well this was a WTF ending - but knowing there is a sequel, i guess it was planned all along - and that's why this just cut off at the end, but as the 2nd part was made a yr later, that's quite a while to wait if ur curious.. oh well it is what it is -

first off didn't really want to watch this, considering the content - as I aint into BDSM, heck i hate pain and the though of dominating anyone makes me feel "its too much work for the pay-out..." the tough of being dominated, even more ridiculous. so was on the fence going in - but bored and was just looking for anything to watch, so clicked and this was fun - think cause both the mains r so innocent and there aint no sinister - abuser/user taking advantage of a weak injured soul helped elevate this from something dark to light and even wholesome..

seeing these two teens venture into unknown territory was funny and cute to watch - and the fact that there were genuine feelings involved made this feel almost like a romance with a light BDSM twist. so cute and fun - u don't need to be an enthusiast to enjoy this

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sad movie - great acting but freakin sad... and as much as i would like to ask "is it right to start a relationship when ur dying, losing ur mind or both..." i feel like in this instance it was more two lost soul latching onto each other, to keep from drowning -

the fact that Chan Hae wasn't with a life threatening disease, doesn't mean he was in a better place in life. that's why in-spite of it not being a great idea, he let his emotions in finding a kindred spirits rule out thoughts like, "is this a good idea", and he just did what felt right - same with Ryoko, she didn't reach out to him when she was coherent but lost and desperate, turning to the one person that was a safe haven she recognized - that didn't preach or talk down to her - but was there for her, no questions asked...

the end of the relationship was a given, and so was both their reactions - he couldn't walk away cause he genuinely cared, and if u love how can u walk away unaffected knowing the suffering awaiting the person u love?!? on her part, she wanted while she was coherent enough to do the right thing - not to turn into a burden he might come to regret - as she had previous knowledge cause of her own mothers suffering's. so they both were hurting and sad and ultimately that helped him grow as a person, let alone find something he wanted to do in life..

of course a happily ever after would be perfect, but "going in" everyone knows this will have a sad ending, as they know they will tear-up and cry - but it was a bittersweet moment throughout this movie

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confused

yes i'm a glutton for punishment and bored, otherwise wouldn't go watch this movie after the mess the prequel Bittersweet Chocolate was/is. this aint any better - there James cause of his addiction(?) cause of Playboy / Mac is driven into prostitution to finance his habit. as confusing as that movie was, this point was clear. considering Playboy / Mac was the drug dealer.
here for some reason Playboy / Mac the proustite and if that not enough, he into S& M and James is the pimp or dude that makes sure the whores r in line - or something along those lines - well he the one with the gun, so he not another boy selling his ass - even though he doing drugs - so i was like what did i miss

let alone how this starts off, with that poor boy chained like a dog - who he is or why he is being treated this way, from start to finish u never find out - another one of life's mysteries i guess... well this whole movie is tough to comprehend, cause its just a bunch or random scenes slapped together and u never quite understand the why of anything. is Gold Hair the client or the whore? where the frack LadyBoy and the Big Boss come in or disappear to. why James keeps spitting like a moron - and on and on the list of unanswered questions goes. would say one off but aint recommending either of these movies so whatever

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a good coming off age/out of the closet movie, but freakin depressing - first off the bullying aint for the faint of heart. also didn't get why Gi Woong who was friends with Yong Joo and Gi Taek, not only distanced himself, but turned into this bitter delinquent. it takes more the half the movie to show u what went down and why he changed. plus found it ironic that he and his new crew of bullies, worked for a thug "disciplining" - well threatening/beating-down other bullies for pay, to stay away from kids they were bulling - ironic cycle ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

there were bittersweet parts like Yong Joo still trying to communicate with his friend - and i get that some of the motivation was his infatuation - given some scenes it was mutual (before Gi Woong went through the transformation" = normal kid to thug). even his closeted friendship with a gay kid from another school, that he met through a gay-app, was sweet and heartening - that he at least had one friend he could be "himself" with.
also the scenes with his mother, who was more like a friend was a balm to the soul, compared to what was to come... loved how accepting she was and his coming out without actually doing so, and her blind acceptance of him - did the soul good.

