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Audrey May Be Beautiful, But the Movie’s Another Question
i honestly think the movie had such an interesting plot set up but it just very quickly turned from a good concept into a poor execution. and it suffers from a huge exposition problem, combined with many plot points which are just minor and never given much thought.
kihoon, played by jihoon, is arguably the character with the most depth. from a viewers pov, he’s likely to be the one you connect with the most or only connect with. jihoon is an absolutely phenomenal actor as we already know and he gave a fantastic performance during the movie even within all the absurdity.
the other characters don’t have much depth to them at all, having no arcs or really minimal depth to them. my main arc problem is with jieun, the idol daughter. there are no real apologies to her mother or to her brother about the way she has acted, and the ways in which they cover this feels like the exposition problem most movies suffer with. it’s all dumped at once as stated in my first paragraph.
instead of turning this into a full blown rant about the shallow writing of characters, the plot was pretty… interesting. and not in a great way.
despite troubles being shown within her group, jieun’s *rude* members and the whole thing with her company fall flat. there’s barely anything to it. for most of the movie jieun has practically no depth.
the only time there is some form of depth given to her is in the last, maybe, thirty minutes of the movie?
if you thought you were watching a movie about alzheimer’s, buckle up because all of a sudden jieun has got a form of leukemia.
yes, you heard me right.
by this point i wasn’t paying as much attention. for starters, it was almost midnight, and also for the fact that the movie had essentially pulled what i know as shooting itself in the foot.
at the end of the movie, jieun, miyeon, and kihoon all appear as a happy family. confusing, after how crappy of a daughter jieun has been.
where’s the dad you’re wondering?
i forgot to mention he gets the classic kdrama stunt pulled on him. hit by a truck. regina george style.
by the end of the movie i was left wondering what i had just spent the last almost two hours watching.
all my kudos and all stars to jihoon, he gave an otherwise flat story the necessary depth it needed.
kihoon, played by jihoon, is arguably the character with the most depth. from a viewers pov, he’s likely to be the one you connect with the most or only connect with. jihoon is an absolutely phenomenal actor as we already know and he gave a fantastic performance during the movie even within all the absurdity.
the other characters don’t have much depth to them at all, having no arcs or really minimal depth to them. my main arc problem is with jieun, the idol daughter. there are no real apologies to her mother or to her brother about the way she has acted, and the ways in which they cover this feels like the exposition problem most movies suffer with. it’s all dumped at once as stated in my first paragraph.
instead of turning this into a full blown rant about the shallow writing of characters, the plot was pretty… interesting. and not in a great way.
despite troubles being shown within her group, jieun’s *rude* members and the whole thing with her company fall flat. there’s barely anything to it. for most of the movie jieun has practically no depth.
the only time there is some form of depth given to her is in the last, maybe, thirty minutes of the movie?
if you thought you were watching a movie about alzheimer’s, buckle up because all of a sudden jieun has got a form of leukemia.
yes, you heard me right.
by this point i wasn’t paying as much attention. for starters, it was almost midnight, and also for the fact that the movie had essentially pulled what i know as shooting itself in the foot.
at the end of the movie, jieun, miyeon, and kihoon all appear as a happy family. confusing, after how crappy of a daughter jieun has been.
where’s the dad you’re wondering?
i forgot to mention he gets the classic kdrama stunt pulled on him. hit by a truck. regina george style.
by the end of the movie i was left wondering what i had just spent the last almost two hours watching.
all my kudos and all stars to jihoon, he gave an otherwise flat story the necessary depth it needed.
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