K Movies II - Marshy2004 Reviews Mega movies Typhoon And King and The Clown

[Ricochan38]

Streaming video for Daisy (mms://wms06.bcst.krn.yahoo.com/c/cine21.com/movie/trailer/2006/02/daisy_tr_500k_1.wmv) now available. I'm liking Lee Sung-jae's new scruffy look. :luv:

Official site for Daisy (http://www.daisy2006.com/) is now online, although last time I checked it, not everything was fully functional. Still, the city looks gorgeous, even if the plot looks like the overdone love triangle formula. Still, should make for some good melodrama, I guess.


That city is mostly Haarlem and Amsterdam in the Netherlands :clap:

[marshy2004]

This forum has gone so quiet lately - is there really nothing we can talk about?

I saw Princess Aurora last night - and to be fair it does get a little silly. It is a serial killer movie and you see who did it immediately, so the only driving question is why - and even that is fairly obvious, even if the details of the motive aren't shown until the closing moments.

Uhm Jung Hwa does well in the central role of Sun Jung and makes an engaging crackpot. The first time we see her is in the ladies' room of a large department store. A young mother is slapping her daughter around and generally not being a very good parent. Uhm takes it upon herself to usher the young girl out of the room before stabbing the woman through the hand, face, head, body and pretty much everywhere else with a barbeque fork. Nice.
The plot thickens, or curdles depending on your point of view, when it is revealed that Sun Jung is also the ex-wife of Detective Oh (Moon Sung Keun) who is heading the investgation. The couple it seems used to also have a daughter, who is now noticably absent, and whose memory seems to be making Sun Jung all wobbly and helping convince Oh that he should really become a priest.
It is strange for a movie of this nature that there really aren't any twists. All the surprising conceits of the story - like a pretty, young, friendly woman is brutally murdering people, and that she is the ex-wife of the detective in charge, or that they had a daughter who was murdered - are all revealed surprisingly early on, leaving you to simply "see what happens" - does she get caught, how, what happened to the daughter, what do the victims have to do with anything - and all manner of other secondary narrative hooks.
It skips along at a brisk pace, features some good performances, imaginative and occasionally gruesome murders, the music and visuals define a clear sense of style and the whole thing is over in less than two hours - but ultimately you just kind of shrug, turn the telly off and go to bed.

[Ono]

Personally I have just not had time to watch DVDs. :(

My latest acquisition is Sad Movie though and I am looking forward to that one.

[marshy2004]

Anyone seen Duelist?

If ever there was a film seemingly made purely to be visually inventive, then Duelist is it. It seems like a highly accomplished exercise in editing, slow motion, freeze frame and use of coloured filters, with story and characterisation instilled purely to ensure the audience sits still for 2 hours. To be fair, it works - I sat through the whole film, and it is pretty enjoyable - but it ain't coz you want to know what happens, it ain't coz you care about the characters or enjoy the performances - it's simply because the whole thing looks so damn pretty.

The wafer thin story involves police officers Ahn (Ahn Sung Ki) and the short-tempered tomboy Namsoon (Ha Ji Won) tracking down some elusive conterfeiters, one of whom may or may not be a mysterious swordsman known only as Sad Eyes (Kang Dong Won) that Namsoon takes a fancy to - much to her own disgust and annoyance. And that's it. They run into each other a lot, he says very little, she shouts a lot - they fight, the fights turn into dances, they upset market stands, they disappear in and out of shadows, and ...yeah. That really is about it.

I understand that this is Lee's first film as director since Nowhere To Hide - which in my opinion suffers from some of the same problems. The style, for what is a period-set samurai-esque love story, is bizarrely anachronistic, using very modern music, visuals and acting styles to create a film entirely unique, but ultimately left wandering without a home to call its own.

The ending is suitably amusing in that the two main characters, Namsoon and Sad Eyes quite literally disappear in a puff of their own overly-stylised swordplay/courtship - never to be seen or heard from again - which is entirely suitable for a project like this that has so little substance that the film's own visual aesthetics are forced to step in and tie up the plot themselves.

So - not bad exactly, but rather a visually arresting two hours of nothing.

[Ricochan38]

I disagree, I think this one is a step forward since nowhere to hide, i am really looking forward to his next movie again, and the duelist is in my top 5 korean list from this year so far, I loved it, and reading the forums everywhere, people are hating it or loving it, not much in between..

[megatron]

The Art of Seduction - 1.5/5

Another run of the mill Korean rom-com...

This really is quite a poor movie and if SYJ wasn't in it I would have stopped watching after 10mins to be honest.

There was probably one or two moments that were quite funny, and the Hero parody was quite well executed, but other than that theres nothing here we all haven't seen before.

[zantarous]

I noticed that this was available on Yes Asia (http://global.yesasia.com/assocred.asp?LU83C65N) the other night. I have really been looking forward to this think I will still order regardless of negative word of mouth. How bad can it be?

[Ono]

I've already had it on order for a while.

Looking forward to it despite Meg's comments :D

[Ricochan38]

I am getting it for sure, i want to be seduced by her :p

[angel_eyes]

Speaking of "art of seduction" - what's the "art of fighting" like?

trailer looks pretty cool - http://press.nkino.com/cjenter/mailzine/fight_14/img/fighting_700k.wmv

[RomerojpgX]

I thought the Duelist was probibly one of the single worst Korean films I have ever seen, it was absolutly shocking! the comedy was so badly judged I was nearly crying. The films a total mess and doesnt even look very good either apart from the end fight, I felt sick after watching it was it just saddened me that this guy made the amazing Nowhere to Hide :(

[Ricochan38]

I thought the Duelist was probibly one of the single worst Korean films I have ever seen, it was absolutly shocking! the comedy was so badly judged I was nearly crying. The films a total mess and doesnt even look very good either apart from the end fight, I felt sick after watching it was it just saddened me that this guy made the amazing Nowhere to Hide :(


maybe u were on drugs while watchcing it?
;)

It is a movie that some love and some hate....i love it.

[RomerojpgX]

I wish I was on drugs :D It reminded me so much of Damo Lady Undercover Detective, but nowhere near as good and you could tell it was based on the same story etc.. but Damo was just better in every single way. I will try it again one day I am sure, but not for a long time.

[bigcharliepotato]

God, Duelist is horrible.
Theres a scene with some Benny Hill style music and a lot of sped up chasing, at that point i just started fast-forwarding to get it over with

[RomerojpgX]

HaHa yes that scene realy took me out of the film and the comedy on the whole was bad, good job it was only a comedy for the 1st 40 minutes or so for no reason really. I dont mind comedy, but the film went way to far into bad taste and childish playground jokes.

Still I just found out the 3rd dvd on the 3 dvd set of the Duelist has english subs!!!!!! thats rare! I will watch the documentary about the film as I am sure a lot of effort went into the film and I will probibly like it more than the film.

[Ricochan38]

HaHa yes that scene realy took me out of the film and the comedy on the whole was bad, good job it was only a comedy for the 1st 40 minutes or so for no reason really. I dont mind comedy, but the film went way to far into bad taste and childish playground jokes.

Still I just found out the 3rd dvd on the 3 dvd set of the Duelist has english subs!!!!!! thats rare! I will watch the documentary about the film as I am sure a lot of effort went into the film and I will probibly like it more than the film.


Thx for the tip about the subs....i did not watch the extra's yet...

[Ono]

JEON JI-HYUN IS A PORKER SHOCKA!!!!!!1111111


http://www.soompi.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=45845

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[megatron]

Ono, do you have any pics? I'm not a soompi member.

[Ono]

http://www.onosworld.co.uk/dvdforums/jjhporker01.jpg
http://www.onosworld.co.uk/dvdforums/jjhporker02.jpg
http://www.onosworld.co.uk/dvdforums/jjhporker03.jpg
http://www.onosworld.co.uk/dvdforums/jjhporker04.jpg

[megatron]

My my....I'd still porker though. ;)

[Ono]

I'm guessing most of you have seen this one: -

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1491516901670441597&q=canon+in+D

[Full Tense]

Blimey what's happened to JJH?! Is she now settled into a happy marriage?
She now looks like a more rounded version of Lucy Davis from "The Office", who admittedly is quite nice!

Nice link to the Canon in D renditions Ono. Never realised it carries onto the next track. The organ is quite a contrast to the rocked up version. :D

[Cirrus888]

LOL at porker revelation pics !

I guess this means son ye jin is the top girl for now.

:D

[Aardvark_DK]

Some girls can carry a bit of extra weight and still look very fine... Jeon isn't one of them. And the face-gloss doesn't help.

[zantarous]

I'm guessing most of you have seen this one: -

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1491516901670441597&q=canon+in+D

I really liked that one, very cool way better then the Robert Miles Club Mix.

[Ono]

I'd love to see that tune on Guitar Hero's. I would be jamming to it non-stop.

[mr_woo]

JJH looks pretty damn fine in those pics to me! You lot are far too damn picky :D

[Ricochan38]

LOL at porker revelation pics !

I guess this means son ye jin is the top girl for now.

:D

SON YE-JIN was better looking anyway, JJH jas just a cute and funny appearance in her movies, but she isnt that beautiful.

[68monkey]

I'm guessing most of you have seen this one: -

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1491516901670441597&q=canon+in+D
To Ono:

Totally off topic, but wanted to say thanks for that link. I ended up using it in a Shakespeare lesson on King Lear with the young teenagers I teach. I showed them parts of Kurosawa's Ran as an example of how Shakespeare's works have been adapted in many languages, cultures, and settings. Some of them weren't quite getting how Ran was an orginal work interpreting an old play, so I showed them this guitar video as an example of how you can take something that's been around for years and years, interpret it in your own style and make it fresh, new, and original. They were all much more familiar with this Pachelbel Canon, since it's played at so many weddings. It clicked with them and they got it! Thanks. :)

[Ono]

No probs Bobbie.

