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How in the World is this only a 6, and the Fall is an 8?


First of all i have literally watched these two films on back to back days, and on top of it i watched the Fall first, so no first movie bias here. BTW i am comparing them because both of them are essentially visual heavy pieces that also have fantasy as a primary component.

Comparing the two, they are give or take equal in visual aspects, i slighty prefer the creepy settings from Re cycle more. In fact i have them pretty much equal in all aspects except one. They both leave the amibigous endings, both have a decent cast of actors, both have good soundtracks, and both have their share of symbolism and reference to myths from particular cultures.

Storywise, i think Recycle is actually pretty good; the problem is that this movie is marketed as a horror, when in facts its a dark fantasy; honestly if this was animated with the exact same story scene for scene, i could not tell the difference between it and a Miyazaki movie or something like Paprika. As a horror it fails, because other than the atmosphere its not particularly scary, but as a fantasy movie i rank it up there with the best (i might make an alternative ending with her waking up, and then getting back to gether with her boyfriend and having a kid whose the reincarnation of the girl).

honestly when i read the cover, i thought this was gonna be like a asian version of in the mouth of madness and it kinda was untill she got into the elevator scene, and then from then on i enjoyed because i stopped expecting scares and started to appreciate the fantastical elements.

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I almost passed this over until I saw that someone referenced The Fall so I had to see what the comparison was. Im glad that I investigated further because I saw the preview and it looks amazing. Btw, I own The Fall and love it

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I enjoyed The Fall a lot more. I wouldn't give it an 8, but it exceeded my expectations for design and cinematography. I thought it was just beautiful. I was expecting a creepy horror movie with Re-Cycle. And it was nice and creepy to begin with, then the girl appears and from there on out, it was just a sub-par fantasy mess. Then the whole abortion thing, I was totally bored. And what? She didn't recognize her own grandfather?

I don't know, Recycle kind of felt like it didn't quite know what it wanted to be and suffered from that. I felt like The Fall knew exactly what it wanted to be and executed it very well.

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i just hope u havnt given anything away cause im about to watch it grrr!!!!

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