Comments on: Beautiful (2008) Movie Review http://www.beyondhollywood.com/beautiful-2008-movie-review/ Hollywood, Indie, Asian, Foreign, Horror, and Genre Movie Reviews and News Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:52:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Kenri http://www.beyondhollywood.com/beautiful-2008-movie-review/comment-page-1/#comment-78764 Kenri Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:28:22 +0000 http://www.beyondhollywood.com/?p=18943#comment-78764 Well written review... Well written review…

]]> By: 1minutefilmreview http://www.beyondhollywood.com/beautiful-2008-movie-review/comment-page-1/#comment-77443 1minutefilmreview Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:47:08 +0000 http://www.beyondhollywood.com/?p=18943#comment-77443 Nice review, would like to see it though... Nice review, would like to see it though…

]]> By: some1 http://www.beyondhollywood.com/beautiful-2008-movie-review/comment-page-1/#comment-77368 some1 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:31:04 +0000 http://www.beyondhollywood.com/?p=18943#comment-77368 I think what makes the film fail, sadly, is that during the last half hour it loses the plot and becomes a story about posttraumatic stress disorder, which doesn't really have anything to do with the premise (the PTSD should have manifested itself much sooner anyway). What's even worse is that this sudden change in direction also dictates the bizarre ending and thus irreversibly derails the story. At the very last moment (literally) the film sort of wakes up, tries to remember where it is and scrambles to get back on point, but by then it's too late. I found the ending to be extremely unsatisfying. It's really a shame, and Soo-yeon did such a great job too. Spoilers somewhat: I don't know if anyone else noticed or agrees with me, but the cop who initially takes Eun-young's statement turns out to be the most standup guy in the film. He does act like a misogynistic asshole, sure, but he still does his job and doesn't start obsessing over her like everyone else. I think what makes the film fail, sadly, is that during the last half hour it loses the plot and becomes a story about posttraumatic stress disorder, which doesn’t really have anything to do with the premise (the PTSD should have manifested itself much sooner anyway). What’s even worse is that this sudden change in direction also dictates the bizarre ending and thus irreversibly derails the story. At the very last moment (literally) the film sort of wakes up, tries to remember where it is and scrambles to get back on point, but by then it’s too late. I found the ending to be extremely unsatisfying. It’s really a shame, and Soo-yeon did such a great job too.

Spoilers somewhat: I don’t know if anyone else noticed or agrees with me, but the cop who initially takes Eun-young’s statement turns out to be the most standup guy in the film. He does act like a misogynistic asshole, sure, but he still does his job and doesn’t start obsessing over her like everyone else.

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