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Does anyone know of a DomeVee cut of this series? I've seen some 3 or 4-minute cuts on Youtube but nothing that tells their story comprehensively and only. Their romancer, angst, chemistry, heat and acting are the only reason to watch this thing. The main couple is a snooze-fest, chemistry-free, bad-acting disaster.

I know. This is way too high.

Judging from what commenters below who have read the book have said, you either should choose not to watch the film, or go into doing so fully aware that very little about the characters or the plot match what's in the book, and what does match is poorly drawn.

As I said, I did not read the book, so I'm passing judgement on the film for itself alone. It's really bad. lol

I'm sure, or I assume, that you know the differences between a novel and a movie.

Also, you said the book "is quite famous," not that it's well-written. Is it? I don't know; I haven't read the book. Lots of "famous" books have been made into movies that differ greatly from their source material, and many great books have been made into terrible movies. Like this one.

Have you read the book? Have you seen the movie?

lol...omg, this is truly terrible but all the scenes of young men in speedos almost makes up for it. :D

Sometimes the responsible thing is to opt for abortion.

lol If you say so.

Don't do it! It's awful.

That's the longest apology for a terrible movie I have ever read. You are writing about motivations and feelings that are not on the screen. I love Reiko dropping in to schtup Watanabe as a "rite of passage," deeply meaningful in some way. What way? Reiko said she "thinks they should do it." Watanabe says "are you serious?" and seems to be objecting but of course he goes along with it because he has no spine and not many brains. Throughout the movie, over and over, he does whatever people tell him to do, especially very strange, unbalanced young women with boundary issues.

And then of course, it is never indicated how fucking made anything better for anyone But according to Reiko, Watanabe gave her "what I lost seven years ago." What? Her hymen? In that case, instead of going to the psych facility with no doctors or therapists she should have just fucked some random dude and been made all better way back then.

Haven't read the book. This movie is a disaster.

Your fear was well-founded.

This movie is beautiful trash.

Because the director told them to do so in both cases. He thinks it's cool and he's showing off. The wind is to indicate passions and wildness absent from the acting/direction.

So what did you think of this adaptation?

Because the movie is terrible. The book is a different thing than the movie.

SPOILERS:

Instant reaction, before reading the comments of others below:

Absolutely terrible. This was watching/listening to writer/director Tran Anh Hung cinematically masturbate for over 120 minutes without producing a money shot:

I'll spare you the watch with a plot summary:

ML's "best friend" offs himself in high school and ML never indicates one centimeter of sorrow or anguish.

Seriously crazy-ass bitches be drawn one after the other to this blander-than-bland dude who lacks a discernible personality and also seems to not possess a spine. One of them appears to be in the fifth grade. He "falls in love" with two of them because he likes crazy-ass bitches with major psycho-sexual boundary issues. In turn, each asks him to diddle them, also for no apparent reason as he is not hot or charming, and he complies.

One crazy-ass bitch goes to a supposed mountain psych treatment/retreat of some kind, but there are no doctors, nurses or therapists and just one other crazy-ass bitch who plays a guitar and is in a Lesbian relationship with the first crazy-ass bitch. Various people kill themselves, others show up at the bland guy's place demanding bereavement sex. With his magic Wand of Healing, he grants treatment and release.

There is LOTS of pounding, soaring orchestral music to distract us from the bizarre but also boring plot. There is LOTS of beautiful, majestic scenery which the characters stand around on looking perplexed. There is an exterior, snow-fallen blowjob. At one crucial point, the ML becomes a cave-bound hermit, mourning the woman who never exhibited once ounce of loveability but whom he was nevertheless head over heels for.

You know any movie that does what this one does in the first ten minutes to Kora Kengo, is garbage.

I took two breaks to keep myself alert and awake. I was fascinated by this epically masturbatory train wreck. Oh, and despite some fake sex being had, the actor's naughty bits were always discreetly shielded from view by strategically placed sheets, blankets, etc.

Horrible.

2/10 and the 2 is for Kora Kengo.

Good show. Unique. A gentle dom/sub thing...I like it.

But what's with wearing the living room window drapes as pants?

Great CGI and acting. Terrible plotting and scripting.

I respect Korean cinema in general for its ability to superbly inject the human element into so many of its films which is what makes them better than what comes out of Hollywood. But the writers and director here went WAY overboard in this regard, to a factor of about 100. What should have been a fascinating, exciting, thrilling portrayal of a Korean Space Agency Series of Highly Unfortunate Events, was interrupted over and over by boatloads of schmaltz.

Doh Kyun Soo did a tremendous job here; he's one of my favorite young Asian actors. BUT...I was particularly excited to see this film because two of his fellow Korean actors, and also faves of mine, Kim Rae Won and Lee Yi Kyung were on the cast list. But...weil, you know. What a freaking waste!

The Moon is both really good and really bad, but I'm glad I watched it so a 7/10 from me.

Quit watering down the meaning of the used-to-be-powerful word "rape."

Straight-up asking someone for sex is pretty much the opposite of rape. Good god.

I fear Korea and Taiwan are beginning to copy the Thai blueprint for turning out utter crap that I drop in the first couple episodes. It's sad, actually, as there have been a number of BLs from both countries that are among my favorites.

The production companies figure the nine year-old girl BL-watching fluff-lovers eat up this kind of shit, and they're not wrong. So the rest of us get screwed.

Who are HH's nepo-parents? They must have great genes; his bio pic is pretty stunning.