Reviews of Barking Dogs Never Bite 2000
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A very strange little beast this. It follows how a group of unrelated people come together with dogs or missing dogs. Its a black comedy with no real plot, so it comes down to the moments to propel Barking Dogs Never Bite. As funny as it can be, the lack of defined structure hurts the film. Still as a film from Joon Ho Bong, you can see where it all began and that alone is worth the price of admission.
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I liked this film a lot. It furthered proved to me that Bong Joon-Ho is one of my top 5 current filmmakers. This was his first feature and was not quite up to the level of his masterpieces which, in my opinion, are The Host and Memories of Murder. Nor was it up to the level of the very good Mother.
It's a little different from his other films in that I wouldn't really say this one was of a…
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First full-length film from Bong Joon-ho. Overall, it's an absurd little film about a selfish academic and a bored young woman stuck in a rut. There isn't much of a story here, just a string of unusual events- most of which involve dogs somehow. The film's selling point is its off-kilter, dark sense of humor. I watched it just because I'm a huge fan of Memories of Murder and Mother and I was glad to see some flashes of brilliance…
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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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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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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.