Reviews

This is the first time writing a review so i´m sorry if it´s kinda messy! I just finished the movie so my mind is kinda fresh. I will give a spoiler free review and i´ll give a warning as to when i´m talking in depth about the movie. I only wanted to write a review about the plot, especially the ending, soooo let's get it!


STORY
Spoiler free:
So when i was watching the trailer i thought it looked very scary for a thriller which i personally liked but also feared. However, the movie did start quite peacefull and than it suddenly got very scary without anything scary happening. I applaud the director for making the beginning of the plot very scary without doing Much. The camera angles, lighting and background music were very eery and i had chills all over my body. I did follow the plot until the end and Oh my, that got really messy..

SPOILER:
So for people who watched the end, did y'all get it? Because i didn't lol. My interpretation of the ending was that Young-sook from the 90's survived the fall, later on killed the mom and kidnapped Seo-Yeon. And when Seo-Yeon was blacked out after Young-Sook's torture she visited her father's grave and that's what we saw, but it wasn't what happened! So when we were watching the movie most of us thought about the Butterfly theory right? (FYI the butterfly effect is the sensitive dependence on initial conditions in which a small change in one state of a deterministic nonlinear system can result in large differences in a later state.) Yet somehow this movie didn't use this theory even though because of the small changes , the future changed. This becomes clear when watching the ending because we saw two different endings: One where Seo-yeon's mom survives after the fall and Young-Sook dies, and one where they both survive and where Young-Sook later on kills the mom and kidnaps Seo-Yoon. But these weren't the only timelines. Everytime Young-Sook changes anything, another timeline gets created and Seo-Yoon's consiousness travels to the other timeline. That theory of the movie is honestly so confusing and weird but its the only thing that could make the ending of the movie make sense. But than again, how did future Young-sook call her younger self to warn her she was gonna die? Like that doesn't make sense. She survived without the call otherwise present Young Sook couldn't survive so why did she call? That could've messed up the past and it could've resulted in her dying (which i think it did in that timeline). The only explanation of that part of the movie is that older Young-Sook was from another timeline, but how is she able to call herself from another timeline if Seo-Yoon could only call back to the past?

In conclusion:
The plot of the movie was very good but the ending was poorly executed which resulted in not really understanding what was going on. I was very dissapointed because my favorite Korean movie is Forgotten so i had quite high standards. When i read the plot and watched the trailer i got my hopes up as well, but they disregarded the Butterfly theory at the point where it doesn't make sense anymore. It's not a bad movie, it just has a dissapointing ending.
I only understood the ending because of this review, so read it if you really want to understand the ending:
https://www.thisisbarry.com/film/korean-movie-the-call-ending-explained-2020-netflix/
I also really want to applause the main actresses because both of them were spectacular and tbh i didn't expect such acting from Park Shin Hye! I would love to see her act in more movies/ dramas without romance. Her partner did outshine her tho and i was very surprised to learn that she is a rookie! I have seen her in Burning as well, and her acting is so natural.

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Not a rom-com just a bad story sold as romance

Honestly me giving this story a 2 star is a bit of an overstatement of how I feel about the movie. The only reason is because of the cast and the acting. I can't deny that the cast is great and their acting is just as great. HOWEVER, that is all. I really just watched it because a lot of actors I like are in it and the trailer looked cute.

The trailer is very misleading. It sells itself as a funny rom-com of a couple having light-hearted fights but, in reality, the things they fought over are verrry real and honestly disgusting. They tried to sell it as if both people in the relationship have done something wrong when, in reality, the man mainly did all the wrong. How is the wife at fault for telling her husband to do housework and share responsibilities? They made her look like an over bearing witch. On top of that, it became an excuse for him cheating and being an all around selfish asshole. That's not a light issue. It became increasingly frustrating when he got mad at her for allegedly cheating when he was the one doing the cheating. They tried to make it look like it was funny but it wasn't, it just left a sour taste in my mouth. Just a word of advice for anyone who has a partner like him: RUN. People like that don't change and take advantage of those around them. His friends were also terrible and if that isn't telling, I don't know what is.

They ended by "resolving" their issues and getting back together. If you could call it "resolved". In reality, she got slack for something she didn't deserve to get slack for and he didn't even properly apologize. I truly wish it ended with her leaving him. It's not like the movie was that romantic anyways. At the end of the day, the husband didn't deserve his wife and the movie was neither romantic nor funny. I really wanted something to wind me down after exams and well...this just made me mad and jaded about marriage. I hope anyone reading this (including myself) doesn't end up with such a partner.

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One of the Worst Sequels Ever!!!

I felt like this movie rode the coattails of Train to Busan, just to fall off before it even started. The beginning was okay, even though there were some illogical moments. Then we go four years into the future when they return to Korea for some random gangster to collect all the US cash left behind. Throw in the stereotypical crazy people left behind and a random family who have been surviving on nearly impossible driving skills and no contact with the outside world (nearly impossible in this day in age, let alone the future) and you have a baseless plot, weak set up, and overall crappy movie.

