"The Two Poles Reversed-Acted Against Fate-Chaos of Demons & Disasters-Heaven Will Punish The Wu"

I don't see how such a 'jem' of a movie could be ignored by all teh reviewers for so long!

The story is really good, cast are all great, music and cinematography were excellent and the fact that these stories were based upon an ancient Chinese official who was true, virtuous and loyal to his E,press Dowanger is amazing!

(I know that this actual story never happened, but i love the fact that an actual Chinese official who lived inspired the "Dee" series of stories: ('Dee' so American version of Chinese "Di")

Filling thisa end with garbage until I cam get bnack to it!

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133x Risk of Myocarditis After mRNA Based COVID Vaccines in Children (CDC Study)

This study published in JAMA in January demonstrates increased risk of myocarditis in young men after the second dose of mRNA based vaccines. CDC uses this study to present this risk as well. Let's review this study.

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"A Rainbow Is The Door To Heaven. When People Die They Go To Heaven Through That Door"

"When I Saw You For The First Time, You Already Stole My Heart"

"Have You Ever Seen A...Ghost Before? Of Course, Every Day. What? In The Mirror. Actually, I'm A Ghost."

"You Gave Me A Firefly And Carried Me. But This Is All I Can Give You In Return."

"I'll Close My Eyes And Run So You Can Guide Me, Okay? I'm Really Closing Them. Okay?"

"Look Outside The Window, If The Branches Swing Gently In The Wind, Then The One You Love Is Loving You, Too."

"Open Your Ears. If You Hear Your Heartbeat, Then The Person You Love Is Loving You, Too."

"Close Your Eyes. If There Is A Smile On Your Lips, Then The Person You Love Is Loving You, Too."

"I'm Crying Right Now; Can't You See My Tears? Why Did You Hide You Couldn't See?""

(Joo Hee's necklace finally made it back to her daughter, Yoon Ji Hye!)

I have had a few of you like the Long and detailed synopses on some of these movies, but this one will not be one of them! This movie was too long to do it that way.

First, I am disappointed how some 'critics' compared this movie to director Kwak Jae Yong's movies before, My Sassy Girl (2001), and after this one, Windstruck (2004}. This movie is a drama/love story with some humorous parts in it; while the other two are comical movies with drama in them. There should be no comparison, except for quality...

This movie was made, in my opinion, to be a masterpiece that stands the passage of time.

My Sassy Girl (2001) and Windstruck (2004) are part of a "My Sassy Girl Trilogy" by director and screenwriter Kwak Jae Yong. "My Sassy Girl" is the first in the series and "Windstruck" the second, with the 2008 Japanese film "Cyborg She" being the last one. These three are not about a traditional girl, as this one is, and the comedy is given more emphasis in the other two than here.

This is a traditional movie with traditional characters and traditional values being embraced.

I have no idea why he did "The Classic" between the the first two of the "Sassy Girl" series, but they are only connected by their Screenwriter/ Director Kwak Jae Yon did "Daisy" as screenwriter and "3 Colors Love Story" as director (both 2006) between the 2nd and 3rd of the "Sassy Girl" series.

This I believe will be a classic movie in the future, when all is said and done.

In my opinion, comparisons of this movie should be between his "Daisy" and /or "3 Colors Love Story" and this movie.

The main cast here are excellent! There is a great acting from both the main female and three main male cast (I include Yoon Tae Soo (Lee Ki Woo) since he appeared in more of the movie than Oh Sang Min (Jo In Sung) did.

Joo Hee / Yoon Ji Hye (Son Ye Jin) was excellent in her roles as mother and also her daughter and exhibited a wide range of emotions as both the young daughter of an important official and again as Ji Hye, her daughter.

The two men pursuing the mother, Oh Joon Ha (Jo Seung Woo) and Yoon Tae Su/Soo (Lee Ki Woo) performed with the abilities of older, more experienced actors and played their parts, both as best friends and of rivals for the same girl, brilliantly. All three of these cast members effectively portrayed individuals in love, and as both friend and also rivals wishing the other suitor of wasn't so attached to the female. whose love they are fighting for.

Also, Oh Sang Min (Jo In Sung) performed his role effectively as well! And his acting after being told of his father and his lost love was excellent, as if he was a carbon copy of his movie father, Oh Joon Ha!

The support cast also performed as if they were the characters that they were playing, and supported the main cast appropriately.

I loves the way that the adolescent cast members felt 'inadequate' in writing their own love letters and involved their best friends in this task, and the difference between the two parts here in the movie as well.

I loved the cinematography, plus the placing of the music at what seems just the right moments to both support the story and also bring the audience to an emotional apogee! I would also love to live in the area of the river/reservoir; it is so beautiful!

The scenes in the school are also very convincing, and even the house the mother, then daughter, lived in make such a statement toward the ambiance in this movie. The director and his assistant(s) did a spectacular job on this movie!

I have said in other reviews of other movies that I wished that the director has spent another 10 to 20, to however many minutes, on developing the main characters more; this movie seemed to be perfect in this respect as to length. Time was taking to develop the four main characters to the point where the audience 'felt' for all of them, even as the audience knew that someone would ultimately lose in their quest for their love being fulfilled in these triangles!

