 Thanks for checking out this movie review video. So this is for the 2019 film Metamorphosis. It's a South Korean film It's a shutter original and when I'm recording this and putting it up It is out today on shutter now apologies I would have put this review up ahead of time like I usually do but I didn't get my screener for it until Yesterday afternoon, and I just didn't have the time to watch it and do the video and put it up and all that so Going up same day. So if you're seeing this on Thursday the 2nd of July It's available on shutter this day. So go ahead and hit it up if it sounds interesting to you. So One of the things I want to say or a few things I want to say about this one. There will be no spoilers since this is a Film that has just hit shutter and no one had really seen it prior So I don't want to spoil anything for anyone So I'll give people an idea if they really want to watch this or not now Disclaimer on that this is part of a subgenre of horror that I typically don't go for I don't get excited about and film has to be a particular Particularly good or do something really really new and crazy in order for me to want to watch that and want to go out of My way to recommend it to people so listen to this review and Listen for the certain things that you think might be like key things to for you personally And then you can make a decision whether you should watch it or not I would say that I'm theorizing that people who are into the possession film subgenre of horror Would probably enjoy this film I'm not big into it. So I didn't really enjoy it that much. It was fine But I just I can't highly recommend it because I didn't get excited about it But there are things that were really good about it that I did enjoy but I'm just saying for overall But anyway, so this was directed by Hong Sion Kim Who did films traffickers the con artists and the chase now? I've heard of the chase before and I've been meaning to watch that film So maybe this will be my impetus to get there because I do think the directing this was handled very well The cinematography as well. It looks good. This is a film that looks very good So if you're into films if you're into possession films and you're into films that look really nice and are directed Well, and I have great cinematography then this is it The acting also is very good in this and and one of the biggest things about it is Almost all the roles are relatively demanding roles So it's it was pretty impressive what the cast was able to get done because they have to hit a range of Acting within the film and you'll kind of you'll see why So like I said South Korean films is shutter original. There's not a whole lot of backstory on it, but Something I am gonna be doing now with these ones. I'm not doing spoilers for I'm gonna give you a quick little Synopsis about it. I don't want to give the synopsis that shutter gave me because it tells you way too much in my opinion So I'm just gonna give you my sentence or two of what I think you should know going into it to see if that Interests you or not. So basically it's about a priest who has a a terrible confrontation with a demonic possession and doing an exorcism and then Years go by and that same demon reappears and starts to target his extended family so That's all I'm gonna say about it. So does that sound interesting to you if it does You probably want to watch this if that sounds interesting to you So it immediately looks and feels a lot like the exorcist the very beginning scene Is very very exorcist like although happily for me It kind of departed from that after that beginning setup scene So that I kind of enjoyed about it. It did kind of do a bit of its own thing But the very beginning I was just like oh my gosh This is so much like the exorcist and those are the things I kind of hate Like I've seen so many possession films that are a lot like the exorcist and are heavily inspired by the exorcist That every time I see that I kind of roll my eyes So it was nice though that after that initial scene They got to something new something interesting something more fresh Because I was like oh my god. I hope I don't have to sit through almost two hours. Yes, it's almost two hours Run time not good. I Was hoping I wouldn't have to sit through almost two hours of a ripoff of the exorcist basically and it's not so that's that's very good Although like as I bring up the runtime right now So it was basically an hour and 50 minute film With credits and all that so It's just not it wasn't warranted like with horror films specifically You probably want to hit around the hour and a half mark or just be unbelievably engaging and have so much story to tell that If people are watching an almost two-hour film, they don't feel like it's almost two hours This feels like it's two hours and that's not a good thing There are some things that definitely could have been cut down scene wise There are some things that could have been cut out altogether to be honest and really that should have happened to keep it a lot You know shorter a lot tighter, and I think that could have helped a lot with this film for me, but it's not a bad film though like Technically from all the technical standpoints. I think it was very well executed It's just are you a fan of this type of story or not, and I'm really not They create a great atmosphere in this I will say set design and props in particular They do a really really good job with that that is One of the things that really impressed me it seems like they put a lot of thought and a lot of prep time into creating their environments creating the atmosphere and The music helps with that the directing the cinematography It's certainly the acting really really helps with that to create an overall cool dark Terrible atmosphere which you know you can kind of feel when you're watching it So I do like that aspect of it Also, it just looks drab like the way they shot the film it It's like maybe they leech some color out of it They keep it kind of like dark and kind of blues for most of the part although there are times where it's more light But for the most part it's pretty pretty dark There's a good push and pull of kind of trying to figure out what's kind of really going on versus What's really not going on because there are some things that happen where you're like, okay? That just happened But is it like real life happened