Came well recommended - very much enjoyed, a different premise, but some interesting correlations with "The Parasite", also Korean and much applauded this year. Now - a bit of a meta analysis below - so don't click the read more unless you want major spoilers...
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Watching it, again, it's been a long time.
This is an excellent movie. Even so, the version I watched, corrupted and edited (read "Dumbed Down") for the North American audience - deserves a lot better than the reviews it's gotten. And I was disappointed in the ending - the original ending I had seen - well, it was different, but I'll leave no spoilers. If you've never seen it make it a holiday staple.
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Good. The digital effects, a bit off, watching Robert DeNiro taken back to a younger version of himself - not - just not right. Otherwise a good history of the US from the 50's forward, strung on the story told by Charles Brandt - the classic unreliable narrator who people will believe if only because his point of view became a movie (I'd suggest reading a little criticism of it...the movie is better than the source material, and that doesn't necessarily make it true...).
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This was more than a little bit disturbing. A peculiar film, with some surreal and humorous moments, not critique-able with normal film standards, more a vehicle for the insanity of Nicholas Cage. Worthwhile, after the fashion of an entertaining nightmare, I'd give it a review of "Nicholas Cage turns it up to 11", and that about sums it up.
I should note that while I found it disturbing, for many people it's just another day in Middle America, and therein lies the horror...
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