The Good, The Bad, The Weird (2008)

Un western único e irrepetible.

"El bueno, el malo y el raro" es una explosiva reinterpretación del western a la coreana, firmada por un Kim Jee-woon en plena forma. La película combina tiroteos espectaculares, humor absurdo y una estética pulp cargada de estilo, con toques de Mad Max y espíritu de cómic. La acción es vertiginosa, marcada por un montaje preciso, planos cerrados y un uso chillón del color que refuerza el tono de fábula violenta.

Jung Woo-sung, Lee Byung-hun y Song Kang-ho forman un trío protagonista impecable, cada uno encarnando su arquetipo con carisma y energía. La historia, simple pero eficaz, funciona como una excusa para encadenar set pieces memorables y mostrar el dominio técnico de su director, que aquí afina recursos que perfeccionará en I Saw the Devil.

La banda sonora, original y pegadiza, acompaña con fuerza y acentúa el tono de aventura sin freno. Aunque su argumento sea ligero, la película no busca profundidad, sino espectáculo puro y autoconsciente. Y lo consigue con creces. El bueno, el malo y el raro es cine de género elevado a arte pop: una celebración del exceso hecha con inteligencia, ritmo y mucho talento.

Mi nota: ****

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I really liked this movie. It had a western type feel to it. I think that may have had something to do either w/ the horses or the dirt. I'm not sure which. I really liked how the story progressed & how the 3 main characters were linked. There were really awesome fight/shoot out scenes. I am not sure how accurate the history is on this, but I did look up Manchuria region & how it connected the 3 countries. Well 4 if u count Russia. It was interesting the history of the region.



The male lead in Iris is "The Bad" in this movie & he does an excellent job of playing his character. "The Weird" is comes out to be more than u expect him to be in the end. "The Good" is the most accurate moving target shooter I have seen in any movie. I have never understood how they expect ppl to believe that u can hit a moving target when ur moving as much as the target. I can kinda understand if ur standing still, but moving like they do in this movie; I'm not so sure. But it is pretty cool to watch.



I enjoyed watching this movie, it made me laugh, it made me think, & it made me grossed out (cutting off body parts). I hope others enjoy it 2.

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