Reviews

It was better on the second watch

This was kind of difficult to rate. Being a movie, it didn't have a lot of time for character development, not much time for relationship development, and the end was abrupt. But I have to say that the endings of the long dramas even tend to be abrupt, so I cut it some slack there.

Kim So Eun as So Jung was cute, though a bit of a hot mess. She spent a lot of time apologizing and seemed to be kind of clueless. I loved her in Boys Over Flowers and was glad to see her in this.
Sung Hoon as Jeung Jae spent a lot of time yelling. For me, he tends to be pretty unemotional in his acting, and that was true here as well.

I liked the friends in the coffee shop and I loved AnNa, as she wasn't the typical "other woman". I get so tired of seeing the evil, conniving woman trying to ruin a relationship.

There wasn't much chemistry between the two when I watched it initially, but when I went back to watch it again, seeing all the clues that I missed the first time, the story was very sweet. I just wish we had seen them together a little bit more.

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Hm...

Watch this because many recommend to me this movie. Quite wondering how good is this until that many person write this as recommendation.

Actually the story itself quite confusing to me. I don't quite understand the meaning behind it. Because once again it just short movie, so the duration really limited. Really hope this can be at least full length movie instead the short one like this.

OK what I like about this drama:
+ We can feel the vibe of the 'friendship' between our main lead. Their chemistry also good.
+ The story really direct due to the short duration.

Overall this just another short movie to fill ur time...

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Nothing much … after the first slightly raunchy part.

I came here after reading the reviews. The reviews were mainly positive. However, after the first slightly raunchy beginning which seemed to promise excitement, there was none.

This movie was quite a disappointment IMO. I thought that it would be fast-paced and exciting. It was fairly interesting at first… and then, things quickly went ~ yawn ~. Why? There wasn’t much of a plot. There wasn’t much going on that was intriguing or suspenseful or interesting. Things were. I’d say, nothing much.

The acting didn’t really seem to require much finesse or show the actors’ and actresses’ depth or skill. I don’t know much about acting but I do know that I wasn’t impressed.

I yawned a couple of times and wished for the show to end.

I’d say the end is the ‘saving grace’ in that it stated that (and I rephrase) love comes in many forms and it’s what suits us.

That’s about it all, folks. A really ‘nothing much’ movie. There are better movies / dramas out there. You may want to skip this one! You aren’t missing much!

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Damn.

This hits different. This is actually a rewatch, first watched it around 2018-ish I think? My mom passed away last year and….. this movie really does hits different after she passed away. Started bawling my eyes out since the first few minutes. And as the eldest daughter, honestly I can see myself in Sugisaki Hana’s character.

Well, moving on, I knew this movie was bound to be a tearjerker drama yet they done it very neatly. The pace, the camerawork, the acting. My god! The acting was really top notch!!! Now that I watch this again, this movie really proves that Sugisaki Hana is really a magnificent actres (well, originally rating this 4 stars but the half star is for the amazing casts and their acting). The story though… sometimes I feel like they were trying to put too much topics. Like the bullying case? There were little resolution for that but I prefer them to adress how Azumi’s school life after that resolution. Although I really love how Futaba raises the two girls and her new unordinary family, even just for few months.

All in all, I still love how this movie turns out. How Futaba touch other people’s life, how she raises Azumi and Ayuko without questioning anything.

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AI LOVE YOU: A Disappointing reunion

~This will be a long one~

(As you can already see, my rating for this movie does not mean; AI LOVE IT, that's obvious. But it did not disappoint me on every aspect, so in this review I will be listing the good and the bad of this movie. Let's start. )

LET'S START WITH THE BAD

The characters-

Dob, Bob and Lana are the worst characters I've ever seen on a movie, not because they're evil, but because they don't contribute anything to their own movie. Dob is an AI who (due to a software glitch) falls in love with a girl and is able to feel emotions, he's supposed to be the only one with the emotions, but then it's revealed in the end that every other robot in this fictional world is capable of feeling empathy, so was it a software glitch? Hardly, I'd say the person who made these robots purposely made them feels emotions, but since I doubt that the writers thought of that so let's settle with one reason; lazy writing.

Bob is an Alpha wanna be, poisoned with self proclaimed Alpha males on the internet, his character is interesting when you start to imagine what will become in his character, I was hooked but then I was disappointed cause he only lasted to be an asshole, his journey was stopped cause his body was unconsented (ly) inhabited by Dob, I'll give Dob a break in this because he didn't plan "it". SO, TO THE ONLY INTERESTING CHARACTER IN THIS MOVIE; R.I.P.

