But Ended Up Not Wanting To Show Anyone.
It's too bad really. Save the Green Planet has a lot of things going for it. The characters are so good they should be transplanted into another movie, a kinder, gentler movie that doesn't lose it's brains (and force you to eat them from a dirty dogbowl) in the third act. Why do I think so? That requires a spoiler disclosure.
SPOILER WARNING: Do Not Pass (Kapu!)
You can call me a wimp for not lapping up all the gratuitous torture as form of entertainment and/or comedy but a steam powered dildo torture device is not as funny as you might think, really. No, really! Okay, maybe a little bit at first, but then it gets scary. Ouch ouch ouch. When CrazyTortureDude's stocky yet delightful girlfriend hits the road, you probably should too. And if you're still around by the time she returns, watch out because the movie shifts gears from really painful to truly retarded. The homage to 2001: A Space Odyssey? Oh my god, send that sh*t back to film school. Why did the director think he needed to justify Byeong-Gu with a sappy montage of his traumatic childhood? Naively crafted and a poor apology. The point where I could have sympathized with Byeong-Gu had it's head smashed on a rock and eaten by bees. AND The twist at the end was lame. :p
If you're into painful movies, but don't like them to be painfully stupid pick up Old Boy or better yet, Sympathy for Mr Vengeance.
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One thing I wondered about, and perhaps someone could clear up. At first, I thought this movie was by the same director as "Attack the Gas Station" and there seemed to be references to it in the script. Is there a connection?
It's too bad really. Save the Green Planet has a lot of things going for it. The characters are so good they should be transplanted into another movie, a kinder, gentler movie that doesn't lose it's brains (and force you to eat them from a dirty dogbowl) in the third act. Why do I think so? That requires a spoiler disclosure.
SPOILER WARNING: Do Not Pass (Kapu!)
You can call me a wimp for not lapping up all the gratuitous torture as form of entertainment and/or comedy but a steam powered dildo torture device is not as funny as you might think, really. No, really! Okay, maybe a little bit at first, but then it gets scary. Ouch ouch ouch. When CrazyTortureDude's stocky yet delightful girlfriend hits the road, you probably should too. And if you're still around by the time she returns, watch out because the movie shifts gears from really painful to truly retarded. The homage to 2001: A Space Odyssey? Oh my god, send that sh*t back to film school. Why did the director think he needed to justify Byeong-Gu with a sappy montage of his traumatic childhood? Naively crafted and a poor apology. The point where I could have sympathized with Byeong-Gu had it's head smashed on a rock and eaten by bees. AND The twist at the end was lame. :p
If you're into painful movies, but don't like them to be painfully stupid pick up Old Boy or better yet, Sympathy for Mr Vengeance.
....
One thing I wondered about, and perhaps someone could clear up. At first, I thought this movie was by the same director as "Attack the Gas Station" and there seemed to be references to it in the script. Is there a connection?