I think Kwak Jae Yong took a lesson out of director Akira Kurosawa's movie "Seven Samurai (1954) in his total development of his main characters, taking his time telling the story of Joo Hee / Yoon Ji Hye/Oh Joon Ha/Oh Sang Min and Yoon Tae Soo. That is most of the reason I believe that in the future , this movie will be thought of as a true movie classic and not just in name)!

WARNING: This is at least a two-box-of-Kleenex movie, so don't start the movie without at least one box on hand, and someone heading for the local store to obtain another box of Kleenex before you reach the halfway point, or simply buy two boxes of Kleenex beforehand

RE-WATCH VALUE: Definitely!

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I must be a "psychopath" to have enjoyed this!

First of all, this movie made absolutely no sense at all! The aged teacher (Lee Kyung Young) is the only cast member with any common sense to his name...

Deok Gi (Lee Byung Hun), the traitor and Sul Rang (Jeon Do Yeon, the mother and the last of the surviving Three Swordmen, had absolutely no common sense at all; I wonder if Poong Chun (Bae Soo Bin, the first of the trio to die) was also lacking in common sense as well?

More on this later...

The music and cinematography were excellent; they went out of their way to make this a movie with great scenery on the level of Mural (2011) or The White-Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom (2014), sparing no expense on this part.

The acting was second to none: all three of the main cast did an excellent job in their portrayal of the above-mentioned roles and their interactions. You would even have thought, if they all lived in the same house, they could have been considered a family: a "dysfunctional" family, but a family nonetheless! Some criticized Sul Hee's (Kim Go Eun) acting ability in her swordplay, but since I have never seen her before in a swordfight movie, I cannot judge this.

The support cast also did their jobs well, although no one except the aged teacher tried to talk any sense into the main cast's heads. The support cast excellently allowed the main cast to fulfill their psychopathic roles in this movie.

The music was very good; it many a time foreshadowed changes in the coming scenes in the movie.

The problem is, I don't think anyone actually knew what Park Heung Sik was trying to do in this movie.

I usually don't read other people's reviews of a movie until I have done my own, but I have to admit I had to see what others thought about this movie...and I wasn't disappointed!

Was Park Heung Sik smoking "weed"/marijuana or high on acid when he wrote the screenplay of this movie?

Both of the older main cast members, even though they seemed to have done what the director wanted them to do, were complete PSYCHOPATHS in this movie...Deok Gi at least had a rationale for being a psychopath in his lust for power.

If I was a Psychology professor, I would have my students watch this movie to show what a 'psychopath' looks like, mixed with a little Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Passive-Aggressiveness thrown in!

Both Deok Gi, for his undying lust for power and Sul Rang, for her undying lust for revenge were total psychopaths from the death of Poong Chun until the end of the movie; Sul Hee (Kim Go Eun), the bastard daughter of the two, was psychotic in her relentless quest for revenge; however, if I read the movie right, Sul Rang raised her this way!

If she had any commonsense Sul Hee could have just traveled in the opposite direction of the Palace; and simply forgot about the vengeance her mother instilled in her.

Deok Gi could have worn his armor before fighting his daughter, and Sul Rang would have sooner or later returned to her tea house; Deok Gi even loved her so much at the end that he would have let her go eventually.

What makes so little sense than any other part of this movie is the LOVE that the two older main characters, the remaining couple of the initial trio, had to each other. Both admitted their love, but both anticipated their death as well.

Both ALLOWED Sul Hee to kill them.... self-preservation is the first and foremost characteristic of all members of the Animal Kingdom.

This movie isn't about common sense, though; and as much as I hated it, it would be a good re-watch in the future...

Does that make me a 'psychopath' as well? Or did it just hit a chord in my mind?

However, there are a few other psychopaths out there that liked the movie as well!

Park Heung Sik is going to have to make a follow-up movie about how Sul Hee was a recluse the remainder of her life, moving around China and mindlessly killing people who remind her of her parents, then asking for their forgiveness!

This is a 3/4ths of a box of Kleenex movie, by the way.

RE-WATCH VALUE: only if you are a psychopath as well!

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"For a Killer, Women Are More Dangerous Than Guns"

First of all, there are three versions of "Daisy" on the Internet, each one with a varying length of run time; one version left out an important fact that would cause someone watching that version to know what really happened...this ""armchair" director should be shot and buried without a way of adding other movies to the Internet!

Go with the longest version, or stick with one of the movie sites where they only upload the original version of the movie.

"Daisy" was not only a romance, but also a macabre psychological thriller that makes you want to keep your eyes glued to the screen as you watch it...about 40% romance and the rest thriller!

I love the "flashback" method of filling in details when the are needed for a segment of a movie; and I also loved the way that the narrative jumped from Hye-young (Jun Ji-hyun) to Park Yi (Jung Woo-sung) to Jeong Woo (Lee Sung-jae ) as the story unfolded, plus with the excellent music incorporated (including classical, one of my favorites!), it and the psychological aspects made this so mesmerizing as the movie progressed.

