Movie Review
Review Ode To My Father
I don't know where to start. The movie was so much better than my expectation. Ode to My Father was an interesting Korean movie. When a movie has a good enough story and plot behind it, the peripheral aspects that might not be that great such as acting, subtitles, or graphic effects can be forgiven in spite of their deficiencies. This movie contained some of those qualities.
We see the story focus on Deuk-soo's (Jeong-min Hwang) life from the time he was a young boy fleeing Korea during the Korean War, along with aspects of his life throughout the 60's, 70's and 80's all the way to the present when he is an old man. This movie seems to use Duk-soo's reality as a representation of the many struggles and hardships of life that a lot of Koreans went through following the Korean War. Its sub-point of intent may have been to point out these struggles to the young Korean generation of today in order that they would have some realization with what their grandparents sacrificed so that they may have the life they do today.
One actress American audiences may recognize is Yunjin Kim who played Sun Kwan on the series LOST (2004). She was probably the best actor in the movie while the other main actors did a decent job. Boredom or tiredness never set in while watching this as it held my interest the whole time. The special effects were pretty good and cinematography not bad. This is a very touching and heartwarming (but also heart breaking) movie. I appreciated the funny scenes in the movie, for without them, it would have been too depressing to watch. This is a wonderful, wonderful movie, you must see!
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Ode To My Father is a rare movie that hard to come by.
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The movie has moments of laughter and moments of tear-jerking scenes. get your handkerchief ready or lots of tissue.
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