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Topic: The Good, The Bad, The Weird (Read 2259 times)
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Yegolev
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2/10 WOULD NOT INGEST
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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pxib
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This is another action film I found completely soulless. Full of sound and fury, etc.
I wanted to like it, and I enjoyed moments throughout, but I felt it was all downhill after the introductory train robbery. Such rich potential for backstory could have yielded a lot more, but I just couldn't find anybody to root for. Also it has the conventional Korean ending, which always leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
Netflix it. If you find yourself getting antsy halfway through, feel free to stop. It doesn't get better.
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Rishathra
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conventional Korean ending
Having not watched much Korean cinema, I'm curious what you mean by that? |
"...you'll still be here trying to act cool while actually being a bored and frustrated office worker with a vibrating anger-valve puffing out internet hostility." - Falconeer
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Sheepherder
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My guess, from Zaitochi, is that it involves the entire cast dancing.
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schild
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Except zatoichi was Japanese. And no, he didn't mean dancing.
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Sheepherder
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I'm aware of where Zaitochi came from. Most of Asia seems to like endings that make no goddamn sense though.
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Yegolev
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2/10 WOULD NOT INGEST
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Ending sucked, but I don't feel like I wasted my time. Wasn't looking for Citizen Park.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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pxib
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Having not watched much Korean cinema, I'm curious what you mean by that?
Warning, this is the ending to every Korean film I've ever seen: Maybe it's just the ones that get exported, but that's been the ending regardless of genre: Action comedy, suspense, romance, historical melodrama, horror. It fits a few, but most of the time I find it jarring and unsatisfying. |
if at last you do succeed, never try again
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Yegolev
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Posts: 24440
2/10 WOULD NOT INGEST
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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