> Cindy Cheung is essentially an exposition bot.
> The one scene where Yoong Soon is interpreting her mom's Korean just seems poorly directed. Yoong is not listening to her mom.
> Why show the creatures so clearly at the end? Shouldn't they be more mysterious?
> The ending creatures scene--shot in such pedestrian fashion. Seems almost anti-climactic.
> The one big arm guy should have been cut out. He serves no purpose, is rarely seen again and makes me think this is going to be one of those indy films with quirky characters.
> Some nice details in the story--the grass hides the scrunts, the thing with the mirrors.
> Maybe I'm just too close to Korean culture, but why superimpose a fictitious story onto a pre-existing culture?
> Why does everyone seem to believe the story so readily?
> Bryce Dallas Howard is great at performing nymph, but her body doesn't (she was an athlete in high school). It was hard for me to get past this discrepancy.
> The first scrunt attack scene: I just don't get it. The direction seemed really clumsy.
> Shooting the end from in the pool is a nice way to prevent the thing from looking too literal.
> The scrunts: great practical effect.
> I just don't seem to get fantasy that seems random. Like A Wrinkle in Time. Lots of weird names and places. The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus also.
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