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200 Pound Beauty was amazing but not what I expected. Like others, I really did enjoy this drama. But, like many others, I had a lot of criticsm. 200 Pound Beauty promotes such a negative message especially to younger girls that may be experiencing these same feelings Hanna had. This entire "Get Surgery, be skinny and pretty and no fat and ugly" is such a bad thing to promote. Don't get me wrong, getting surgery for YOU is completely different from getting surgery to solely fit into what society deems as acceptable. I would not be having this criticism if Hanna got surgery for HER and not in order to fit into a standard and to get a guy to like her (a guy who obviously liked her before she had the surgery). However, I did enjoy how this drama shed light on the rampant fatphobia that is prevalent within most societies and how simple 'teasing; could cause someone to hate themselves to the point they would want to undergo such drastic changes.Was this review helpful to you?
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This drama was very entertaining to watch and I would personally rewatch it. The moral that I got in this is that we should not change ourselves for other people cause we are perfect the way we are.*LOTS OF SPOILERS*
*YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED*
The story that I got and understood from it is that how much society can judge you because of your appearance just like what the story of this girl who tries changing herself because of what people think after she learns that she could not change herself naturally she resorts to plastic surgery, lots of people in this time nowadays get plastic surgery to change their appearance cause of what people think of them, we should be happy in our own skin cause this is the body that we were given and we should appreciate that. She changed herself and not that many people notice her, she tries getting with the person she loved but ended up failing, he forgot about the person that she cared about just because of fame, we should not make ourselves wrapped up in ourselves cause it is not healthy there are still people who care bout us. In the end, she lives happily now and learns to accept who she is, it has a pretty good moral.
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Honestly, Better than I expected??
Going into this I had seen multiple clips of the girl singing on my tiktok so I sought out to watch it. Leaving the underlining of the plot that circles the girl's weight... which is the whole movie.. and ignoring the significance of eating disorders in Korea...this was a weirdly fun watch?? with good music performance scenes overall this taught me I should try to give everything a chance even if I think I will definitely not like it
In the end, I think that it tried its best to say what is beautiful on the inside
and I'm not a film expert so whether this had a huge budget or a super small one I liked that the characters felt somewhat real and relatable-ish
Now I do want to condemn the plastic surgery thing I don't want to dive into it too much so that the movie is unenjoyable but I'm pretty sure everyone knows it occurs
The fact that she is only seen as beautiful when she gets plastic surgery was a little uncomfortable for me even making me sad at how beauty standards weigh on women ...
even women in the movies
even women across the world
but maybe that's my self-righteousness speaking LOLLLL
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●Its a nice movie, having humorous elements with also the growth of character. How fame and popularity sometimes blinds people is the beauty of the movie. It was done pretty well. The movie teaches you should always be done to earth and accept every flaw and beauty with grace.
●Performance was exceptional. But i cant get to the fact that ML liked the FL before, he just got swept in her beauty just like others.
●Songs were upbeat setting the mood of the scene.
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A Good Watch to Pass the Time
The story of this movie is ultimately about a young woman who comes to love herself in world where toxic beauty standards persist at every corner. What I enjoyed about this film is that we don't always like our protagonist, in fact, we even find ourselves frustrated and angry with her although we understand her motivations. As we travel through this messy journey of belonging, love, and acceptance, I think it's fair that we learn a bit about ourselves too and how we want to feel and be perceived as beautiful.Was this review helpful to you?
This movie is much more relatable than you think. An underrated movie for sure.
200 Pounds Beauty really hits home for me. This movie managed to pull off some comedic and serious scenes very well. The main character has been pressured to look beautiful because she doesn't meet beauty standards. You can see the ACTUAL struggles of constantly being known for your weight, which made the main character much more relatable than I thought.Also, even when she manages to give herself a full-body makeover, you can still see her personality there. It's wholesome, warm, and sweet. This movie also subtly pulls off how people see attractive people, overweight people, and people who've done plastic surgery (through jokes). It's still perky and has its charm but manages to remain honest and true to the theme.
However, the drawbacks of the movie were the male character lead. I understand that not all male leads have to be good, but his mindset towards Gang Han Na before and after doesn't sit well with me. However, I think near the end I see a slight change of growth, but I'm not too sure. Nonetheless, it's a nice change of pace.
Also, the main theme of the movie slightly irks me as TheJ commented. When people realize she was fat before, they didn't mention that being called fat or being body-shamed isn't okay. It's as if people only like Gang Ha Na because she became pretty - which is uncalled for. Other than that, I think this movie is a good representation of overweight people (especially women) in Korean society.
Story: It was good, other than that last bit.
