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Ipsae (2001)
Beautiful for me, maybe not for others
This movie is very slow and silent. I think some people could find it dull and boring, and when I think of it, maybe even illogical in some ways. But the cinematography and the style generally was, for me, totally overwhelming.
I think it definitely has some 'mistakes', I mean - maybe the real people wouldn't behave this way at those circumstances. But, if you are able to believe it, it will become a beautiful story.
As a strong fan of sad romantic movies, I must say that maybe I've seen better ones, but Ipsae has its own strength. It's possible - and probable - that it's main plot theme was used by someone, somewhere, before, but I have never seen it so far. And because it was quite innovative for me, I was moved.
Cheoleobtneun anaewa paramanjanhan nampyeon geurigo taekwon sonyeo (2002)
Not so bad
Before watching this movie, I read the comment here and the vote summary, and I thought it would be the worst movie ever. But the truth is that it's not.
Bizarre love triangle is not an excellent movie in any way; it can be bad if it's treated as a comedy, maybe. When I finally watched it, I forgot that it should be comedy; I assumed it's a little bit cheesy drama, and it was alright.
There are some laughs, there are some sad events, I've definitely seen much worse pieces of cinema.
I can't fully recommend it, but it's a fine movie when you've nothing else to do.
Juet sai ho bun (2004)
Excellent movie, by my opinion
This movie is an romantic comedy, which tells story of the unemployed ex-policeman, who is hired as a bodyguard to rich 'miss wealthy' Gigi Leung.
I loved this movie from the beginning to the end. Funny scenes are really funny, sad scenes are sad, acting is (at least) very good. It's not a complicated movie (if you check the whole plot, you can see it's a bit simple), but it's still excellent. I've seen many quite similar movies lately, and this one is really good.
I think it's a best pick for anyone who likes the romantic-comedy movies. Maybe you will like some other more, but this one won't be bad for sure.
I recommend it.
Shurayukihime (2001)
great in its simplicity
Well, I like watching all easter-asian movies, so I came to watch this one too. I expected nothing extraordinary about this one, I treated it as another Hong-Kong action movie with cute girl as main character. When I saw it, I was surprised. This movie IS Hong-Kong action movie blah blah blah..., but I think although it comes from this generally not-so-good genre, it's quite good. In the borders of the HongKong-action-movie style, it is excellent.
Story is simple, but I don't think it is so much important in this type of movies. What really matters in these are action scenes, and I think they're very good. From the choreographic point of view, there was nothing wrong and that is enough to think that this is not a bad film in its category.
In addition, it has an emotional side. I know it's quite simple (after all, this is not a complicated-romantic-story etc.), but in the end I cried a bit thinking of sad fate of Yuki. And I must point out that movies don't make me cry very often.
So, my summary is that if you expect absolutely great movie, you can be disappointed; if you expect regular action movie, I think you will love this one. I do.