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Everyone was raving about korean movies after snowpiercer released, but the last one I saw was assassination which was released 4 years ago and now no one talks about them. Do they still release good movies? have they fallen into the american trap of creating sequels and formulaic franchises that no one cares about without marketing?
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I'm hardly a Korean movies expert, but here's some good Korean stuff released since The Assassination: The Handmaiden - directed by Park Chan-wook, aka the director of Oldboy. A visually stunning thriller that takes place in early 20th century Japan-occupied Korea. Lots of intrigue and sex. The Wailing - an atmospheric horror/thriller about mysterious sickness and other weird happenings in rural Korea. Train to Busan - Korean zombies on a train. I haven't seen this one myself, but it was very well received. Burning - an adaptation of a short story by Haruki Murakami. I haven't seen this one either, as I'm slightly allergic to Murakami, but it has also received great reviews. Granted, most of these are not super recent (all of them except for Burning were released in 2016, I think).
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Jan 31, 2019 17:03
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Yes OP
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Jan 31, 2019 17:38
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKEgeojjcGg Also, how in the hell did you fall for the marketing for Snowpiercer, but then completely forget about Okja? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjCebKn4iic
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Jan 31, 2019 18:03
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Dire Chinchilla posted:I'm hardly a Korean movies expert, but here's some good Korean stuff released since The Assassination: I regret to inform you that Train to Busan isn't very good.
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Jan 31, 2019 18:37
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General Dog posted:I regret to inform you that Train to Busan isn't very good. Its fine, just a little bit overhyped.
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Jan 31, 2019 19:07
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Counterpoint: It's wildly popular It made a gently caress ton of cash Goons don't like it It's safe to say it's good.
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Feb 1, 2019 00:43
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIIDXvIECKQ
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Feb 1, 2019 04:16
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504 posted:It's safe to say it's good. Yeah, Train to Busan is good. I'm really tired of zombie stuff but I still enjoyed it. It's a decent zombie film in an age where every second film for a while was about zombies.
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Feb 1, 2019 20:05
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Train to Busan is a blockbuster, not an arthouse movie, and I feel like that kind of messes with people's expectations given the fact that 99% of the Korean movies we get are pure arthouse stuff like the Vengeance trilogy.
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Feb 1, 2019 20:20
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I don't know, I honestly can't remember a whole lot about it now, but I seem to recall it being pretty repetitive. Fast zombies on a train is a fun enough idea I guess, but it runs out of steam (heh) way before the two hours are up. Main character and the kid aren't very likable or interesting; I seem to remember one of the other passengers who's kind of fun but dies about halfway through. Has some social commentary that seemed pretty shallow (rich man is cowardly and selfish), but maybe there was some nuance that flew over my head with it being a foreign film and all.
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Feb 1, 2019 20:48
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The fact that Burning isn’t nominated for Best Foreign Film let alone Best Picture at the Oscars is loving typical. Burning is good.
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Feb 4, 2019 09:21
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Is the Kingdom show any good?
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Feb 4, 2019 10:16
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Check out Hotel by the River, 1987: When the Day Comes, Yourself and Yours, The Age of Shadows, Grass, A Taxi Driver, Asura: The City of Madness, The Tunnel, Claire's Camera, The Day After, Believer, Forgotten, The Battleship Island, and Master. And I'll second Okja which is maybe my favorite film of the decade.
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Feb 4, 2019 11:35
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TRAIN TO BUSAN is decent, but it has one of the worst 'we have to contrive a sad and unnecessary third act moment' in recent memory. It felt so cheap.
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Feb 4, 2019 18:42
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The Villainess (2017) owns hard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ettsG15TD2Q It's on Hulu right now, too
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Feb 5, 2019 01:07
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Hong Sang-soo has made 8 movies since 2014 and while I haven't seen them all yet I'm sure they're all good. He's a conversation heavy director, so you have enjoy watching people talk, though.
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Feb 5, 2019 01:36
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I forgot that I made this thread but Im writing down all these movie suggestions, thanks everyone!
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Feb 6, 2019 01:25
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anatomi posted:Is the Kingdom show any good? It's the best of Game of Thrones with the most reasonable explanation for a zombie plague to start and spread I've seen in zombie media.
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Feb 6, 2019 01:38
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There's a Korean theater in my neighborhood in Los Angeles that usually has some pretty good/interesting looking new releases. http://www.cgvcinemas.com/film_list/cinema/1/2019-02-05/
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Feb 6, 2019 02:25
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There are still good Korean movies coming out, but not as many as before. Maybe I am biased though, I watched over a hundred of them a few years ago and there were dozens of great movies in there. Could be that with that selection gone it just seems like there are less interesting ones. After seeing Thirst, The Chaser, A Dirty Carnival, Man from Nowhere and A Bittersweet Life in one week it becomes very hard to appreciate a movie that is just fine. New World (2013) is just a bit older than 4 years, but definitely one of my favorites. Check that out if you like crime thrillers like The Departed Stoker is also 2013 and might not count (Park Chan-Wook, but American cast), but it is top notch. Villainess has a slow and unoriginal story that really doesn't add anything to the action, but oh man is the action worth it. It starts with a Hardcore Henry-like scene, but evolves into much more. Crazy kinetic camerawork. Okja and The Wailing were already mentioned, definitely check those.
