Just when it was going so well... - Sei mong se jun (2004) Discussion

[–] gs150 18 years ago

Both films have 2004 release dates, and while I realise Asian films are made much faster than anything in the US, I refute your claim in the very fact that no one was given the chance to cut off/maim/potentially kill themselves or another in an attempt to save themselves. That's simply one of the worst comparisions I've ever read.

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[–] dodrade 18 years ago

I believe it is a rough but fair comparision.

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[–] presentlygifted 18 years ago

Actually that's a pretty good comparison. Not exactly just like in every way Saw, of course not. But that's the feeling you get when the credits roll. Like, wtf was that?

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[–] advantage6000 18 years ago

I reluctantly agree...

The first three-quarters of the film were just mesmerizing, but I can't deny the sudden "switch" in the tone of the film. Don't get me wrong, the remaining quarter wasn't garbage...it was just...I don't know...different than what I was expecting.

I was expecting her obsession to reach a climax on its own (similar to the pacing of Maria Sal Vant's "In My Skin"), so I was caught a bit off-guard by the whole third-party-serial-killer-thing...

Regardless, I enjoyed it.

I purchased it the next day.

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[–] chessclubgroupi5 18 years ago

The only thing that I really found comparible to "Saw" was the visual setting. Sure the main character broke her "addiction"(to death) at the end and realized the errors in her ways, much like some of the victems of Saw, but it didn't really have anything else in common.

"Snakes on a Plane", just the title would make Dr. Seuss orgasm 12 times.

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[–] supatips 17 years ago

Really enjoyed the first hour of the film then it started to get a bit silly and the ending was garbage I was very dissapointed

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[–] voxnihil418 17 years ago

Actually Saw came to mind when I saw this as well, not that they are neccesarily alike in a lot of ways. I must say I was ready for the credits to roll by the time they did, I was completely unimpressed.

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[–] TrishGunner 17 years ago

I'm surprised quite a number of people felt the same way I did.

I was almost bursting into tears when I figured out what went wrong in the last 1/2 hour in the dungeon. Just what the heck was that?!

1. We were never invited to physical/sexual abuse and torture during the first hour of the movie.

2. It did not further the explanation of Jin's psychological disorder/cure.

3. It had very little, if any, relation with Jin's tragic childhood.

4. Just who the heck was the bookstore guy?

5. The green tone was completely different.

I wouldn't call Jin's "red paint madness" a "torture" on the boy, it actually did not harm him physically. It could be seen as a punishing act for the boy's erotic imagination and his hunger for her sex. But it just wasn't physical torture. So throughout the 1 hour of the movie, there wasn't violence. Then we're invited to the gruesome dungeon crap that had nothing to do with all of the above, it was indeed a "sad ending".

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[–] tennisplaya45 16 years ago

I've only watched the film once but I was also quite befuddled at the sudden change in tone that came with the ending. I can't seem to find out how it really fit. The whole first part of the movie seemed really real you know. Then this came and everything became so much less real. I felt cheated. I expected, like a previous poster, her madness to climax by itself and that be the end of the movie. I have a friend who tells me I need to stop expecting things. I suppose he's right. :-(

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[–] skillz4realz 16 years ago

I actually thought of Hostel myself. I think it was the color or tint of the scene when she was in the chains. But I don't think it tried to copy or anything. Torture and brutality weren't created by Saw or Hostel, they just made it popular recently. (Ha that sounds wierd)

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