The main cast are superb together: Hye-young , a 24 year old virgin, who doesn't know, through no experience, much about dating; Park Yi , who is a professional assassin who takes up flower growing and learning about art and flowers from following Hye-young, who he stumbles upon and starts following as if she is a hobby for him (he is not "stalking" per se, but knows to keep his distance from anyone who may be used to get to him as an assassin); and Jeong Woo, who starts out using Hye-young due to her position doing drawings on the main plaza at first, but then falls in love with her.

To correct the review of another reviewer here, Jeong Woo is investigating drug smuggling, not Park Yi! The drug smugglers are operating near where Hye-young makes money drawing people's portraits on her time off.

I wound up watching "Daisy" because I was given a recommendation to watch My Sassy Girl (2001), and if a movie I watch is good, I will watch as many of an actor's or actresses' movies as I can find with English subtitles. I had only seen two of Jun Ji-hyun's movies before this one, which were both comedies.

However, the young lady proved her ability to do drama as well; doing an excellent job as Hye-young; extra kudos for her facial expressions and body language after her becoming mute here. She actually was able to portray the "confusion" of a young girl who had not dated yet in this movie, and was being 'pursued' by the other main cast members. Also the confusion she faced, and appropriately portrayed. I also give her extra kudos for the 'gun' scene, using body gestures, her face and body to convey loathing of Park Yi , yet at the same time showing her inability to do anything, since she was slow but surely falling in love with him as well (in the movie) .

This was the first movie seeing the other two main cast, Jung Woo-sung and Lee Sung-jae. Both did excellent job here, but I cannot compare either with other movies, since I had not seen them act before. If they do as well in other movies as they did in this one, you would be smart to try their other movies as well!

Both did a fantastic job at being interested in Hye-young while playing their role of assassin and Interpol cop, respectfully.

I questioned Jeong Woo not exactly admitting that he was not the daisy provider, but I guess I would have also 'not told the truth' if I was falling in love with Hye-young myself (you guys know what I mean!).

The support cast also did excellent jobs in this movie, playing thier roles and supporting the main story between the three main cast. Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe President Cho (director and actor David Chiang) played the head of the assassin group; the script, especially in his roles, shows that he knew more about Park Yi's life and flaws than Park Yi, did and he played the cool, unemotional assassin head perfectly!

The cinematography was outstanding...I checked out websites on Amsterdam and its surrounding area; this movie does an excellent job of portraying that beauty as well! The internal shots were outstanding as well...

This could have eaily been a "10" movie all-round, but as with many Korean movies I deducted 0.5 off my review for the fact it portrayed what would have actually happened had this been 'real-life"; I love this about Korean movies, but detest it as well!

As I have said before, Shakespeare left America and moved to SE Asia a few decades ago!

CAU TION: have at least a full box of tissue handy if you watch it, especially by yourself!

I rate this just beloe Wedding Dress (2010) More Than Blue (2009), The Millionaire's First Love (2006) and the much-underrated Mural (2011).

RE-WATCH VALUE: Definitely, with Kleenex!

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A perfect movie to be made into a paranormal series!

The first half of this special, I laughed my head off, saying to myself, "The cast and crew had to have fun making this movie!"

However, my laughter quit and tears started; and memories of More Than Blue ( 2009) flashed before my eyes during the second half of this movie!

The main cast were so good together, and you know from scene 1 that Goo Cheon Dong (Lee Joon) is head-over-heels in love with Cha Moo Rim (Jo Soo Hyang), but she not only dumps him but belittles him as well!

I kept asking myself, "What in the Hadeas did he do to hurt her to make her say that?"

I finally found out: Not only did Moo Rim love Cheon Dong at the beginning of the movie, but never quit loving him!

Watch this movie (available in its entirety free online) if you want to know more!

With that, I will not say anything else about the plot of the movie; however, I suggest at least one box of tissue if you do wish to watch this great movie!

The main cast actually performed as if there was love between them but you would think that they had been married for years.
The humor in their interaction was so good that I was in tears before the middle of the movie.

However, the second half also brought tears, but in a way that I never imagined!

Moo Rim until the end kept the memory of her love for Cheon Dong, and you cannot help but cry as you see her slowly lose her battle against the enemy that caused her to reject his advancements in the first place!

The support cast were also excellent but almost non-existent, but they built the story that revolved around the two main cast members perfectly as additional plot support was needed.

The music was low-keyed but just enough for when and where it was needed; cinematography and locations also were excellent, with just enough variety to meet the plot's moving from location to location and night to day scenes.

I also give Cha Young Hoon and his editors extra kudos for the use of Black &White versus color in the scene where the ghost was being sought out for the last time!

A young skillful director, with enough backing, could turn this special into a series for two main casts as good as
Lee Joon andJo Soo Hyang plus a few good support cast; on the same level as Ghost Whisperer (2005 - 2010).

The last acting kudo goes to Boo Ddeul (Lee Yong Nyeo) who was able to see Moo Rim the entire time, due to her previous profession! She helped Cheon Dong when he needed it the most!

I hope more people take the time to see the 'magic' that is portrayed by this movie!

RE_WATCH: Of course!

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"Those are shoes. And that, That's Called A Fool" An Overlooked Masterpiece, by Anyone's Standards

An Overlooked Masterpiece, by Anyone's Standards

Even though it is one of the saddest movies I have ever watched, I originally watched, it is so hard not to watch again and again and again...