the rest - not shocking to guess, as its more or less written in the description - Gi Taek the geek is the typical victim turned bad-guy, who the sec sees a way to get from oppressed to oppressor, he takes it throwing his bff to the wolves, quite brutally and literally - this was sad and distressing in many ways
seen comments that this a good ending and i guess the mains finally being there for each other, showing solidarity is positive but considering what goes down before the end - still Gi Woong has to "pay" for his crimes. and what will Yong Joo do while he is serving his sentence? go to the same school with the guys that brutalized him?!? so this open end wasn't satisfying. still good movie

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what can i add - the description if not the comments cover it ALL - in all its gory, revolting, messed-up details. this is a movie about how really corrupt and wicked monarchy can be, and was at one point in time... but considering all the stories world round - if u were wealthy - had statue and were close to the king / emperor u weren't much better. heck considering the stories out there, is it any different now? just now "they" use different means to get rid of the opposition and hide their debauchery...

what i didn't get was if Prince Yeon San was engulfed in insanity after finding out his mother was killed, who the heck was the woman he kept calling mother and breastfeeding from?!? the one that tried to get the Gisaeng Jung Mae to be his main concubine(?) queen(?)

insanity aside the ones that fueled his flame and enabled his debauchery were Sung Jae and his father - for personal gain. getting rid of opposing palace officials and revenging a dead "sister wife"(?) Sung Jae words - that's the translation's fault -

but what i loved was the intro of Dan Hee, Sung Jae's childhood sweetheart - whose father was murdered by Sung Jae's father - and they lost contact after that.. she for whatever reason wants into the harem to get at the Prince, so she can assassinate his ass - why - again guessing game.
but i loved her intro cause of how it finally effected Sung Jae - who showed no remorse, or emotional involvement no matter what he did - he was like a wicked, evil, manipulative, destroying machine let loose on everyone - and she reined him in - because suddenly even though he didn't want to, he cared. and cause of that he began to change...

this is one hell of a ride - and the nudity and erotic scene r the least of what's gonna punch u in the gut, if ur squeamish look away cause this is like a slasher movie..

side note - read one comment that at the end the Prince was f*cking the pigs - noooooo - like know this was nuts and that prince was doubly so - cray cray to the max, but he murdered all the hogs in that room - he was stabbing them when the room was opened and he was exiled (well that bit i read - again translation - or whatever u call what the "subs" or lack thereof)...

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the movie was good, sad (hard to find a korean movie that hasn't a sad or depressing ending, rarely u find one that ends on a positive note, the maximum u get is an open ending where u use ur imagination and create in ur mind a positive out come for the characters).

thought i knew what i was getting into and it would be a love story where (as written in the description) the servant falls for the masters girl. so though the master would be ugly and the girl would be a new bride who is seduced by the servants good look and kind manner, as opposed to a oppressive, insensitive husband. not the case. there is a promissory note but no actual marriage. want to write there is love, but it's complex and not cut and dry.

the plot is - a story tellers angle, where the servant Bang-ja is telling his story, about how he meet and fell in love with Choon-hyang to a writer, but his objective isn't autobiographical, but a rewrite and glorification of his love Choon-hyang - who in the story will get her happily ever after with nobility, as opposed to reality. so in a sense this is the ultimate love story.

btw i tried to watch the movie CHUNHYANGDYUN (2000) that is the folktale that came out of this movie and after a few sec opted out as it was too slow paced and i was bored out of my mind. but after seeing this movie kind curious how the "story" came out. may give it another try...

side note - yeah there r nude scenes so if ur sensitive - skip this. as u can see that ain't the main factor, this really is well written and acted. otherwise the nude comment, wouldn't make just a side note in my POV.

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u have to really like/enjoy action, and not mind violence - this was over the top for me. first off that brother, what cause he is ur big brother, u just follow blindly?!? and when u get its gambling, u stay?!? that was kinda asking for it. what i really disliked was the bad-guys then beating the sh*t out of both brothers, like weren't y'all doing the same thing?!? heck y'all worse, as they had two people working the board. yeah i know i'm the weirdo that is looking for logic and fairness from "bad-guys" but there u have it.

stumbled upon this as saw a new update here for "The Divine Move 2: The Wrathful", and as also watching "Mystery Queen" with Kwon Sang Woo was gonna check it out (as total enjoying him), but as the movie was the sequel though better start from the beginning. not that i know what to expect even after watching this.