Did you also show your class the pictures of JJH to explain the effect of junk food?

Should jar their minds into eating healthy stuff.

:D

[68monkey]

:D You guys are harsh! That being said, she does look rather . . . bloated?

[68monkey]

Not sure how reliable this info is, as it comes from a translation of an article from Yahoo Korea, but here goes, anyway. From Twitchfilm.net:

Looks like Song Kang Ho, after wrapping up The Host, will be returning to the role of gangster in his next film. Woohoo! He was awesome in his breakout role in No. 3, as Jo-pil, the stuttering gangster, and now he will be playing a ganster once again in A Wonderful World, the new film from Rules of Dating's Han Jae-Rim. What will he play? A Jopok 'No.2' living a double life: tender and considerate husband by day, ruthless gangster by night. Song's rival in the film (another gang member) will be cast through audition, while the rest of the cast is announced. Shooting is expected to start in May. Of course, LOTS more on this in the coming months.

[marshy2004]

X - Twitch's Korean writer - is normally right on the money, so I see no reason to doubt this report. Sounds cool to me.

[68monkey]

Twitch doesn't always wait to confirm the authenticity of its info, though. They reported last month that Chow Yun Fat and Johnnie To would be teaming together to do a Hollywood remake of Hard-Boiled. They'd simply taken it from a translation of a Hong Kong tabloid, and the information turned out to be false.

[Cirrus888]

I saw jeon ji hyun on TV today here in Shanghai and she was with the crew in Taiwan promoting Daisy and I'm happy to report she no longer looks like the pictures in the "porker shocker revelation" and she now looks hotter than ever, particularly in her short skirt.

:naughty:

[BiscLimpkit]

Oh man, absolutely love The Foul King. I haven't laughed so hard in years. One of the funniest comedies I've seen in a while. Song Kang-ho is the ultimate method actor, I was surprised to see that he pretty much executed most, if not all, his wrestling manouvers. Although, I'm surprised to see how slim he looks in this film. Great Kim Ji-Woon effort. Now that I've seen all of his films, my list is as follows (from best to worst):

A Tale of Two Sisters
The Foul King
The Quiet Family
A Bittersweet Life

[Moldiver]

Oh man, absolutely love The Foul King. I haven't laughed so hard in years. One of the funniest comedies I've seen in a while. Song Kang-ho is the ultimate method actor, I was surprised to see that he pretty much executed most, if not all, his wrestling manouvers. Although, I'm surprised to see how slim he looks in this film. Great Kim Ji-Woon effort. Now that I've seen all of his films, my list is as follows (from best to worst):

A Tale of Two Sisters
The Foul King
The Quiet Family
A Bittersweet Life

Except for Memories? :D

[BiscLimpkit]

What's that? I can't seem to find it on his imdb list. :(

[Shingster]

It's the short film he did for Three, Bisc.

[BiscLimpkit]

Got ya. Well I'm just including his feature length productions. :)

[angel_eyes]

any views/reviews on Shadowless sword and Running wild?

[marshy2004]

any views/reviews on Shadowless sword and Running wild?
I have Running Wild at home, will watch it this weekend, along with Art Of Fighting hopefully. Will also try and go check out Daisy although weekend plans are starting to fill up fast.

[Ricochan38]

I just ordered shadowless sword... and the art of seduction :luv:

[megatron]

Be prepared before you watch this trailer for the Il Mare remake:

http://www.themoviebox.net/movies/2006/IJKLM/Lake-House,The/trailer.php

:nuts:

[Ricochan38]

Be prepared before you watch this trailer for the Il Mare remake:

http://www.themoviebox.net/movies/2006/IJKLM/Lake-House,The/trailer.php

:nuts:


damn those ********....

[call911]

Be prepared before you watch this trailer for the Il Mare remake:

http://www.themoviebox.net/movies/2006/IJKLM/Lake-House,The/trailer.php

:nuts:

oh lol

[68monkey]

Be prepared before you watch this trailer for the Il Mare remake:

http://www.themoviebox.net/movies/2006/IJKLM/Lake-House,The/trailer.php

:nuts:
Oh come on. It doesn't look THAT bad. :lol: Maybe a bit annoying in that everything has to be spelled out for the viewer, rather than shown subtley, but I can think of worse things they could have done with it. ;)

[Ono]

Crap name for the film - but I actually think it will be the sleeper hit this year :lol:

[Cirrus888]

I would like to see what the remake is like but the trailer already spells out the story in black and white and I can see a lot of scene for scene copies of the original. If they can keep the beautiful cinematography and mood music (less pop songs, as the music give the original a dream like quality) intact we could have a winner.

[marshy2004]

Running Wild

Ok, saw this last night and it is completely ridiculous. Kwon Sang Woo's performance is over-the-top to the point of being embarrassing. He plays short-fused cop-on-the-edge Jang who has a personal vendetta against a top mob family after they execute his half brother. He then screams at and attacks everybody he encounters throughout the rest of the film, be they thugs, gangsters, fellow officers, superior officers - it doesn't really matter, he's ****** at everyone. He's like a korean version of the Tasmanian Devil, constantly chasing after cars, jumping on and over traffic, hurling himself pell mell at anybody he sees in a whirling dervish of directionless violence. The fight scenes are all choreographed in exactly the same way - thumping music over Kwon high kicking and flying around, missing as many of his intended targets as he hits. In fact this was the one rather amusing aspect of these fights. It could be just clumsy choreography, but I'd much rather think that it was knowingly trying to illustrate that this man is all raging enthusiasm, even though he ain't that great a fighter. He is as often found flat on his arse as he is pounding the crap out of whoever gets in his way, and was the one shread of humanity in his chaacter, if in fact it was intended at all.
Yoo Ji Tae just stands by, being the sensible one for the most part, as the by-the-book prosecutor who recruits Jang to help him bring the mob down. The two clash, then fight, then bond over a mutual respect for each other's core principles. It's all very conventional and quite entertaining - but ultimately completely over-the-top and ridiculous.

[marshy2004]

Daisy

Ok, I've been busy - last night I went and saw Daisy - the much-anticipated teaming of director Andrew Lau and Sassy Girl Jeon Ji Hyun. The story is your typical Korean love story set-up: in an exotic, preferably European locale (Amsterdam), a young Korean woman is living her life in relative peace. She is young, hot and with no visible flaws, but completely inexplicably, at the age of 25, she has still yet to discover true love. Why there aren't hundreds of lusty men, slimy Euros or otherwise, buzzing around her 24.7 is never explained.
She has just spent the summer in the countryside with her grandfather, where she wanders in the fields painting daisies in preparation for her first big art exhibition. However, to get to her favoured spot she must traverse a long log bridge, and one day she takes a tumble into the river and loses her bag of brushes. But wait - when she next wanders down to the same spot, a crude, yet lovingly created wooden bridge has appeared out of nowhere to facilitate her safe passage across to her beloved daisy field. And hanging on the bridge is her bag of paintbrushes. Who could have performed such a loving, generous act? Hye Young has no idea - but paints a wonderful oil painting for her secret admirer and leaves it on the bridge. She soon returns to Amsterdam, where she works in her grandfather's antique shop during the week, and is a portrait painter in the square on weekends. Soon after her return she starts receiving mysterious vases of daisies on her doorstep. Could these be from her phantom bridge-builder? Hopeless romantic that she is, Hye Young falls in love with the idea of this mysterious admirer, and is convinced they will one day be together. The next day, a charming, handsome Korean gentleman approaches her in the square and asks for her to sketch his portrait. In his hand, he is carrying a vase of daisies...!!!!
After a couple of meetings, the two are getting on famously, Hye Young is convinced that this is her man, to the point she tells Jeong Woo the story of the bridge, in the hope that he will 'fess up. Jeong Woo realizes that she has mistaken him for somebody else, but his feelings for her are too strong - and as she is falling for him, how can he resist? But right at this moment, as she is completing her umpteenth oil painting of him in the square, a gunshot rings out, Jeong Woo pulls his sidearm and a full-scale gun battle erupts in the heart of Amsterdam! The first shot came from a sharpshooter, high up in an apartment window - he is also a Korean, a young charming, handsome man - who could he be? Jeong Woo darts towards his building, desperate to apprehend the assassin...

Oh, I could go on - the set up for this movie is so convoluted, but at the same time, hanging by the most implausible of romantic notions. It seems that everybody has been lovingly watching everybody else for months, but don't dare to approach the object of their affection because their own life is just so damn complicated! Plot twists and turns pile up, mistaken identities and hidden agendas compound until everybody is lying to everybody else, nobody knows their own name or who they are actually in love with, one character loses the ability to speak halfway through, only further complicating the situation, and all the way through there are hundreds of shots of daisies, oil paintings, the occasional assassination and lots of really nice apartments!
I am currently in an ongoing dispute with my colleague about the intention of the movie Daisy. I stand by my claim that, along with Basic Instinct 2, Daisy is the funniest film I have seen this year. I am (almost) convinced that Andrew Lau, Felix Chong and the rest of the Hong Kong creative team behind this took My Sassy Girl director Kwak Jae Young's original premise and decided to use it as an opportunity to poke fun at sappy Korean melodramas. The film is so chock full of every romantic and dramatic cliche, yet played so straight, that if that really was their intention, Daisy is destined for classic status...
But alas, I might be wrong. Lau is probably just trying to make a straight up Korean melodrama, drawing from the dozens he has doubtless seen over the last decade, adding a little Hong Kong movie gunplay just to leave his mark on the film, but otherwise delivering a regular romance. And if that is the case, then Daisy is simply fine - if a little too long, with half a dozen or so overly melodramatic moments in it. The cold-blooded killer instincts of hard-nosed assassins and tough guy cops goes straight out the window as they are reduced to sniveling teenage poetry students by the simple country girl charms of Miss Jeon Ji Hyun - whose role requires her to do little more than display the most perfunctory of motor functions. The film does look very pretty, with a colour scheme Monet and Degas would be proud of - but with guns and cool editing! There are a couple of very well executed action scenes, lifted straight out of Infernal Affairs IV: European Vacation - but there are simply too many once-emotionally-detached men with quivering bottom lips to take any of this very seriously.
If I am right - if Lau really did want to take the ****, but just doesn't quite want to admit it for fear of offending the Koreans, then I honestly believe this is, for the most part, excellent. Daisy is laugh-out-loud funny...and hey, I like Korean melodramas! I'd be curious to see what anyone else thinks - my colleague is wrong, I am right, or I am at least content in my complete mis-reading of the film - for the simple reason that it makes Daisy better.

