimes even frustrating because you don't know what the heck is going on. I don't know. A Tale of Two Sisters boggled my mind the first time I watched it.

The most confusing (and somewhat irritating) K-Horror would have to be Acacia.

That's just my intake on the few Korean movies I own. I haven't watched anything new recently

shrrshrr

Well, I admit - even being relatively familiar with Korean cutlure and language, I still found the ending of 3 Iron to be confusing...and not in the "I think I'll ponder that for a while" way. I thought I understood where it was all going and then the film just left any frame of reference I had.

Kinda cool, actually!

Old Boy was definitely a strong film and fantastic. I'll still probably see Lady Vendetta to complete the films, but I have my biases. I'm always fascinated by tales of vengeance - have been since I was little.

shrrshrr

Here's more info on a Korean film my friend sent:

Anabela

I'm not sure what to think of that remake.
I love A Better Tomorrow. It's one of my favourite action movies ever and a remake sounds like a terrible idea. But a korean remake could maybe be interesting. I'm not sure.

shrrshrr

*nods* I think that's a good point, and I'm personally against most remakes - but a Korean remake could be interesting...

***isy***

Mukooh - i remember you saying the effects were good. but i wasnt sure if you liked The Promise overall.

re: Lady Vengeance - i havent seen Mr Vengeance still! my cousin has the dvd you sent me. Old Boy seems to be the perennial fave....

Anabela and shrrshrr re: A Better Tomorrow - i remember seeing this more than 10 years ago. i cant even remember the storyline. i have to rewatch.

kris - my brother said Acacia didnt make much sense. which is why i wont be watching it.

i havent seen A Tale of 2 Sisters still.

i want to see the thai film Shutter though....

i havent watched any movies lately, been busy with the japanese dramas. i'll be watching Il Mare soon.... since The Lakehouse is coming out and i might watch it and compare as well.

mukooh

all in all 'the promise' is just ok.........some of the visuals are really stunning and beautiful...........but some of the computer generated images (cgi) are truly horrible......

out of the 3 films in the trilogy 'oldboy' is my favorite too.....'sympathy for mr vengeance' started out slow and then it caught my interest.....by far it's a better film than '.....lady vengeance'......


i saw 'clean' the other day.....i was surprised how strong, or at least that's what i thought, maggie's "english" accent was in the film......i'm too lazy to post my thoughts about the film all over again in this thread....so this is what i said about 'clean' in the "what was the last film you saw in a theater" thread yesterday.....

***isy***

just bumping up the thread so it wouldnt be buried...

i saw Il Mare last weekend. it was very good. i loved it! i hope The Lake House didnt change it much.

one of my aunt's comments after watching it with me was : "well Il Mare has a better mailbox than what we've seen in the trailer for The Lake house" .

Anabela

This week, a korean movie will be released in my country. It's Samaria by Kim Ki-Duk. I can't wait to see it, considering how much I loved 3 Iron.
I'll later post my thoughts about the movie.

Silver`eYe

Hi guys I have a problem and I wondered if anyone could help me?I'm looking for English subtitles for the Japanese Gimmy Heaven(Synesthesia) and I can't find anything on the web... You see,I wish I could speak Japanese,but I can't Thanks in advance

Anabela

I just noticed that "A Tale of Two Sisters" will be released this week in my country. I must see it as fast as I can.

Anabela

Hey guys

I finally saw Samaria by Kim Ki-duk.
I was expecting a lot from this movie because this was the same guy who directed 3 Iron. And I loved it! It's a very strong movie and yet it's beautiful and even elegant.
It's nothing like 3 Iron and yet the beauty and elegance are very similar.
I don't want to give away the story, I think you should discover everything as you see the movie.
I can't believe this movie was only released in my country's theaters now.

***isy***

Anabela - i liked Samaria too, but 3-iron remains to be my fave Kim Ki Duk movie.

i havent been watching much movies. i have a lot piled up, so i do hope to give a bit of contributions here. don't want this board to die out on us!