Amantae
Denmark
This movie has been on my plan-to-watch-list for a while now, but for some reason I didn't watch it before now. I'm extremely happy that I remembered this movie on my list and decided to give it a try.
I don't think I'd ever be able to tell you how amazing the acting in this movie was. I found myself actually thinking if Cha Tae Hyun, the handicapped man, was mentally handicapped in real life too. That's simply just how convincing his acting was.
I also believe that Cha Tae Hyun has the most heartwarming, brightest smile I've ever seen. His character in this movie was very lovable, and I found myself loving him only minutes after meeting him.
The acting of the woman protagonist, however, wasn't very remarkable for me. It wasn't poor, not at all, but I just don't feel like it was outstanding for me. I wouldn't be able to remember the actress, which I probably will be able to with Cha Tae Hyun.
This movie had a very good plot. It was very well put together. Even the smallest points I didn't even notice, turned out to have a motive and was somehow connected in the storyline of this movie.
It also had a very important life lesson. The movie clearly had a moral, which I would say would be something about not taking things for granted. It was very clear in this movie.
This movie made not only me, but most of the people on here, cry. Towards the ending, I was bawling my eyes out. It had some extremely heartbreaking moments, but at the same time, it wasn't too much for me. I watched movies before where heartbreaking moments would just ruin the whole movie for me, but I actually found myself accepting the sad moments and still enjoying this movie very much.
This movie definitely had me right where it wanted, I was completely caught up in the storyline. I don't usually cry when I watch movies, but this one just clicked all the right buttons for me, and before I knew it, tears were streaming out my eyes.
This movie was incredibly powerful. I wouldn't hesitate a second to recommend this to just about anyone.
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First, when I read the summary, I was interested mainly because So-Jong (the musician girl) sounded like such a fun character. And she definitely was. Overall, all acting in this movie was great.
The only negative thing about this movie is that towards the end, it could be a little fast-paced (mainly because of a flashback that changed the mood), which made it hard for the moods in this movie to go smoothly. But this problem only occured towards the end, and it still didnt manage to ruin the ending for me.
Other than that, I still don't know what became of So-Jong's mean ex, which kind of annoys me. They kind of forgot about the whole audition thing going on. But either way, the ending is great and definitely a better solution for them that the auditions either way.
I'm super happy with the relationship development, too.
Overall: Super entertaining, great individual character development and had some very fun moments. Definitely give it a shot.
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I quickly noticed that I absolutely loved the acting from our leads who did a great job. I also liked Hyo Jin's characters' feminist views - like the whole armpit hair rant (Quote: "Why is it different from yours?") and also the comment about her "bitchiness" being due to her period (Quote: "When women are angry for good reasons, ignorant men's most violent comment ever is that women have their brains in their uterus". Awesome points of views, and I really loved how it's a very different perspective to Korean culture - especially about women's body hair.
Other than that, this movie had a few confusing scenes that I had trouble finding relevant or necessary, but I still managed to get the overall plot. The ending was a bit weird for me, as I didn't really understand it, and I don't seem to be the only one. To me, it started out extremely entertaining and then just slooowly got more and more confusing/complicated and I didn't enjoy that part.
I still give it a high rating due to a good humor and great characters.
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