[Ono]

Cheers Marshy. Glad it is not a total stinker and, having seen the trailer again last night, I am really looking forward to seeing this now.

JJH really does look her old self in this film.

[Ricochan38]

Cant wait to see it , since its shot in Holland :-)

[richardp]

I've been sooooo busy since I got to Japan, I haven't had time to watch or buy anything! Met a charming young j-girl :luv: with ample body :n0rty: and am getting married soon :cuckoo: Just been reading the millions of posts here and checking out what I need to catch up on. How is everyone it's been a while :wave:

[Ono]

Met a charming young j-girl :luv: with ample body :n0rty: and am getting married soon :cuckoo:

:eek: :eek:

Pictures please :n0rty:

Was wondering about you the other day Rich.
Hope all is well mate. As it seems to be :thumbs:

[richardp]

No forum friendly pictures at hand right now :n0rty:

[marshy2004]

The Art Of Fighting

Yup, I'm on serious detox at the moment after a particularly bawdy few weeks, so have been sat at home working my way through a pile of new Korean movies.

Now, this has been pointed out already, but this film is being completely misrepresented by its packaging and marketing campaign. Good, it is - a goofy comedy about martial arts, it is not. This film has a couple of laughs here and there but honestly how funny can a film about bullying really be?
This plays more like a Korean version of The Karate Kid - meaning poor Byung Tae (Jae Hee from 3 Iron) gets the absolute **** kicked out of him, day in, day out by the thugs at the crappy technical college his Dad has sent him to. Why? coz he isn't a thug, coz his dad is a copper, coz he looked at them funny, coz he didn't look at them funny...and so it goes on.
Byung Tae is desperate to find somebody to teach him how to fight, and he enlists a mysterious wanderer (Baek Yoon Shik from The President's Last Bang) to help him. He seems to be a shady character, with a dodgy past, and some finely tuned deadly fighting skills. But these are skills from the school of dirty street fighting, he's no black belt - he teaches the art of throwing coins at an adversariy's head, or sticking a chop stick in their eyes - and how to most effectively head butt someone when they're trying to throttle you. He also spends a considerable amount of the film bullying Byung Tae himself. Sure, it's to help him build his strength and the confidence to retaliate, but he's still a *******.
The Art of Fighting is good, closest to Mr. Socrates in tone, if I was going to cite something I've seen recently. It's well performed, and although the story is fairly conventional, you really do care for this guy, and his passage from human punch bag to slightly less bruised young man who may be able to fend off a mugger if he saw him coming, is played believably and sympathetically. Byung Tae does not end this film as a fully fledged street fighter, he is not a complete bad ass weapon of mass destruction, but he does gain a modicum of strength of character, self confidence and - yup - a father figure he can finally look up to. By the book, absolutely. But, hey, it's a good book.

[marshy2004]

Sweet - just received my copies of Shadowless Sword and Holiday. Thank god there's a bank holiday weekend ahead - pray for rain!!

[angel_eyes]

thanks for the review marshy - completely agree about the misrepresentation...I bought it after watching the trailer, and although the film was half-decent, I felt a little short-changed as I'd been expecting a light-hearted comedy like Arahan etc.

[megatron]

Sweet - just received my copies of Shadowless Sword and Holiday. Thank god there's a bank holiday weekend ahead - pray for rain!!

Watched Shadowless Sword last night and it was pretty naff. Makes Seven Swords look like a masterpiece. :nuts:

Fights are too heavly edited and the score sounded out of place. It's not a straight laced action movie either which I was sort of expecting. Slighlty distracting that all the guys were in heavy mascara/make-up too. More than the ladies!

Why New Line Cinema got involved I have no idea.

Yoon Soy was easy on the eyes though as usually...

Phwoar out of 10 purely for Yoon Soy. :wave:

[Ricochan38]

I've been sooooo busy since I got to Japan, I haven't had time to watch or buy anything! Met a charming young j-girl :luv: with ample body :n0rty: and am getting married soon :cuckoo: Just been reading the millions of posts here and checking out what I need to catch up on. How is everyone it's been a while :wave:


Good luck with the marriage, and watch out for the yakuza ;)

[marshy2004]

Watched Shadowless Sword last night and it was pretty naff.

Yoon Soy was easy on the eyes though as usually...

Phwoar out of 10 purely for Yoon Soy. :wave:

Got to agree with you there - Shadowless Sword was a highly underwhelming experience, with only the inherent hottness of those two rather delicious yet deadly ladies giving me any desire to keep watching.

Along with Duelist, Seven Swords and Shinobi it's been a pretty underwhelming period for swordplay movies - Duelist coming out on top, just for its experimental visuals. :(

[Ricochan38]

I watched the art of seduction last night, and i really enjoyed it, great comedy stuff, I think Son ye-jin is better in comedy then in her serious roles...
And the sexy dance scene was a nice bonus :notworthy

I would rate it 4 out of 5

:thumbs:

[Ono]

I, finally, watched Art of Seduction last night.

Not very good really. A poor man's Ditry Rotten Scoundrels rip off but with no aim to the plot.

Why were they trying to con each other? There was no money involved as such. There were a few funny moments but whole thing just did not work at all.

To top it off, I did not find SYJ that attractive in it either. :eek:

4 out of 10.

[Ricochan38]

I, finally, watched Art of Seduction last night.

Not very good really. A poor man's Ditry Rotten Scoundrels rip off but with no aim to the plot.

Why were they trying to con each other? There was no money involved as such. There were a few funny moments but whole thing just did not work at all.

To top it off, I did not find SYJ that attractive in it either. :eek:

4 out of 10.


Not attractive in this one? You need to see a doctor asap :lol:
She was hotttt

[marshy2004]

K Movies II - Marshy2004 Review Fest Continues - The Art Of Fighting

Ha ha ha - cheers Cirrus :thumbs: More coming soon!!

[megatron]

I, finally, watched Art of Seduction last night.

Not very good really. A poor man's Ditry Rotten Scoundrels rip off but with no aim to the plot.

Why were they trying to con each other? There was no money involved as such. There were a few funny moments but whole thing just did not work at all.

To top it off, I did not find SYJ that attractive in it either. :eek:

4 out of 10.

Told you it was lap sap... :wave:

[Ricochan38]

watched 2 movies yesterday, shadowless sword, top amusement, and the very surprisingly good movie;

Bewitching attraction

Here's what's on darcy's site about the movie;

2006.03.08: Bewitching Attraction Well, that wasn't what I was expecting. Moon So-ri's latest film is being marketed as a slick, sexy, scandalous romantic comedy about a gaggle of men chasing after a foxy female professor. Can marketing companies be sued for libel? Not that I'm disappointed -- the end result is far more interesting and original than what I had anticipated.

Let's start with a more honest description of the film. Bewitching Attraction (Korean title: "The Discreet Charm of a Female Professor" -- alluding to Luis Bunuel's film, I assume) is a scathing, deadpan, depressing, startling, very funny look at several professors at a dysfunctional rural university. It's an art film, not a romantic comedy -- in fact, it would fit nicely in a Cannes sidebar section like Critics Week or Un Certain Regard. Moon So-ri does indeed play a sexy professor (specializing in dye), but she's as petty and absurd as any character you might find in a Hong Sangsoo film. A two-hour glimpse into her love life is enough to make your head hurt. The men who surround her, meanwhile, are having no better luck at meeting the challenges thrown up by everyday life.

I'm not even going to go into the plot, but it's the sort of film that makes you chuckle and wince at the same time. After the credits roll, when you think back on it, it's considerably funnier than when you experienced it directly. The pacing is slow and deadpan -- a tempo more commonly associated with Japanese films than Korean ones. Within the context of Korean cinema's output so far this year, it's like a fresh breeze wafting into a stifling room.

This marks the directorial debut of Lee Ha, who won several awards for his austere student film Can I Love You?. I had assumed that this was another case of an artsy film student going commercial in order to make his debut, but turns out I was wrong. Lee will be a director to watch.

Moon So-ri, of course, excels in her role, but it's not a role that I think anyone would ever have expected her to take. The character she plays is distasteful -- arrogant, petty, cruel -- but not in a flamboyant way. The part as written is completely over the top, so it's a tribute to her well-known acting talent that it all comes across feeling so natural.

I still can't believe that they're marketing this as a romantic comedy. It's like a romantic comedy's evil twin. I should go back and watch this with a regular audience, rather than a group of journalists, just to see the shocked expressions on everyone's faces.

[ibster]

Watched Lovers Concerto last night,

wont bother writing a full review as ONO has already covered it all before. The performances by the leads were top class, especially Son Ye Jin, she's just totally adorable man. The story itself is very simple but so affective. I would have to agree that it is right up there with My Sassy Girl, i would go so far as to say it is better then Il Mare !!!

What it is about these Korean films ? ive see all sorts from all around the world, but for some reason i find these make much more of an emotional impact, the director's sure know how to pull all the right strings and they do it so consistently. Ive watched so many of these films when the impact carries on way after you finish watching the films and you keep thinking about them !!

I now need to source a copy of Christmas in August, supposed to be another brilliant movie, if you people aint watched Lovers concerto then watch it soon, preferably with your partner (mine fell asleep !)

