Thirst is a Korean movie directed by Chan-wook Park . He's the man who brought us Old Boy so you just know Thirst is going to be fucked up.
Plot Synopsis
A priest volunteers for a clinical study for some vaccine for some virus which results in him contracting said virus which is something not too unlike leprosy. He receives a blood transfusion to try and rid himself of the virus. But apparently the blood was from a vampire so now he's a vampire. Bum Bum Bum. He falls in love with an old childhood friend after they become reacquainted. She thinks she's trapped in an abusive home environment and a loveless marriage. She sees Mr. vampire/priest as an escape. All the while he struggles with his faith seeing as how he's a creature of evil and shit.
Review
Tim and I heard vampire movies were all the rage so we wanted to see what all the hubbub was about. In short, I loved it. Thirst is incredibly original. Visually speaking, it's beautiful. It explores ideas I've never seen in any other vampire movie, hell, in any other movie period. The characters are complex, flawed, and likeable. There are a few stand out scenes which are some of the best I've ever seen in any movie ever....ever. The one that sticks with me the most is when the girl is running down the street at night on her bare feet and the priest comes out of nowhere, picks up the girl, slips his shoes off, and places her in them.
I have spent way too much time on this already. I have so many to do before I catch up to today. I seriously watch like 2 movies a day. There's no way I'm going to keep this up for a whole year. I've been staring at the screen erasing then retyping the same sentences over and over. I've never written a movie review before. I don't know what to talk about. So let's say that this is good enough for now.
I highly recommend Thirst. It's touching and smart and fun and fucked up.
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