Comments on: Audition (1999)

By: CMrok93

CMrok93 — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 03:45:50 +0000

Nice Review! I basically agreed with you on a lot of the points you made. Check out my review at http://dtmmr.wordpress.com/2010/06/16/audition-1999/

By: Aiden R

Aiden R — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:14:11 +0000

Yeah, never thought it was meaningless gore, which is why it works as well as it does, but I feel like this is a hard movie to go into blind by now without having heard anything about it beforehand, the last fifteen minutes in particular. As a result, everything that comes before it is good, but I feel like most people are just kinda waiting around for the acupuncture and peg-legging. Bummer. Wish I had gone into it blind.

By: Bill Thompson

Bill Thompson — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:22:15 +0000

I love the first hour and forty minutes more than those last fifteen, to be honest. Yes, the last fifteen are intense and serve their purpose, but the true meat of the film is in what comes before those final minutes, because without the set-up those final minutes would be meaningless gore. I’m also partial to movies that move at a slower, more languid pace, so no pacing issues for me.

Glad you liked it though, even if I would rate it much higher, it’s in my top 100 of all time.

By: Aiden R

Aiden R — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:36:01 +0000

Totally agree. I am not on the Eli Roth bandwagon. Dude has jack shit on Takashi Miike. In fact, no one has jack shit on Takashi Miike.

By: fandangogroovers

fandangogroovers — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:29:56 +0000

How to fuck with the audiences’ head 101 by Takashi Miike! I saw this at cinema as part of an “Asian Extreme” season. It was described as a J Horror but I hadn’t read any reviews on it, I knew something was coming but had no idea what. Possibly the best way to see it. The ending is all the more brutal and shocking because of the build-up. Go and see a film like Saw or Hostel and you are desensitized to it after the first gory scene.

By: anna

anna — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:54:14 +0000

damn. heard so much about it. finally wanna see it. now!

By: Aiden R

Aiden R — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:51:38 +0000

Good point, I totally agree.

By: nothatwasacompliment

nothatwasacompliment — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:50:33 +0000

i wish i had seen this without knowing that there was that crazy ending coming. probably woulda made it that much more shocking and enjoyable.
though, on the other hand, if i didn’t know there was going to be such a good payoff, i might have gotten too bored with it to continue.

By: Aiden R

Aiden R — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:49:44 +0000

hahaha, thanks, man. it’s a trip alright, lemme know what you think once you get around to it.

By: Ross McG

Ross McG — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:48:22 +0000

in the words of stan marsh, or was it kyle browlowski – i have to see this movie, dude. dunno why i just havent got round to it yet, but will do. sweet review. as usual, all the crap cut out.