[Ono]

Glad you liked it ibster matey. I remember first watching that and I watched it 2 days on the trot and waas crying on both sittings :D

It's now even sadder of course because of the tragic death of Lee Eun-joo last year.

I will be interested in your views of Christmas in August as I thought it was **** :D

[ibster]

WTF !!!! i just checked it out, thats bad news man, i cant beleive she killed herself ! its a shame, she was a big talent, i was looking forward to watching some more of her films , oh well better check out the Scarlet letter,

any other recommendations ONO, i think its been some time since you provided us with an updated list of your top movies.

[Cirrus888]

Apparently every role that Lee Eun-joo played has her character die at the end, although I haven't seen all of her movies so I can't confirm that. If its true surely someone should have noticed something before it was too late.

Don't listen to Ono Christmas in August is one of the finest movies about heart felt love ever made. I still rate this highly whereas my sassy girl is wearing thin on me now, however watching it 10-20 times doesn't help. :p

Studying and enjoying life in Shanghai hasn't given me the opportunity to watch any movies let alone K ones so please keep watching and fill me in on all the latest and greatest (or not so greatest) K movies out now.

[Ono]

any other recommendations ONO, i think its been some time since you provided us with an updated list of your top movies.
I also recently received My Girl and I: SE (http://global.yesasia.com/assocred.asp?LU83C65N+http://global.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/code-k/version-all/section-videos/did-165/pid-1004107369/) and Sad Movie: LE (http://global.yesasia.com/assocred.asp?LU83C65N+http://global.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/aid-31859/section-videos/code-k/version-all/did-165/pid-1004099435/).

Both I am looking forward to and both starring Cha Tae Hyun from Lovers' Concerto.

Hopefully get time to watch them soon. :)



Hello Kin :wave: :wave: Leave those thin gorgeous Shanghai girls alone :D

[Ricochan38]

Apparently every role that Lee Eun-joo played has her character die at the end, although I haven't seen all of her movies so I can't confirm that. If its true surely someone should have noticed something before it was too late.

Don't listen to Ono Christmas in August is one of the finest movies about heart felt love ever made. I still rate this highly whereas my sassy girl is wearing thin on me now, however watching it 10-20 times doesn't help. :p

Studying and enjoying life in Shanghai hasn't given me the opportunity to watch any movies let alone K ones so please keep watching and fill me in on all the latest and greatest (or not so greatest) K movies out now.


Lee eun joo was imho the most beautiful korean actress and one of the most talented...

I have seen all of her movies and she does not die in many of them...

My fav movies with her are;

lovers concerto
bungee jumping of their own
au revoir ufo

[Ricochan38]

last korean movie i watched was almost love, good to see kim ha neul again, although she looked a bit skinny, the movie was ok, but not great, funny comedy and then suddenly all goes to hell again, too bad they do this too often in movies like this...

Movies i will probably watch the next few days are


my girl and I
holiday
lover / the intimate
when romance meets destiny

[Ste7en]

Just received:
My Girl and I LE
Blue Swallow LE (are they actual signatures on the poster?)

Waiting for:
Mezon do Himiko LE
Forbidden Quest LE
Almost Love LE
King and The Clown LE (Ooo...)

I wish the garage was converted already so I could watch Blue Swallow on my big telly :(

[marshy2004]

Watched Holiday last week and it is a bit of a mixed bag. The central performance from Lee Sung Jae really keeps the film together, but ultimately it is yet another case of style and performance plastering like crazy to cover the holes of the plot.
It is based on a very famous true story, about a group of escaped prisoners who stage a mission to bring the injustices of the government to the attention of the populace. Having been thrown out of his home as part of Seoul's 1988 pre-olympics clean up, and having his best friend shot dead in front of him, Ji Kang Hyuk is one bitter prisoner, suffering under a government scheme that seems to keep petty criminals behind bars for most of their lives.
The focus of all his aggression is prison governor Ahn (Choi Min Soo - who chews up the scenery and overacts for all he is worth. I'd love to chuck him and Kwon Sang Woo in Running Wild into a jar together, shake it up and watch them fight to the death), who is not only one helluva *******, but also is the man responsible for his friend's murder. Ji wins over his likewise disgruntled cellmates and together they bust their way out of jail and on with their virtuous mission of revenge and justice!
The basic problem with Holiday is that it tries too hard to make us feel sympathy for the protagonists, when it is actually quite easily done. Yup, they are all convicted criminals, all guilty, and all capable of doing bad things - but so what? - look at films like Reservoir Dogs or The Dirty Dozen. All those chracters were pretty dirty too, but you still feel for them - coz after all, they are humans too.

Holiday is fine, held together by Lee's really rather impressive central performance. Stylistically the film goes for intense action, like in the opening riots, and ultra-intense melodrama as the outlaws run into obstacle after obstacle, seeing their window of opportunity rapidly closing in front of them. You are MADE to feel for these people - literally bullied into it, which is a shame, coz if asked nicely, I would have done it anyway.

[rumbletum]

I'm not sure if this is new or old, or if it's been posted before (I searched and couldn't find it), but just in case you haven't seen it here's a KFC ad (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3757665622835342070&q=Jeon+Ji+Hyun) that will probably appeal to Ono and a few of the other admirers of fast food ads :luv: :suspect:

[Ono]

I'm not sure if this is new or old, or if it's been posted before (I searched and couldn't find it), but just in case you haven't seen it here's a KFC ad (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3757665622835342070&q=Jeon+Ji+Hyun) that will probably appeal to Ono and a few of the other admirers of fast food ads :luv: :suspect:
You wouldn't believe what I am having for dinner tonight (after popping back from the pub) :lol:


http://www.onosworld.co.uk/images/kfc.jpg

:lol:

[marshy2004]

Just thought I would post some info about Bong Joon-Ho's The Host.

The evil mutant tadpole movie starring Song Kang Ho and Bae Doo Na seems to be going down a storm at Cannes, with Magnolia Pictures buying up theatrical distribution rights for the US, UK and Australia - planning a late 2006 release!

Chect out "The Host Sina Report" posted here at Twitchfilm.net which shows the trailer, an interview with Bong and then some quality monster shots at the end.

http://www.twitchfilm.net/archives/006324.html

Don't know about you guys but I can't wait to see this - looks trific - and my money says this is going to be MONSTER on DVD!

[Ricochan38]

You wouldn't believe what I am having for dinner tonight (after popping back from the pub) :lol:


http://www.onosworld.co.uk/images/kfc.jpg

:lol:



So after seeing this video now we know why the sassy girl has become fat lately.... :|

[ibster]

Watched Christmas in August over the weekend, found it a very nice little movie although not as good as Lovers concerto, my sassy girl or the classic, in my opinion. The performances were top notch all around, well recommended for a watch, i need someone to clarify me one thing, does she get the letter or doesnt she ? I couldnt beleive how it finished, I guess these movies are made so we keep thinking about them and they linger in our memory for days to come ! I just checked details for the female lead Eun-Ha Shim who play Darim, she seemed to stop making movies ! does anyone know what happened to her, i found her very pleasant indeed, especially the scene where she is resting and Jung Won turn's the fan on her, i could have just sat there and watched her for hours as well !!

[unrealnils]

One for ONO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8TCyKgRvB0&mode=related&search=Jeon%20ji%20Hyun

[Ricochan38]

Watched Holiday last week and it is a bit of a mixed bag. The central performance from Lee Sung Jae really keeps the film together, but ultimately it is yet another case of style and performance plastering like crazy to cover the holes of the plot.
It is based on a very famous true story, about a group of escaped prisoners who stage a mission to bring the injustices of the government to the attention of the populace. Having been thrown out of his home as part of Seoul's 1988 pre-olympics clean up, and having his best friend shot dead in front of him, Ji Kang Hyuk is one bitter prisoner, suffering under a government scheme that seems to keep petty criminals behind bars for most of their lives.
The focus of all his aggression is prison governor Ahn (Choi Min Soo - who chews up the scenery and overacts for all he is worth. I'd love to chuck him and Kwon Sang Woo in Running Wild into a jar together, shake it up and watch them fight to the death), who is not only one helluva *******, but also is the man responsible for his friend's murder. Ji wins over his likewise disgruntled cellmates and together they bust their way out of jail and on with their virtuous mission of revenge and justice!
The basic problem with Holiday is that it tries too hard to make us feel sympathy for the protagonists, when it is actually quite easily done. Yup, they are all convicted criminals, all guilty, and all capable of doing bad things - but so what? - look at films like Reservoir Dogs or The Dirty Dozen. All those chracters were pretty dirty too, but you still feel for them - coz after all, they are humans too.

Holiday is fine, held together by Lee's really rather impressive central performance. Stylistically the film goes for intense action, like in the opening riots, and ultra-intense melodrama as the outlaws run into obstacle after obstacle, seeing their window of opportunity rapidly closing in front of them. You are MADE to feel for these people - literally bullied into it, which is a shame, coz if asked nicely, I would have done it anyway.


I really liked holiday, but i have to admit that i liked Lee Sung Jae even more in the movie dance like the wind which i saw last weekend, what a great little movie that was :clap:

[Cirrus888]

Eun-Ha Shim married a rich guy and retired although rumours have been floating around the internet about her return for years ... 6 years and counting ...

Ibster - I believe she received the letter as she returns and sees herself in the window.

[ibster]

thanks Cirrus, im running out of films to watch now, ive got one fine spring day left as wel l as Spring Summer......any more films along the same lines ?

[marshy2004]

Typhoon and King And The Clown are now both out on DVD. I've got Typhoon to watch, and KATC in the next couple of days hopefully. Will keep you all updated as ever.

Bring on the summer delights of The Host and Bloody Tie!

[Ricochan38]

King and the clown is one of the better korean movies that have come out lately, i enjoyed it a lot, highly recommended.

[Ste7en]

Form an orderly queue...

