This shows promise. I like the writing and the look of the first episode.
Notes to director: In her first scene grandma's "gray" hair looks as though she was at the beach and a gigantic seagull shit on her head. In her next scene that problem has been fixed but please pay attention going forward. You can't just pour white-streak liquid on an actor's head and expect it to look realistic.
The actors faking straight sex in the first scene and pretending to smoke cigs and drink booze seemed to have stumbled in out of a middle school play. Consider casting grownups.
If one of your characters is going to smoke a cig please insist the actor learn to actually inhale. Nothing more amusing or distracting than watching an actor in closeup pretend to smoke without inhaling. lol Her sex partner appeared to be drinking urine. Whiskey is much darker than that. Or maybe it was Mountain Dew.
It's unfortunate we already had a main character mysteriously passing out for no apparent reason, this time lolling about deliriously on the filthy stairwell floor of the tenement apartment. Can it be the next ep will reveal he came down with a "fever" from the brutal heat in his apartment as he cleaned and decorated it? It's true, we did see him sweating. But sweating is OK and does not cause catatonic delirium. This fainting thing is known as a BL TROPE. Please avoid more of the same going forward.
Closeups of actors' hands clutching sheets as an indication they are having penetrative sex is also a trope.
The prologue managed to do lot in a mere 15 minutes. It established strong acting, directing and writing. I noted…
I'm wondering if one of the gay guys is the dude the smoker-chick has to marry. It's an arranged marriage so it's entirely possible a gay dude is being forced to marry her and she is aware of his sexuality. Either the parents know and think they can force him to be straight or they are ignorant of his sexuality. Just a theory.
As I already stated, I saw the first episode just before I posted my comment. No, I won't share the link and no I don't care if you believe me. If you like the show watch it.
You stopped watching episode 3 at the wrong time, if you had finished watching the episode you would have seen…
If they did a "good job of that" I and so many other people wouldn't have dropped this show. They have dragged things out in a circular fashion for multiple episodes beginning last season. If you like what you see, watch it. I won't be. It's boring.
This show should be called "Minato's Doormat," featuring Shin as the thing on the floor.
It's really sad: I just dropped halfway thru the third episode. This is nothing more than the same boring, inexplicable emotional cruelty ladled out by Minato onto Shin and by that horrid, dull, lifeless Funeral Director onto the adorable Asuka.
At least in the case of Minato you can see attractive qualities. With Shu, there is NOTHING about him that makes Asuka's fixation on him believable. He is repulsive. flat of affect, rude and not the least bit good-looking.
So we have two darling characters being psychologically mistreated by the unworthy objects of their affections over and over and over again. That's it, that's the plot.
It is sad that three charming and talented young actors, Takuya, Sho and Tomoya, are being wasted in service to this POS series. Oh well...perhaps the show will lead to bigger things for all three and they can pretend this never happened.
I will likely wait until all episodes have aired, then come back for a speed-watch to see if by some miracle this mess becomes interesting at some future point. It's doubtful that will happen though.
The only good thing about it is the opening title sequence. I always get a kick out of that.
What exactly do you respect? These struggling actors probably need the cash or being sold by their parents. Do…
Your supercilious style of writing is off-putting. I don't need your "assistance," thank you.
Everything you said about what comes with the territory of being an actor, young, old or in-between is true. So what? So they kissed like normal 14 year-olds do. Hopefully, these young actors have agents, parents and others around them who are there to help them understand how to ignore criticism from people like you, if they are exposed to it online or elsewhere.
What you don't get is that YOU and others who think like you, are the problem. There IS no problem with 14 year-olds kissing, as millions do around the world every day. You are projecting your own sexual hangups onto these teen actors and then proclaiming what you imagine to be the case as a big crisis.
It's not a crisis. It's annoying. In a nutshell, you and your type create a controversy, criticize the actors and then claim the criticism and the controversy to be a problem. Cuts no ice with me and hopefully these teen actors know how to ignore people like you on the Internet.
Japan and Korea make the best freaking sports films!
Loved seeing Kubozuka Yosuke as such a young actor here. I've only ever seen him in much more adult roles. He is hilariously excellent as Peco and I spent the first half of the movie thinking "who ISSSSS that...?" before I finally looked it up here and couldn't believe it but instantly saw the resemblance to his older self. Not otherwise familiar with Iura Arata's other stuff, but will make myself so. They are expertly balanced off each other here.
