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A Frozen Flower

On By randomfanreviewsIn 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity), 2008, Bisexual Character, Choi Seung Il, Do Yong Gu, Drama, Forbidden Love, Gay Character, Go In Bum, Goryeo Dynasty, historical, Hong Jong Hyun, Hyun Woo, Im Ji Hyun, Im Joo Hwan, Infidelity, Jang Ji-won, Jo In-sung, Jo Seung Yoon, Joo Jin-mo, Jung In Hwa, Jung Sung Il, Kang Dong Gyun, Kim Choon-gi, Kim Ki Seok, King, Kwon Tae-won, Lee Jong-goo, Lee Se Rang, Lee Sung Woo, Love Triangle, Mature, Min Ji Hyuk, Noh Min Woo, Nudity, Park Min Gyu, Romance, Sexual Content, Shim Ji-ho, Son Jong Hak, Song Ji-hyo, Song Joong-ki, South Korea, Star Crossed Lovers, Tragedy, Yeo Jin-goo, Yeo Wook-hwanLeave a comment

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Under the pressure of the Yuan Kingdom, the King of Goryeo is pressured to produce a successor to the throne. But the king is in love with his loyal general Hong Rim. After seriously pondering the issue, the king asks his lover Hong Rim to sleep with the Queen, with unexpected consequences.(Source)

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A Frozen Flower is a movie that I think you can only honestly watch once. I will warn you do not watch this if you are under the age of 18, around loved ones, or someone you would not want to watch sex scenes. The movie has sex scenes and a lot of blood and violence. The acting was astounding. The actor for the king made you feel that love and passion for Hong Rim. Hong Rim’s actor made you feel that passion for the queen for he fall in love with her. The queen was a character you feel sorry for in the movie. She is married to a man that is entirely not interested in her at all for many reasons. The main reasons are she is female, and the king is already in love. I will say how the king and his guard meet is the standard time the movie takes place. However would not be acceptable in western and now, for it can be portrayed as the king is grooming his guard for the age is 7- 10-year-old taking care of the king who 13- 17 years old. So many people feel like Hong Rim was groomed, I see their point of view. I feel like if you look between the lines, you could see in the more adult time as Hong Rim having Stockholm syndrome in away but could be a loyal servant just doing as his king told him. The king’s word is law at that moment. However, the only way we could say that Hong Rim had been groomed or just complete loyal to his king is if we got more scenes with them growing up and see the relationship developed to what is their adult lives. But I do want to talk about the ending scene. In the scene, the king asked, did you ever love me? And Hong Rim says No, not at all. I do feel like Hong Rim was lying to do what he thinks he had to do at the moment. I mean, I can see Hong Rim being borderline Stockholm syndrome. Hong Rim being the most trusted loyal servant of the king, you are going to know things that little to no one would know. In the beginning, we know that the king and Hong Rim have a brotherly bond that grows to be sexual. You are going to be in love. I feel sorry for all three characters because all don’t get what they want at the end. Would you watch it again? No, the movie is alright, and acting is excellent. The film is about two and a half hours long and just stretched at moments and scenes that are not needed. 

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The King and the Clown

On By randomfanreviewsIn 15+ - Teens 15 or older, 2005, 3 out of 5 stars, Bisexual Character, Consent, Death, Drama, Gay Character, historical, Jang Hang Sun, Joseon Dynasty, Jung Dae Yong, Jung Jin-young, Jung Suk Yong, Kam Woo-sung, Kang Eun Jin, Kang Sung Yun, Kim Dong Gyu, Lee Joon-gi, Lee Seung-hun, Moon Jung Soo, Palace, Park Young Soo, Royalty, Seo Seung Won, South Korea, Yoo Hae-jin, Yoon So JungLeave a comment

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At the height of the 16th-century Chosun Dynasty, a pair of rural male actors – boisterous, macho Jang Seng and quiet, feminine Gong Gil – travels to Seoul and team up with a struggling acting troupe. When their irreverent show, complete with enough bawdy humor and gender-bending to make a contemporary audience blush, mocks the famously hedonistic king, they get more than they bargained for. After being promptly arrested, they’re given a chance to spare themselves if they can make the king laugh. To everyone’s surprise, the ecstatic monarch loves the show and names the actors official court jesters, giving them more extravagant food and shelter than they’d ever imagined. But the king’s attentiveness to Gong Gil makes it quickly apparent that humour isn’t the only thing motivating his generosity. The king’s mistress, the country’s ministers and Jang Seng soon grow suspicious, and jealousy and anger spring from all sides. (Source)

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The King and the Clown is a shocking masterpiece that takes a moment to process. This movie would not make in today’s world for the fact that the comedy style for the acts in dirty and sarcastic. The actors and actresses are what make you feel what the character is going through. The two main clowns/characters had a bond that is just something people wish for in their lives, the close friendship of that make you feel like they are brothers. However, they are not brothers by blood but by choice, which is why I’m glad that the two main characters are not romantically involved with each other. You do have to read between the lines for the boy love scenes in the movie because they show the bare minimum. I identify that the background of the king is something you would read in a history book. The king’s character is someone who had thing force or taken away from him that causes the person who he is today. He is out of control at scenes which make you fear him, but he pulls you back in with the soft unseen side of him that makes you feel sorry for him. The main two characters have moments too that make you feel for them. I won’t say what, for I fear to spoil it for anyone who wants to see it. But I can give you a hint with a sentence. As much as we don’t want to make sacrifices, someone one will have for things we need to live and express ourselves. The ending was not what I expected at all. The end is all from how the audience has seen it. Would I watch it again? I feel like it something I would watch again one or two more times but not something worth bingeing over and over again.

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