men of the fighting lady ( also known as panther squadron ) is a 1954 korean war drama film starring van johnson , walter pidgeon , keenan wynn , and directed by andrew marton .

the screenplay was written by u.s. navy commander harry a. burns , who had written a saturday evening post article , " the case of the blinded pilot " , an account of a u.s. navy pilot in the korean war , who saves a blinded navy pilot by talking him down to a successful landing .

men of the fighting lady was also inspired by another saturday evening post article , " the forgotten heroes of korea " by james a. michener .

the original music score was composed by miklós rózsa .

men of the fighting lady

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original film title : men of the fighting lady . english title : men of the fighting lady . film director : andrew marton . year : 1954 . stars : van johnson . credit : metro - goldwyn - mayer / album
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release date : may 7 , 1954 . movie title : men of the fighting lady . studio : metro - goldwyn - mayer ( mgm ) . plot : . pictured : van johnson as lt . howard thayer .
the two fighting women were taken into custody , but no charges had been filed as of tuesday morning .
men of the fighting lady ,
which came yesterday to the globe , bearing a title that echoes a dandy factual film of world war ii , turns out to be an apt successor to that saga of the aircraft carriers , translating now a stirring story of carrier planes and men in the korean war . view full article in timesmachine »
because in the end , that is really what this is all about . in the end , we are not fighting these battles for ourselves . we are fighting them for our sons and our daughters - - for our grandsons and our granddaughters . we’re fighting for the world we want to leave for them . that’s what this is about .
the first lady & nbsp ; snuggles against the president during a video taping for the 2015 world expo in the diplomatic reception room of the white house .
n addition to its use in
midway
, commander duncan ' s crash was featured in 1954 movie
men of the fighting lady
as the demise of keenan wynn ' s lt . cdr . ted dodson and later in the 1990 film
the hunt for red october
as a damaged f - 14
tomcat .
the acting troupe are once again performing
the bloody hand
with lady crane , playing cersei mourning the death of joffrey . however , unlike the previous version , it is edited as arya proposed , with lady crane ' s cersei promising revenge . after the scene , lady crane walks off stage where she sees arya , injured from the previous episode who seeks refuge with lady crane . arya is then treated by crane . they have a brief conversation about what they ' re going to do in the future ( and remarking the fate of her rival actress , bianca ) with lady crane asking arya to join the play company who is going to pentos , and arya warning lady crane about dangers that will be coming to both of them . finally , lady crane tries to give arya the milk of the poppy which arya first rejects but accepts after being told that sleep is the only way for the wound to heal .
barristan selmy didn ' t die fighting the sons of the harpy in meereen , but continues to rule the city in daenerys ' s name after she disappears on her dragon .
the mockumentary no men beyond this point explores a world where women have evolved to no longer need men to give birth , and men are dying out as a species . they ' ve formed a world government , and put most men into reservations , like native americans .
the first lady and president have also announced that they will host the 139th annual white house easter egg roll on april 17 on the south lawn of the white house .
the musicians at the stage play are actually heard playing the rains of castamere as lady crane exits , after tyrion has poisoned joffrey and is about to kill tywin .
give me liberty ends with the divided states of america fracturing into civil war ; one group is the confederation of the first sex , set up by the former first lady in the deep south . . .
her first prominent role was “hapkido , ” or “lady kung fu , ” in 1972 . “that made me a star , ” she said . “i traveled the world to promote it . people knew my face . then the whole asian world knew my face . ” “lady kung fu , ” along with “lady whirlwind , ” also in 1972 , established her nicknames .
jane yolen ' s great alta saga trilogy revolves around this . women live separately from men in small groups , and men are used only for the purpose of reproduction .
three people were fighting for their lives after a seven tonne post office lorry smashed into a hotel at a popular seaside resort on friday .
a commie - bashing korean war yarn about a us aircraft carrier , the fighting lady , and the brave men who fly her bombers , aim their rockets at the enemy ' s railway network , then return to base to exchange some of the corniest dialogue ever to emerge from the mgm studio . the sort of movie that makes a british effort like the dam busters seem positively shakespearean in philosophical and poetic import , it stacks up every cliche
one episode of he man and the masters of the universe 1983 saw the gang visit a world where this was the norm . women ran the place , while men were subjugated and forced to do menial labor . of course by the end of the episode , the two genders had reconciled . interestingly , the leader of the women and the leader of the men were implied to be a married couple .
one of the provinces in the alternate universe of the short - lived otherworld is ruled by women , with men relegated to semi - literate slavery .
a lady land also appears in a 19c protofeminist chinese classic flowers in the mirror ( jing hua yuan ) by li ru zhen .
considering the large number of male - dominated societies in existence , it is understandable that fiction is open to the idea of the women occasionally wielding ultimate power . lady land extends the idea to an extreme level .
- where being raised in a single gender society has resulted in diana growing up inherently mistrustful of men . part of her aesop is learning that not all men are evil . hippolyta is given a
men on a u . s . aircraft carrier fight to survive the korean war .
two men standing by racks of paintings inside a salt mine in altaussee , austria , circa 1945 .
to switch sides if they have finally had enough of the lannisters , despite their claim to the throne through margaery ' s marriage to tommen . due to keeping their men out of the war until now , the vale and dorne still have fully intact armies , and the tyrells nearly so , while the lannisters lost a large amount of men to attrition fighting robb stark and are financially bankrupt from wartime spending . it is unclear if varys knows that
joanna russ ' s polemical sf novel the female man has examples of various types of lady land , one where women and men are constantly at war , and a far - future one where men have been wiped out ; at one point it ' s implied that the latter is a result of the former . she gets round the reproduction / relationship problem with gene - splicing tech and lesbianism . the plot is frequently pushed aside by the author talking , at length about how men are oppressive , and how women need to become
female men
to be treated as equals .
the problem doesn’t lie entirely in dead men tell no tales . the entire continuity of the pirates of the caribbean franchise makes no sense . that’s largely due to the series’s lurching development .
episode
lithia
takes place in the year 2055 , where the world is populated only by women . almost all of the men were
had no men in it . at all . yes , it was an (
, a james tiptree jr . ( real name alice sheldon ) short story where a group of men accidentally
the book world without men ( published in 1958 , revised in 1972 under the title alph ) by charles eric maine concerns a male human popsicle child thawed into a world without men .
the the two ronnies serial
the worm that turned
. diana dors rules britain , men are forced to wear dresses , and the rules keeping men in their place are upheld by mini - skirted gestapo .
chapter 34 , cat of the canals : a murderer takes the boots of the victim .
in an aversion of the earlier aforementioned greeks , the spartans of all the city - states were the most surprisingly , free . women could divorce at will , and could own property in their own name , among many other things . in fact , they were more or less running sparta while the men were away fighting ( often ! ) . no one greek city - state was the same as another . queen gorgo ( wife of leonidas ) responded to a question from a woman in attica along the lines of why spartan women were the only women in the world who could rule men , she replied
because we are the only women who are mothers of men
.
english writer edmund cooper wrote five to twelve which is the future proportion of men to women , follows a male activist trying to get rights for men — turns out his sperm can only produce male children . and
who needs men ?
aka
gender genocide .
men got wiped out except for some enclaves up in scotland ( parthenogenesis is used for reproduction ) .
the violence unfolded when two unidentified women , ages 22 and 21 , began fighting one another over the parking spot at rouge park on the city’s west side — which was captured on video and shared thousands of times across social media .
in the remake of the wicker man 2006 , summerisle is controlled by women . the few men we see are mute , cowed - looking drones .
the dryads in david eddings ' the belgariad are a female - only race who reproduce with captive men . also , the extinct marags were a matriarchal society in which women naturally outnumbered men by a significant margin .
is besieged and he is in no position to send men north to help sansa against the boltons .
george stout at the entrance to the altaussee salt mine , 1945 . lieutenant commander george leslie stout was one of the first members of the monuments men . under his supervision , mfaa soldiers transported truckloads of recovered art from the salt mines .
on the other hand , the alternative is that the faceless men are not only faceless , but a little spineless , too .
the island of amazon lily , home of the kuja tribe , which consists entirely of women trained in the ways of the warrior and where men are forbidden . while it is stated that women of the island leave and return pregnant ( and always give birth to daughters ) , the population at large knows so little about men that it takes the eldest one in a group to even identify naked luffy as male .
the artemyra kingdom in magi labyrinth of magic . as only women can charm the local giant birds , they go out to fight while the men stay home to cook , clean , and collect jewels from the ravines . sinbad and company initially assume it ' s the abusive type ( since the queen does not like men ) , but the men and women actually get along just fine .
