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Expect the unexpected. Writer-director Joon-ho Bong is known for subverting expectation. He has a natural tendency to flirt between amusing farce and the dark side of human dysfunction. His 2009 mystery, about a doting mother desperately trying to find the culprit behind a murder her son is wrongly imprisoned for, is no different. Witness the film’s opening expanse on a sun-kissed grass field, Hye-ja Kim’s Mother walking towards camera to Byeong-woo Lee’s acoustic melodies, where she begins to haphazardly dance as if in rhythm with the sounds of the wind. Joon-ho Bong is telling us that not all is as it seems.
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Throughout the decade we were wowed by fantasy, thrilled by action, and frightened by horror, all the while being annoyed by remakes and endless sequels. We had everything turned on its head with numerous twist endings and welcomed new and old Superheroes. New directors entered the scene (Christopher Nolan) and others were finally recognised by mainstream audiences (Peter Jackson, Alexander Payne), while older pros continued to make great movies (Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg).