Lastly, Lana, the writers tried, they really did, but it just falls short, they wanted her to be a multi-dimensional female character but it did not work, by trying, they made the character worst than a one-dimensional woman, an idiot. She has the worst job introduction ever, designing a bottle? They could've made her an architect, making a building structure, I'm not saying that her job (Advertisement) is bad, I'm just saying that they introduced her job like how my brother tells me what happened to school; vague as hell. She's not even good at her job so why tf is she assigned to such a task. And also, the only thing she does in this movie is cat walk to the camera. She's not interesting, at all. Her actions are predictable and she loves so suddenly.

Plot-
Synopsis is promising but it's like the writers quit halfway so to replace them they hired toddlers to write the rest of the film. Yes, it's that bad.

Acting-
Two great actors destroyed by the character writing, they could not make the character so they acted the way they're character is acting; badly.

ENDING (I won't explain anything in this, once you watch the ending, you'll get it)


THE GOOD-
Production/ CGI / Vibe-
I was impressed by the CGI, It was good, not exceptional, it was great especially knowing that the film has a small budget. The vibe of this hole movie was great all throughout . This is the only part of the film that managed to make me audibly say; wow.
Music-
It was good, no need to say more.


THE VERY BAD-
The fact that they made those three guys (the one in black overall and glasses) bad when what they're doing is morally correct is what made me say; AI FUKING HATE THIS MOVIE. Dob was living inside a person who is alive and did not consent to have him live inside his body, and they say DOB was supposed to be a "nice guy" *eye roll*. Those three guys are the heroes of this movie and keno+dob+ Lana(for agreeing with the robots plan) are the villain. They made the vibe of the movie change from pleasing to simply dystopian, the fact that these AI's can manipulate a person into doing hat they want is really scary.

THAT'S THE END OF MY REVIEW, HAVE A GOOD DAY, ADIEU.

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Who is he? A character.

This was a wild ride.
It had a slow start and a fast end.
The build up takes forever, he draws, something happens, cops ask him stuff, he lies and so on...

Story
There are a few plot twists and anyone who watches this type of movies can predict what they are. Plus we get a bunch of hints through the movie, it's pretty obvious what will happen.
That doesn't make it less interesting.
There are a lot of graphic scenes and blood. It's a story about murder after all. The blood is everywhere.

- Yamashiro Keigo, the manga artist. He is a good person but not completely. How could he draw all those things if he didn't have a little darkness in him.
He is a coward and he does some stupid things but he pays for them. I felt sorry for him because the psycho killer was following him and he felt like everything was his fault.

- Morozumi, the killer. Welp. He definitely had something in his eyes. I wondered why those people stopped and gave him a ride. They were too friendly to someone in the middle of nowhere.
He read the manga and then made it happen. Obviously he has some issues but they weren't shown directly, it was mostly hinted why he is doing what he is doing. I wish we saw more of his reasoning and motivation. I feel like he could have been developed more.

- Seida, the detective and my favorite character. At first I thought he would be the typical detective they show in movies but he wasn't. He followed clues and listened to what other people say to him. He was Keigo's fan and he believed him and tried to help him.

The characters are great and the concept is great but I feel like something is missing and I don't know what.

Overall, an interesting movie.

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all the feels!

If you like any sort of illness story (terminal or otherwise) then you're probably going to love Hatsukoi Loss Time, just like me. It's a beautiful little movie, so sweet and charming. It has that gorgeously slow pacing of really good Japanese films that just take their time to tell the story.

Of course, viewers are doubly blessed with Mizuki Itagaki in a male lead role. That happens far too rarely for my taste since he is 100% ML material and his role of Kouji is absolutely precious. He's great as a warm or nice male lead, although I'm sure he can be darn scary if he wants to be. Newcomer Sakura Kiryu as Tokine is fabulous. Considering she was, what 14 at the time? Maybe 15 during filming, she gave such an incredible performance. There's a 3 1/2 year age gap between her and Mizuki but you would never know it. I appreciate that they were clearly aware of her age, though, and were careful with her scenes and how they interacted. You can tell that she was being looked after well.

And for those who want to know, yes, there is a happy ending. Sorry, that might be a little bit of a spoiler, but some viewers won't watch one of these types of dramas unless there's a happy ending, and Hatsukoi Loss Time deserves more viewers. It's precious like One Week Friends, and even gives me some of the same feels, although not the angst and grief, as He Won't Kill, She Won't Die. It's just a beautiful, well-acted film that I could pretty much watch on repeat.

