Comments on: Review: Silly & Cartoonish ‘Stoker’ Is A Garish Misfire For Park Chan-Wook

By: Mattheworbit

Mattheworbit — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:31:30 +0000

An absolutely terrible film. Felt like a film designed for the Twilight audience.

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:31:30 +0000

Not a huge fan of Park Chan Wook – This was fab, though. Kidman steals it with her darkly comedic role.

By: Mr. Snow

Mr. Snow — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:31:30 +0000

Obviously the reviewer didn't get into the spirit of the film – a combination of approaching it far too literally and just being tuned into a different frequency than the one "Stoker" was transmitting on. I love how this film polarizes people – personally, I found it fascinating and hypnotic (perhaps the reviewer is resistant to being hypnotized) – it's a psychological-puzzle of a film, kind of a Rubric's Cube, and it can be put together multiple ways, depending on one's perspective. One perspective might see it as ridiculous, especially if you were to also consider the stunning piano duet scene to be "rather hilarious" and were to describe the music they were playing as being "Chopin-esque" . . . ah, okay. So, not everyone knows that much about music – perhaps they might know more about film . . . but I wonder.

By: iban4yesu

iban4yesu — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:31:30 +0000

I am glad the NYT, which I trust more, liked the film to a degree! Compared to A.O. Scott, Mr Rodrigo might be taking things a tad too literally.

http://movies.nytimes.com/2013/03/01/movies/stoker-stars-nicole-kidman-and-mia-wasikowska.html?_r=0

By: Tobi

Tobi — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:31:30 +0000

The WWE comment was harsh… even still, this is disappointing since I was very much looking forward to this one.

By: Max

Max — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:31:30 +0000

You spent so much time only to say "The risible "Stoker" is a brutally empty, deeply unfortunate movie, and Park Chan-wook's jackhammer of a tool he calls a brush is, on this evidence, something that should be locked away."
This doesnt sound like an objective review but more like someone out to say as much trash about the movie as possible

By: yer

yer — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:31:30 +0000

Brace yourselves…the Wook fanboys are coming.