I was soooo looking forward to this movie and it let me down to the ultimate power. It was unbearably long and the plot was muddled. Also, the main character had no motivation. He really was a hollow individual- they did little to no development of him as a person so he wasn't really likeable. Only good thing I can say about this movie is that the effects and graphics were good. They also had some cool looking scenes. Other than that, it was a flop.

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Intriguing premise but too shallow

I regret that this film wasn't able to reach it's full potential. I just can't stop thinking this could've been more if the writers bothered to make more depth out of the characters. The casts were really good though in portraying their characters.

First of, I love the idea of the plot about the alter world because even though Alter isn't a real app, let's be real a lot of people have their alter world. This film explored an alter world where people are damn horny and it could possibly be but there are way more vast kind of people in the alter world. They mainly focused on this distress female lead finally deciding to taste the alter world for herself to unwind from her reality and to relieve stress only to find someone she knows in the past to help her. But the film didn't even bother to let us know why the male lead was even there in the first place.

I felt like they had good intentions but it can make people misunderstand those people who has alter world as someone who craves attention and sex. They could've explored why? Why does people have to need an alter world? The female lead didn't also get away fully from her problem. Although the male lead was able to learn a lesson from what happened. It was kind of messed to be honest.

This is a pretty decent film anyway. I mean it's something you can watch from start to finish. I just feel like it could really be something more.

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60's Parasite

The first Kurosawa film that I finished, last year I tasted Rashomon but it was only willing to watch it until the opening.

In the first half, I think it will be just a normal kidnapping drama, rather boring and a bit annoyed by his wife and his driver, Gondo, there is something wrong because the money ends up not being used to buy shares (somehow annoyed).

After finding the driver, this film starts to feel exciting, hunting the kidnapper while diving to the slum side makes you understand the kidnapper's feelings too, especially while looking at Gondo's house from the slum, he wants to bomb his house.

I really like it when the police hold a meeting, I feel like I'm putting up a puzzle, it's fun.

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Family is everything, the most important and valuable thing in life.

The first part of the film really did a great job connecting me with the old couple Shukichi and Tomi.

Their journey to Tokyo to see their children, but they're kinda push them away, although the children intentions are good to sent them to Atami in hopes of giving the old folks time to calm their minds, but their reason "busy" makes me feel mad, also the old folks didn't felt calm cause you know.. If you have watched it.

Glad there's Noriko, the center of this film Trilogy, she's became a widow here because her husband died in war. Noriko is the only one in Tokyo who treat the old couple very well like she's the real daughter / children of them, even though their relationshis is only in-laws, and in fact, Noriko's belong to freedom.

The old folks "real children" is like a reflection, they're selfish and unable or unwilling to pay attention to their parent, and there are so many children who still behave like that today.

An outpouring session between Mother and Noriko makes my heart squezeed. Noriko's kindness combined with Mother's warmth, a moment that could be the beginning of tears when watching this film.

Then later at the end there is a moment where the father gives a speech to Noriko, words that any parent will say to a person who has married their child and this moment broke my tears, it's warm.

Overall it's the best from Noriko Trilogy.

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Marry a good person, that's the most important thing.

I thought it would be like Late Spring (1949) and yeah in the first part it's has the same feeling, but after it reaches the second part this film has it own taste, with family problem, and Noriko's family disapproval with her love or future choice make it more hotter than the previous film which feels more intimate.

I must say I like this film, this film has more moment that can make me laugh, and with more family member, i can felt the drama. Like when Noriko's gone home after visit Ken's house, then she's telling her family about her decision, the reaction from family, makes me feel connected because she wants to marry a widower, and I've seen one of my family member who still "virgin" marrying a widower, the conflict, the tears I've seen that, and I think Noriko's Love Story maybe end up well.

I don't know what to say anymore, but so far I really enjoy Yasujiro Ozu's films.

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Time to get married...

Actually I was thinking in the first 10-minutes that I'm not gonna enjoy this because it's a black & white film. But when dialogue starts, this film like give me a rope that makes me slowly enjoy the film.

The dialogue feels like a conversations between ordinary people in real life, and I like it. And the plot is great, pretty well organized, even though it was laid out slowly.

I like Chishu Ryu & Setsuko Hara chemistry as Father & Daughter, I can feel the emotion when the marriage topic starts to be cooked, Noriko's unwillingness to get married and leave her father, I understand why she's like that. And then Somiya go home after sent Noriko to wedding and sit in solitude, enough to make my heart tremble.

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"Will I see you again?"

I interested with this film after read the synopsis, and I was like what the heck is romance limited by time. But when I watched I understand how it works, and shows potential to be a good and touching love story.

The power of this film I think was the story (of course), directing, acting & the backsound/soundtrack.

I think I wanna cry while watching this film, for real the emotion was there at every scene. Moreover when I realize/understand the story, it makes my heart breaks a little.

Glad that this film/story take Takatoshi POV so it was more structured, and can build up the emotions smoother. So when in the end it changes the POV to Emi, it was blow up the emotions that have been built from the start.

