Method

The emotions are on fire!

I don't really know how to rate this one, my emotions are so mixed

Okay, lets say, logically, the movie is well-done but emotionally, it's not satisfying for me, lol.

The movie depicts exactly what it says, method acting. It shows how 2 MLs really show us what method acting looks like, leaving us unsure if what they have is real or unreal. I must say, I get totally immersed into it myself and totally think they are in love and want them to stay that way, which obviously is where I tripped myself up emotionally

Acting is SOOOO good for both actors, its definitely top notch KBL with quality acting, the emotions they express, especially by Seung Hoon. Their chemistry is sooo good and the kiss scene is hot af

The play itself is very dark and its quite hard for me to watch honestly, so I don't really enjoy this part, nor the ending

But then, again the movie is well done, its just not my liking as I prefer happy ending, So i'm rating logically, although ive such a mixed feelings. I so badly wanted them to be together. Oh well...its just, method :)

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May contain Spoilers**

Okay, first things first, the possibility of you or any person liking this movie is very subjective. All the reviews that I have read are either full of praises or it's just a no-no for some people.
As a regular BL watcher, I regret that I did not find this movie sooner. I cannot believe that I was missing out on this. Yes! I've liked this movie way too much.

Side note - I seriously do not understand how can Korean actors/actresses portray such an amazing chemistry between their characters. If you are a regular Kdrama watcher, you'll understand what I am trying to say. This movie has such a good chemistry between the 2 leads. I was a little unsure at first because of the age difference between them, but OMG, they surely do not disappoint you. Also, I did not expect the kisses at all! This is a Korean movie, on top of that a BL. I was really not prepared for the kisses and trust me, those were not awkward at all. Once again, hella great chemistry.

Okay, on to the movie. As the name suggests - Method, this movie is really how you interpret it. Like, is it really just for the "Method" acting or were they really into each other. Could be both too or not.

The cast played out this movie really well. The palpable tension between the leads, their unspoken emotions. Everything was executed very nicely. The ending might not be the one you expect. It does end sort of realistically. But, the movie handles real issues, real struggles, the consequences of situations like these in real life situations very well.

The story - 100% ; The Cast/Acting - 100% (perfect casting, acc. to me) ; Will definitely re-watch this again and again.

P.S. For some people who will be watching it for the 1st time, it might become overbearing but trust me, you won't regret watching this movie. I think it does deliver the message they were trying to deliver.

One of the best BL Movies I've watched.

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Simple story, yet very engaging

Method acting is a very famous acting technique. Some think it's completely unnecessary and over the top, and this film certainly demonstrates how it can cause harm emotionally and even physically, to an extent.

The performances were outstanding! Coupled with the music, the tension was felt. During the beginning love scenes and the play's opening night, for sure. I was on the edge of my seat and the film does a great job of putting you in Jae-ha's shoes during that last moment. We believed the same things and I was curious what he was going to do. This film does a great job flipping the experienced actor v. beginning actor where, by the end, the character with the upper hand switches.

In terms of representation of homosexuality, which I haven't really seen explored in the k dramas and films I've seen so far, I think it kind of leans into harmful stereotypes. Infidelity with an added age gap that makes it clear why Young Woo's agents thought it was predatory. The only mitigating factor (and it's very, very slight) is that it does not seem to have been a genuine intent from Young Woo. At least, I took from the ending that he was intending to move on and the entire affair was to perfect his role on stage.

So, it was a very riveting watch. I'd be curious to rewatch it again because the shift in their relationship was interesting to watch. I added Night Like You to my playlist on Spotify because I really liked it.

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This is a short film about two male actors in a play who appear to become lovers in 'real life'. It poses many interesting questions which simply need to be ... thought about. As can be seen from many comments below, people seem to bring their own concerns and wishes to their interpretation of what happens in the film. Some think it's about a powerful gay love affair between an older man and a younger man who both happen to be actors in play which calls for them to be intimate. Others think it is about "method acting" - the acting technique developed in the main by Konstantin Stanislavski, Lee Strasberg and Stella Adler 70/80 years ago - and the interesting notion that it could somehow force or trick the actors to adopt (in their everyday non-acting reality) the actions and desires of their characters on stage. Which is it here? Do the two men really fall for each other? Or do they merely enact a passion which is instilled in them through some sort of brainwashing brought about by the method acting technique? The film is clever and short and skates over the territory in a series of rather brief scenes which hint at both possibilities. And so the question is left open.