sin city has the neighborhood old town , which is run by gun - toting prostitutes . while their clients are usually men , those men know their places . if they step out of line , then god help them .
the atlantic magazine seems to think this is happening already , having published an article titled
the end of men
in their summer 2010 issue .
the episode
love gods
sees most of the men in the world having been killed via germ warfare . women generally take over society , while the surviving men ( at least those with a healthy sperm count ) are kept in compounds . the men are to impregnate the best possible women in order to rebuild the population , especially before another country does so . ( the men that succeed the most are afforded many luxuries . ) naturally , when our heroes get there , the male characters are instantly mobbed and taken into custody .
the stage play in braavos loosely based on the war of the five kings , titled the bloody hand , reappears briefly again in this episode . it now includes the rewrites that arya suggested to lady crane last time : arya pointed out that losing family members you love makes you angry , so she should play
cersei
as angry . lady crane suggested this to izembaro , but at the time he was insulted that one of his actresses would question his script . apparently , arya ' s idea that she gave lady crane was so good that izembaro ultimately relented and outright rewrote the dialogue from the scene - and the audience was utterly impressed by the revised version .
in poul anderson ' s time patrol story
gibraltar falls
, feliz is from an era of a matriarchy . she has to struggle to view men as equals — just as men from other eras struggle with the women in the patrol .
lost eden has the kotu tribe and the tribe of the embalmers , both of whom consist exclusively of women and very little clothing .
within the context of magic , this turns out to be justified - the male well of magical energy was actually poisoned by the dark one in the last conflict between him and the dragon . men who wield magic are mentally and physically corrupted by the use of the magic . before
without the [ monuments men ] , a lot of the most important treasures of european culture would be lost ,
nicholas says .
they did an extraordinary amount of work protecting and securing these things .
in a race against time , a special force of american and british museum directors , curators , art historians , and others , called the monuments men , risked their lives scouring europe to prevent the destruction of thousands of years of culture by nazis .
another discworld spoof in eric , where the mildly sex - obsessed eric has visions of lost kingdoms of amazons who use men as slaves for the very specific tasks they need men for . a footnote explains that these tribes do exist , and their slaves are expected to sort out the funny noise in the attic .
in the wotch , the villainous d . o . l . l . y . attempted to set up such by transforming men into women , though whether they intended to transform all men into women or just enough of them to use the threat of girlification to hold the rest in check was never entirely clear .
f1 .
the spongebob squarepants movie
- background music to
now that we ' re men .
charlie jane anders is the author of all the birds in the sky and a founding editor of io9 .
the marvel comics femizons , an alternate future society where women are warriors and the few men are either slaves or feral
beast - men
living in the wilderness . fantastic four enemy - turned - ally thundra came from this timeline .
for her situation , melania either invites sympathy or contempt — and from sometimes unpredictable quarters . supporters of the president see the former model as a gracious and dutiful wife and mother and as elegant a first lady as jacqueline kennedy .
the soul rider series takes place on a future half - failed colony world divided between the chaotic
flux
and lady land
anchors
, which preserved technology and civilization by turning them into women ' s mysteries . the plot of one of the books revolves around a conspiracy by a group of disgruntled men to subvert several anchors and turn them ( and the fluxlands between them ) into a no woman ' s land instead .
i raised the issue of combining women and minority men with paris barclay , the president of the directors guild , noting that 23 percent of a recent season of the fx series “sons of anarchy” had been directed by a minority man — namely mr . barclay — while 8 percent ( one episode ) had a female director .
is one of these , with subjugated males . not the worst - off of the deliberately created
several men including gatins and morgan , members of the brotherhood without banners who took part in the massacre of the villagers , are exchanging jokes over a campsite fire . while joking about sex , the four men are set upon by an axe - wielding sandor clegane , who has come to exact revenge for the murder of the villagers . he kills two of the men immediately with his axe and dispatches the third after a brief scuffle . sandor then slashes gatins below the waist , causing his innards to drop out . sandor tries to get information out of gatins , but instead he curses the hound before he is killed .
after the executions , sandor joins the brotherhood for a meal by a creek . beric suggests he should join up with the brotherhood , that they are fighting for a greater cause and that
cold winds are rising in the north .
sandor is skeptical of their chances of success and distrusts them due to his earlier acrimonious encounter with them . beric recognizes that sandor is a warrior and tells him that they are fighting against things that seek to destroy all life . he then tells sandor that it is not too late to help .
in the american astronaut the entire planet of venus is a planet of hats of southern belles , the only exception being the king who is needed to mate .
in the star control series , the syreen spacecraft were primarily crewed by women , while the men generally took care of terrestrial work . then their homeworld was suddenly destroyed . . .
it should noted that japanese men are often away from their homes either at work or in combat . and this is still true in modern japan with men often away from work in very long work hours .
( 1959 ) earned him a special golden globe award and a citation from the national board of review . the oscar® - winning creator of special effects for that biblical epic was arnold gillespie , one of four movies the two men worked on together .
arya was badly stabbed last episode , and her encounter with lady crane at the beginning of this episode happens immediately after that : it seems surprising that arya is able to run around throughout the city and fight afterwards , albeit by the end of the chase arya had moved around too much and opened up the stitches on her wounds . that being said , it is somewhat implied that many days passed by off - screen while arya was convalescing at lady crane ' s lodgings , knocked out with
in a lady land , the population is predominantly female . males may be considered inferior , used as sex slaves , or even expelled or murdered . this may create problems by leaving said society with no obvious method of reproducing outside of the sex slaves option . there ' s a very good chance that this issue will be brought up in - story , along with the issue of what happens to any male children born in a no - man zone . some stories explore how a culture is affected the absence of men by giving the characters other motivations . the logical extreme is an author tract of how women are better off without men . this genre is known as
lesbian utopia
as it appeals to a group of people without any significant attraction or attachment to men .
final fantasy xv has the nation of lestalum , where the women take care of politics and the vital engineering jobs while the men stay in the kitchen . one man in lestalum can be overheard discouraging his son from wanting a job like his mother .
the film is billed as the “ final adventure ” of captain jack sparrow , though co - director joachim rønning called it the “ beginning of the finale , ” and said there might be 10 sequels for all he knows . but even though it is theoretically part of one long , ongoing story , dead men tell no tales is puzzlingly , irritatingly ignorant of much of the continuity of the series .
in skies of arcadia , one of the discoveries is the ixa ' ness village , a society of warrior women . in the gcn director ' s cut , you can fight a team of 3 of the ixa ' ness demons .
the star trek : the next generation episode
angel one
has a society where women are not only in charge of everything , but naturally physically stronger than the men , while the men ( who all seem effeminate by earth standards ) dress mainly for sex appeal and are the cooks , secretaries , servants , etc .
was hardly mentionable in a 1959 mainstream - sf novel ) . a secretive cabal held the technology for artificial impregnation ( and the political power resulting from this monopoly ) , and they were not pleased about the prospect of reestablishing contact with men . most of the locals are under the impression that
men
were super - human godlike beings , based on their
unfortunately for mrs . donald trump , being the wife of the leader of the free world comes with some pretty demanding expectations , fair or not . and , thus far she has been publicly reluctant to meet a lot of them — despite headlines from two weeks ago proclaiming that she was ready to “embrace” her job as first lady .
the walking dead : tara discovers a secretive community of women and girls by a seaside forest . she assumes that no men are allowed in the community , but they admit that most of their male members were exterminated by the saviors , and the rest died of unlucky circumstances .
hercules the animated series had an interesting version when hercules visits the land of the amazons . men do live there , but they act incredibly feminine , wear aprons and basically do all the stereotypical woman jobs .
ms . mao’s career coincided with the over - the - top , often impolitic exploitation era in film . the narrator for an american trailer of her 1972 film “hapkido” declares : “watch out for the pigtail that whips you up and wipes you out . … lady kung fu : the unbreakable china doll who gives you the licking of your life . ”
have achieved such political power that women ' s rights have soared past
equal to men
to
the status of white south africans during apartheid
. in fact , this ultimately leads to the threat of
u . s . president donald trump waves to supporters along the parade route for his inauguration with first lady melania trump and son barron trump . ( photo by evan vucci – pool / getty images )
it’s been a weird , hard year for a lot of women . but if there’s one silver lining to the hellscape that is 2016 , it’s that women and men are energized to fight for what they believe in . buying pithy t - shirts and pins certainly won’t start the ( non - violent ) revolution , but sometimes it’s fun to have a kickass uniform to do your grassroots fighting in .
