This was not a good movie and I ended up skipping parts. There's so much buildup, but the actual twist and the hidden story isn't interesting at all. Only good part about this movie was Saito.
This movie was absolutely amazing. There are so many little things that come back around and each small detail…
My guess is either sociopathy/antisocial personality disorder/psychopathy
Symptoms *Self-harm/self-mutalization *Creating a persona for killing-used her dead best friend's name for this persona *Lack of empathy and sympathy *Lack of remorse *The most extreme "symptom" is the killings themselves. Which are more of a result of her other symptoms along with environmental factors as well.
This can also be an example of nature vs nurture. Misako never got treatment. She was raised by a seemingly distant mother. Instead Misako sought her own way of treatment, which was the yurigokoro itself. When Misako finally found someone that treated her with care, that was when she started to display "normal" human emotions. So misako was born with that nature, but her environment nurtured that side of her.
Mental illnesses aren't necessarily heredity, but children are more likely to have it if their parents had it. Ryosuke didn't start to display any symptoms of aggression or the desire to kill until he read the notebook. It could be seen as an awakening of those feelings, but it could also be due to his confusion and his fear that he will be just like his mother.
This movie was absolutely amazing. There are so many little things that come back around and each small detail counts. This was definitely a movie made with passion.
I'm currently in college for psychology right now and if anyones interested in learning about the FL's possible mental illness read below.
The first half of the show is soo good. It's such a simple and sweet love story. They have such a healthy relationship…
I didn't like the time skip nor did I like the character changes. Nian Qin was more aloof than cold. I loved his character because he was just a simple calm guy who was very loving. He just had some trauma and emotional issues related to that trauma. With the time skip, of course they have to heal his eyesight and make him a rich CEO who's forceful???
Why can't we enjoy a ML that is sweet and calm? He doesn't have to be rich or mean to be likable. Also why do dramas always "fix" characters with disabilities? She loved him not despite his blindness, she just loved him for who he was. Him having eyesight or not having eyesight would not make her love him less.
The first half of the show is soo good. It's such a simple and sweet love story. They have such a healthy relationship with great communication and it really feels like their in love. The first kiss scene has to be the most adorable one I've seen, it was so wholesome. My review for the second half in spoiler below.
This movie was so beautiful. The fork scene made me cry and it was such a simple, yet deep scene. Even with such little plot and little dialogue, the movie portrays so much.
This movie feels like an old 2000's meldrama mixed with the typical korean crime movie.
The story is plain, but if done well, it could've been a great watch. The production and camerawork is great, but with the passionless plot, you can tell not much work was put into this. There was such an emphasis on cinematography and unique transitions, but some of those just took me out of the movie because they were so misplaced. The plot is barely there with such thin and simple plot points and they fail to connect you to the movie.
The romance didn't feel like romance even if the acting was great. The random attempts at humor failed. Park Chan Wook is a great director and that is the only good aspect of the movie. The story wasn't good, the characters weren't good, and the script wasn't good. Only the presentation was good and it's sad that Park Chan Wook seemed to only put an emphasis on that and not the story.
A story doesn't need to be big or complex to be good, it just has to be good.
I dropped it at ep 8. Read below if you want to listen to a rant. Also no shade to anybody that enjoyed it! I…
I'm a little confused as to why this show is so popular atm. The plot is such a good base and the FL is a super fun actress, but the script is just not good. The ML is from a different time period and he's a fictional character yet that barely means anything after the first ep? Instead of the funny hijinks of him learning things about the 21st century, he goes to a library and comes out a modern man?? The ML is essentially a normal tsundere dude with some martial art skills, what was the point of the plot if that wasn't actually going to be a part of the plot??
Possibly plot points they easily could've done to make better. Even if they've been done before, they're still interesting to watch. *There could've been eps where the FL went into the ML's story and it could be a back and forth. *The ML could start off as an exact replica of the character she wrote, but after realizing that he has free will, he could chose himself what type of person he wants to be. *The FL could feel sorry for writing a traumatic backstory for ML, because he's a real person standing in front of him. This could be a conflict and her guilt could cause space between them. *Girl can literrally control him and if he doesn't listen, his head hurts him. That's another thing that could create some really funny situations, instead it isn't utilized at all.
Symptoms
*Self-harm/self-mutalization
*Creating a persona for killing-used her dead best friend's name for this persona
*Lack of empathy and sympathy
*Lack of remorse
*The most extreme "symptom" is the killings themselves. Which are more of a result of her other symptoms along with environmental factors as well.
This can also be an example of nature vs nurture. Misako never got treatment. She was raised by a seemingly distant mother. Instead Misako sought her own way of treatment, which was the yurigokoro itself. When Misako finally found someone that treated her with care, that was when she started to display "normal" human emotions. So misako was born with that nature, but her environment nurtured that side of her.
Mental illnesses aren't necessarily heredity, but children are more likely to have it if their parents had it. Ryosuke didn't start to display any symptoms of aggression or the desire to kill until he read the notebook. It could be seen as an awakening of those feelings, but it could also be due to his confusion and his fear that he will be just like his mother.
I'm currently in college for psychology right now and if anyones interested in learning about the FL's possible mental illness read below.
Why can't we enjoy a ML that is sweet and calm? He doesn't have to be rich or mean to be likable. Also why do dramas always "fix" characters with disabilities? She loved him not despite his blindness, she just loved him for who he was. Him having eyesight or not having eyesight would not make her love him less.
My review for the second half in spoiler below.
The story is plain, but if done well, it could've been a great watch. The production and camerawork is great, but with the passionless plot, you can tell not much work was put into this. There was such an emphasis on cinematography and unique transitions, but some of those just took me out of the movie because they were so misplaced. The plot is barely there with such thin and simple plot points and they fail to connect you to the movie.
The romance didn't feel like romance even if the acting was great. The random attempts at humor failed. Park Chan Wook is a great director and that is the only good aspect of the movie. The story wasn't good, the characters weren't good, and the script wasn't good. Only the presentation was good and it's sad that Park Chan Wook seemed to only put an emphasis on that and not the story.
A story doesn't need to be big or complex to be good, it just has to be good.
Possibly plot points they easily could've done to make better. Even if they've been done before, they're still interesting to watch.
*There could've been eps where the FL went into the ML's story and it could be a back and forth.
*The ML could start off as an exact replica of the character she wrote, but after realizing that he has free will, he could chose himself what type of person he wants to be.
*The FL could feel sorry for writing a traumatic backstory for ML, because he's a real person standing in front of him. This could be a conflict and her guilt could cause space between them.
*Girl can literrally control him and if he doesn't listen, his head hurts him. That's another thing that could create some really funny situations, instead it isn't utilized at all.