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i watched this on a total whim. i saw the fl and jaewook's scenes going all around my insta so i gave in and watched it. it wasnt bad but it wasnt awesome too
bok soon is an assassin. she is known and feared in the industry for being the best of the best. she has a daughter too and it looks like she isnt on as good terms with her daughter as she is with her work. the movie showcases how bok soon's contract with her current company would be expired so she is thinking on whether or not to renew it while on the other hand trying to handle her rebellious teen daughter.
the acting was amazing and the plot was decent too. but was ot awesome? not much. it just shows bok soon and her daughter starting to bond and their vision of the future becoming clear for each other.
i enjoyed the action scenes sm i have almost all of them recorded lmao. however some deaths were really uncalled for like i get it u killed them for the plot to thicken but was it really necessary but then again this IS an assassin movie so who am i to speak.
all in all good for a quick watch but dont have high expectations other than the action scenes

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Nice little RomCom That Kept Me Wondering

I came for Bae In Hyuk, and got to see just a little bit to little of Bae In Hyuk yet still got to see a really nice short film. It was just so cute, interesting and well left me wanting more, a lot more while still managing to show me a decent story with all the parts one would need, just squished in to short period of time.

I do however have a lot of questions in my mind that could definitely make way for a whole drama. However I guess I will just have to try to answer those in my mind. There is also a lot that seemingly makes 0 sense in the beginning but is oddly enough explained well towards the end which is really kind of refreshing.

All in al this is defiantly a shot film I would like to recommend to all romcom lovers out there who do not mind having to fill in the blanks on their own and could use just a little bit of more fluff in their lives.

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Good start ... Disappointing from mid

The movie started off quite well and I was really excited to see how the leads will fall for each other but sadly even when they fall and confess, the story got dragged for no good reason.

The unnecessary misunderstanding on part of mun yeong was too childish to even accept.. i mean if a person tells you that he likes you, instead of confronting, you assume things and drift apart.. where's the logic in this??

Just to increase the movie time, the story was dragged which was very disappointing from my pov.

His friend was also not utilised properly in the story... He had lot of room for character development but was just wasted at his "Denial - acceptance- clingy" behaviour.

All in all if you are busy or have lot of lined up series in your watchlist, you can really skip this and keep it in watch later to be seen when you run out of options!

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The temptation of a burning romance made alive through suspense.

What a strange movie it was.
It's one of those slow burners where you wonder what's there to it , at every moment .
The pristine romance, the feeling of yearning for someone yet falling short every time.

The illegality of a relationship shared.
The chemistry of both MC and FMC is one you'll rarely see.
A sadist story.
It's a really long movie, it takes it time and somehow to the end , you'll yourself see falling for the charm of FMC .
Those long stares, endless pauses, dual translation.
Her job was to make the role shine through a mysterious aura , and she just made sure we feel tempted towards her through out, an award-winning performance that's for sure.

The movie is just storytelling, nothing more to it.
It's one of those where to sit back and enjoy the form of storytelling.
The sense of suspense it maintains through out each scene is what tempts you to watch it cautiously.
The magic is in the direction and interaction of the characters, not the screenplay which rarely happens.

I enjoyed it. You'll too .
Just be in the mood .

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Story of how Liyan (father) & Taebong (Son) longed for their father's love, trust & acknowledgement.

This is a quest of a mischievous and intelligent boy in finding his biological father while going through a lot of things a kid seemed incapable to do just to meet, see and feel his father's presence and affection.

This story is amazing! Although it showed some unpleasant actions such as hacking, lying and doing things without a parents concent. It also shows how capable a young and desperate kid can be. That they can go to lengths just to achieve their long desired dream.

I know it's my fault for watching and getting spoiled by almost half of the movie through Youtube clips but hell! I'm already in the verge of tears 5 minutes after it started. Just to witness a supposed worry-free kid inquiring and investigating about his own father hurt me so much. He was deprived of a complete family and have been yearning for one for years, to the point where he started to do his own research to get information about it and hopefully meet him.

