Past Lives (2023)
Past Lives (2023)
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In einem anderen LebenJahr: 2023
Genre: Drama / Romantik
Regie: Celine Song
Hauptrollen: Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro, Moon Seung-ah, Seung Min Yim, Ji Hye Yoon, Won Young Choi, Ahn Min-Young, Seo Yeon-Woo, Kiha Chang, Shin Hee-Chul, Jun Hyuk Park, Jack Alberts…
Filmbeschreibung: Vor 24 Jahren verlies Nora (Greta Lee) als zwölf Jahre altes Mädchen mit ihren Eltern Korea und damit auch…
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Past Lives (12): Living within the multiverse of past relationships.
#onemannsmovies #filmreview of "Past Lives". #pastlivesmovie. An extraordinary debut film from Celine Song that is just perfect. 5/5.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Past Lives” (2023).
“Past Lives” reminded me of Friends Reunited, launched in the UK in June 2000. It was one of the early social networking sites and let you type in your school and pull up fellow students to find out where they were and what they were doing with their lives. In my case: there were those that were ‘famous’ – Lloyd Cole from ‘Lloyd Cole and the…
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Wedding Impossible
TV Shows/Dramas watched in 2024
Wedding Impossible (2024, South Korea)
Director: Kwon Young Il
Writers: Oh Hye Won & Park Seul Ki (based on the webtoon by Song Jung Won)
Mini-review:
Well, this drama was entertaining, but nothing more. It was especially funny at the beginning, thanks to that sort of 'rivalry' between the leads. However, once they solved that and started moving into purely romantic territory, the story began to lose steam quickly. Tbh, I kept watching to the very end because of the sizzling chemistry between Jeon Jong Seo and Moon Sang Min. And I guess I wanted to see how in the world they were gonna clear up the mess created by the characters, which was pretty fascinating. I feel like the show would have been better if the director had put more thought into its style, cause the whole thing looked pretty cheap and bland. But still, Wedding Impossible is fun enough, and I can see fans of classic romcoms enjoying it a lot.
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The bird with clipped wings
Moon Embracing the Sun (episodes 1 - 20)
Just because somebody doesn’t love you the way you want them to doesn’t mean they don’t love you with everything they have.
Which love is stronger? The one you fight for or the one you give way for? Is love a contest to be won?
While Moon Embracing the Sun is a period drama about the love story between the Crown Prince (later, King) and his first love who were tragically separated by forces beyond their control, there was another tragic love story in the background of this show that caught my attention (and perhaps, it caught my attention because of the irony or because it was frustratingly agonising).
Yoo Heom (played by Im Si-wan, later Song Jae-hee), was the epitome of brilliance as a top-ranking scholar who becomes tutor to the Crown Prince. However, despite his brilliance, Heom was doomed, unable to reach his true potential and unable to recognise the person he has been searching for due to his blissful ignorance of things outside of books and knowledge. Yoo Heom was the brilliant scholar who had no idea.
Unbeknownst to Heom, he attracted the sights of the childishly innocent and pampered Princess Minhwa (played by Jin Ji-hee, later Nam Bo-ra). However, Minhwa’s love was meant to be unrequited as her wishes to marry Heom fell on deaf ears. The King knew that he could never fulfill the wishes of his beloved daughter, as doing so would clip the wings of Heom and prevent him from becoming a loyal advisor to the Crown Prince. The King, who wanted his only daughter to be happy, ignored her tears without realising the desperation of Princess Minhwa.
But Minhwa’s youthful naivety would be taken advantage of. Her pure love for Heom was used as a weapon to hurt Heom and the people he loved. Her love for him became the reason for the death of Heom’s only sister and the fall from grace of the Yoo family. Princess Minhwa got the one thing she wished for, to be married to Heom, at the cost of lives. And in the course of fulfilling her love for him, Minhwa kept a great secret from him.
Seol (played by Seo Ji-hee, later Yoon Seung-ah) is a servant of the Heom family, responsible for caring for Heom’s younger sister who considered Seol her own family. But not only did Seol love her young mistress who treated her like an equal, she also admired from afar the young master who gave Seol her name and treated her with gentleness and kindness. Seol knew her admiration could never result in love because the difference between the two was too great. Instead of yearning for her young master, Seol did the only thing she could do - follow his wishes to protect his younger sister even in her death. And in the course of fulfilling his wish to protect his sister, Seol kept a great secret from him.
For the duration of 13 years, Heom remained ignorant to secrets that were kept from him. Meanwhile, Minhwa kept her secret from her husband in fear that Heom would leave her if her secret was revealed; and Seol continued to watch her former young master from afar while keeping her secret, knowing that revealing the secret would endanger the person Heom asked her to protect.
It was only after Minhwa watched her husband cry over his younger sister’s death that she realised what her love for him cost him. However, despite it all, Minhwa did not regret her choices knowing that her choice led to her love. Minhwa fought for her love, even if it meant destroying others. For Minhwa, the end justified the means.
On the other hand, Seol watched her young master grieve his sister’s death, unknown to him that the person he mourned is alive. She couldn’t comfort him with the truth, in order to keep her promise to him. And at the end of it all, Seol sacrificed her own life for Heom’s happiness, even if she knew such sacrifice could never result in her love being fulfilled. For Seol, her last regret was that she couldn't fulfill her promise to Heom to protect his beloved sister until the end.
Was Princess Min-hwa’s love stronger because she fought for it? Or was it less true because she fought at the expense of those she should have cared for?
Was Seol’s love stronger because she protected him from afar? Or was it less true because she gave way instead of fighting?
I do not think there is an answer. Minhwa and Seol are opposite sides of the same coin. Princess Minhwa and Seol chose to love the same person in different ways and in the end, they loved without regret.
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Upcoming KDrama March 2023 ❤️
1/3: Delivery Man with Bang Min Ah, Yoon Chan Young, Kim Min Suk. 12 episodes; fantasy, comedy. Trailer
4/3: Divorce Attorney Shin with Cho Seung Woo, Jung Moon Sung, Han Hye Jin. 12 episodes; law, drama. Trailer
6/3: Oasis with Jang Dong Yoon, Chu Young Woo, Seol In Ah. 20 episodes; historical, youth, romance. Trailer
10/3: The Glory part 2 with Song Hye Kyo, Lee Do Hyun, Park Sung Hoon. 8 episodes; thriller, melodrama. Trailer
11/3: Pandora: Beneath the Paradise with Lee Ji Ah, Lee Sang Yoon, Park Ki Woong. 16 episodes; action, thriller, drama. Trailer
20/3: Romantic Guest House with Shin Ye Eun, Kang Hoon, Jung Gun Joo. 18 episodes; historical, romance, mystery. Trailer
31/3: Joseon Attorney with Woo Do Hwan, Bona, Cha Hak Yeon. 16 episodes; historical, law, romance. Trailer
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