What film did you watch last night?

#Saraitda.

Yes, it's another Korean horror movie, and this time it has zombies (imagine my shock!)
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Alone in his family's apartment, Oh Joon-woo is disturbed by wacky shenanigns outside. People are running around the place like a bunch of nutters, biting and clawing at each other in a way that suggests something could be very wrong with South Korea. When a neighbour bursts in and rapidly turns into a zombie before his very eyes, Joon-woo realises he's in for a rough ride.

In the apartment block opposite Joon-woo's, Kim Yoo-bin finds herself facing the same dilemma. Can the two survivors somehow make contact, share resources, and plan an escape to a more secure location? Yes they can, and that's exactly what they do for the rest of the movie, and it's astonishingly dull to watch.

#Saraitda takes time to build atmosphere (which it does poorly) while consistently failing to build tension. The pacing is turgid at best, and the characters just aren't very interesting. There's a few obvious plot holes and a needless pinch of deus ex machina, but I could have overlooked these flaws if the story was engaging. The entire production feels rather flimsy and generic.

Thematically, #Saraitda doesn't have much to offer. Yes, it's an obvious commentary on the fragmentation of South Korean society, but so what? You could say that about any South Korean movie made in the past 15 years.

I rate #Saraitda at 13.32 on the Haglee Scale, which works out as a mediocre 4/10 on IMDB.
 
Luckiest Girl Alive

The trailer didn't set the scene up for what the film actually shows! Very direct, quite troubling scenes but an underlying message. The MSM would have you believe that viewers were switching it off within the first 40 minutes but I think that's more the media being the media and stirring controversy etc.

Decent movie, some sensitive scenes but other movies have shown worse.

Mila Kunis both present day and young in the movie played their roles excellently.

7/10.
 
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Hellraiser - fairly average - 5/10 - I liked the attempt to add something new with regards the use of the configuration box but it never really landed. Most of my points are for the fact all the gore/violence is practical and not CGI.

Never felt like the lead was actually in any real danger, with the original movie you always felt like Kirsty could lose at any point.
 
This is England - 7.5/10

Not got around to watching this before, but having really got into Stephen Graham recently I decided to go back and watch some of his earlier stuff.

Enjoyed the film and thought it gave a very good portrayal of the poor depressive state of Britain in the 80's. Going to carry on and watch all the series that followed on from it.
 
Freakbro said:
This is England - 7.5/10

Not got around to watching this before, but having really got into Stephen Graham recently I decided to go back and watch some of his earlier stuff.

Enjoyed the film and thought it gave a very good portrayal of the poor depressive state of Britain in the 80's. Going to carry on and watch all the series that followed on from it.
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Shane Meadows is the man. Great film, I liked the TV series better than the film personally. As it explored more areas and the years gone by. And love the poster for This is England '90, rave culture etc etc. Man I miss the 90's

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Huxton said:
Shane Meadows is the man. Great film, I liked the TV series better than the film personally. As it explored more areas and the years gone by. And love the poster for This is England '90, rave culture etc etc. Man I miss the 90's
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I was about the post the same, the series is better than the movie for sure, however by it's nature of the extended runtime, it allows a lot more story to be told and expands the characters nicely. However @Freakbro be warned, there are some extremely bleak moments.
 
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