Jung Woo Sung is hot and saw somewhere a comment that he looks like Tom Cruise - like Noooo he way hotter. but beside looking good - he a great actor. even though this isn't my cup-of-tea. it wasn't boring.

but wondering why Tae Seok chose to befriend Navel, cause she the only female in this movie of legal age (that he could get down and dirty with?) cause she was with the bad-guys and she was the one that brought them down?!? the fact that she wasn't down with the others beating them doesn't make her blameless... of course u can say she was forced into working for Sal Soo... donno that just felt like filler, so we would have a romantic moment. which wasn't needed.

the other point that bothered me was his not taking his nephew with him, as he was living with the grandmother - and she didn't seem kind and cozy plus her threat, so he wont play the game that destroyed her family - painted a bleak pic of this kids life (maybe i'm reaching) but if he already got a kid, he needs to look after why not two... ah whatever...

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this was the freaking bomb!! freaking roller coaster seeing each turn and twist this story took - loved it!!
i so get Hwa-Yun she didn't want any of it, and she is the one that survived, pretty awesome. love strong female characters, and as much as the men r dangerous and manipulate, u just don't f*ck with women. pretty bad-ass.

period pieces r intriguing as is, but the complexity and how freaking hard everyone had it just adds that extra bit of kick to any story. add the love story and how that ended, sprinkle in unrequited love and on and on with everyone adding their own personal agenda to the plot, and how can u not love it?!?

...and anyone going on about "boo hoo why did she have to kill King Seong Won, cause he was really infatuated/in-love/lust with her. and she could've lived happily ever after..." - be dreaming. given the court-politics and backstabbing going on, sooner rather than later she and more importantly her son, would lose their lives. the fact that the King wanted/loved her didn't mean sh*t - she was still his sister-in-law and with no real power. pretty sure he couldn't make her his queen, one which he already had...
and unlike his mother, who may have started her plot with the objective of securing the crown and safety for her son, once she poisoned her, Step-son the reigning King - she got power hungry.
what Hwa-yun did was so she could survive and safeguarded her son, guess that's why she has a terrified look on her face at the end, cause now that she achieved monetary safety... wtf now is waiting around the corner - was what the look on her face "said".

phenomenal acting, and story - wholeheartedly recommend.

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Tae-sung being related already takes him out of the running of being a possible love interest... regardless of his feeling they r blood related and this would be very weird, if they would've ended up together. him being such a tragic character was freaking depressing...

But the major fact is i don't get why they r so infatuated with her. it's not that i'm saying - she ugly, but in order to be thunder-struck the sec u see someone, there should be something special about them, and she is just another girl. what's more, the more we get into the movie the stupider she gets (sorry, but that is a fact) that so called friend calling her - just to show her that she is now dating the guy she had a crush on. that not enough to wake u up to the fact that she aint ur friend? u keep taking her calls and meeting up with her? why?!? unless u love being stepped on ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
then there is that encounter with the bo girl, after understanding she was set up by their "friend" she stands there getting beat, saying she won't forgive them and crying. that not Stupid?!? not to mention that scene in the field where u got cops after ur ass and she standing the bawling her eyes out...

i hate female leads that don't have a backbone, don't need to be kick-ass, but u have to show growth and have to stop being a pushover... otherwise what's there to root for? meeh

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talk about a mind-f*ck. first off what kind of wrapped play did that Won-ho dude, write?!? one freaky weirdo mind he's got. and Hee-won, why do females put up with this kind of sh*t, as she said - this wasn't the first time, why she surprised that his counterpart being male would stop him?!?
as is actors need to be gender-fluid, especially if they want to do all kinds of roles to get awards and be recognized as "great". they can't be uptight about roles. so the title and the acting was apt.

