Thoughts: WTF! Two young teenage girls, Jae-yeong (Yeo-reum Han) and Yeo-Jin (Ji-min Kwak), want to go to Europe so badly that instead of getting regular jobs they become amateur prostitutes. It all makes sense right. Well Jae-yeong dies by jumping out of a two story window to avoid being caught by the cops and Yeo-Jin takes it upon herself to sleep with the men and give them back the money they had paid them. Her father finds out about the whole thing, who is a vice cop and sees young girls dying from being prostitues, is wrenched with pain and agony. Although the film is only 90 mins it does move along slowly. I've already seen three movies by this same director and he is a nutcase.
(M) It's All Gone Pete Tong. (Michael Dowse, 2004) Grade: B
Thoughts: I didn't know much about this film but it was recommended by Netflix so I decided to give it a try. The first 15 to 20 minutes I was about ready to give up on the whole thing but by the end I really enjoyed it. Paul Kaye plays Frankie Wilde, a famous DJ at the top of his game playing all the biggest venues until he finds out he is slowly going deaf in both his ears. When Frankie's hearing finally does go, it pushes him into deep depression and heavy drug use until he pulls himself out of the whole ordeal and learn to read lips and dj again. I've read the movie is based on a true story but there has been some dispute about how real the whole story is. The title of the film seems to bring a lot of confusion about who or what the film is about. Apparently the term "It's all gone Pete Tong" is Cockney rhyming slang for it's all gone wrong and not in reference to Pete Tong, a famous BBC dj who happens to play terrible house/techno music.
(M) Pride and Prejudice. (Joe Wright, 2005) Grade: B+
Thoughts: First off this is no A&E/BBC version of Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy. This is an updated hip and with it version for the next generation and not a bad one either. Keira Knightley plays Elizabeth Bennet and does an alright job but she would not have been my first choice. When I saw Matthew MacFadyen was Mr. Darcy I thought he was terribly unattractive but after watching the movie I changed my mind completely. He was a great Mr. Darcy and very hot. The film did an excellent job on the casting by getting people who really fit the characters they were playing i.e. Simon Woods who played Mr. Bingley. There were quite a few cheesey parts/lines in the movie, but overall worth checking out.
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