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Three... Extremes:
The Box |
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A female writer has occurring dreams about being buried
alive. When she was little she used to be an acrobat
together with her sister but since her sister always
got more attention she decided to lock her into a box
one day. Well, one thing leads to another and her
sister gets burned alive inside the box. With her
past haunting her, the female writer doesn't know
what to do with herself.
Could someone please tell me why Takashi Miikes films
always are so difficult to understand? With the
obvious exception of "One Missed Call". See, I'm sure
this is a great flick but it's just too damn hard to
follow. In the end of the movie all the pieces come
together but it's like... well, you know when you lie
a really big puzzle and you have no idea how it will
look like and when it's finally done it's a big
disappointment. That's what's going on here. When we
finally realize what's been going on all this time,
it's simply a big let down.
Takashi Miike is an excellent director though and
I think that everyone knows that but I personally
think that he's going a bit too surrealistic. If
I didn't know Takashi was responsible for it I would
never have guessed it, it doesn't look as good as
his other flicks. The acting is very good but it's
really difficult to root for the characters as we
only get to know them on the surface. I think that
it would've profited by being longer than just 40
minutes. But on the other hand, I could be wrong.
This is the second film I watch from the Three...
Extremes movie and while it's slightly better than
"Dumplings" I still hope that the last one called
"Cut" will be better. I think it will though as that
is the one that's gotten the best hype out of the
three. I think Takashi should take a look at his
early flicks and see what he did right because he
just did too many things wrong here for this to be
a better than average horror movie.
No, it's very dry.
I'm sad to say that this is almost non-existent.
All we get is a melody which is played from a
musical box and even if it's a sweet melody, it
just isn't enough.
Even if this is better than Takashi's last flick
"One Missed Call" this is still not as good as
one would expect from Takashi. It's way too
surrealistic and it tries to be more than it is.
I think the movie was supposed to be somewhat
bizarre but all in all, it's really nothing out
of the ordinary.
Review By: AnthroFred
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