Reviews

A review I wrote to DC when I watched this in 2010. Not gonna edit it.
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WOW! When I saw this movie was added to DC today…it literally made my day!

The movie I’ve been waiting like forever is now here!

This movie was something too awesome. I didn’t expect a half American half Japanese movie to be this good! The ending song was awesome. This movie has Horikita Maki, my favorite actress, Matsuyama Kenichi, one of the best actors in the world, AND Tegoshi Yuya, one of my favorite JE members.

This movie made me cry and laugh through the whole movie. This was one of the best movies I’ve seen so far. I really recommend this to everyone..

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This is the review I wrote to DC as soon as I watched the movie when it came out. Not gonna edit it so bare with it XD
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My jaw dropped and eyeballs almost popped out of my head when I logged on to DC today. The long waited Liar Game Final Stage movie has come out. And what’s better it’s SUBBED.

Deceiving, believing, greediness and back stabbing. Plus top of it good plot, an awesome cast and more awesome music. This movie has it all.

Even though I hate Kanzaki Nao I have to admit that Toda Erika CAN act. Her acting in this movie was way better than in the drama.

All in all: this is a movie that is definitely worth watching. If you didn’t like the drama then I guess you may like the movie because this movie was way much better than the drama. The only good point of the DRAMA was the music and Akiyama Shinichi (minus his hair).

Have fun watching this movie! It really makes your brain work. I watched it while I’m suffering from light fever :D.

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This quietly moving film about a reporter's search for the perfect doenjang exudes in curiosity, a sense of wanting to taste, of wanting discover what made the perfect stew perfect, of wanting to uncover the circumstances that made all these people go ga-ga over it, and finally of wanting to search for the woman who made it.

Dooenjang/The Recipe is a perfect example of a simple story made extraordinary. Lee Yo Won, as usual, portrays her character with grace and calmness and Lee Dong Wook was the perfect 'masked goblin.' But the best performance goes to Ryu Seong Ryong, who played the inquisitive, go-getter reporter who went to great lengths just to piece every bit of truth behind the story that makes up The Recipe.

Story - If you're just as inquisitive and scientific, this story will guarantee you a 10
Cast and Music - awesome
Rewatch Value - Although a tragedy, still highly rewatchable masterpiece

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What happens when a small-time gangster meets a tough girl next door can now be seen in Kim Kwang-Sik’s MY DEAR DESPERADO (a.k.a. MY GANGSTER LOVER), an absurd romance / drama / comedy starring the great Park Joong-Hoon alongside Jeong Yu-Mi, Park Won-Sang and Jeong In-Gi.
Funny , crazy , and very touched... all of you must watch this movie... tells about how when a mob fell in love..
he can't fight at all, but he can do anything a useful to people around him
Really twisted with humor, sadness and a hint of a great ending (but I expect to a more perfect ending) Recommended!

Jung Yoo Mi so beautifull at this movie,,,
This was the 2nd time I watch it.. LOL

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An action movie combinated with a starting relationship between two "lone wolves". I was really suprised by this film.

The setting is not to dark (no horror!) there also are some quite funny moments. The developing relationship between the two main protagonists is influenced by their unexperience in relation to living together with other persons.

The fighting scenes are well performed and exciting.

The music is in some scenes strange, if you see the film you will learn what I mean. But it's not bad.

Finally I have to say that Shibasaki Kou is awesome as Dororo and Tsumabuki Satoshi does a good job aswell. He shows the human side of a revenge thirsty killer and let the viewer feel the pain of his life very well.

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I had already seen the Japanese version and read the manga(kimi wa petto) and loved them, so I had very high hopes for the Korean version. On top of that Jang Geun Seok was the main actor, so I was very excited to see it.

After watching this movie I was very disappointed. The story line was very weak and felt rushed. By the end of the movie it felt like I had missed most of the story.This would have been great as a drama because the story would have had more time to develop.

If you haven't seen the jdrama version or read the manga you might enjoy this. The story is really unique and interesting and this version was cute and funny. Even though I won't rewatch this movie I defiantly think it at least worth giving it a try.

