I first saw the second Cube film, Hypercube, and since it left me confused, I thought watching the first one would clear things up. Wrong presumption completely – if possible, I was even more confused afterwards. What was the point of everything? Where is the cube? What happens in the end?

I like the idea of the film, the story is fascinating even though it’s so simple. The execution, however, was a bit disappointing. Not much character development (not that much depth in them either), the plot was too predictable (except for the end – that was probably the best part of the whole film) and in whole the film left too many questions open. I like films that don’t explain everything or point things blatantly to the viewer, but when there’s nothing to hold on to, the film becomes too abstract and incomprehensible.

I would have wanted to like this film more, but not being able to get a better grasp of it, I have to say that it was ‘just okay’.

3-Iron was the first Kim Ki-duk film I saw and I was mesmerized by its beauty and difference compared to any other film I’ve ever seen in my life. I didn’t know who this director was, I had no idea what the film was about – I’m not completely sure why I even bought it, but I’m really glad I did.

To me, 3-Iron was unconventional. The main character doesn’t speak at all during the film – there isn’t much dialogue anyway – the atmosphere in the film is created with other, more subtle, elements, such as music, happenings, beautiful scenes. The story itself is compelling and fascinating, nothing much seems to happen but in reality many things change as the film goes on. Above anything else 3-Iron reminds us that words aren’t always necessary and there’s so much beauty in silence as well. 3-Iron might be a bit tricky to approach and its world might not open to everyone at once, but I’d still strongly recommend watching this, as it might have a huge impact on you too, as it had on me. :)

Well, the one thing this book did to me was to spark my love for Jane Austen and especially Mr. Darcy again. Or rather the idea of him. The story itself wasn’t that impressive and the ending was rather predictable, but oh, so Austen-like. This sounds so stupid, but I’d like to find my Mr. Darcy one day, too. I know what I’m going to daydream about in the upcoming days.

I’m a huge, huge fan of zombie films, and I like to watch even a bit crappier ones, because this ‘genre’ is just so fascinating. But I don’t know what was supposed to be the idea of this film, because it certainly wasn’t zombies. Maybe I didn’t get the point, but I thought it was more about criticism of media, its power and how it has become such a huge part of our daily life, than anything else. The zombies seemed like extras, something you need on the background to fill the empty spots. I didn’t expect much but was still greatly disappointed, there was just nothing, no suspense, no interesting acting, not even a good plot, just… nothing. The film was considerably gory, but instead of making me scared or even a bit uneasy all the blood made me just bored – using too much blood usually indicates that the makers don’t have anything else to show us, so they rely on gory details. Well, doesn’t work for me, nope. It’s probably hard to make decent zombie films these days, recycling the same old idea of a virus that turns humans into zombies is just getting so… old. We’d need something new and fresh, and I’m still waiting for that.