tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7769732831239720146.post6016580800049278029..comments2024-01-14T15:30:58.493-05:00Comments on Korean Grindhouse: Korean Film: In Search of My SeoulDrew P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14875923118523549579noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7769732831239720146.post-91695247376610761352011-05-16T22:11:14.918-04:002011-05-16T22:11:14.918-04:00I love "Memories of Murder" too. Everyth...I love "Memories of Murder" too. Everything that Bong Joon-ho does is touched by genius. I couldn't get into "A Moment to Remember" however. If you were to recommend three movies not on my index pages, what might they be? Happy to (virtually) meet another Korean film die-hard!Drew P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14875923118523549579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7769732831239720146.post-87113072671457948932011-05-16T20:34:37.402-04:002011-05-16T20:34:37.402-04:00It was Memories of Murder that converted me, the f...It was Memories of Murder that converted me, the first Korean film I ever saw - I turned my back on Hollywood forever. I have a large collection of Korean movies now. A Moment to Remember is one of my favourites. I still fall off the seat laughing when that motor cycle goes belly up. Song Kang Ho and Jung Woo Sung are two of my favourite actors (so naturally I have The Good the Bad The Weird).Gail Kavanaghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18352150277523383160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7769732831239720146.post-26434859311427713042011-01-10T21:23:16.418-05:002011-01-10T21:23:16.418-05:00I saw "The Classic" many years ago and w...I saw "The Classic" many years ago and was not a fan, big or small. So cheesy! "A Moment to Remember" was a bit more disturbing. I don't know "More Than Blue" or "Love Phobia." As to Kim Ki-duk's "The Isle," it's pretty sick... in a good way.Drew P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14875923118523549579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7769732831239720146.post-18306319206464687912011-01-10T20:47:40.715-05:002011-01-10T20:47:40.715-05:00I love Korean melodramas and romances but thought ...I love Korean melodramas and romances but thought "The Classic" was awful. What do you think of "A Moment to Remember", "Love Phobia", or the amazing "More Than Blue"? <br /><br />I love the way many Korean film makers show little concern with surprising you. Instead, they may use recycled stories or themes and take the challenge of executing it better than the last person. The audience comes in thinking not "where are you going to take me" but "how well are you going to do this". Or something like that. <br /><br />I think that might also be why there are so any genre mash-ups from Korea. It's like they either didn't get the memo on what genre films are supposed to be, or they did get it and they've decided to chew it up and spit it back out at us.<br /><br />My hook, the film that made me never turn back, was Kim ki-duk's "The Isle".sitenoisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14026224029440247436noreply@blogger.com