stephen kovalyak , george stout and thomas carr howe transporting michelangelo ' s sculpture madonna and child , july 9 , 1945 . michelangelo’s madonna and child was taken by the nazis from the church of our lady in bruges , belgium , and recovered at the kaiser joseph mine .
ooku : the inner chambers has tokugawa japan mutate into this after decades of ravages by an endemic red - faced pox that attacks only men . with a gender ratio of 1 : 4 in favor of women , men who make it to adulthood are barred from any remotely dangerous or strenuous occupations as
precious seed - bearers
while women have taken over all positions of authority .
the hypolitan people in the icemark chronicles are basically this . women are considered superior to men , and men only seem to gain status by association with a powerful woman . the southern hypolitan in the third book take it up to eleven ; their men are used as cannon fodder , are literally slaves to their wives , and can be killed at any moment for insubordination or as a human sacrifice .
in without men a small town in mexico becomes this when all the men get recruited for war ( except for the priest and one women ' s son who gets away by disgusing himself as a girl ) so the women have to learn to take care of themselves , the mayor ' s wife ( played by eva longoria ) becomes their leader of sorts .
the following morning , lady crane is standing on a chair , fetching some medicine from a high shelf , when she sees a man in her room . arya wakes up , startled by a crash . she finds lady crane brutally murdered , apparently impaled onto the legs of the chair she had been standing on . the man turns out to be the waif , who rebukes arya for not carrying out her mission so that lady crane could have died less violently , and now she has come to kill her . arya leaps out the window and flees into the streets . she rolls under a wagon and flees into a bathhouse but is unable to outrun the waif , who is closing in on her . arya barely manages to stay ahead and rolls down a broad flight of stairs , overturning several baskets of vegetables in the process .
melania , on the other hand , didn’t get around to hiring a chief of staff until early february and this week finally hired a communications director , stephanie grisham , who assured the washington post that the first lady anticipates “a very busy upcoming week in d . c . ”
29a .
survival of the idiots
- closeups of spongebob and patrick wearing fur .
first lady melania trump made a quick appearance at the reception at the president’s private palm beach , florida estate . she presumably put in the appearance on her husband’s behalf . he was stuck in washington d . c . , dealing with the aftermath of the failure to pass a bill to repeal and replace obamacare .
apparently due to economy of characters , the tv version had barristan die fighting the sons of the harpy and had tyrion arrive earlier , allowing tyrion to take barristan ' s place ruling the city in daenerys ' s absence . that being said , it is unknown if barristan will survive the upcoming battle , so condensing events so that he dies earlier might not be a very drastic change .
there are more men living in the town than expected , including the princess . in reality it has about the same male / female ratio as everywhere else they visit
there , resting on empty cardboard boxes a foot off the ground , were eight panels of the adoration of the lamb by jan van eyck , considered one of the masterpieces of 15th - century european art . in one panel of the altarpiece , the virgin mary , wearing a crown of flowers , sits reading a book .
throughout the series , this seems to be the case for the priesthood of dibella , the aedric divine goddess of beauty , who is also associated with the more carnal and sexual aspects of love . there doesn ' t seem to be a specific rule precluding men from her priesthood and in fact , there are stories of males being blessed by dibella as well as females , but the vast majority of it is made up of women nonetheless .
their work was largely forgotten to the general public until an art scholar , lynn h . nicholas , working in brussels , read an obituary about a french woman who spied on the nazis’ looting operation for years and singlehandedly saved 60 , 000 works of art . that spurred nicholas to spend a decade researching her 1995 book , the rape of europa , which began the resurrection of their story culminating with the movie , the monuments men , based upon robert edsel’s 2009 book of the same name . the smithsonian’s archives of american art holds the personal papers and oral history interviews of a number of the monuments men as well as photographs and manuscripts from their time in europe .
the remaining material appears to be based on what will come in the sixth novel , the winds of winter , particularly the storylines of arya .
one of the issues of the belgian comic les centaurs has the two protagonists being captured by the mythological amazons and spending a time with them .
, some remote villages lost so many of their marriage - age male population to battle that the very few men returning were a valuable commodity indeed - even if they were missing an arm or a leg . france lost nearly an entire generation of men in world war i , leading to its end as a dominant military power .
with the new 52 reboot , themyscira has become more like the original greek version of the amazons - as in , violently homicidal towards men , who are only used as breeding stock or chattel for trade .
in argonautica , jason and the argonauts come across the island of lemnos , populated entirely by women . they claim the rest of the men are away at war , but it ' s revealed that all the men have been killed as human sacrifices to artemis . in the myths that say atalanta was on the voyage — as the only female argonaut — she is usually the one that discovers this . this isn ' t depicted in the ray harryhaussen film , but shows up in the hallmark miniseries , where lemnos seems to be combined with the sirens as the women seduce the men with some kind of magic . in this version , orpheus isn ' t seduced either because he ' s still grieving for eurydice .
aristasia is a role - playing community / book - series founded on the idea of a world in which there are two genders , both female ( one blonde , one brunette ) , time moves geographically ( as in one area of aristasia is in the 1920s , whereas its neighbors might be in the 1880s ) , and femininity itself is one of the fundamental forces of the universe . the creator of the community has a very small retreat for women only that on occasion gets mentioned in the press . frequently portrayed as lady land .
later , sandor stumbles upon a forest clearing where he finds that seven members of the brotherhood including leaders , beric dondarrion and thoros of myr , are in the process of hanging lem lemoncloak and other two renegades for their role in the unauthorized attack on the riverlands village . as the three condemned men stand on blocks with nooses around their necks , sandor explains they killed his friend and he therefore wants to kill the men himself . sandor wants to inflict a harsher death upon them than hanging , but beric stops him . out of respect for sandor ' s loss , beric agrees to let him kill two of the men . however thoros refuses to let him butcher them . sandor complains , pointing out that in days gone by he would have killed all seven of them to get his way , but ultimately agrees to let them simply hang . sandor kicks the blocks from under the feet of two of the men including lem , and takes lem ' s boots for himself as the body is still twitching . beric kicks the block of the third man .
stallions on strike actually focuses on big mac starting a stallions ' rights movement to protest how stallions in equestria are the ones who are expected to do all the hard labor , chores and fighting while government positions and influential , easy or glamorous jobs go to mares almost exclusively .
the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans . it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .
duncan had managed to kick the nose of his plane upwards just as the plane smashed into the edge of the carrier ' s deck , splitting the jet in half . from behind the cockpit to the nose of the plane , the partial fuselage violently tumbled and rolled down the deck of the carrier , as the remaining chuck of the plane , and its fuel , ignited into a fireball and chased duncan ' s cockpit down the deck .
from left , cathy schulman , the president of the advocacy group women in film , and keri putnam , the executive director of the sundance institute .
they summoned the only monuments man for the job , george stout , who had pioneered new techniques of art conservation before the war working at harvard ' s fogg museum . early in the war , stout ( given the name frank stokes as played by george clooney in the film ) unsuccessfully campaigned for the creation of a group like the monuments men with both american and british authorities . frustrated , the world war i veteran enlisted in the navy and developed aircraft camouflage techniques until transferred to a small corps of 17 monuments men in december 1944 .
tcm celebrates the 100th anniversary of a musical legend with three nights of programming devoted to some of leonard bernstein ' s . . . more
amazoness ! is set in themiskyra , city of the amazons . men are barred from entering the city on pain of death ( with one . . . unique exception ) and procreation seems to happen via an arrangement with a neighbouring tribe .
that busy week includes an appearance at the international women of courage awards ceremony at the state department thursday , the post reported . she’ll be the special guest of secretary of state rex tillerson .
features a future dystopia where all men were transformed into monsters by a plague . women reproduce with biotech , and also wear no clothes and have lots of sex .
from persephone - who points out the hypocrisy of the queen getting to raise a daughter while none of them could .
some feminists even praise her for refusing to abide by what they see as the traditional first lady role , with all its old - school sexist trappings . others on the left imagine her as the president’s unhappy captive , with # freemelania becoming a recurring twitter hashtag .
and a dominant ideology that females are the stronger sex and males are the weaker . this results in the women being in power and are regarded as more valuable than men . the women twist biology and psychology into an unsettling dogma that allows them to rule the population . the absurdity of this ideology ( i . e men must wear veils so they won ' t incite lust in the women ; men aren ' t seen in public and only work at home , because home is where they
belong
) holds a mirror up to irrational and controlling nature of sexism in the real world .
it is mentioned that the ecclesiastical trials of the faith of the seven traditionally include seven septons . as tommen said , the faith lost the right to hold ecclesiastical trials under the targaryens but this is one of the powers they regained when cersei recreated the faith militant .
