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My names Katie, I'm reasonably new to ciao, I write reviews on all sorts of products, but mainl...
Hi!
My names Katie, I'm reasonably new to ciao, I write reviews on all sorts of products, but mainly health and beauty items, as I'm a bit of an addict!
Member since:20.11.2004
Reviews:7
I bought the two disk dvd of this film from Amazon, as I am very much into asian horror films and had been waiting in eager anticipation to see it.
Without giving too much of the plot away, the story starts with two sisters Su-mi (Im Soo-jung) and Su-yeon (Moon Geun-young) returning home after a mysterious illness. The relationship between the sisters is extremely close, and Su-mi is very protective of her younger sister. When they arrive back at the house, strange and unsettling things begin to happen. It is difficult to explain the film as it contains alot of twists, and also visual imagery which is important to the plot.
Kim Jee-woon's A Tale of Two Sisters was one of the most terrifying films I've seen in recent years, It created a tense atmosphere that I haven't experienced in a film before. It is beautifully filmed, and It almost felt like watching a piece of artwork. Slightly different from the Japanese horror films I've seen, this Korean film had an almost animated quality to it, The house where the film is set is incredible, and though it appears beautiful from the outside, when you are taken inside, it has an almost stifling quality.
I also found the film very moving in many ways, alot of the time just from images shown, but also parts of the story which I wont reveal, but I did shed a tear on more than one occasion.
I couldn't fault the film in any way, the acting is superb and the camerawork is fantastic. I will say that I did find the film quite confusing in some places, I had to stop and think about it after the film had ended, this is not a negative thing though, it's nice to have that with films sometimes. I also think that people who watch this will interpret it in different ways, none of them necessarily wrong. The film will definately leave your imagination flowing for days afterwards.
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Our sorrow was conceived long before our birth...' When sisters Su-mi (Lim Soo-jeong) and ... more
Su-yeon (Mun Geun-yeong) return home from a sanitarium having supposedly recovered their health their stepmother Eun-joo (Yum Jung-ah) welcomes them back. Howev...
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Following the death of their mother, sisters Su-mi and Su-yeon are sent to convalesce in a ... more
mental hospital. When they are released, they are greeted by their father and taken home. Once there, it becomes obvious that this isn't the wholesome family uni...
Advantages: Some excellent scenes that aren't likely to leave you any time soon. Disadvantages: An unsatisfactory ending - even by horror film standards!
Advantages: Some excellent scenes that aren't likely to leave you any time soon. Disadvantages: An unsatisfactory ending - even by horror film standards!
Advantages: The acting and emotions show by the two sister is remarkable Disadvantages: Obviously not for children view as it includes some hair raising scenes too.
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Jan 25th, 2005
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