i think Yeong-woo's character was indeed in love, maybe he's bi or even if he was straight, i think the turning point was at the start where Jae-ha forced him to get into the role by physically pulling him out of his chair and then acting out the scene with him, his tears were real.
i think cause of the accident or maybe the life of an idol was getting old, he was apathetic to it all. but when Jae-ha took a hold of him physically, that was the start for him, from there on everything he did was not only to get close but to tease and awaken the same attraction in Jae-ha.
in the play - his acting as if he had really acted out the plays storyline on Jae-ha and his gf, was to punish Jae-ha for denying his feeling and acting as if his confession and the time they spent together affirming their love, was only acting. this was sad but also showed a side of acting that most know about, but gloss over. this was well acted and an interesting watch -

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this was good, i'm not into action movies but this was a thriller and the action (what there was of it) was short and to the point, not endless shots of people turning into punching bags. and no gory scenes...

i didn't like the detective, he wasn't a "good guy" others might say that the "end justifies the means" but not for me. i hate it when in crime dramas or movies the police r allowed to "get away with murder" just so they can get the bad-guy at the end. and everyone's so focused on the ending. that they ignore all the bloodied innocents that had to go through hell to prove their innocence. here the first girl that is murdered is "on" the cop/detective. what, cause she is already a junky she is expendable?!?
his conscious was acting up, so he just shifted the blame onto Mr. Lee - but he was the one who put her in danger.
same with the whole movie. Rak also was an innocent (at the time he was an innocent to the cops) injured and orphaned at that, and all Won-ho could see was how he could use him to catch Mr. Lee. So what is the difference between the good and the bad?!?

i for one don't care for an ending where Rak didn't survive, not cause i think he was trying to redeem himself or turn over a new leaf - and now be a good guy. maybe he was just laying low and would regroup the sec everything died down. he didn't kill Brian after all and scared the sh*t out of him - tortured him into happily taking the blame and saying he was Mr. Lee.
but cause there was no justification for the Won-ho to come seeking justice as he was no longer a cop, but just an average citizen with a grudge - u can't even call him a vigilante - as he wasn't any better then Rak.

btw i don't get why people r having a hard time getting that Rak was Mr. Lee - even after his conversation with Brian (1:39:40) before him getting tortured.

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this was depressing

reading the description u don't really get the magnitude of the plot - watching this, i straight off thought about the movie The Resident (2011) with Hilary Swank and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. as there also Hilary's character is drudged and raped by her landlord - and it turns pretty fast into a psychological, horror movie.

so kinda got what this was gonna be - considering Franco isn't a maintenance man - he was a rent-boy that was fixated on Brent, so much so he found out where he was living and started stalking him - that's not as mildly put or heck even romantically up in the description. and when luck had it - a maintenance man's position opened in Brent's building, so of course Franco jump's at the chance to be "close" to his idol.
add to the mix his best friend Tiger who also works as a rent-boy, but has now found a new way of making a living without "working his ass off" by drugging his client's and robbing them - and as things logical follow Franco isn't satisfied by just watching Brent from a far - not when he got this new handy drug at hand, and u can only image how things "go down" - to say this was surreal and scary - yup

there is also a lot of nudedity - as in U See Everything and there r erotic(?) bedroom scenes, so if that's bothers u might as well skip - if the description in my review hasn't turned u off XD LOL

this is a sad film on many counts, the fact that these boys have to sell their bodies - who knows from what age and how badly they r treated, let alone how this messes with their heads. cause i don't believe anyone normal - well leading a normal life, would get up to the things Franco did (even though saying this, i know that sometimes even from "normal" f*cked up sh*t can arise...) and yet his actions were a desperate need to be with the one he loved. i don't think it was just about the sex. even though he kinda turned his "crush" into a sex-doll.. long story short, this was all kind's of messed-up and there aint no happy ending for anyone in this movie -

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total fan-service

this was a lengthy commercial more then a short movie - the plot was explained in the description - if u saw this without reading it, u would be wondering what's going on (well at the start). as the Ghost didn't seemed apparition like, he could touch and seemed real - so what was ghost like about him? other then Singto's reaction?

yeah Krist was having a ball and he was enjoying his role - where he was the assertive, playful one as opposed to his role in Sotus, and Singto was more subdued. it was cute and fun - wasn't a boring moment - and as the leads have great chemistry and know how to act, it was a fun watch - but to give it 10 stars, is a bit of a reach - as much as i love the couple - nah. sorry.