Acting/Cast: Good, but the main character's lead felt a bit unnatural here and there. Other than that, I think it was fine.
Music: It was great and fit in with the movie, especially the last scene.
Rewatch Value: I would watch it, it's perky and wholesome. I might likely do it for next summer.
Overall, a strong movie with a strong value. 8/10 - would watch it again.
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Very predictable and just okay
7.5/10 is my rating. This is a 2006 Korean romantic comedy movie that runs for 120 minutes. It is based on a Japanese manga entitled “Kanna’s Big Success.”Hannah King is a ghost singer for popular K-pop idol Ammy. She is overweight but has a beautiful voice. She further uses her musical talent to make money as a phone sex operator. Hannah is in love with the music Director, Han Sang-jun, and thinks he might return her feelings despite her unattractive appearance. The Director is very handsome and seems to be very nice and pays a lot of attention to Hannah. One day, when she is about to confess her feelings, she overhears a conversation between the producer and his star. Ammy played a mean trick on Hannah and Sang-jun was telling her not to do that because they needed Hanna for her voice. To Hanna‘s dismay she hears him tell Ammy that they are just using her and he doesn’t really care if she hurts her feelings just not to do it in a way that she would leave. Hannah is devastated and decides to disappear and get a complete makeover with plastic surgery. The surgeon, Lee Kong-hak, at first does not want to because it is so drastic that it would put her life in danger. Ironically, the plastic surgeon is one of Hannah‘s phone sex customers so she is able to bribe him to do it despite his better judgment. While Hannah is gone Ammy’s career flounders because while she is pretty and able to dance she’s not at all able to sing and they cannot find anybody with the same level of voice talent to replace Hannah. After a year of healing, Hannah reemerges as Jenny an Korean American from California. She decides to audition as Amy’s ghost singer again but her beauty lands her her own contract. She no longer needs to hide behind the curtain. Her change was so drastic that no one recognize her at first not even her best friend, Park Jung-Min, . At first it seems she will get everything she wants. But beauty and fame do not wind up being all she thought they would be. Does she still want the love of a guy who couldn’t love her for who she was?
Kim Ah-joong as Kang Han-na / Jenny
Joo Jin-mo as Han Sang-jun (Director and Han-na’s one sided love interest)
Kim Hyun-sook as Park Jung-min (Han-na’s best friend)
Lee Han-wi as Plastic surgeon Lee Kong-hak
Ji Seo-yun as Ammy
spoiler 🚨 I like the premise of this and found it interesting. What I wanted to see though was more of a revenge plot line. It really wasn’t that it wasn’t like she decided to have him fall in love with her and then dump him. She also didn’t elect to make it big using her beauty just to show people. I don’t know how true to life it is but it is a bit ironic that cultures can be so hard on ugly people and fat people yet equally hard when they take drastic measures to try to change it. Makes it a bit like dammed if you do damned if you don’t. I know in my culture plastic surgery is mostly accepted especially for certain professions the only thing I think there’s still a bit of a stigma against breast changes. Not as many people elect plastic surgery as there isn’t as much pressure in general to be perfect unless you’re in a job such as modeling or acting. I did not feel like it was much of a romance because it was pretty clear she would never get back with the guy and it would’ve been disappointI got if she would have. I would’ve liked it better if another guy had emerged and loved her for who she was and there was a big confession or something like that. I liked that she changed the axis of her success by being honest about her surgery and carrying her career on the merits of who she was in general. But I really wanted to see a romance and it just really wasn’t an element in this.
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Body over talent!?
We can say that the objective of the movie was like a 5 stars (although some stuffs on the moovie were like "I wish she don't loved him that much"...)This movie is kinda old but explains so well the life that we live now . People using like a fake porfil or filters to not show their faces when they are not just a face or much more than a body.
In a overall I reallly liked this movie.
I really wish the world to change. And is sad that doesn´t exists more movies about issues like this one.
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Bit dated but enjoyable.
This is one of those movies that going in I didn't really have high expectations per it's subject matter, but it actually surprised me. It's by no means a master piece and would probably not be made today but was still enjoyable and had some laugh out loud moments.Serious the scene where she throws the dog had me laughing so hard. Lol :D
I think trying to show you should have confidence in yourself is great, but this movie kind of falls flat on it's face when delivering the message as it really only means that if your attractive. The ML waivered back and forth between a jerk and being the hero. I suppose in fairness he did say he was an asshole so I suppose he got what he deserved in the end. At least there wasn't some SML who had to stand by and watch as all the shit went down. Very 2006 too, the hair of that era was just..... a bad idea. The music was really good, I really liked it but i don't see myself turning this on again. One watch was enough.
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