You are rooting so hard for this couple to get together that you forget it is just a film!

And after the dicscovery is made, you feel so sad for the young beautiful librarian and all the pain and sadness she went through for nothing...

All the cast, makin and support, made this short movie very real and you forget time for awhile!

The music is almost perfect, the cinematography is great and the library helper is so funny and supportive of the main plot!

NOTE: while her support librarian Niti Chaichitathorn, (Pompam) has gone on to star on multiple movies our lovely anti-heroine has only starred in a handful of movies since this one (the list for her is incomplete here, by the way!)

RE-WATCH: Definitely!

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Good, but 'Cry Me a Sad River (2018)' better!

What the other reviewers should have said is not that it is s movie about bullying; but more about a Western educational system that pits students against student, and the resulting bullying is the result of such a system!

This was a very good movie for students who find themselves alienated by other students who will do anything to make it in our cut-throat educational system. Unfortunately. MONEY has made most educational systems in this world all the same, throughout the 'civilized' world!

The story is about a new transferring male student, Lee Hae Joon (Kwak Dong Yeon) being bullied in his new school by the top test scorer Jo Eun Seo (Lee Yeol Eum) in order for her to KEEP her number 1 position; however, he realizes that she is actually lonely and isolated due to something that is not revealed until later in the movie.

However, after the movie runs for awhile, we see WHY Eun Seo is so worried about being the top scorer, and it isn't her wanting this outcome! I believe that her untied shoe string is her crying out about being the top scorer in her class; this is professed by her as well later in the movie, I believe, in what she says during her last scene with her (movie) parents.

Her untied shoe lace is a sign that her life is not perfect; something is indeed lacking! Her mind is sharp, but her soul is empty!

His befriending of her made her quit working on her scheme, but she doesn't realize, until it is too late, that the number 2 student in her class, who she thought was her supposed friend Jung Na Yeon (Lee Han Na), continued the harassment of Lee Hae Joon, without Jo Eun Seo's knowledge!

(The same way that the second seat of mathematics at his university was the one who turned Galileo Galilei into the Inquisition, and he moved up to the head seat at the university then!)

Lee Hae Joon was the culprit that hurt Lee Hae Joon and allowed Jo Eun Seo to regain the top score; but Hae Joon didn't stop there...she started further harassment so that Eun Seo too, would become discouraged...allowing others to "move up" again!

I liked this movie, but I wished they had made a drama out of it and developed the main and support characters more thoroughly.

The music and atmosphere, cinematography and all made you feel that you were actually in a Korean classroom; the main characters were realistic in their portrayal of students and the main leads were excellent in their individuals roles and on-camera magnetism....I especially love what Hae Joon did when he finally found Eun Seo in the end (I was worried whether he would find her or not!).

Personally, I liked Cry Me a Sad River (2018) better than this movie. Nothing personal, but Cry Me a Sad River placed more of a emotional feeling and pulled at your heart strings more.

The support characters (especially Jung Jae Eun and Kim Gyu Chul, whose acting showed the real problem at hand) gave excellent performances supporting the main cast members and mkaing the movie seem more real.

RE-WATCH VALUE: Definitely!

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Part 3 of Director Ang Lee trilogy on "Father Knows Best"

Director Lee’s trilogy ("Father Knows Best") in bringing together family members to create tension and tender comedic moments shine in this trio of PUSHING HANDS (1991), THE WEDDING BANQUET (1993). and Eat Drink Man Woman (1994).

I personally liked this more than the other two movies in Ang Lee's trilogy listed above! There are several more"twists" in this movie, which makes me like it better than the other two movies as well!

I also have to say that this movie made me SO HUNGRY watching it! In hindsight, I wonder if the director tried to use 'food' in this movie as a substitute for 'sex', since only one of the daughters was partaking of bedroom time as far as the audience is concerned at first.

Mr. Chu (Lung Sihung, the main lead for all three of Ang Lee's trilogy) is in this movie a widower who raises his three daughters all by himself, with a little assistance from the faithful food tester in the same restaurant he used to work, Old Wen (the late Wang Jui https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0910954/ , also see photo page for this movie on MDL).

Although he thinks that his daughters enjoy their Sunday dinner he religiously prepares for them, his daughters all dread this Sunday ritual/feast that Mr. Chu labors on every Sunday; partially from his taste buds going bad and the rest from his inability to talk/communicate with them. I personally know some fathers who have problems talking to their daughters, as they (like Mr. Chu) spends long hours working to care for them. The loss of his wife is definitely a strain on Mr. Chu's relationship with his daughters here.

I personally see Mr Chu missing his wife to the point of his daughters 'reminding' him of her; that would explain his being a father at a distance. I feel that he wants the best for them, but cannot always communicate this; hence, he does the only thing that he knows how to - cook for them!

His oldest daughter became a science teacher and his youngest daughter is just starting a first job at a Taipei fast-food place and his middle daughter works for an airline.

I am not going to cover anymore of the details of the movie, but talk about the interactions of the family members. There are several "twists" in this movie but I am only going to hit the major ones.