in the second the heroes of olympus novel we discover that urltoken is run by actual amazons . they like men - in their place - which seems to be providing manual labor for the company . we never find out how the men feel about it but for at least some being sex - objects to beautiful , buff amazons might seem like a pretty sweet deal .
stout rarely mentioned his central role campaigning for the monuments men and then saving countless pieces of priceless art during the war . he spoke about the recoveries at altaussee and two other mines briefly in that 1978 oral history , but spent most of the interview talking about his museum work .
a beard is an instant sign of masculinity—and perhaps also a throwback to a time long past , when whiskers were the norm among adventurous paleontologists ( almost all of whom were male ) . in a new documentary , filmmaker lexi marsh ponders how beards can act as a “membership card” into the scientific club , allowing men to bypass the many issues female paleontologists face daily , from fighting for recognition to feeling responsible for “representing” their gender . the bearded lady project : challenging the face of science shows how leading women paleontologists , including collaborator and the film’s main subject , ellen currano , dealt with gender bias—intentional and unintentional—to achieve professional success . the film , which premieres tonight at the university of wyoming in laramie , will be accompanied by a touring photo exhibit showing black - and - white shots of some 40 female scientists donning beards , by photographer kelsey vance . science spoke to marsh this week about her new film ; the following interview has been edited for clarity and brevity .
in ghosts of mars the human society on mars is explicitly stated to be a matriarchy , and women are primarily seen in powerful positions . doesn ' t stop the men from acting like machos , though .
the planet femax in the marvel transformers generation 1 comic is like this ; men are apparently genetically inferior and so have to scratch out a living in the barren regions of the planet , while the women live in a concealed paradise . their leader ends up falling for cloudburst when he proves himself the equal of any woman .
although izembaro and bobono do not appear on screen in this episode , actors richard e . grant and leigh gill are credited . their voices can be heard as lady crane heads backstage , acting out the next scene in the play , when tyrion shoots tywin on the privy .
despite the title , abbott and costello go to mars , the comic duo ( plus a few extras ) end up on venus , complete with the requisite all - female society , including the queen and cabinet . the men are treated as interesting curiosities , but in the end are rejected in favor of mere holograms of the former beefcake king !
paleontologist catherine badgley , here at work in california’s barstow basin , is one of the subjects of the new short documentary .
and she has been much slower than her predecessors to hire staff or to open the white house to visitors , as has always been the first lady’s responsibility . michelle obama nicknamed the white house “the people’s house” and made sure it was open to visitors right after her husband took office in 2009 .
but if we keep showing up , if we keep fighting the good fight , if we keep doing what we know is right , then we always get there . we always do . maybe not in our lifetimes , but maybe in our children’s lifetimes , or our grandchildren’s lifetimes .
i ' m referring , of course , to arya , the younger daughter of house stark . she’s spent the past couple years in the free city of braavos studying to be an assassin with the death cult known as the faceless men . her mentor , the assassin formerly known as jaqen h ' ghar , has pushed arya to prove that she can give up her identity and become
no one
in the service of the many - faced god .
downplayed with the magistracy of canopus in battletech . while it ' s a matriarchy and the highest ranking positions in the government are reserved for women , it ' s never noted that men are looked down upon or mistreated and there are no restrictions against men serving in the military ( even as officers ) or any other careers . in universe , the magistracy is known for its relaxed stance toward sex .
chapter 70 , the queen ' s hand : the ruling council of meereen discusses the situation . the besiegers use trebuchets against the city .
the feminist orbital colony margaret in transhuman space . given the transhumanism of the setting , they have to be flexible about the definition of
female
. given the equality of the setting , many people aren ' t sure why they bother .
the bridge has the mermare capital of mako island as this , due to the race being all female , matching the social patterns of some types of dolphins and whales . they largely just interact with males of other species in disguises for brief periods .
the island of quiet pleasures in the fairy tale
the imp prince
is inhabited by female fairies , amazons , and the goddess diana . men are not allowed on the island . it has been secluded for 600 years because of the queen ' s failed love affair . the male protagonist léandre visits the island while invisible to get the fairy princess abricotine ( who lives on the island ) to trust him .
the amazons themselves may have been inspired by the more egalitarian scythian culture along the north shore of the black sea . many burials of females include armor and weapons .
kirstein and posey were two members of the monuments , fine arts , and archives section of the allies , a small corps of mostly middle - aged men and a few women who interrupted careers as historians , architects , museum curators and professors to mitigate combat damage . they found and recovered countless artworks stolen by the nazis .
one chapter of the chinese classic journey to the west involves our heroes entering such a country en route of their pilgrimage . the question of procreation is answered by a mystical river that women of age may drink from and get pregnant - that two of the protagonists unknowingly drink from and hilarity ensues .
tommen says that cersei and loras ' s trials will begin
on the first day of the festival of the mother
- referring to the mother , one of the seven aspects of the godhead in the faith of the seven . in the books , no such holiday has specifically been introduced yet , but it is somewhat established that there are various holidays throughout the year devoted to all seven aspects of the seven , i . e . , the
maiden ' s day
is a major holiday devoted to the maiden . there is a
feast of the father
day - presumably there are feast days for the other six aspects of the seven .
smurfy grove in smurfs the lost village is a lady land of female smurfs , who are mostly armed , masked , and ready to take on any dangers that come their way , including the four male smurfs and smurfette who come searching to find their village . it is only through smurfwillow ' s gentle diplomacy that the female smurfs treat their guests with any sort of kindness .
the significance of arya extinguishing her candle with the sword would appear to be her advantage fighting in darkness , following her combat training while she was blind . this strongly suggests the waif must not have had the same training , as she is clearly a better fighter than arya and unencumbered by any injuries . in turn this implies that arya ' s blinding was a punishment specific to her and not part of
regular
faceless man training .
the story of arya ' s time with the faceless men is one of her failing at this . she hides her sword , needle , instead of giving it up with all the other trappings of her old life . she murders someone without the many - faced god’s blessing ( ser meryn trant , a westerosi who was on arya ' s oft - chanted shit list ) and then refuses to kill one of her assigned targets , an actor known as lady crane . it ' s pretty clear arya is and always will be arya—she can’t even hide her emotions when watching a play about her family’s downfall . though to be fair , we’re all still sad about ned .
pirates of the caribbean : dead men tell no tales is the fifth entry in the swashbuckling film series , and like its four predecessors , it’s packed to the gills with pirates , sea monsters , action , adventure , johnny depp doing whatever it is johnny depp does , and an egregious disregard for the laws of physics .
a piece that could very well be the trope namer is the short story sultana ' s dream by indian author rokeya sakhawat hossain , in which a woman kept in seclusion visits a magical utopia for women called , you guessed it , lady land , where traditional indian gender roles are reversed ( men are kept in seclusion and do domestic work ) , which results in solar powered flying cars and world peace .
nagasarete airantou is about an island with no men . when the male protagonist of the series accidentally winds up on the island , all the girls are so excited to have a male around that they do things like have tournaments to try to win the right to become his bride .
the hak ' tyl in stargate sg - 1 . to avoid death at the hands of the goa ' uld moloch , a group of female warriors have set up a separate society where they can raise baby girls they manage to smuggle out of the temple . while the older women do not necessarily have any hatred for men ( their leader , ishta , develops a bit of a relationship with teal ' c ) , most of the younger girls have never even seen a man .
grady hendrix , a founder of the film festival at lincoln center who endured the challenge of tracking her down , suggested that ms . mao was part of a bigger story .
leaving aside the basic storytelling holes in dead men tell no tales , the whole movie is tiring because half of it is cobbled together from elements of earlier movies . an island that no man can find ? featured in curse o f t he black pearl . undead pirates ? see films one , two , and three . macguffin leading to command of the sea ? dead man’s chest . antagonist who wants to kill jack sparrow because of a personal slight , and can walk through walls , but can’t go on dry land ? dead man’s chest and at world’s end . jack and barbossa fighting over who gets to captain the black pearl ? curse and world’s end . evil british officer who wants to harness the supernatural thing to wipe out pirates and take command of the oceans ? chest and world’s end again . henry and carina , the fresh new faces to head the franchise ? dead men tell no tales isn’t even subtle about trying to re - create the original pairing of will and elizabeth all over again . he’s the son of a pirate who lost his father , she’s skeptical of the piratical life but comes around — sound familiar ?


sorum is a 2001 south korean horror film and the feature film debut of director yoon jong-chan .

