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Not worth your time—seriously. How does this have 5.7/10 rating?!
Okay... As a fan of ORV I have to ask: Wth went through the director's head when he made this? The story is butchered! There are so many things wrong with this movie:
1) The characters... Kim Dokja is a bully?? What?! He wants to save the world?? What?! What is this? Kim Dokja was a victim of bullying. He isn't a bully... Also his goal has never been to save the world!! He just wants to survive! What do you mean he loves and takes care of his *single* mom?? What... So they just erased all the childhood trauma caused by his father and him murdering him??? Wth is this?! Also the scene where Yoo Jonghyuk throws Kim Dokja from the bridge... Has the director ever opened ORV? No way in hell would Kim Dokja act like that ðŸ˜Kim Dokja doesn’t hate the novel! What?? It is literally what kept him alive for years after surviving his sewerslide attempt... Overall they just butchered my boy KD.
Also what did they do to my girl Sangah?! Why is she a healer? That literally destroys her whole character and everything she stands for. The whole "she quit her job" thing was also very weird. She was on the train not because she quit but because her male co-worker stole her bike in an attempt to get her following him. Although it, compared to everything else, is a small change, it complete erases the struggles she has with fighting and struggling misogyny. Instead they reduced her into a typical pointless female character that brings nothing to the story—turning he rbasically into the thing she fights against.
Removing important representation seems to be this movie's theme from Kim Dokja's bullying, Yoo Sangah's misogyny and now Lee Heewon's S/A. They completely erased Heewon's backstory. They completely erased her S/A and the aftermath of her wanting to kill the bastard who did that to her. Oh, and apparently she is now a maincharacter. I love her but she is not the main character.
2) Overall casting. The actors are pretty good and big names in the industry (from who I could recognize) but they do not suit the characters at all! The biggest beef I have with Lee Jihye and Yoo Jonghyuk's actors... I used to be a blink when bp debuted and I in no way hate Jisoo but... Let's be honest, she's too mature to portray a HIGH SCHOOLER. Lee Jihye is supposed to be an energetic and chaotic teenager who also battles with the grief and trauma from having to kill her classmates. I just find Jisoo's portrayal too mature and gloomy(?) for her. I also did not like Yoo Jonghyuk's actor(no hate). It might be more of a problem with the styling but... Instead of looking like an op protagonist in a novel, he looks like a homeless person(with the clothes and the hair...). I also just don't think his face suits the character that well.
3) What did they do to my pookie Bihyung? Why are they now a gumball machine?? Wth.
There are way more things but this pmo so bad that I can't even word them here in a mature and kind way. I, with the rest of the ORV fandom, will continue boycotting this and will not acknoledge it's existence. I would give this a 0/10 if it was possible. Thank you and bye.
1) The characters... Kim Dokja is a bully?? What?! He wants to save the world?? What?! What is this? Kim Dokja was a victim of bullying. He isn't a bully... Also his goal has never been to save the world!! He just wants to survive! What do you mean he loves and takes care of his *single* mom?? What... So they just erased all the childhood trauma caused by his father and him murdering him??? Wth is this?! Also the scene where Yoo Jonghyuk throws Kim Dokja from the bridge... Has the director ever opened ORV? No way in hell would Kim Dokja act like that ðŸ˜Kim Dokja doesn’t hate the novel! What?? It is literally what kept him alive for years after surviving his sewerslide attempt... Overall they just butchered my boy KD.
Also what did they do to my girl Sangah?! Why is she a healer? That literally destroys her whole character and everything she stands for. The whole "she quit her job" thing was also very weird. She was on the train not because she quit but because her male co-worker stole her bike in an attempt to get her following him. Although it, compared to everything else, is a small change, it complete erases the struggles she has with fighting and struggling misogyny. Instead they reduced her into a typical pointless female character that brings nothing to the story—turning he rbasically into the thing she fights against.
Removing important representation seems to be this movie's theme from Kim Dokja's bullying, Yoo Sangah's misogyny and now Lee Heewon's S/A. They completely erased Heewon's backstory. They completely erased her S/A and the aftermath of her wanting to kill the bastard who did that to her. Oh, and apparently she is now a maincharacter. I love her but she is not the main character.
2) Overall casting. The actors are pretty good and big names in the industry (from who I could recognize) but they do not suit the characters at all! The biggest beef I have with Lee Jihye and Yoo Jonghyuk's actors... I used to be a blink when bp debuted and I in no way hate Jisoo but... Let's be honest, she's too mature to portray a HIGH SCHOOLER. Lee Jihye is supposed to be an energetic and chaotic teenager who also battles with the grief and trauma from having to kill her classmates. I just find Jisoo's portrayal too mature and gloomy(?) for her. I also did not like Yoo Jonghyuk's actor(no hate). It might be more of a problem with the styling but... Instead of looking like an op protagonist in a novel, he looks like a homeless person(with the clothes and the hair...). I also just don't think his face suits the character that well.
3) What did they do to my pookie Bihyung? Why are they now a gumball machine?? Wth.
There are way more things but this pmo so bad that I can't even word them here in a mature and kind way. I, with the rest of the ORV fandom, will continue boycotting this and will not acknoledge it's existence. I would give this a 0/10 if it was possible. Thank you and bye.
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