One of the first twists in this movie is the youngest daughter Jia-Ning (Yu-wen Wang https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0911096/) and her best friend's boyfriend; I saw this coming and see the absence of an actual mother figure in the Chu family as possibly causing this! her only male role model is loving but distant to her and her sisters.

She has a standoff-ish relationship with her immediate family as talked about above; her sisters could have helped her navigate this situation she finds herself in better had there been better communication in the family, especially since her future was drastically changed by what happened to her.

Mr Chu's oldest daughter Jia-Jen (Kuei-Mei Yang) is a rather interesting member of the family. After supposedly being spurned by a college sweetheart, she neither dates men or has much to do with the rest of her family, yet she plans to take care of her father after the other girls leave home. I personally see this happening after her mother dies, and this untimely death also alienates her from her sisters as well.

As in other typical Ang Lee movie, one of the several "twists" in this movie involves the oldest daughter meeting a love interest and changing her future plans tremendously!

Mr. Chu's business associate Old Wen taught Chu's middle daughter Jia-Chien (Chien-Lien Wu) how to cook while waiting for her father to finish his shift at the restaurant where he worked, but Mr Chu refuses to let his daughter cook for the family, forcing his daughter to choose a career the airline industry instead.

I see Mr Chu's reluctance to allow his daughters to cook for the family both as a way of still being a parent to them, but I also see it as a unwillingness to let them 'go', spread their wings, sort of. I don't think he is doing this out of spite; I believe that with his wife still alive, he would have allowed them more leeway in their personal lives.

I know most young girls take over occasional meals with their families; this gives them experience receiving criticism from people who can criticize their culinary skills in a loving way before they leave their home.

I think maybe her looking so much like her mother may have something to do with Mr. Chu's reluctance to his middle daughter taking on the role of the family chef. In my opinion, this is cause for some of the consternation between the two of them.

She also finds out about the truth of her oldest sister's reason for not dating for several years, but this 'discovery' is never brought up again in this movie ; sadly, this is one of the dangling items left unanswered by Ang Lee in this movie!

The middle daughter has a sudden, nasty change in her plans of being the first one to move out; personally I think that Mr Chu is more than happy with what happens to her plans.

In one of the last "twists" in this movie, Mr. Chu, after befriending the grand-daughter of a older woman he knows (who own mother recently returns from the States) and the grandmother of the little girl; he surprises all his daughters and their new families with a major announcement at one of his Sunday dinners; which affects the plans of his middle daughter tremendously, who by now has decided to forgo her ambitions in the airline industry and remain to take care of her father for the rest of his life at her parental home!

Finally at the last scene of the movie, Mr. Chu and his middle daughter discover a miracle of sorts that lets everyone know that
entire family will live happily ever after! I can see the psycho-somatic implications of this by Ang Lee; he must have researched this very well before using it!

Even though this is a great movie, i would have liked to have seen a drama series, where the backgrounds of the different family members could have been more developed so that we could feel more empathy for them! It would have also answered some of the unanswered question that Ang Lee never took care of!

The music was sublime and the cinematography, being a Ang Lee movie, was just perfect for the what was said and done, with the sets of the movie other than Mr. Chu's house, the primary location the entire time, being appropriate and sufficient for making the movie seem real.

All the main and support cast did an excellent job of portraying their individual roles and adding to the realism of this Ang Lee movie!

Special kudos to Madame Liang (Gui Ya Lei) who added a special comical relief where placed by Ang Lee; I especially loved her reaction to Mr. Chu's special announcement at the last meal attended by all of the daughters and their families in the movie!

This and the other movies in this trilogy are available online for free; and each movie may be viewed as an individual movie without watching the entire three-movie set.

The three-volumes set is also available to watch together in one location if you look hard enough online.

This is a full box of Kleenex movie: half for your tears at the sad parts and the other half to stuff in your mouth during the other scenes, like during the last meal announcement with all the family present; you may disturb your neighbors if you don't by laughing too loud!

RE-WATCH VALUE: Definitely, especially if you are an optimist on life!

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Verbal "Slapstick" Movie, especially for guys!

The MAIN problem with this movie is which 'version' of it you watch ONLINE:

The uploaded film under "Who Slept With Her" online is the only full movie that is available unless you find it somewhere besides YouTube.

The version under the name "Hot For Teacher" is lacking the last 10 minutes, and the explanation of the two teachers who slept" together is omitted (the same way that the film "Lover's Concerto (2002)" on YouTube was cut by 10 minutes by the uploader, changing the ending!).

The other movie, also called by an alternate name of this movie, is about another entirely different teacher in a co-ed high school, not a all-boy Catholic high school! Since I have control over the uploading by others, I cannot change this.

Also, the edited version and the copycat name movie do not develop the side stories at all: for example, Wolf's "problem" is not even mentioned (being edited out) in the abridged movie.

It is nothing more than a 'verbal slapstick" movie to be watched for fun; with every conceivable innuendo about women that you can find...nothing more, nothing less!

To my knowledge, there is no law that says that a movie has to prove a point, or make a social statement or even make a person thing; try the 1963 American movie "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World". Its director, Stanley Kramer, known for his heavy 'social problems' dramas, took a sabbatical and made one of the funniest movies in American history, with no redeeming social statements.