starring kim myung-min and jang jin-young , it tells the story of a young taxi driver who moves into a dilapidated old apartment building , the site of a brutal tragedy thirty years earlier .

the film has been nominated for and won several awards .

sorum

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matt sorum recuerda a lemmy lilmister , el fallecido líder de la legendaria banda motorhead .
sorum is a terrible movie that gets worse and weirder as time goes on .
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matt sorum has recalled the surprise , pride and anger that went with being a member of guns n’ roses in the 1990s .
according to sources , a now - deleted tweet from sorum reveals he was never asked to be a part of gn’r’s current revival .
structured as a ghost story , sorum never displays phantoms or spirits , and all events might be attributed to everyday causes or human selfishness . sorum does not try to simplify the deep socio - economical problems that trouble low income south koreans , by blaming supernatural forces for their condition .
matt sorum has paid tribute to chester bennington , saying the linkin park frontman
bared his soul to the world and we received his gift .
sorum revealed he used to be a drug smuggler before his rock star days , taking cocaine across borders by strapping pounds of the powder around his waist .
matt sorum ' s adopt the arts foundation has revealed the items to be auctioned at the upcoming deep purple / cheap trick tribute show in los angeles .
former guns n ' roses drummer matt sorum reflects on the passing of the iconic lemmy kilmister and recalls filling in on one of motorhead ' s tours .
steven adler says that his gn ' r replacement , matt sorum wouldn ' t sign on for a gn ' r reunion unless they both were involved .
each hit or kick that sorum has committed to tape or knocked out on stage can be felt by anyone within earshot . whether it’s the epic percussive backdrop behind guns n’ roses’ “knockin’ on heaven’s door” or the propulsive punked - out beat fueling velvet revolver’s “dirty little thing , ” sorum’s playing remains unique , undeniable and unforgettable . sorum’s presence extends far beyond the kit though . currently , he’s producing the darling stilettos forthcoming debut and spearheading his unique global sound lodge project . he never lets up…
review by william schwartz
sorum
is directed by yoon jong - chan and features kim myung - min , jang jin - yeong and ki joo - bong .
and sorum agrees – he tells one on one with mitch lafon : “we never knew what the fuck was going to happen . there was no sense of stability whatsoever .
former guns n ' roses members matt sorum and izzy stradlin have collaborated on a new song titled
f . p . money
and a snippet can be heard inside .
the next step skyrocketed him into the consciousness of music fans worldwide though . hearing about auditions for the cult , he tried out . bashing out each track with unshakable conviction , he got the job . for two years , sorum rocked all over the world in the cult on tours with metallica and aerosmith . the jaunt brought sorum back home in the summer of 1990 . duff mckagan and slash of guns n’ roses caught that particular tour - ending gig and were blown away by sorum , quickly asking him to join gn’r .
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the william sorum assembly resident - fellow member ( rfm ) awards were established in 1991 in memory of william sorum , m . d . , past speaker of the assembly . these awards honor a resident - fellow member ( rfm ) and a district branch in each area who has made the most notable progress in rfm activities , involvement , participation , or representation in the apa .
velvet revolver drummer matt sorum reminisced about scott weiland and his time with the singer in a new interview recorded just days after weiland’s death at the age of 48 . in a long chat with sirius xm’s matt pinfield , an emotional sorum said of his former band mate , “in the end , i just want the world to know that i feel like i made my peace with him . ”
“these characters that we’ve lost through the ages , their soul and their heart and everything they’ve felt in their life goes into their music , and they do that for us , ” sorum added .
sometimes there seems to be no rhyme or reason as to which titles make it big in the asian horror genre and which simply fade out of view . despite winning a handful of prestigious awards , korea ' s 2001 ( here read : pre - tale of two sisters ) entry , sorum , is an even less well - known contemporary of that criminally - overlooked korean masterpiece , acacia . and just like the aforementioned work , i had hoped sorum would be a hidden gem . unfortunately , not every lump of coal can become a diamond , and sorum definitely belongs to the former category .
sorum wallpaper please note : the actual paper does not have the snowblood apple logo on it . you can download this wallpaper here : [ 800x600 ] [ 1024x768 ] wallpaper credit : alex apple , 2006
sorum also called working with weiland in velvet revolver the “highlight” of his career . “being in a band , obviously in my career , has never been a perfect ride , but the reality of it is rock and roll is never a perfect ride , real rock and roll , ” sorum said . “and i think scott weiland was that guy . he was complicated , yes , but the artistry was magnificent . ”
director yun is one to watch for . if he can combine a script like
views
with the aesthetics of
sorum
, he is quite capable of making an honest to god great film .
hollywood . tv caught up with former guns n ' roses and current velvet revolver drummer matt sorum on february 4 , 2009 as he was leaving madeo restaurant in los angeles . during the three - minute chat , sorum offers his grammy predictions and gives an update on velvet revolver ' s singer search ( he says the band hopes to be able to make an announcement by april ) . watch the clip below .
the new sorum noce collection of elegant , innovative rock - inspired couture was introduced last night at a packed reception at the melrose ave . boutique in west hollywood , ca . the event was hosted by matt sorum ( velvet revolver , guns n ' roses , the cult ) and new partner , designer tony sartino , as well as mia heldt . the new line of sorum noce ( nothing original comes easy ) includes suits , vests , shirts , leather and suede jackets , along with custom hats by gunner foxx and custom shoes by esquivel . the store is adorned with classic rock n’ roll photos by legendary photographer jim marshall .
eve sorum , associate professor of english and the interim fellowships advisor , says what brady has earned is impressive ; out of 872 applicants , there were only 44 fulbright research / study awards for the u . k .
at 14 - years - old , sorum was wailing with his band the prophecy alongside the likes of van halen and devo at the whisky - a - go - go and crazy horse west . rock ‘n’ roll had always called to him , but he embraced it with an unshakable grip . over the next few years , sorum honed his chops in numerous session gigs with artists such as shaun cassidy , belinda carlisle and king solomon burke , solidifying his reputation as a go - to studio drummer . in the midst of balancing 40 gigs at a time , sorum crossed paths with tori amos while she was playing in a hotel piano bar . immediately , they connected , forming y kant tori read . after rocking clubs for two years , atlantic signed the band . amos went solo shortly after , but opportunity came to sorum . he joined the jeff paris band , recording for polygram in 1987 .
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the future is most important to sorum though . right now , he’s producing the darling stilettos’ highly anticipated debut and working on global sound lodge with cordola as well as a host of non - profit and charity gigs on the horizon .
gn’r dropped the spaghetti incident ? in 1993 and received two grammy award nominations and two mtv awards . selling thirty - million records with guns n’ roses , sorum joined forces with steve jones [ the sex pistols ] , john taylor [ duran duran ] and duff for neurotic outsiders , recording an album for maverick rocking star - studded weekly gigs at the viper room in 1996 . while guns went through various evolutions , sorum crushed on solo tracks for duff , slash and gilby clarke .
2017 sorum - xia award participants . from left : dr . dale barker , ds4 students michael tichy , bryce holmes , lindsay yap , samyia chaudry , alayna schoblaske , and brendan scott . , faculty : dr . brian whitten and dr christine sedgley
each year the sorum - xia award in endodontics is awarded to a senior dental student who shows exceptional interest and ability in endodontics . larry sorum was a 1978 graduate of ohsu . he was an endodontist in the air force when he died of cancer at an early age . the sorum - xia award includes a certificate , a check , and the inscription of the winner ' s name on a plaque that is displayed in the dental school . this award goes to the winner of a case presentation competition for senior dental students . presentation of this award is made during the awards ceremony before graduation . this competition is open to all interested senior students . this award is supported by dr . tian xia , an alum of the ohsu endodontic graduate program .
sorum
doesn ' t work , but i can ' t fully say not to see it . it ' s open to much debate , and had just enough memorable images and scenes , i have to at least recommend it for a rental .