or is it in someone's mind happened and so at least for a while There's kind of a good push and pull of trying to get that figured out where you're a bit confused and you're just like I don't know what's what right now, and that's good because that creates interest Through a series of events There's a situation created where you don't know what will happen next or who will end up doing what? You could think pretty much anything would happen at any time So I do like when films do that type of thing where they create an environment where you're just like Anything could go in this case, and I do think they kind of create that relatively early on with the film So it opens up possibilities my only issue is that They took that opportunity a few times to to go some interesting new places and then other times they didn't So it's It's a half and half in my opinion There's one part that made me make a noise out loud Because what happened would really really hurt and it's actually shot and acted in a very nonchalant way Which makes you kind of cringe even more with it if you've watched it or if you do watch it You'll know what I'm talking about. It's one of those things that There are certain things in films that when they happen to someone people go Like I it was one of those moments where you're just like ooh I could just I could just tell that that would hurt so bad, but the way they do it It's very nonchalant which was kind of an interesting just juxtaposition of What that would actually do to someone versus what it doesn't in the film and it doesn't feel out of place the way They did it though either The writing is actually pretty good because there's family deterioration in this film and it actually feels very very realistic To what degree the deterioration is and in what ways I'm not going to talk about because I'd be too spoilery but the familial relationships really feel Real and and that's a good thing that does speak to good writing It speaks to good character development. It sees good dialogue and it certainly speaks to the acting which I already praised a lot for this film There's a portion where they include people beyond the real Story of what's going on into the film and I honestly think they should have just cut all that out cut all those people out Because it didn't end up mattering that much in the end. Yes It ends up being a way to move a portion of the story, but it could have been done a Different way and relatively easily with who was already included it became too late in my opinion to introduce those characters and it just didn't feel like it mattered that much and It just felt like it added extra runtime that we didn't need at an almost two-hour film That does have a tendency to drag at times which you know, that's no good There is a pretty good twist towards the end of this film that I did quite enjoy and there is a For you know, if you're open to it, there is a pretty impactful Ending to it for the implications that it has on everyone involved in the story So if you like those types of things, I was happy with the twist I did think the twist was a good one for this type of film But it just wasn't enough to sell me on the entire film in general. This is a film that yeah I'm glad I watched it. I'm down to watch every film once and I would recommend it like I'm like I am Recommending it to people like possession films. I do think people were into that sub-genre would like it but past that I'm not really gonna recommend it I wouldn't watch it again, but part of that like I said, that's my bias of my personal taste Yeah, so like I said the ending it actually had some good impact It actually was a decent ending The problem is the ending was so drawn out and that's one of the things I really don't like in film Is when they take an ending and they have so many moments where you're like, oh, okay So they could end it here But then they keep it going and it doesn't feel like they kept it going to get to eat an even more satisfying Moment it feels like they're just stretching out to stretch it out like and this kind of had that They it just goes back to cut the runtime Runtime down they they could have cut some things out and trim some things down and I really wish they would have but you know There's a mixture of practical and CG effects in this and they look good both of them look really good This goes back to what I was saying with the film with the technical aspects are done really well in this film So I was very very happy with that visually. It's very appealing. It's a good Visual immersive film in my opinion They already talked about the acting Okay, so the last thing I have to say is the main evil is used to bring up real-life issues like family tension and stresses Dealing with starting life in a new place having to deal with neighbors You don't really feel you can trust or connect with and when you choose to engage in a profession that puts loved ones in harm's way so it does have a lot of You know Subtext to it even some that's that's more on the surface because obviously you see like I was talking about the familial the family deterioration That's something that's very much on the surface and it but it's done well so it doesn't feel like You're getting bashed over the head with anything, but yeah I mean, it's it's saying some things that are kind of under the skin of it and that's and that's nice I always like to see that in film. So What do I give this film? So with five stars possible half stars in play. I feel like for my personal taste I want to give it on the lower end, but I would honestly say looking from as objective as standpoint as I can I'm gonna give it a three star rating. I think it's like I said all the technical stuff is really good There's some good writing to it. There's a lot of good stuff, but it's too long and needed to be cut down some Yeah, I mean and you might be watching this and saying I feel like it's biased against possession films It's coming in a little too much on that rating and that may be it's just hard for me to to make that determination But go ahead and put some comments down here. Let me know especially if you saw it and you were a fan of it I want to know from the perspective of someone who saw it and really enjoyed it Like what did you see in it? Would you pull out of it and what got you excited about that film? 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