I loved the way that the female lead Eom Ji Young (Kim Sa Rang), known for her acting ability in several movies and dramas, endorsed this happy-go-lucky mentality and created a great movie that any guy, or girl, can get lost in! She doesn't let anyone phase her or make her mad; she simply smiles and beats everyone at their own game! She seems to know that she is HOT, but let's the students - and faculty and staff - let their imaginations run wild and continually flatter her with praise and proposals.

The music, especially the dance music, is great and her and the students' dancing is fabulous in their school presentation. The main male leads do an excellent job pretending to be high school students as well.

The support cast was all excellent, but Sirasoni (Lee Hyuk Jae) is who really made the entire movie so funny! A professional comedian, which few websites give him credit for being, took every incident between the teacher Eom Ji Young and the other students wrong and made the movie so funny!

He should have been listed as a main cast member, for without him misinterpreting everything, there would have been few laughs from the antics of the other love-lorn students and male faculty members.

This movie was not supposed to be 'developed' anymore than it was turned out to be. Just click on the movie, sit back with a cool drink and popcorn and laugh yourself silly!

RE-WATCH when you want to laugh out loud anytime!

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Tongue-in-Cheek Police Comedy/Parody!

This is a movie not to betaken seriously, as the cast themselves make 'references' in the dialogue that this movie is NOT to be taken seriously!

The police woman Yang Yang (Zou Yang) does everything conceivable that a cop would NEVER do; especially with a narcissistic police boss, Mr. Huang (Naisen Hou, not listed on MDL as an actor), and a high school teacher, Wu Xie (Wen Zhou) who is not the innocent high school teacher he seems to be!

The movie follows Yang Yang as she protects Wu Zie and looks for the missing girls, breaking every protocol written into a police manual while doing it!

I like the fast-paced action in the different segments, the shootout which reminded me of Leslie Nielson in the (American) Naked Gun movies, the music, the cinematography which also contributed to the comedy and the support cast, which made both main leads look good in the film.

All you have to do to 'change' a female's age in a movie is to redo her hair, slight makeup adjustment and her clothes; again, this is a tongue-in-cheek movie, as Heirs From Another Star (2014) is.

As the other reviewer wrote, she had seen another movie 'like this on'.....I see about 3-4 former police movies being parodied here, both Asian and America.

This movie was simply meant to bring laughter and a hour and 20 minutes of happiness to its viewers!

Don't take this movie seriously.....and watch it whenever you need a good laugh...

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A Jewel of a movie that should stand the test of TIME!

I saw this movie shortly after starting to watch Asian movies; unfortunately, even though the other movies I watched [after my introduction with My Little Bride (2004)] were quality films worth watching, they all ended tragically and I was about to quit watching ANY Asian movies at this point!

Fortunately, I came across this little jewel of a film, and it restored my faith in Shakespeare having moved from the West to the East after WW II.

I loved the music, especially since I didn't pay that much attention to music at the time; I find out later that it was a combination of Japanese and Korean music incorporated in the film!

The cinematography was excellent, with scenes from many parks, shrines and such incorporated into the movie (places where a young man would naturally take his lovely girl on a date) to the extent of making the entire movie pleasing to the eyes between the close-up action, which those scenes were good as well.

Kim Min (Lee Joon Gi) leaves his grandmother in Korea and joins his pottery-teaching father (Jo Sun Mook) in Kyoto, where he continues his mandatory elementary education. His father teaches pottery but Kim Min wants nothing to do with handling 'poop' as he calls the clay, or learning Japanese and spends his time bicycling around town.

However, a stop at a temple causes him to change his mind about wanting to learning Japanese, as he sees a lovely girl Sasaki Nanae (Miyazaki Aoi) at a temple, in temple dress.

His attitude toward clay and pottery also changes as he finds out that this lovely girl spends time in pottery shops, admiring the work of potters. He quickly asks his father to teach him how to make porcelain out of the 'poop'. His still young, rash personality and lack of patience at this point with the clay leads to his slow learning of pottery-making but he finally starts to learn self-discipline and finally makes Nanae a small piece of porcelain, with a promise for a larger one to follow.

(It is a MIRACLE how females can cause boys to 'grow up' in life and change their attitude about things!)

The film also had some funny moments such as when Min's father senses that he had a crush on a Japanese girl and buys him a Japanese language book; actually, in most scenes with his movie father, they seemed to get along quite well in their relationship.

Also funny was the beginning relationship between Min and a bicycle-riding monk (Matsuo Satoru), whose later help aided Min in finding his lost girl.

The main cast did an excellent job overcoming the language barrier, teaching each other the words for common objects and were able to convince me that they were actually a couple in love throughout the movie, and the main reason I almost quit watching it due to the fact I thought it was going to turn out to be another sad Asian ending.

The support cast also did a great job, from a Korean girl in his class to a adversary turned friend (Shioya Shun); all of them helped support the story around the two main leads, making it seem more real.

My main dislike of the movie was Nanae's mother and her problem; but again, something had to happen to cause the couple's separation.

Another dislike was that the relationship was rushed some; a mere 15 to 20 minutes more would have made the movie better, in my opinion...but it still was a good movie!

