Evengyny
Thanks for the memories!
Kaelan Mccaffrey
Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.
Fleur
Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.
teodorodontosaurus
This is a great non-cliche monster movie!
Actually, the interesting part is that the story revolves around analyzing the human nature. Although the mutant creature is the cause of everything, the characters matter the most ("The mist" comes in mind somehow).
Mixed feelings is the definition of this. Satirical, funny, awkwardly funny, then there's drama and so much drama that it turns out to be funny; also some action scenes, some ridiculously funny scenes and many awkward moments; the black comedy is pretty prominent here actually. I like how it jumps from dramatic scenes to comedy scenes.
There are some symbolic scenes here too. I'm not going to reveal them of course, but I must mention the scene where all 4 main characters are gathered at the table and then something happens. This is not a spoiler because the scene is very obvious. Powerful and emotional moments like this are actually scattered throughout the whole movie.
I don't know why I saw some horror tags. I don't actually see too much horror in this... maybe some shocking moments, but far from horror.
The creature's animation was awesome. I'm not a big fan of CGI (especially movies abusing special effects), but this is CGI done with style. The movements and... acrobatics of the creature look very organic, they're very smooth and delicate. I was trying to understand the concept of the creature, for some reason... it's an ichthyo-amphibian mutant or something, but its behavior is not at all similar to a fish or a salamander or frog. Well, this is not the point; the point is that the governmental corporations are corrupted and USA sucks... look I'm being funny now. No, seriously... great movie!
sfinancing
This movie has the feel of the classics of the monster movie genre(if monster movies are a genre that is). It brings to mind the original King Kong or Godzilla.Acting, well done on all levels, with somewhat 2D characters(Lost a point here). Plot, a bit tired, but still well done. Script decent, but nothing really new. Special effects, not big budget but better than most for what was spent on the film. Scripting was decent. Suspenseful, amusing in spots, serious in spots. Could have had a better soundtrack(-point 2).Overall, a decent way to spend a couple hours.
A Lazy Bear
(even though the monster doesn't wreck the whole city, i still consider it a Kaiju-Movie, since there is a big monster and a city at danger, trying to defend itself)The movie shows enough of a unique monster to get you interested, but does the human drama, that is often so problematically boring in Kaiju-Movies, right. We get to know and like the characters, feel with them and watch them progress in more than the literal way, meanwhile we still get fed enough screen-time of the monster. The amazing thing is, that our protagonists really have a good reason and motivation to concern themselves with the monster and we don't just get the usual premise, that the military has to remove the threat. It even takes it a step farther and involves the opinion of civilians and the government deceiving them.All in all a satisfying monster movie with several little interesting story lines and side-plots that never leave you bored, sprinkled in between is a bit silly humor, but never too much to ruin the mood.
jacotinto
I was really curious about this movie since it was the first Korean movie i saw, and i gotta say: what a surprise. The plot is complicated, but is well-built. I gotta be honest by saying that some sequences were pretty much useless. I watched this in original language (obviously with subtitles), and some dialogs were just... weird. That surely didn't ruin the movie, and it's also explainable by the fact that translating Korean's figure of speech must be nearly impossible. The characters are kind of weird, especially the blonde one (which can be regarded as the protagonist, maybe) which is clearly a mix of paternal love, bravery and pure retardation. (yes, pure retardation.) I'm sincerely amazed by the special effects (even though i found out they were US-made) since the monster was beautifully done. Some scenes were simply smart, the movie was also hilarious at certain points.Surely worth a watch, in my opinion, also because it's something totally different
