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The actors are amazing and are able to portray their characters well. Even the minor roles do their job extremely well and put loads of emotion and humor in their roles. Joo Jin Mo does a great job portraying Sang Jun, an agent whose first priority is his job rather than his love life. Kim Ah Joong plays the female lead who undergoes surgery to get the one she loves, but in the end, the surgery plays an even greater role in her life and makes her re-evaluate her goals. For their great acting, I gave them a ten. Casting did a magnificent job in choosing the actors and I can't imagine anyone better. Everyone on set had great chemistry.
The music was fantastic. You may recognize Blondie's "Maria", which was done extremely well, and boy, does Kim Ah Joong have lungs! She can sing! The rest of the music is great and may make you want to download onto you're mp3!
Rewatch value is definitely a ten. At first, I was going to put a nine, but the day after I watched this movie, I had to watch it again, just because it's that great. For a movie to do that, it deserves a ten.
Overall, the movie is a 10. Watch this movie, don't regret it, and love every bit of it. If you're looking for a movie with a good message, great music, great script, great directing, and great cinematography, I HIGHLY recommend checking this movie out!
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Only thing that I don't like was the very ending. I really hoped there would be a some kind of more serious scene between Sang Jun and Hanna where they make up. :D May be I just didn't notice some important nuance at the end.
Anyways, If you are doubting to watch it, like I did. Then give it a try!!
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Saruman approved!
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Did not disappoint
STORY:The story was actually very well done! I got into it after seeing a few clips on YouTube. I was expecting to be offended by the body-shaming ideas that the story seemed to give off. However, I was pleasantly surprised.
It's a very sweet story about society, self love, and acceptance.
ACTING:
The cast did a great job! I felt everything that the FL felt, and the ML did a good job at making me like him, dislike, then like him again.
MUSIC:
The music was catchy, well written, and meaningful.
REWATCH VALUE:
I usually watch movies and move on. But I wouldn't mind rewatching this one. It was very satisfying to watch from beginning to end and the charm of it doesn't wear off at all.
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Second, this movie made me cry so hard. You'll have to watch it to see what I mean, but I have re-watched this film so many times and that scene always squeezes out a bucketful of tears. Always.
Third, I loved Kim Ah Joong's singing! The OST "Ave Maria" and the song she sang as Jenny for the first time were so amazing. This isn't KPOP STAR so I won't go into details but those songs and the situations in which she sang them complimented her acting and really showed how much her character loved singing. I found myself downloading them after I watched the movie for the first time, and re-listening to them after I re-watched the movie.
As for the story plot, I won't spoil it, but I have to say that this movie really portrayed well the idea of using plastic surgery to remake your life. Plastic surgery is ubiquitous, particularly in Korea, but the topic is still a sensitive one in the Korean entertainment industry. I see that this movie addressed the issue well and I would like to see the entertainment industry accept and be more comfortable with plastic surgery.
I definitely recommend this movie! Watch it or re-watch it ^^
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Seeing that the issue of plastic surgery is the main focus of this movie, it definitely had a lot of potential to explore Hanna's motivations and the consequences of her decision to go under the knife. But the story plays it very safe. I didn't get a clear stance from the movie about undergoing plastic surgery to beautify oneself and I finished the movie feeling pretty confused about what to think about the lead character's transformation. Even her emotional conflicts about undergoing surgery aren't well-explored, and the story tries to explain away these emotional conflicts by some simple crying scenes that don't have much depth or meaning to them.
I found myself liking the old, fat Hanna than the new, sexy Hanna, and that's probably a credit to Kim Ah Joong in her fat suit.
Joo Jin-mo plays well the role of the suave guy who Hanna has a crush on. Yet, and I'm not sure if this is due to poor writing or poor acting, I never get a clear sense of what he thinks of the old Hanna and the new Hanna. There are hints of his opinion towards plastic surgery, and his perception of the old Hanna, but there's no real exploration of how he feels about her transformation.
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There are a couple flaws in the storyline and there are a couple scenes where I thought "whaa-?" or "okay, don't really like this scene", and there were a few actors that didn't really act very well (but they scarcely appeared anyways so it doesn't really matter). Still, this is by far the best South Korean romcom in existence and the only one I'd recommend out of the myriad of Korean movies out there. I have watched this movie 10 times already and I'm still not bored yet.
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I also love love the cast and the soundtrack, I listened to it like everyday, it's an awesome movie and I think everyone should watch it.
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