It's not the king's fault; he was born that way and his love for Hong-lim is very pure and very natural to him. 1. In terms of chemistry, however, it’s all on Joo Jin-mo. 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In the kingdom of Arendelle, a king and queen give birth to two girls. However I must agree, this movie was gorgeous to look at and the music was especially nice. It’s nice that she’s willing to take the blame for not having an heir, and even defending the man who pretty much treats her as just another part of his kingship. But I love Joo Jin Mo's acting and character here. As a memory-jogger, the major scary moments in the first film came in the form of Marshmallow (the snow monster), some eerie glowing wolf eyes and a final scene where Hans locks Elsa in a dungeon and then encourages Anna to freeze to death. Please enter your username or email address. Everyone raves about it so I want to watch it. The second and third nights are more successful, but all parties involved experience mixed feelings about the event. definitely. js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; The act of castration is horrifying and barbaric, but it was done in the heat of the moment after witnessing not just a physical betrayal but an emotional one. I like jim mo very much. The oldest daughter, Elsa, is born with the power to create and control ice and snow. The King confused him eversince he was a kid and enter the palace. Perhaps, because of his loyalty to the king, he couldn't kill himself, so he wanted the king to make the decision. Probably that's why the whole thing just felt cobbled together. thanks for recapping this movie, as always you rock....Jo Jin Mo did a great job in this movie, lots of eye candy and the scenery was gorgeous..........I waivered between Jo Jin Mo and Zo In Sung's characters, gripping... thanks once again. He 's sacrificied him self in sex scene but it seems useless (for me ). @19 Meix2 He wants to have an heir that looks like his lover as he knows well he cant bear an heir himself. In my mind, Ennis and Jack are living on Brokeback Mountain with gray hair and beer bellies, happy together forever. Anna: Excuse me, I climbed to the North Mountain, survived a frozen heart, and saved you from my ex-boyfriend, and I did it all without powers, so, you know, I'm coming. hmm.. i want something memorable like dirty carnival. King's love for HL = true I forgot, thanks a lot SEVENSES for the review. The king decides to send Hong Lim away to the border to clear his mind. Episode 1 recap for Melting Me Softly, image tvN We might start to recap Melting Me Softly! At the end, I just wanted all of them to die. He cared for him alright, but he considered him his possession, his work of art, and could use his body as he wished. I discovered the film last year and I thought it was one hell of a literature. Now, reading your review I now understood the correct storyline. Then the next scene was the castration part, whew!! I never felt any chemistry between the two of them at all, and the expression on the queen's face every single time left me wondering whether she was enjoying it or in pain. I would have really liked to see the sword dance without all the sex scenes woven in. OMG, so that was Im Joo Hwan running away with the girl at the beginning? Was he bisexual? "Wait, you mean THIS is what I've been missing? Then he gets killed. Let’s dive into our recap of Critical Role Episode 116 Under Timeless Ice! Hypable has only seen the premiere episode for this review and will only focus on Picard season 1, episode 1, “Remembrance,” in this post. And the queen, poor thing, has a bad habit of latching on to the nearest unrelated male and feel (real/fake) love for him. Hans is arrested, Arendelle goes back to normal, and Anna buys Kristoff a new sled. Instead the scene was alternated with the Q + HL doing their tryst in the library (bummer!). Thank you for the recap and incisive commentary, Sevenses, and for sharing the review on your blog, Javabeans. Anna: Please make sure they stay out of the kingdom until we return. Prior to filming her acclaimed film The Rider, she spent months living with the Lakota Sioux on, Who asked for a movie about the COVID pandemic made during the COVID pandemic? I'll never watch it again for sure. I was a little disappointed after watching it because i expected ti to be better from the trailer. Incensed, the king orders that Hong Lim be castrated and imprisons him. His problem is that he values personal pleasures over other obligations. In the absence of a royal heir, the Yuan emperor has decided to enthrone a distant cousin, the lord Kyungwon, as crown prince, thereby robbing the king of autonomy in his own country. if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js"; From great love stems great hatred. In regards to this , I don't see the characters as "flawed", but each fighting to survive within the social pressures of the day, while keeping their dreams too. One is overly dominant and authoritative over the other and at the same time love the other person a lot more. As a young