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Rating: 3 out of 5 Original Title: 2009 로스트 메모리즈 Release Date: 2002 Director: Si-myung Lee Netflix Link IMDb Link |
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The first problem with this film is that it’s over two hours long. It could have easily been chopped down to just over an hour. The second problem is that, even though it actually has a unique story line involving an alternate version of history, it still somehow manages to be incredibly boring, cliched and predictable. Plus, the way they filmed it, including but not limited to the incongruous piano score, made it seem like a soap opera. Actually, to be fair, it has way better production values than your average soap opera. Let’s say it makes it seem more like a chick flick. There is a ton of angst in this film with people staring out of windows out at the horizon while the rain pelts allegorically against the plate glass windows. Sigh.
The third problem is that the story is all over the map as far as subplots, geography and timeline. It starts off with an execution scene from a hundred years ago, which barely ties into the rest of the story. By the time it’s mentioned again, you’ve forgotten about it altogether. You think to yourself, “Oh, that scene was in this movie?” since there’s no way that human memory can remember that far back as it seems that you’ve been watching this movie for three years. Maybe that’s what the lost memories in the title is referring to.
Anyway, 2009: Lost Memories isn’t a bad movie, but it’s not a good movie either. It ends up being merely something to watch. We can do better.