Daisy: Director's Cut Limited Edition (dts, 3 disc Digipack + Photo Book) (http://www.dvdfromkorea.com/shop/p_detail.asp?idx=4253)

Very nice :)

[Shingster]

I have some fansubs and the r3thai disc of Daisy but haven't gotten round to watching it yet, bwhat I have seen seems like a low-grade xerox of the style of Il Mare. :nuts:

[Ricochan38]

The movie is pretty bad unfortunately...

[marshy2004]

Embrace it as an intentional **** take and it really is quite funny.

[Ricochan38]

And its shot in the beautiful Netherlands ;-)

[Aretak]

Has anybody here seen My Scary Girl (wonder where they got that title idea from... ;))?

http://www.dvdfromkorea.com/shop/p_detail.asp?idx=4257

It sounds pretty interesting, although it doesn't have a rating on IMDb and I could only find one review...

http://www.koreanfilm.org/kfilm06.html#scarygirl

I'm tempted to order it based on the name alone. :nuts:

[marshy2004]

From what I have heard it is quite amusing - certainly one I shall be checking out once released - I'll try and let you know.

[marshy2004]

Typhoon, unfortunately, lives up to the advance word of being really rather inconsequential. It is supposedly the most expensive Korean film ever made, and the money is all up there on the screen - not using huge amounts of special effects - but rather by staging numerous scenes aboard huge ocean container ships and setting the action in a number of different locales - from Vladivostock to Thailand - for little or no reason other than to make it feel like an international espionage flick.
Jang Dong Gun - from Friend and Taegukgi - plays Sin, a frightening, tattooed savage beast of a man who grew up in the gutters and back alleys of various countries to evolve into a driven, embittered terrorist who has set his sights on South Korea. His motives are purely personal and his quest for revenge sends him head to head with Lee Young Jae's (Il Mare) patriotic, honorable naval officer turned secret service officer given the mission of tracking Sin down and stopping his evil plan that would lay waste to most of the Han Penninsula.
During a brutal raid on an American container ship in the China Sea, Sin and his band of merry pirates steal a load of nuclear waste that they plan to disperse all over Korea - no, not a very nice thing to do. Lee (sorry - cant remember the character's name) and the military do have one ace up their sleeves however, Sin's long lost sister, whom he believes to be dead, and they attempt to use her as a bargaining chip to make him call off his attack.

The problem is that for a film packed with so many emotionally driven characters, whether motivated by loss, revenge, duty, honor or whatever, the film plays out as being remarkably soulless. The locations are beautifully filmed, particularly the two main characters' big confrontation overlooking the retro urban sprawl of Vladivostok - but it just fails to really involve you as a viewer. Typhoon tries really hard to utilise the same hook as films like Heat - having these two characters make a connection, and bond on a "guy to guy" level, even though they know they are going to have to take each other out later on - but in this case it never quite convinces. Their interactions are too minimal, their similarities so vague that when Lee's character expresses his mournful desire that in another world the two could be friends it just seems laughable.
It's a bit of a shame really, Typhoon - on the surface at least - seems to have all the elements in place to be a rip roaring thriller, full of high speed chases, epically staged set pieces, dramatic confrontations and numerous scenes of military officials sweating it over GPS systems and phone calls with the president - but ultimately it all just lacks that real urgency to grab you. Rather than being taken along on a thrilling ride, it kind of feels more like flicking through the photos of someone else's adventure holiday. It looks like a lot of fun - but you really had to be there.

[Silver Jet]

And its shot in the beautiful Netherlands ;-)
I'll pretty much watch anything (including Deuce Bigalow) if it's filmed in Amsterdam, the most beautiful city in the world in my opinion. Even though Daisy hasn't had much positive feedback i've pre-ordered the 3disc set.

[marshy2004]

Saw King And The Clown last night and it is hands down the best Korean film I have seen so far this year. They really seem to be getting their period dramas right at the moment, provided they leave out the swordplay - this and Forbidden Quest are, off the top of my head at least, easily the picks of 2006 so far.

If you like bawdy Shakespeare-style comedy, with lots of rude innuendo and jokes about "large members" and the like, then you will find plenty to enjoy in King And The Clown. But at its centre the film is a really touching love triangle - between three men.

Gam Woo Sung is brilliant as street "clown" Jang Sang, whose sharp tongue, acid wit and acrobatic prowess make him a hit in every town square he cares to venture. His partner in crime is Gong Gil, a shy, coy, and overtly feminine guy who plays the female roles in their romps. Off-stage there is obviously a very deep affection between the two men, that teeters on the brink of a fully fledged homosexual relationship, if not explicitly divulged.

Jang Sang hatches a bright new idea to stage a new show poking fun at the tyrranical, womanizing King Yeon San - and while it is a hit with the common people - it is also witnessed by one of the King's ministers, who promptly has the players arrested and flogged. They are sentenced to death for their disrespectful performance, but Jang Sang challenges that if the King were to see their show for himself, and to find it amusing, it could no longer be deemed offensive and they must be set free. The minister concedes, and the clowns are taken to the royal palace.

Needless to say, the vulgar humor of their performance tickles the low brow sensibilities of the king, but it is Gong Gil's mesmerising grace and beauty that really ensnares His Majesty. He demands that the clowns stay at the palace - to entertain him from time to time - and it is not long before he begins to summon Gong Gil to his chamber for private performances, much to the dismay of Jang Sang.

King And The Clown is almost without fault. The performances are perfect - particularly Gam and the truly astonishing Lee Joon Gi as Gong Gil. Now, I'm a man comfortable with my sexuality, but on more than one occasion during the film I was left truly mesmerised by how beautiful this guy is - he really blows leading lady Kang Seong Yeon, who plays the King's consort - clean out of the water. Lee's performance was always going to make or break the film, as much of the drama rests on believing these men could love him, and his grace, elegance and femininity are completely beguiling, with the film benefitting hugely because of it. Make no mistake, this is not The Crying Game, his character is in no way masquerading as a woman, nor are any of the characters under the misconception that he is anything other than a man, but just that they all identify that his looks and demeanor would far better serve a woman, and that he appeals in all the same ways a woman does.

The production itself is gorgeous - great costumes, great sets, great music as well as numerous well-staged shows, stunts and sketches. There is plenty of humor, plenty of drama and bucket loads of humanity on show here. The film is excellent - I urge you all to check it out as soon as you can.

[Ricochan38]

Saw King And The Clown last night and it is hands down the best Korean film I have seen so far this year. They really seem to be getting their period dramas right at the moment, provided they leave out the swordplay - this and Forbidden Quest are, off the top of my head at least, easily the picks of 2006 so far.

If you like bawdy Shakespeare-style comedy, with lots of rude innuendo and jokes about "large members" and the like, then you will find plenty to enjoy in King And The Clown. But at its centre the film is a really touching love triangle - between three men.

Gam Woo Sung is brilliant as street "clown" Jang Sang, whose sharp tongue, acid wit and acrobatic prowess make him a hit in every town square he cares to venture. His partner in crime is Gong Gil, a shy, coy, and overtly feminine guy who plays the female roles in their romps. Off-stage there is obviously a very deep affection between the two men, that teeters on the brink of a fully fledged homosexual relationship, if not explicitly divulged.

Jang Sang hatches a bright new idea to stage a new show poking fun at the tyrranical, womanizing King Yeon San - and while it is a hit with the common people - it is also witnessed by one of the King's ministers, who promptly has the players arrested and flogged. They are sentenced to death for their disrespectful performance, but Jang Sang challenges that if the King were to see their show for himself, and to find it amusing, it could no longer be deemed offensive and they must be set free. The minister concedes, and the clowns are taken to the royal palace.

Needless to say, the vulgar humor of their performance tickles the low brow sensibilities of the king, but it is Gong Gil's mesmerising grace and beauty that really ensnares His Majesty. He demands that the clowns stay at the palace - to entertain him from time to time - and it is not long before he begins to summon Gong Gil to his chamber for private performances, much to the dismay of Jang Sang.

King And The Clown is almost without fault. The performances are perfect - particularly Gam and the truly astonishing Lee Joon Gi as Gong Gil. Now, I'm a man comfortable with my sexuality, but on more than one occasion during the film I was left truly mesmerised by how beautiful this guy is - he really blows leading lady Kang Seong Yeon, who plays the King's consort - clean out of the water. Lee's performance was always going to make or break the film, as much of the drama rests on believing these men could love him, and his grace, elegance and femininity are completely beguiling, with the film benefitting hugely because of it. Make no mistake, this is not The Crying Game, his character is in no way masquerading as a woman, nor are any of the characters under the misconception that he is anything other than a man, but just that they all identify that his looks and demeanor would far better serve a woman, and that he appeals in all the same ways a woman does.

The production itself is gorgeous - great costumes, great sets, great music as well as numerous well-staged shows, stunts and sketches. There is plenty of humor, plenty of drama and bucket loads of humanity on show here. The film is excellent - I urge you all to check it out as soon as you can.


I second it, I saw the movie some time ago, and its the best one I have seen this year...

And if u like Gam woo sung as an actor, you should also check out the drama serie ;

Alone in love with co star Son Ye Jin :p

Best korean serie I have seen so far, and SYJ is superb in it !

[tigercage]

Just thought I would post some info about Bong Joon-Ho's The Host.

The evil mutant tadpole movie starring Song Kang Ho and Bae Doo Na seems to be going down a storm at Cannes, with Magnolia Pictures buying up theatrical distribution rights for the US, UK and Australia - planning a late 2006 release!

Chect out "The Host Sina Report" posted here at Twitchfilm.net which shows the trailer, an interview with Bong and then some quality monster shots at the end.

http://www.twitchfilm.net/archives/006324.html

Don't know about you guys but I can't wait to see this - looks trific - and my money says this is going to be MONSTER on DVD!


