#123

The way he treated his partner predominantly. I think there’s an inherent selfishness in it (very similar to how I felt about Emile Hirsch’s character in Into The Wild)

#124

i took the relationship with his partner, and his attitude towards women generally, to be as a result of his asperger’s, they touched on it with his dad having been the same way with travel, could be wrong though

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#125

Yeah, I guess that’s fair. Probably harsh phrasing.

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#126

Yeah I took it as unspoken that he had aspergers.

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#127

:rage:

#128

Aha sorry1

I just found it to be quite lazy really

I thought the main character was well fleshed out in the scenes at school/the party, but the way she spoke with her dad made her quite dislikeable in a way (and obviously written in a way for the reconciliation at the end).

There are also bits which are seemingly forgotten about or just not explored fully (the boy she has a crush on to start just disappears, I also would have liked to have seen her older friend’s reaction to the events in the car with the boy

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#130

Burning

Loved it. Great screen adaptation of one of my favourite writer’s work. Excellent casting, acting and beautifully paced. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Gripping stuff. But I do have a question for people who have also seen it.

Jong-su asks to meet Ben at the end of the film, claiming that he is with Hae-mi. Now, if we assume that Ben had killed Hae-mi, which was hinted at throughout the remainder of the film once she went missing, why would he agree to meet-up with someone that he knew was dead, having murdered her? Are we to assume that Ben didn’t kill Hae-mi and that Jong-su got it wrong?

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#131

In keeping with the ‘is /isn’t it’ nature of the film. Either Ben didn’t kill her, or he DID kill her and is interested in what Jong-Su knows.

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#132

Taste of Cherry.what a laugh!

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#133

The ending could be a manifestation of the book that we see him working on towards the end. The ending could be interpreted that Ben was innocent, he’s a life coach that helps directionless girls find themselves and then finds them a new life, the murder was entirely in Jong-su’s mind. The ending could also be just that Ben is a sociopath and wanted to see what Jong-Su would do. The ambiguity is the best thing about the film.

#134

Yeah, definitely.

Who doesn’t like a bit of ambiguity?

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#137

Yeah really great performance from Mags, thought the ending was pretty much perfect.

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#138

Good news everyone

#139

Inevitable really. Studio wanting to make a shitload more money shocker

#140

Wonder who they’ll get to play Adam Lambert

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#142

Instead of LiveAid, the climax will be this:

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#143

gonna watch High Life tonight. excited
will probably pretend its good even if its bad

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