i could!! :P Old Boy is a great movie, i'm really into Korean and Japanese movies now.
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Anonymous2005-01-26 7:13 (sage)
I saw A Tale of Two Sisters in the theatre a few nights ago. It was fantastic!
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Achan2005-03-30 15:22
>>4
A tale of two sisters owned me when I saw it in the theater. Also Ghost, Volcano High and Arahan are three good movies. http://www.arahan.co.kr/ Check it out, it's awesome.
God I love film festivals, a great opportunity to watch movies that won't be shown in the real theaters and for a very good price.
Actually old boy is far better than the original manga
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Anonymous2005-04-08 19:38
Old boy is a masterpiece!
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Anonymous2005-06-08 4:36
Old Boy is great.
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Anonymous2005-06-08 16:42
Sympathy for Mr. Vengence
by the director of old boy
that movie defines pathos
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Anonymous2005-06-26 5:51
Old Boy was okay, the ending kind of sucked.
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Anonymous2005-08-09 23:26
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Attack the Gas Station!
As long as you intepret the flashback sequences as "this is why they're nihilistic youth" instead of "this is why they're gas stationing".
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Anonymous2005-08-21 7:48
There are quite a few excellent Korean films form the past few years: Memories of Murder, Memento Mori, Tale of Two Sisters, Oldboy (just to name a few). But there are a number that seem to spend too much time copying Japanese or American movies, particularly Ring-style horror films and Seven-style serial killer flicks. Hopefully we'll get some more individual talents coming through. I know Ahn-Byung Kim is prolific and popular, but Bunshinsaba, Nightmare and Phone were all pretty dull. They looked great, but had nothing else going for them.
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Anonymous2005-08-21 10:05
Even the horror clones aren't that bad compared to their love comedies. The scenes tend be so fucken random (as are the plots for that matter). And too often are they way over melodramatic with the main character dying in the end.
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Attack the Gas Station had a few scenes that cross over into the director's other films. You might want to check out AFRIKA and Please Take Care of My Cat as well.
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Anonymous2005-09-08 2:51
If you're looking for a very comprehensive list of Korean movies, then go here: www.hancinema.net
BTW, i highly recommend 화산고 (Volcano High) and the director Kim Ki Duk is very interesting.
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Anonymous2005-09-08 22:16
+ bittersweet life
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Anonymous2005-09-11 19:50
My Sassy Girl might be funny. I fell asleep.
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souichiro2005-09-12 2:20
>>17
My Sassy Girl is funny, and cute. Windstruck, by the same director and starring the same lead actress as MSG is also good but feels as thought its trying too hard to be another MSG.
Korean doramas are so ridiculous in plot. Theres always a car crash or a cancer victim.
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Anonymous2005-09-12 9:17
>>18
And involve long lost twins. Or a forbidden incest relationship. Or rags to riches in one month. Or involves incredibly successful architects, bankers or fashion designers.
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anonymus coward2005-09-20 3:43
>>15
but only when u make sure you dont get the MTV version (big cuts and "americanised")
original is good, i did buy the dvd last week
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Anonymous2005-09-20 3:53
from imdb.com about whasango / volcano high
Alternate Versions for
Whasango (2001)
The US DVD release by FOX contains two versions of the film on a flipper DVD. One side contains the heavily altered "MTV version" and the other side has the full Korean director's cut of the film which runs two hours.
International version runs ca. 20 min. shorter compared to the original South Korean release which runs two hours. This version was used for release in territories such as England and Hong Kong.
The Japanese version is the same as the shorter international cut except that it also adds Japanese songs to the film's soundtrack.
MTV productions and infamous studio Distant Horizons produced an English dub of this movie in which all of the voices are dubbed by American rap stars (including Snoop Dogg and Method Man). This version contains heavy amounts of alterations. It contains an entirely revamped storyline that was created with completely new dialog (that bears no resemblance to the original dialog), totally reshuffled scenes, and around 40 minutes cut out.
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Anonymous2005-10-06 5:16
>>20
i would actually like to see the MTV version some time. i thought the idea of a film remix could actually be a fresh idea. i guess all that is "in theory" though and it is MTV we're talking about ;-)
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Anonymous2005-10-08 23:58
they're doing a remake of oldboy in america :(
so sad.
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Anonymous2005-10-09 20:28
>>23
yeah i believe it will be starring Nicholas Cage. it was funny because one of my students was driving and stopped at rest area where she was able to meet Nicholas Cage and wife (wife is Korean ;-) )