“the whole fellowships committee on campus was convinced about the importance of tim’s research and impressed by its implications for the direction classics could take . american universities will benefit by having scholars like tim return to study and teach in this combined field , ” sorum said .
sorum later reminisced about the grueling auditions for the lead singer vacancy in velvet revolver and how weiland blew his future band mates away with his abilities . “when scott weiland came in , it was like magic . all of a sudden , here’s this guy that can write a melody in about five minutes , and write a lyric , and you have a song that was contemporary , ” sorum said . “i just looked at slash and duff and i said , ‘there’s your guy . scott weiland . rock star . the real deal . ’
now that guns n’ roses are touring with slash and bassist duff mckagan back in the band , sorum reflects : “those were the greatest times in rock’n’roll . what’s going on now is great for them , but i was there when it was great too – probably the greatest .
sorum was born in long beach , california in the rock ‘n’ roll heyday of the ’60s . there couldn’t be a more appropriate place for a future rocker to hail from . about 20 miles away from the cultural and musical explosion taking place in los angeles , he had no choice but to blaze a rock ‘n’ roll trail . after watching ringo starr of the beatles on ed sullivan , sorum became entranced by the drums and had to pick them up . the beatles opened the door to jimi hendrix , cream and the doors and inspiration had completely taken hold of him .
sorum took some heat for making comments about the foo fighters that were taken to be negative . but he says what he meant was : “i wish i could be in a band like metallica or the foo fighters – a band that runs that smoothly . i didn’t say they’re not dangerous .
kim kyu - hyun ( internews )
sorum (
soreum
in korean means
goosebumps
)
will make an excellent departure point for debating the definition of
film noir
. is film noir predominantly a style , with cameras prowling dark corridors and sini , . . .
two things bring me to the conclusion that yun could be a very good director . number one ,
sorum
looks wonderful , and yun really knows how to make an aesthetically beautiful film . from the breathtaking locations to the wonderful cinematography , there is not a frame in the film that doesn ' t look great .
matt , who played a number of shows with bennington as part of the sorum - founded supergroup kings of chaos , addressed the singer ' s death in a facebook post . he wrote :
devastated and heartbroken today on hearing of dear friend and bandmate chester bennington ' s passing . we were only speaking yesterday and planning future gigs together .
sorum
is a terrible movie that gets worse and weirder as time goes on . like i said , i don ' t get it . and if it takes one or two more viewings to get the full explanation then count me out because there ' s no way in hell i ' m going to sit through this shit again .
woody ' s review : jong - chan yun is not a bad director . in fact , i think he has a great film in him somewhere . i have concluded this by watching the 2 - disc special edition of his 2001 film
sorum
which contains a supplemental disc , featuring three english - language student films done by yun in college .
sorum
is aesthetically great , but lacks an actual script . elements of horror and drama creep in an out , but nothing sticks , and nothing gels . the film is filled with great images , but nothing ties them together . the film has some potentially interesting characters , but either gives them incredible lapses of logic or leaves them underdeveloped enough to not matter .
however , drums always beckoned him back . upon finishing a two - year stint rocking with the cult , sorum found himself in the studio with mckagan and slash . the three shared a chemistry that could never be matched , and they founded velvet revolver . with scott weiland of stone temple pilots singing , sorum released two explosive albums with velvet revolver—contraband in 2004 and libertad in 2007 . world tours saw the band etch a legacy of their own buttressed by the hits “fall to pieces” as well as “set me free”—propelled by a riff matt wrote . in addition , “slither” garnered the band a grammy for a “best hard rock performance” and the band received another three grammy nominations . contraband also debuted at number one on the billboard top 200 , selling three - million copies .
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the 14th pusan international film festival ' s third day has brought the first showing of the film
sorum
that stars jang jin - yeong who has passed away recently . this day , actress kim ah - joong , han ji - hye , and yoo sun have attended this showing . the stars and directors are taking some time of silence for her passing away . , . . .
views
works because it feels improvisational , but has a point and theme . it had a script of some sort , it was used , and the film succeeds .
sorum
seems very much like a by the fly , make it up as you go along film , but it doesn ' t have the benefit of a real script or outline . things just happen , without explanation .
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on september 3 , mbc aired a special tribute for late actress , jang jin - yeong ( 1974 - 2009 ) on the occasion of her first death anniversary on september 1 . the documentary featured interviews from jang jin - yeong ' s colleagues in the entertainment industry , and among them , was kim myung - min , her co - star in 2001 psychological horror film ,
sorum
, . . .
when they first met at a super bowl party in texas , adriane “ace” harper was a breath of fresh air for matt sorum . the drummer for hard rock bands guns n’ roses and more recently , velvet revolver , frequently met women who were very aware of his celebrity . ace , a singer and backup dancer for groups such as duran duran , seemed to have no clue . so , naturally , he asked for her phone number .
sorum says he and duff mckagan were about to go to dinner and a gary clark jr . concert when they learned of weiland’s death . the two canceled their initial plans in order to reflect about their time with weiland . velvet revolver band mates previously released a statement about the former stone temple pilots vocalist . “we experienced a good chunk of life with scott and , even in his darkest times , we all had hope and love for him , ” they wrote .
sorum ' s subtexts are based in seoul ' s history of poverty and class segregation . after the devastating kwangju massacre in may 1980 , that left hundreds of demonstrators dead , general chun doo - kwan seized control of the country . the resulting political oppression produced a socially conscious underground film movement that addressed the violence , economic decline , and administrative corruption that consumed the country for over seven years . this artistic counterculture continues to stimulate , inspire , and educate today ' s filmmakers .
the movie explores some of the same socially unacceptable themes as acacia : the major difference between the two films is that sorum just doesn ' t go anywhere . unlike acacia , which develops its plot beautifully with lots of eeriness and tension , sorum fools you into thinking that something is going to happen - any moment now - and time after time it fails to hit you with the scare which is so badly needed . it ' s like a two - hour joke without a punchline . it took exactly one hour and sixteen minutes before a single character even said
there is something strange going on in this building
- which is just not an acceptable time - to - interest value ratio . too little happens for too long . it works - just about - on a drama level , particularly during the incredibly depressing final half - hour , but if you want your horror to be scary , at least in some form , this is not the movie for you .
between the madness of touring with velvet revolver , sorum recorded his first solo record , hollywood zen—a pensive , poignant and poetic offering that saw matt singing as well as playing guitar and drums . as if that weren’t enough to keep him busy , he also joined los angeles’s coolest cover band camp freddy with jane’s addiction’s dave navarro . camp freddy’s los angeles shows have become legendary with guest appearances ranging from ozzy osbourne and corey taylor of slipknot to juliette lewis and chester bennington of linkin park .
any good things about
sorum
? well , i did give it a 2 / 10 rating so those 2 points came from somewhere . i thought the cinematography was excellent , but wasted . the apartment building was definitely a visual - horror to look at , but also wasted . chang jin young and kim myung min are obviously talented , but once again . . . wasted . the package design for the dvd was neat , but guess what . . . . you guessed it , wasted .
officially moving on from gn’r in 1997 , sorum brought his talents behind the board . he produced a top 40 single for poe entitled “angry johnny” as well as tracks “hello” and “a rose is a rose” for hollywood records . realizing he had a natural knack for bringing the best out of artists , he formed orange curtain productions with his partner lanny cordola . together , they completed six film scores and produced platinum - selling artists including candlebox , sen dog of cypress hill , little milton and ronnie spector .
such influence is evident in sorum ' s first scene , where young taxi driver yong - hyun ( kim myung - min ) , struggling to make ends meet , moves into a decrepit building in a rundown section of seoul . most of the walls are adorned with graffiti , the corridors strewn with trash , and the pervasive sound of dripping water hints at a plumbing nightmare . the ceiling of yong - hyun ' s apartment shows signs of smoke damage , a reminder of the building ' s terrible past .
that paragraph about as much sums up the film ' s narrative focus , too . yong - hyun ( played by kim myung - min ) moves into this apartment building , and . . . something ensues . i ' m honestly not sure what , exactly .
sorum
takes us on a tour of what yong - hyun ' s life is like in action , and much like the apartment building where he now lives , there isn ' t a whole heck of a lot to look at .
the main complaint i can come up with regarding
sorum
is that , speaking as someone who spends quite a bit of time in environments that most foreigners would consider unsavory , the slums of seoul really aren ' t that bad . well , today anyway . this movie is a dozen years old , so who knows what ' s changed since then . still , people are relatively friendly and well - animated , and there ' s nowhere near the soul - crushing here that i was accustomed to in american suburban environments .