The difference between a good movie and a GREAT movie is a director/cast/editor being able to make an audience member 'forget' that they are watching a movie, and by the time I came to Nanae leaving Min I had actually forgotten that this was just a movie!

I started believing "They are not going to get together again", as they kept missing each other by minutes; however, Min's grandmother saved the day by returning what she thought was a present for her, given to Min by Nanae the last time he saw her.

You can watch the movie, available for free online, if you want any more details.

Also, if you guys are in the 'doghouse' for forgetting your girlfriend's birthday, wife's anniversary, etc., watch this with her and show her that you are worth keeping around still; she will likely keep you for it!

RE-WATCH VALUE: Definitely!

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Feel sorry for future of (character) Lee Hyun...

I believe that this was the perfect length (6 episodes about 15 minutes each) for this series; but, in saying that, had they spent more time with characters' background stories we might have felt more sympathy/empathy for the way these four characters interacted with each other.

The two girls and one guy are seeking fun, and fun only, while one of the boys is mesmerized by the carefree lifestyle the other three exhibit but finds it hard to emulate that lifestyle himself.

It doesn't beat around the bush but goes straight in the first scene to one of the couples talking about what "FWB" means on the dating app both are using. The boy is taken back by what it means, but is interested in what the lifestyle entails.

I agree with stawbewii, in that this mini-series is about the "modern way of dating", but I really feel sad for Lee Hyun (Kim Yi Kyung) in the future, and to a lesser extent, Kim Jae Ha (Oh Dong Min). They both are headed to a sad and lonely future.

In America today, 99% of the women want the top 1% of the men. If this is an example of modern Korean dating, they are headed for the same tragic results, as American women are beginning to experience!

I was surprised after the series continued about the relationship between Ahn Ji Young (Shin Bo Ra) and Lee Hyun (I didn't see it coming!). I have nothing against the lifestyle but didn't anticipate it earlier in the film.

After about a month of "sex without commitment", Lee Hyun tells Kim Jae Ha near the end of this month that she is supposed to obey his rules when coming to his house, but he never goes to her place, ever! She was feeling that the relationship was one-sided, in his favor.

What Lee Hyun didn't know at the beginning of her affair with Kim Jae Ha was another surprise that ultimately not ended their month-long affair but also caused the four friends to split later on!

No one in the complex relationships wanted to "give" anything to the other members to which they were having sex or a relationship, which tends to make any relationship unfulfilling for all concerned; Kim Jae Ha said it best in the last few minutes of the series, "I noticed that I had to give up on my ways when I like someone." That is precisely what happens when two people start any relationship, and if you don't give up some of your "ways" there will be no relationship soon!

The cinematography was limited, since the dark streets and loud nightclubs set the ambiance the film sought, but for the length of this movie, wasn't bad at all! The director can be forgiven for a limited use of light and location for this mini-series. The entire film happened in a bar, in Kim Jae Ha house, in briefly in the girls apartment, a two brief scenes outside of the bar and on a pedestrian overpass outside of Kim Jae Ha house.

The chemistry was good between the actors, whose characters were supposed to fall out of favor with each other, and the unlisted support cast did a good job as well keeping the mood of the film going.

I downgraded my opinion for this mini-series for a) insufficient development of the characters and b) the attraction between the main male and female leads seemed too forced and artificial at their first meeting, as if it was part of a script or something (pun intended)!

RE-WATCH VALUE: 60% yes - 40% no.

This series is available for free on Dailymotion, YouTube and MyAsianTV.

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19 years - 110 Countries - 25,000 miles!

The cinematography and music was excellent in this movie!

The support cast worked great to support the main cast's performance.

I liked especially the majority movie showing the hazards, hardships and trials that befell Xuan Zang in his 25,000 mile-110 countries-19 year journey...

Instead of giving you my own opinion of this movie, I am letting others tell you 'their' opinion of this movie:

Smith Watson
2 months ago
As an Indian we are only taught about Hiuen Tsang as a Chinese traveler who visited India but we never knew how much sacrifices he made to reach India and that he was a Buddhist monk who spread Buddhism in China via the texts. Great man, Salute to him. He has written 'Si-Yu-Ki' i.e Buddhist records of the western world.

I love the scenery!

I love the attempt at making this seem to have been filmed in the time period in which the character lived.

I love the interaction on a respectful, human level which seems to be so lacking in society today.

I love the historical accuracy since I reported on this person as part of a Religious Studies class in college.

And I love being able to escape into a time where things were simpler...

Bill Amos
1 year ago
I came upon this movie totally by accident, and I'm so glad I did! It has spurred me to read more about Buddhism, the Silk Road, and Tang-era China.

Jaydeep Ghosh
8 months ago
Beautiful , love from India. Yes, Hiuen Tsang is part of Indian school syllabus in 7-8th grade history. Great to get some glimpses of ancient India and China. Love and respect!

