Comments on: DISCUSSION: Required films for Korea watchers? http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/04/discussion-required-films-for-korea-watchers/ Korea... in Blog Format Wed, 3 Dec 2008 05:55:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: sewing http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/04/discussion-required-films-for-korea-watchers/#comment-42435 sewing Wed, 05 Jul 2006 17:25:13 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/04/discussion-required-films-for-korea-watchers/#comment-42435 It seems that Kim Ki-duk pushes the right buttons with the Western art-film crowd (no offence, dda). Since I can't really dig Western art films either, I guess that's why Kim Ki-duk doesn't do it for me either. But that would explain his appeal in Europe and why he's won so many awards there. It seems that Kim Ki-duk pushes the right buttons with the Western art-film crowd (no offence, dda). Since I can’t really dig Western art films either, I guess that’s why Kim Ki-duk doesn’t do it for me either. But that would explain his appeal in Europe and why he’s won so many awards there.

]]> By: Jen http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/04/discussion-required-films-for-korea-watchers/#comment-42433 Jen Wed, 05 Jul 2006 17:01:35 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/04/discussion-required-films-for-korea-watchers/#comment-42433 Three movies I loved that haven't been mentioned yet: Jeong - 정 - My Heart - a beautiful movie, really well done about the tragic life of a Korean woman as she's married off at a young age and her struggles and joys. Save the Green Plant - 지구를 지겨라! - One of the craziest movies I've ever seen - it manages to be a comedy/drama/sci-fi/horror movie all wrapped in one. And my favourite Korean movie: The Good Lawyer's Wife - 바람난가족 - Very dark and frank - I loved it. Three movies I loved that haven’t been mentioned yet:

Jeong - 정 - My Heart - a beautiful movie, really well done about the tragic life of a Korean woman as she’s married off at a young age and her struggles and joys.

Save the Green Plant - 지구를 지겨라! - One of the craziest movies I’ve ever seen - it manages to be a comedy/drama/sci-fi/horror movie all wrapped in one.

And my favourite Korean movie:
The Good Lawyer’s Wife - 바람난가족 - Very dark and frank - I loved it.

]]> By: dda http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/04/discussion-required-films-for-korea-watchers/#comment-42375 dda Wed, 05 Jul 2006 09:22:07 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/04/discussion-required-films-for-korea-watchers/#comment-42375 <blockquote>I’ve never quite got Kim Ki-duk. Though well-acted and engaging, Samaria, Bad Guy and The Coastguard all left me wondering just what the point was.</blockquote> I've heard that a lot about French movies – maybe that's why I like 김기덕's movies. But what I like also is the depiction of not-so-well-known aspects of Korean society.

I’ve never quite got Kim Ki-duk. Though well-acted and engaging, Samaria, Bad Guy and The Coastguard all left me wondering just what the point was.

I’ve heard that a lot about French movies – maybe that’s why I like 김기덕’s movies. But what I like also is the depiction of not-so-well-known aspects of Korean society.

]]> By: bingwang http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/04/discussion-required-films-for-korea-watchers/#comment-42362 bingwang Wed, 05 Jul 2006 06:51:56 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/04/discussion-required-films-for-korea-watchers/#comment-42362 Peppermint Candy(박하사탕) was indeed a good film. I've yet to see a Seol Gyeong-gu film where he doesn't end up crying. He keeps it to a minimum in Public Enemy. The sequel was trash but the original was quite engaging. Seoul's cop is as tough and reckless as Dirty Harry, as slovenly as Columbo and as dumb and unscrupulous(but not as happy about it) as Rosco P. Coltrane. The point of Kim Ki-duk's movies? Well, if you see one of his in which a woman falls in love with her rapist, you might think he is exposing some irony surrounding misogyny but then see two more and it starts to look as if he believes that rape and Stockholm syndrome have some kind of partnership or that maybe he saw it in an old Hollywood movie and really liked the idea for some reason. The first three Kim Ki-duk movies I saw included this trope(악어, 나쁜남자, 수취인불명). There may be others but I stopped watching his crap...that is, after seeing a fourth - Samaria - which was much more original: girl starts to have sex with her dead child-prostitute friend's johns. The respect this guy has for women is simply astounding. Peppermint Candy(박하사탕) was indeed a good film. I’ve yet to see a Seol Gyeong-gu film where he doesn’t end up crying. He keeps it to a minimum in Public Enemy. The sequel was trash but the original was quite engaging. Seoul’s cop is as tough and reckless as Dirty Harry, as slovenly as Columbo and as dumb and unscrupulous(but not as happy about it) as Rosco P. Coltrane.

