Last seen ASIAN movie

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Suicide Club. "Are you connected to yourself?" i was sorta expecting to be let down by this one because i thought that Noriko's Dinner Table was supreme. Did not happen. This flick was on par with Sion's NDT follow-up. Powerful stuff, complete with that bleak understanding of human nature that American film lacks. The gore factor is pretty thick in this one. Also, the animal lovers in the crowd might find one scene a tad harsh, so be forwarned. Ashe.
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[The_Return]

Lady Vengeance (2005)

Doesn't quite live up to Oldboy, but blows Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance out of the water. This is a near perfect film - Chan-wook Park is easily one of the most talented storytellers working today. He tells an incredibly complex story through unconvential methods, and manages to draw the viewer into Geum-ja's quest for revenge.

Amazing visuals, lots of twists and enough moral ambiguity to really give you something to think about long after the credits roll. See it if you haven't.

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The Eye 3. Kinda an odd third entry to The Eye series by the Pang Brothers. Hard to tell if they were just trying to jam as much ghost info into a movie as possible, or if the they were just having fun at the viewer's expense. The movie vacillates between kinda scary to goofy. No real message is related in this disjounted flick. i must admit that some if it worked as it was somewhat entertaining, even funny, at times. When all is said and done, my favorite of the series was definitely The Eye 2, with this one at the bottom of the heap. Ashe.
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[neverending]

I'll agree with you on Eye 2- I really liked it.

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Spider Forest. This one takes its own sweet time to get going, but it is worth the wait. Starts getting a little twisty, and to be honest, i was a little confused at the end. Strangely this did not detract from the movie. i loved the dark emotional atmosphere. i really liked this one. Korean filmmakers really know how to build a colorfully rich movie.

Ringu. Obviously a great flick, but i thought the US version was more creepy. i think it had something to do with the great effects in the TV scene. The horse scene in the US version also set for a disturbing tone. That said, the original was great. I just wonder how i would have felt if i had seen the original before the US version... Ashe.
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Sword of Doom. Spectacular Samurai flick. Though the ending was somewhat unintentional, it was powerful by chance. i loved the paradoxical antihero. My lack of historical knowledge of this era made for a little confusion, but this of course was not the film's fault.

Koma. i found myself at times mad at this flick for not following the direction that i thought it should be going, which in part made it all that much better. Angelica played her part nicely, but i have to say that the other lead actress faltered a couple of times. i think that a better editor could have done a better job cleaning it up. Luckily, it was not enough to detract from the story. The ending was dark and disturbing. Overall, nicely done. Ashe.
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Onibaba. Obviously, this is a classic, must see, war-torn Medieval Samurai era flick. Ashe.
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[zwoti]

the machine girl

[psycho d]

Originally Posted by zwoti

the machine girl

Was it worth 96 minutes of your life??? Looks pretty cheesy, so what'dya think of it? Ashe.
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[psycho d]

Dorm. This was not exactly scary or what i expected, but i did rather enjoy it. i thought the story was well-crafted, and for a bunch of kids, the acting was solid. i thought the concept of "becoming a man" was also nicely engineered.

***Potential spoiler alert!***

This movie had a nice "Let the Right One In" feel to it. Not trying to compare the two, except that it was a nice tale of friendship with some elements of horror in the background. Ashe.
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