Resurrection of the Little Match Girl
September. 13,2002A young man is on a quest to beat the game and rescue the Little Match Girl from the hands of the corporation that operates the game, but can he succeed?
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Slow pace in the most part of the movie.
just watch it!
Better Late Then Never
It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.
Like the cult hit The Matrix, Sun-woo Jang's latest sci-fi work The Resurrection of the little match girl contrived an exquisitely woven web of ruthless reality and subversively violent fantasy-land in which our heroes and heroines had alternated from being manipulated by game players to manipulating one another by themselves. Combining such game-within-game plot with the original idea of the well-known Danish fairy tale by HC Andersson, the director captures fatuous egotism and unreasonable superciliousness of the X-Generation.This time his approach appears much closer to the heart and mind of the contemporary Korean young groups. They have seemed so lost in their real society that they have been consuming time and money in the internet world in order to find the release. It is, therefore, quite natural that frequent abusiveness, pervasive violence, sardonic cartoonized characters take up the major part of the movie. The most refreshing point is owed to utilizing the "little match girl", who is pathetic in the beginning and becomes a revengeful lady in the latter part. Unlike the cult hit The Matrix, the obviously obnoxiousness of this movie lies in the lavish minor characters, most of whom could not function effectively or contribute to the development of the complicated plot but trivialized and metamorphosed into an enervating mess.Recommend it to those who like Director's previous anarchist work Bad Movie and Lies, then put it away if you're a fan of cult classic.
Just like Tampopo made fun of so many genres the Resurrection of The Little Match Girl is the modern incarnation. Video games, Matrix themes, wacky characters abound in a dimension hopping adventure that comes from everywhere. HK action and Wire Fu with Matrix graphics and Music Video FX make for a very busy film that goes all over the place and doesn't let up. I can see why it might have tanked in Korea because the story is really over the top and the characters aren't developed as much as the FX and Gun fighting craziness. I didn't know what to expect so I couldn't stop watching because it was unpredictable and all over the place. Being a fan of over the top violence and unusual narratives I came away thinking this was ambitious and gets and A+ for effort. Forgot the story but did get swept away by the goofy fun and visuals.
The other reviews here make many good points. It is true that "Resurrection Of The Little Match Girl" is a very unorthodox film and it is certainly true that it does have its problems. But, quite simply, I was thrilled and excited watching it in a way I have been by few other movies.Most films do not take anywhere near as many risks, or have anywhere near as many ideas, as this movie. True, the film does seemingly try to work in every single genre simultaneously and wildly fluctuate between reality and fantasy, humour and sadness, beauty and violence. But I felt this was a definite strength. From the USA to Mainland Europe, from Britain to Asia, there are so many films that do not push boundaries, do not take risks and are far too scared to step outside themselves and I think this film should be applauded for daring to risk these flaws.For all of its faults, this was easily far and away the best film I saw in 2003.
What kind of movie is this? Ummm.. well it's... weird. It's VERY weird actually... It's like someone wanted to make mixture of Fallen Angels, Nowhere to Hide, Avalon, Matrix, Unreal Tournament, Rainbow Six and... Little Matchgirl!I have to say that I liked this movie. It was beautiful, strange and full of humor and spectacular action. The actors were good and the effects were mostly brilliant.I'm not going to tell you anything about the plot, because... it's so strange, twisted and complicated and you don't really need to know it before you see the movie.I think that the weirdest thing in this movie is that they used NYLON BEAT'S song in the movie! It was quite surrealistic to watch a South-Korean movie and listen to a FINNISH popmusic! I have to say that I HATE Nylon Beat, but somewhy their music worked in this movie... and actually all music in this movie was quite good.I would recommend this movie to anyone who likes to watch original an different movies..... this definitely is a DIFFERENT movie...