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Feb 6, 2019 14:09
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Little Forest is pretty good if you want to watch somebody out in a rural area doing nothing except growing and cooking food
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Feb 11, 2019 02:01
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anatomi posted:Is the Kingdom show any good? It's same old zombie poo poo except with funny hats. I got bored after the second episode.
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Mar 24, 2019 20:17
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Man Burning was fantastic
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Mar 26, 2019 12:30
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Cavauro posted:Little Forest is pretty good if you want to watch somebody out in a rural area doing nothing except growing and cooking food That sounds sick. Where can I watch it?
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Mar 26, 2019 14:55
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Veteran is pretty drat awesome. Cop vs corporate bad guys with kick-rear end action and some good jokes.
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Mar 27, 2019 01:39
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:That sounds sick. Where can I watch it? Viki or Amazon. sorry i didn't see this for 8 years.
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Apr 30, 2019 06:33
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40 Proof Listerine posted:The Villainess (2017) owns hard: Came here to post this, it’s fuckin rad. I rewatch a couple of the action scenes on a regular basis
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Apr 30, 2019 14:29
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Castaway on the Moon is one of the most lighthearted, least cynical films I've probably ever watched. It's great. There's Chan-wook Park's famous vengeance trilogy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Lady Vengeance and Oldboy, and The Handmaiden is really good too. He also made one of my favorite vampire movies ever, Thirst. Also on the crime/action thriller front you have movies like The Chaser and I Saw The Devil, and The Man From Nowhere and The Yellow Sea. No one mentioned Memories of Murder which is possibly my favorite SK movie ever. Such a great investigative serial killer movie by a great director, Joon-ho Bong (who also directed Snowpiercer, The Host, Mother and Okja) and I just recently watched his latest, Parasite, which was also excellent. A lot of these movies star Kang-ho Song, who tends to show up in quality flicks.
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Aug 16, 2019 16:26
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Stare-Out posted:Castaway on the Moon is one of the most lighthearted, least cynical films I've probably ever watched. It's great. Other than Handmaiden and Parasite they aren’t all that recent. Some of these are nearly 20 years old. I took it that the op was familiar with the high points of the big Korean movie boom
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Aug 16, 2019 18:34
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Oh, sorry I must have missed that. Even so, since this is the only SK movie thread, may as well throw some recommendations for older movies. 
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Aug 16, 2019 18:51
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Stare-Out posted:Also on the crime/action thriller front you have movies like The Chaser and I Saw The Devil, and The Man From Nowhere and The Yellow Sea. Has anything come out in the same vein of these since? I watched all of these ages ago and never saw much come up recommended since.
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Aug 17, 2019 19:02
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I haven't watched a lot of Korean cinema, but I did see Parasite recently, which was excellent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEUXfv87Wpk The film is somehow simultaneously both hilarious and tragic.
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Aug 18, 2019 10:51
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That's the Bong Joon-Ho special baby!
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Aug 19, 2019 05:43
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Forgotten is another one of those tragic revenge stories. It's not exactly Park Chan Wook tier, but pretty good.
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Aug 23, 2019 10:51
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Stare-Out posted:Castaway on the Moon is one of the most lighthearted, least cynical films I've probably ever watched. It's great. Speaking of its up on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3tw66BBdDw
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Aug 25, 2019 00:03
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“The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil” is supposed to be soo good that Stallone already wants to helm an English language remake. Let’s hope he learned from his remake of “Get Carter”.
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Aug 26, 2019 19:29
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I watched The Beauty Inside last year, and I remember liking it a lot. Was a fun, sappy movie. I'm a sucker for romantic dramedies though. poo poo was right up my alley (I cried).
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Aug 27, 2019 05:59
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Extreme Job is recent and good. About some loser cops going undercover, buying and running fried chicken shop over the street from a gang hideout. They’re more successful at the restaurant game than policing. The gang they're monitoring asks them to join in legitimate business, franchising their restaurant. It escalates further from there. Laughs-a-plenty. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l34Gwu6QaLQ The Odd Family: Zombie On Sale also. A zombie comedy about an ever-scheming tow truck family who find a way to make money off one zombie that’s come into their lives. This scheme unleashes a larger outbreak. Can they find a way to rake money out of that as well? Yes. Not as laughs-a-plenty as Extreme Job (the whole time i just wanted it to be a little better, a little more dynamic) but still quite good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL6FOB0N3P8
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El Graplurado posted:Extreme Job is recent and good. About some loser cops going undercover, buying and running fried chicken shop over the street from a gang hideout. They’re more successful at the restaurant game than policing. The gang they're monitoring asks them to join in legitimate business, franchising their restaurant. It escalates further from there. Laughs-a-plenty. That's a great premise. Gonna check it out for sure.
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