You Should Have Gotten a Snack

After a not-so-brief hiatus, the posts are back. This time, just a list of films that I won't be reviewing because I'm too lazy, and it has been too long for me to remember specifics about the films. However, I liked them all. Anyway, the films are:

The Beast Stalker
True Women for Sale
All About Women
The Good, the Bad, the Weird
Winds of September
Troublesome Night 7
Troublesome Night
Beastie Boys
The Letter
Cape No.7
till death do us part

In the coming days, check out regular-size posts for:
The Chaser
Public Enemy
Address Unknown
Breath
Ba-Bo
Heartbreak Library
Forever the Moment
The Restless
Bloody Tie
Road Movie
Black House
Shiri
You Are My Sunshine

Sitting on the Shelf

This time: My laziness and apathy take over, almost completely. Instead of giving semi-intelligent comments on the following 13 films, I'm going to give super-short comments. Thusly, this entry will be short, easy to read, and kinda lame. Anywho, on with the films:

Assembly
A great film.

Samaritan Girl
Pretty good, mostly weird.

Up the Yangtze
The best documentary I've seen in a long time.

9413
Good.

49 Days
Stupid, but an okay way to kill time.

The Twins Effect
Another stupid, but okay way to kill time.

First Name: Carmen
Jean-Luc Godard decided he'd made enough good films, so he tried his hand at making crap. He succeeded.

Jade Goddess of Mercy
A pretty good drama, with a great performance from Vicki Zhao Wei.

Ad Lib Night
A great, affecting drama from Lee Yoon-ki.

Comeuppance
An okay black comedy - drama from Milkway Image.

Public Toilet
Fruit Chan's entertainingly self-indulgent film about...something.

Super Troopers
Super funny.

Iron Man
For a film, Iron Man is pretty good. For a comic book flick, Iron Man is amazing. And yes, it's better than The Dark Knight.


Next time, assuming someone doesn't kill me for dissing the latest Batman film, things will return to normal with longer posts that feature a wealth of information, whether it's useful or not.

Not Too Late

This time, it's all Korean films, with Director Lee Yoon-ki's latest My Dear Enemy, Kim Ki-duk's Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...And Spring, and melodrama Lost in Love. Unlike last time, these are shorter descriptions.

My Dear Enemy
Directed by Lee Yoon-ki, starring Jeon Do-yeon, and Ha Jung-woo.

A woman finds her ex-boyfriend and demands that he return money he borrowed from her a year before. She then follows him around as he borrows from various people he has met. Along the way, she finds out things she didn't know about him, and maybe a bit about herself.

An incredibly emotive film that is never boring throughout it's two-hour running time. Jeon Do-yeon is incredible, in a role that requires her to behave in an unlikeable manner, and yet still evoke sympathy and understanding. Walking the fine line of idosyncracy and realism, Lee's latest film is his best yet, and one of the best films of 2008.

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...And Spring
Directed by Kim Ki-duk, starring Oh Yeong-su, Kim Ki-duk, Kim Young-min, Seo Jae-kyeong, Ha Yeo-jin, and Kim Jong-ho.

The circle of life wonderfully unfolds through the lessons learned and taught by a monk living in a remote area. The actors put for great performances, as does Kim in both his acting and directing capacities, bringing about an engrossing experience.

Lost in Love
Directed by Choo Chang-min, starring Song Yoon-ah, and Sol Kyung-gu.

A somewhat muddled melodrama about falling in love at the wrong time. The acting and direction in Lost in Love are both fine, but feel a bit manufactured, causing the film to wear thin over it's two hours. For a weepy about failed opportunties, Lost in Love is enjoyable, and at the very least, serviceable.

Coming up this week, I'll do my best to get caught up on the films I watched in January, by rambling on about:
Assembly
Samaritan Girl
Up the Yangtze
9413
49 Days
The Twins Effect
First Name: Carmen
Jade Goddess of Mercy
Ad Lib Night
Comeuppance
Public Toilet