"Mom, I wanna go home". - Go Taebong

This specific scene at the bridge part of the movie shattered my heart into millions of pieces. To see him begging and hoping to be with both of his parents is very painful to see. + My heart hurts whenever Liyan denies all of his touches and affection. It must've been extremely heartbreaking for a cheerful kid to be rejected and shoved away like that; When all he wanted is a fatherly love and a complete family to grant his highly anticipated wish.

It only shows how important a complete family support is to every children. They'll always seek for it no matter how much love they're receiving because of curiousity, longing and incompleteness.

Liyan's initial reaction is also understandable because who else in this world wouldn't feel buffled and indifferent towards someone you just met and is claiming to be your child? I know that he seemed really harsh and inconsiderate but I'm just grateful that he gradually loosened and warmed up towards Taebong and Miyeon.

I also appreciate how they took their time to show us Liyan's willingness to do his duty to Taebong and hopefully he can start "Making Family" with the 3 of them.

The highlight of the film is the parcel sent at the end to Liyan which contained the compiled and perfectly edited video clips taken by taebong during his whole quest in finding his father. That was the most heartwarming moment of all.

Lastly, The plagiarism issue doesn't seemed to make sense at first but it turned out to be one of the most important devices set up to mend Liyan and his father's relationship. The scene where Zhou Muxeng watch Liyan's artwork and finally stood up for him in the press conference truly touches my heart. Parental love is truly unconditional. No matter how old and accomplished someone is, we all need and yearn for it.

Story - 10, This is one of the most heartwarming movie I've watched this year and the most heartbreaking as well. I cried so much watching it but I never regret every single milisecond spent on it. It was like a treasure I luckily found after all these years. I'm overly elated and satisfied with this story.

Acting - 9.5, I was flabbergasted on how Moon Mason greatly executed his character by pouring so much genuine emotion in playing this tough role. I was speechless and is completely astonished of him the entire show. Aarif Rahman is spectacular as well and I never find any flaws in his acting. He's just great in terms of facial control and overall body movements. The main reason I gave such rating is mainly because of Kim Haneul... I don't know if it's with the dubbing, but... her acting just doesn't feel natural to me. She has this unsettled and awkward expression when executing her scenes which I find lacking.

Music - 10, I love the opening and ending music of the movie as well as the casual and soothing background sound/tune they used in every scene. I just appreciate how they never overdone anything. Specially the sad/sorrowful scenes. I badly wanna deduct a .5 for the horrible dubbing to Mason & Haneul but I feel like it's kinda reasonable since they're koreans trying to speak chinese. So I'll let it pass.

Rewatch Value - 10, I would watch and recommend it to everyone a million times just to take a firm stand on how precious and beautiful this film is.

Overall - 10, I feel like giving it a lesser point is a big slander and insult. This is clearly one of those story that serves and hits all the right vulnerable spots. A story that tells us how important a whole family support and presence is to everyone; no matter how old or young they may be. This show deserves more love and support.

IF you find my review helpful please let me know

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Underrated

Highly underrated. For some reason only one review was posted which kind of made me not watch the movie but I'm glad I did watch it because it was fun. We rarely have those fun movies with some sort of a message. If it's a funny and lighthearted movie then mostly it's just that.
This one motivated me enough to save our nature and stuff bcs after finishing this movie I went straight to water my plants hehe.
Ofcourse there was space for a lot of improvement but I'm not a critic I'm just a viewer who was interested in something with the comedy tag and this one kind of attracted me.
Dumb kind of comedy with a plot line which didn't make me think too much along with a typical rich people torturing the poor or powerless ones for their gain type of story is not too much off an attraction but it did attract me.
Even after being such an illogical story, the movie did attract me. In those 2hr 22 min even though I did not laugh like a stupid person but it did make me happy. There were fun moments and there were dumb moments too.

For someone thinking about whether to watch or not, I'd recommend go for it. It's not a waste of time as such. The cast is good. Story is clear and doesn't revolves around too many things. Simple plot with simple things. Nothing too much of fantasy or unrealism.
Rewatch: I might do it. It was worth my time.

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Nice movie to pass time, great cast/songs, but no unique plot/characters.

