Reviews of Barking Dogs Never Bite 2000
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Starting with the Host, I've been slowly backtracking with the films of Bong Joon-Ho, without having caught up on Mother yet. As always, the most remarkable quality with his work is the fluidity of its tone, rising up and down in mood and energy without ever snapping. I guess you could call it realistic? That is, the moment-to-moment tonal variation that one can't necessarily expect, just like in what we call life, but breezier. Desperation is the feeling of peoples'…
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How bizzarely boring but still really interesting! Man, Joon-ho Bong can take you on an emotional ride
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A great first outing from director Joon-ho Bong, who shows he has style and substance right out of the gate in this offbeat dark comedy.
Sung-jae Lee does a fine job as a doormat assistant teacher who goes the extreme to stop a barking dog in his apartment complex.
Doona Bae is adorable and plays a similar character to the lead in The Host; Sleepy, disheveled, simple yet lovable daydreamer.
Interesting twist on the theme of an everyday person doing something mistakenly terrible and having karma play its course.
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Having enjoyed his later movies, I wanted to check out Joon-ho Bong's debut feature, which feels very much like a Bong movie.
There's the characteristic black humor, mixed with some slightly scary scenes. I am not a dog lover, but I was still a little bit disturbed by some scenes. So I definitely do not recommend dog lovers to watch this movie.
At first I wasn't sure how the two main storylines would cross each other, but when they did…
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A strange stew...
A reasonably interesting movie which skitters around a bit much sometimes, sort of entwining seemingly unrelated threads as the story unravels, and ultimately wrapping up tidily by the end... sort of. If you're a dog lover, steer clear.... there's some nastiness directed toward "man's best friend" here. Pffft... yeah, right... like the three little yappers on my same floor in my apartment building. Watch Barking Dogs Never Bite and then you'll understand why I checked this out. Stick to lizards for pets.
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Μαύρη κωμωδία με αρρωστημένη αίσθηση του χιούμορ που όμως δεν μοιάζει καθόλου αρρωστημένη αλλά σχεδόν χαριτωμένη. Αλλά φυσικά επειδή είναι Joon Ho Bong θα βρεις μικρά bits μελοδράματος και θριλερικής αγωνίας εδώ και εκεί και εντυπωσιακή σκηνοθεσία στους περιορισμένους χώρους ενός σχεδόν άδειου apartment complex. Και μια ταινία που γελάει με σκύλους που εκσφενδονίζονται από μπαλκόνια και γίνονται στιφάδο μπορεί να είναι μελαγχολική έως και συγκινητική. Γιατί να μη μπορεί.
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We (at least in American cinema) are pretty conditioned to our structure and genres. Bong Joon-ho’s movies are effective (for me) and baffling (to many, I assume) because he never lets you know what kind of movie you’re watching. We’re halfway through the movie at the moment I’m writing this, and I’m not even sure who’s the protagonist, if there is one. The grad student or the girl who works for the building? A case could be made for either.…
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31 of 365 in 2013.
Light fodder with a good comic dose of animal cruelty. Not up to the rest of Bong's standards, but enjoyable none the less.
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Be aware, Bong Joon Hoo is a Brilliant one.
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Strong debut effort from the director of The Host, Barking Dogs manages to both subtly lambast its central characters while also giving the audience reasons to sympathize with them.
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It's not that remarkable on a revisit. Some of the absurdities don't come of as funny as the first time I saw it. Still an entertaing, weird and a great black comedy. Cracks me up to even think of some of the scenes, like the Boiler Kim-story. It's genious, in a retarded kind of way.