From: miles@gnu.org   
      
   Ping Kuo  writes:   
   > well, I have to admit, I spoiled it, I watch that film about a year   
   > ago, the first half is so slow I end up watching most of the film on   
   > 4x speed, so, no, it does not have the same impact on me as most   
   > people had, and IMDB can attest, most responses are similiar to yours.   
   > thinking it is a great film.   
      
   One difference might be that I saw it in a theater.  Besides the obvious   
   inability to hit fast-forward, I think the "theater experience" (lack of   
   distractions, big screen) really helps sometimes.   
      
   [I generally don't watch horror on DVD for this reason.  Stuff which is   
   compelling (for whatever reason) on a big screen in a theater can just   
   fall flat on a little screen with the remote sitting next to you...]   
      
   I don't regard the way they did it as "cheating" BTW -- you can't expect   
   film to always be a literal recording of events, because that's not what   
   _we_ see either (the very first scene in the movie even telegraphs this   
   a bit).  In any case, it was extraordinarily effective:  the shocker is   
   the realization of what the _reality_ is (the reality is the real   
   horror), and the realization of what the rest of the movie meant.   
      
   I think that's why I found it more effective than typical horror films,   
   which by and large -- even if shocking and scary and creepy -- are in   
   the end still obviously just making stuff up.  Tansu, by contrast,   
   _seems_ like it's one of those "typical" films, but then at the end   
   manages to switch your perception from "oohhh creepy!" to real shock in   
   one deft twist.  I at least was completely unprepared for that.   
   ...*shudder*...   
      
   > check out My Sassy Girl and Volcano High, two other Korean   
   > blockbusters, while I don't think they are the greatest as many people   
   > claimed, (10 out of 10 is just out of line.)   
      
   Yeah, I've been meaning to watch My Sassy Girl, everybody seems to love   
   it.   
      
   Another Korean film I saw recently was "大変な結婚".  I was rather   
   confused by it (no english subtitles, way too many little cultural   
   jokes), but with occasional explanations from the (Korean) person I was   
   watching with, it was still very fun -- lots of broad silly humor mixed   
   well with sarcastic Korean attitude.   
      
   http://www.tsutaya.co.jp/item/movie/view_v.zhtml?pdid=10048619   
      
   -Miles   
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   My spirit felt washed.  With blood.  [Eli Shin, on "The Passion of the Christ"]   
      
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