Well, I didn't know what to expect when watching this movie, but since both Satoh Takeru and Kubota Masataka which are among my top 10 Japanese actors are in it (And both looked hot as fuck with those hairstyles), I couldn't help but watch it instantly. Unsurprisingly the movie was actually good, and I enjoyed it quite a lot. Although I don't understand why the girl had to be a high schooler...when is that fetish gonna end in Japan seriously!

If ML was a fellow teen then I wouldn't nag, but it's almost always a minor girl and adult dude, it could be a college girl and an older dude instead. There is also that CEO or whatever he is supposed to be guy (Whom mari cheated on Aki with), who is also a total creep. He discovered Mari back when she was a student, then he sleeps with her later. What is this?! I personally would never view someone I knew since they were a minor that way even after they become an adult Lmao

The girl had the typical looks/personality we see in Japanese romance plots. She has the usual short hair that is preferably brown or light colored (Her hairstyle is ugly, but somehow the actress made it work on her so it looked decent, but on most people it will look hideous), cute and childish facial features (Which isn't a problem at all to clarify, I'm not bashing her looks, she is adorable and I know that's also the Japanese beauty standard, besides she is playing the role of a teen as well so it fits), high pitched voice, is "innocent", loud, dense, dull, has bland fashion style, and is utterly clumsy. Also she acts and talks in a kinda anime like way. But for some reason all the guys will get obsessed with her all of a sudden and fight over her cause she is "precious and special" and has the magical ability to heal mental issues of ML/make him change.

The whole "I will protect you from everything" out of the blue made me cringe. Like girl you just met him and you act as if he is your soulmate whom you dated for at least 5 years. Her singing voice was beautiful though, I enjoyed hearing her sing, not sure if that was the actress herself singing or not. They also had to add the misunderstanding thing between FL, ML, and Mari (Of course she had to be a crazy and selfish ex) so that FL will get depressed, avoid ML, then Shinya will get closer to her to piss of ML. Plus the scandal as another hurdle. They sure love doing that.

Anyway apart from the creepiness related to the age difference between the main leads, them falling for each other a bit too quick for my liking, and other clichés, they had good chemistry (Not great but good enough), and the romance between them was overall sweet I guess. Honestly I was mostly interested in the music aspects and the whole issues between Aki with his musical struggles and doubts, that shit producer, and the Crude Play band members than the romance.

The characters overall felt one dimensional, like ML the whole him being depressed over Mari or whatever was boring, I couldn't care less about it. I think since it's a movie and not a drama, the characters didn't get a proper chance to develop and just remained the same till the end. The ending (After the credit) was predictable and cliché too.

The songs they played in the movie were all great, will make sure to download them all later if I find them. The movie had a melancholy vibe to it that I liked. The stage name Mush was cute.

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How i made mistake by judging by its cover(trailer)

we all learned in our childhood "don't judge a book by it's cover" .
but i made a huge mistake by judging this movie by it's trailer. after watching the trailer ,i thought this will be another comedy movie .But i was wrong, this movie will make you laugh, make you cry , and you can't control it. but above all other things,,,, this movie will teach you huge life lessons. besides career you also need your own family beside you for you to be happy for real. you should not leave the person you love for your career.
also you will learn about friendship, how to treat your friend/+s .
you must fix it (relation+family+friends) in one timeline , life will not give you second chance like movie .. appreciate your loved ones.. <3

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I was so excited for this movie. I love horror and ghosts. Just felt right up my alley!
Nothing... And I mean nothing could have prepared me for the shit show this was.
The characters were completely terrible. There isn't a character worth liking in the slightest. So I felt zero connection to any of them.
It never actually explained why she had her fear, what happened to her mother, why she was the way she was really. Just nothing to the storyline at all (imo).
Not to mention the spoken volume was soooo low, no matter how high I turned it up, I could barely hear them and of course when they had their weird ass screaming fits, I nearly broke my speakers and I thought my ears were bleeding.

And what the fuck was that ending? I feel like I was supposed to be on drugs to understand anything but even then I doubt I would.

The disappointment is REAL! I feel ripped off and that's 2 hours of my life I'm never getting back.

