Her (2013) by Spike Jonze

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     I've watched this movie three times. I thought it was a marvelous SF film at the first time, I watched again and again, changed my focus to the love between Joaquin Phoenix and OS(Scarlett Johansson), and finally got to the idea that the story of love is no different from the love of real human beings. This movie is about how the love starts, grows, weakens, and ends. I think OS is an anonymous representation of other side of relationship. No matter what the object of love, the aspect of love would be same. In that point of view, this film is much more like "500 days with Summer". And, I must say that this movie is a very good portrait of how a guy affected by love.

The Congress(2013) by Ari Folman

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     This is a wonderful movie. After some lazy introduction, the most beautiful and fantastic animated pictures of dream world fascinated my eyes. Really great job by Ari Folman. The idea that digitaly scanned or created charaters take place of real human is not a new one. What matters is that how we, the viewers, are goinng to influenced and changed by that technology. Ari Folman expressed the emptiness and hollowness of the people caused by the desire using technology in a wrong way. Not satisfied with watching and manipulating scanned  actor/actress, people are going to take more intense pleasure by being the characters themselves, even losing their own personality. It is an irony that in this insane and distorted dream world, the only sane human is Robin herself, because she is still living in the real world, even the real world is painful life-time burden for her. As the Buddhism teaches us, we can get to the real pleasure not by denying ourselves, but by appreciating ourselves as we are.

Blancanieves by Pablo Berger

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  Blancanieves by Pablo Berger. This is a wonderful interpretation of the fairy tale <Snow White> into another story that I've never expected. So modern, so spanish. I really liked it. In a world full of spectacular, computer engineered 3D movies, you can never deny the virtue of this old-fashioned black and white, silent movie.  

Dear Hollywood studios: a wonderful material for Sci-Fi Action film

Dear Hollywood studios:

  I have to tell you about a book. It is a wonderful material for a Sci-Fi action film. Get this book and read it. And I bet that you will be want to start adaptation of this novel.

The Blind Watchmaker

  Summary: In the future, it is common to add artificial parts to human bodies. more memories, device of sense, power or even weapons. Only natural brains of their own remained, it is regarded as a human being. However, a dead body found with its brain has been stolen. Same kind of murder case again and again. The detective who is investigating these cases come to face unexpected truth and danger.

  This novel's title is "The blind watchmaker". Same title as the book by the renowned scientist Richard Dawkins. Maybe because this novel is co-written by a writer and a scientist. Maybe the scientist admired Dawkins' work. As Dawkins questioned about the idea 'intelligent design' of creationism, this novel make us to think deep about how can we define human even if our body is replaced by artificial parts. What do we say about brains with enhancement. Can a humanoid with free will considered same as human being. Some say these kind of questions are already expressed in the famous movie 'Blade Runner' starring Harrison Ford. But this is different. It is much more action packed thriller. You can say that the 'Blade Runner' is philosophical like 'Apocalypse Now', and this novel delivers its theme by realistic story like 'Platoon'. Co-written by a writer and a scientist, fast reading and something to think about. You will love it. 

'FROZEN' make a new box office record.

  The Disney's Animation 'Frozen' made a new box office record in Korea. The Song 'Let it go' can ben listen everywhere. Even I watched it 4 times. Watching it carefully, I found something profound in the story. It is different from previous any other animations from the Disney. It is a simple story but can also interpreted deeper meaning. If you develop more, you can notice there is something called 'prototype in legends and tales' in C.G.Jung's psychology and (late) Joseph Campbell's writings.