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The Good, The Bad, The Weird - Post Release

post #1 of 27
5/17/10 at 1:29am
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I searched and wasn't able to find a post release thread anywhere, just an ancient pre-release thread.

I don't know if you guys know this or not, but you need to see this movie. Plain and simple. If you see a more entertaining movie this summer, then whatever it is you saw is a classic, and it's a good time to be a cinephile.

The energetic filmmaking on display, the cinematogrpahy, the score, the acting, the richness of the sets and costumes (fuck, the production values all around) were fantastic through and through. It's not flawless, I thought there was some really unnecessary back story stuff shoehorned in, particularly at the end. And some of the action was hard to make out amidst the kinetic editing/camera work, though those moments are relatively few. Most of the time I was really, really impressed with both. But my complaints are minor in the face of what is otherwise an extremely satisfying feast for the senses.

I am someone who did not like Western Sukiyaki Django. The two films are not similar in the least. You will leave the theater with a smile on your face, a hop in your step, and a reaffirmation of just how much fun going to movies can be. Do yourself a favor, and go see it.
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post #2 of 27
5/17/10 at 1:38am
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Anyone else seen this? Thoughts?
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post #3 of 27
5/17/10 at 1:40am
I saw this at the theater last week and I absolutely loved it. Super fun and energetic. I was totally satisfied with the movie, really jazzed in fact, but then while walking out the usher told me that they cut out the entire ending and a bunch of stuff throughout the movie and I was saddened.

I guess I'll have to import it or something, unless they put the full version on the US DVD.
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post #4 of 27
5/17/10 at 1:54am
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I'm surprised IFC would pull something like that. Maybe that explains why I felt some of the backstory stuff was unnecessarily wedged into the film right at the end.

ETA:
I found this which explains some things, like why something felt a little bit off with the ending (aside from my issue with the "Finger Cutter").
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post #5 of 27
5/17/10 at 2:22am
I was fine with the last minute backstory--it was right out of ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST--but yeah, it did feel like there was one more resolving scene missing at the end. I just chalked it up with the Koreans being a bunch of weirdos, though.

I had a blast with the film. On the way out, I mused that this was the ball out insane Leone tribute Robert Rodriguez has been trying so hard to make his entire career, and more than likely will never pull off.
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post #6 of 27
5/17/10 at 2:28am
This went straight to dvd here a couple of months ago. I'm thinking I may just have to bite the bullet and blind buy it. It sounds so far up my alley as to be giving me a tummy ache.
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post #7 of 27
5/17/10 at 7:15am
This movie is fantastic, I cant stop watching the blu-ray lately.

Straight to DVD in the US? what a crime...
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post #8 of 27
5/17/10 at 7:15am
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Originally Posted by Lloyd Dobler View Post
This movie is fantastic, I cant stop watching the blu-ray lately.

Straight to DVD in the US? what a crime...
...not the US...
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post #9 of 27
5/17/10 at 7:46am
It's a lot of fun, yeah. Important to keep in mind that it's almost as much Indiana Jones style adventure movie as it is Leone tribute.
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post #10 of 27
5/20/10 at 1:14pm
Yes, this is more of a pure action film than a Leone mood piece. One of the better ones of the last few years, though, and the blu-ray looks fantastic.
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post #11 of 27
5/21/10 at 12:53am
This just finished playing at my theatre for a week. It is my favorite film lately and I would love to get the international version and the soundtrack. Has anyone seen the soundtrack?
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post #12 of 27
5/21/10 at 5:25am
This film was such a surprise, honestly more fun than I've had with a film in ages. The moment the soundtrack kicks in at the beginning, you know you're in for something special.
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post #13 of 27
6/4/10 at 3:43am
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it's almost as much Indiana Jones style adventure movie as it is Leone tribute.
Just watched it (took me long enough) and this is exactly what I felt throughout. It's a better contemporary INDIANA JONES movie than the actual contemporary INDIANA JONES movie. A total blast.
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post #14 of 27
6/4/10 at 3:59am
My neighborhood theater is showing starting tomorrow. Better yet, my girlfriend really wants to see it too. Can't wait.
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post #15 of 27
6/4/10 at 4:06am
You're lucky, I ended up being out of town for the one week it was playing at my local theater and I probably wouldn't have been able to get anyone to go with me even if I'd been around. Thank god for IFC on demand though.
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post #16 of 27
6/4/10 at 9:19am
I saw this on Blu-ray last month and loved it. The chase across the desert is amazing.
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post #17 of 27
6/4/10 at 9:33am
Original thread is here

http://www.chud.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2831541

My original thoughts

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Song Kang-ho is so fucking good in this, but praise has to be given to Lee Byung-hun who is actually kind of great as the bad. It's a very twitchy performance but something about it really worked for me, especially his insane eyes towards the end of the film.