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Just skip this lol

As much as you may think this movie will deliver especially with such an amazing cast it just.. doesn’t. So much unnecessary things thrown in whilst we also barely get a story. This movie was empty and somehow managed to also have such a snail like pace. Shown a bunch of characters only to have them thrown out in a fight scene. Even with boksoon’s family we don’t know a thing … even though this movie literally surrounds her. We don’t know who her child’s father is even though cha guy keeps mentioning him, we don’t know anything about the kid, whether she saw that vid or not, we don’t know why her father was praying for her or what kinda guy he was, we know nothing about her mom either. Ofc we don’t have to be told everything but if you’re going to mention it you cant allow us to settle with bits and pieces. It also goes without saying but we could’ve done without the incest plotline.. overall just an amazing cast let down by horrible writing.

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Not So Ultimate, but Oppa! /The Bachelor Goes Fan-Meet!

This is another one of these stories that you watch for its highly predictability cuteness and fluff... for the reliving memories of dramas past... As the K-drama references are many and indeed lovely.

As we get to see the ultimate nice girl who is so nice, naive and slightly stupid that you will yet again wonder how she made it alive all the way to be eligible to travel Korea on her own. We also get to see ultimately good looking male leas one with some type of brain who will have you wondering why he likes his girl to be so naive, the other handsome but lacking in brain power making you realise you are better off not meeting your idol. We also get to see a stereotypical mean girl as well as some adorable girl power sisterhood...

Some parts of the production felt forced but I was entertained, and I am sure those of you who like this type of story will be too. If you are looking for some substance and quality you probably figured out by now that this is not the right place to find it If you are completely new to K-dramas you may still enjoy it but not nearly as much as if you catch the references made in the movie.

To be honest this 8 star rating is solely based on entertainment value and not quality.

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typical Japanese folktale ghost stories.

We all must have heard of told ghost stories during those sleepover nights with friends. This movie exactly fits into those ghost stories, inspired by Japanese folktales written nicely with a time loop. RE/MEMBER is the authentic, spine-chilling tale of Asuka's escape from a fatal time loop is well presented, exceptionally gory, with a heartwarming blooming friendship.

The movie was amazing for the first half when we had the red ghost chasing the students. But it got funny students are killed in a gory way but its just long shots and not scary with somber music. Apparently, students were more chill and enjoying their new friendship rather than scared to die a horrible bloody death. None of them was hysterical, if I would be there I would shout and scream a few times before going calm and thinking straight. Those guys should be applauded for not being traumatised for facing brutal deaths.

Lastly the ending credit scene theory
The missing child photo changes to Asuka, who is actually the female lead and survives until the last most of the nights. And the story is written from her POV, she also peeps into the well where she hallucinates about seeing bloody hands. So I went over to the start and there were Russian news articles of many missing children along with a body search summation. While people who participated did interviews or whatever they somehow went missing.
And the credit said “And then they become a substitute for her, becoming her sacrifice. And then they disappeared without a trace.” so I think Asuka might be the next target.
Also, a newspaper photo is of child Asuka and once Asuka said she kind of missed a swimming meet and nobody talked to her when she returned back, that was in freshman year. So it would be like taking her back to a time when she was a kid to create another time loop.
But for now, she is alive and well, maybe got a boyfriend, not stressing my mind over that she died.

Also she may be dead, but her soul hasn't disappeared, so she lingers in the school and helps out her classmates to find her own dismembered body. When she becomes whole and free from the time loop she is being visible to others.

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나가 느편 해줄 테니 너는 느 원대로 살라! 할망이 모든 거 다 해줄 거야.

For starters, the translation of the title is "Grandma Gye Chun", not Canola. I guess because it might be hard to remember for foreign viewers.

🔸️The Jeju Island atmosphere of the drama Our Blues is one of my favorites in Korean cinema. This movie might have a messy screenplay, a couple of unfinished parts and some misleading unexplained moments, but it also has many beautifully shot scenes and heartwarming dialogues, e.g. Hye Ji going diving with her granny. Later she draws a picture of them holding hands underwater and floating in the deep ocean up to the light. It also reveals another person who was as close to them. Honestly, that picture got me crying. My big admiration for the artist who painted it. If you saw it you know what I'm talking about.

Another great part is acting. Kim Go Eun is incredible as always. She's incredible. That's it. I admire her. I do.

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