The Official Movie Thread

[no country for old wainds]

nearly everyone on this board is a prick including me so don't feel too special

the similarities between the two are pretty obvious yo, don't be obtuse. probably half the reviews of the wailing i've read mentioned MoM. it's a bit of a superficial comparison no doubt but it's not an inexplicable one.

 

[CiG]

BTW I watched In the Mood for Love yesterday and really enjoyed it. Very delicate and subtle, it was both a shock and a delight to see Maggie Cheung proving that she can be a screen beauty to rival anybody else, she's practically a goddess in the film!

I'm so used to her being either goofy like in Police Story or boorish like in New Dragon Gate Inn.







Amazing, I was really impressed. I need to see more of her lead role films. Not to say Tony Leung's performance was bad or anything, a great film overall.

 

[CiG]

Last one before I turn in. Very much anticipated...

 

[rms]

the similarities between the two are pretty obvious yo, don't be obtuse. probably half the reviews of the wailing i've read mentioned MoM. it's a bit of a superficial comparison no doubt but it's not an inexplicable one.

obvious? really struggling to see how one reached for similarities between a religious/spiritual film and a film about police in SK

 

[RadicalThrasher]

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Last one before I turn in. Very much anticipated...

Best thing Travolta ever did. Great movie.

 

[RadicalThrasher]

Wanna see that shit myself, any good?

Better then i remembered it to be. Cool sci fi flick

 

[no country for old wainds]

blow out is really good. might even be better than the conversation. in the mood for love is an old favourite of mine, i haven’t seen it in a long time.

 

[no country for old wainds]

obvious? really struggling to see how one reached for similarities between a religious/spiritual film and a film about police in SK

how about similarities between a film about police in SK and a film about police in SK?

 

[rms]

idk how you think that's the major theme in the wailing though

 

[no country for old wainds]

i agree the 'main theme' isn't the same but there are plenty of other ways movies can be similar. namely, both films have the same incompetent bungling police force hunting an enigma in a rural location, with a similar use of comedy, the same cinematographer and the same editor.

anyway, anyone watched the new coens yet?

 

[challenge_everything]

i agree the 'main theme' isn't the same but there are plenty of other ways movies can be similar. namely, both films have the same incompetent bungling police force hunting an enigma in a rural location, with a similar use of comedy, the same cinematographer and the same editor.

So I watched Memories of Murder last night and I have to agree with NCFOW on this one. It'd go further and also point out the similarities in terms of the police methods, their disregard for the possibility of innocence, and the general theme of corruption of the spirit that goes along all that.

As much as I enjoyed Memories, there were a couple of major issues that detracted from it for me.

Spoiler: Spoiler

First, I didn't find the character arcs of the cops particularly believable. The dumb cops are just too cartoonishly dumb during the first half of the movie. The choice of target - the retarded guy - is just too obvious of a target. The good cop has no backstory or exposition to explain his regression. Secondly, I hate being that guy pointing out plot holes, but.... it was pretty egregious. They identified a pattern - rain, red clothes - from only two murders! And how did the female cop just happen to identify the same song was played on the radio during each of the murders? And why did it take them so long to realise the retarded guy was a witness to the murder when it was just so obvious?

 

[challenge_everything]

anyway, anyone watched the new coens yet?

I've been stupidly waiting to see a cinema release date - just realised the error of my ways

 

[TageRyche]

Today I went to the theater and saw Creed II and Instant Family.

 

[no country for old wainds]

how was creed 2? i thought its predecessor was a bit overrated but i'll still watch the second one.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

The Condemned was watchable.


Just started Blitz and this is so funny and savage! Great caste too.

@no country for old wainds are you from the southeast or are you one of them northwest sissy boys?

 

[no country for old wainds]

pfft southerners are normally considered the sissies, that's where most of the posh people are. granted you do get a lot of movies about 'ard cockney gangstas.

but yes i'm in the north west basically manchester's the nearest major city. the north doesn't get represented in cinema all that much, or at least not in stuff that makes it internationally.

 

[CiG]

Fookin s'thern fairies.

 

[Slammed]

Fookin s'thern fairies.

Says the guy who's south of the river

 

[CiG]

I'M SOUTH OF HEAVEN.

 

[Slammed]

I've heard north of the river called a lot of things but never Heaven!