list/discuss/rate - your recently watched movies

Chan-wook Park runs circles around my mind again. This is probably the most impenetrable of his Vengeance Trilogy, as it starts out with no explanation or introduction, and the main character is mute (and deaf I think). But the story unfolds beautifully as always and you get used to the situation after awhile. Like the others in the trilogy there are parts that wrench your guts, not necessarily because they're gory (because while there is a lot more explicit violence in here, it's never really anything like Saw or Hostel), but because the situations are so human and filled with emotion. You want the characters to have their revenge, but they way they get it...you're mouth will drop. This is a curious one to rate, however. It's not grandiose like all the Hollywood films you'd expect to get full marks because of their elaborate sets and historical settings, but it feels more like an anime come to life. Maybe it's just a superficial association with the Asian setting and characters, but I think the director, in this trilogy, has directed it very...obviously "cinematically"...as if it was transposed from frames in a comic book (OK I guess that would make it a manga.) Anyway, full marks for being thought-provoking, shocking, well-written, with the characters identifiable, and the course of events stunning and unexpected.