I might have been slightly disappointed with A Tale Of Two Sisters as I was expecting a horror flick, maybe something about the stepmother going insane and killing the sisters. What I got was an almost two hour long film with an ending almost impossible to predict. While I liked the twist, there wasn't an amazing buildup. It felt quite clear that someone was dead or nonexistent, the plot twist was finding out who it was. If you look at The Sixth Sense, what makes the twist so good it that it's realistic and makes sense, but also because it's predictable. It makes you want to go through the entire movie again to look for all the clues. With ATOTS there are no clues to tell you about Su-mis DID or that she is impersonating the stepmother. There's also the ghost woman who I assume is the mother as she has long hair (and is dead) but while we see the ghost we have no idea who the mother is or what she looks like, making it impossible to predict the ending. There are also scenes where Su-yeon (the dead girl) is alone but we still se her experiencing things like a normal person, which is a really dumb way to try and make the audience think that she's not dead, as well as make scenes where she interacts with the stepmom/older sister on her own, like when she is locked in the wardrobe. This also, by the end of the movie, ends up feeling like a cheap way of covering up the fact she's dead.
I don't think this movie was complete trash, however and it did have some good aspects story-wise. I liked that there was more than one twist and that you really had to watch til the very end to understand it. It wasn't just "Boom! The younger sister was dead all along! End" there was more to it. I genuinely enjoyed it and many times it had me on the edge of my seat. I just think it could have been put together a little better, and a lot of scenes felt unnecessary and like they were just dragging the film out needlessly.
Besides all this, I've read some of the 1-star reviews and a lot of them are just.... stupid. I also tend to dislike pretentious artsy films, and this was a bit pretentious, but it was still a good movie. I know a lot of people were unsatisfied with it considering how long it was and how little happened. But you should have considered the fact that this isn't really a horror film. There is a long buildup because there is so much more to the characters and the family than you think. As I said in the beginning of this review, I expected this to be a more classic horror, but it wasn't, which was the main reason for my disappointment. But I don't think it's fair to rate this genuinely good movie low because "it's not what you were expecting". If you want something predictable without long scenes go watch a slasher.
I don't think this movie was complete trash, however and it did have some good aspects story-wise. I liked that there was more than one twist and that you really had to watch til the very end to understand it. It wasn't just "Boom! The younger sister was dead all along! End" there was more to it. I genuinely enjoyed it and many times it had me on the edge of my seat. I just think it could have been put together a little better, and a lot of scenes felt unnecessary and like they were just dragging the film out needlessly.
Besides all this, I've read some of the 1-star reviews and a lot of them are just.... stupid. I also tend to dislike pretentious artsy films, and this was a bit pretentious, but it was still a good movie. I know a lot of people were unsatisfied with it considering how long it was and how little happened. But you should have considered the fact that this isn't really a horror film. There is a long buildup because there is so much more to the characters and the family than you think. As I said in the beginning of this review, I expected this to be a more classic horror, but it wasn't, which was the main reason for my disappointment. But I don't think it's fair to rate this genuinely good movie low because "it's not what you were expecting". If you want something predictable without long scenes go watch a slasher.