The point of Kim Ki-duk’s movies? Well, if you see one of his in which a woman falls in love with her rapist, you might think he is exposing some irony surrounding misogyny but then see two more and it starts to look as if he believes that rape and Stockholm syndrome have some kind of partnership or that maybe he saw it in an old Hollywood movie and really liked the idea for some reason. The first three Kim Ki-duk movies I saw included this trope(악어, 나쁜남자, 수취인불명). There may be others but I stopped watching his crap…that is, after seeing a fourth - Samaria - which was much more original: girl starts to have sex with her dead child-prostitute friend’s johns. The respect this guy has for women is simply astounding.

]]> By: Danger Mouse http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/04/discussion-required-films-for-korea-watchers/#comment-42306 Danger Mouse Wed, 05 Jul 2006 00:44:50 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/04/discussion-required-films-for-korea-watchers/#comment-42306 I've never quite got Kim Ki-duk. Though well-acted and engaging, Samaria, Bad Guy and The Coastguard all left me wondering just what the point was. As far as the worst Korean movie goes, my votes go to either "Running Wild," in which uber-poof Kwon Sang-woo "does" grizzled and hard-bitten with preposterous results. Or perhaps even worse, "Holiday," the allegedly true story of an escapee from jail during the Roh Tae-woo presidency. Rarely has such a piece of crap film taken itself so seriously. I’ve never quite got Kim Ki-duk. Though well-acted and engaging, Samaria, Bad Guy and The Coastguard all left me wondering just what the point was.

As far as the worst Korean movie goes, my votes go to either “Running Wild,” in which uber-poof Kwon Sang-woo “does” grizzled and hard-bitten with preposterous results. Or perhaps even worse, “Holiday,” the allegedly true story of an escapee from jail during the Roh Tae-woo presidency. Rarely has such a piece of crap film taken itself so seriously.

]]> By: luxbearer http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/04/discussion-required-films-for-korea-watchers/#comment-42304 luxbearer Wed, 05 Jul 2006 00:38:09 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/04/discussion-required-films-for-korea-watchers/#comment-42304 Nobody likes 박하 사탕 here? Nobody likes 박하 사탕 here?

]]> By: dda http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/04/discussion-required-films-for-korea-watchers/#comment-42276 dda Tue, 04 Jul 2006 19:15:44 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/04/discussion-required-films-for-korea-watchers/#comment-42276 Speaking about translating movies – thanks Antti for reminding me – I developped an affection for 할리우드 키드의 생애, by 정지영, with 최민수 and 독고영재. Speaking about translating movies – thanks Antti for reminding me – I developped an affection for 할리우드 키드의 생애, by 정지영, with 최민수 and 독고영재.

]]> By: sewing http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/04/discussion-required-films-for-korea-watchers/#comment-42270 sewing Tue, 04 Jul 2006 18:41:05 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/04/discussion-required-films-for-korea-watchers/#comment-42270 Phew, okay, everything's okay now! And that should have been "throw," not "through." Phew, okay, everything’s okay now! And that should have been “throw,” not “through.”

]]> By: sewing http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/04/discussion-required-films-for-korea-watchers/#comment-42269 sewing Tue, 04 Jul 2006 18:40:29 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/04/discussion-required-films-for-korea-watchers/#comment-42269 Uh oh...through in some more tags and see if I can turn them off...<i></i></i> Marmot, fix please if still broken! Uh oh…through in some more tags and see if I can turn them off… Marmot, fix please if still broken!

]]> By: sewing http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/04/discussion-required-films-for-korea-watchers/#comment-42268 sewing Tue, 04 Jul 2006 18:39:31 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/04/discussion-required-films-for-korea-watchers/#comment-42268 Ooh! I'd better hurry up and close my italics! </i> ...There...hopefully that did the trick. Ooh! I’d better hurry up and close my italics!

…There…hopefully that did the trick.

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