Best movies last two years

Boa2,,,yes indeed Paper Clips! Nice to see you back in this thread.

not sure if it was 2 or 3 yrs ago but Waking Life and Old Boy...u have to see them'

Waking Life by Richard Linklater: animation over real "life" images: philosophy, humor, nonesense, curious

Old Boy: A Korean movie that Quentin Tarantino loves and would not have the guts to make. brillian revenge story

Yes indeed BOA2...by the way did you know a vry popular (in Korea, Japan and increasingly rest of Asia) Korean singer (I think she is about 19) in the Brittney Spears mold...her name is also BOA? Can u dance?

Old Boy is middle movie of a trilogy of revenge theme movies by the same director: its the best one of the lot but the other two are pretty good too...the first was Sympathy for the Devil (but has nothing to do w/ the Stones) and the other I think was titled the Revenge of Ms Lee or something. Saw the first one which was quite good.

Sure Boa2. Any time. There has been a revolution Korean film over recent years...not all great but some really worth seeing. The same director Kang also had a huge hit with film called "JSA" ...not revenge but more of a human drama regarding the North-South Korea divide. Its basically some soldiers bonding despite their differences but politics come in ruin the warming....other Korean films worth checking out are

Shiri- love story, North-South Korea divide, terrorism, tear jerker...the one that started the whole movement
Silmido - based on a real event, a massacre motivated by political cover up
Oasis - tear jerker love story about one who is physically challenged and a criminal...awared best actress in 02 Venice Film Festival
Memories of Murder - mystery based in Korea in the 70s: also about new Western "scientific" method investigating vs old tradtinal Korean bully-style
RPoint: a horror story based in the Vietnam war
Friend : a story about friendship from childhood to death among gangsters in the 70s

By the way Boa2...if want, DVDs available on all cited...see DVDAsian.com

Boa 2: Memories of a Murder...indeed. The lead actor is quite famous in Korea and is also the same guy in the second of the revenge trilogy we had discussed awhile back: Sympathy for the Devil. Have you seen Lady Vengeance yet? Another really good Korean movie is Silmido..base on a true event. Very shocking and moving at the same time... a sad time in Korea's history.

Boa2, just saw Sympathy for Lady Vengeance yesterday, the third and last of the trilogy. Very good again. The twist that occurs 3/4 into the movie is brilliant and explores the emotion and idea of real vengeance in all of us most effectively.

more recently...not a movie per se, but the update on what is I think perhaps the greatest documentary of all time 7 up....this year 49 up. Basically a documentary about kids of different social classes in the UK...revisit them every 7 years: started at age 7, most recent one in 49 years of age...simply amazing: crucially, not judgemental nor preachy....we see them for ourselves and make our own judgments....started out as a comment on social classes but now really about life itself. Most highly recommended. Make sure you see the whole thing starting with 7 Up.

A few favorites recently: Into The wild, The Lives of Others, Kite Runner.

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