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I've never really become addicted to watching Korean movies just as Korean dramas. I don't know, maybe I've grown accustomed to drama series that the movies just seem too short for comfort.

However, Sunflower, perhaps, is one of the few enticingly dark stories that gets marked in your head. Kim Rae Won portrays Tae Sik, a high school drop-out who paid jail-time (was it ten years?) for 'cleaning up' the neighborhood of high school punks and thugs. We see how he's trying to catch up with the changes around him and how he's sincerely wanting to change through an old dirty notebook where he keeps a list of 'To dos'.

But oh, some people just wouldn't have it. He's been maimed, bullied, pushed to the limit. So much that it makes you want to cringe when he just keeps quiet and walks away. And when he does snap, it was like a volcano erupting.

Story is a 10 - closer to reality.
Acting/Cast 10 - Awesome characters.
Rewatch value - well, if you want a tragedy...

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This movie as a World Class Presentation, excellent Cinema work. Definitely worth the time that one spend to watch it, if people just more than watching pretty picture when their are watching a movie. There is Much to Learn at all ages, it refers to the main character devotion to paragliding and how he uses it to bring himself closer to the girl he lost then finds again and then in the end... The movie is a young love story about a boy who falls in love with a girl but for her own reasons keeps him at a distance to avoid hurting him/herself but it just doesn't end that way. The movie carries on into a more dramatic story with a nice soft ending about losing someone you love.

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This movie was amazing! You grow to become attached to all of the characters, and the ending is sad but empowering. It's an excellent mix of comedy,realism and an after taste of the darker side of society, tearful moments. A little girl looking for a father she has never known, a petty criminal who never knew he had a daughter, and an orphanage worker dealing with her own pain by helping children. Each finds something they never dreamed of, and fill an emptiness in each other. Filled with odd twists, some heart warming moments and tragedy at a moment of triumph, yet again things are destined to come together do comes together at the end. If you take aside the bittersweet ending, this film can show to anyone who wants to see the goodness in people come out despite having been forgotten it's a really good choice to watch it .The little girl is adorable, with her acting his so real that it makes you tear up even more when come the moment to part. It a good movie for a coming of age, it's well thought, cute, funny and suspenseful, but definitely a tear jerker.

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Ok I can see all the people out to kill me but because I was not totally happy with this I gave it a 8 overall rewatch value. Why because even thought you can totally say that it's a pleasant comedy about two people who are heavily involved in the dating scene, they are both experts at snaring members of the opposite sex. They then meet in each other their match. A particular strength of the movie is showing what they really think while they say whatever they think the other one needs to hear. There are two shortcomings to this film. The first one is a mild one, which is that there are cultural nuances which Westerners might not catch. This is minor and I think with repeated viewings, one might understand. The other is a major one. With the man, one knows what his object is: obviously, sex with the girl. With the girl, it is unclear what her goal is since she confides to her girlfriend that she finds him attractive, yet she leads him on and on and on. She is supposed to be a seductress, yet she avoids many opportunities to bag him. Oh, well, still a pleasant comedy.

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This film was apparently a thesis project for the director from film school, and all I have to say, is that I am quite impressed.

Bleak Night can be uncomfortable at times because it addresses issues like bullying, friendship (in a high school setting), the power (both good and bad) of words, and all the angst and insecurities that come along with being a teenager.

The story is told through a series of flashbacks, which takes some getting used to. The camera work is interesting, as a lot of the shots seem to be hand-held and the color palette of the film is quite gray and drab.

I was completely mesmerized by Lee Je Hoon in this film. Every time he came on screen, my eyes were glued to him. He was definitely the highlight of this film in terms of acting, even if his character isn't necessarily the most likable. Overall, the acting of the cast in this drama is on the better end of the spectrum. All the characters are well portrayed.

My only two gripes with the film: One, there is no explanation of the main character's relationship with his parents and there is a lack of a clear cut ending that satisfied me.

Still, a highly recommended film that shows the darker side of teenage friendships and one of the best South Korean films of the year 2010.

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