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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Korea has a lot of film festivals, but not that much interest in independent movies outside of that. The only independent movie house I know of has been playing Dirty Dancing nonstop for pretty well a year now, and just recently added a John Woo movie into the rotation. |
So I guess Bit Torrents are going to be my best friend, huh?
Is it a decent John Woo movie at least? |
It looks like they're showing A Better Tomorrow I and II. How are you at reading Korean subtitles? |
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Rteacher
Joined: 23 May 2005
Location: Western MA, USA
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| Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 4:06 am Post subject: |
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I haven't watched Appaloosa yet, but it seems to have a good cast (Viggo Mortensen, Ed Harris, and Renee Zellweger ...)
The last western I saw was a good one: 3:10 to Yuma with probably an even better cast - including Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, and Peter Fonda ... |
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MikeGrey
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Incheon
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| Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 4:45 am Post subject: |
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| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
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| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| Korea has a lot of film festivals, but not that much interest in independent movies outside of that. The only independent movie house I know of has been playing Dirty Dancing nonstop for pretty well a year now, and just recently added a John Woo movie into the rotation. |
So I guess Bit Torrents are going to be my best friend, huh?
Is it a decent John Woo movie at least? |
It looks like they're showing A Better Tomorrow I and II. How are you at reading Korean subtitles? |
Not very good to non existent. Oh well. Maybe while I'm desk warming I'll get a chance to study up, except my damn school keeps adding fing englishee camp classes to my schedule without telling me. |
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MikeGrey
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Incheon
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| Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 4:59 am Post subject: |
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| Rteacher wrote: |
I haven't watched Appaloosa yet, but it seems to have a good cast (Viggo Mortensen, Ed Harris, and Renee Zellweger ...)
The last western I saw was a good one: 3:10 to Yuma with probably an even better cast - including Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, and Peter Fonda ... |
The 3:10 to Yuma remake was decent, but man. The original is pretty awesome.
I think Ed Harris directed Appaloosa. Hope it's good. |
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koreajim
Joined: 21 Mar 2008
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 2:23 pm Post subject: |
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The movie selection might not be the best, but one thing that really frustrated me was not knowing what movies were playing until visiting the theater or asking a Korean to help. To fix this I just completed a movie listing and times. It's not the best (yet) but come and see:
Korea Movies:
http://esldaily.org/movies/Korea/
I tried to include as many cinemas and cities as possible. |
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pokesplort
Joined: 05 May 2008
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| Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 8:32 am Post subject: |
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| i just watched appaloosa and it was pretty good. but i hate renee zellweger and i feel she brings ever movie she's in down a bit. can't wait for the road! |
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loralh
Joined: 11 Nov 2008
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| If you do want to get out, or at least watch on a semi big screen, you can take a dvd to a dvd bang and watch it there. Not quite a cinematic experience but it does strike a balance between a good film and not on your computer. |
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rumdiary
Joined: 05 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 1:43 am Post subject: |
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Isu cinema usually has some good movies showing along with the same crappy stuff (The Day the Earth Stood Still, Tansporter 3) as all the other theaters. They usually have a different indie or foreign film showing each night of the week for one month and then they change them. I don't remember all the movies showing right now but I know Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Amelie are showing. Isu/Chonshin Uni. Station line 4, exit 13 walk straight cross a big intersection and its on your right.
The Seoul International Film Festival had some really good stuff (and most of it had English subtitles) last year so look for that in June. |
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