Chan-wook Park, check his movies out! - Blu-ray Forum

Q? · 09-03-2010, 03:33 AM

Or Park Chan-wook as he's sometimes listed. IMO he's one of the greatest living directors today, every movie I've seen of his I absolutely liked or loved. Not quite the level of Kubrick awesomeness but close!

Here's a summary of what I think of the movies I've seen of his.
JSA (joint security area) was heartbreaking gave that a 9/10. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance a slow moving, quirky and devastating movie about revenge and the consequences of such, 8.5/10. Oldboy fantastic style and a big wtf movie, I think it's pretty much perfect with it's controversial ending 9.5/10 or 10/10, not sure actually. Lady Vengeance it's been some years since I last saw it, but I can see I gave it 8/10 from my IMDb vote history, all I can remember is it affected me very much, I've got the Blu-ray so I'll fire it up soon. Thirst is the best vampire movie I've ever seen, I'm bumping my initial 9.5/10 rating to 10/10. This is an absolutely must see for you guys! Brilliant acting, cinematography and the camera work is some of the best I've seen honestly!
I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK I haven't seen yet but I'm going to order it very soon, I'm pretty much 99% sure I'll like it as well, he's one of the few directors, I feel can do no wrong.

I guess the point of this thread is so you guys can learn who he is, also please rate his movies.

nefilim · 09-03-2010, 01:56 PM

yeps - his Vengeance Trilogy is excellent. Thirst was a bit let down for me. JSA I would like to revist - it`s been years, but it wasn`t bad, a bit too long maybe. haven`t seen cyborg.

dag · 09-03-2010, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by nefilim

yeps - his Vengeance Trilogy is excellent.

Sorry - what films comprise the trilogy? I ask because Zip has mailed me Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, which I had thought is the first. Thanks.

Q? · 09-03-2010, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by dag

Sorry - what films comprise the trilogy? I ask because Zip has mailed me Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, which I had thought is the first. Thanks.

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy and Lady Vengeance and in that order if I remember correctly.

miller_time22 · 09-03-2010, 08:45 PM

I've only see Oldboy and Thirst. Oldboy absolutely blew my mind. Thirst didn't have as strong of an impact on me, but I still thought it was a good film and a different take on the vampire mythos. Chan-wook Park is certainly an interesting filmmaker. Any ideas on what he's doing next?

Q? · 09-03-2010, 09:25 PM

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0661791/

1. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (details only on IMDbPro) (although I think it's an american remake

)
2. The Ax (details only on IMDbPro)
3. Untitled Le couperet Remake (details only on IMDbPro)
4. Snow Piercer (details only on IMDbPro)

Anyways whatever he makes next I sure will be paying attention, also just ordered I'm A Cyborg, But That's Ok. A very unique love story as I understand it.

09-03-2010, 03:33 AM	#1
Q? Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Nuuk, Greenland Blu-ray collection:168	Chan-wook Park, check his movies out! Or Park Chan-wook as he's sometimes listed. IMO he's one of the greatest living directors today, every movie I've seen of his I absolutely liked or loved. Not quite the level of Kubrick awesomeness but close! Here's a summary of what I think of the movies I've seen of his. JSA (joint security area) was heartbreaking gave that a 9/10. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance a slow moving, quirky and devastating movie about revenge and the consequences of such, 8.5/10. Oldboy fantastic style and a big wtf movie, I think it's pretty much perfect with it's controversial ending 9.5/10 or 10/10, not sure actually. Lady Vengeance it's been some years since I last saw it, but I can see I gave it 8/10 from my IMDb vote history, all I can remember is it affected me very much, I've got the Blu-ray so I'll fire it up soon. Thirst is the best vampire movie I've ever seen, I'm bumping my initial 9.5/10 rating to 10/10. This is an absolutely must see for you guys! Brilliant acting, cinematography and the camera work is some of the best I've seen honestly! I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK I haven't seen yet but I'm going to order it very soon, I'm pretty much 99% sure I'll like it as well, he's one of the few directors, I feel can do no wrong. I guess the point of this thread is so you guys can learn who he is, also please rate his movies.

09-03-2010, 01:56 PM	#2
nefilim Banned Top contributor Member since:Oct 2009 Location:\|limbo of the banned\| Blu-ray collection:525 DVD collection:260 Trading Score:14	yeps - his Vengeance Trilogy is excellent. Thirst was a bit let down for me. JSA I would like to revist - it`s been years, but it wasn`t bad, a bit too long maybe. haven`t seen cyborg.

09-03-2010, 08:45 PM	#5
miller_time22 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Apr 2008 4K collection:238 Blu-ray collection:1835 DVD collection:228 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:16	I've only see Oldboy and Thirst. Oldboy absolutely blew my mind. Thirst didn't have as strong of an impact on me, but I still thought it was a good film and a different take on the vampire mythos. Chan-wook Park is certainly an interesting filmmaker. Any ideas on what he's doing next?

09-03-2010, 09:25 PM	#6
Q? Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Nuuk, Greenland Blu-ray collection:168	http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0661791/ 1. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (details only on IMDbPro) (although I think it's an american remake ) 2. The Ax (details only on IMDbPro) 3. Untitled Le couperet Remake (details only on IMDbPro) 4. Snow Piercer (details only on IMDbPro) Anyways whatever he makes next I sure will be paying attention, also just ordered I'm A Cyborg, But That's Ok. A very unique love story as I understand it.

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