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Since the thread got buried... To be sure, The Chaser IS a strong film, but full of gratuitous violence. You say it is part of the plot - I agree, but the degree of its presence is most certainly gratuitous. Where five seconds would be enough to support the plot, it goes on for minutes.
This is not a reflection on the film - it is what it is, and the film does manage to affect you deeply. This is simply the comment on your comment.
Be it as it may, I don't think The Chaser is in any way superior to I Saw the Devil. To me they represented two very different types of "writing". If The Devil is a fine novel, The Chaser is more like a dishwasher owners' manual. There is just so much less art in the Devil, art that oozes from its every scene.
This is silly argument, anyway. Both films do have plenty to offer, and both are too shocking for many people's consumption... very strong drinks, if you will... not for everyone, but bound to make some people very happy.
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Topic - Straight... no Chaser... or tin, look up the word "gratuitous" - Victor Khomenko 15:55:32 07/10/11 (21)
- RE: Straight... no Chaser... or tin, look up the word "gratuitous" - RedGrant 15:41:44 07/23/11 (0)
- (rottentomatoes) top critics: I Saw the Devil: 55%; The Chaser: 80%. - tinear 07:40:25 07/13/11 (5)
- LIAR: 81% from tomato citics and 84% from audience..... - mr grits 16:52:33 07/13/11 (3)
- Click the 'top critics' link - sjb 09:53:31 07/14/11 (2)
- Right next to "top economists" I presume. nt - Victor Khomenko 12:54:18 07/14/11 (0)
- Nobody here is an "actual critic" so as-is for me. * - mr grits 12:04:42 07/14/11 (0)
- Let's be serious - both films are crap, no matter how you slice it. - Victor Khomenko 08:12:23 07/13/11 (0)
- You're torturing me. nt - tinear 09:40:19 07/11/11 (0)
- RE: I thought Memories of Murder was strongest of the three... - Eldragon@gmx.com 07:38:15 07/11/11 (2)
- Found it ho-hum, don't remeber much about it . . . - mr grits 16:48:55 07/13/11 (0)
- M of M is in an entirely different class. It is art. nt - tinear 07:25:51 07/13/11 (0)
- Hitting women on the head with a chisel is pretty violent . . . - mr grits 16:15:04 07/10/11 (9)
- The Stooges did it all the time......... - Awe-d-o-file 09:02:03 07/12/11 (0)
- The plot is so stupid it's unintentionally comic. Big enough plot holes you - tinear 08:53:31 07/12/11 (6)
- So that's why you liked it? * - mr grits 14:25:00 07/12/11 (0)
- Right. And the Chaser has solid plot. - Victor Khomenko 09:36:07 07/12/11 (4)
- It's a matter of degree. A huge one. nt - tinear 13:22:47 07/12/11 (3)
- Yeah... the killer walking into the store where the girl is hiding... - Victor Khomenko 15:59:36 07/12/11 (1)
- Your example is one. But the characters follow logic in THAT world. The other? Not at all. It is a - tinear 07:28:22 07/13/11 (0)
- You aren't even in this discussion....."I saw..." clearly better.... - mr grits 14:27:02 07/12/11 (0)
- Not all that imaginative either.. - ArdRi 18:54:25 07/10/11 (0)
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