The lines are drawn from the start. Seo Ji Woo character is weak from the get-go. His loyalties, perhaps could appear strong to some on the surface, are questionable from his very first reaction to Eungyo.
Kim Go Eun (actress paying Eungyo) is very different from her appearance in the Goblin mini-series. While she tries to thread the story of tragic love, Eungyo is carefree, careless and not much of a deep thinker, unlike a similar high-school-aged character of the Goblin's bride.
Eungyo disappoints. She knows Seo Ji Woo is shallow, jealous and self- centred. She is clearly repulsed by him and believing he is incapable if inspiration. And yet she takes his plagiarism at face value. It is difficult to imagine physical love between a 17 and a 70-year old. And this movie is not a fairy tale. But Eungyo going with Seo Ji Woo (who is still 13 years older than her) is boring and un-moving.
Even at the end, when Eungyo finally "gets it", it is too little too late and good for no one.
At the end the movie is about the tragedy of loneliness for all, the Professor, Seo Ji Woo and Eungyo. An all three seem to deal with it in a similar, somewhat dishonourable way.
It is rare for a Korean movie not to jerk a tear in me. The closest this one comes to it is in the last five minutes where Eungyo realises what really happened. But there is no twist, there is nothing that makes your heart jump - something Korean cinematography usually achieves very well.
Usually, the concept of Korean tragedy leaves you strangely inspired. Eungyo leaves you disappointed.
Kim Go Eun (actress paying Eungyo) is very different from her appearance in the Goblin mini-series. While she tries to thread the story of tragic love, Eungyo is carefree, careless and not much of a deep thinker, unlike a similar high-school-aged character of the Goblin's bride.
Eungyo disappoints. She knows Seo Ji Woo is shallow, jealous and self- centred. She is clearly repulsed by him and believing he is incapable if inspiration. And yet she takes his plagiarism at face value. It is difficult to imagine physical love between a 17 and a 70-year old. And this movie is not a fairy tale. But Eungyo going with Seo Ji Woo (who is still 13 years older than her) is boring and un-moving.
Even at the end, when Eungyo finally "gets it", it is too little too late and good for no one.
At the end the movie is about the tragedy of loneliness for all, the Professor, Seo Ji Woo and Eungyo. An all three seem to deal with it in a similar, somewhat dishonourable way.
It is rare for a Korean movie not to jerk a tear in me. The closest this one comes to it is in the last five minutes where Eungyo realises what really happened. But there is no twist, there is nothing that makes your heart jump - something Korean cinematography usually achieves very well.
Usually, the concept of Korean tragedy leaves you strangely inspired. Eungyo leaves you disappointed.