Not really sure what to expect from this one, the trailer was wild. I greatly prefer Bong Joon-ho’s older films (Memories of Murder, Mother) to his newer ones, though. I am a little worried he is starting down a path of pandering to Western audiences with these ultra violent, post-ironic comedy things but we’ll see. I think he is a much better director when he starts with a very serious premise and then adds some biting social commentary to it, as was the case with the two aformentioned films, rather than starting with the social commentary and going all absurdist.
Not really sure what to expect from this one, the trailer was wild. I greatly prefer Bong Joon-ho’s older films (Memories of Murder, Mother) to his newer ones, though. I am a little worried he is starting down a path of pandering to Western audiences with these ultra violent, post-ironic comedy things but we’ll see. I think he is a much better director when he starts with a very serious premise and then adds some biting social commentary to it, as was the case with the two aformentioned films, rather than starting with the social commentary and going all absurdist.