I will be at the uk premiere at the edinburgh film fest in a few weeks....cant wait! :)

[Elliad]

Has anybody here seen My Scary Girl (wonder where they got that title idea from... )?

http://www.dvdfromkorea.com/shop/p_detail.asp?idx=4257

It sounds pretty interesting, although it doesn't have a rating on IMDb and I could only find one review...

http://www.koreanfilm.org/kfilm06.html#scarygirl

I'm tempted to order it based on the name alone.


I just watched this film last night, and Darcy's review is pretty much spot on. A joy to watch, refreshing and the lead actress (Choi Gang-hee) is definitely a cutie :D

[Jimmyboy]

There are reviews of Shadowless Sword (http://filmjournal.net/jimmyboy/2006/07/19/korean-wuxia-shadowless-sword/) and Running Wild (http://filmjournal.net/jimmyboy/2006/07/16/korean-cop-thiller-running-wild/) on my recent film blog if anyone wants to look.

[gouryella]

Im not sure if anyone can help me with this film title but it seems the right place to post this as im almost certain its Korean but definitely certain its Asian. :D I was watching My Girl and I last night and for some reason it triggered a memory of this other film and all i can remember is a scene near the end where the couple are sitting down outside and we realise the story has been about the Grandfather of one and the Grandmother of the other and even though they loved each other they never got together thus enabling this couple (their Grandchildren) to fall in love as they wouldnt have been born etc. Can anyone help??? If so please use spoiler tags as i dont want to ruin it for anybody. Hope i havent done so already but as i dont know the title i hope not.

[Ono]

Only film I can think of vaguely like that is The Classic.

[ibster]

your right Ono, sounds defnitely like the Classic, i watched Spring Summer Fall Winter, what an awesome films, where did they find the locales, it has some of the best cinematography ive ever seen in a film ! I have a few questions about the film which i hope someone will answer, people who have seen the film will understand what im saying:

1. Who was the woman ?
2. what was written on the pieces of paper the Holy One put on his face and why did he do what he did ?

to people who have not seen it, watch it, superb performances but the best 'actor' is the house on the lake !

[gouryella]

I do have The Classic so hopefully it is that thanks.

[Ricochan38]

I do have The Classic so hopefully it is that thanks.


it definately is the classic....

[marshy2004]

I will be at the uk premiere of The Host at the edinburgh film fest in a few weeks....cant wait! :)

Got my ticket for a preview screening tomorrow night - bring on the tadpoles!!

[ibster]

Watched 'Tube' over the weekend. It was basically a Speed type films based in the Underground. I really enjoyed it, it had Bae du na in it as well. What made the film that extra bit special was that the bad guy was proper bad, he would kick your backside any time and wasnt afraid of anything. The effects, shoot out scenes were also very impressive. If you want to kill a couple of hours, give it a shot, you wont be dissapointed.

[Ono]

DAISY - Director's Cut (Jeon Ji-Hyun)

I'm feeling really quite strange at the moment. I don't feel strange normally unless I have had copious amounts of lager but that is a different kind of strange. Right now, I feel sad. Really quite sad. But, I also feel happy, in fact, pretty happy. Told you it was strange.

Let me eloborate. I've just finished watching Daisy and there is aboslutely no doubt that it is a sad film with a sad ending. One of the saddest in recent times for me. Won't spoil it for those who have not yet seen it but, think of the saddest thing that could happen to someone in the film. :nuts:

Anyway, happy. I'm also happy remember. Why? Well, because after what seems like an eternity, I've just sat through a film starring Jeon Ji-Hyun again and you know what? It was terrific. She was terrific and when I say "she" I don't just mean the fact that she looked absolutely gorgeous, because she really did look fantastic in this film, but I also mean that her acting in this was top notch. I'm talking Asian gongs being a possibility here. A welcome return to form and beauty for the iconic female star of Korean cinema.

Plotwise - best to swipe this description from another site:

"The film tells the story of a love triangle between three Koreans living in a foreign city - a female painter, a professional killer and a police detective - those fates are intertwined.

Hye-young (played by Jeon Ji-Hyun) is a street painter and works at her grandfather's antique shop. She starts receiving daisies from a mysterious stranger at 4:15 p.m. every day. Curiously, she waits for him to show up.

Pak-ui (Jung), the sender, is a hitman belonging to a Chinese crime gang. He falls in love with Hye-young for her pure and innocent appearance, which contrasts with the cruel world he inhabits. However, he can't confess his love and simply sends her flowers every day, instead. But this routine is broken when international detective Sung-wu (Lee Sung-jae) enters the scene. As he happens to show up with daisies in his hand, Hye-youg mistakes him for her mystery man, for whom she has long waited."

Really enjoyed watching this. A welcome return to form for Korean cinema possibly helped by the injection of ideas Andrew Lau brought into it from his works in Hong Kong.

Ono gives this 8.5 out of 10 - great film, acting, actress, Special Edition 3-disc DVD and even the music was good!

Ono's Babewatch Revisited - Jeon Ji-Hyun looks super sexy again and keeps her 10/10 Babewatch rating :luv: :luv:

http://www.onosworld.co.uk/dvdforums/daisyreview01.jpg

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[Ono]

Just re0read Marshy's cool review:


Miss Jeon Ji Hyun - whose role requires her to do little more than display the most perfunctory of motor functions. .

I totally disagree. She was fine, even after she list her ability to speak :D


of this very seriously.
If I am right - if Lau really did want to take the ****, but just doesn't quite want to admit it for fear of offending the Koreans, then I honestly believe this is, for the most part, excellent. Daisy is laugh-out-loud funny...and hey, I like Korean melodramas! I'd be curious to see what anyone else thinks - my colleague is wrong, I am right, or I am at least content in my complete mis-reading of the film - for the simple reason that it makes Daisy better.
100% sure it was played straight. Didn't even pick up a hint of any in-joke malarkey on this. I thought it was a great fusion of Krean and HK cinema. ;)

[megatron]

Did you get the HK dvd Ono? Quick review of the dvd if you can? :)

BTW that's the first positive review I have read for Daisy...

[Ono]

I got the Korean Super 3-disc edition with the film cell.

My film cell was of a boring section though. :(

[zantarous]

My super 3 disc edition has two of the plastic holders which dont stick to the cardboard :(

I only managed to sit through half of this film, my uncle watched it and he loved it so I might give it another try after his and Ono's positive review.

[bruce-leroy]

Is the HK eDKO disc a shorter version of the film (Daisy)?

[Ono]

Not sure - but the Korean 3-disc gives both the theatrical version and the Director's Cut.

I watched the later.

[marshy2004]

I saw a preview screening of The Host last week and it is a whole lot of fun! It starts off with a flashback of your typical ignorant American Military Scientist ordering his minion to dump a whole load of formaldehyde down the drain, knowing full well it will go straight into the Han river. Flash forward to the present day (or actually 2002 but I'm not sure why) and we are straight into the action.

Song Kang Ho is a bleach blond simpleton who runs a consession stand at a popular picnicing spot in Seoul, on the banks of the river. He runs the stand with his father and young daughter. No sooner have they been introduced then a giant mutated tadpole, with legs, a long dextrous tail and great big teeth leaves its perch hanging under a large bridge and heads straight for the shore. The creature bounds up onto the river bank and proceeds to reek havoc in the afternoon sun, devouring as many hapless Seoulians as it can make a lunge at. Song (sorry, really bad at remembering characters' names) finds himself teaming up with an American GI, and the pair of them take various swings at the creature with handy heavy implements before the GI is injured and the creature manages to dive back into the river, but not before grabbing Song's daughter with its tail and carting her off with it.

Fearing the worst, the family attend a communal memorial service for the many victims of the creature's rampage and the family are reunited with Song's brother and Olympic archery champion sister (Bae Doo Na) - hmm... wonder if her archery skills are going to come in handy later ;)

Everyone is promptly rounded up and quarantined by the military, with special attention being paid to Song after he stupidly admits to having been sprayed in the face with the creature's blood during their scuffle. The military announces that the creature is in fact host to a deadly virus and tries to contain everyone at a local hospital. When Song receives a scrambled phone call seemingly from his daughter he is convinced she is still alive and the four family members bust out of the hospital and head of on a blind search for their youngest member, becoming fugitives in the process.

Director Bong plays this in full thriller mode, with obvious knowing references to big loud monster movies from Hollywood - in particular Jaws, Alien and Jurassic Park. In fact the creature itself performs its bedlam in ways reminicent of the creatures in all the above movies. Bong cranks the volume up loud and there are a few good jumps and some nice little stylistic touches throughout. There is good characterisation, with the four family members fleshed out well so all are sympathetic, but with their faults.

The action cuts back and forth between the family, as they pull strings and dodgy contacts to arm themselves and then gain knowledge of the city's sewer system, and to the daughter as she awakens in the creature's lair, teams up with a young orphaned boy, and attempts to escape herself. One interesting angle was Bong's decision to not show the military and the government's side of the story. We are not privvy to their plans to combat the creature at all, which at first is interesting but then it becomes obvious that they are not doing anything at all. In fact, by the end of the film you can't help but wondering - where are the cavalry? If this family can find the creature then surely the marines could without much trouble.

But that is really the only major quibble. The SFX are good for the most part. They are not quite cutting edge, but certainly good enough to make the creature believable, and in fact the scenes where the characters physically interact with the creature look great like the moment when the creature catches the daughter with its tail as she tries to escape from its nest

There is a surprising amount of humour in the film, with scenes of melodrama and grief deliberately tipping the balance and going into comedy histrionics. And there is very little fat on this film, the story is lean and straightforward and moves at a great pace. I would love to see this film perform well internationally - the fact that it is in Korean is probably the only reason why this couldn't be a huge international success. But, stranger things have happened - it's about time Korean Cinema had a real mainstream success and I honestly feel this could be it. Not because it is a perfect film, it is not, but it has that mass market appeal, and has a wit, confidence and stylishness to it that will appeal to many. I thought it was great. :)

[tigercage]

Loved The Host

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Park Chan Wook 2 years ago and this year i gets to meet Bong Joon Ho at the UK premiere of The Host at the EIFF.

