Reviews

Queer Village

The film has impressive production value. It’s obvious that the people who worked on it paid attention to every detail, especially inserting the rainbow symbol — the emblem of the LGBT+ movement — into as many shots as possible. But precisely because of so many inserted details, the film felt staged to me rather than authentic. The acting, though solid, is at times caricatured for comic effect, but to me it came across as overacted. I admit that in one absurd scene, when the shouting between the characters resembled a rap battle, I felt a moment of entertainment, but the rest of the film didn’t feel like a comedy.

The film has a mission to promote understanding of queer differences in a small village, but I’m not particularly satisfied with how things were resolved in the end. Those who believe pride parades can sensitize conservatives and skeptics of queer ideology will probably be satisfied. In general, sympathizers will likely enjoy this film, but it wasn’t particularly convincing to me. If i had understood the motivation of the main character Man-ok better, maybe i would have enjoyed the film a little bit more.

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A movie about a tragedy. About a mother who lost her child. About healing and forgiveness. And about how a person can hold on with all his might, but as a result, break down thoroughly.

This is the strongest mental pain that a mother can experience. A mother who has lost her child will never be healed, no matter how. Nevertheless, this movie shows how in the church she poured out all the pain and despair that lurked in her heart and hurt and pressed so much. She was healed. I found faith in the Lord and received the Holy Spirit. I didn't shed a single tear at the funeral, but everything came out in the church. It just shows how much it hurt.

The film also shows that faith in the Lord cannot heal cleanly. The pain will become easier to bear, but it won't go away. And it can even become much stronger and break you completely.

This is clearly visible in the scene of the meeting with the prisoner, when she saw that he had found peace and tranquility. I'm almost sure that she sincerely wanted him to suffer from the offense he had committed. And it is also shown in the scene when she came to the church and began to take out her anger and despair. And in the scene, when she expresses her pain and strong despair to the believers at home. In the scene when she came to the meeting of believers and turned on the music, she essentially gave up her faith.

Against the background of all this, she developed PTSD and began hallucinations - both visual and auditory. Became mentally and emotionally unstable.

The man who helped the main character in everything is a good man, worthy of respect. It's good to have such a person around.

At the end of the movie, she cuts her hair - it's like a symbol that she started a new life.

Incredibly deep and heavy movie.

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"it's my fault. without me he could've gone to heaven." and that's when i knew i was cooked😭
gorgeous movie, which in my opinion, had a really captivating setting of the time period it was placed in. the cinematography and overall color of the movie really added to the overall mood as you watched birdy & jia-han go through well.. what they were going through.
the story was actually less heart-wrenching than i expected it to be and felt weirdly realistic, both of them struggled with communication so much, which isn't entirely their fault considering the mindset and social stigma at the time. both of their actors were great however they looked extremely similar ...😭 like SO similar until jia-han grew his hair out.
i always appreciate a movie where a major conflict is religion for lgbt characters. something about defying religious expectations or 'breaking rules'... it really appeals to me and im not sure why.
overall i did really enjoy the movie and the story, and the acting was so, so good. but there wasn't anything about i think will stay with me for the rest of my life.

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Quasi meglio dell'originale.

Devo dire che questo mi è piaciuto di più dell'originale. Soprattutto nella parte LGBTQ+. Ma non solo. Anche se bisogna andare con calma. Allora, intanto devo dire che ho trovato Billkin e PP più validi come coppia (e voi mi direte, grazie al cavolo Lucrezia) rispetto agli attori della versione originale, anche se devo dire che come capacità attoriali sono pari in entrambi i casi. La sub plot LGBTQ+ l'ho sentita più reale e viva in questo caso rispetto alla versione originale, forse dato dal fatto che gli attori protagonisti non abbiano paura di interpretare questo tipo di personaggi, di conseguenza devo dire che questa sub plot l'ho sentita più reale e più viva. Anche la roba con la tipa devo dire che mi è piaciuta di più rispetto alla versione OG. Non che la versione Taiwanese non sia stata bella e piacevole da vedere, ma vi devo confessare che dopo un po' mi calava come un film di polizia "standard", mentre qua ho sentito la differenza. Detto questo non so perché ma sento che ci fosse qualcosa che non andava con la ship già qua, però devo anche confessare che io non sono mai stata una loro fan sfegatata (nemmeno ai tempi di ITSAY) quindi ho potuto godermi il tutto senza essere troppo colpita da questa cosa.
Mi è piaciuto il cameo finale di James, che apprezzo da una serie che ha fatto nel lontano 2013. Overall bel film che si fa vedere (forse anche di più dell'OG).

