foreign fever

no words to describe,.this movie is simply amazing and devastating at the same time. one of my all time best !

the review didn't lie.IT IS a fairytale for grownups

a pinnacle of asian cinema in my opinion. a legendary tale of good vs bad and the morality surrounding it. and this movie makes me regarded tony leung as one of the best actor in the world

the greatest indonesian movies to date,.very different and so lynch-ian.Joko Anwar is really the future of indonesian film industry.

and the last 20 minutes? mind blowing!

meirelles give a truthful account of brazilian slum life,and add it with some delightful style

visually stunning and narratively breathtaking at the same time, this is THE GODFATHER of vampire movies

enchanting,colorful,unconventional,and darkly twisted.a must see romance !

gaaaaaaaaaak adaaaaaaaa yg ngalahiin. paraaaah seremnya!

although the story is a little generic and cliche (about a man who find redemption when he is back into his hometown) ,but this is generic and cliche with a heart.,beautiful..

simply powerful ! especially that last line,really gave me chills and tears..

it seems that every foreign language film that i watched is either great, or brilliant.this one is no exception.all the actor's performance and (sussane)bier delicate directing is awesome

damn ! it looks like my soft spot for foreign film is getting bigger and bigger,.
The Chorus (Les Choristes) proves once again that you don't need big hollywood budget and effect to create brilliance..this is just another wonderful movie from french, full of inspiration and beauty, a drama and a little bit of comedy and tragedy for everyone

part kill bill,part leon:the professional,.A BITTERSWEET LIFE is another greatness from kim jee woon,.now official to becoming one of my favorite director.he really can turn a well established genre (horror with A TALE OF TWO SISTERS,and now gangster),into something entirely different and highly poetic.a must see,and definitely better than OLDBOY in my opinion

JSA is a perfect examples of how didn't meet the expectation doesn't always comes as a bad thing.judging by the poster and the trailer,i expect this to be a great political war thriller brought by Park chan-wook,the master of that kind of movie.the fact is,this is not a thriller(althought there are some thrilling moments).what JSA truly are is a wonderful story of friendship and pain of guilt.brillilant!

if there's one word to summarize this movie,well,maybe it is : BEAUTIFUL.this movie use all elements of beauty all over the screen.from the titular main character,which is a beautiful woman, a beautiful cinematography, a beautiful opera-like score, and a beautiful story (for a standard of revenge movie,of course)

how stupid i am,.calling this piece of pure art and entertainment overrated ! i didn't know what's got into me the first time around.,maybe i'm not in the right mood.,or maybe its my prejudice against korean film.or maybe,i'm just too young to understand it.well,that's not important now,.the thing is, now,.from the story into the visual perspective,this is a winner.whoa.

The Chaser kick ass!! after i'm enduring myself for so long with cheesy thriller from hollywood,the koreans save the day again! (at least for me). this is just,well,i;m not saying it is unpredictable,but when i watch this,there are times when i think "shit,this is just so not thriller-for-dummies by the book cliche hollywood often offers".i enjoy a movie where i had no idea what's gonna happen next,and this is one of it.if there's one letdown,it is the finale confrontation of the goodie and the baddie,which is the only cliche part in this movie,but fortunatelyl,the director take the step again with the final shot,which is sort of sad and leaves many intrepetation.surely the best thriller i've ever seen in years!

since it is a bertolucci movie,it is no doubt has a beautiful cinematography.but what i like the most from THE CONFORMIST is not the beauty itself,but more of its unstructured narrative,which is a rarity on those days.this is a film that demand a second viewing.,and for good sake.,the script didn't give a simple A to B narrative.in fact,the movie rather very confused to watch,especially in the first hour.but,like trying to solve a puzzle,when the piece is done,then all its left is a feeling of satisfaction.,truly bertolucci masterpiece!

if i am an academy voter,i will try my best to make this become one of the nominee of 2010 oscar for best foreign film. that statement just tells just how brilliant this movie is. This is comes as no surprise,as it comes from Boong Joon-ho (alongside Park Chan-wook and Kim Jee-won,the three lions of korea).

from the tone of the film,it is not much diferrent than his Memories of Murder.But if when i watching MoM the feeling is just like watching a Fincher's movie,well,in Mother,it is just refreshing.only by reading the premise,we know we're into something entirely different.A mother trying to solve a murder mystery to help his son getting away from jail?i'm in.

The highlight of Mother is,of course,the titular character herself,played mesmerizingly good by Kim Hye-ja (i also wanna take my money on her for best actress of 2010,by a long shot). Her elegant dancing in the beginning and ending of the film through some beautiful tango-ish music, is just enough to convince me to adore her character,no matter what act she did in the movie

poignant.very very poignant..probably the closest CATCHER IN THE RYE adaptation i could get...

and my big question raise: how come Masaki Kobayashi become the lesser known japanese director,overshadowed by Kurosawa? only by seeing this truly epic masterpiece,i already fall in love with his great cinematography skills,and brilliant storytelling. Though i never get the idea of Harakiri itself,but i got to admit,this is a true timeless classic epic story.and that last finale?whoa.now i know where Tarantino Kill Bill The bride vs Crazy 88 inspiration comes from..

what else do i need to say about this Kar-Wai (another) classic?? the image is as beautiful as a painting could be. The words spoken is as delicate as a poetry,.the music is as harrowing as an orchestra. This is pure art in its highest form...