A Love (VCD) (Korea Version) VCD
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MovieCollector
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March 18, 2008
This customer review refers to A Love (DVD) (Special Edition) (Limited Edition) (Korea Version)
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March 18, 2008
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awesome actor, average film
| I thought the movie was very average. I had high expectation on this movie because of the main actor. He did a wonderful job in 200 Pounds Beauty, so I wanted to see more of his acting. He did a pretty decent job as a tough guy/bodyguard character, but I think he plays a better role in a comedy movie. I blame half on the average story line of this movie. Maybe the plot didn't portrait a good image of him. Overall, it was just an average film for me. Don't expect it to be a gangster movie with lots of fighting. |
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January 14, 2008
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TV drama in miniature
TV drama in miniature
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What you have here is decently made film that at times can be quite brutal, but is mainly a romantic story under all the hard crust of social trysts and fighting. About two young people in love (although angeled from the almost autobiographical viewpoint of In Ho's life), who struggle through hardships, gangsters and violence after Min Joo (Si Yeon) is orphaned when her parents are killed and In Ho, being a long term survivalist and friend of Min Joo's brother, decides to look after Min Joo in her time of need. Thus begins a romantic film. Although a romance, to categorize this, though, is to place it alongside more grittier and violent K-movies, and also by the nature of its plot structure, is somewhat similar to certain types of TV dramas, but truncated into miniature. Due to its violent side, though, this may not be all together agreeable with some K-fans of TV and movie dramas. All this though, features tremendous acting from lead man Ji Moo Joo, which this film is definitely his here, and his role as In Ho is fantastically hard edged and sharp acting (its amazing that this is also the same actor I watched in "Wanee and Junah"). There are also some really impressive supporting roles, too. Si Yeon Park (who is fondly remembered from "My Girl") does well here, too, as the orphaned Min Joo, and this certainly must be one her most grittiest ventures to date. I did think, though, that Si Yeon's character Min Joo wasn't 'fleshed' out enough (and featured enough) to support the two character's emotional situations that emerge at the finale. This movie is essential a romance (the glue of the pursuits of destiny here) and even though you can sympathize with In Ho and Min Joo' s dire circumstances, there doesn't seem to be enough substantial characterization to enable you to 'emote' sympathetically towards the two lovers - especially when they grasp each other in tearful reunion at one point. The trouble with "A Love" is that the main characters are separated too quickly mid way through, with the middle section focused on In Ho's situation as a shipping company heavy and protecting cargo from sabotage, and the romantic elements put on hold, making the character / emotions development muted when they get back together again. The middle section is a valid plot line, its just that Si Yeon is absent too much here, I thought! TV dramas can add loads of sub plots and pull emotional characters away from each other, add more 'situations' along the line, as there is more room in TV drama episodes to include more substantial emotion building. But due to a movies time limit, when driving a plot through a larger set if circumstances, can leave (in this case) the romance element far too diluted. And this dilution here spoils a really good film. Still, Si Yeon's character's loneliness gets the audiences sympathy here and I'll say (albeit the diluted romance part) that the ending is a tragic and somber conclusion to leave a tear in your eyes. Si Yeon fans are sure to be left with a taste of metal, though, by this film's dark themes, violence and grim surroundings, that is quite the pendulum swing from Si Yeon's more sweeter roles - but a good role for her her to move into, though. Overall, not a bad film, but the plot lacks additional 'fillers' to make this 'love of the heart' work properly in the end. So, about 7/10 if that helps with a score - but if the middle part of the plot hadn't moved too much from In Ho and Min Joo's relationship, instead of having too many transitions in the story - it would certainly be a 9! There would have been more leg room in a TV drama with a story like this, but its difficult to add plot developments from a characters childhood beginnings to school years to prison to separations with lover to high job prospects etc., in a 101 minutes and still hold the romance together, and unfortunately, this lacked some crucial unifying areas with the main characters, to make the final bit work properly. Extras wise: I was intrigued why Si Yeon got a bit tearful in her interview bits. Can any Korean speakers enlighten here on what she was saying? |
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