The former seemed like a contrived murder mystery to cover a love story: it wasn't exciting or particularly original, i.e. philandering guy, confused girls. The scene in the trunk? Unnecessarily disgusting and contrived.
"Public Enemy" had nothing original to say: bad cop with a heart of gold goes after REALLY bad guy. Forgettable.
I know "Scarlet" has been favorably reviewed here but I can't help but think it's closely tied in to the fact that one of the actresses committed suicide, apparently in reaction to the outcry and outrage of her family.
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Topic - Two disappointing Korean films: "The Scarlet Letter," and "Public Enemy." - tinear 14:44:25 08/24/07 (7)
- I agree with the trunk scene..... - mr grits 15:47:15 08/24/07 (6)
- One problem with the film: three actresses, all black-haired (of course), - tinear 14:36:39 08/25/07 (5)
- The first fifteen minutes I was in a complete state of "they all look alike". - mr grits 18:26:09 08/25/07 (4)
- Hey, I raised the point... there were many scenes in which my wife and I - tinear 08:22:51 08/26/07 (3)
- Actually, We were wrong not the director. Any Asian would be right with the film.... - mr grits 12:09:19 08/26/07 (2)
- I don't know. My wife spent many years in Japan and doesn't have - tinear 17:38:20 08/26/07 (1)
- "They" seem to share a uniformity of shape and feature..... - mr grits 11:10:13 08/27/07 (0)