Does Korean kino exist?

It's called kdrama. Ask your female friends.

I liked both of these quite a bit so don't get me wrong, but is this director trying to be funny sometimes? There are a handful of awkward/weird moments in all of his movies I've seen, when the subject matter for the movies is otherwise completely serious. It's really weird

I really liked that Wailing movie. But to be fair its the only korean movie i have watched

>is this director trying to be funny sometimes
Yes

>female friends

Na Hong Jing is based

Do you know what I mean though? For example in The Host, the girl gets bodied when trying to shoot the arrow at the monster and at the end the brother drops the molotov cocktail right before the final fight. Neither really come off as actually funny and it's just awkward, but I see no interpretation other than it was supposed to be a joke

ah-bloo-bloo

I do. When I watched Memories of Murder with people, we laughed quite a lot at the "funny" parts. So yeah it does get blackcomedy-ish at times, just depends on how you watch it.
Haven't seen The Host yet tho.

Fuck off weebshitters

>korean
>weeb

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>said the mutt

ASIAN MEDIA AESTHETIC IS HORRIBLE

ITS ALL DEPRESSIVE OVERWROUGHT MELODRAMA
OR MANIC KAWAII CUTESY BULLSHIT

WHAT A BUNCH OF PLEBS LMAO

at least most of their flicks have an 18 year old girl's tight sweaty ass at some point. pointless nudity is all but gone in western film.

It's supposed to be funny because it subverts your expectations (the "hero" scene ends up being a clown party), and it also brings a bit of realism to the movie because, just like in real life, people aren't infallible.

That being said, I agree with you that it's not extremely funny (especially when the film uses this kind of trick like 10 times in the Host), and I also think that if the director wanted realism he should start by cutting the heavy handed drama and symbolism that's plaguing his films first

I think that's just part of Korean style. For example The Wailing mentioned above is an incredibly dark, spooky and depressing film, yet for in the first hour it has plenty weird, almost slapsticky comedy scenes. DESU i think in a lot of cases that's a good think though, if your characters start off kinda goofy and dumb, it's hits even more when the dark shit starts happening. Like in Memories of Murder humor is definetly intentional, main two characters are basically bubbling idiots at first, but then with time they develop and break down.

I've got you famalam
youtube.com/watch?v=e2Is3kg7vWY

>muh grimdark
Bong Joon-ho's best film is Barking Dogs Never Bite

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I wouldn't say Memories of Murder is grimdark, it's a typical thriller. I Saw the Devil is grimdark, to the point of being comical. I don't understand why it's gotten so much praise, i personally thought it was pretty awful, it was just SO RIDICILOUS. Apparently it takes place in the universe where every other person is a creepy serial killer/cannibal with his own quirk. Reminded me of later Hannibal movies.

Burning (2018) was absolutely fucking mesmerizing. 10/10

Just watch Hong Sang-soo filmo. He's one of the current greatest

its very anime-esque

japan does this as well.

They are a lot less uptight about films being tone pieces than us. They play more like shakespearian plays than western films do.

Shakespeares plays would have comedy intermixed with drama.

Also the wailings ending is fucking soul crushing.

he sucks

fuck off rebbit phoneposters

I mean the whole idea that dramas/thriller just have to be dark and somber is idiotic, people are not like that in real life. Humans joke and do stupid goofy shit under pressure and then laugh at it later to try to get over it. Mad Men understood it, at times it was both the best drama and best comedy on television.

Anyone seen Calvary with Brendan Gleeson? I remember a lot of reviewers calling it a dark comedy. Fuck no, that movie's fucking brutal and clearly comes from a place of hurt and hatred towards the Ireland's church. It's bitter. But it has plenty of jokes in it at the same time. Because main character makes jokes under pressure. That doesn't mean it's suddenly a comedy, that's just his character trait.