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[Gamecock]

Forgive me if this has already been discussed here on Dave's. It's been out in the theaters here in Korea for a few weeks and I just saw it today.

It's a bit of a silly comedy with a few good laughs, but worth seeing for folks in Korea. Jim Carey ought to be the new Hollywood hero adopted by Koreans after this film. He has at least 10-15 sentences in Korean, which really got the local audience going, even if most of the humor went over their heads.

[VanIslander]

one of three existential, meaning-of-life, smell-the-roses kind of films out now:

9/10 Seven Pounds with Will Smith is great but a bit somber of a flick
8/10 Yes Man with Jim Carey is pretty good with a bit of humour but stock acting
7/10 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a slow, plodding, retread of a film with good acting, decent premise (even though not much done with it) and some romantic chemistry.

[Chris_Dixon]

[the ireland]

[Ilsanman]

The Keanu Revves flick sucked ass.

So did Yes Man. And the fact that Koreans like it because he spoke a few words of 우리 말 just illustrates their insecurity.

[the ireland]

wow, just watched seven pounds, it was a very sad movie, i downloaded it cos it was a screener and is an excellent copy too, here is the address for it if you wanna watch it in the luxury of your apartment

http://www.mininova.org/tor/2139555

but don't blame me if you are crying at the end of it!!!

i also downloaded slumdog millionaire tonight too, got it at this address if anyone is interested.
http://www.mininova.org/com/2122478

seems like a pretty good copy too. I only flicked through it briefly to check out the picture quality but it is good, but the picture and audio quality of Seven pounds is excellent (thank god for oscar time when they release screeners for us to download )

[soul rebels]

i went to see yes man because nz comedian rhys darby was in it an the bit in the trailer where carey speaks korean seemed funny... that movie was shit jim carrey has made that exact same movie about four times now an he just faxed in a sub standard below par bruce almighty performance... 4 out of 10 at best.

one thing about the movie that got me thinking is rhys darby (from hbo show flight of the concords) ends up marrying a korea chick in the movie... that kind of seems true to life why do korea women like such geeky western dudes? i see so many gangly glasses wearing weird angular faced dungeons and dragons playing 20 and 30 something white dudes with decent looking korean women its not funny.. is that type forienger guys that most korean women wet thier panties for or something?

[espoir]

[RACETRAITOR]

Yes Man? You mean Liar Liar 2?

[RACETRAITOR]

[soul rebels]

liar liar, bruce almighty, truman show, yes man = the same movie

anyway revenge of the nerds never would have been made if it was set in korea because nerdlinger dweeberhansen can be a mackin pimp in korea!

[MikeGrey]

These movies are all terrible.

[Harpeau]

I really loved "Slumdog Millionaire". Really glad I saw it in a theater. I highly recommend it. 9/10

Really liked "Four Minutes" (German film) 7/10.

I thought "Yes Man" was funny, though a bit predictable. I think you have to be in a bit of a silly mood to enjoy it. 6/10.

"Marley & Me" was cute, but the book is better. Some will like it. 6/10.

[oni]

I really really want to see Slumdog Millionaire
What cinema is it playing at????

I saw The Visitor when i was home for Xmas it was great. An original wonderful story and superb acting

[Xuanzang]

Milk is an amazing movie. The trailer for Revolutionary Road reminds me of what you all are saying for Seven Pounds. Titanically depressing