“fulbrights are incredibly competitive , and the success of abrar , theresa , and tim reflects their stellar records as students and leaders , ” sorum said . “not only is this exciting news for the three fellowship winners , it is also great news for umass boston . i am so glad that tim , abrar , and theresa will be ambassadors not only for our country , but also for our university , bringing further recognition to our amazing students , both past and present , and to the world - class work that is done here . ”
“i don’t know how i felt initially because i can’t say it was a shock , but i definitely wasn’t expecting it , because i felt scott was gonna be here longer than this , ” sorum told sirius xm’s lithium . “people know that in the end , we had our differences and the band split up , but the wave of emotions that you feel is more like a family member ; it’s like if you had a family member that maybe you didn’t get along with great but you still loved them , so that’s the feeling . ”
of course , that bit of opinion is entirely irrelevant to this movie ' s merits . as a film ,
sorum
is an effective look at the discouraging underbelly of an apparently pointless life , and the nonchalant actions people will undertake just out of circumstance . it doesn ' t generate any of the kind of emotions one might be hoping for from a more casually accessible movie about the greater points of fear . regardless , its thematic elements are solid , and worth the effort for anyone wanting to get a stab at the motivations behind general despondency .
the apartment complex that is the backdrop of most of the action in
sorum
is a dank , unsettling , somewhat discouraging abode . it ' s the kind of rundown building people who don ' t have a lot of money end up staying in . ugly stains , rough edges , and random litter abound everywhere in the building . the walls are an unsightly eyesore - nothing grotesque or horrifying , just kind of ugly . and yet , there ' s a certain character to it that ' s a bit appealing . maybe not so much as a building designed to be pretty , but more so than boring white walls anyway .
snowblood apple rating for this film : entertainment : 2 / 10 . i sat through this entire movie . ph34r my l337 staying powerz0rz ; - ) chills : nope , didn ' t get any of them scariness : if you can handle flickering light bulbs , you ' re probably going to be just fine ghosts : didn ' t get any of them either sex : 2 / 10 . one mercifully short shag : one mercifully short hand shandy confusion : wha ? / 10 cigarettes : everyone smokes about 1000 a day sorum : acacia ' s evil twin length : i want those two hours of my life back ! litres of tomato ketchup : almost no tomatoes were harmed during the making of this film
frankly , it doesn ' t really look too great either . the screencaps will tell you the story of just how weak the visuals are : i saw no imagery worth taking caps of , to be brutally honest . the apartment building location was a godsend to the cinematographer and is just about the only source of atmosphere in the entire piece . towards the end of the movie , we are told explicitly by one of the characters ,
fear what you cannot see !
well , sorry mr yoon jong - chan , that ' s not really how horror movies usually work . it didn ' t work for inugami - a movie about evil dog - spirits , with no actual evil dog - spirits in it - and it doesn ' t work for sorum .
the apartment complex that is the backdrop of most of the action in
sorum
is a dank , unsettling , somewhat discouraging abode . it ' s the kind of rundown building people who don ' t have a lot of money end up staying in . ugly stains , rough edges , and random litter abound everywhere in the building . the walls are an unsightly eyesore - nothing grotesque or horrifying , just kind of ugly . and yet , there ' s a certain character to it that ' s a bit appealing . maybe not so much as a building designed to be pretty , but more so than boring white walls anyway . that paragraph about as much sums up the film ' s narrative focus , too . yong - hyun ( played by kim myung - min ) moves into this apartment building , and . . . something ensues . i ' m honestly not sure what , exactly , . . .
reviewed below : i wish i had a wife ( jan 13 ) - - a day ( jan 20 ) - - tears ( jan 20 ) - - bungee jumping of their own ( feb 3 ) - - last present ( mar 24 ) - - friend ( mar 31 ) - - failan ( apr 28 ) - - kick the moon ( jun 23 ) - - my sassy girl ( jul 27 ) - - sorum ( aug 4 ) - - musa ( sep 7 ) - - one fine spring day ( sep 28 ) - - my wife is a gangster ( sep 28 ) - - nabi ( the butterfly ) ( oct 13 ) - - guns & talks ( oct 12 ) - - take care of my cat ( oct 13 ) - - waikiki brothers ( oct 27 ) - - hi , dharma ( nov 7 ) - - wanee & junah ( nov 23 ) - - flower island ( nov 24 ) - - volcano high ( dec 8 ) .
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korean movie reviews for 2001 : my sassy girl , musa , friend , take care of my cat , my wife is a gangster , volcano high and more .
he past few years have been very strong for korean cinema , but 2001 marks a new plateau in terms of box - office clout . led by such smash hits as
- - all of which drew more than two million viewers - - korean cinema has approached a 50 % market share in 2001 . with hollywood films accounting for less than 40 % of the market , korea has become just about the only place in the world where local films outdraw hollywood .
nonetheless , the presence of so many blockbuster films has not meant the death of more artistic work . visitors to the 2001 pusan film festival who had heard that korean cinema had
gone commercial
were pleasantly surprised by the high number of original , quality films on display . films such as
have been eagerly sought after by foreign festivals , and korean cinema ' s rapidly expanding talent base gives hope that the industry will continue to make good films long into the future .
* includes tickets sold in 2002 . market share : korean 50 . 1 % , imports 49 . 9 % ( nationwide ) films released : korean 65 , imported 306 total attendance : 89m admissions number of screens : 818 ( nationwide ) exchange rate ( 2001 ) : 1276 won / us dollar average ticket price : 5 , 860 won ( = us $ 4 . 59 ) exports to other countries : us $ 11 , 249 , 573 average budget : 1 . 62bn won + 0 . 93bn p & a costs source : korean film council ( kofic ) .
these are some reviews of the features released in 2001 that have generated the most discussion and interest among film critics and / or the general public . they are listed in the order of their release .
) . in their first crack at romantic comedy , sol and jeon take on parts which , although lacking the emotional extremes of their previous roles , form the very heart of this charming film .
sol plays a lovesick bank teller who can ' t get marriage off his mind . he records videos for his future wife , telling her how curious he is to find out who she will turn out to be . when he meets a former classmate ( played by
) , he thinks he ' s finally found his match . jeon , meanwhile , plays a teacher who works across the street from his bank . after a few accidental meetings , she works up the courage to ask him out , but is rudely rebuffed .
is a much different kind of movie . content to revel in the ordinary , it lingers on unimportant details and its heroes ' various quirks . although at times this comes at the expense of plot , it imparts to the film a sense of honesty , as well as an unhurried pleasure . by the latter half of the film we begin to feel quite intimate with the characters .
ultimately this movie feels like a comfortable old pair of jeans . while it makes little effort to leap out and grab one ' s attention , viewers will be pulled in by its light humor and the way it makes its characters ' lives feel so familiar . (
and saw the couple sitting by a tree . at the sight of that image , i immediately flashbacked to the top - grossing korean film of 1997 , lee jeong - guk ' s
, to me , exemplifies a melodrama gone wrong , horribly cheezy and forced . still , it was successful at the korean box office , so perhaps those in charge of marketing
) . they are a couple who very much wants a child but have had trouble conceiving . when they are finally successful , with the help of modern medical technology , their fantasies about the family life they feel should emerge are challenged by further obstacles that arise . the film becomes a story on how this couple processes their adversity and how it strengthens rather than weakens their bond .
. it comes close at moments , particularly due to the lesser performance of lee sung - jae who initially fails in making the playful moments that lovers share convincible . such is disappointing because lee ' s previous work in bong joon - ho ' s
was exemplary . still , lee ' s character does grow on you , with the help of a confident performance by ko so - young as his wife , and you begin to appreciate him more . most of the fights and intimate moments between the couple are believable and notable in what they convey about the growth of the characters and the moral dilemmas their predicament poses .
. kwon is masterful in his comic delivery in a small part as the manager of a store that sells baby items . ( as evidence of his skill , let me note that a smirk just emerged on my face while thinking about his brief appearance . ) i look forward to a vehicle that allows kwon to shine in a feature role developed from his gifted repetoire . kim chang - won also delivers a finely sober performance as the couple ' s doctor and indirect marriage counselor .
presents a moral quandry that , thankfully , leaves the decision up to the parties most directly effected . while watching the film , i found myself referencing one of my favorite novels by my favorite japanese writer , both of which will go unmentioned because such would risk revealing main aspects of the plot . although very different works , particularly in their intended audience ,
a popular drama and the book a major literary work , there is a similarity in the point of struggle . whereas that book ' s little bird tells a tale of a man choosing an isolated struggle with his responsibility to act on life ' s random trials ,
addresses the communal struggle of this couple while hinting at the professional quandries and societal constraints around them . considering how important that book is to me , perhaps that is why i was so touched by this film while having no reference points of comparison in my life of involuntary singlehood .
although not every director of melodramas has the patience of hur , the economy of kaurismaki , or both like ozu , han , for the most part , directs a compelling story of love surviving the trials and tribulations that life brings to us , reminding us the fantasy is always far from the reality . and the strong performance by ko ( which won the grand bell award for best actress ) and wonderful supporting roles by kwon and kim keep this film from entering the histrionics and kitsch that all melodramas risk . although arguments could be made for more deserving directors of best of the year honors , han ' s work in
definitely warranted the consideration and his winning of the grand bell for best director is one i can personally live with . (
garibong - dong is a district in seoul which has become known for its population of homeless teens . set within this locale ,
details the lives of four young runaways who , despite their differences , join together in an uneasy partnership .
