Greenes Please don't spend money on this.

Reptileenbu Did you people see the same film I saw?

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Prashast Singh Movie: The Good The Bad The Weird (15): Action - KoreanPositives:All the three protagonists stand out in their respective performances, with Song Kang-ho performing the best.The film has many excellently choreographed, well shot and surprisingly executed action sequences which are bound to impress. Undoubtedly, they are the main highlight of the film.The film makes good usage of humour in certain places, particularly in the second half.The cinematography is really excellent and increases the visual grandeur of the film.The climax is thrilling and the ending is superb! The story, screenplay and editing are all excellent and top notch. The second half is full of endless entertainment and it keeps getting bigger and better in and with every frame.A lot more, can't just sum it up in words. Watch it to see yourself.Negatives:Well, not really any!Repeat value: Definitely, a big YES!With THE GOOD THE BAD THE WEIRD, Kim Jee-woon once again proves why he's the master of genres and why his films are meant to be seen more than once. It's the best South Korean action film I've seen till date!

crococrocodopolis Let's get straight to the point: in using the title "The Good the Bad the Weird", director Kim Jee-woon is asking us to make comparisons to the Sergio Leone classic upon which it is based. I saw "The Good the Bad and the Ugly" on the big screen when it first came out, and it and Leone's other works have always been high on my list of favorites.In an unabashedly gleeful manner, Kim Jee-woon borrows heavily from Leone, in some cases shot-for-shot and scene-for-scene: the watch from "For a Few Dollars More"; the close-up shots of eyes darting back and forth in the final shoot-out from "The Good the Bad and the Ugly"; the opium den from "Once Upon a Time in America". He goes a step farther using the same font from "Once Upon a Time in the West" for the closing credits, and a score which echoes (at one point almost note-for-note) the compositions of Ennio Morricone.But where Leone succeeded in his portrayal of a gritty, dusty, rough-and-tumble Wild West, Kim Jee-woon falls short by his use of actors who are only marginally credible in their roles. Lee Byung-hung's young buffed-out sadistic psychopath pales in comparison to Lee Van Cleef's ruthless child-murdering woman-beating "bad guy" - he's simply too good-looking for us to hate him and cheer when he's finally gunned down like Karl Malden in "One Eyed Jacks" or Henry Fonda in "Once Upon a Time in the West" or Gian Maria Volante in "For a Few Dollars More". Jung Woo-Sung's youth disqualifies him as a believable seasoned crack-shot bounty-hunter. As one reviewer noted, "I had a better moustache at 13!" The redeeming quality is Song Kang-ho's "weird", who might more accurately have been called "the goofy", who pulls it off in a way that makes up for what the other two lack in gravitas.While the overly-indulgent shoot-out and chase scenes are at points excessive in gore and length, they are nonetheless not lacking in excitement and imagination, and refreshingly absent are the tawdry CGI graphics which have become ubiquitous in modern-day American films. For that alone I have to give it high marks.It's clear that Kim Jee-woon was heavily influenced by and borrowed from Leone and George Miller's "The Road Warrior" and some of Quentin Tarantino's works. Not that he is to be faulted for doing so: if it works, it works. Although it could have been just as good were it 20 minutes shorter in length, it does make for an entertaining non-stop action-adventure-chase film. But where Leone excelled, Kim Jee-woon fell short in pacing: the "non-stop-action-adventure-chase" thing only works when it doesn't become tiresome, wearing the viewer out with too-much-too-fast-too-long.Overall, I'll give it a 7 out of 10, and add that it would be a reasonable assumption that Leone himself would be entertained and flattered. I watched a 131-minute English-subtitled version on "Netflix", and will probably watch it again.After all, it isn't every day you get to see a gunfight where a deep-sea diving helmet is used as a gag device.

CinemaClown A western from the eastern side of the world, The Good, the Bad, the Weird is a slick, stylish & rousing adventure of gunshots, violence & vengeance from director Kim Ji-woon (A Bittersweet Life & I Saw the Devil) and, as perceivable from its name, is hugely inspired from Sergio Leone's spaghetti western classic, The Good, the Bad & the Ugly but pays homage to not just that film but Leone's entire Dollars trilogy & Steven Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark as well.Set in Manchuria at the time of World War II, this South Korean western tells the story of three gunslingers whose paths cross each other in pursuit of a treasure map. The Good is a bounty hunter who's hired by the Chinese rebels to possess the map. The Bad is a ruthless bandit who's also looking for the map. And the weird is a robber who gets to the map first without knowing its significance, thus bringing unwanted attention from the other two as well as Japanese army & Manchurian bandits.Honestly, this film surprised me greatly. I'm a big fan of how Leone masterfully redefined the western genre with his take on the Wild West and the source of this film's inspiration ranks amongst my top 5 favourite films of all time, so the bar was raised pretty high but this film still manages to effortlessly exceed it. What Kim Ji-woon has done here is an absolute treat to watch. Engaging from its opening moments, the film boasts quality action at short intervals throughout its runtime & is entirely encapsulated with rib-tickling humour, thus making it a roller-coaster ride of emotions & entertainment which culminates with an unexpected twist in the end.Written with clear imagination with an original plot build over an adapted story, the narration feels very smooth with not a single moment of dullness, the cinematography brings a nostalgic feeling of its genre by wonderfully capturing the desert wilderness, editing is near-perfect, the music is another milestone and the performances by the trio is simply brilliant, with Song Kang-ho & Lee Byung-hun turning out to be best as the Weird Yoon Tae-goo & the Bad Park Chang-yi, respectively. While Kang-ho provides the maximum comic relief, Byung-hun puts up one of the most stylish villains on-screen in a long time & stole every moment he appeared in.On an overall scale & in my opinion, there hasn't been a western as amazing, exciting & entertaining as this in the 21st century at least and I have no shadow of a doubt in admitting that The Good, the Bad, the Weird is not only the finest western of the past decade but also one of the greatest films of its genre. Every moment of homage is treated with respect, every moment of action is inventive & intense and every sequence feels fresh, re-imagined & brimming with expert use of humour. One of the best films of its year, Kim Ji-woon's salute to spaghetti western classics is destined to bring smile, joy & laughter on the faces of fans of its genre. In short, Sergio Leone would've been proud.Full review at: cinemaclown.wordpress.com

Beginthebeguine This is a stunning visual film to watch. The cinematography is exceptional through-out the movie. The framing, the lighting and the colors are outstanding. This alone makes the movie a joy for me to see.The problem with the film is that it lacks depth. The director uses archetypes from the Italian Westerns of the 1960s and 1970s. Some of the dialogue and action is lifted directly from Sergio Leone's "man without a name" opus. Most obviously The Good, The Bad and the Ugly; but also a heavy splattering of the others. The problem is not the reworking of Leone's work, but I do not think the director quite understands how to work subtext into his script. In fact, the director leaves far too much exposition to the end which makes the movie drag at the end of the epic battle scene (I thought this might be a cultural issue, but I do not know if it is).Another thing that bothers me (and here comes my western sensibilities), I know stunts.... and there were horses hurt during the filming of the battle scene. The reason I say this is that I could see trip wires. So for the photography I give this film 6 points out of 10. I also suggest that the director rent some of the Ford Westerns. As good as Leone was Ford was better.