the story is korean, if it were chinese i wouldn't doubt that it was a brother. at least in the Bls there's more…
You "disagree" with what
Consider that the source of your "discomfort" was your preconceptions, misconceptions, and prejudices regarding romantic relationships between "siblings" who are not blood-related. Consider that the plot of Unknown is intended to challenge you, and therefore make you uncomfortable. Consider that meaningful art OFTEN makes people uncomfortable. That is what happens when art challenges our prejudices and asks us to examine them. Consider this quote from Mexican poet Cesar A. Cruz: "Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable."
I'm curious: Did you watch Unknown all the way through despite your discomfort? Did it make you think about the validity of your preconceptions that made you uncomfortable?
the story is korean, if it were chinese i wouldn't doubt that it was a brother. at least in the Bls there's more…
Actually, my opinion is not irrelevant because it is, you know, the truth. Yours, on the other hand, is intentionally delusional. It is also typical of the standard Church Lady/Busy-body MDL demographic.
What is the name of your country? I'd like to check out those rules on sibling marriage.
the story is korean, if it were chinese i wouldn't doubt that it was a brother. at least in the Bls there's more…
Your particular opinion of what does or does not make two people "brothers" is irrelevant.
I intentionally used the term "BLOOD brothers" above, which you ignored. You are attempting to conflate the terms "blood brothers," "adoptive brothers," and "two boys who were raised together" as if they are all in the same category under "brothers." Having been adopted into the same family unit does not magically make two boys blood siblings, nor does being raised together accomplish this.
Two people not related by blood cannot, by definition, commit "incest." Furthermore, in the U.S. at least, siblings who are not blood-related can legally marry.
Your conflation of these three terms is deliberately inaccurate and misleading. Blood brothers are NOT the same as adoptive brothers or two boys who happen to have been raised together. Why you are making this deliberately misleading assertion is your secret, but that too is irrelevant.
Furthermore, blood brothers cannot conceive and produce children, the primary reason given for legally banning incest so, you know...who cares and how is it anyone else's business, including yours?
I repeat, NO Boys Love drama (Boys Love = Asian) that features BLOOD brothers as lovers. No one cares that you, for reasons of your own, want to cram blood brothers under the same heading with adoptive brothers and boys who have been raised together.
Please stop leaving deliberately false statements in MDL comments.
Why do you believe BDSM to be distasteful? Have you ever tried it?
Pardon my misinterpretation of your statement then.
I'd argue the film doesn't portray BDSM at all, but somebody's giggly, sugar-coated fantasy of what it maybe, kinda, might be like if it were a Barbie accessory by Mattel.
these days i've been focusing on the deeper meanings behind movies that could just be "sexy and fun", and this…
"i do not personally condone ..."
This is a perfect summation of the MDL prude perspective. Look...no one cares if you "condone" what they do in the privacy of their own bedroom or in the steamy basement of a sex dungeon, OK?
I laughed when I saw the MDL 18+ rating on this. Give me a break. In all seriousness, this is TVMA13 at most.
Why tackle a subject like this if you're going to clean it up to Walt Disney levels and take the heat out of it? It's not darkly humorous either, like you might expect from a romcom about BDSM; it's sitcom-level humor of the lamest sort.
Ignore the gushing reviews and comments here. Clearly, they were written by trembling virgins who haven't the slightest idea what the stinging kiss of a leather whip feels like, nor any desire to actually find out. This thing is for people who giggle and coo around the hot tub but have no intention of ever taking a dip.
After 20 minutes of boredom, I fast-forwarded through the rest, stopping for anything that looked like it might be a juicy S&M or sex scene. Ha! Not hardly.
Too bad. Lee Jun Young is smokin'. Hopefully, he'll do a BDSM-themed film for grownups one day.
I thought I had woken from a nightmare in which someone jammed knitting needles into my ears, but no...it was the Pansori in this movie. I'd have preferred the knitting needles.
I cannot imagine listening to Pansori for FIVE hours in a theatre. I understand this is a cultural thing, but there are all kinds of traditional American music I wouldn't put up with for ten minutes, let alone five hours, either, so save your "cultural ignorance!" insults for someone else.
Only in Korea would an artist feel the need to release such a statement.
Let the law deal with it, and things take their course. That is the public side of it. How he and his wife are dealing with it within the family is nobody's business but theirs.
He is not responsible for his father-in-law's ethical/criminal lapses, thus no one should expect an apology from him for...what? Existing? Marrying a crook's daughter? What, exactly?
This kind of PR move only feeds the sick idea that the Korean public has the right to harshly judge and condemn celebrities. By "apologizing," this actor is fueling the Korean Suicide Machine that has taken dozens of lives over the last 20 years. Actors need to STOP apologizing for things over which they have no control.