( 1998 ) . in the mid - nineties , he developed an interest in the lives of homeless teens and decided to live among them for five months , trying to understand them and earn their trust .
is based on this experience , and although certain dramatic elements of the plot are fictional , im insists that most all of the situations and conversations are taken from real life .
captures the gritty feel of its protagonists ' lives . ultimately , however , the film is less concerned with exposing the excesses of street life than in coaxing us to side with the teens , or at least see life from their point of view . im tries hard to make his heroes seem human and to show us the insecurity behind their tough behavior . shots of abusive parents or cruel employers remind us of the forces that have shaped these kids ' lives .
yet the film ' s most memorable scenes are probably its quietest , when the kids carouse on a muddy beach or creep towards sexual intimacy . these moments hold enough gloom and beauty to let us picture these kids either in or out of their present lives .
particularly worthy of praise are the group of debut actors who star in this film . without their guts and talent ,
has drawn interest both in korea and abroad for its unusual story and the fine performances of its actors . its strength at the domestic box - office came as somewhat of a surprise , particularly given that it flirts with the issue of homosexual relationships and the hostile reception they usually receive in korea .
the film opens in 1983 , when university student in - woo becomes infatuated with a woman who shares his umbrella in a rainstorm . their developing relationship is presented in fragments that highlight the awkwardness and humor of their situation , and yet the underlying seriousness of their feelings end up forming the crux of the story . after learning that in - woo must leave for his obligatory two - year service in the military , we jump 17 years into the future to find him as a high school teacher , married to another woman . his earlier insecurities appear to have vanished , and he commands the respect of his students for his passion and his willingness to stand up for their rights . . .
does not feel in any way like an im kwon - taek film , the time kim spent as an assistant director appears to have paid off , and he is surely a director to keep an eye on . each of the film ' s three major segments contain vivid scenes , presented in a manner that strips them of their sentimentality . the film ' s opening is striking in its visuals , humor and sadness , while the scenes shot in the present contain an unusual energy . later in the film the mood turns much more serious and issue - oriented , in an unusual plot twist that i omitted on purpose from the above synopsis .
has earned great respect for his talent ( as opposed to his looks , which have always attracted notice ) . in
he excels , drawing laughs , respect and fear from his viewers in turn . actress
is also outstanding in her smaller role , with her words and manner establishing the young couple ' s relationship as the key event of their lives .
the ultimate question for this work is whether it all holds together , as it unites a myriad of clashing moods and themes . at times it feels uneven , like it tried to cover too much ground , but the originality of this film will ensure that viewers do not soon forget it . (
is a tragic romance so manipulative that you can almost hear its cogwheels and pulleys clicking and whirring like a well - oiled machine . lee jung - jae (
) is falling apart . a leaf is turned when he accidentally finds out that jeong - yeon is dying from an unspecified incurable disease . yong - gi , initially devastated , makes a resolution to win the tv gag contest at all costs , all the while hiding the fact that he is privy to his wife ' s secret . intertwined with this sappy disease - of - the - month narrative are dollops of sepia - toned flashbacks concerning jeong - yeon ' s object of childhood crush : gee , who was that cute boy that had stolen her heart in the elementary school ? as linus van pelt once claimed , sugar cubes doused with honey can be a delicacy . but they are better served with a pinch of cinnamon , of course . uwek . . .
may be as effective as a canister of tear gas in delivering
three - hankie moments
for many viewers . even its sub - o . henry plot contrivances are unflinchingly presented , without embarrassment . in fact , i suspect that the filmmakers , especially newcomer director
, self - reflectively indicate their awareness of the movie ' s shameless melodramatics in the climactic gag sketch , in which the protagonist is seen squeezing his tear - drenched handkerchief like a wet towel .
is by no means an artistic triumph of any kind and i would hesitate to even call it a good movie , but it is professionally put together , fulfilling the audience expectations to a tee .
i might have felt more charitable if the pairing of lee jung - jae and lee young - ae worked out better . i personally do not think
' s characters play to their strengths . lee jung - jae is not really convincing as an aspiring comic , and has trouble conveying the chaplinesque
tears behind the smile
quality demanded by the role . ( not that he gets much help from the screenplay )
' s kong hyeong - jin is woefully underused but still leaves a favorable impression as yong - gi ' s long - suffering stand - up partner . veteran bit players kwon hae - hyo and yi mu - hyeon ( instantly recognizable faces from many , many movies , even if you cannot remember their names ) are hilarious and believable as two entertainment - industry con artists : i would have loved to see their characters expanded . finally , the single most moving scene in the whole movie for me was the bittersweet reunion between jeong - yeon and her high school best friend , ae - suk , played with restraint and skill by ku hye - ryeong . this small scene has the aura of truthfulness that is rather lacking in other portions of this slick but artificial tear - jerker . (
hit the screens , it lived up to its hype . four high school students in 1970s pusan form an inseparable group of friends , despite their differing backgrounds . years pass , however , and fate and violence combine to drive the four apart and test their friendship .
is a true story based on the lives of his three childhood friends ( the role of sang - taek , the wealthier member of the group who goes to study abroad , represents the director himself ) . although the tragic story seems in some ways made for the screen , very little was altered in its telling . but it ' s not so much the story that distinguishes this film , but rather the feeling with which it is presented .
one major aspect of this movie ' s power is its cinematography . this has to be one of the most gorgeous korean films of recent years , from cityscapes that resemble watercolors to the graceful shattering of windows and doors . director of photography hwang ki - seok , a relative newcomer to the film scene , should take pride in the work he has created .
has been distinguishing himself for several years with remarkable if largely unheralded performances , but this is clearly his breakout film . his acting dominates the movie , despite fine performances from supporting actors and his popular co - star
. yoo shows an impressive range of emotions in his portrayal , but he also leaves a great deal unsaid , making for a complex portrayal that begs a second viewing .
apart from creating this testament to his friends ' experiences , kwak has also forged a vivid portrait of his native pusan . from the heavily accented kyongsang dialect to elegant shots of its harbor , korea ' s second - largest city is presented here in rare beauty . although made famous by its international film festival , pusan has seldom been presented on screen , making this film feel even more like an urgent , exciting discovery . (
. audience interest was moderate at first , but with time the film acquired a strong group of admirers and people began to talk about one of the most original films of the year . with interest from overseas festivals running high and the star power provided by its female lead , this film is likely to travel far .
lately an increasing number of chinese and japanese stars have signed on to act in korean films . in
, hong kong top star cecilia cheung plays a chinese woman of korean descent named failan who , after the death of her parents , comes to korea to make a living . she pays for a fake marriage in order to obtain a working permit , but is then led unwitting into a bar to work as a prostitute . only by some quick thinking is she able to escape her situation and find a job at a laundromat run by an old woman .
) , is embroiled in troubles of his own . he dreams of returning to his hometown , but feuds with fellow gang members as his life increasingly nears collapse . one day he receives a letter written in halting korean from his wife , whom he has never met .
watching this film develop is in some ways like discovering a diamond in the trash . the story reveals for us emotions which we don ' t expect , but the film is not
uplifting
in the usual sense . rather it makes us question feelings which we take for granted .
seems to have found himself in his second feature . his directing style never overshadows the film , but it provides space for this remarkable story to develop . he also makes excellent use of choi min - shik , perhaps the most talented actor in korea today . unfortunately cecilia cheung ' s character is not presented with the same depth ; this is the film ' s main fault , perhaps attributable as much to the screenwriters and director as to the actress herself . nonetheless
is one of the year ' s must - sees , and a personal favorite . (
surprised everyone with its runaway popularity , drawing mobs of viewers despite its low budget and simple premise . in 2001 , the team behind this film tried to duplicate their level of success with this next feature , and unexpectedly , that ' s just what they did . at the time of this writing ,
and cha seung - won as two former high - school classmates who grow up into unexpected professions : lee , the smart kid in school , becomes a gangster ; while cha , the school bully , decides to be a physical education teacher ( perhaps that one wasn ' t quite as unexpected ) . relations between the two had always had an edge of competitiveness , but when they run into each other years later in the city of gyeongju , they try to put old rivalries aside for a friendly reunion . all this changes , however , when they meet the outspoken owner of a local restaurant , played by popular actress and model kim hye - soo . kim ' s earthy appeal sets both their hearts aflame , and their latent competitiveness soon transforms into insults , threats , and full - scale street warfare .