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A great film with a top notch soundtrack. Scarlett Johansson looks fine in this!!

^ Agreed, great film and soundtrack.

Alright alright, I can do without boobs. This time.

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I will have to say that I was slightly disappointed with this. I think with the positive write ups and fan love for the film I was expecting something a little more intense. The acting by the two young leads was exemplary but elsewhere is was perfunctory and I found it lacking menace and intensity. However I did think that it was sincere and tender in many spots.

Worth another watch for sure but not the masterpiece I was hoping for.

I have to disagree with you here, it's the best new film i've seen this year by a country mile (mind you i've not been watching many, cudja tell?)... the supporting roles all seemed fine to me, and from what I remember they got the balance of fear and tenderness (as you put it) just right. Loved the exteriors and the cinematography as well.
The ending in particular was more sinister and open-ended than one might have expected... hopefully there won't be a sequel but there's a pointless Holywüd remake in the works.
It's been a while since I saw it so I will have to go back and see if I can understand where you're coming from on the acting.

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Melville is quickly becoming a favorite of mine. Next up: Le Samourai

OMFG. Bob le Flambeur is the absolute business and the coolest film I have ever seen. Love it. You HAVE to watch Rififi sometime.

donno, I watched Le Samourai last year, then his Le Cercle Rouge and I was really disappointed by both ... tho remembering Le Samourai a year later, I guess it was a somehow good movie. I think I'll watch Bob le Flambeur, I need to make a clear idea on Melville.

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Memories of Murder

Another highly touted South Korean flick, which I thoroughly enjoyed. It's a dark crime-thriller which has some surprisingly funny moments. 'Based' an true events, though we know that the director/writer would have taken quite a few artistic liberties to go with it. Love the style its done in, ecclectic pace to begin with and it captures a grittier reality that isn't always present in movies. Top soundtrack too. Its not really meant to scare you, but it does keep you captivated. Annoyingly, however, is the way in which the DVD cases are made. I found this the case with all my RIALTO Collection DVDs, but the name on the side of the DVD is the wrong way up. The top of the letters should always be the closest to the side which is adjoined with the front cover of the DVD. Minor thing to complain about of course.

Very influential to the whole French New Wave scene too if I'm not mistaken. The scene at Yvette's where Bob slaps Anne is brutal, was that a legitimate smack? He hits her so hard he almost comes off the ground!

I basically agree with you. Good film but I'm not sure I get what people really love about it.