None of those phrases implies "hatred." "Hate," as it's used online as you just did, is an attempt to minimize someone's opinion, to make it seem to be the result of irrational emotions.
My emotions regarding PP's emaciated marilyn monroe schtick are entirely rational, I assure you. :)
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What's YOUR excuse for being an obsessed-with-driving-celebs-to-suicide Knetz Killer Klown...dude?
Consider that the source of your "discomfort" was your preconceptions, misconceptions, and prejudices regarding romantic relationships between "siblings" who are not blood-related.
Consider that the plot of Unknown is intended to challenge you, and therefore make you uncomfortable.
Consider that meaningful art OFTEN makes people uncomfortable. That is what happens when art challenges our prejudices and asks us to examine them.
Consider this quote from Mexican poet Cesar A. Cruz:
"Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable."
I'm curious: Did you watch Unknown all the way through despite your discomfort? Did it make you think about the validity of your preconceptions that made you uncomfortable?
Yours, on the other hand, is intentionally delusional. It is also typical of the standard Church Lady/Busy-body MDL demographic.
What is the name of your country? I'd like to check out those rules on sibling marriage.
I intentionally used the term "BLOOD brothers" above, which you ignored. You are attempting to conflate the terms "blood brothers," "adoptive brothers," and "two boys who were raised together" as if they are all in the same category under "brothers." Having been adopted into the same family unit does not magically make two boys blood siblings, nor does being raised together accomplish this.
Two people not related by blood cannot, by definition, commit "incest." Furthermore, in the U.S. at least, siblings who are not blood-related can legally marry.
Your conflation of these three terms is deliberately inaccurate and misleading. Blood brothers are NOT the same as adoptive brothers or two boys who happen to have been raised together. Why you are making this deliberately misleading assertion is your secret, but that too is irrelevant.
Furthermore, blood brothers cannot conceive and produce children, the primary reason given for legally banning incest so, you know...who cares and how is it anyone else's business, including yours?
I repeat, NO Boys Love drama (Boys Love = Asian) that features BLOOD brothers as lovers. No one cares that you, for reasons of your own, want to cram blood brothers under the same heading with adoptive brothers and boys who have been raised together.
Please stop leaving deliberately false statements in MDL comments.
"Jo Bo Ah firmly believes Lee Jae Wook is not her lost brother..." because he is NOT her lost brother. He is an actor in a show she is also in.
I'd argue the film doesn't portray BDSM at all, but somebody's giggly, sugar-coated fantasy of what it maybe, kinda, might be like if it were a Barbie accessory by Mattel.
This is a perfect summation of the MDL prude perspective.
Look...no one cares if you "condone" what they do in the privacy of their own bedroom or in the steamy basement of a sex dungeon, OK?
I laughed when I saw the MDL 18+ rating on this. Give me a break. In all seriousness, this is TVMA13 at most.
Why tackle a subject like this if you're going to clean it up to Walt Disney levels and take the heat out of it? It's not darkly humorous either, like you might expect from a romcom about BDSM; it's sitcom-level humor of the lamest sort.
Ignore the gushing reviews and comments here. Clearly, they were written by trembling virgins who haven't the slightest idea what the stinging kiss of a leather whip feels like, nor any desire to actually find out. This thing is for people who giggle and coo around the hot tub but have no intention of ever taking a dip.
After 20 minutes of boredom, I fast-forwarded through the rest, stopping for anything that looked like it might be a juicy S&M or sex scene. Ha! Not hardly.
Too bad. Lee Jun Young is smokin'. Hopefully, he'll do a BDSM-themed film for grownups one day.
2/10 (Two points for LJY's sex appeal and smile.)
Dropped
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I cannot imagine listening to Pansori for FIVE hours in a theatre. I understand this is a cultural thing, but there are all kinds of traditional American music I wouldn't put up with for ten minutes, let alone five hours, either, so save your "cultural ignorance!" insults for someone else.
That is some nasty noise.
Dropped.
Let the law deal with it, and things take their course. That is the public side of it. How he and his wife are dealing with it within the family is nobody's business but theirs.
He is not responsible for his father-in-law's ethical/criminal lapses, thus no one should expect an apology from him for...what? Existing? Marrying a crook's daughter? What, exactly?
This kind of PR move only feeds the sick idea that the Korean public has the right to harshly judge and condemn celebrities. By "apologizing," this actor is fueling the Korean Suicide Machine that has taken dozens of lives over the last 20 years. Actors need to STOP apologizing for things over which they have no control.
"Hate," as it's used online as you just did, is an attempt to minimize someone's opinion, to make it seem to be the result of irrational emotions.
My emotions regarding PP's emaciated marilyn monroe schtick are entirely rational, I assure you. :)