South Korean movies... [Archive]

Adi Shankara

8th August 2010, 06:20

...Are seriously better than any other country's films, hands down.

saw Oldboy. Best movie ever. was not expecting that ending either.

also, so many other good South Korean movies that are great (like "the Host", and "Chaser"), that I'm convinced they have probably the best cinema in the world.

any challengers? :D

Os Cangaceiros

8th August 2010, 06:50

Italian horror films are better.

Blackscare

8th August 2010, 06:55

You just said in another thread that south korea had a horrible shitty culture due to capitalism :confused:

Which made me wanna go off on a rant, seeing how south korea is the shit and all.

Os Cangaceiros

8th August 2010, 06:57

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and Lady Vengeance are better than Oldboy, anyway. Although Oldboy is still good.

Rusty Shackleford

8th August 2010, 07:52

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwoSFQb5HVk

North Korea is indeed the best Korea

EDIT: Soviet Films are fucking awesome. watch White Sun of the Desert or Two Comrades Were Serving.

Tablo

8th August 2010, 08:59

I like some South Korean films, but have developed a greater interest in Taiwanese films more recently

Lenina Rosenweg

8th August 2010, 09:43

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter by Ki-duk Kim is the only Korean film I've seen so far. Very well made with some breathtaking imagery. I've seen bits and pieces of Korean historical soap operas, which can be interesting.

Jeoh

8th August 2010, 10:09

Taegukgi really entertained me.

Pavlov's House Party

8th August 2010, 12:40

lwoSFQb5HVk

North Korea is indeed the best Korea

EDIT: Soviet Films are fucking awesome. watch White Sun of the Desert or Two Comrades Were Serving.

Fucking true. I watched "The Star" last week and it was thouroghly awesome. A lot of great suspense scenes for a war movie.

DecDoom

8th August 2010, 12:44

Taegukgi really entertained me.

This.

Also, Joint Security Area was a fantastic movie. May 18th was pretty good, though I didn't have subs for it and I couldn't understand anything. :lol:

Tavarisch_Mike

8th August 2010, 13:19

I like Old Boy but i cant really say that its awsome like my friends. As menthioned Sympathy for Mr Vegance and Sympathy for Lady Vegance are better, A Bitter Sweet Life is also a good one, its a crime movie. Brotherhood of War is a really good one about the Korean war.

danyboy27

8th August 2010, 13:38

Taegukgi really entertained me.

indeed, it was a great movie, i love when they start rushing to the frontline when they are all starving.

Il Medico

8th August 2010, 14:11

I like the south Korean films I have seen. In fact, I'd say that Asia as a whole has some of the best cinema these-days.

Raúl Duke

8th August 2010, 21:47

I like the host and I bet oldboy is good.

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and Lady Vengeance

sounds interesting.

I'd say that Asia as a whole has some of the best cinema these-days.

I think that's regional specific. While Japan has made a few good horror films...Japanese actors and especially actresses can't act for shit, IMO.

Koreans and Chinese have much better actors and actresses.

Os Cangaceiros

8th August 2010, 21:55

I like the south Korean films I have seen. In fact, I'd say that Asia as a whole has some of the best cinema these-days.

I think that it depends on the genre. Personally, I can't stand "J-Horror". I think that it's incredibly lame...the best horror films are coming out of Europe these days. East Asia does produce good dramas and action films, though.

Tablo

8th August 2010, 22:43

Japanese horror is good, but outside of that the only decent films they have are animated. Korea has some good films, but I still need to see more. China and Taiwan have some really good films that make it difficult for me to find time for my normal stupid television watching. :lol:

Sugar Hill Kevis

9th August 2010, 00:10

Yo man, forget the cinema, it's all about South Korean girls...

Bright Banana Beard

9th August 2010, 01:13

2D girls are way better than 3D girls!!

Tablo

9th August 2010, 02:36

Yo man, forget the cinema, it's all about South Korean girls...
Good point :thumbup1:

Adi Shankara

9th August 2010, 02:43

Yo man, forget the cinema, it's all about South Korean girls...

Agreed, the way they dress is really feminine, they have the cutest personas, and they seem like good "wifey" types. lol i'd be sold.

Rusty Shackleford

9th August 2010, 02:49

Agreed, the way they dress is really feminine, they have the cutest personas, and they seem like good "wifey" types. lol i'd be sold.
wut.

Adi Shankara

9th August 2010, 04:44

wut.

Korean girls seem like they'd make good wives?

Il Medico

9th August 2010, 04:52

I think that it depends on the genre. Personally, I can't stand "J-Horror". I think that it's incredibly lame...the best horror films are coming out of Europe these days. East Asia does produce good dramas and action films, though.
Indeed. I don't really like horror movies anyways, but the few J-horror I've seen haven't been that good. I do like some of the horror films from Europe, in fact, I'd say my favorite horror movie is REC . (the Hollywood remake was terrible, btw).

Tablo

9th August 2010, 05:25

Korean girls seem like they'd make good wives?
Just warning you, the social construct we know as marriage is not popular on this site. I myself am totally against it. So, you may get some verbal abuse from some people on this site.

