Their Distance (2016)

I freely admit that I watched this movie because of the members of Nu'est. I'm a fan. But, I am a fan of a good drama first, and I was fully prepared to to turn this movie off if it was completely terrible. I did watch it all the way through.

The first thing to know is that it is not exciting. This is a very quiet movie. It reminds me a lot of the French art movies - where people spend a lot of time looking at each other, or off into the distance, and there isn't any music. There are interesting/amusing/sweet plot bits sprinkled throughout the expanses of quiet, and the action, as it were, happens in the last 20 minutes or so.

I am still not certain what the main message of the movie was. Again, its a very art-y movie. I would have liked a tighter story/plot and better character development. You don't get enough information to get invested in any of the couples or the resolution. But it was charming in its way, and for only about 1.75 hours of my life, I'm glad I watched it.

Its not super well acted, but its way better than many of the web dramas I've seen. Everyone's acting level is about the same, so the idols don't stand out as bad and, in fact, the boys may be the best actors in it.

Pros: You get to watch long stretches of Ren, Minhyun, and JR.
Cons: It requires patience.

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Admit it or not, I bet those who are a possible viewers of this movie are mostly fans of NU'EST. I came here for the same reason, to just see how the members will do in the movie. I am a really picky person when it comes to something to watch, I tend to drop shows/movies when it fails to catch my attention from the start or if it fails to keep me from watching. I don't know about others but some may find this movie boring. The BGM are minimal, and when I say minimal, there's almost none. I find it very art appealing though. It's how most indie movies works.

I also don't have much expectations with the acting, since I know for a fact that really isn't their area of expertise. They study yeah, but not enough to star in a heavy-acting drama. What I liked about this movie, though, was the atmosphere and cinematography blend well with the mediocre level acting of the actors. They didn't do bad, not too well either, but they did okay—since they didn't give you much part to see how they will do in extreme situations that require extreme emotions (I'm glad they didn't though, coz forcing it may just come out bad and appear OA or cringy). It was just mild acting that gave it a more natural feeling, by the way. I especially like that certain part where Kanako-sensei and his boyfriend gave a heart to heart talk and the way they delivered it realllyyyy felt so natural it was refreshing.

The plot was vague, you don't really know where it was heading to, but if I were to give my own analysis, it focus mainly on how the characters get entangled to each other, and it let us delve into their own personality, on how each of them deal with their feelings and problems. It takes on a very serious and gloomy atmosphere, but in reality it's just a light drama. There's no clichè misunderstandings. I also find it very mature on how the characters settled their own emotional problems. The whole ride was plain, yet it was not. It seems boring, yet at the same time it's making you hooked. It has it's own charm, and a fair share of funny scenes that seems to be unintended as it came so naturally. I can't say this movie was the best, but I liked its execution. It was fine and I personally liked it. It was open-ending. I'd like to give more analysation of the character's behaviors and decisions but I'd like this review to be spoil free as possible so I'm ending it here.

I'm giving it 6/10. :)

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