What makes it really hurt was because this is a romance film so they share a lot of happy moment together and I don't want it to end. And I think Emi side when it come to the last day was more hurt for me, you have been make a lot of happy moment but after that you can't do that again, I will cry like she did after she gets on the train for sure.

And actually I don't understand the ending, can someone try explain it to me?

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A Conflict between personal desires and fighting for the greater cause.

I really loved it.This movie ticked all the boxes for me. Solid performances and poetical dialogues, great cinematography and VFX, beautiful BGM and Soundtrack. And most importantly (for me), emotional and psychological attachments were shown very clearly. And the ending was compelling and realistic. Individual performances were the shining point of this movie, as always "Kim Yoon-Seok", adds uniqueness and value to every movie he's involved in. "Lee Byung-Hun", people say his character in this movie is bland, but I say his role requires to be like that and he really nailed the role and portrayed a very authentic and emotional character. "Park Hae-il", went from a wise and just king at the start of the movie to a frightened, mentally unstable person, then to a crumbling shadow, his change of mood throughout the movie was really outstanding. Overall I would give it a rating of 8/10.

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Omg. What a great movie

Wow wow wow.. I was blown away with all the excitement going on.. Love the story plot and the cast was just perfect and the scenery and animals. There should be a part2,I would love to see It continued on, it was a great endings but has more history to be told. It is graphic at times so you can cover your eyes lol. This story started as revenge for chu hun and finding his past and who his father was dongli and then we have jing jing who just wanted to be part of a family. They work together to be someone who could speak for the people with the king, but there is always a villian involved. This should have been made into a drama with compleing the future of the. So. Zhao and no. yan County.
A must see 10++++++

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Plastic surgery advertising

First of all, I know this movie is old, but still I can't just considering like a pile of garbage (ノ￣皿￣)ノ ⌒== ┫
We have a fat female lead with weak personality who has a kind heart and foolishly falls in love with her good looking boss (or whatever xD) and after eavesdropping a convo between him and the other girl where he says "she's ugly but she has a good voice so be kind to her because we need her" decide to drastic change her appearance.
Girl, where was your brain when they highkey made you into that Ammy playback voice??? What kind of working contract is that???
WHY DID YOU FUCKING ABANDONED YOUR DOGGO???
Why in the name of the lord of bananas Kong the mighty you got back to that place??! Without some fine vendetta plan??!
The guy is just our typical asshole. He never acknowledge or apologize for his behaviors, but oh he's soooo different inside right? (?) And since he's good looking we forgive him. Go get a plastic surgery on that personality of yours, won't you?
And why the friend continuously called her ugly, monster and so on? What kind of friend do that?
To me this movie has no sense at all, the characters just make weird decisions and says atrocious things like they're talking about the wheater all the time.
There are also two attempt suicide that are inserted for COMIC RELIEF.
I need to pause to let you digest it.

In conclusion, this movie shows how normal is to mock someone for their weight (because fat people don't have feelings you know) and that no matter if you can do something really good and you're a nice person, just change your body in order to grab that asshole boy you had the misfortune to fell for. 2006 was a wild year.

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Trash

Regarding the title, they imitated too movies these are World War Z and Train to Busan, If you ever watched those shows you will predict what will happen in this movie. The movie started like any other film, but then the scenes does not make any sense, there are sudden kissing scenes (in which what they love to do in any Filipino films/movies). Any other horror movies that was made by Filipino directors are also crap. Weak plot, weak characters, weak music (rap) and weak ending ( a very predictable story line).

I would not recommend to watch this, horrible writing, title, actors are way over acting. When will the directors will ever learn.

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Not as good as the Taiwanese version.

When I first see the opening minutes, it looks promising and there was an attempt to adapt it to suit Japanese culture but unfortunately it turned out to be bad, so it's not as exciting as the original film.

The first half puts forward and encourages friendship, but the element that should be prioritized because it will be the life of this film, namely 'romance', was ignored in the first half and it was a bad decision, when Kosuke and Hayase began to be the focus as a couple, but due to the wrong build up, they in my opinion looks more like bestfriend than a couple of lovers, even when the dating scene there's no love there, so their relationship which was supposed to be at that moment has started to mature but because it is late in sharpening so it's still raw, since the dating scene I am sure this film has no hope.

I'm a fan of Nogizaka46, so I know Saito Asuka but to be honest in here her acting is very bad, Hayase has become like a female character who doesn't deserve to be fought for and chased like Shen Chia Yi. But Asuka's getting better now, in Eizouken she's doing well.

Yuki Yamada, he's okay but sometimes his acting is too contrived and cringe and the development of his character also makes his character Kosuke look like an idiot, unlike seeing Ko Ching Teng, where I hope he is the one with Shen Chia Yi, for Kosuke I feel he deserves not to get Hayase because he looks so stupid.

Ironically, the film puts forward friendship in the first half, in the next half it is just thrown away, so I can't remember the character of Kosuke and Hayase's friends because there is no memorable moment.

I want to type a lot of the ugliness of this film, such as an unflattering sense of nostalgia, class atmosphere that feels unpleasant etc.

That's all I can type, better not watch it if you've watch the Taiwanese one.

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