However, it's interesting to see how some commentators are very keen to insist that there is no "real homosexuality" here. This is something we hear all the time, not least from and about actors in gay love stories and 'BL' series in the Far East: they're not "really" gay, they're "just acting". These claims are so universal that you wonder if any gay character is ever played by a real gay actor - or whether any gay actors exist at all. And so "Method" plays with that disquiet. One of the characters even says he isn't gay - he just likes the other actor, who happens to be gay. The problem is that we are not living in an open, equal world where people are free to live "without labels". Far from it. As we see very clearly in the film. Whatever is going on between them, the two men are not allowed to explore it. Instead, we actually see them torn apart violently, assaulted by various other people, and accused of "perversion". And so we're shown that it's impossible to penetrate through to any "reality" - unless actors who really are gay are finally free one day to ... be gay. And that's not the case, not in Hollywood (where not one single leading actor has ever openly declared himself to be gay) or in Korea. Additionally, certain actors who have come out as gay publicly have later expressed their regret and misgivings about their openness, pointing to various ways in which their careers have suffered as a result. So the point of "Method" is to make us wonder, feel intrigued and provoked, alight on one interpretation or the other, - and argue with each other.

Simply because there is so much homophobia revealed (see below) in the "it's all about method acting, they aren't really gay, they don't really love each other" thesis, and the passion with which people argue for it, I'm inclined to take the other view - that they do recognise within themselves the potential to love another man and that fear and convention combine to crush them in the end. This is also somewhere in between, and I would suggest that a lot of real life is "somewhere in between". That is, method acting isn't such an overpoweringly influential technique that it bamboozles helpless straight actors into "turning gay" - which is nothing other than the language of heterosexual purity corrupted by homosexual "perversion". Instead, method acting is a powerful dramatic tool focusing on the reality of an unreal character which may also, in the case of these 2 specific men living subject to the constraints of a homophobic world, propel them into realising an erotic potential which is genuinely there - in their characters and in their relationship. But ultimately Korean society has no place for gay men and as we see at the end, the older actor is vanquished, his homosexual potential extinguished, and he is meekly led by the hand back into a silent world of heterosexual "normality". And so maybe this is an ingenious little film, rather bitter, rather sad. I wonder how many ... yes ... gay men who are not able to be out in Korea were involved in making it?

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OVERALL:
Where do I even start? I started this movie on a whim with only the trailer to go off of, and I did not regret it one bit! Once you start this movie you will not want to stop. I don't even know how to describe this movie, psychological drama, twisted love? The twists and turns this movie will take you on are phenomenal! Let me get into some detail...

STORY:
It was a little fast-paced and I felt they could have slowed it down a bit more, this is the ONLY reason why this movie didn't get a 10/10 from me. But other than that the story was amazing and it had me on my toes the whole time wondering what was going to happen next. I love a good plot twist, and this was everything I could have asked for! I don't know who wrote this script but I will bow down to them! This was genius.

ACTING/CAST:
Wow! The acting in this movie was mind-blowing! Honestly, the actors are what made this movie in my opinion. The way they portrayed their characters' personalities, emotions, and facial expressions had my jaw hung in awe. I could feel the emotion from this movie like it was my own, honestly. That is not an easy feat!

MUSIC:
The music they chose did a great job of setting an atmosphere of happiness one second and then tension the next. It really upped the level of production value in my eyes.

REWATCH VALUE:
I'd rewatch this just to make my friends go through the journey I just went through watching this! It's one of those movies you need to watch again at least a second time to look back and see the small details you missed.

