r/Koreanfilm

Before I say, I want to introduce myself. Hello everyone! I'm new to this subreddit and I am also Korean-American who is fluent in both speaking/reading/understanding/writing both Korean and English fluently. Anyway, recently, I have been interested in watching this k-movie called 소원 (Hope in English title), so may I ask, for those of you who watched it, how disturbing is the movie? I at least know that it's based on a true child r*** case in Korea. And unfortunately, for privacy reasons, I cannot reveal my age. However, the most disturbing movies I ever watched were Justice League Dark: Apokolips War, Demon Slayer (anime), Space Sweepers (korean movie) and M3GAN 1, so for those of you who watched Hope, can you tell me of how disturbing it is and if you think I am capable of watching it?? Most importantly, does it actually show the r*** scene???

Shot brightly to reflect first love and a warm summer’s day, “Summer’s Camera” is a lovely coming-of-age queer story, a strong debut from Sung Divine and quite the push for young Kim Si-a into leading actress status.

What are your thoughts on the film?

Click on the link to read our review: https://asianmoviepulse.com/2025/11/summers-camera-2025-by-sung-divine-film-review/

In 2026 I've watched 104 movies and usually get to 175 - 200 in a year. I'm woefully behind on Korean cinema. But his year 7/104 films have been Korean films. Not a single one has been less than 4 stars on letterboxd. I have been genuinely impressed. It got to the point where I was questioning myself because I didn't think I was being objective. I was skeptical as to why each Korean film was so highly rated.

No Other Choice is my favorite film of the year. JSA knocked me out. The Gangster The Cop The Devil was some of the most fun I've had watching a movie in a long time. Ma Dong-Seok is the most charismatic rhino of a man I've ever seen. He commanded my attention and I was happy to give it to him.

What really surprised me was that, regardless of the genera or the theme, they were all some of the best-looking films I've ever seen. I don't critique film and the term cinephile kinda "icks" me but, I consume a lot of them, and I can hold my own in a conversation. Ive never seen quality this consistent between films and filmmakers.

Obviously, No Other Choice, and The Gangster The Cop The Devil are of different levels of prestige, but I think Americans would rejoice if we had 3 or 4 of the latter per year.

I don't believe I'm saying anything new here. But I was curious about a couple things...

1. Why are these movies so impressive looking? What's the story? I'm only half joking when I ask if it's a federal crime to make a bad looking movie in Korea? What's the context and the story?
2. I posted a pic of what I've seen. Ive loved them all. Where is the next logical destination for me on my Korean film journey? What have I missed in terms of genera, actor, director, or anything?

Thanks!

So I watched this movie a very long time ago, maybe in the starting of June. I watched this movie because I thought it's an adult, something like fantasy movie. So I watched this, and I thought even if it does not an adult movie, the way I thought, but still it's a Korean movie. It came from Korean cinema. It would be a great experience. At least I'm not feeling not feel bored. So first, I watched this movie in dubbed. I just randomly watched this movie, and this is the most bullshit movie I ever seen in Korean cinema. Yep. Everything about this movie is bullshit. The ending, the starting, I mean, what the hell was even that? As I said, I watched this movie in the starting of June, so I don't remember much scenes, like in details. But as I know, the girl who got pregnant by the owner of the house she worked in. Her wife find— his wife find out that she want her her child die, while they successful in that. But in the end, the housemaid killed herself, commits suicide, and her wife forgave her husband. I mean, bullshit. Absolutely fucking bullshit. Even though adult scene are not even that good. So this is the only and ever movie of Korean cinema I absolutely find fucking bullshit and nonsense. What about you? Did you find this movie? Maybe I got a lot of hate criticism, like, You did not understand this movie, like that. And I don't give a shit. I appreciate the movies and I also criticize it. I want to let you know about your opinion about this one.

Yeah, well, it's been four months since I watched any Korean movie. I mean Korean thriller, whatever. So I want you guys to select one movie for me. Absolutely one fucking movie. So that gave me get back to the obsession. Some of them are Japanese movie, but most of them, just forget about is it Japanese or whatever. Just suggest me one movie from this list, and I will watch that, and I will review about it.