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Two Weddings and a Funeral

On By randomfanreviewsIn 15+ - Teens 15 or older, 2012, Baek Jae Ho, Choi Il Hwa, Comedy, Gay Character, Gay Relationship, Jang Se Hyun, Jo Wan Ki, Jung Ae Yun, Jung In Ki, Kim Dong Yoon, Kim Joon Bum, Lee Seung Jun, Lesbian Character, LGBT+, Married Couple, Min Kyung Ok, Park Jung Pyo, Romance, Ryu Hyun Kyung, Shin Hye Jung, Song Yong Jin, Yoo Yeon SeokLeave a comment

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A gay man, Min Soo and a lesbian, Hyo Jin are both promising doctors at a general hospital. The colleagues agree to marry so Hyo Jin can legally adopt a child with her lover of ten years Seo Yeong, and Min Soo can please his parents while maintaining his closeted lifestyle. While secretly living with their respective partners, who move in next door, Min Soo and Hyo Jin appear to be a happy, “normal” couple. They enjoy all the benefits afforded to heterosexual couples and are also able to ward off public scrutiny and parental disapproval. However, Min Soo’s intrusive parents begin to get a bit too involved with the couple’s life, threatening their scheme. (Source)

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Two Weddings And a Funeral is just the movie to enjoy if you like comedy and to have a sober plot/theme. The film held my attention from beginning to end. It shows to the western audience what the LGBT+ community sometimes has to do to satisfied their parents or get them off their backs about getting married. It shows how the LGBT+ community comes together as a family. I like how it had characters from both the gay and lesbian sides were acing as a family. I believe, like most of the time, when you have any movie with the LGBT+ community in it, they focus on one letter. But that doesn’t mean we got a lot of screen time from the lesbian couple; the main focus was the central gay couple. It still makes me smile to think about how the couple that got married acted more playful and cared with each other. The cast was wondrous with showing the emotions that the audience needs to feel. I will say that the actors/actresses weren’t the best at some moments, but they still got feelings for the scene. This film had several important messages throughout the whole thing. One of the biggest ones was that you couldn’t run away from your problems and face them. How they played out the main characters facing their issues of being outing was realist, sometimes something terrible has to happen to give you that push to make you suck it up and face it no matter the effects it will have on your life and others. The other theme or lesson based on the famous saying if you love someone, set them free. If they come back, they’re yours. The saying showed wholesomely once you understand where the character is coming from because of their past. The film is just something you can watch and learn from to apply to your life. Would you watch it again? I think most likely, yeah, because it made me laugh and smile most of the time. It just gave me that feeling of longing for a comfortable place to belong. Also, the ending is the best; it what I think how some straight people think a gay wedding goes. 2 out of 5 stars

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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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Secretly, Greatly

On By randomfanreviewsIn 15+ - Teens 15 or older, 2013, 3 out of 5 stars, Action, Bromance, Choi Woo Shik, Comedy, Drama, Go Chang Seok, Hidden Identity, Hong Kyung In, Hong Tae Ui, Kang Eun Tak, Kim Soo Hyun, Kim Sung Kyun, Lee Chae Young, Lee Gyoo Seop, Lee Hyun Woo, Lee Jae Woo, Lee Jung Hoon, Lee Yeon Kyung, Park Eun Bin, Park Hye Sook, Park Jung Gi, Park Ki Woong, Son Hyun Joo, South Korea, Spy, Sung Yoo Bin, Tragedy, Uhm Tae Goo, Won Hyun Joon, Yoon Ji WookLeave a comment

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A group of spies called the 5446 Corps were trained by North Korean elite special forces since their youth, ostensibly towards the lofty goal of unifying Korea. They are ambitiously dispatched to South Korea, where each disguises himself as a fool, an aspiring singer, and a high school student. Passing boring time without receiving any orders from the North, they gradually get used to life as ordinary neighbors in a small town until one day, their mundane lives are turned upside down when a “secret and great” mission is suddenly assigned to them. (Source)

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Secretly, Greatly a movie that took me for a surprise. I love the soundtrack that producers use for the film in fight scenes throughout the whole thing. I will say there is a little bit of bromance if you read between the lines. How I found this movie was a bl or bromance compilation video. I love how the actors portray their characters. I didn’t expect the ending to make me weep. The end is guessable, but I think as audience members we hope for the opposite. I won’t tell you if the tears were happy or sad tears. I will say I expected a whole different movie from the summary, but I’m satisfied with it. I feel like how they portray the three main characters having a brotherly bond play with the audience’s emotions. I enjoyed that the main focus was that they all had someone close to their hearts that they would rebel their whole country. Would I watch it again? I don’t think I would personally, however, I would watch it if I were showing someone who has never seen it or if it was on a streaming series available in my country.

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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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Method

On By randomfanreviewsIn 15+ - Teens 15 or older, 2017, 4 out of 5 stars, Actor, Age Gap, Drama, Gay Character, Gay Relationship, Infidelity, Jealousy, Jo Yoon Dam, Kang Min Ji, Kim Beom Joon, Kim Seo Yeon, Lee Min Woong, Love Triangle, Obsession, Oh Seung Hoon, Park Sang Hoon, Park Sang Mi, Park Sung Woong, Psychological, Romance, Ryu Tae Ho, South Korea, Stage Play In Movie, Unhealthy Relationship, Yoon Seung AhLeave a comment

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A veteran actor and an idol are starring together in a play called ‘Unchain’. 
In the play, their characters become involved in a relationship and as they rehearse, the distance between reality and fiction starts to get blurry… (Source)

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Method is up to the audience on what they think is happening. It is hard to tell what is real and what is acting in the movie. The acting is impressive and something that needs more attention. Method is the type of film where you have to see it several times and still not know what the exact point of view that the writers are trying to get to the audience. I would read the comments on MyDramaList after watching it. The plot discussed, and you can hear the different point of views that the audience saw. Would you watch it again? Yeah, I like to see if I can notice anything I didn’t notice the first time watching this.

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Summerdaze

On By randomfanreviewsIn 2018, 4 out of 5 stars, Advertisement, Best Friends, Drama, Fashion, G - All Ages, Gay Character, Gay Relationship, No Actors Names Available, No Actresses Names Available, Romance, Short FilmLeave a comment

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Love can be confusing, but it’s never wrong.
The Authority presents its first ever fashion film: a journey of discovery through Jeju Island in search of themselves, and ultimately love. (Source)

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Summerdaze is 4 minutes video about a friend falling in with their best friend. It quick but shows the stages a relationship goes through when falling in love with someone you have always had in your life. It shows the realization about oh crap I’m in love with my best friend. The courage you have to make a move finally. The shock that your friend has when they realize you like them more. The struggle of being separated from each other to think over what has happened. Then the feelings that you have for your friend recuperate back to you. It is lovely and innocent love that we all wish we had. Would I watch it again? Yes, because of it being short, you understand the feeling that these characters have. The actors acted in these scenes naturally. I would recommend watching it for yourself.

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