boy, being taken away from his family, he needed an authoritative yet warm and friendly figure, and he found it in the young prince - as such he sought to impress him (sword fight and devotion)... but as he grew that relationship had to change (court rules, king' own mix of affection and selfishness - fueled by his insecurity and hurt pride )... and he turned into a very submissive young man, which had to fulfill his king wishes . Hahahaha. Nice recap Sevenses. I also agree that HL was a victim and that his loyalty to the king made him believe that he would never harm the queen or their child. Unfortunately for Hong Lim’s former subordinates, when he returns, the king has already caught up with them. (function(d, s, id) { The youngest daughter, Anna, possesses no magic powers. Cold! The prolonged fight destroys most of the king’s furniture and suite. The first was when he asked HL if he ever thought about running away like the guard had at the beginning of the movie. (That’s terminally silly, but then I don’t write scripts and cautious people make bad stories.). We’ll explain. xfbml : true, // parse social plugins on this page Well, Seungki definitely wanted to replace Hong Lim in the king's heart....hence SK pointedly asking to let him serve the king that night. Male can do it without emotions, female usually attaches a certain amount of emotions to the act of sex. The first attempt between Hong Lim and the queen don’t, ah, yield fruit, but that just means he has to try again. Fargo Season Finale Recap: Frozen Dope It’s all fun and games until a bear trap comes into play. Required fields are marked *. Cold! Because then the scene in which he rises up one last time to gaze at the king as they die would have had a lot more impact, rather than leaving us to wonder if he did or didn't love the king after all. The tea & rice cake scene from afterwards speaks volumes about their shared, but dangerous, love. And the HL and the queen are born in the same year with very close birthdates. Hong Lim is somewhat dismayed at the king’s request while the queen is just plain unhappy at literally being used as a brood mare. Because it was like a young romance for them both. He had a strong affection for king, but not love. It's the Asian Middle Ages, after all - just to put it in perspective. Kristoff, raised by the rock trolls, is just an ice collector minding his business with his BFF reindeer, Sven, when Princess Anna wanders into the same general store he’s picking up supplies in. (imagine, say, all ur family around u asking when u'r going to have a kid, but when? As for the sex scenes, they were extremely graphic, and a little unnecessary. ... She mentioned Frozen and A Quiet Place. He taunts Hong Lim with using pillow-talk to distract the king from vital affairs, though Hong Lim’s skill with a sword usually puts an end to all the idle talk. // Load the SDK asynchronously NO He and Anna have #chemistry, and he helps her find Elsa. It reminds me with Joo jin mo in HAPPY END hehe Hohoww that movie as crazy as frozen flower. And he can act very well. Hong-lim in return is fiercely protective of the king, respects him tremendously, and wants only to please him. First and foremost, I couldn't believe what an uproar it caused even before it was released because of the love scene between Hong Lim and the king, a scene which turned out to be **NOTHING AT ALL** compared to the 1001 heterosexual sex scenes that followed. PLEASE DON'T LET THE KING DISCVOVER THEM, HE WILL BE DEVASTATED FOR SURE, POOR HIM. Of course he'd get jealous, and I just wanted his character to die in the end. And he found out from the queen personal maid and he realised the queen tried to commit suicide he felt guilty of being afraid earlier. // Load the SDK asynchronously Would someone enlighten me?? Connect with Facebook lol joo jin mo definitely did an awesome job in this movie...he played the lover scorned so well! :P so i didn't get the sense that the queen and hong lim's supposed love was random at all. I think part of the reason why he commanded that HL sleep with the queen was to test him. As the fighting goes on, though, the two are outnumbered in the pavilion. The king dies pretty quickly, but Hong Lim’s shoulder wound isn’t immediately fatal, so it’s up to Seung-ki, the vice captain, to kill him as an assassin. But we must suspend disbelief, even if the queen and Hong Lim pretty much disliked each other up til that point. Kristoff: Me too, I'll drive. Remember, the king wants to believe that Hong-lim loves him, not the queen. The king is gay; Hong-lim is not. if (d.getElementById(id)) return; This “act of true love” saves them all, because Elsa and Anna thaw out, and so does Arendelle. i think HL already dead once he was castrated, but when the king kill off his friends and make he thinks the queen too, that is when he is soo enraged and no regrets to kill the king. 25 Top Frozen 2 Movie Quotes. Joo Jin-mo was so good in this movie.. but I can't help but notice our lovely Park Gyu lol. I think we all agree that the king has stepped off the deep end by now, and kudos to Joo Jin-mo for doing such a good job. completely wrong. Personally I don't think Hong Lim has ever loved the King, I don't think he's gay either. The queen was a virgin, so, in a way they both started from ground zero - which gave them equal chances to discover and explore each other , and as such HL felt much freer, livelier in this relationship... hence the confusion, the fear (she was the queen after all), the inability to fulfill anymore his duty to the king. Disney+ is in Dire Need of a Scene Selection Option for 'Hamilton,' 'Frozen,' and More Stream It Or Skip It: 'The Secret Garden' on Hulu, a Visually … The ending dream sequence was so sad =*(. He's so charming and handsome. