Reviews

Double Patty

I have watched this because of Irene - as many people actually. Well it was kind of cute and easy watch. I expected some romance so in this case I am a little disapointed - I do not know if it is a spoiler. Promo pictures are better than this movie to be honest. Do not get me wrong it was not the worst movie and I liked it at the time.
If I remember correctly it was Irene's debut - it for sure was not challenging, so it is hard to say if she would be good actress after this.
If you do not have anything to watch, want to see Irene then you can give it a short, although I will not promise that it will be worth it.

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Trap by Seo In Guk

It is short movie, I believe that you can find it on youtube but I can be wrong.
It is specific project, this movie has three (or more) parts - if I remember correctly mixed together. It is very artistic. Not the easiest to watch or maybe understand but acting was perfect.
Seo In Guk - amazing as always and he is even a director!!
So why only 6/10? Especially when it was good. Probably just fell into category I just rate this way (documentaries, special or reality shows) and to be honest it is something hard to rate, cause you can treat it as a short movie or teaser or more story to the future music releases, I do not know, you just need to check it out.

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Metallic Mayhem

Metallic mayhem and graphic depravity fly thick and fast in Tetsuo: The Iron Man, it draws on the marriage of flesh and technology that inspires so much of David Cronenberg's work and twists it into a manga-influenced cyberpunk vision. This 67-minute lunacy is probably the closest approximation to capturing a sustained migraine in pure celluloid form, what's on screen borders on the extreme and experimental, all matched by a hysterical and unnerving score. Chu Ishikawa's clattering metal percussion and unrelenting terror synths sometimes border on unlistenable but add to the film's uniqueness and disgusting style. Less a coherent plot than a series of disturbing images loosely struck together, confrontation and violence erupt at breakneck speed in this nearly dialogue-free odyssey, assaulting every sense it can with the tenacity and ingenuity of DIY filmmaking. The stop-motion effects give the fusion of bared wires and exposed ganglia an unnervingly vivid physicality. A hysterical, histrionic ode to cyberpunk fetishism, Tetsuo: The Iron Man was one of my early ventures into the realm of Japanese cinema, one that really isn't my thing but is unquestionably a feat of imagination and technique yet an hour of it is more than enough.

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may not have been perfect, but did a great job

there are MANY triggers in this film so be mindful!!!

while there is no storyline to guide the film, it is a heart wrenching portrayal of what children who end up in streets as a result of failed/lack of parental figures turn to. it portrays the uncertainty of being homeless child not knowing what is going to happen next. as much as I wasn’t a bit fan of it, I do recognize that it was likely an artistic decision to have a not-so-cohesive story line.

this film has incredible acting which carry the rather lackluster scenes (which I would also recognize may be a creative element to the film, still wasn’t the biggest fan of it). the middle definitely tore me up. it pains me to think that we have deprived children the right to be just that. it certainly raises awareness of a greater issue that we are often to overlook through our judgement and harshness about the subject.

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pra sempre na história

Pensando em como deve ser a sensação de você lançar/acompanhar um desse em 2006 com cenas de sexo, homossexualidade sendo falada abertamente e outros dilemas ao ponto da obra ser considerada pioneira no cinema queer do seu país pra quase 20 anos depois acompanhar manifestações públicas baseadas em fundamentalismo cristão ultrapassado a favor do boicote de obras que quase não avançaram em nada, eu ficaria tão puto.


Eu gostei da história, é bizarro pensar que eles realmente não lançaram praticamente nada no mesmo nível nos últimos anos. Não que esse seja o único modelo de você trabalhar determinados assuntos, mas olhar a regressão que houve ao longo dos anos (em um lugar que a tendência era melhorar) é meio deprimente. Fiquei embasbacado com os 30/20 minutos finais, tive que prender minha respiração pois foi informação demais em pouco tempo para meu cérebro processar. meu único problema é que eu senti que algumas coisas eram apressadas demais pro ritmo que o filme estava tentando passar mas de resto foi ótimo de se acompanhar.

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