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Beautiful Vampire: missing a plot

When a Vampire/Make-up Artist with strong olfactory memory encounters a person who smells like a love from the past... a lot should happen. But the FL and ML don't have much to do—or much reason to interact—so a few things happen and, surprisingly, repeat. It all feels a bit forced and empty.

Frankly, I watched it for Song Kang, but it was too early in his career and the complexity and layering of emotion were not yet present. The script was too thin for him to invent any depth.

For those who don't need much of a plot to stay engaged, this might work...but it didn't for me.

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A Watchlist Gem I Finally Opened ?

Finally watched Forgotten today and honestly… I didn’t expect to love it this much. 😭

This movie was on my watchlist for a long time. I had been planning to watch it for so many days, but kept delaying it for no reason. Today I just thought okay, let’s finally watch it and yeah… I’m really glad I did.

Giving this a 10/10❤️

What I loved the most is how the movie starts pretty normally but slowly builds this strange and uncomfortable feeling. Nothing feels completely right, but at the same time u don’t know exactly what is wrong. The atmosphere, the house, the night scenes, the silence between characters… everything adds to that feeling.
The acting was honestly amazing. Especially the way the characters react to small things. Jin-seok’s expressions, confusion and fear felt very natural. You can actually feel his mind becoming more and more disturbed as the story moves forward.

And the story is definitely the biggest reason I loved it. The movie keeps giving u small pieces of information and makes u think you’ve figured it out, and then suddenly something happens which makes u question everything again. 😭

The twists are sooo well placed. It doesn’t just throw random twists at u for shock. Most of them actually connect with things shown earlier, which makes the movie even better when u think about it afterwards.

I also really liked the pacing. It takes its time in the beginning, but I never felt bored because there was always this feeling that something was coming. And once the movie really starts revealing things, it becomes difficult to stop watching.

The small details are probably what I enjoyed the most. The phone calls, the conversations, the behaviour of the characters, the little changes in Jin-seok’s understanding of things… everything slowly starts adding up.
And the action was really good too especially the intensity in the later parts. It didn’t feel unnecessary and actually fitted the story.

What I really liked about Forgotten is that after finishing it, u can actually go back in your mind and look at earlier scenes differently. Some moments that seemed normal suddenly feel completely different once u know what’s actually happening.

And yeah, after a long time I found a movie that actually gave me that “I need to know what happens next” feeling. 😭

No unnecessary romance, no boring side story, just a solid mystery/thriller with great acting, atmosphere and twists.
Really loved the story, loved the acting, loved the twists and honestly just loved the whole experience.

Still thinking about it after finishing… and that’s always a good sign.

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The film is about how a girl, after a long violence from her relatives, found the very straw she grabbed so tightly.

It shows what consequences can be after the experience - what are the injuries and disorders. And how one person can turn your life upside down.

What hooked me the most was that the girl had clear symptoms of sociopathy. Although at such a young age, similar manifestations are more correct to classify as a behavioral disorder. And if nothing had happened, all this would have turned into a much worse outcome.

At the end it is shown that they did not turn away from the girl, even after learning the whole truth. And this is a good outcome for her.

There is also a line of the boss - a woman who also has injuries and problems with work and personal life. Even so, she didn't turn away, but became that very straw.

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