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Hong-lim has spent his formative years in the company of men, was introduced to sex by a man. Now he tells everyone in the guard of what has happened, as a safeguard for his own life and the future of the Kunryongwe guards. but he doesn't love him enough to allow him comes to terms with his own sexuality and let him be happy. }); fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); I thought the movie to be beautiful in terms of visuals and the plot to be very interesting. cookie : true, // enable cookies to allow the server to access I hope they tug at your heart strings as much as they do mine. Hong Lim continually oversteps his bounds by paying too much attention to the queen. The approach was modern but the story is quite different from those Korean movies and movies I'd watched. He came across like a power-hungry that is willing to do anything for power. Of course, narrative demands that the king gets hurt in trying to save Hong Lim. When he got castrated than only he knows that the king was rather obsessed about him. His Dark Materials series 1 recap: Everything you need to know ahead of Sunday’s premiere ... frozen in time ... 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. But I forget the second after it ended. Jo In Sung is just okay in this movie, I don't think he really stepped up. The Queen is more like a supporting character, hence why. Who doesn't become irrational at the thought of losing the love of their life? A Recap Of Frozen For Anyone Who Hasn’t Seen It 10 Million Times Since 2013. This icy force both foul, also this story is about a girl saving another girl from a boy who is very very bad and fair has a frozen … One of the most popular parts of Frozen II was the scene in which Olaf the Snowman, voiced by Josh Gad, gave a bunch of new characters a quick recap of the first Frozen … He wants to stay and make sure Hong Lim is alright. But it really hits me where I live and I always irrationally hope for a different outcome. }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); Just a word of warning – the movie does deal with adult content, so I would like to respectfully ask people to stay away if they cannot be mature about the discussion. Or maybe he chose HL because he knew that the Queen despised him and so there was little chance of any affection growing. Hong Lim is the captain of these guards. They could have lived out the rest of their days blissfully happy together...if only the king had not made this one fateful command. We should have seen Hong-lim struggle as much with his love for the king as with his lust for the queen. }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); Please enter your username or email address. Hong Lim: It’s beautiful. i simply wished there was some happiness for Hong lim and there was none. (If it’s fighting, what the hell do they need maidens for?) Kristoff’s reindeer BFF is exactly who you want by your side. He wants to have an heir that looks like his lover as he knows well he cant bear an heir himself. I was bummed that I disliked the movie so much, but at least other people enjoyed it. As I've mentioned, it all goes wrong, but Hans manages to endear himself to Anna by “watching” the kingdom while she’s off finding Elsa. But her role was shadowed by the King and Hong Lim. – The actor for young Hong Lim deserves a special mention, I think, not just for his creditable performance here but in other dramas as well. Thank you. It would be back to back recaps for us, but we think we might be able to swing it by starting a bit earlier in the day and then posting what we were able to finish after our Vagabond recap. “How I wish it would stay this way forever. Anna: Please make sure they stay out of the kingdom until we return. the queen was saying that the king would not love their child, but Hong Lim had argued and believed in the king's goodness. The king has killed everyone involved in the adultery case, with the exception of the vice captain. I wonder how come so many people believed that head was the queen's ?? I think the queen is deliberately played in low-key - as a beautiful (but not outstanding) woman , without particular artistic skills or bright personality, to let the stage open to the two male leads, and step up a bewildering feeling in the viewers regarding HL's preference for such an woman, and not for the handsome, charismatic