Entertaining monster-in-the-city movie that hits all the marks one expects from the genre while also managing to be a well-acted and interestingly offbeat dysfunctional-family narrative. Director Bong Joon-Ho also did Memories of Murder and this features the same lead actor: Song Kang-ho, who is again excellent.
I’ve liked both films I’ve seen by this director, and I’m glad he’s young because I think he’s going to do a lot of good stuff. He doesn’t seem to like pat wrap-ups, either.
What I learned from this film
Chekhov’s directive holds true in Korea, too: if you introduce a bow and arrow in the first act, it’s going to go off sometime.
Apr 25th, 2008 at 10:20 am
South Korean season, I suppose. I thought the monster design was great as well - unusual but not as silly as the balloon-cheeked fucker of Cloverfield.