Review - Three . . . Extremes
Jan. 6th, 2009 02:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
akaihyoThree . . . Extremes, a set of three Asian 'horror' pieces by different directors, presented in this order:
Dumplings by far the most disturbing and sinister of the pieces (though they are all disturbing). What price beauty? A perfect piece for the Legend of the Five Rings setting, showing how people can be seduced and corrupted by dark promises. My Grade: C+/B-
Cut, the longest sequence, at least it feels the longest. Clever in that the main character is a director and obviously intended to be 'realistic' and 'edgy' but is ultimate pointless and stupid but engaging while watching because you hope that something will happen that will make it all make some sort of sense . . . but it does not at the end mean anything. I advise skipping this one entirely. My Grade: D
Box, the cinematography is amazing, it is beautifully filmed and what seems to be the story is disturbing and twisted (in many ways) but I found the twist ending, well, dumb, but![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
doji_kumoko sort of liked it. So, your perception on that will determine how much you like this one. Still, visually a treat. My Grade: C+
My advice, skip Cut, and watch Box and then Dumplings. If you must watch all three, watch Cut first, so you can get the taste of stupid out of your mind by the end of it all. Overall grade: C-/C
Dumplings by far the most disturbing and sinister of the pieces (though they are all disturbing). What price beauty? A perfect piece for the Legend of the Five Rings setting, showing how people can be seduced and corrupted by dark promises. My Grade: C+/B-
Cut, the longest sequence, at least it feels the longest. Clever in that the main character is a director and obviously intended to be 'realistic' and 'edgy' but is ultimate pointless and stupid but engaging while watching because you hope that something will happen that will make it all make some sort of sense . . . but it does not at the end mean anything. I advise skipping this one entirely. My Grade: D
Box, the cinematography is amazing, it is beautifully filmed and what seems to be the story is disturbing and twisted (in many ways) but I found the twist ending, well, dumb, but
doji_kumoko sort of liked it. So, your perception on that will determine how much you like this one. Still, visually a treat. My Grade: C+My advice, skip Cut, and watch Box and then Dumplings. If you must watch all three, watch Cut first, so you can get the taste of stupid out of your mind by the end of it all. Overall grade: C-/C