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    Match-Cut Directors Consensus - Park Chan-wook

    Sh. Don't remember that people kinda sorta did this consensus in the Thirst anticipation thread. It's Park Chan-wook week. Let them ratings fly, before Park loses his contemplative pose.



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    Joint Security Area (2000) - 6.5
    Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) - 7.5
    Oldboy (2003) - 10
    Lady Vengeance (2005) - 7.0
    I’m a Cyborg, But That’s OK (2006) - 9.0
    Thirst (2009) - 6.5

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    Thirst - 7.5

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    Old Boy (2003) [6]
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    There's still a couple I want to see, but so far he's no Bong Joon-ho.
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    Dug his first 3 films, didn't understand Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, got Thirst sitting at home waiting to be watched.

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    Joint Security Area - 6.5
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    Barring the first film, Park doesn't seem to engage with the sociological aspects of South Korean culture as much as other of his countrymen. He's a good, versatile showman, but he's not especially challenging.
    The Boat People - 9
    The Power of the Dog - 7.5
    The King of Pigs - 7

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    What a silly thing to fault a filmmaker for.
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    Quote Quoting dreamdead (view post)
    Barring the first film, Park doesn't seem to engage with the sociological aspects of South Korean culture as much as other of his countrymen. He's a good, versatile showman, but he's not especially challenging.
    Bah, I hate that line of thinking. So because he's not interested in what you want him to be interested in you simply assume he's not deep or not challenging enough.

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    Quote Quoting Grouchy (view post)
    Bah, I hate that line of thinking. So because he's not interested in what you want him to be interested in you simply assume he's not deep or not challenging enough.
    I do lean toward dramas more in my appreciation, yes, but tonally and dramatically I haven't found much of value in Park's recent ventures, which have become bloated without saying nearly as much as his first films. There's nothing wrong with a "well-made" genre film--hell, South Korea film criticism has instituted a whole practice of criticism based on this notion where the film style elevates the material--but after the first in the revenge trilogy his interest in Korean culture has become dulled by nonuse or glib use. Thirst is elevated by the portrayal of its leading lady, not because of its script.

    Though baby doll is similarly glib in dismissing Park in favor of Bong, I simply wish to see Park return to the restraint and intrigue that elevated his first films.
    The Boat People - 9
    The Power of the Dog - 7.5
    The King of Pigs - 7

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    Quote Quoting dreamdead (view post)
    I do lean toward dramas more in my appreciation, yes, but tonally and dramatically I haven't found much of value in Park's recent ventures, which have become bloated without saying nearly as much as his first films. There's nothing wrong with a "well-made" genre film--hell, South Korea film criticism has instituted a whole practice of criticism based on this notion where the film style elevates the material--but after the first in the revenge trilogy his interest in Korean culture has become dulled by nonuse or glib use. Thirst is elevated by the portrayal of its leading lady, not because of its script.

    Though baby doll is similarly glib in dismissing Park in favor of Bong, I simply wish to see Park return to the restraint and intrigue that elevated his first films.
    I understand what you're saying. I disagree because I like "universal" movies like I'm a Cyborg but That's OK and I don't think it suffers because it has little to say about Korean culture, but I do.

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