king... :) I guess the trick worked. At dawn, suspended at the top of a cable car, a dismembered and decapitated horse is discovered. King: My home is right there. His character felt so real, in fact, that I was totally on his side during the entire movie – even when he went crazy and killed so many people. Check out our spoiler-free season review . The last tear was for those pure, wonderful times, lived without fear, selfishness, possession or destructive ambition. So much that you start to roll your eyes (Again?) I suppose choosing Hong lim to impregnate the queen was a monumentally bad decision (duh), if the only reason being a matter of trust and wanting the child to look like HL. The investigation into the assassination points the finger at Lord Cho, who’s influential enough that even the Kunryongwe don’t dare to accuse without more proof. Queen's love for HL = yes possible, remember male and female reaction to "sex" are quite different. Hong Lim’s frequent absences and wandering mind irritate the king, who suspects the truth but is willing to believe in Hong Lim’s (weak) denials. I’d love to live there. You are seeing the movie with too modern eyes :) ... must watch it keeping the historic customs in mind. It's the STAR WARS/FROZEN cross-over you didn't know you wanted! The frequent sex, I am sure stirred a lot of emotions to the queen. I can't watch it without having a complete emotional breakdown; in fact I've only ever watched it completely twice. Their tragedy lies in the fact that they both feel too much (as opposed to feeling too little). he might have genuine affection & respect for the king having grown up and spent most of his life by the king's side...not to mention being doted on by the king...but it came across very obvious to me that he just didn't know any better until he got intimate with the queen...and realized that he really bats for the other team. THE BEST EVER MADE if not sine i have stated to be interested in korean drama and movie! “How I wish it would stay this way forever. Photo: Courtesy of … I had to laugh in some scenes because he was so bad. And now I found this site and read your comments. In addition, the Yuan dynasty also demands that Goryeo send soldiers and maidens to help in the fight against insurgents ‘enemies of the empire’. The king survives being stabbed in the chest, and the first thing he does after waking up is to ask for Hong Lim and see if he‘s okay. 2. Everything looks really great from up here. I saw this a month back or so, and it left me pretty confused. FB.init({ Alongside his partner Irene (Julia Piaton), the two begin to uncover a sinister plot lurking in the shadows whilst imprisoned serial killer Hirtmann (Pascal Greggory), seems … Neither had been with the opposite sex before. Generally, the more I read about and discuss the movie, the more questions arises? if they weren't caught i think they already ran away. This carries a death sentence for both the maid and the guard, but Hong Lim is close enough to the king to be able to persuade him otherwise. THE BEST !! It's always irritating when two people have sex and voila! Agree with all you've said, I do think Hong Lim did love the king...but not in the "in love" sort of way he discovered with the Queen. It is brokeback mountain except asian style. That coffee? WOW, finally a discussion about FROZEN FLOWER. Although, fall mocks us … Later at night, the king urges her to go home before he becomes only a puppet king controlled by the Yuan. Thankyou for the review. Probably he felt he was better/expertise (swordmanship, etc) than HL and yet HL was the captain bec. However, the king has a bargaining chip in the queen, who is now alone to protect both herself and her child. The King had to know his own sexual orientation already at that time as he's much older (he's uninterested to the Queen's arrival) but Hong Lim's is a bit unclear maybe even to the King. VIDEO: FROZEN Star Josh Gad Recaps the Events of 2020 as Olaf The Frozen star has been challenging social media followers to secure their voter registration in exchange for recaps. Hans is actually just trying to marry one of the sisters of Arendelle because he won’t inherit anything from his kingdom — he has a lot of older brothers and primogeniture is a real bitch. I agreed with you. Makes me want to watch the movie even more. }; Confused director I think. instead of watching hong in misery. 