Apart from the failure to take GPS into consideration and the ridiculous phone call to Mina's mother without knowing her number, there's the obvious assistance and companionship of Tengie to the end. Lee Jung-Soo doesn't even ask about Tengie. Remember that he told his wife he'd buy his daughter a puppy? The bizarre heartless failure to connect Tengie to the ending other than at a pet store is incredible. What terrible writing.
The acting was good. Doona Bae is good. I could accept her acceding to pressure to stop the rescue, especially with the actions of the rescue chief. With a better ending could have accepted higher than the average rating at the time of my watching (6.9), but that complete failure to write in an ending showing more humanity towards the dog knocked the wind out for me.
No way in hell I'd rate this 7 or above as others did (some even 10). I've seen some Korean movies by highly rated and award winning directors with the most incredible tasteless inhumanity to dogs. Maybe it's a cultural thing? I can't believe it. The best and most helpful review to me had great criticisms, but still rated it 8!
I do like Korean movies and think many Asian films are highly worthy of watching even if you have to read subtitles. Yes, they're that good. The three main actors are really good and carry a badly written and poorly directed story. Just minor care in both those aspects could have made this a very good movie.
The acting was good. Doona Bae is good. I could accept her acceding to pressure to stop the rescue, especially with the actions of the rescue chief. With a better ending could have accepted higher than the average rating at the time of my watching (6.9), but that complete failure to write in an ending showing more humanity towards the dog knocked the wind out for me.
No way in hell I'd rate this 7 or above as others did (some even 10). I've seen some Korean movies by highly rated and award winning directors with the most incredible tasteless inhumanity to dogs. Maybe it's a cultural thing? I can't believe it. The best and most helpful review to me had great criticisms, but still rated it 8!
I do like Korean movies and think many Asian films are highly worthy of watching even if you have to read subtitles. Yes, they're that good. The three main actors are really good and carry a badly written and poorly directed story. Just minor care in both those aspects could have made this a very good movie.