A very enjoyable and well-made production with a unique supernatural story and extremely interesting and likeable characters. Both students and adults stories were intriguing and beautifully connected (though I wouldn't mind have 20 more episodes with Zo In Sung as the main focus!) and the emotional, action, comic scenes were perfectly balanced. A new fave heroes team in the making!
Though it had a promising start, with a unique concept and a cute fluffy couple, it soon went downhill mainly due to the weak, subpar mystery arc, some useless annoying subplots and a lot of wasted potential. To sum it up: 1. Give Kim So Hyun a better script and a stronger character - she can do much better. 2. Give Seo Ji Hoon his well-deserved main lead role - when he can finally have all the spotlights? 3. Give Hwang Min Hyun his mask back - he was much better with it!
Teacher-student romance trope is a big NO for me, but after seeing many positive posts about this jdrama, I thought I should give it a try. It's a bizarre, quirky and surprisingly addicting story, with a unique theme that has more layers than meet the eye. On the surface it may seem like another questionable forbidden relationship between a teacher and a student, but behind the 'dark humour', the creepy, silly or careless attitude, the hilarious bantering and the smartass flirting it deals with some serious, dark topics and some heartwarming character development.
Brilliant storytelling, ingenious script and filming, on point black comedy and piercing satire, and a fantastic performance from Jung Jae Young with a masterful balance between deadpan seriousness, stoic perseverance and laugh out loud quirkiness. A hilariously refreshing hidden gem, perfect for a weekend watch. Don't miss it!
A wonderful insight in the depths of human darkness served with a masterfully written plot, filmed and edited in a gripping way and superbly acted by both young and veteran actors. A thought-provoking, suspenseful story knitted with a shockingly unexpected web of lies, deceptions and selfish motives by grey characters of questionable morals. Those three flawed, multilayered Bad Kids especially, with their nuanced performances were absolutely mind-blowing and fascinating to watch.
Heartfelt, heartwarming, heartbreaking. Funny and serious, gay-friendly and homophobic, supernatural and realistic. A nicely mixed blend in a weird but enjoyable outcome!
The 3rd part Park Chan Wook's vengeance trilogy is a dark and twisted woman-centred story of revenge, redemption and catharsis through meticulously planned and executed gruesome, sadistic violence. Lee Young Ae, who carried the whole story, was fantastic as the devilish angel with sexy aura and deep scars. Visually and technically impressive, with a grotesque poetic brutality and some cleverly embedded black humor and metaphors, this was a challenging as well as a gripping watch, definitely not for everyone.
This movie was a satisfying continuation and conclusion of the dysfunctional and miscommunicating -but also cute and addicting- relationship of two flawed boys, Hira and Kiyou. While there were a lot of fanservice scenes and some distracting side-stories, the significant character growth and relationship development for both leads, the clever embedding of flashbacks to Season 1 and 2, their inner voices/thoughts and, most of all, their ability to talk about their feelings and thoughts were the best part of this heartwarming story.
Not as good as the 1st season, even though the teamwork and bromance moments were good and the romance was toned down, but still an entertaining watch. If there weren't so many plot holes concerning the main mastermind and the focus was on the 3 teams combined investigations it would have been much better.
A dark, gripping suspense thriller with an eerie, imposing cinematography, great atmospheric music and superb performances from the cast, veterans and rookies. Though the story lost its momentum during the second half, overall it was an enjoyable and intense watch, with a surprisingly well-knitted plot and some beautifully layered characters. Time well-spent.
Nice review, tho I'd call it more than "cracks" in their friendship ^^
I guess they did/showed what they could with the experience (it is Lee Woo-jeong's movie debut) and time they had. Sometimes being subtractive can be indie as well as confusing...
A peculiar, oddly funny and thought-provoking movie, with many typical themes tropes, and the distinguished provocative style of Bong Joon Ho. Not as gripping and memorable as some of his later works, but still a well-crafted, beautifully filmed story with some timely social criticism through sneering allegories and brilliant black comedy elements.
This based on a true story film is a gripping, utterly sad and psychologically challenging watching experience. Superbly filmed and acted, with an eerie, hauntingly dark atmosphere and some piercing social commentaries and satire on the police prejudice, arrogance and incompetence, it describes the unsuccessful and lacking procedurals of catching a serial killer in an inventive fascinating way, without exploiting the crimes and the victims. Worth every minute of it.
Silent, as its title indicates, subtle, mellow and slow-paced, this indie jmovie tells the story of two wounded -one physically and one mentally disabled- and lonely people. Though the characters' approach of their new reality and the lack of communication was too frustrating and unrealistic sometimes, it helped with the intentional mundane, melancholic tone of the film, but made it feel longer than it actually was.
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Both students and adults stories were intriguing and beautifully connected (though I wouldn't mind have 20 more episodes with Zo In Sung as the main focus!) and the emotional, action, comic scenes were perfectly balanced.
A new fave heroes team in the making!
1. Give Kim So Hyun a better script and a stronger character - she can do much better.
2. Give Seo Ji Hoon his well-deserved main lead role - when he can finally have all the spotlights?
3. Give Hwang Min Hyun his mask back - he was much better with it!
It's a bizarre, quirky and surprisingly addicting story, with a unique theme that has more layers than meet the eye. On the surface it may seem like another questionable forbidden relationship between a teacher and a student, but behind the 'dark humour', the creepy, silly or careless attitude, the hilarious bantering and the smartass flirting it deals with some serious, dark topics and some heartwarming character development.
A hilariously refreshing hidden gem, perfect for a weekend watch. Don't miss it!
A thought-provoking, suspenseful story knitted with a shockingly unexpected web of lies, deceptions and selfish motives by grey characters of questionable morals.
Those three flawed, multilayered Bad Kids especially, with their nuanced performances were absolutely mind-blowing and fascinating to watch.
Funny and serious, gay-friendly and homophobic, supernatural and realistic.
A nicely mixed blend in a weird but enjoyable outcome!
Lee Young Ae, who carried the whole story, was fantastic as the devilish angel with sexy aura and deep scars.
Visually and technically impressive, with a grotesque poetic brutality and some cleverly embedded black humor and metaphors, this was a challenging as well as a gripping watch, definitely not for everyone.
While there were a lot of fanservice scenes and some distracting side-stories, the significant character growth and relationship development for both leads, the clever embedding of flashbacks to Season 1 and 2, their inner voices/thoughts and, most of all, their ability to talk about their feelings and thoughts were the best part of this heartwarming story.
If there weren't so many plot holes concerning the main mastermind and the focus was on the 3 teams combined investigations it would have been much better.
Though the story lost its momentum during the second half, overall it was an enjoyable and intense watch, with a surprisingly well-knitted plot and some beautifully layered characters.
Time well-spent.
Sometimes being subtractive can be indie as well as confusing...
Not as gripping and memorable as some of his later works, but still a well-crafted, beautifully filmed story with some timely social criticism through sneering allegories and brilliant black comedy
elements.
Superbly filmed and acted, with an eerie, hauntingly dark atmosphere and some piercing social commentaries and satire on the police prejudice, arrogance and incompetence, it describes the unsuccessful and lacking procedurals of catching a serial killer in an inventive fascinating way, without exploiting the crimes and the victims.
Worth every minute of it.
Though the characters' approach of their new reality and the lack of communication was too frustrating and unrealistic sometimes, it helped with the intentional mundane, melancholic tone of the film, but made it feel longer than it actually was.