Friday, 13 August 2010

Korean movie: Flying boys(2004)


Rating: 6/6

This is such a real movie, in a “life sucks” kind of way.
It’s a movie about three guys and a girl, all 20 years old, entering ballet classes. The girl is there because her mother wants her to be more feminine. The guys are there because one of them is blackmailed for drunk driving without a license. I thought this’d be another “if you are great at (insert sport here), you will succeed in life” movie, but there’s not really a lot of ballet in it. It’s more in the background as an independent process.

There is romance here too, but it's just one of more subjects.

Like in real life, everyone here has their problems. In some cases their problems are big too. But still, even if they’re deep in shit, they don’t seem to be drowning in it, as in some more tragic movies. I don’t know if it’s just me being in an optimistic mindset, but the movie mostly states the problems like a fact. And rather than dwelling in eternal misery, the characters work to solve whatever their struggling with. And doing so in a realistic way, without the overdone “gambare!” spirit.

The characters are well done. They have feelings, they aren’t idiots, and they even evolve a tiny bit as the story goes. The main character is kind of a middle-man. He’s not really very special in any way, so it’s a guy most people can relate to. Though, I guess this goes for a lot of movies. The actors are picked wisely, and match their characters. I’m really bad at Korean actors for some reason, so I didn't recognize any of them thoughXD But one of them looked like that guy from King and the clown:O

Anyway, really great movie. I loved it so much I think it’s worth using the money buying it, maybe to watch when feeling blue. Really recommended^^

I can't find a trailer?! WTF?

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