My goodness do I love Bong Joon-Ho. Fantastic as always. A lot to chew over with this one.
This was a great movie theater viewing. Crowd had a hearty set of laughs at the prayer scene.
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The Third Murder 2017
I loved this. This was quite different fare for Kore-eda; I wish he’d make some more movies like this sometimes. Interestingly, there were even moments that this almost felt like a Kiyoshi Kurosawa film to me. Koji Yakusho was exceptional (as per usual), as was Masaharu Fukuyama.
Very much appreciated the ambiguity it had. It raised a lot of questions regarding the nature of judgment and the fairness of law. I have my own theories and thoughts about what I saw, but in truth, they are also forms of judgment in the end. I don’t know what the truth is here.
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Microhabitat 2017
Everyone has a unique microhabitat of problems. Different people may have different "benchmarks" or appear more or less "accomplished", but everyone is having challenges or can find faults in their own lives. And sometimes the person who looks the least well off is, in fact, the least burdened and doing the best for themselves of the whole bunch.
I'll admit, at first, I found the approach Mi-so decided upon a bit absurd and questionable. Give up her apartment for her…
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A Brighter Summer Day 1991
This was a bit more difficult of a watch than Yi Yi for me. It has a darker tone, requires more historical context, felt harder to follow, and drags noticeably longer (it’s nearly 4 hours and the first half moves especially slow). It might be better on a subsequent watch for numerous reasons.
Beautiful framing and cinematography. Loved the costumes and locations, the history could be felt deeply here. This film just looks great. It also has many impressive dark scenes…
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