Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Senteur As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

adrieverw I like this horror movie. The monster they made for this movie looks realistic enough.

agustintomaslarghi Okay maybe I went a little bit too far with the title, but this movie tries to hard on smashing several genres together.From time to time is funny, then corky, then emotional, then action, then thriller and so on.Don't get me wrong I really appreciate small indie films, but this is no indie film, they had a budget to do something better. They should had focused on doing just one genre, but they tried too hard on doing like a Hollywood block buster.It amazes me that Kang-ho Song participated on this film, is like when Anthony Hopkins did that role on Transformers. Kang-ho Song had several roles on some of the best South-Korean thrillers. Here is doing a clumsy, goofy, comical relief main protagonist. The monster CGI is really bad. The acting is a little bit weird some scenes are too overreacted, some scenes don't make sense at all. Some none-sense dialogues just for the sake of making time.This is not one of those "so bad that is good" movies, this is just bad. I'm sorry South-Korea please stick to thrillers.

Gurochan First off, I have no idea how so many people can say they don't understand the humour in this film - it's simple, slapstick stuff. A lot of it was obviously to hammer home how dysfunctional the Park family are (such as the funeral scene), and it works well. The people who don't understand it seem to be overthinking it.The film has good and bad points, like most. Some of the good points: The monster looks good, it moves in a really cool way and isn't something that's been done before. It looks like a huge, mutated mudskipper or newt. The family at the centre of the film are quite likeable even with all their faults. That seems to be a problem with a lot of horror films nowadays, the characters tend to be so shallow and stereotypical that you have a hard time caring about them. A lot of unexpected things happen in this film. The ending particularly. It was upsetting, but at the same time it was a refreshing change from the usual formula. CGI, sound, lighting and the camera shots all seemed excellent to me, there was one slightly dodgy moment when the monster falls over at the end but other than that it was great. The jokes/slapstick moments were funny. There wasn't some huge culture barrier, it probably just wasn't to everyone's taste. It's the sort of film that will have a character do something, and you'll find yourself laughing and facepalming at the same time. It's pretty accessible for western audiences. I've seen a few Korean films that were sometimes hard to understand, but this one is easy. Everything is understandable to a western audience and the subtitles are very well done.Bad points: At no point is the film actually scary. It tries to be, but because of the comedy it doesn't quite ever feel frightening. It's more of a drama with a monster in it than a horror movie. It mixes comedy and tragedy, which you don't see often. There's the odd plot hole or two - what the heck was with the fake virus (why?) and where were all the quarantine/police guys after the first half hour? They did have a bit of a dig at the Americans. I thought it was pretty funny, not being one, but I imagine some of them would have been upset by it. Shin Godzilla did the same thing, maybe the Americans are replacing us Brits as the 2D movie bad guys now?All in all, it's well worth watching. I've spent most of this week watching monster movies and this was definitely one of the better ones. It's pretty hard to get it right in this genre, but, although it has a few issues, this film is one of the better ones.

sfinancing This movie has the feel of the classics of the monster movie genre(if monster movies are a genre that is). It brings to mind the original King Kong or Godzilla.Acting, well done on all levels, with somewhat 2D characters(Lost a point here). Plot, a bit tired, but still well done. Script decent, but nothing really new. Special effects, not big budget but better than most for what was spent on the film. Scripting was decent. Suspenseful, amusing in spots, serious in spots. Could have had a better soundtrack(-point 2).Overall, a decent way to spend a couple hours.