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Post by Fox in the Snow on Feb 26, 2023 2:06:20 GMT
Watched this last night. Great neo-noirish thriller/drama from Korean master Park Chan-wook. Not a masterpiece or his best work. Perhaps a little too convoluted for it's own good at times, maybe the plot needed some more space to breathe. A couple of the visual tricks didn't quite work for me either, but certainly worthwhile. 8/10, probably my #2 or #3 for 2022 so far  |
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Post by Cat on Feb 26, 2023 17:23:53 GMT
That's one I've been looking forward to for a while. I'm going to ask if it's available in the library system and if it is, to put it on hold.
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Post by hi224 on Mar 1, 2023 2:22:11 GMT
Watched this last night. Great neo-noirish thriller/drama from Korean master Park Chan-wook. Not a masterpiece or his best work. Perhaps a little too convoluted for it's own good at times, maybe the plot needed some more space to breathe. A couple of the visual tricks didn't quite work for me either, but certainly worthwhile. 8/10, probably my #2 or #3 for 2022 so far my best picture winner. |
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Mar 2, 2023 2:28:47 GMT
Watched this last night. Great neo-noirish thriller/drama from Korean master Park Chan-wook. Not a masterpiece or his best work. Perhaps a little too convoluted for it's own good at times, maybe the plot needed some more space to breathe. A couple of the visual tricks didn't quite work for me either, but certainly worthwhile. 8/10, probably my #2 or #3 for 2022 so far my best picture winner. Definitely a worthy contender. Shame it didn't even get a "best-foreign-language" nod. |
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Post by hi224 on Mar 2, 2023 4:32:15 GMT
Definitely a worthy contender. Shame it didn't even get a best-foreign-language" nod. Hell performance wise Tang Wei honestly was the real snub for Best Actress, her eyes linger, her smiles curt and her screen presence is quite mysterious however also hints at an underlying vulnerability which he hides from everybody. |
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Mar 2, 2023 4:40:56 GMT
Definitely a worthy contender. Shame it didn't even get a "best-foreign-language" nod. Hell performance wise Tang Wei honestly was the real snub for Best Actress, her eyes linger, her smiles curt and her screen presence is quite mysterious however also hints at an underlying vulnerability which he hides from everybody. Yes, the only other Best Actress nominees I've seen are the two frontrunners, Blanchett and Yeoh. All are worthy. Three very different performances in three very different films. |
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Post by nostromo on Mar 6, 2023 12:56:32 GMT
Imagine this not appearing in a major award ceremony as one of the nominees?
The cinematography is breathtaking. But yeah lets put Top Gun and Elvis in. Nonsense.
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Post by rudeboy on Mar 6, 2023 16:37:18 GMT
I saw this some months ago and found it hard to engage with... too cold and clinical, with little feeling for the characters. The acting and cinematography were undeniably good but it left me cold. Other than Oldboy and The Handmaiden, both of which I liked very much, that's been my experience with the Park movies I've seen to date.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Mar 6, 2023 18:39:43 GMT
Imagine this not appearing in a major award ceremony as one of the nominees? The cinematography is breathtaking. But yeah lets put Top Gun and Elvis in. Nonsense. People keep forgetting that the Oscars are the American film awards, with just enough token nominations and wins for non-American films to create the illusion that they are the World film awards.
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Post by nostromo on Mar 7, 2023 10:12:25 GMT
Imagine this not appearing in a major award ceremony as one of the nominees? The cinematography is breathtaking. But yeah lets put Top Gun and Elvis in. Nonsense. People keep forgetting that the Oscars are the American film awards, with just enough token nominations and wins for non-American films to create the illusion that they are the World film awards.
The Gravitas that the oscars hold is absolutely sickening. They are bribes. |
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Post by Cat on Aug 17, 2023 17:17:48 GMT
Really liked it. Forgot to mention it weeks ago when I saw it. Nice and complicated.
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