FT- Anjana PV
5 months ago
Omg... Such a beautiful movie.. kudos to actor portrayed Xuan.. i m so glad hearing a Chinese speaking hindi and Indian actors to be a part of Chinese movie.. i really hope India and China to be friends forever. No war no hatred. Peace only. I hope people will understand this

anandita adhikary
7 months ago (edited)
Thank you China for such a beautiful film. I absolutely loved it. Have read about Xuansang as a part of history syllabus in school but to see a movie depicting his eventful and inspirational life was an experience in itself. The present relationship between the two countries is far from what it happened to be or what it should have been. The two great civilizations would have benefitted a lot from one another ;had the evil forces of destiny didn't intervene !
I have visited ruins of Nalanda University, Mahabodhi temple and the banyan tree where Lord Buddha got enlightenment personally and have great reverence for Him 🙏🌹❤️

Rose Lover
1 year ago
I am a Christian and I found this movie inspiring and moving. If a horse can have a kind and compassionate heart what excuses do we as humans have? We ought to love and treat each other better.

Ruchi in China
11 months ago
Love from India! A subscriber referred to this movie and I can’t believe I haven’t watched it. Every Indian should watch this beautiful movie to learn the historical significance of these events.

Zel L B.
9 months ago
Such a film! The sceneries and phases in this film translated so well. These magnificent landscapes surely lead us to our own inner journey. Kudos to Chinese and India filmmakers, happy to have stumbled upon this.

teve a
11 months ago
I was a tourist at the Ajanta Caves in Maharashtra, India, on the day they were filming this movie and got to watch them for a bit. This main Actor who played Xuanzang is very famous and well known in India and people were lined up to say hello to him after the filming. It was all surreal to see this ....Just like stepping back in time

Jason Watkin
11 months ago
What a devotional masterpiece. I would have watched it just to hear the monks chanting Om Mani Padme Hum, or the Mandarin version of the Heart Sutra. Even the precision of the difference between Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna - Hīnayāna seeing the universe as material and perception as illusory and mutable, while Mahāyāna seeing “both” as illusory and mutable is very succinct and skillful. The cinematography and content are awe-inspiring!

triple terrific
5 months ago
As an Indian, I have great admiration for Hieuntsang about whom I learnt while at school. Thank you for writing about our history. At least through your books I learn about the golden times of my Bharatha

Any questions? A whole page full of like comments are at the English Subtitled version of this movie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulDzLjz0wdw

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Bound to be a masterpiece as time passes...

This movie started out as a great comedy, and I enjoyed it immensely; the comedic parts are so good; you shouldn't watch this after quiet hours in your house, dorm, or apt; you will probbaly be laughing out loud some of the time!

However, a "shift' came about as Gu Xiao Jiao (Tong Li Ya) finally meets the man she initially met in her "shared" apartment twenty years later (though, just 'days' away in her timeline), and found that the path he had taken did not make him the "man" she enjoyed being with in her apartment shared in teh time distortion.

We also find that futures are "changed" with the actions brought about by Lu Zhi Yi (Lei Jia Yin) in the 1999 timeline; actions that affect both Lu Ming (again, Lei Jia Yin) and Gu Xiao Jiao's father as well.

The cinematogrphy was great: I loved the way both timelines weres shown together and seemed to be sewn together perfectly! The earlier timelines from 1999 involved many icons that also appeared in 1999 America, and they must have spent much time on details since the street scenes seemd so perfect.

I see that both main cast members worked together in past movies, which their chemistry together shows briliiantly as their onscreen chemistry is unmistakenly and almost flawless - like two people who have actually lived together for years...I also enjoyed the unexpected short dialogues intertwined within the credits at the end!

The support cast gave their talent and years of expereince in making the two main characters seem so much more alive and genuine, giving more personality to the main cast members throughout the movie.

This should become a masterpiece or have a cult following in the future!

RE-WATCH: A big Yes!

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A tribute to film-making in this time period and Japan in the 70s

It was my turn to furnish a movie for a group's Saturday night showing; and it went really well with the group!

BACKGROUND: Japan is on a destructive plate boundary, where the Philippine Sea Plate subducts the Eurasian Plate. It is a triple junction and three subduction zones are involved. The movie has historical significance both in the far past and more recent; in 2011, in 2011, the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, towns like Ishinomaki subsided. 'Subsidence' is a general term for downward vertical movement of the Earth's surface, which can be caused by both natural processes and human activities. Subsidence involves very little horizontal movement, which distinguishes it from slope (horizontal) movement.

For its time period, the cinematography is very good, plus what I like is the Japanese use of "model' terrain and cities, which were prevalent in the 1960s/70s as a standard way of showing mass destruction of cities, towns, countryside fires and tsunami damage (as most films of this era did). It brings back memories of my childhood seeing these models being used in era pictures going back as far as the 50s. If you want a look at movie-making in this time period, try this movie!

What I also liked about this film is that I knew absolutely no one starring in it, which made it seen so much more real; this makes the movie more believable on one level. While some would criticize this, it makes the movie more believable to e and other who were watching.

Everyone was sitting on the edge of their seats, anticipating what would happen next, and surprised when things happened "earlier" than they would anticipate them.

I also read about it before I showed the movie, and it is a good representation of Japanese culture at the time.

Other pluses: the few women in the movie kept their clothes on, and no one was cheating on their Significant Others as well!

Take a chance and see a great film about Japan and see what movies looked like in the late 50s to mmid-70s....

RE-WATCH VALUE: Definitely, especially for a group of different aged people who want to watch the same movie!

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