I saw this on my Netflix recommendations, and as soon as I saw Song Joong Ki, I played it immediately. Even though he isn't the best Korean actor I have seen in kdramas, but I have always found his dramas to be good, his role and screen presence to be captivating and decent expressions and voice modulations.
This was the first time I watched his movie.
And it was probably his best performance for me. The first 60% of the movie, as he struggles to survive are purely heart wrenching. The FL was quite good, she's a pretty good actress and needs more recognition. And their chemistry took off for me quite quickly. Two completely broken people falling for each other and bringing each other out from the mess, so it was very believable for me as to why they fell so deeply in love. Someone extending a hand in your darkest of days.
The story by no means is something new, but the plot is nice, script was good enough. There are some cliched elements, but for me by no means they spoiled the movie.
I have seen similar movies, and they have often ended with sad endings. The whole time I was watching this, I kept feeling that this was gonna be a sad ending as well. But I'm so so glad, that it had a happy one. The makers could have easily made it into a sad one,but I'm glad they didn't take that route in the name of "art". For all the pain they suffered, and found residence and stability in each other, leads deserved a happy ending. So a point for that.
I was shocked to see a 6.8 for this. It's definitely above 7.5 with ease. Then I read the reviews and I felt like kdrama watchers couldn't bring themselves to see it as a movie, I see complaints about leads romance etc. They forget that this is a 2 hour movie and not 16 hour drama.
The love between leads was believable, the FL could immediately relate to his mother's death, as she has suffered something similar. And ML receiving genuine help and care time and again from FL, when he was completely helpless in a strange land. So here, them falling in love works for me.
I would have probably given it an 8. But seeing such low ratings irks me a bit.
Definitely recommended.
This was the first time I watched his movie.
And it was probably his best performance for me. The first 60% of the movie, as he struggles to survive are purely heart wrenching. The FL was quite good, she's a pretty good actress and needs more recognition. And their chemistry took off for me quite quickly. Two completely broken people falling for each other and bringing each other out from the mess, so it was very believable for me as to why they fell so deeply in love. Someone extending a hand in your darkest of days.
The story by no means is something new, but the plot is nice, script was good enough. There are some cliched elements, but for me by no means they spoiled the movie.
I have seen similar movies, and they have often ended with sad endings. The whole time I was watching this, I kept feeling that this was gonna be a sad ending as well. But I'm so so glad, that it had a happy one. The makers could have easily made it into a sad one,but I'm glad they didn't take that route in the name of "art". For all the pain they suffered, and found residence and stability in each other, leads deserved a happy ending. So a point for that.
I was shocked to see a 6.8 for this. It's definitely above 7.5 with ease. Then I read the reviews and I felt like kdrama watchers couldn't bring themselves to see it as a movie, I see complaints about leads romance etc. They forget that this is a 2 hour movie and not 16 hour drama.
The love between leads was believable, the FL could immediately relate to his mother's death, as she has suffered something similar. And ML receiving genuine help and care time and again from FL, when he was completely helpless in a strange land. So here, them falling in love works for me.
I would have probably given it an 8. But seeing such low ratings irks me a bit.
Definitely recommended.