alice_frye
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The Seaside Motel is trapped in the mountains, without even enough water to serve their guests 24 hours a day, much less having a view of a body of water of any kind.
The plot centers on the misadventures of the occupants of four rooms at the dirty, run down motel over the course of one very eventful night. A cheerful hooker accidentally calls on the wrong room and wins the heart of a young cosmetics salesman. A wealthy married couple, middle aged man and pretty young wife, suffer from his erectile dysfunction and go about solving the problem in the wrong ways. A man deceives his bar hostess date, who happens to be a germ freak, and, finally, a gambler in debt to the Yakuza and his girlfriend, with endless and annoying questions, receive a visit from Yakuza bill collectors.
What the Japanese filmmakers can do better than almost anyone else is give Fate a "last chance" workout a la The Biggest Loser. While not as funny, in my opinion, as Survive Style 5, Seaside Motel manipulates the fates of the various room occupants to collide in similar fashion.
Overall, I found it a fun movie to distract me from other concerns.
The plot centers on the misadventures of the occupants of four rooms at the dirty, run down motel over the course of one very eventful night. A cheerful hooker accidentally calls on the wrong room and wins the heart of a young cosmetics salesman. A wealthy married couple, middle aged man and pretty young wife, suffer from his erectile dysfunction and go about solving the problem in the wrong ways. A man deceives his bar hostess date, who happens to be a germ freak, and, finally, a gambler in debt to the Yakuza and his girlfriend, with endless and annoying questions, receive a visit from Yakuza bill collectors.
What the Japanese filmmakers can do better than almost anyone else is give Fate a "last chance" workout a la The Biggest Loser. While not as funny, in my opinion, as Survive Style 5, Seaside Motel manipulates the fates of the various room occupants to collide in similar fashion.
Overall, I found it a fun movie to distract me from other concerns.
If you liked Oldboy, you'll like this film.
I hated Oldboy, if that's any indicator of how I felt about The Man From Nowhere. I think some of the Korean directors are going for distinction in the "Cruelest of Asians" category, judging from the content of many recent films from Korea. And frankly, I worry about sharing the planet with the people who have given this movie rave reviews and high rating numbers.
This film is excessively violent and graphic, and I just could not watch the final moments. I'm already concerned that some of the images might stick unwanted in my memory.
That said, the lead actor, Bin Won (who was brilliant in Tae Guk Gi in 2004) and the little girl who played Some turned in awesome performances. Where do they find these brilliant children? This little scamp will tear your heart out, just as she did for her neighbor in the film.
I think what really bothers me about films like this is that threatening to commit the kind of cruelties they carry out here would be sufficient. Instead, nothing is left to the imagination, which is frightening enough. It's all played out in very gory fashion.
Just want to warn you, if you're a lover and not a sadistic fighter.
I hated Oldboy, if that's any indicator of how I felt about The Man From Nowhere. I think some of the Korean directors are going for distinction in the "Cruelest of Asians" category, judging from the content of many recent films from Korea. And frankly, I worry about sharing the planet with the people who have given this movie rave reviews and high rating numbers.
This film is excessively violent and graphic, and I just could not watch the final moments. I'm already concerned that some of the images might stick unwanted in my memory.
That said, the lead actor, Bin Won (who was brilliant in Tae Guk Gi in 2004) and the little girl who played Some turned in awesome performances. Where do they find these brilliant children? This little scamp will tear your heart out, just as she did for her neighbor in the film.
I think what really bothers me about films like this is that threatening to commit the kind of cruelties they carry out here would be sufficient. Instead, nothing is left to the imagination, which is frightening enough. It's all played out in very gory fashion.
Just want to warn you, if you're a lover and not a sadistic fighter.