It's a weird film in that it takes about forty minutes to actually pull itself together, the opening sequence on the train has cool little moments and never really gels together. In fact it's only when we get to the knife fight and extended gun fight in Market Town that the film hits its stride. But that sequence and the chase sequence at the end are so good it sort of makes up for its lacklustre opening.

It's a surprisingly funny film but it does that patented Korean thing of having one scene which completely fucks the tone, in this case the Bad stopping to chop off some fingers. But when it's in action-comedy mode the film is near faultless and that final chase scene, whilst derirative as all hell, gave me visions of what a modern, big budget Indiana Jones setpiece should look like.
Whilst I agree with past-Spike about how great Song Kang-ho (he's probably one of the great actors working today) is and how much fun Lee Byung-hun is I think past-Spike is being a complete fucktard when it comes to the pacing.

Subsequent watches reveal that opening train setpiece to be absolutely fantastic and the only real 'drag' that movie suffers from is within the time between it and the town shoot out.

I still think this is one of the better action films of the aughts. Love all the practical FX work and it gives stuff like the town shootout and that insane desert chase a real sense of vitality and danger when you can see that it's all stunt men and hydraulics.
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post #18 of 27
6/22/10 at 7:49pm
Saw this at the Bijou theater last night. I seriously, seriously doubt that I will have a better time with any movie this summer, easily one of the best action films of the aughts. Not even a question. It was especially sweet to see a friend of mine going fucking nuts over it, I had to peel her off the ceiling she was having such a blast and I totally fed off of that.
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post #19 of 27
6/22/10 at 7:57pm
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Originally Posted by Spike Marshall View Post
I still think this is one of the better action films of the aughts. Love all the practical FX work and it gives stuff like the town shootout and that insane desert chase a real sense of vitality and danger when you can see that it's all stunt men and hydraulics.
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Saw this at the Bijou theater last night. I seriously, seriously doubt that I will have a better time with any movie this summer, easily one of the best action films of the aughts. Not even a question. It was especially sweet to see a friend of mine going fucking nuts over it, I had to peel her off the ceiling she was having such a blast and I totally fed off of that.
Sold. Gotta track this down.
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post #20 of 27
6/23/10 at 3:05am
You haven't seen it yet Jake?

As far as I'm concerned, these guys are underselling it, it's such a freaking blast. Wish there was a R1 Blu...
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post #21 of 27
6/23/10 at 3:59am
This is such a great movie. The train sequence and the sequences in the village are great fun, but nothing beats the balls to the wall, INSANE desert chase at the end. It's so much fun, and it just goes on and gets bigger and better.
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post #22 of 27
7/18/10 at 7:19pm
From the "It's About Fucking Time" department

R1 DVD August 17:

http://www.mpihomevideo.com/Store/De...p?ProdID=10664
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post #23 of 27
7/19/10 at 2:52pm
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Wish there was a R1 Blu...
There is Aug 17th, can't wait.
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post #24 of 27
8/20/10 at 2:34am

Bump

Holy shit that climactic desert chase was fucking amazing. Some of the craziest horse stunts I've seen in long, long time (and displaces Kill Bill for the 'Best Use of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"' award).

Shame about those missing scenes. I guess I'll have to try and track down a region free blu of the original cut.
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post #25 of 27
8/29/10 at 4:58pm
Glad this is out on R1, unlike "A Bittersweet Life" (from the same director, and a great movie too). I watched this on YouTube months ago and I'm certainly thinking about picking this up on DVD. Even better than Takashi Miike's "Sukiyaki Western Django", though both movies are different in many ways.
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post #26 of 27
7/27/11 at 4:18pm
You really missed out watching this on fucking Youtube. Wait until you can watch it on the biggest screen possible. I don't know if I agree with Tarantino that it's 'the best directed movie ever' but it's a blast. I was cackling out loud sometimes at the crazy kinetic energy of it. Now what can he do with old-man Arnie?
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post #27 of 27
7/27/11 at 5:33pm

I love love this movie. Kim Jee-woon can shoot anything, it seems. Sadly, the US IFC blu is a travesty. I can't believe he's making a movie with Ah-nuld next. It's like some crazy nightmare.

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