I Saw the Devil

I like some Korean movies because they are really fucked up! lol

"I Saw the Devil" is, of course, so fucked up.

This is the story of revenge.

When I heard about this movie, I thought this movie was directed by the director of "Old Boy" because he made movies of revenge.

But I was wrong.

Jee-woon Kim directed this movie.

This movie is different from his movies I have watched.

But it is in good way.

It has more violence and anger, yet there is sadness I have seen his other movies.

It is so messed up, but you probably understand this movie, especially you have loved ones.

In very profound meaning, this is a good movie.

But as I said, this is so fucked up, and a lot of blood.

If you don't like too much blood, you might want to avoid this movie.

However, you should watch if you don't mind seeing people get killed with a lot of blood.

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127 Hours

This movie is the one I wanted to watch most last year, yet there was no theatre that played this movie in the city, so I did not have chance to watch.

I was very glad when I figured out that only one theatre plays this finally although it has been long since it was on the theater!

I had heard about this movie, so I knew the plot.

I also knew what would happen to him and how he would solve the problem.

However, I was very impressed how his mentality is portrayed.

Basically, there is only on protagonist, Aaron, so we see him all the time stuck between the rocks.

His anxious and fear are very well visualized by using the camera he films himself, I think.

He talks about himself or his family at the camera that shoots himself, which shows his mental changes.

I also find the sound has a important role to represent the pain he has.

It is not hard to see him because there aren't too much grotesque scenes, yet the sounds create the pain, which made me hard to see what is on the screen.

This movie might keep people away from outdoor activities, yet it is always good to know that it is dangerous to be outdoor alone.

It reminds people how to prepare yourself in case something happens.

This movie is based on the true story, so it is not unreal.

It can happen to anybody.

I strongly recommend this movie if you enjoy going outdoor or think going outdoor this summer.

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Requiem For a Dream

Well, most of you might have heard about this movie because this movie is quite famous in a sense.

It's about how people who are addicted to drugs fall.

You can easily guess how depressing to watch this kind of movie by the simple summary lol

Yes, it is very depressing, I have to admit.

But it's because this movie is well filmed.

I was very impressed by how they visualize the effects of drugs.

I know that's the most important elements of this sort of movie, yet it is outstanding.

Everything contributes to create how they react to the drugs.

The sound and montage are used effectively.

I believe that these represents psychological process how they fall into drug abuse as well.

I also find the characterization has a significant role in the movie.

Everyone has different endings, which means that drugs influences differently.

They also have different reasons to use drugs.

Although they are aware of their drug abuse each other, they cannot help each other, which I find very humanistic in some sense.

As I said, this is depressing to watch.

You cannot expect happy endings in drug movies, can you?lol

But it's worth watching if you don't mind seeing unhappy ending.

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Paris, Texas

My friend recomended this movie to me, which doesn't happen so often.

I didn't know until my friend told me, but I am very glad that I watched this movie.

This movie is about a guy who suddenly disappeared meet his brother again and tries to make up the time he has lost.

Inisially, I thought this is mystery movie, but it is not!

It betrayed me in a good way.

The relationship of the characters are a bit complicated in a sense, but this film tells everything.

The motional expressions are very impressive though you might find they are dull and old-style.

I really liked the way the feeling of loss is described.

It not only describes deep sadness of the characters, but also questions us what time does to us.

I guarantee that you will not regret, so watch this movie if you have time!

This is a great movie to watch with your family, friends, partner, or even by yourself!

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Good Will Hunting

OMG... It has been so long since I posted last time.

I am so sorry about that.

I had watched this movie long time ago, but I could not remember the details of the movie.

This movie is about a young man who is gifted, but has trauma about his past.

He does not talk about himself, so no one knows about him much,which I think is the best part of the movie.

Of course, I do wish to know more about him, but no one should know about his past or trauma because he never talks about it.

The characters know about him as much as we know; the characters and the audience, we, share same opinion about him even though we do see him more than any characters.

The relationships are described quite well, I think.

Also I like the mood of the movie.

I believe you can see the similarities to The Town Ben Affrec directed.

I really liked the mood of The Town and this movie.

It is quite hard to explain, yet I feel humanity from the characters.

Of course, we only see small portion of them; however, I really feel they are somehow "real" and have their own histories as we do.

This is a great movie I totally recommend to all of you who has not seen.

Scott Pilgrim V.S the World

I really enjoy this movie!

Some people might not like this movie much because it has comic style in the movie.

Of course, comic is totally different from movies, so it might sound strange.

However, the story is based on comic, so I think it is natural to have comic element in the movie.
Besides, this is a comedy movie!

Things that you never expect to happen in you life can normally happen in comedy to make you laugh lol

I guess you never think you will face to ex-boyfriends when you start going out with a girl lol

I understand it sounds a bit stupid, but it sounds funny at the same time.

I enjoyed cartoon like fighting scenes and video game style story development.

The images you never see in your real life gives a sense of reading comic.

The balance between reality and comic is quite funny.

Music is visible and is used as weapon sometimes lol

Music represents characters' physical strength, which is kind of clear to see.

I think it would have been nicer if there were more explanations about the relationships of the characters.

Since time that can spend on explaining the relationship is limited, I felt it could be more interesting though I think they did well.

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The Fighter

This movie is one of the movies that based on the true stories.

I don't really know whether this is the trend or not, but I think there are a lot movies that are based on or inspired by the true stories.

I guess people seek "reality" in the movies because there are lots of amazing stories around the world.

People might feel as if they can be one of the movie characters because these movies usually focus on normal people like us.

This movie is about a boxer who has a talent but never had a good chance.

His brother used to be a famous boxer but is drug addict now.

People expect him because of his brother and his glory.

It might be one of the success stories, yet I like how people face their weaknesses and mistakes they have made.

It was also interesting how they find out their weaknesses.

I liked the connections of their weaknesses, mistakes, and the way they make up their mistakes.

The portrayal of women are kind of interesting to me because the camera sometimes focuses of their legs or breasts.

I am not sure what it's supposed to mean, but I kind of thought that role of women are quite important in this movie.

There would be no change if there is no woman.

I believe you will understand what I mean if you see this movie.

Anyway, I thought it was a good boxing movie.

At least, I liked this movie better than Rocky series lol

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