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This world needed another Tarantino... from Korea with lotsa blood...

68.63.130.193

Victor Khomenko

...comes Jee-woon Kim.

I Saw the Devil is not your average horror flick, and Tarantino's name pops in mind immediately, as the film is artistic.

One can say it is too bad this talent gave us this torturous viewing, but take it for what it is - not an easy film to watch, borderline gratuitous... and yet beautiful.

Don't watch before your dinner and don't say I didn't warn you.

Follow Ups:

Funny, tin did triple back flips when I praised it . . . - mr grits 23:01:26 07/05/11 (1)
for its action, cinematography, and story. The Koreans have a really strange bent for revenge and gore and do it so naturally well---that's the scary part.
- He must have thought you were talking about Obama... - Victor Khomenko 05:57:02 07/08/11 (0)
  Boo!
RE:"...cut the bullshit" - Eldragon@gmx.com 22:44:56 07/05/11 (0)
That was one amazing scene near the end - I loved it, but the Memories of the murder was better and eerier movie.
My God, did they release you long enough to watch it and post? - tinear 18:26:45 07/05/11 (4)
C'mon, Vic!
- Tarkovsky is spinning in his grave. (Open in New Window)
- They are coming... I hear their steps... so I will make it quick! - Victor Khomenko 19:24:11 07/05/11 (3)
  I did not mention Tarantino for no reason - I dislike most of his films with passion, but he is a master of camera work and images. Ditto here - just the wonderful camera panning at the beginning would be enough to make the director noted, but he has done plenty more. The early search scene is excellent.
  
  I don't mind someone calling it junk - I can see why. But if your stomach can take and hold it - you might find something gorgeous there. It is a strange combination of beauty and gore.
  - Go back to my earlier post and open the link. - tinear 21:45:19 07/05/11 (2)
    I despised the film. I found it gratuitous, in the extreme. The trilogy of Park-Chan Wook shows how brutality can have a place in a plot, be an important piece. Since both you and grits appear to agree on this film, I may have to consider apologizing to him.
    Just consider, that is.........
    - You liked "The Chaser", you did and its violence was directed at women.... - mr grits 23:03:43 07/05/11 (1)
      PLUS there is going to be a USA version!
      - "The Chaser" is a good film, the violence isn't there for its own sake, i.e. - tinear 09:01:21 07/06/11 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: You liked "The Chaser", you did and its violence was directed at women.... posted by mr grits on July 05, 2011 at 23:03:43
        
        it makes sense in the plot.
        Gratuitous means it doesn't have a reason outside of itself. Your film has a ridiculous, absolutely unbelievable sequence of events and it is all centered on just repeated scenes of slow-motion torture and gore. There is a massive difference between the films. Massive.

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