To sir, with Love (Korean film): worst class reunion ever
This movie was on a list of psychological thrillers that were "must see" and that is the reason why I watched it. This is my review of said film.
For those of you that know me and my musings you are already aware of the fact that I am a big fan of Korean cinema. That being said, this was not one of Korea's finest works. As an avid horror film watcher, this film well, was just average at best.
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The basic premise of the movie is that a bunch of people in their late 20's are getting together with a teacher they all had together as young children because she is dying and because I suppose (it isn't stated explicitly) they want to go. The teacher's ailment is not stated specifically and for the most part she seems to be a nice person and the students actually like her and choose to go to the reunion as they are not forced to do so. They are not there for very long before it is revealed that ALL OF THEM seem to have been traumatized in one way or another by this very woman they are meant to be honoring.
Once the reunion starts though, things start to go badly really fast.
This is where the film rubbed me the wrong way: these people don't seem to like one-another very much and they almost entirely have bad memories of the teacher that the gathering is meant to be in honor of anyway. This begs the question : "why did you come?"
They fight almost immediately with eachother, and even say some nasty things to the teacher who has invited them there in the first place, yet no one (all of which arrived by car) decide to get back in said cars and leave.
At some point in time everyone gets too worked up emotionally and takes a solo trip to the beach area where they are kidnapped and killed in a gruesome fashion via some heroically strong individual whose identity is not revealed intentionally but is extremely reminiscent of "Jason" from "Friday the 13th."
The film has all the usual nuances of horror films that piss me off such as
- tripping over stuff whilst running away from just whatever
- no cell phone coverage and land lines are cut off magically
- picking up of flashlights that of course are poorly functioning
- people in a position to easily flee (in their own cars) don't do so but instead just sit somewhere for some reason
- everyone needing some "alone time" for various reasons
This movie was made in 2006 so it isn't exactly ahead of the bar as far as gore and what not is concerned because "Saw" had already been released 2 years prior and that seems to be really the only thing this film was going for.
I quite like Seo Young-hee, the perhaps 2nd leading actress in this movie, and she did a really good job but the movie just isn't good.
There is a twist of sorts (near the end)which is traditional in Korean movies, but by the time the twist happens in this movie you neither care nor are terribly surprised as much as you are annoyed seeing as how you expected the villain to be extremely strong based on feats of strength that were already performed.
The trailer is actually much better than the movie
my rating? not worth watching
Where did you get such a strong love of Korean cinema? We started watching one the other night when away at our cabin, because the wife didn't realize it was in Korean with no subtitles and it was the only thing she'd downloaded before we left. We actually made it quite a ways in, not even knowing a word, because it looked that interesting...It was a about a South Korean destroyer crew having run ins with the north. Do you know it? Should we find it again with subtitles and watch the whole thing?
In yours, it sounds like somebody should have suggested hiding behind the rack of hanging chain saws, huh?
i was involved in a relationship with a Korean person for years. I knew nothing of their film industry prior to that either. I think i have seen the film you are referring to... if it is the same movie i am thinking of its English name is "Northern Limit Line" I think.
Ah, there's always a woman involved...lol...
Yes, that's it! You're an encyclopedia on this stuff!
Yup i have watched it too Nd iam also not much impressed by it. It wasn t up to the level that of the quality of korean films. It wasnt much bad but still it shouldve been good. Mine and your opinions match so much.😍😍😍just saying!!
I Don't watch Korean movies much but I watched this movie two years back. It was good compared to local movies but internationally it was average. The lack of climax and suspense filled start made it average or else it would've been awesome. Still thanks for the post. Like your views a lot. Similar to mine on many things 👨👨
This story must be written by an Hollywood writer, because the story look exactly like one of their stories... Lol
Sorry for wasting your time on such a movie.... Lol
While I love the story twist am still confused as to why the took the trip if they individually has bad memories about the teacher. Tho your review speaks volume I think I'll just watch to feed my curiosity
With you review it is not surprising that the movie got a 3 / 10 ratings , Korean are not well known for acting horror films and the directors did a poor job with the film there was no suspense and someone can easily tell what will happen next in the film before it actually occurs @gooddream
"To Sir with Love" is a neat horror film, that is especially recommendable to those, who just got sick of your typical Asian horror flick. You won't get scared anywhere throughout the movie, but to make up for it there is a good amount of blood and violence. The characters are interesting and the actors are giving good performances. It's just sad, that the director couldn't make use of the potential the movie had...
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Hi gooddream. How many times you see a trailer and it looks good to find everything good from the movie is in the trailer.
It often happens with horror movies that become commonplace, where nothing surprises us.
This film is only saved by the good performances of a good actor who belongs to the cast of the film.