You wanna a movie on bullying? There're far better options...As for more handsome options? Maybe not
My first thought about this movie -- rather juvenile.
Story that can be fed to an elementary schooler and then maybe early high schooler. Even young adult may struggle with this thin-paper narrative. I can name three different dramas dealing with bullying that had some substance. Very low in quality, this one. Whoever is funding this, they gave all the money to two leads to carry this stupid narrative, and the rest were paid in candies.
8.4 of what? those candies maybe. Per person.
From the beginning until the end the story did not make sense...The cat narrative, and the fighting with students...and whole school being submissive to a bully for always the same reason. Bully's parent? Ofc crazy. Where is father? who knows. And whole school bows to her? But of course. The headmaster bows down to the student? Why do you ask. Cmon, how much longer do I need to go? I am yawning as I type. It is getting a bit old, all of this, our k-drama patriots, yes?
Also why was the teacher passionate about teaching? why was she teaching Ethics? what was the depth of issue with the father? The movie started interesting, at the beginning took somewhat comedic tone with Si Min being realistically selfish because her survival was at hand...I got hopeful for somewhat refreshing take on this long-standing topic...and then pam-pam she switches for god knows why into fighter without boundaries or reason. Shin Hae-sun did a good job in her role of So Si Min, don't get me wrong. Her character I have problems with.
As for the antagonist. Let me deal with Lee Jun-young -- he just does these expressions that scream evil and he does them so well. That being said, no matter how attractive he was, there was too much of him on screen for how little we know about him. Why was he like this? Why were others following him, cos of fear? Lazy work. Why was his mother scared of him? We don't know anything. And we don't ask cos Jun-young can build up tension and chemistry with a tree. And whoever made this movie definitely used (if not exploited) this. I felt none of supporting characters were present in my memory, almost like the script did not exist for them. A shame really, some lazy work. Especially cos supporting cast had potential (like bully Cha Woo Min as Lee Mun Gi or the grandma acted by Son Sook). There were some good actors casted here, but they had no scenes.
This is how I see scriptwriters going about this...they saw that Jun-young does villain great and looks great, so let's make him fight and do crazy laugh for 90 minutes, the girls are gonna eat it up, yes? Well, maybe that is what gives you 8.4 score on this movie.
But the quality of this movie, if it goes over 6, I can delete this account. Very commendable for him to carry this movie but I think also his acting by the end of the movie started to feel repetitive as his character was always on screen and always doing the same thing.
Overall disappointing...I do not suggest you to watch it.
I think if you are only watching it for Lee Jun-young, you can watch Weak Hero, and have a great time along with some great acting (where he also acts as a villainesque character) and it also tackles bullying topic.
Tnx for reading,
RXP
Story that can be fed to an elementary schooler and then maybe early high schooler. Even young adult may struggle with this thin-paper narrative. I can name three different dramas dealing with bullying that had some substance. Very low in quality, this one. Whoever is funding this, they gave all the money to two leads to carry this stupid narrative, and the rest were paid in candies.
8.4 of what? those candies maybe. Per person.
From the beginning until the end the story did not make sense...The cat narrative, and the fighting with students...and whole school being submissive to a bully for always the same reason. Bully's parent? Ofc crazy. Where is father? who knows. And whole school bows to her? But of course. The headmaster bows down to the student? Why do you ask. Cmon, how much longer do I need to go? I am yawning as I type. It is getting a bit old, all of this, our k-drama patriots, yes?
Also why was the teacher passionate about teaching? why was she teaching Ethics? what was the depth of issue with the father? The movie started interesting, at the beginning took somewhat comedic tone with Si Min being realistically selfish because her survival was at hand...I got hopeful for somewhat refreshing take on this long-standing topic...and then pam-pam she switches for god knows why into fighter without boundaries or reason. Shin Hae-sun did a good job in her role of So Si Min, don't get me wrong. Her character I have problems with.
As for the antagonist. Let me deal with Lee Jun-young -- he just does these expressions that scream evil and he does them so well. That being said, no matter how attractive he was, there was too much of him on screen for how little we know about him. Why was he like this? Why were others following him, cos of fear? Lazy work. Why was his mother scared of him? We don't know anything. And we don't ask cos Jun-young can build up tension and chemistry with a tree. And whoever made this movie definitely used (if not exploited) this. I felt none of supporting characters were present in my memory, almost like the script did not exist for them. A shame really, some lazy work. Especially cos supporting cast had potential (like bully Cha Woo Min as Lee Mun Gi or the grandma acted by Son Sook). There were some good actors casted here, but they had no scenes.
This is how I see scriptwriters going about this...they saw that Jun-young does villain great and looks great, so let's make him fight and do crazy laugh for 90 minutes, the girls are gonna eat it up, yes? Well, maybe that is what gives you 8.4 score on this movie.
But the quality of this movie, if it goes over 6, I can delete this account. Very commendable for him to carry this movie but I think also his acting by the end of the movie started to feel repetitive as his character was always on screen and always doing the same thing.
Overall disappointing...I do not suggest you to watch it.
I think if you are only watching it for Lee Jun-young, you can watch Weak Hero, and have a great time along with some great acting (where he also acts as a villainesque character) and it also tackles bullying topic.
Tnx for reading,
RXP
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