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The movie had me thinking, a lot.
I was not informed on method acting before I watched this film, so I wasn't quite sure what to expect from a film called "Method". Honestly, I came for the gay. Especially since I saw that it was Korean and the cast list surprised me as well, so I wanted some confirmation if it really was as gay as I expected it to be.
Let me just say, By the end of the film, I was left with questions, so many of them. The chemistry between the leads is amazing, it even fooled me. I was drawn into their method acting, that I completely forgot it was just that. Acting. I rewatched the film a few months after, wanting to know what exactly it was that had happened, now more well informed in what exactly method acting was. This piece of information helped me tremendously with understanding the concept of the film.
The title suits the film, and actually gives the viewer a good grasp of what the film is about. The pacing of the film is nice, starting from the auditions, to the preparations of the act (which is where the majority of the movie takes place) and ends with the act being shown. The time period of the movie isn't that long, and everything happens rather quickly, which is great as it keeps one on their feet. I've never seen a movie about method acting before, and this movie fascinated me. The idea of an actor being so engraved in their role, that they manage to lock out the reality around them, they forget their true identities because their mindset has been deeply infatuated by the role they're playing. It was really interesting.
As mentioned earlier, I got fooled too by Youngwoo, just like Jaeha did. And it didn't even phase me until I realized that oh shit, everything was an act the entire time.

The reason for the low rewatch value, is due to the fact that I don't see myself rewatching this more than 3 times. I've seen it twice, but after the second time of finally understanding the plot, I don't see myself enjoying the film as much as I did the first few times. This is my only personal negativity about it. Everything else sold me.

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One word about this movie keeps playing in my head is just, wow. It was not what I was expecting at all out of a Korean movie, but I guess when you find a good one, you find a really good one. The acting was absolutely fantastic and emotion just ran through this film nonstop. It's one of those movies where the actors know what they're doing and are tugging at your heart as much as possible. It's just one thing after another, there is never a boring part in this.
I very highly recommend Method, it's fantastic.

Possible Spoiler: Trigger Warning
Attempted suicide.
I hope people realize that scene is there before watching it.

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Interesting premise and ideas! Heavy on melodrama though

I don’t think the primary theme is a new one to cover/explore; I do think maybe some of the way it was explored was novel. I really like the ambiguity that the end leaves as to the more complicated main character's (hint: his name ends in "woo") motivations and intentions. I think this could have been a great mini series if 1) it gave us more background on both characters, 2) it toned down the melodrama or at least gave it the meat and development to feel plausible, and 3) it gave the wife more room to be a person (I think the actress was wasted a bit in this movie).

I hate that the acting in the acting (story is about a play within the movie itself) relies so much on screaming - if screaming is the only way your character knows how to express intensity, it's a boring, badly written character.

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I watched this film two years ago and I still could remember a lot of it, because the story was so captivating. Yesterday I rewatched it and the film now has even more value. I understood better what was going on. Partly because my English improved since back then, but mostly because I finally know how to watch and interpret films. It's as if you have to reach a certain age to absorb it.
I can't say too much about the plot. I try to be as clear as possible.
'Method' was captivating, because the gap between reality and acting (in the film itself) was almost nowhere to be seen. Jae-Ha and Young-Woo acted as if they were Walter and Singer, and sometimes they acted as if they were Walter and Singer looking for Jae-Ha and Young-Woo. It's admirable how an actor can act that he's acting. That's the best thing about the entire film. They change their mindset all the time, but it never gets confusing.
There are also some things that need attention, like the book that Jae-Ha keeps with him all day. The director of the play tells Young-Woo that he always write things in it when he is preparing for a play, but later you can see that there isn't anything in it. The wife of Jae-Ha knows it's a warning for Jae-Ha's behaviour.
Now I watched it again, I don't want to watch another movie, because now I want to maintain my feeling about it.
I found out that the director of this film is a Bang Eun-Jin, and I can't wait to see more of her works. This film needs an Oscar for sure.

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This was pretty much a small budget version of Farewell My Concubine without the historical elements. The film is about two actors falling in love with each other while making a play about a tragedy love affair that ends in suicide. And, spoilers, Yoong-woo, one of the characters, tries to do just that only to just be saved by Jae-ha. Now this was not Farewell My Concubine though. This was just any interesting film that's rushed in crucial parts which prevent this from being anything better than intriguing. This has the appeal of being a LGBTQ film in Korea with a credible, mainstream actor, Park Sung Woong starring in the role. Oh Seung-hoon was immense in the third act, though. That’s worth watching.

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