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Oldeuboi (2003)
all the ingredients of a Greek tragedy
I am not a man of profound words and like to say things as i see them.Korea is not the first place that comes to mind when thinking hard edge or originality. but that may just be my lack of Korean viewing.
This film has a pace that some may feel is slow, however i felt that it steadily gave you that little bit more and a little bit more that kept you wanting.....a little bit more.
This film is dark and edgy, it does not offer any grand wire work or scenic views to ponder over.
If only Hollywood could see past the money and box office then maybe we would see more stories of such shocking humour and at times shivering ugliness. My comments are i am afraid a mystery, just see this film and you'll see why i give nothing away.
Stickmen (2001)
extraction of heads!!
Why do so many people want to compare this film to lock stock? is it a British thing? maybe. ENOUGH ABOUT LOCK STOCK (which in my opinion was a film full of mis cast actors.
Stickmen does not make you rethink your life! Stickmen does not make you want to start your own pool team! ( dirty dancing made me want to dance, Rocky made me want to box.)
What stickmen gives you is 1.5 hrs of laughs followed by tension, followed by romance followed by pool. It is full of kiwi humour and although a different genre to "brain dead" it clearly has the same down to earth non pompous attitude to laughter.
so lets get our heads out of our butts and laugh at Wayne, envy Jack and get our moms to smother Thomas in kisses. Who would have thought that so many class performances could have come from Shortland street.