My Grading System

A+ = Masterpiece (I hold back on this one.) / A = Great. / A- = Really Good. / B+ = Good. / B = Decent (Serviceable). / B- = Flawed but okay (For those times there's something redeeming about the work). / C+ = Not very good (Skip it). C = Bad. / C- = Awful. / F = Complete Disaster (I hold back on this one too).

Note on Spoilers: I will try to avoid ruining a story by going into too much detail. But if I wish to include some revealing points to my analysis I will try to remember to add a separate spoiler paragraph.

Monday, December 19, 2011

Uncle Boomee Who Recalls his Past Lives (2011)

I'm a huge fan of surrealism in storytelling and was excited when I heard about this Korean film and its a surrealistic approach.   The problem is that I'm not a fan of slow moving films.  This film is just slooooow.  I've also read that it's like a David Lynch film but he somehow can get away with his pacing because he injects so much mood and intense eeriness in his films that you're never bored.   Here I was loving what was happening but then nothing would happen as I kept waiting for something to happen.  I can't say it's a bad film though, it's infused with many wonderful moments.  The scene with the catfish was fantastic.  I just hated the overall pacing and because of that can't recommend it to anyone (unless they love weird films and have had an espresso shot). Grade: B
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