Another delight was discovering at the same time it was Sam Lee (!!!!) playing "China," the ringer brought in by the other high school. lol This is only five years after "Made In Hong Kong" in which he is beyond mesmerizing as a young, punk/thug with a heart and a style all his own, and yet I NEVER would have recognized him had I not stumbled across the list of guest stars. Just shows how good an actor he is.
Gets a 9.5./10 from me. Naturally, the MDL rating is far below what the film deserves.
What exactly do you respect? These struggling actors probably need the cash or being sold by their parents. Do…
So you think your OPINION is fact because you say so...not true. Also, it doesn't matter who wrote what first, you just keep coming back with the same lame replies stating you are right because you say you're right. It's absurd.
What exactly do you think the "impact" is on these young actors from kissing just like they and many of their peers do in real life? How are they harmed? Please be specific.
I assure you I am not "young," lol. I am older than dirt, which is why I am much wiser than you. :)
Not bad, nothing great though. Fine acting but no ebbs, flows or thrills. Felt the same at the end as at the beginning although a lot had actually taken place.
I hope Park Jong Hwan has gotten rid of that peach-fuzzy mustache and goatee, or it's grown in a lot thicker. Looked like he needed to wash his lip and chin to get a bit of dirt off.
Pretty damn good Yakuza flick. Stylish, great fight choreography and execution. I was able to follow the somewhat complicated story line which is saying something. Watching this type of thing I often lose track of who is killing whom and why and for who, etc.
Two male leads are great together. A few nice homoerotic undertones here and there between them and a couple other Yakuza bosses along the way...the tones are pretty far under though.
What this lacks I think is what the Koreans seem so good at almost always bringing to their crime and Yakuza flicks: depth and layering in characterizations so that often the viewer ends up rooting even for sympathetic villains who do bad things because we get a feel for WHY they are the way they are. Here, the character backstories are fairly shallow. The emphasis is on overall plot, action, sets, and settings. Acting is great overall.
But it loses points for not bowling me over. I'm glad I watched but I wasn't tied up in knots while doing so.
LOL Laughing at the rating. Seriously too many teenagers and fairy tale believers with little to no life experience…
"LOL Laughing at the rating. Seriously too many teenagers and fairy tale believers with little to no life experience on MDL, not to mention the moral police, smh"
Low-key, quirky, oddball Korean comedy with lots of laughs, just the way I like them. I'll watch anything with Yoo in it of course, and it was fun to watch him at work this young. Love the casting of his sister, who looks like a female version of Yoo.
Well, Makeeda, one thing that's weird is you saying you're "not going back and forth with me over this" and then going back and forth with me over this by adding another reply. Get a grip.
Listen, I'm sorry you have unhealthy hangups about two 14 year-olds kissing, as if that doesn't happen in the real world a million times every day. The fact you think it IS weird means there is something wrong with YOU.
Please stop trying to make up excuses justifying your unhealthy psychological/sex problems.
All best to you in your search for a healthy attitude toward sex.
What exactly do you respect? These struggling actors probably need the cash or being sold by their parents. Do…
J100, your opinion that this PERFORMANCE of PRETENDED actions by young ACTORS is "inappropriate" is just that, your opinion and nothing more. Just as my belief the opposite is true is MY opinion. Repeating yourself and using pompous language does not make your opinion into fact.
I grasp everything about this situation just fine, thank you.
I would like it a lot better if I could understand more XD XD XD finance world is not my cup of tea, but still…
Interesting. I hate numbers, math and economics, but I felt like this movie did a great job of explaining what was happening every step of the way. It helps to keep in mind that economics is to a great degree bullshit, which is largely what this movie is all about. As was clearly indicated, the supposed experts at the top had little idea what was going on either. Nor did many of them care.
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Actually, it seemed to me the person she called "Shawn" is the guy who just boffed her in bed. She said "Shawn. Do you have time for a cigarette?"
Notes to director:
In her first scene grandma's "gray" hair looks as though she was at the beach and a gigantic seagull shit on her head. In her next scene that problem has been fixed but please pay attention going forward. You can't just pour white-streak liquid on an actor's head and expect it to look realistic.
The actors faking straight sex in the first scene and pretending to smoke cigs and drink booze seemed to have stumbled in out of a middle school play. Consider casting grownups.
If one of your characters is going to smoke a cig please insist the actor learn to actually inhale. Nothing more amusing or distracting than watching an actor in closeup pretend to smoke without inhaling. lol Her sex partner appeared to be drinking urine. Whiskey is much darker than that. Or maybe it was Mountain Dew.