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i didn't like this movie - there was little point to it. the description doesn't begin to explain how messed-up, these two r and i know that cousins sleeping together isn't incest per-say, it might be frowned upon and not encouraged, but i've heard of cousins marring - so sex between cousins isn't that shocking and Not the "messed-up" part - everything that happens cause of their relationship, and how they treat each other, let alone people they in a relationship with, is the Messed-up part.

from the sec Naoko knows Kenji is back in their aunt's house - in their home town, she goes to him with an agenda (that's pretty obvious) whether its to get him to impregnate her, or just to recapture the sexual bliss of the past, i until the end aint sure. but she for sure isn't that happy about her intended groom, let alone the marriage.
ironically the first meeting between them - u feel that Kenji doesn't like Naoko, it almost feels like he addicted to her and doesn't like his addiction. maybe as he pointed out, he felt guilty and dirty cause they were cousins. while she was in-love and seems like, has never gotten over him...

usually i enjoy slow-paced movies with almost no dialogue and long pauses - here i was bored. the sex was animalistic and not titillating in the least - always felt like they weren't really enjoying themselves - but like addicts they just kept at it, cause of some "call of nature" - coming together time and again cause of that "need" but never reaching the "high".
the dialogue that existed - especially where Naoko got on her soap-box preaching / justifying the things she was doing and why it was right - like the marriage - like the need to get pregnant - like her fixation on Kenji and how it was cause they were blood-related, everything seemed contrived and empty. and all the reference's to the natural disasters, was all the more infuriating considering the suffering of others - compared to this self-involved human - who was living a good life, compared to lives - whole families obliterated...

the ending like this whole movie, is about these two messed-up people, she finds a way to get out of the marriage even though her leaving Kenji , one would think she matured and knows Kenji will never really be ok with them being together, cause they related - so she realizes this and will move on - Nope - she finds a way to get out of her marriage and gets back to the original sexual relationship with Kenji... this lead to a happily ever after(?) or another child that will not know his father(?!?) - idk. and that's why this felt pointless - there was no growth. no promise of a future... so No - i didn't like this and its for sure a one off

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get the point of this drama was to educate people, about being prejudice towards other people or issues without really knowing what's involved - let along judging and condemning them - but this is where things fall short - lack of information or the conclusions people jump too, can be cleared up - but why not talk about how not to do whack sh*t to begin with? and for sure everyone needs to get that actions have consequences - its not about freakin Stigma, but logic!

we have Lei the main character who is by far the best of the bunch, not cause he is flawless - but cause he is a caring, loving, big hearted, individual that is capable off putting his friends before himself. even when he has a load of personal sh*t to deal with... yet he can be selfless and considerate, just cause they r his friends and they need him at that sec. not a lot of people r capable of that. so yeah great guy - but for a person who can't keep going on and on, about the lack of privacy and how fans and the public at large, tend to butt-into his personal affairs - not respecting his privacy - this whole drama starts off with our main lead airing pretty personal sh*t about his 3 best friends, (and himself) on his Vlog - talk about hypocrisy !? this whole plot line is one big contradiction -

all of the friends and their problems, r things they caused with their own hands - actions and now they have to deal with the consequence's - as u do in life. but we r getting lectured not to judge - Harry is a tease and a conman that gets money out of gay guys while flirting with them online, or meeting up and allowing them to pleasure him - where and if he draws a line, is unknown. Kian is in need of money and loves sex, so presto why not offer his service's as an escort, as u do - pleasure and income all in one - the fact that sexual workers r treated like garbage - is news to whom? that they get abused and used, news to whom? u need to work in the industry to know how vile it is?!??? so that's what happens, only "cherry on top" he gets infected with HIV - and last we got Nick (who have to say, still don't get what his beef with his dad was) but he an addict - so these 3 guys walking on the road of life, see an open pothole, kept walking on and now that they r deep in sh*t - they r astounded that they can't levitate???

i personally don't get the point of this drama - u can't stop people from coming to conclusions or wagging their tongues - but if this drama was about finding out who ur true friend was, and that they would be there in a time of need and stand-by-u no matter what, then yeah great cause they all had each other, or basically they all had Lei. i won't re-watch this or a second season - well maybe if i'm hella bored - they didn't enlighten me in anyway - it was whatever...

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