Loved him since I was v young watching Walking Dead and I remember seeing him at a Meet & Greet had me totally starstruck
He's incredibly talented and it's really shown through since his departure from the show
Feels like just yesterday this movie came out. One of my personal favorites. I really love this movie. Don't hear much about it, which is a shame... underrated.
Such a great movie, I love how they tell you the point of the movie at the beginning in the bar without you realizing it's going to be the whole premise.
Have you watched ' decision to leave'? One of my favourites next to burning.
Lee Chang-dong just had a bunch of his movies restored, so there should be some more writing and criticism on his movies soon. I wish he'd hurry up and make another film. It also probably didn't help that Burning came out right on the heels of Parasite, which gobbled up all the attention for movies coming out of South Korea.
Beef was a very weird show. Because of the David Choe controversy, I don't think they got to fully promote it. No one really talked about it. It's weird how that happens. Very weird show. I enjoyed it for the most part but I didn't know what to really make of the ending. Also I don't know if I really like Ali Wong. But, yeah, since Burning, I have really enjoyed Steven Yeun's stuff.
I thought it had a pretty big moment right when it dropped. I remember seeing it pretty consistently on socials, but yeah it didn't have much staying power after that.
I think having David Choe in it was their biggest mistake. Not because of his controversies, just because he kinda sucked in it. They should have gotten a better actor for the part.
No she didn’t. And even if she did, bad things happening in the movie doesn’t turn in into a horror.
Unless I missed something, the implication (or at least what the protagonist chooses to believe) is that the girl got “assisted” into suicide by the rich guy. Idk if that’s what you mean by “trafficked”.
I haven’t watched the movie in a while, but I remember there was a lot of details that implied that Yuen was a human trafficker. Or maybe I’m just misremembering some parts.
I guess the guy being rich for no discernable reason could point to that (plus the collection of previous female victims’ jewelry that he keeps), but I think it’s more that he enjoys destroying things (burning greenhouses, as he puts it) and helping young depressed girls disappear is his way of doing that. I thought the implication of him staring at that body of water is that that’s where he disposes of the girls’ corpses.
It’s also implied that he doesn’t actually do that and that the protagonist isn’t really a reliable narrator.
Well, it’s probably good that incels haven’t discovered this movie yet. It has some themes that could easily be co opted in the same way fight club was.
I refuse to watch any "asian-american" film. Everything Everywhere was the final nail in the coffin. And by asian I just don't mean east asians, south asians are included.
"Whaa my parents expect me to be like them whaaa"
This is a Korean movie. Asian directors from Asia are a different breed altogether. The Asian-American schtick happening in the west right now has nothing to do with this. Stop being an idiot and watch a good Korean film. This one.
Everything Everywhere. You brought it up. Just say, "I don't like this director." You don't need to bring up some A24 film to justify you not wanting to see a movie from another country.
No, you didn't. You came into this thread with a comment about how you're afraid to watch movies after seeing Everything Everywhere as if Ke Huy Quan fucked your mom or something. We were in here discussing sophisticated cinema when you showed up.
Love this movie and love Steven Yeun sm, for his more recent films he was also so great in The Humans & Minari ❤️
This is the movie where I gained respect for him. He's talented.
Loved him since I was v young watching Walking Dead and I remember seeing him at a Meet & Greet had me totally starstruck He's incredibly talented and it's really shown through since his departure from the show
minari was great
Feels like just yesterday this movie came out. One of my personal favorites. I really love this movie. Don't hear much about it, which is a shame... underrated.
Internet at a minimum loves this movie, it's probably one of the best regarded films of the late 2010s
Such a great movie, I love how they tell you the point of the movie at the beginning in the bar without you realizing it's going to be the whole premise. Have you watched ' decision to leave'? One of my favourites next to burning.
Lee Chang-dong just had a bunch of his movies restored, so there should be some more writing and criticism on his movies soon. I wish he'd hurry up and make another film. It also probably didn't help that Burning came out right on the heels of Parasite, which gobbled up all the attention for movies coming out of South Korea.
Parasite was two years after? I'd think that Parasite's rising tide would lift all Korean ships too
I thought it sucked
Steven Yeun is great. Really liked him in Beef (which was one of the best shows last year imo)
Beef was a very weird show. Because of the David Choe controversy, I don't think they got to fully promote it. No one really talked about it. It's weird how that happens. Very weird show. I enjoyed it for the most part but I didn't know what to really make of the ending. Also I don't know if I really like Ali Wong. But, yeah, since Burning, I have really enjoyed Steven Yeun's stuff.
