I had no idea that this movie would deal with the topic of comfort women - it made the movie that much more meaningful for me as someone who has a heart for Korea's painful history. The first half of the movie is the blossoming friendship between the quirky grandma and Je Hoon's character and then the second half gets a bit more serious as it delves into this subject that Japan hates. I think it was a lovely movie with a powerful message.
Plot: The story about the love and betrayal between an inmate leader and an undercover cop/prisoner, who team to take over a gang. It centers around the main character Hyung soo, the undercover cop, and Kim Jaeho the inmate leader.
This movie really shows the harsh effects of social media and how people tend not to think twice about the words they use online and how it makes the other person feel emotionally. Criticism hurts, not just to your face but the fact that people who know or don't know you think of you in a certain way without considering the person behind the screen. It's sad. This movie did a good job of showing both sides (3 to be exact) The person who writes bad things, the people who criticize it, the mob chases, and the realization of some that social media can really hurt people not just emotionally but physically. People talk about the plot holes in this drama, but I think they were necessary b/c that's how social media works, only those directly involved in a situation knows the truth - the others only know what they hear and or see.
one question that was left rather vague at the end... did the lead end up dying from lung cancer then or not? His friend asked to meet him again in the future but forgot to tell him about his disease, so does he make it or not?
Saw her for the first time in 'The Good Wife' and just now watched her in 'The Swindlers' and her acting in that sold me ^^ I look forward to seeing her in 'Four Men'.
The movie itself is not very engaging - it's more like a documentary on the wait, call, drive and search that the boys parents and police had to go through. I was pretty detached throughout most of the movie - it was the ending that got to me and made tears steam down my face endlessly. Especially with that real recording.
Aish, the ending after they found Sang Woo's body and the dad started to cry is when I started to cry for the first time watching this :'( and then again at the end when the father started crying on air - I had tears streaming down my face all the way till the end :'( I really hope this killer can be caught - even if the case has "expired" he deserves to be brought to justice.
Two plot twists and I never saw either of them coming! Wow! It shocked me, that's for sure, I felt betrayed and stunned at this revelation lol - crazy! Never do anyone wrong, you never know how it will come back to bite you - no matter how small you think of it at the moment, to another it could be the biggest thing in the world.
I can say I will never watch another zombie movie as long as I live lol - I already knew I wouldn't like this genre b/c I can't handle blood/gore and those types of creepy crazy sci fi things but this movie does deserve all the high praise it has going for it! I hate zombie/vampire and the like type shows, but I felt like I just had to watch this one b/c of everyones high praises for it and especially (mainly) b/c of Gong Yoo. I do not regret watching it, though I was grossed out quite a bit lol, It was an intense ride filled with emotions of just wanting that small group of people to survive - especially the three main pairs and that homeless looking ahjussi This movie did leave me in tears. Great movie that even someone who absolutely does not like this genre can still "enjoy" at least once lol Gong Yoo, Kim Soo An, Ma Dong Seok - you guys were the BEST!!!!
It's so sad. But what a mesmerizing and beautifully done movie! It really captures your attention and makes you feel so much for the two main characters. I was hoping for a happier ending, but it was still beautiful to the end. They said if you take a Goblin's egg as a child you can't return until you are an "adult" and if you take it when you are an adult you can't return until you are a "grandpa". It's so sad that he had to live his life twice like that T_T poor fellow :'( I can still ship them, b/c he is in reality still her age, he just went through a time slip thing and aged - but he was born around the same time she was - so no matter how much he ages, he's still in her league. ;)
More background info on Park Yeol's history, what happened before, why he was tried and what happened after. I didn't even know about all this until now or I'd had added a bit more in the 1926 history section on exactly what took place. But feel free to read it yourself ^^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923_Great_Kant%C5%8D_earthquake
The first half of the movie is the blossoming friendship between the quirky grandma and Je Hoon's character and then the second half gets a bit more serious as it delves into this subject that Japan hates.
I think it was a lovely movie with a powerful message.
People talk about the plot holes in this drama, but I think they were necessary b/c that's how social media works, only those directly involved in a situation knows the truth - the others only know what they hear and or see.
I was pretty detached throughout most of the movie - it was the ending that got to me and made tears steam down my face endlessly.
Especially with that real recording.
and then again at the end when the father started crying on air - I had tears streaming down my face all the way till the end :'(
I really hope this killer can be caught - even if the case has "expired" he deserves to be brought to justice.
This movie did leave me in tears.
Great movie that even someone who absolutely does not like this genre can still "enjoy" at least once lol
Gong Yoo, Kim Soo An, Ma Dong Seok - you guys were the BEST!!!!
I was hoping for a happier ending, but it was still beautiful to the end.
They said if you take a Goblin's egg as a child you can't return until you are an "adult" and if you take it when you are an adult you can't return until you are a "grandpa". It's so sad that he had to live his life twice like that T_T poor fellow :'(
I can still ship them, b/c he is in reality still her age, he just went through a time slip thing and aged - but he was born around the same time she was - so no matter how much he ages, he's still in her league. ;)
He could totally play Lee Sang Woo's brother :)