Sugar Hill Kevis

9th August 2010, 11:23

Err I was being facetious... poking fun at the 'locker room' culture that's in chit-chat and all that... Not that I have anything against S. Korean girls, but yeah, thanks for proving a point guys....

Tavarisch_Mike

9th August 2010, 20:33

Indeed. I don't really like horror movies anyways, but the few J-horror I've seen haven't been that good. I do like some of the horror films from Europe, in fact, I'd say my favorite horror movie is REC . (the Hollywood remake was terrible, btw).

REC is awsome! it gave me claustrophobic feelings for weeks, at the end the film is fucking terrifying. I hope you havnt missed REC 2 and that a thired movie is going to be released.

Tablo

10th August 2010, 00:10

Os Cangaceiros

10th August 2010, 00:19

Indeed. I don't really like horror movies anyways, but the few J-horror I've seen haven't been that good. I do like some of the horror films from Europe, in fact, I'd say my favorite horror movie is REC . (the Hollywood remake was terrible, btw).

I like the movies that have been coming out of France lately, in regards to Horror.

Il Medico

10th August 2010, 05:04

REC is awsome! it gave me claustrophobic feelings for weeks, at the end the film is fucking terrifying. I hope you havnt missed REC 2 and that a thired movie is going to be released.
REC 2 was equally awesome, I can't wait to see the third one.

this is an invasion

11th August 2010, 07:06

Korean girls seem like they'd make good wives?

Cooking you dinner and taking care of your laundry while you sip a beer and watch the game?

Adi Shankara

11th August 2010, 11:20

Cooking you dinner and taking care of your laundry while you sip a beer and watch the game?

lol the kind've women I'm into can be considered submissive so I don't know really how to respond to this one. generally, I'm all for female choice...but that includes if a female wants to choose to be submissive, which naturally, is the kind've girl I go after.

but no. I don't drink beer nor watch the game, I am actually very active so I do alot of cleaning myself...but I'm bossy so it's natural I'm into girls who can handle that. (before you say it's sexist, lesbians are into dom/sub relationships too at times)

Just warning you, the social construct we know as marriage is not popular on this site. I myself am totally against it. So, you may get some verbal abuse from some people on this site.

I'm not against marriage if it is done accordingly to the will of both parties. Marriage isn't a bad thing, it's only a bad thing when it favors someone's interests one-sidedly.

this is an invasion

11th August 2010, 18:54

Marriage reproduces the bourgeois nuclear family.

Raúl Duke

11th August 2010, 19:50

I didn't like Rec 2...

It was like they're were afraid to pull the trigger.
It was the same to me as the shitty hollywood remake

I saw a different Spanish horror movie that was better (something to do with an "uninvited guest")

Raúl Duke

11th August 2010, 20:01

Il Medico

11th August 2010, 21:40

Talking about movies...take a look at this list. (http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/film/88146/the-top-50-foreign-films-of-all-time/2.html)
also this (http://www.empireonline.com/features/100-greatest-world-cinema-films/default.asp?film=1)
Out of those two list, I've seen:
Run Lola Run, Solaris (I've seen both the original and the Hollywood remake, the remake wasn't bad, but the Original was better) , Belle De Jour, Festen, All about my Mother, L'Avventura, Y Tu Mama Tambien, and City of God.All were very good films.

Adi Shankara

11th August 2010, 22:38

Out of those two list, I've seen:
Run Lola Run, Solaris (I've seen both the original and the Hollywood remake, the remake wasn't bad, but the Original was better) , Belle De Jour, Festen, All about my Mother, L'Avventura, Y Tu Mama Tambien, and City of God.All were very good films.

I never got what was so great about Run Lola Run. good concept but the actual movie I found dull.

Raúl Duke

12th August 2010, 01:28

I liked Run Lola Run

I've also seen the Goodbye Lenin one in a German History course; good movie too.

I've seen the remake of Solaris as well.

Os Cangaceiros

12th August 2010, 01:32

I've also seen the Goodbye Lenin one in a German History course; good movie too.

Wow.

I also watched Goodbye Lenin! in a German history course. :blink:

I thought that it gave a pretty balanced, fair view of what life was like in the GDR, personally.

RedStarOverChina

12th August 2010, 01:36

Tablo

12th August 2010, 09:26

At least 99% of the movies from EVERY COUNTRY is crap. I try to pick the good ones from every country.

Yes, Oldboy is pretty awsome (and disturbing). But the rest of the S K movies I've seen are crap. Don't even get me started about their drama series.
I have seen more drama series than any person on this site and I agree, they are awful. I have only seen about 2 decent ones.

RedStarOverChina

12th August 2010, 16:01

I have seen more drama series than any person on this site and I agree, they are awful. I have only seen about 2 decent ones.
Being God-damned awful is one thing, but the fact that half the woman I've ever met are addicted to them only makes it worse. :( Women and the elderly Chinese people.

My favoriate Korean restaurant has a wide screen TV that hangs on the wall. Everytime a woman goes there with me, no conversation is allowed! Sometimes it seems like every woman in the room is glued to it.