Oh my goodness. I feel I've seen something truly remarkable, but that I will need to see it two or three more…
A month later I came for my second watch and yes, this film is now a 9.5/10 for me. I understood a great deal I missed the first time around. Truly, one of the richest, deepest, multi-layered, yet accessible films I have ever seen. Not that I feel I understand everything about it yet, not by a mile. But that doesn't matter because I'm already anticipating my third watch and the discoveries I will make then.
Gorgeous and sensual, this film is an eiderdown bed of feelings and emotions. Highly recommended.
The credits and the first six minutes looked interesting but then the gangster lackey and the head boss took things in a moronic, Three Stooges direction that isn't funny but merely lame and amateurish.
I don't think I've ever cried with first, sadness, then joy over a straight rom-com like this in my entire life. Straight romantic dramas, yes a few, but wow, this was a wonderful and unexpected surprise to me. This after spending the first half hour laughing like a crazy person alone in my living room.
I'm so glad I finally got around to watching this. It's been on my plan-to-watch list for ages, but I assumed it was cheesy and probably stupid. I was wrong.
Yoon Kye Sang was hilarious, soulful perfection as Jung Hoon. I'm sure I've seen him elsewhere in supporting roles but this blew me away. He is every inch the leading man, and his range as an actor, from slapstick to utterly believable angst, is extraordinary.
Han Ye Ri is without flaw as Hoon's f**k buddy-to-lover Shi Hoo. Very much the girl/woman and one hundred percent excellent. Great casting!
Hoon's buddy Joon Suk kept me in stitches. Lots of humorous scenes, but all the funnier because I felt the big heart underneath the goofball in his character.
One caveat: I wish the film would have stuck with the slightly raunchy feel it had at the beginning. It feels like that element disappeared at some point and I missed it. But I nit-pick. Great movie! Highly recommended.
Ow, its that stupid homophobic brainless dude that goes around criticising each and every bl.
For anyone who missed it, here is the text of sweet Kayli's nasty, abusive reply she hid under a spoiler tag above. Enjoy:
Kayli says... "You say u enjoy tons of bls and yet u go shittinv around every BL and desrespecting Actors and innocent MDL Users for no fucking reason, always acting like a miserable bitch that bullies everyone just bcs no one is intrested in fucking uor miserable rotten disgusting asshole and releasing that anger on innocent Bls and people, its one thing to Critise a Bl with a few flaw but its another to disrespect bls, actors and other users maybe ur rotten disgusting asshe needs double penetration and some dick sucking for u to be satisfied and stop being such a miserable Toxic Bitch."
To summarize Kayli's potty mouth: fu**king Shi**ing fu**ing miserable b**ch f**king f**king your miserable rotten disgusting a**hole asshe (I think she means "ass") double penetration d**k sucking toxic b**ch
I wonder if this should be reported to the mods...?
Ow, its that stupid homophobic brainless dude that goes around criticising each and every bl.
hmmmm...I wonder why you deleted the OTHER vile comment to which my spoiler comment above was directed? But then why replace it with yet another psycho, trash-mouthed comment in its place?
No self-respecting person would call an audience that likes a series that doesn't suit their taste "insecure nerds"...…
Not sure what my own "self-respect" has to do with observing the attributes of this show's intended audience, but if it comforts you to believe that, be my guest.
Taishin is WRITTEN as an insecure nerd. He has been referred to within the script as a "nerd" more than once and is certainly insecure. And yet it's your position that "insecure nerds" should not be mentioned in polite company?
Are you asserting that only nerds are capable of meaningful relationships, or are you randomly lashing out? You seem to be generalizing everything that's possible.
Hello. Thank you for your message. Thus I was forced to watch this beautiful film once again. 'The Winter Child'…
I don't apologize for my "tone." That's in your head, not mine. However, I don't care for YOUR condescending, supercilious tone, which is already present in the review itself, so I guess we're even.
I'm confused... How's this censored or a bromance? 🤔There's literally 2 kisses in episode 2.Also this is made…
hahaha...hi Nama. This one is becoming comical in her desperation to prove you and I are one and the same person. :) She can't conceive of more than one person dissing her pet show. She wrote me yet another expletive-soaked rant under a spoiler tag so as not to display her insanity to the entire comment section. :D
Hello. Thank you for your message. Thus I was forced to watch this beautiful film once again. 'The Winter Child'…
Nah. It's poorly structured and confusing as hell. You're making a great many assumptions here, but they're no more than your own theories. And who is this "us" you keep referring to in your review? YOU are the one having this reaction; why are you speaking for others? I know "us" and "we" are conventions in professional reviews, but I've always found it pompous.
Finally, why is the father lying in bed like he's dead or a mannequin? Is he there only in the mind of the lead? This film tries so hard to be artsy that it's impenetrable.
Is the dead cat in the frig? If so, why? If not, why does the lead stare into the frig for minutes at a time? Other than to further confuse the viewer, I mean? Oh, and to be artsy.
When the lead was trying to revive the cat with a blow dryer, it looked more like a fake fur hat or piece of fabric than a real cat. Had he lost his mind and was trying to revive a hat?
OK...you don't have to reply. It's clear we won't agree about this film. However, consider that your style of writing is supercilious and condescending. This entire paragraph is exactly that:
"But I don't understand, because his doubts are clear in the film. No intellectual exercise is necessary to understand what you are asking, since it is expressed in perfect Korean language, with subtitles in different languages, including English. "
If things in this film were "clear" there wouldn't be so many people who have little idea what went down, and you're not the only one here with an "intellect." What it is is bad/lazy/obtuse storytelling, and deliberately so.
Ow, its that stupid homophobic brainless dude that goes around criticising each and every bl.
