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Originally Posted by Angra
I loved Oldboy. 9/10
Mr. Vengance.... I don't know. A tad too dark and cruel for me. 7/10
I have a feeling you will like Ji-woon Kim's (A tale of two sisters) "A Bittersweet Life".
And "Dog Bites Dog" if you haven't seen that already.
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I loved Oldboy too... I actually have a hard time comparing the two because it's clear that Chan-Wook-Park was trying to experiment with different kinds of vengeance and different versions of human disintegration. In a way, Mr. Vengeance reminds me a LOT of the classic Italian film
The Bicycle Thief. Have you seen that one? Not quite as dark, but still incredible.
I'll have to check out "A Bittersweet Life." I thought that Tale of Two Sisters was great, though ran a little long... Though of COURSE Netflix doesn't have it. :( I'll have to find it somewhere else. Hmph.
Haven't seen Dog Bit Dog. Just added it to the queue. Just tried to look for Rattle Rattle, which you liked too, bout couldn't find it - Does it go by any other name?
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Originally Posted by roshiq
100% agree with you!:)
After seeing the Vengeance trilogy I have also become a big fan of Chan-Wook Park. Amongst them I love the Mr. Vengeance most, then Oldboy & Lady Vengeance. Though Oldboy was the most shocking film I've ever seen and Park delivered it in a magnificent way but the moral dilemma of the Mr. Vengeance touched me more deeply and I truly admire this film with my any other all time favorites in the world cinema. But besides this Vengeance trilogy I haven't seen Park's any other film. So I'm eagerly waiting to have more fascinating experience with his arts of films.
Btw, have you seen Joon-Ho Bong's Memories of Murder? I have seen it recently and I just only like to tell you now that besides Mr. Vengeance this was another brilliant Korean movies I have seen so far. If you haven't seen it yet, then I'm highly recommending you to please experience this masterpiece asap. I'm sure you'll love this one too.
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I need to see Lady Vengeance! It's at the top of my Netflix queue right now, so hopefully either by the end of the week or the beginning of next week. Have you seen the short that he did for Three... Extremes? He did the second film, Cut, which was bloody but emotionally shocking at the same time. I thought it was brilliant.
I'll add Memories of Murder - I noticed that you graded it well on the previous page and meant to add it. I'll do that now. Thanks. :)