I'm curious about Il Mare, is it really any good? Honest opinions please.
It sounds like a contrived melodrama TBH and I'm not at enthusiastic about going out of my way to see it after all the bad reviews that The Lake House received.
Il Mare - is it really any good?
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It's one of the best korean melodrama ever made.
Better than Failan, better than My Sassy Girl...
Almost as good as Windstruck or Lovers' Concerto IMO.
Better than Failan, better than My Sassy Girl...
Almost as good as Windstruck or Lovers' Concerto IMO.
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"Il Mare" is one of the few DVDs I have sold in my life. I had the Korean limited edition and I wasn't even in need of cash in the days I sold it (the good old days of wealth 
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By the way, IF you are getting this, by all means avoid the Korean disc. It has disastrous English subtitles. I don't know for any other versions out there, but the subs on the Korean disc are amongst the worst I have ever read (yes, I'm counting old MeiAh films, too).
).By the way, IF you are getting this, by all means avoid the Korean disc. It has disastrous English subtitles. I don't know for any other versions out there, but the subs on the Korean disc are amongst the worst I have ever read (yes, I'm counting old MeiAh films, too).
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Re: Il Mare - is it really any good?
On paper you're right but in reality it's far from just that. The Lake House like most remakes I understand completely misses the point. I'd advice not comparing them.EvaUnit02 wrote:It sounds like a contrived melodrama TBH and I'm not at enthusiastic about going out of my way to see it after all the bad reviews that The Lake House received.
I've barely ever heard a bad word about it. Yes it's very much a romance so you need go into it expecting that but it's so well handled and just a pure joy to watch.
Due to it's genre it's a shame I doubt we'll ever see it out of Asia. Pick the Korean SE up, the only worthwhile version.
I wouldn't say they're that bad besides you have no choice. It's THE only English subtitled anamorphic version.thelostdragon wrote:By the way, IF you are getting this, by all means avoid the Korean disc. It has disastrous English subtitles. I don't know for any other versions out there, but the subs on the Korean disc are amongst the worst I have ever read (yes, I'm counting old MeiAh films, too).
The only other version is the HK non-anamorphic version which has better grammatically correct subs I understand but they're more colloquial and less romantic.
The second half of Failan is so powerful and really pulls at the heart strings but the first half is almost the complete opposite.
For me it's good but could've been better. I even sold the DVD to only buy it again later as I'm in so much two minds over this one.
Agreed but they're completely different films, it's unfair to compare them.degeneration wrote:I thought it was good but not great. Not as good as My Sassy Girl IMO.