luyendao

I find it a sign of the times, and really disappointing as far as cultural diversity, free speech goes, that this fine film has garnered so little attention at the box office, since it hardly played anywhere.

It is doubly strange that it should be nominated however for a few Oscar nods! I live up in Canada, and this movie was picked up by famous players, one of the two big cinema companies up here.

This movie is no doubt 'uncomfortable' for some Americans, i can totally understand that, and i wouldn't blame anybody for not liking it, but i think during these times, when everything can be labelled "un-american" or "un-patriotic", it's important to look at things that make us squirm a bit.

Sort of like the Borat movie, but in a more serious way.

Overall i greatly enjoyed this movie, i thought it could have been an even deeper movie, if Mr.eastwood hadn't tried so hard to bring some sort of moral cohesion, moral balance to the story. In that sense, i thought it was a bit forced at times - maybe if the film was 30 mins longer. But overall, a great achievement in content, and delivery.

I don't know so many Korean movies have a 'gangster' element in them, I sometimes wonder if that's really that way in Korea.

Regardless, this film is so powerful because of the relationship between father and daughter, and how they finally come to terms with each other. This is a great movie, because we can all relate to riffs in the family, and this doesn't sugar coat anything, but comes across quite raw, and sure to tug on your heart-strings.

I sincerely recommend this movie to anyone to the Korean-movie watcher or to someone who's never seen Korean movies before. It's one of the best Korean films i've seen in a while.