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The Unjust (2010) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Mean System

Posted on October 30, 2010 by kaist455

There is one scene that strikes me hard in the middle of “The Unjust”. It is one of many unjust things happening on the screen, but none of two main characters who occupy that scene is someone we are … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Corruption, Drama, Korean Movie, Police, Presecutor, Serial Killing | 1 Comment

Motel Hell (1980) ☆☆☆(3/4) : It’s “tastier” than you think!

Posted on October 26, 2010 by kaist455

You will probably be repulsed by the premise of “Motel Hell”(1980). I talked about it to the peers in my lab in last week and they were all understandably disgusted. However, the movie is a lot funnier than you think. … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Butchery, Cannibalism, Chainsaw, Farm, Garden, Horror | 8 Comments

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4) : Gordon Gekko Strikes Back?

Posted on October 23, 2010 by kaist455

Despite considerable expectation before its release, Oliver Stone’s “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” is a little disappointing. It criticizes the current situation more or less than it chronicles the recent financial crisis at Wall Street. The movie begins to lose … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Drama, Family, Finance, Wall Street | 4 Comments

Those Autumn Days

Posted on October 18, 2010 by kaist455

Photographed on 2009/11/15

Posted in Photos | Tagged Autumn, KAIST | 1 Comment

Cats and geese in Autumn days

Posted on October 5, 2010 by kaist455

While cats became ingratiating when a tuna can was around, urban avian gangs hung around the campus.
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The President’s Analyst (1967) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : The loneliest (and the most paranoidal) analyst in the world

Posted on October 1, 2010 by kaist455

While it is one or two steps behind “Dr. Strangelove”, “The President’s Analyst”(1967) is a very good black comedy sniggering at Cold War paranoid. Maybe it is not as ruthless as that great comedy, but the movie romps cheerfully on its subjects with a take-no-prisoner attitude. And during this loony joy ride, we eventually discover that the movie foretold something very accurate more than 40 years ago.
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Posted in Movies | Tagged Analyst, Comedy, Communication technology, Conspiracy, Paranoid, President, Psychology, Spy | 6 Comments

My first movie review in English

Posted on September 27, 2010 by kaist455

This is my first movie review written on 08/12/07. I found several errors, but I decided to keep them intact. By the way, the movie was one of the worst Korean movies of the last decade. I initally gave the movie one and half stars out of some pity, but I want to give it BOMB now. The movie was far worse than “The Last Airbender”. Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Dragon, Fantasy | 3 Comments

Educating Rita (1983) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4) : When the movie doesn’t believe in characters

Posted on September 26, 2010 by kaist455

The main problem of Lewis Gilbert’s “Educating Rita”(1983) is it does not believe in its two characters much. If the movie just had concentrated on the dynamics between these interesting people, the result could have been a lot, or a little at least, better than what we get now. However, it pads their story with useless elements, and that is the major mistake of this movie. Whenever it does not have two good characters created by two fabulous performers on the screen, the movie loses its power in most cases, and, alas, that happens quite frequently throughout the story. While enjoying good parts of it, I lost my interest minute by minute. Continue reading →