Memories Of Murder

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

This is getting a UHD release in France on 10/26/22.

[JLG Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JLG]

think this one is my favorite from Bong Joon-ho

[The Silly Swede Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close The Silly Swede]

Worthless film. In fact, Korean cinema is incredibly overrated as a whole.

[BW Haggar Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close BW Haggar]

think this one is my favorite from Bong Joon-ho

I agree - whilst I don't need a French UHD of it, this is an A+ movie, and I'd certainly advise viewers unconvinced by Bong's other films to give it a go.

[Randy G Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Randy G]

Yeah, amazing film.

[killer must kill again Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close killer must kill again]

Worthless film. In fact, Korean cinema is incredibly overrated as a whole.

correct! this bored me to tears. the only smart scene is the ending ... so apparently the serial killer wasn't caught at the time this movie was first released and the main dude stares into the camera like "maybe it's you, watching this movie, who killed all those girls". but I had to check the imdb trivia section to "get" that, the film never manages to explain this to the audience. you have to be korean, born in the right time and familiar with this case to grasp that idea.

oldboy is still the only korean movie that made an impression on me.

[The Silly Swede Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close The Silly Swede]

Thank god I am not alone in not being on the hype train of Korean film!

[Darcy Parker Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Darcy Parker]

correct! this bored me to tears. the only smart scene is the ending ... so apparently the serial killer wasn't caught at the time this movie was first released and the main dude stares into the camera like "maybe it's you, watching this movie, who killed all those girls". but I had to check the imdb trivia section to "get" that, the film never manages to explain this to the audience. you have to be korean, born in the right time and familiar with this case to grasp that idea.

oldboy is still the only korean movie that made an impression on me.

So, you're saying this isn't exactly a hit from the Bong, then.

[killer must kill again Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close killer must kill again]

So, you're saying this isn't exactly a hit from the Bong, then.

parasite did nothing for me either.
(no, I have no neckbeard and I didn't think the joker should have won the oscar)

[Randy G Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Randy G]

The more hardcore Korean films are Chaser and I Saw the Devil.

Also think Burning and Poetry are masterpieces but more character pieces than genre films.

[null Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close null]

The Handmaiden is also quite good. Having more than a passing familiarity with the cultural prickliness between the Korean/Japanese people adds quite a bit, but even without that, the story is quite a bit of fun.

[Matt H. Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Matt H.]

A Tale of Two Sisters, The Isle, The Wailing, Mother, Save the Green Planet!

[Dom D Spoon! Find all posts View Profile Close Dom D]

The Handmaiden is also quite good.

I thought The Handmaiden was great, of course it is exactly in the sweet spot for the sort of film I like.

Memories of Murder is not in that class for me, but then I'm really not one for serial killer films. It's still an excellent film. Much better than, say, Zodiac I thought. That decision to frame it from the pov of the useless local cop is such a strange one but works great.

I don't get how anyone couldn't be bowled over by Parasite. It was, by a very long distance, the best film to ever win an Oscar. Still inexplicable to me how that happened...

[Randy G Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Randy G]

A Tale of Two Sisters, The Isle, The Wailing, Mother, Save the Green Planet!

The Wailing is truly unnerving, almost painful to watch in the last reel. Mother was really impressive.

The original 60s The Housemaid is also a deliriously gothic horror melodrama.

[killer must kill again Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close killer must kill again]

A Tale of Two Sisters

okay, two korean movies that impressed me.

I don't get how anyone couldn't be bowled over by Parasite. It was, by a very long distance, the best film to ever win an Oscar. Still inexplicable to me how that happened...

c'mon ... it has been done before. I almost immediately figured out the big twist and wasn't surprised at all. I could imagine a mainstream movie bozo being impressed by that, but a dude who is trained in watching exploitation movies, really?
the rest of it is just the usual the rich vs. the poor, the weird korean social class system, that I couldn't care less about and some cringeworthy asian humor.