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"Sympathy for Lady Vengeance:" don't go into this one

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thinking Mr. Park, in the last of his vengeance trilogy, is just re-hashing "Old Boy."
In all respects, this is a very different film, much less "action" oriented and deeply introspective, analyzing revenge in a way few films ever have.
The lead gives one of those performances in which we forget we are watching an actor: she is the prisoner.
For those who have appreciated "Old Boy," you will be surprised to see some of your old friends from that film and have fun trying to figure out if they're the same or different characters in this one...

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Brilliant! This is the best one yet . . . more creative, more humor, more everything. * - mr grits 21:11:02 10/13/06 (0)
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Re: "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance:" don't go into this one - J C 14:41:34 10/12/06 (7)
I assume from the context you're referring to Lady Vengeance and not Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance?
I loved Old Boy but didn't care for Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance. I'm watching Lady Vengeance this weekend with high hopes.
- NO wonder no one was answering ;--0 I got to fire the proof-reader and editor, - tinear 15:58:10 10/12/06 (6)
  that's for sure.
  Of course I was referring to the third in the series, "Lady Vengeance."
  It is so different from the previous two that comparisons are difficult.
  As I said, be prepared for a very different experience: hard to believe it's the same director, so soon after the others.
  The principal should be a huge star: layered and nuanced performance... and she is distractingly beautiful.
  - 1, 2, 3. Go..... - afilado 16:39:59 10/12/06 (2)
    ...see these movies.
    You're right on, here, Tin. Though related, each of the films in this triad can stand strongly in its own right. Each has a distinct character; one could say even a distinct and different movie-making style. Taken together, they represent a great body of work.
    "Old Boy" is deliciously pulpy, a study in feeling. "...Mr. Vengence" is a believable slice of life, quite realistic in nature, a study in thinking, deliberation. ,,,,,Lady Vengence", a demanding, esoteric study of the will. One leads to next. Completely human, all.
    All are beautiful, morally provocative, elevated expressions of film art. I look forward now to a second viewing in order. And I look forward to more from this prolific director.
    Is it just me or is there good reason to think that the East - South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, China, etc. - is producing the most consistently exciting and fulfilling film right now.
    - The East has got it going on . . . I'm knocked out by their art direction and cinematography. * - mr grits 16:48:46 10/12/06 (0)
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    - Ooops.... - afilado 16:46:54 10/12/06 (0)
      ....should be "vengeance", not "vengence". Pardons, please.
  - I got it today in the mail . . . have been waiting a while . . . - mr grits 16:37:05 10/12/06 (0)
    I've already seen OB and SFMV. Liked both a lot. SFMV was a cross, to me, between Lynch and Tarantino.
    
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  - It was originally Sympathy for... - Jack G 16:10:52 10/12/06 (1)
    My Korean copy says "Sympathy For Lady Vengeance". I liked it better than the other two in the Vengeance Trilogy. 2005 was a good year for Korean movies.
    Jack
    - Okay! I thought I'd had it right originally but I'd already sent it back to Netflix. nt - tinear 04:38:01 10/13/06 (0)
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