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Slipbox Believer (Blu-ray Slipbox) (Plain Archive Exclusive No.47) [Korea]
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I havent seen this either....I have placed my pre-order, but at this moment these three latest PA titles (along with Fouth Place and Mirai) arent as appealing like some of their previous ones so Im thinking about skipping these, cancelling my order and actually be more selective with PA releases from now on (I was getting everything PA released until now).
A 6.5/10 in my book.. I never hand out 10's and you hafta be amazing to reach an 8.5 or 9 lol. It's a very well made thriller.. handsomely shot and I feel it tries to veer off into the realms of Korean crazy classics territory like OldBoy or The Chaser and doesn't quite reach those stars..but they gave it a good shot and some will be more forgiving than I am.They cut a super trailer for it and I kinda wish the overall film felt more like it: it's got some wild energy and twists but it's also much slower than it would suggest.
Still Korea's kinda blah today overall imo and I appreciate this kind of film still hinting that they have some more up and coming directors who are on their way to bringing things back on course.
Don't like the PA artwork here at all though the artwork on the OST they did is better!
Thanks for sharing!
The trailer actually looks pretty decent, even if I didn't have a clue what they were saying lol.
Now I'm curious though... what films DO you rate 10/10?
Thanks for sharing!
The trailer actually looks pretty decent, even if I didn't have a clue what they were saying lol.
Now I'm curious though... what films DO you rate 10/10?
Maybe none?
Nothing's perfect I guess is my mentality even if some deliver just about everything I would want; that line of thought from Slavoj Zizek rings true to me - film doesn't give what you desire it can only tell you how to desire. Not that I go out of my way to talk down any experience.. I love movies afterall, though if you look hard enough you can usually find some elements in just about any fiilm that you don't enjoy quite as much. Some that are up there for me:
Woman in the Dunes, His Girl Friday, Rear Window, Blade Runner, Last Life in the Universe, Moving, Don't Look Now, To Live and Die in LA, Hard Boiled, The Burbs, Stalker, In the Mood For Love, Paper Moon, Magnolia, Nosferatu the Vampyre, Memories of Murder, Sexy Beast, Mauvais Sang, Night on Earth, Big Trouble in Little China, Videodrome, Fantastic Planet, Love Exposure, Reconstruction, Unknown Pleasures, Just Before Nightfall, Cowards Bend the Knee, Memento, Thief.. I could go on.
That's fair enough then bud, and I do see your point... nothing's perfect, like you said. Although, I rate films by how much I enjoyed them, not by how perfect they are, otherwise I'd probably never rate anything 10/10 either lol.Maybe none?
Not that I go out of my way to talk down any experience.. I love movies afterall, though if you look hard enough you can usually find some elements in just about any fiilm that you don't enjoy quite as much. Some that are up there for me:
Woman in the Dunes, His Girl Friday, Rear Window, Blade Runner, Last Life in the Universe, Moving, Don't Look Now, To Live and Die in LA, Hard Boiled, The Burbs, Stalker, In the Mood For Love, Paper Moon, Magnolia, Nosferatu the Vampyre, Memories of Murder, Sexy Beast, Mauvais Sang, Night on Earth, Big Trouble in Little China, Videodrome, Fantastic Planet, Love Exposure, Reconstruction, Unknown Pleasures, Just Before Nightfall, Cowards Bend the Knee, Memento, Thief.. I could go on.
Definitely a worthy list of films you mentioned there anyway!
Honestly I might just be a little harsh on it. I'll pinch what my partner said about it to me; if you saw a handful of the more wild scenes on their own you'd think you were watching a really good korean thriller from the 2000's.. it's just the overall impact is dulled imo by the undercover manhunt/police procedural stuff and that the central mystery character's identity is kinda guessable from the off. YMMV anyways but I personally don't take well to wild films that feel the need to slow down and put you around a table and explain to you what they're going to be doing next.. it sucks alot of the air out of it but I guess they often feel the need to justify all the behaviour by reminding you 'hey remember that we're the good guys!'.
I was pretty interested in the film too from its initial reveal so.. I was probably a little letdown. If you come in knowing little and not having huge expectations chances are you could enjoy it more than I did.
I believe they're also doing a deluxe edition of this one at a later date with an additional director's cut disc in the package.
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