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They produce some of the days BEST films! Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter…and Spring! Amazing film. My Sassy Girl - Hilarious! Old Boy, The man from Nowhere(FKING AMAZING), The GOod The Bad The Weird! Yea they went there and pulled it off. Last but not least MUSA!(thewarrior)
I'm considering taking a web course in Korean just for their film industry. Anyone else notice this yet?
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Are they on Netflix? If so I'll start to check em out.
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I saw Musa shortly after it was released and it blew me away...saw
Gladiator at around same time, and liked Musa better
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A few of them are. I'll get a list.
Silmido
Rate 5 stars
Silmido 2003 NR 135 minutes
This drama is based on the true story of North Korea's Higher Intelligence Department (HID), whose 31 members were trained to infiltrate South Korea with the mission of attacking the presidential palace and assassinating President Park Chung-hee.
Genre:
Action & Adventure, Dramas, Foreign Movies, Foreign Action & Adventure
This movie is:
Gritty
THIS ONE IS STUNNING! It's like Taken except 5x better.
The Man from Nowhere
(The Man from Nowhere (Ajeossi))
2010R119 minutes
This hard-hitting tale of revenge stars Bin Won as Tae-Sik, a former special agent living a bitter and lonely life following his wife's tragic death. When a young girl (Sae-Ron Kim) he befriends is kidnapped by a vicious drug gang, Tae-Sik rushes to her aid. Bloodthirsty and hell-bent on justice -- particularly after being framed by the gang -- he takes the law into his own hands, infiltrating the ring and systematically wiping out its members.
This is how horror/monster movies should be made.
The Host
(Gwoemul)
2006R120 minutes
In Seoul's River Han, a giant mutant creature has developed as a result of toxic chemical dumping. When the squidlike monster scoops up the teenage granddaughter of humble snack-bar owner Hie-bong (Hie-bong Byeon), he races to track down the murderous beast. With no help from the authorities, who are convinced the girl is already dead, Hie-bong and his family will have to band together to save her -- and possibly the entire city.
Mother
(Madeo)
2009R129 minutes
A murder rocks a South Korean town and suspicion quickly falls on a reclusive, mentally challenged -- and alibi-free -- young man (Bin Won). When an inept public defender botches the boy's case, his mother (Hye-ja Kim) sets out to prove her son's innocence. Acclaimed director Joon-ho Bong (Memories of Murder) explores the lengths a mother will go to protect her child in this atmospheric crime thriller.
There are more! They have a solid group of actors in South Korea, you can find good movies from them the same way you'd find a good film here by typing "Nicholas Cage."
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Bookmarking for later use. Thanks Illy
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I liked 3 iron too.
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This is how horror/monster movies should be made.
The Host
(Gwoemul)
2006R120 minutes
In Seoul's River Han, a giant mutant creature has developed as a result of toxic chemical dumping. When the squidlike monster scoops up the teenage granddaughter of humble snack-bar owner Hie-bong (Hie-bong Byeon), he races to track down the murderous beast. With no help from the authorities, who are convinced the girl is already dead, Hie-bong and his family will have to band together to save her -- and possibly the entire city.
I heard nothing but great things about this film - rave reviews, comparisons to JAWS etc etc... so much so I actually bought it without having seen it first.
Worst $14 I ever spent and you'll never get those 2 hours back... assuming you make it that far. Gawd what an absolute piece of shite. 
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illmyrin posted:
[blockquote]THIS ONE IS STUNNING! It's like Taken except 5x better.
The Man from Nowhere
(The Man from Nowhere (Ajeossi))
2010R119 minutes
5x better than Taken is still pretty focking awful
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The Host was meh, IMO.
Silmido is friggin' amazing. Old Boy is a must see. Taegukgi (Brotherhood of War) is also a must see. Welcome To Dongmakgeol is friggin' hilarious. A Tale of Two Sisters is freaky. Both Vengeance movies (Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance and Lady Vengeance) are awesome.
I have The Man From Nowhere on my computer. Also have I Saw the Devil, which my wife wants to see (don't understand why, because she hates gory movies and it's supposed to be like Saw.
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I have The Man From Nowhere on my computer. Also have I Saw the Devil, which my wife wants to see (don't understand why, because she hates gory movies and it's supposed to be like Saw.
She's probably a witch
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I saw the Devil shows some pretty horrible things. Torturous Bisections and rape.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD8JepFkOmQ&feature=related
City Of Violence..
Its Korea meets The Warriors. on crack.
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the Vengeance Trilogy is great.(Oldboy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Ms. Vengeance)
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I've seem some pretty good Korean films, but a lot of them just make me say WTF a lot.
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memories of murder is pretty cool, the Host was terrible
the problem with many korean movies is they over do the drama
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Everything seems to overdo the drama in Korea. Korean TV shows are all like that too. Maybe the reason the North Koreans can be controlled so easily is that there's no cultural lexicon of irony or cynicism?
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Best Korean film I've seen is Joint Security Area. If Kim Jung Il ever saw it, he probably cried.
BubbleDude posted:
Also have I Saw the Devil, which my wife wants to see (don't understand why, because she hates gory movies and it's supposed to be like Saw.
It's kind of like Seven if instead of shooting John Doe at the end Brad Pitt had let him go and then spent the next month terrorizing the crap out of him. I don't recall any Saw-esque scenes.
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The Man From Nowhere was a great movie... We also liked Le Grand Chef 2: Kimchi Battle. It was a good family movie.
My wifey is Korean and she enjoys the Korean shows/movies available for instant play.
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korean movies need to show more boobs
some of the tv shows are fun (if you can handle the drama) they all seem to have the same character type which annoyed me at first but then became entertaining.
- the super bitch rich family matriarch that doesnt approve and is easily shocked
- the poor guy/girl that is tough and witty
- the conspiring bad guy who always looks evil (comes with own music)
- the super hot bad girl that tries to ruin everything
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Never heard of any of those...... i'll take your word. I wont be wasting an hour of my life on that.
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Oh wow I dinged 8k posts. I missed it /shrug
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Never heard of any of those...... i'll take your word. I wont be wasting an hour of my life on that.
Ya.
It'd be terrible if you happened to expose yourself to something culturally different than RWNutjobiness.
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I'm tired of Hollywood. I like the fresh perspective of many foreign movies subtitles and all. I would prefer subtitles to bad dubbing every time
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some of the tv shows are fun
I.R.I.S. was awesome.
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Really, I guess being mexican and having 90% of my friends being filipino/cambodian/mexican never exposes me to anything outside of my own box.. your right. It couldn't possibly happen that way.
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you're
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