Comments on: Film review – The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008) http://blog.cinemaautopsy.com/2009/10/03/film-review-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-2008/ Film reviews, criticism and discussion by Thomas Caldwell Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:17:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Thomas Caldwell http://blog.cinemaautopsy.com/2009/10/03/film-review-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-2008/#comment-895 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:12:03 +0000 http://blog.cinemaautopsy.com/?p=2837#comment-895 I love The Happiness of the Katakuris! It’s one of my favourite Takashi films. I haven’t seen A Quiet Family either.

You know what? I really didn’t think much of A Tale of Two Sisters, although it is better than the very limp Hollywood remake, The Uninvited. However, I’m willing to concede that my dislike of A Tale of Two Sisters has a lot to do with the circumstances under which I saw it – extremely tired, in a crap cinema and during a time when I was getting a bit sick of Japanese and Korean horror in general.

I’ve actually got a list of films that I don’t like but am aware that everybody else likes and A Tale of Two Sisters is on it. All the films on that list are films where I suspect my disliking them is more due to my own inability to appreciate them at the time. One day I’ll work my way through the list in order to give them all a reappraisal.

]]> By: David O'Connell http://blog.cinemaautopsy.com/2009/10/03/film-review-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-2008/#comment-892 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:43:04 +0000 http://blog.cinemaautopsy.com/?p=2837#comment-892 I think I’d give it around 4 stars too Thomas. He’s an amazing director. I’m going to watch A Tale of Two Sisters again soon, it’s one of the creepier horror films of recent years I think. He seems set to master nearly every genre he takes aim at. (I’ve successfully avoided the American remake of TOTS so far too, not wanting to spoil the great memories I have of the original!)

I’ve never seen his first film A Quiet Family but I fell madly in love with Takashi Miike’s loose remake, The Happiness of the Katakuris. Now that was insane brilliance! :)

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