'Lady Vengeance' in Top 100 Films

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Sympathy for Lady Vengeance directed and produced by Park Chan-Wookin 2005 has been listed in the 100 best films for the decade by The Times published in Britain. This is the only Korean film ranked at the 97th on the top 100.

The British daily has drawn up the list with those selected among the movies screened during the 21st century (2000-2009).

The newspaper explained the film: The third of Park Chan-wook’s fervid, savage revenge trilogy, Lady Vengeance ends with a somber acknowledgment of the futility of revenge. But not before buckets of blood have been spilled. Actress Lee Young-ae, 38, who has recently been spotlighted by her marriage with a Korean-American businessman last August, starred the lady.



The 98th placer is “Crash”(2004) directed by Paul Haggis, followed by “Battle Royale” (2000). The Devil Wears Prada directed by David Frankel in 2006 ranked the 100th and last of the list.

On the other hand, the top post has been taken by “Hidden” produced Michael Heneke in 2005.

The second place has been shared by The Bourne Supremacy/The Bourne Ultimatum directed by Paul Greengrass in 2004 and 2007, respectively.

No Country for Old Men by Joel Coen a! nd Than Coen in 2007 has taken the third place and Slumdog Millionaire by Danny Boyle in 2008 came sixth.

The other major movies on the list are eighth placer Casino Royale by Martin Campbell in 2008, the Lives of Others(12th) by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck in 2006, 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days (14th) by Cristian Mungiu in 2007 and Minority Report (26th) by Steven Spielberg.


The Korea Times
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Comments

[jia-zhang.livejournal.com]

One of my favourite films, I love Lee Young Ae, but personally, I think Oldboy is better.

[slayerizedcarol.livejournal.com]

haha same here, this movie was great but Oldboy was more impacting to me :D

[unsospiro.livejournal.com]

This movie as absolutely brilliant.

I prefer Oldboy more, but this one is the second best in the trilogy imo.

So artistically beautifully. Even just the intro.

I gifed a bit lol:

[jyurian21.livejournal.com]

It's a trilogy? I downloaded Oldboy but I've heard there's a prequel? and before I watch Oldboy I want to know if there's a special order to watch the movies and what the other movies are.

I hope I make sense, lol.

[iheartdarkblue.livejournal.com]

I need to watch this.

I loved No Country for Old Men and Minority Report! :D

No Country For Old Men

[unsospiro.livejournal.com]

Freaking intense. INTENSE. I liked it just as much as the book save for some elements at the end which were more total in the book.

Re: No Country For Old Men

[iheartdarkblue.livejournal.com]

I loved that movie almost as much as There Will Be Blood. AND I DRINK YOUR MILSHAKE!

Re: No Country For Old Men

[dominique-franc.livejournal.com]

omg

WHAT'S THE MOST YOU EVER LOST ON A COIN TOSS?

I feared for that guy like no other

[filmsession.livejournal.com]

the devil wears prada was cutesy fun but...HOW DID THAT MAKE THE LIST?

anyway i totally forgot about this movie. i want to see it now

[iheartdarkblue.livejournal.com]

IKR? That movie was pretty boring.

[feel-my-mind.livejournal.com]

the devil wears prada was cutesy fun but...HOW DID THAT MAKE THE LIST?

Because not all films have to be dark/angst/tell some terrible but powerful story to be a great film?

The Devil Wears Prada offers everything a good comedy should without all the disguising aspect many of seem to offering now a days not to mention great acting by all players involved.

It also ranked 100, so not a big deal, no?

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

I love this movie sfm. The filming for it is stunning and the storytelling was beautiful, and the soundtrack is absolutely gorgeous. I could listen to it all day. ♥

[feel-my-mind.livejournal.com]

Love Slumdog, Borne Identity, Battle & Casino Royale (lol), Minority Report, Crash, Devil....I hated no country for old men -gets stoned-

Haven't seen the Lady Vengeance, but this makes me want to check it out.

Anywhere know where we can see the full list.

[unsospiro.livejournal.com]

No Country is a very very deep and complex story where none of the characters are really characters but METAPHORS. So it's not the type of movie many people like for it's 'movie' aspect. There's no protagonist and antagonist, no real climax or fall of action, and an abrupt and ambiguous ending.

It achieved high marks because of it's directing, but for people who just went to watch it there's no level of understanding the deeper message.

I didn't like it when I watched it, but I wrote an essay on the book for English and it became more and more incredible, I think.

Anyways, that's why I don't think you'd get stoned lol. Just a strange movie.

[pickychu.livejournal.com]

I hated that movie.

[crinkledpaper.livejournal.com]

I just got this movie from Netflix. =D

[pivotandsway.livejournal.com]

hmm, you'd think it would be oldboy instead

[missatira.livejournal.com]

i fucking LOVE this movie

[dominique-franc.livejournal.com]

guess I'll add this to my evergrowing list

and Minority Report? ugh
idk maybe my dislike for Tom Cruise creeps in there

[lxymichelle.livejournal.com]

iawtc

[jasmineakaiumi.livejournal.com]

love this movie sfm!

[pretzel-knot.livejournal.com]

i need to watch this!

[orangeinsanity.livejournal.com]

I quickly scrolled past this and the first thing I thought was that Hollywood was remaking this. I'm so happy that isn't the case.

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

Actually I heard there is a script for this going around.

[unreal.livejournal.com]

Yay for Battle Royal making it into the list. It's 10000x times better then the remake.

[-ochre.livejournal.com]

The remake was a mess.

[shadowfax.livejournal.com]

Park Chan-wook = master of weird ass good as hale twisted minded movies.

[lovesample.livejournal.com]

I remember watching this, twisted is all I can say.

[miyavi-type.livejournal.com]

It was a looong while ago since I last watched it, but Lady Vengeance is a great movie...maybe I should get if for my mother for Christmas or something.