1. because he only have trust for HL as he knows that HL will never say know to his orders. He was raised with men, and his first sexual encounter was with a man, and with the king no less. He likes carrots, snowmen, icicles, and Anna, and he’s really good with rock trolls. Thanks! From the first time we saw Frozen, we loved Olaf’s sense of humor, advice, and of course, singing.Olaf is so great that we decided to compile all of his best quotes into one definitive list, an essential for any Frozen fan! The fractures in each relationship begin to show and Hong Lim gets totally confused about his attachment to the king. Season 4 of The Masked Singer started off with a bang as fans were introduced to Sun, Giraffe, Popcorn, Dragon, and the shows first duo Snow Owls. The king rushes out of the palace in plainclothes to greet Hong Lim’s return, but the latter had just returned from visiting the queen. He makes her “head of inquiry on the frozen fella, the naked one” as a consolation prize. So Elsa does what anyone else would do after an argument — flees to the North Mountain, changes her clothes, and belts out a song to her yeti friends. Welcome to the Korean roller-coaster : one moment a suave song, the next slashed throats... love scenes, then history lessons, love scenes again , mutilation next and so on ... aihoooo :D. I liked your review and point of view on the movie, and I agree te best performance in the entire movie was from the King. Detailed plot synopsis reviews of Frozen. However, I think HL was too insecure in his abilities to take care of the queen and their child, so he thought she would be better off if she stayed with the king. Hallelujah indeed. It's a tragedy of Shakespearean proportions, if you ask me. You will receive a link to create a new password via email. Synopsis:Saint-Martin, a small town nestled in the Pyrenees. Within the frozen world of Arendelle, everybody’s favorite singing summertime snowman is one of the most quotable people out there! What would he expect from making his lover and the queen sleep together? cheat" kinda logic. (He’s still dead by someone else’s hand, though, as the head in the box attests. At dawn, suspended at the top of a cable car, a dismembered and decapitated horse is discovered. But nothing suggests to me Hong Lim returns the same love towards him. I have read somewhere that the frequent sex scenes were imperative to the pacing of the film as it builds up audience tension in awaiting for the inevitable discovery of The Betrayal. I haven't seen the movie so what I am about to say may be That scene where HL admitted he loved her was so sad because he just seemed to be exhausted. or we're just not interested in u!...sort of thing). After Elsa’s freezy blow-up, Anna heads to the North Mountain to find her, meeting Sven the reindeer, Olaf the snowman (Josh Gad), and Kristoff the human (Jonathan Groff) along the way. The sceneries were brilliant as well as the colorful wardrobes. Stronger than one, stronger than ten, stronger than a hundred men! I mean, sure he doesn't love her, but a couple tries can solve the problem. The answer is nobody. Up to that point he'd never known anything else. … @19: My personal theory is that Hong Lim + the king = true lovers. Oh. I would have wanted to see more of this character in the movie. He intends to kill the king, though the latter is mostly yielding to him. But he did...and now Hong-lim has had sex with a woman for the first time. "Then he gets killed. Same here, i did not get the vibes that "he is in love with the King" when was it manifested or implied in the movie? They are brutally tortured for news of Hong Lim’s whereabouts. The attitude of the emissary, while not calculated to be humiliating, views the king as just another pawn of the Yuan empire. 2. Today I came across news about Jo In Sung and suddenly I remembered "The Frozen Flower". I want see his acting , not his look. Haha Thanks for recaps, "that the couple trying to find love against all odds will die". We’ll explain. She looks defeated, but she’s not ready to quit. Steaming sex + dead in the end. The king, an ambitious man, had his authority severely reduced by the dependence to the Yuan empire... a sort of political castration, which echoed in his inability to control his noblemen. However, the queen reminds Hong Lim that in light of the royal heir problem, his devotion to the king may not be tolerated for much longer. So Bad They May Be Good? The king loses faith in Hong Lim while the latter is full of self-doubt at his own betrayal. While the discussion is going on, Hong Lim has entered the king’s chambers and forced a fight. After all, if the king couldn't have sex with a woman, why would he think his lover could? Part of him is hoping HL can't do it. Hong Lim is ordered to kill him, but a subordinate later reveals to the king that he was let go for the sake of the queen. js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; On a rare outing from the palace, the king and queen relax and do their version of ‘kicking back’, but then assassins attack. It's the STAR WARS/FROZEN cross-over you didn't know you wanted! Anna doesn’t know that Elsa has powers, so their relationship goes from BFF to distant very, very quickly when they’re kids. Their emotions run to extremes all the time: they love too hard, they hate too hard, and they tied themselves together far too tightly for the break up to end well." (Geez. Queen comes in. This is maybe only the second or third review I've seen of the flick, in spite of how long it stayed in the theater, and I've been wondering a lot what other people thought of it. I use the term cheating here loosely considering Great sex does not equal love and the love confessions just came out of nowhere. 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