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Damn my **** camera taking, only had a few secs as he was trying to get in his taxi. Thats me with Bong Joon Ho

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My signed Memories of Murder!!

Bong introduced the movie and held a Q&A session after, off to bed but will post tomorow

[tigercage]

I would urge anyone who has the chance to check out the Host to do so.

Its not your conventional monster movie. Its similer to Memories of Murder in that it steps outside its genre, MOM is a crime movie but at the same time there are several laugh out loud moments and plenty of suspense, thrills and spills. Much the same with The Host. This film will be talked about in the same way, i loved MOM and i hold The host in as much high regard.

[Aretak]

Am I wrong, or does this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBHuz-ArhMQ) look like the greatest film ever made? Can't wait for the DVD. :D

[Shingster]

Is that your blonde mush sticking out the side of that 2nd picture tiger? If so, you're the spitting image of a m8 of mine (who is also a tall get)! :suspect:

Does anyone know when The Host is due on DVD, sounds like an instant purchase?

[mr_woo]

Is that your blonde mush sticking out the side of that 2nd picture tiger? If so, you're the spitting image of a m8 of mine (who is also a tall get)! :suspect:

Does anyone know when The Host is due on DVD, sounds like an instant purchase?


Blockbuster korean films always seem to take forever to come to dvd, up to 6 months at times!

[megatron]

Has anyone seen Sad Movie yet? It's been out for a while, and was wondering if it's worth getting?

[Cha]

I bought the DVD because of the nice packaging. The film is ok with some good moments, and it looks great, but overall it's just a little bit average and I didn't feel sad. That could be because I'm evil, but it might not be...

[ibster]

common guys, whats happening to this thread !!! im getting withdrawel symptoms cos I aint watched a good Korean film in what seems ages, im gonna go on a little spree, so far im gonna try and get, (dont even know if they are all available on dvd !)

Daisy, Host, King and the clown, A Moment to remember, any other recent ones i should add to the list ?

[bruce-leroy]

There haven't been many good Korean films in ages (apart from The Host)? What is it, 1 good film in about every 20 films now? Not good for quality these days.

[Jimmyboy]

Yep.
Recent Korean flicks I've watched include - Running Wild, King and the Clown, and Bloody Tie. All have been dissapointing despite some good reviews although Bloody Tie does have it's moments.

[Aardvark_DK]

I enjoyed Family Ties / Birth of a Family. It's that kind of quiet little drama that Koreans do so well. And Moon So-ri is in it.

[Silver Jet]

Had a couple of Korean DVDs posted to me yesterday. Action film City Of Violence from Crying Fist director Ryoo Seung-wan has had pretty positive reviews, it’s meant to have couple of interesting set-pieces. The other film is 80’s slasher movie homage To Sir, With Love. I’ve read that it’s ultra gory which is no bad thing in a slasher movie. Koreanfilm.org says that it’s possibly the best Korean horror film of the year although no classic. The DVDs should arrive towards the end of next week so I’ll report back on what I thought of the films after i’ve watched them. Anybody seen either film already?

[Ono]

Got Love Phobia earlier this week but the chances of me watching it any time soon are nil :lol:

[waythem]

Has anyone seen Sad Movie yet? It's been out for a while, and was wondering if it's worth getting?

I saw this the other day, and it was actually quite funny for most of the film, till the last act when everything takes a turn for the worst, hence the name Sad Movie. Although I have to admit I was thinking maybe it wouldn't end like it did, Which in turn, made the last act pretty funny as I was thinking after the movie "Who watches films to get upset?".. hmm...

Regardless of that, it's actually not bad. The characters are likeable, and the comedy maybe light and the predictable sadness is not sad enough, but it's still enjoyable enough to watch since its such a strange concept for a movie.

[Wowbagger]

Action film City Of Violence from Crying Fist director Ryoo Seung-wan

Watched this last night. The story's a pretty standard one of friendship/betrayal/revenge, but it's good and gritty, livened up by some good face-crunching action. I thought it had a bit of a retro feel about it, reminded me a bit of Woo's Better Tomorrow films, except without the guns. The fights are great - good up close wire-free head kicks a speciality, with a cool gang fight/chase about half an hour in and an excellent climax that had more than a whiff of a western showdown about it. I'm looking forward to watching it again and I'd certainly recommend it; at just over an hour and a half it's very lean and mean, in fact I wish it had been a little longer.

[Silver Jet]

Watched this last night. The story's a pretty standard one of friendship/betrayal/revenge, but it's good and gritty, livened up by some good face-crunching action. I thought it had a bit of a retro feel about it, reminded me a bit of Woo's Better Tomorrow films, except without the guns. The fights are great - good up close wire-free head kicks a speciality, with a cool gang fight/chase about half an hour in and an excellent climax that had more than a whiff of a western showdown about it. I'm looking forward to watching it again and I'd certainly recommend it; at just over an hour and a half it's very lean and mean, in fact I wish it had been a little longer.
My copy of The City Of Violence arrived yesterday morning. Good to hear that it's pretty enjoyable, going to watch it at the weekend.

[Jimmyboy]

City of Violence is one of the most enjoyable Korean flicks I've seen in a long time. Like wowbagger says it's pretty rutine but there are some stand out set pieces which are really well done, especially the street gang fight where the 2 leads have to fight off 1000's of high school kids each with their own dress code like something out of The Warriors.

It's very Tarintino/Kill Bill and even has a spagetti western ost in places. In fact the winsteins supposedly put in an offer and brought the film rights straight after viewing it when it was doing the festival circuit. So expect another Tarintino presents promo thing on it's western release.

[SShaw]

Not sure if this is OT or not, but I'll ask anyway. Is there anywhere in London where one can pick up Korean (import) DVD's at a reasonable price ? Its probably technically illegal due to no BBFC certification, but I know it does happen with Chinese and Indian DVD's.

Thanks,

Scott

[Ste7en]

You could always check out The Cinema Store, it's worth it to have a laugh at their prices! :)

[Silver Jet]

City of Violence is one of the most enjoyable Korean flicks I've seen in a long time. Like wowbagger says it's pretty rutine but there are some stand out set pieces which are really well done, especially the street gang fight where the 2 leads have to fight off 1000's of high school kids each with their own dress code like something out of The Warriors.

It's very Tarintino/Kill Bill and even has a spagetti western ost in places. In fact the winsteins supposedly put in an offer and brought the film rights straight after viewing it when it was doing the festival circuit. So expect another Tarintino presents promo thing on it's western release.
Watched The City Of Violence last night. Got to agree with Jimmyboy and Wowbagger. The Kill Bill like ending has a spaghetti-western feel especially the Morricone sounding music. Loved the fight with the teenage street gangs especially the breakdancers and enjoyed the nods to The Warriors and Jackie Chan films. The plot is paper thin but the 90 mins running time and the fast pace the story moves along at means it always keeps your attention. Even though the film has a gritty visual style, I like the way the director keeps things pretty light in tone. I thought The City Of Violence was pretty enjoyable.

[Shingster]

Juicy Welcome to Dongmakgol LE Set bargain at CDwow: here (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://www.cd-wow.com/detail_results_2.php?product_code=270927&affid=15561)

Rikidozan is going very cheap as well (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://www.cd-wow.com/detail_results_2.php?product_code=17653&affid=15561)

[SimonI]

Fantastic spot Shingster - I've been toying with getting Dongmakgol LE for ages :thumbs:

[Aretak]

The Dongmakgol LE is lovely... I might order another one at that price. :D

[Jimmyboy]

The film itself is very average though.

[SimonI]

How did I know that was coming :lol:

[mr_woo]

The film itself is very average though.

I disagree, I loved it and thought it was one of the best korean films of the last few years. At turns very funny and quite poignant at times I thought it was great! :thumbs:

[megatron]

I disagree, I loved it and thought it was one of the best korean films of the last few years. At turns very funny and quite poignant at times I thought it was great! :thumbs:

I disagree, I thought it was one of the most overated korean films of the last few years. :p

Cheap price for the LE though...

[Saber]

Taegukgi/Brotherhood is on Film4 now.

[KeyserSoze]

Can anyone give their opinion on My Girl and I ?

My dad is a big fan of Song Hye Kyo and wants to see more of her stuff. He loves Full House, seen the earlier dramas but shes wasn't in a comedic role. Is this movie a comedy?

[Saber]

Doh, Lady Vegeance was on Film4 tonight and I missed it.

[marshy2004]

I disagree, I thought it was one of the most overated korean films of the last few years. :p

Cheap price for the LE though...

Just to continue this chain of disagreement, I disagree! I loved it, thought it was one of last year's best, by quite some way. :thumbs:

[SimonI]

Anyone got theirs - mine just got cancelled :cry:

[Ricochan38]

Can anyone give their opinion on My Girl and I ?

My dad is a big fan of Song Hye Kyo and wants to see more of her stuff. He loves Full House, seen the earlier dramas but shes wasn't in a comedic role. Is this movie a comedy?


This one starts out as a comedy but then turns into heavy melodrama...

I watch about every korean movie but didnt like this one that much...

Its a remake from the japanese movie; crying out in the center of love..

review

http://www.lovehkfilm.com/panasia/my_girl_and_i.htm

[SimonI]

This is bizarre - I got a cancellation email and CC refund from CD-Wow (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://www.cd-wow.com/index.php?affid=15561) for my Dongmakgol set, then it arrived in the post today* :eek: :lol: :thumbs:

Lovely set - much nicer than it looks in the pics :luv:

* And marked at £8.99 :thinking:

[Ricochan38]

I watched A dirty carnival this weekend

5 out of 5 *

Go see it !!! :thumbs:

[Wowbagger]

I watched 'To Sir With Love'. Not without its faults but I'd recommend it. It's a return to classic slashers that takes time to build up some characters well, others not so. Can't say I thought the ending made complete sense, but I enjoyed the ride.