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Green, lovely, calming story

Direct translation of the Chinese title to English is “That Person, That Mountain and That Dog”. This movie is so beautifully make. It must be in the Spring or Summer. So much green field. Make me want to go to the mountain.

I first come to this movie after watching Liu Ye other movies such as Lan, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, City of Life and Death and A Beautiful Life. Liu Ye was so young and attractive. That innocent pure smile and look would melt many hearts.

I have seen a Scandinavian and Ireland version of Postman deliver mail in a harsh winter and bicycle in difficult countryside. This movie is more about how the father tough the son the value of caring for people in the mountain. Not sure deliver the mail, but to connect with them. In the movie showed that there were time where the cars and road available, but the father insisted that they should continue walk the narrow path. The tradition continue. Many hard work, painful path and dangerous routes, but the father convinced the son that all the pain and sweat were worth it considered it touches human hearts.

The dog 老二, to me is the main charm of the movie. Smart, royal, cute and strong. Everyone love him. He did his job, he lead, he protect, he calls, he is so lovely.

All in all. A must watch old movie. Nowadays, with internet, people probably don’t write paper letter anymore. The communication happen instantly. Miss the good old day with holding the valuable letters…

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"If You Blow On It, Your Wish Would Come True...What Are You Wishing For? For You To Grow Up."

I was torn between using three quotes from the movie...

"I'll Forgive You For Dumping Me...Forgive Me For Hating You."

(Your Grandfather) Told Me to Give It To You When You Found Something That You Value So Much To Give Up Everything Else."

I settled for the one in the headline, mainly due to its length.

Kang Jae Kyung (Hyun Bin) is the typical spoiled millionaire's grandson, arrogant, self-centered and making more money every day (through his grandfather's corporation he will inherit) than most people would be able to make in their entire lifetime!

However, the day after turning 18, he finds that his grandfather realized how spoilt and arrogant he was; and 'arranged' for his
being brought down a few notches before getting his inheritance...

Leaving for his grandfather's birthplace to learn how to be more human in order to receive his inheritance, he doesn't realize that his grandfather had made arrangements for his 'easy way out' being blocked!

More importantly, he meets someone from his past, a young lady by the name of Choi Eun Hwan (Lee Yun Hee), but it takes some time for him to realize it.

After travelling to his past, through memories, and finally being exposed to where he grew up, Jae Kyung begins remembering what is really important in life, but too late for Eun Hwan to be a part of it.

The scenery, music and cinematography were excellent in this movie! I personally would love to live in such an area portrayed in the movie myself. I found myself 'wanting' to live in this tiny, but close-knit community as the movie progressed!

The main cast were excellent together, and you could feel the magnetism, between the two cast members; the support cast also did an excellent job, making individual contributions to the story, while supporting the main cast in their roles and the main story as well.

My only complaint is that although some of the movie 'lagged' I felt the director should have spent another 10-15 minutes in developing the relationship...but still it worked for me!

A special mention of Choi Eun Hwan's mother (Lee Kan Hee), for her excellent expression when finding out that Eun Hwan was the child she gave up 19 years earlier was in front of her...great performance by her!

She teaches him how to love and he becomes the 'man' that his grandfather knew he could be, with a little encouragement!
As I have said before, it takes a woman to make a 'boy' into a 'man', in more than one way!

All I can say is WATCH IT and prove me wrong if you can, but I don't think that you can!

Even though the main character was Hyun Bin, Lee Yun Hee stole that designation from him halfway through this movie. Having shown this movie to others, everyone is rooting for Lee Kan Hee to live, and tears are very profuse at the end of every showing of this to others.

This is a one, to one and a half box of Kleenex, so BE PREPARED before watching!

Choi Eun Hwan got her wish; unfortunately, it was too late for her!

RE-WATCH VALUE: Definitely!

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One of the Best K-Horror Movies

Short terms to describe this movie:
1. Among Us.
2. Doppelganger.
3. Naruto's skill, wind shadow clone.

Information:
Jump scares: Yes.
Jump scares intensity: Low. (I wasn't even flinched a sec)
Sex scenes: No.
Bloody graphics: Yes (Final Destination level).
Ghost form: Possessed human. (Not a monster/fictional being)
Ghost scary level: Low. (The Nun and Annabelle are scarier to me lol)
Religious: Yes (This is a story about a pastor and his family after all)

Pros:
1. Family-friendly. You can (even are recommended to) watch it with your family, relatives, friends, crush, boy/girlfriend.
2. The atmosphere is really dark. If you are a scaredy-cat like me, I recommend you to watch it in the afternoon.
3. The writer is so brave that the ending turns out to not be bright.
4. Solid. Every second haunts you.
5. Jump scares are there, but without an exploding SFX. So it's safer for your heart.
6. Creepy BGM and shrieking sound make it darker and scarier. Watch it with a subwoofer speaker if you have it.
7. Sung Dong Il + Cho Yi Hyun.