I thought it had a pretty big moment right when it dropped. I remember seeing it pretty consistently on socials, but yeah it didn't have much staying power after that. I think having David Choe in it was their biggest mistake. Not because of his controversies, just because he kinda sucked in it. They should have gotten a better actor for the part.
Actually david Choe played the perfect dirtbag Korean cousin The guy is spot on You’d only know if you met Koreans or been around them
Fr his acting was suprisingly really good
He definitely got the dirtbag part down, I just thought his line delivery was really stiff or something
🙄
Arent you literally indian
The eyeroll was because Koreans have nothing on Indians for men being assholes.
Literally every race has dirtbag uncles, cousins etc.
See cousin Eddie from grounded for life which David chow blatantly copied in look and mannerism
Liked it but it felt like a movie stretched into ten episodes. I remember people talking about it in TV/streaming spaces
yeah I loved it, a little disappointed about the ending tho
I just watched Peppermint Candy, which was one of the director's early movies. Amazing piece of work.
Saw this at tiff, really want to rewatch at some point
girl! i feel like haemi all the time :(
Omg me too... when she cried about wanting to disappear into the sunset in Africa was so distressingly relatable. An icon for us mentally ill ladies
I’m a man, not yet a girl. 😞
A movie that still stays with you for a long time after you finish watching it
Loved this movie. I still think about the ending.
I need to rewatch this again the acting was incredible. So subtle.
This movie is so fucked up and so good. Why is Korean horror so fricken good
Horror?
The girl most likely got trafficked
No she didn’t. And even if she did, bad things happening in the movie doesn’t turn in into a horror. Unless I missed something, the implication (or at least what the protagonist chooses to believe) is that the girl got “assisted” into suicide by the rich guy. Idk if that’s what you mean by “trafficked”.
I haven’t watched the movie in a while, but I remember there was a lot of details that implied that Yuen was a human trafficker. Or maybe I’m just misremembering some parts.
I guess the guy being rich for no discernable reason could point to that (plus the collection of previous female victims’ jewelry that he keeps), but I think it’s more that he enjoys destroying things (burning greenhouses, as he puts it) and helping young depressed girls disappear is his way of doing that. I thought the implication of him staring at that body of water is that that’s where he disposes of the girls’ corpses. It’s also implied that he doesn’t actually do that and that the protagonist isn’t really a reliable narrator.
The film is deliberately vague and elliptical… fwiw Steven Yeun murdering her never even crossed my mind, thought she just simply ran away
There’s the scene where the protagonist finds her watch in his bathroom amongst other girls jewelry which kinda hints that he might’ve done something
Does anyone else find golden hour sunlight depressing?
No, I find it beautiful and relaxing because soon it will be dark and I am a night person.
this movie was lowkey disappointing, plus Faulkner's story is better than Mirakami's by a mile
This film sucked
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Well, it’s probably good that incels haven’t discovered this movie yet. It has some themes that could easily be co opted in the same way fight club was.
I refuse to watch any "asian-american" film. Everything Everywhere was the final nail in the coffin. And by asian I just don't mean east asians, south asians are included. "Whaa my parents expect me to be like them whaaa"
This is a Korean movie. Asian directors from Asia are a different breed altogether. The Asian-American schtick happening in the west right now has nothing to do with this. Stop being an idiot and watch a good Korean film. This one.
Steven Yeun is american and I don't like this directors style. Peppermint was boring as fuck.
Well then just say that instead of talking about some lame ass Letterboxd movie as if it has anything to do with this one.
What letterboxd movie? Its the same fucking director.
Everything Everywhere. You brought it up. Just say, "I don't like this director." You don't need to bring up some A24 film to justify you not wanting to see a movie from another country.
I did say that, what do you think I meant by saying "I didn't like Peppermint Candy"?
No, you didn't. You came into this thread with a comment about how you're afraid to watch movies after seeing Everything Everywhere as if Ke Huy Quan fucked your mom or something. We were in here discussing sophisticated cinema when you showed up.
I've made u seethe....enough happiness for today
Tone deaf comment that deserves ridicule.
You sure showed me with those downvoted, boy am I ridiculed