[Silver Jet]

I watched 'To Sir With Love'. Not without its faults but I'd recommend it. It's a return to classic slashers that takes time to build up some characters well, others not so. Can't say I thought the ending made complete sense, but I enjoyed the ride.
I watched To Sir With Love last week too. Did enjoy it but the 'Usual Supsects' like plot twist was confusing, like you mention. Thought the deformed kid's make-up was awful, almost laughable but I liked the attempt to make a Michael Myers/Jason Voorhees/Ghostface style character with the paper rabbit face.

[wakefieldrawks]

I watched A dirty carnival this weekend

5 out of 5 *

Go see it !!! :thumbs:
You mean you downloaded it :nono:

[Ricochan38]

see it in a cinema.

[Cha]

Anybody know anything of Don't Look Back? I liked the sound of the synopsis so I've put an order in.

[Shingster]

Anybody know anything of Don't Look Back? I liked the sound of the synopsis so I've put an order in.
Noel Megahey's going to be reviewing it for DVDtimes once it reaches us. :thumbs:

[Jimmyboy]

Linda Linda Linda is finally getting a Korean release on the 16th. :thumbs:

[megatron]

Linda Linda Linda is finally getting a Korean release on the 16th. :thumbs:

No english subs though right?

[Jimmyboy]

No english subs though right?
Ahhh crud.

[Ono]

The Host (http://www.dvdasian.com/cgi-bin/dvdasian/23183.html?id=SFyWd8Hj) - starring Bae Du Na.


4 stars in Empire this month and looks like it could be pretty good.

[Cirrus888]

Saw Welcome to dongmakgol recently and I would give this family movie a thumbs up. Nothing new to see but its typically Korean in flavour, it will go down well as an introdution to K movies.

[Cha]

Noel Megahey's going to be reviewing it for DVDtimes once it reaches us. :thumbs:

Finally got to read his review [of Don't Look Back] today, and pretty much agree with it entirely. Reasonable debut film, might not interest that many over here, but the transfer is a little messy.

[ibster]

Thought i would give this thread a little bump as Ive finally got to watch 'A Moment to Remember'.

Thoroughly watchable film with the ever dependable Son-ye Jin. It was also good to see the lead guy from Musa in a non action role, which i thought he carried off pretty well. For those who dont know much about this film, it is you typical Korean weepy, I wont spoil it for anyone but im sure you can pretty much guess what is going to happen.

Although the performances were good, there was just something missing in the film, i found Lovers Concerto and Christmas in August so much more emotionally stirring. This film was also a bit too long and it could do with a bit more trimming.

Overall it was worth one watch just for Son Ye Jin

[Moldiver]

Ahhh crud.

Don't worry. It's getting a R1 release on May 8th through VIZ entertainment. I intend to cover it as well.

[Jimmyboy]

Don't worry. It's getting a R1 release on May 8th through VIZ entertainment. I intend to cover it as well.
Looking forward to it. Oddly enough I got round to seeing it this week as well, pretty good film it is to.

[Cirrus888]

Been kinda busy recently but I would like to see Linda Linda Linda and the Host if I can get my hands on a cheap copy of each.

Jimmyboy how did you watch your copy? Eng subs?

[Ono]

The last film I got was The Host LE.


You going to be in HK during August Kin?

[Cirrus888]

Hi Ono, I should be you coming back?

[Ono]

Yep.

:D

[Paul490]

Can anyone give me some Korean film recommendations? I've seen quite a few Korean films already but I'm always on the lookout for more. :)

[Jimmyboy]

Can anyone give me some Korean film recommendations? I've seen quite a few Korean films already but I'm always on the lookout for more. :)
They're all on the first page of the thread mate.

[Cirrus888]

The Host

I have mixed feelings about this movie but all in all its above average. Don't expect Bae du na to have much involvement in this as she doesn't. The film belongs to the CGI monster and sang kang ho.

Where do they get those American actors from? Its really starting to annoy me how bad these actors are, although to be fair the one in Welcome to Dongmakol was OK.

[Ono]

Just been looking over at KMDB - a good source of up and coming Korean releases and no films this year or indeed in the pipeline feature any of my Top 5 K-babes (http://www.thedvdforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2796936&postcount=3540) bar Ha Ji Won (who is out of the top 5 now anyway)..

WTF is going on?


They all retire or something? :?: :cry: :( :suspect:

[Cirrus888]

Yeah the situation in Korea and in Japan is very different than that in HK where I guess many people will based their ideas from when they think about Asian movies. The talent pool is just so much bigger in those two countries that you'll probably get different stars coming to light every 6 months or so instead of the old familiar horses that get dragged around the block in HK.

China is interesting, they clearly have their own stars there who they would much prefer to use but because of the infancy the whole industry is in, they still rely or fall back on the HK model which includes the financial backing.

Ono - I think its time you did a little work and start sourcing and updating your bird chart for the rest of us to goggle, I mean appreciate their acting skills. :dork: :D

I guess it is also worth noting that a lot of Korean actresses do retire or take time out to get married, have kids or whatever as there is great great pressure on them to obey tradition. Some Korean men do believe that they serve the country better than women because they are forced to conscript for 2 years. If they sacrifice 2 years of their lives the least the women can do is stay at home and have babies ... :nuts:

[zantarous]

So what new films are there that are worth picking up the last batch I got were not very good which included Daisy and My Scary Girlfriend?

[robbiez666]

I've heard good things about Sunflower and Git

[robbiez666]

The Red Shoes

Formulaic and using every cliche in the Asian Horror book but still a good horror. Very nicely shot and some level of acting. Not a classic by any means but not bad.

[mr_woo]

Looks like Park Chan-Wooks new film 'I'm a cyborg but that's OK!' is due to be released in Korea, on english subtitled dvd, on 30th April!! :thumbs: Here's hoping it isn't delayed.

http://www.twitchfilm.net/archives/009670.html


Personally can't wait! :clap:

[68monkey]

Looks like Park Chan-Wooks new film 'I'm a cyborg but that's OK!' is due to be released in Korea, on english subtitled dvd, on 30th April!! :thumbs: Here's hoping it isn't delayed.
I did read somewhere that this wasn't quite what folks were hoping it would be. Seems like the heavy, serious part of the film overshadows the more comedic moments. Still, I am eager to see it. There aren't nearly enough Korean titles to be excited about lately, but this is one I have on my "to buy" list. :)

[Joober]

Cirruss888, as this thread has become absolutely massive (It's 2 years old!) I think it's time we started a new one.

If you can start a new one with all the information you need, you'll be able to edit it yourself. If I do it you'll be a bit stuck :)

[Cirrus888]

I would rather someone else start and edit the info, I'm afraid I've dropped the ball a long time ago.

Any takers?

[megatron]

Korean films seem a bit dead at the moment so I don't think there's much point in starting one. ;)

[68monkey]

Yeah, instead of a new thread that's open to more comments and reviews, how about making a sticky of a one-post thread that has the links to all of the existing reviews? If any noteworthy films come out of South Korea in the near future, they could have their own threads, it seems.

[Ono]

Can we not start a thread by individual babe? :D

Failing that, I think we can live with a film-by-film thread basis as is done for HK and Jpn cinema now anyway.

These fantastic Korean threads will never get pruned anyway so if any one wants to refer to them they are easily searchable.

[Jorin]

Anyone ever heard of a film called Master Kims, or Three Kims?

http://www.kungfucinema.com/

There is a trailer on the front page of the site above and looked alright. Can anyone who's seen it comment on whether it's worth seeing? :help:

[robbiez666]

Cirruss888, as this thread has become absolutely massive (It's 2 years old!) I think it's time we started a new one.

If you can start a new one with all the information you need, you'll be able to edit it yourself. If I do it you'll be a bit stuck :)


how about an Asian film thread with reviews and such of NEWer films? (ie not 100 reviews of Ringu! or Dark Water)

[Joober]

Feel free to start one if you want :)

[robbiez666]

Probably best left to someone with some decent computer knowledge!

[Ste7en]

Probably best left to someone with some decent computer knowledge!

See, best to keep your head down and say nowt. Just like at work :lol:

[Wowbagger]

I'm a Cyborg (http://global.yesasia.com/assocred.asp?LU83C65N+http://global.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/code-k/section-videos/pid-1004739194/) is up for pre-order at YesAsia.

[Jimmyboy]

I'm a Cyborg (http://global.yesasia.com/assocred.asp?LU83C65N+http://global.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/code-k/section-videos/pid-1004739194/) is up for pre-order at YesAsia.

Might wanna save your money on this one.

[mr_woo]

Might wanna save your money on this one.


It looks great to me! Probably the only korean film i'm actually excited about seeing this year :D :thumbs:

It does seem to be very much a film that splits people though reading the reviews of it, i think from what i've seen i'll enjoy it but will find out soon enough either way :D

[Cirrus888]

After winning the Best Film award at the First Asian Film Awards earlier this year in Hong Kong, Korean monster movie "The Host" has gone on to scoop the Best Film award at the 43rd Baeksang Awards in South Korea on Wednesday.

"The War of Flowers," a film adaptation of a comic book with the same name, also won two big prizes - the Daesang Film Big Prize and Best Director for Choi Dong-hoon.

Ryu Seung-beom and former Miss Korea Yeom Jeong-ah were also named Best Actor and Actress.

The awards also named Jeong Ji-hoon, better known by his stage name Rain, as the Best New Actor for his work in "I'm A Cyborg, But That's Okay."

Best New Actress went to "The Fox Family"'s Park Si-yeon.

The awards also honored a slew of artists working in the country's extremely popular TV drama industry.

TV series "Jumong" took home the Daesang Big Prize in the drama category.

Kim Myung-min was named the Best TV Actor for his work in "Behind the White Tower," while "Fall in Love" star Son Ye-jin was the Best TV Actress.

[Joober]

New thread here (http://www.thedvdforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=472598).

Closing this one!