Cons:
1. As always, because it's a Korean movie, plot holes are everywhere. But it's not a big deal because we are focusing on the horror scenes.
2. The characters' fate might not meet your expectation.

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Disappointed

Warning: potential spoiler; but what the heck, you be disappointed either way. ?

While watching this movie, I realized there was no real substance to the story.. a very dull and plain story line, no essence. Moments later, I realize what deep sadness one must feel, after recognizing your heart and then losing love so quickly. What a tragedy it was. And to what end, there was no explanation to why, or how this tragedy happened. There was no moral highlighted, unless infeŕed; Hold unto love less it burns, literary. I am a little annoyed at how this ended, as I believe the story had potential. The female and male leads didnt bring anything new to the table, just the same roles they played in every other coming of age movie. I wouldn't recommend, unless you love looking at Song Wei Long, and which he hardly did anything here.

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What will you do...?

Watch this to help me with the challenge in MDL and the recommendation from kdoramalama. See Zhou Dong Yu who played this so I decided to watch this.

Actually never too like this kind of drama. The drama about bullying and very dark setting, that when we watch it we have to squint our eyes or light up our screen... :p. But after all Zhou Dong Yu not disappointed me with her acting.

We sometimes don't too like to watch this kind of story (bullying), because maybe it remind us about our past or it just very unpleasant story to be watched or heard. But really in the reality this is very important story to tell. So it can bring us awareness about bullying.

If you in the Chen Nian (CN) or Liu Bei Shan (BS) shoes, what will you do...? Will you do the same with them...? Is there really someone like the police said, that will do raping just to save his girl/friend...? If that's me... I don't know will I do the same with CN until the very end... At least before police find out the truth. Or after pushing Wei Lai will I just report to police to confess instead just use BS as replacement. Or I just run away from the crime scene and don't confess anything...???

Overall this good movie, but the genre and story simply just not for everyone...

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WHAT A MOVIIEEEE !!! ?

Okay, to start with ! This is my first ever cinematic work that I have watched for Zhong Hanliang or (Wallace chung ) and OH MY GOD HOW FREAKING TALENTED HE IS 😍 I mean I can't even describe how he nailed his role in Tik Tok and how he made me believe every single action he did !!
* Overall the movie is about a korean detective that has to go after a Chinese crazy man who suffers from alot of mental diseases but happens to be a terrorist as well. With a weird terrorist act as to blow up a whole stadium with 50K people if China's team loses. As he is a mentally unstable he has a psychiatrist Chinese doctor that treats him and here starts the movie ; after the doctor -with her professional way- made sure that he is the terrorist, she joined hands with the detective whom is Lee Jungjae or -Detective Jiang- to stop him from exploding the stadium.
The movie will take you on a 1:30 hour of how they are running here and there to find the bombs and protect the people and slowly uncovers the psychopathic personality of Guo zhida and how he isn't actually retarded nor stupid but a mad genius! Everything was reasonable until that supposed to be the lunatic decided to let the doctor go safely after he kidnapped her and die instead.
That's when the movie take a 180° change and THE REAL SHIT GETS UNCOVERED !
Oh god that OLD mfcking BROTHER ! Keep him in mind because he will just blow your mind. The ending was 🤯 but WOOOOOW at the same time like to the very last second I was left like literally: WOW . W.O.W BUT WTF.
* Wallace chung acting was TOOOOOOOOOP, what actually made me wanna watch one of his works is HIM in SDC3, he is a whole book in that program that needs to be read carefully because of the way he controls his actions and facial expressions and how quickly he can change from mood to mood -specially in that small play that they made him do- HE IS JUST WOW 😍.
So, as I said before it's my first time watching him on screen and I immediately felt for his acting skills and capacities he clearly delivered every single emotion and action both GUOs had ! The perfect actor for the perfect roles !
* Lee jungjae whom I personally knew in Squid game but started watching his works afterwards never fails to amaze me, he was born for detective/strong roles like those 🥰 Detective jiang and his personality and kind heart but also smart mind was for no one but Jungjae, he really did a good job 🥰✨✨
* I am really surprised as how the rate for this movie is kinda low it really deserves at least 8 !
Not comparing the production and filming stuffs of 2016 to nowadays, but looking back at that time it was a perfect movie from storyline to filming !!!!
It truly deserves 9/10 at least ✨

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