First of all, f**k you.
Second of all, I watch a shit-ton of BLs and gay films that I love, and I always comment as such on those pages. Every time. So, you have no idea what you are talking about, b***h.
The idea that because I dislike a lame BL that you love, I am "homophobic" is beyond ridiculous. And the rest of your comment is as vile and disgusting as I'm sure you are as a person.
"You have a miserable life..." This is so common on the Internet now that it's a cliche. Yes, because I disagree with you and haven't backed down, my entire life sucks. What does that theory say about YOU and the content of this last reply of yours? You must live in a burning hell of misery, based on how you've come at me for dissing your show and not disappearing.
Unlike you, I don't mind witnessing your distress through your comments. The idea that you suffer now pleases me. Kindly f**k yourself.
I didn't realise people didn't get that they were dating. It was so glaringly obvious. That punch somewhere in…
What do you have against sex? A couple like this, two horny, athletic men of this age, would already have been banging away regularly before the film starts.
I'm guessing you are female? Women have a hard time understanding just how overwhelmingly powerful the male sex drive is at this point in life. Also, what do you have against French kissing?
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Gorgeous and sensual, this film is an eiderdown bed of feelings and emotions. Highly recommended.
9.5/10
The credits and the first six minutes looked interesting but then the gangster lackey and the head boss took things in a moronic, Three Stooges direction that isn't funny but merely lame and amateurish.
Dropped at 10:06...
Your unhinged, spittle-spewing, obscenity-fueled rants show you to be what you accuse me of being, only times ten and then some.
Please write another one.
I'm so glad I finally got around to watching this. It's been on my plan-to-watch list for ages, but I assumed it was cheesy and probably stupid. I was wrong.
Yoon Kye Sang was hilarious, soulful perfection as Jung Hoon. I'm sure I've seen him elsewhere in supporting roles but this blew me away. He is every inch the leading man, and his range as an actor, from slapstick to utterly believable angst, is extraordinary.
Han Ye Ri is without flaw as Hoon's f**k buddy-to-lover Shi Hoo. Very much the girl/woman and one hundred percent excellent. Great casting!
Hoon's buddy Joon Suk kept me in stitches. Lots of humorous scenes, but all the funnier because I felt the big heart underneath the goofball in his character.
One caveat: I wish the film would have stuck with the slightly raunchy feel it had at the beginning. It feels like that element disappeared at some point and I missed it. But I nit-pick. Great movie! Highly recommended.
9/10
Kayli says...
"You say u enjoy tons of bls and yet u go shittinv around every BL and desrespecting Actors and innocent MDL Users for no fucking reason, always acting like a miserable bitch that bullies everyone just bcs no one is intrested in fucking uor miserable rotten disgusting asshole and releasing that anger on innocent Bls and people, its one thing to Critise a Bl with a few flaw but its another to disrespect bls, actors and other users maybe ur rotten disgusting asshe needs double penetration and some dick sucking for u to be satisfied and stop being such a miserable Toxic Bitch."
To summarize Kayli's potty mouth:
fu**king
Shi**ing
fu**ing
miserable b**ch
f**king
f**king your miserable rotten disgusting a**hole
asshe (I think she means "ass")
double penetration
d**k sucking
toxic b**ch
I wonder if this should be reported to the mods...?
You're a gross, sexually frustrated person.
Taishin is WRITTEN as an insecure nerd. He has been referred to within the script as a "nerd" more than once and is certainly insecure. And yet it's your position that "insecure nerds" should not be mentioned in polite company?
Are you asserting that only nerds are capable of meaningful relationships, or are you randomly lashing out? You seem to be generalizing everything that's possible.
However, I don't care for YOUR condescending, supercilious tone, which is already present in the review itself, so I guess we're even.
And look! Here I am writing to you/myself again!
Finally, why is the father lying in bed like he's dead or a mannequin? Is he there only in the mind of the lead? This film tries so hard to be artsy that it's impenetrable.
Is the dead cat in the frig? If so, why? If not, why does the lead stare into the frig for minutes at a time? Other than to further confuse the viewer, I mean? Oh, and to be artsy.
When the lead was trying to revive the cat with a blow dryer, it looked more like a fake fur hat or piece of fabric than a real cat. Had he lost his mind and was trying to revive a hat?
OK...you don't have to reply. It's clear we won't agree about this film. However, consider that your style of writing is supercilious and condescending. This entire paragraph is exactly that:
"But I don't understand, because his doubts are clear in the film. No intellectual exercise is necessary to understand what you are asking, since it is expressed in perfect Korean language, with subtitles in different languages, including English. "
If things in this film were "clear" there wouldn't be so many people who have little idea what went down, and you're not the only one here with an "intellect." What it is is bad/lazy/obtuse storytelling, and deliberately so.
Second of all, I watch a shit-ton of BLs and gay films that I love, and I always comment as such on those pages. Every time. So, you have no idea what you are talking about, b***h.
The idea that because I dislike a lame BL that you love, I am "homophobic" is beyond ridiculous. And the rest of your comment is as vile and disgusting as I'm sure you are as a person.
"You have a miserable life..." This is so common on the Internet now that it's a cliche. Yes, because I disagree with you and haven't backed down, my entire life sucks. What does that theory say about YOU and the content of this last reply of yours? You must live in a burning hell of misery, based on how you've come at me for dissing your show and not disappearing.
Unlike you, I don't mind witnessing your distress through your comments. The idea that you suffer now pleases me. Kindly f**k yourself.
I'm guessing you are female? Women have a hard time understanding just how overwhelmingly powerful the male sex drive is at this point in life. Also, what do you have against French kissing?