It's unfortunate we already had a main character mysteriously passing out for no apparent reason, this time lolling about deliriously on the filthy stairwell floor of the tenement apartment. Can it be the next ep will reveal he came down with a "fever" from the brutal heat in his apartment as he cleaned and decorated it? It's true, we did see him sweating. But sweating is OK and does not cause catatonic delirium. This fainting thing is known as a BL TROPE. Please avoid more of the same going forward.
Closeups of actors' hands clutching sheets as an indication they are having penetrative sex is also a trope.
OK, I'm done. Other than that, great start!
It's really sad: I just dropped halfway thru the third episode. This is nothing more than the same boring, inexplicable emotional cruelty ladled out by Minato onto Shin and by that horrid, dull, lifeless Funeral Director onto the adorable Asuka.
At least in the case of Minato you can see attractive qualities. With Shu, there is NOTHING about him that makes Asuka's fixation on him believable. He is repulsive. flat of affect, rude and not the least bit good-looking.
So we have two darling characters being psychologically mistreated by the unworthy objects of their affections over and over and over again. That's it, that's the plot.
It is sad that three charming and talented young actors, Takuya, Sho and Tomoya, are being wasted in service to this POS series. Oh well...perhaps the show will lead to bigger things for all three and they can pretend this never happened.
I will likely wait until all episodes have aired, then come back for a speed-watch to see if by some miracle this mess becomes interesting at some future point. It's doubtful that will happen though.
The only good thing about it is the opening title sequence. I always get a kick out of that.
Everything you said about what comes with the territory of being an actor, young, old or in-between is true. So what? So they kissed like normal 14 year-olds do. Hopefully, these young actors have agents, parents and others around them who are there to help them understand how to ignore criticism from people like you, if they are exposed to it online or elsewhere.
What you don't get is that YOU and others who think like you, are the problem. There IS no problem with 14 year-olds kissing, as millions do around the world every day. You are projecting your own sexual hangups onto these teen actors and then proclaiming what you imagine to be the case as a big crisis.
It's not a crisis. It's annoying. In a nutshell, you and your type create a controversy, criticize the actors and then claim the criticism and the controversy to be a problem. Cuts no ice with me and hopefully these teen actors know how to ignore people like you on the Internet.
Loved seeing Kubozuka Yosuke as such a young actor here. I've only ever seen him in much more adult roles. He is hilariously excellent as Peco and I spent the first half of the movie thinking "who ISSSSS that...?" before I finally looked it up here and couldn't believe it but instantly saw the resemblance to his older self. Not otherwise familiar with Iura Arata's other stuff, but will make myself so. They are expertly balanced off each other here.
Another delight was discovering at the same time it was Sam Lee (!!!!) playing "China," the ringer brought in by the other high school. lol This is only five years after "Made In Hong Kong" in which he is beyond mesmerizing as a young, punk/thug with a heart and a style all his own, and yet I NEVER would have recognized him had I not stumbled across the list of guest stars. Just shows how good an actor he is.
Gets a 9.5./10 from me. Naturally, the MDL rating is far below what the film deserves.
What exactly do you think the "impact" is on these young actors from kissing just like they and many of their peers do in real life? How are they harmed? Please be specific.
I assure you I am not "young," lol. I am older than dirt, which is why I am much wiser than you. :)
I hope Park Jong Hwan has gotten rid of that peach-fuzzy mustache and goatee, or it's grown in a lot thicker. Looked like he needed to wash his lip and chin to get a bit of dirt off.
Lots of handsome Korean men to appreciate.
7/10
Two male leads are great together. A few nice homoerotic undertones here and there between them and a couple other Yakuza bosses along the way...the tones are pretty far under though.
What this lacks I think is what the Koreans seem so good at almost always bringing to their crime and Yakuza flicks: depth and layering in characterizations so that often the viewer ends up rooting even for sympathetic villains who do bad things because we get a feel for WHY they are the way they are. Here, the character backstories are fairly shallow. The emphasis is on overall plot, action, sets, and settings. Acting is great overall.
But it loses points for not bowling me over. I'm glad I watched but I wasn't tied up in knots while doing so.
8/10
THIS, a hundred times THIS.
Listen, I'm sorry you have unhealthy hangups about two 14 year-olds kissing, as if that doesn't happen in the real world a million times every day. The fact you think it IS weird means there is something wrong with YOU.
Please stop trying to make up excuses justifying your unhealthy psychological/sex problems.
All best to you in your search for a healthy attitude toward sex.
I grasp everything about this situation just fine, thank you.