A Frozen Flower

[daisho2004]

Here is a preview for this Korean movie "A Frozen Flower" released last year, its on DVD now has anyone seen it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNFfs6BZl84&NR=1

[One Armed Boxer]

Hi Daisho2004

I just finished watching the movie, I've had the Korean DVD laying around for a couple of weeks (that's the problem with Korean DVD's...the First Press editions go out of print so fast that even titles you'd normally sit on the fence about for a while, you have to make a quick decision to buy or not!)...

I thought it was a great movie, although first and foremost it's a drama, out of the 2:20 hr running time, only five minutes or so is action, there are actually more sex scenes than action scenes....this film certainly gives both 'Lust, Caution' and 'Brokeback Mountain' a run for their money!

Which brings me to the story...the plot revolves around the love triangle that develops between the King, his chief bodyguard, and the Queen (in that order), if I had to compare it to one movie it would be 'Curse of the Golden Flower', not in the plot but in it's tone, although I enjoyed 'A Frozen Flower' endlessly more than COTGF.

If you like Korean movies, definitely check it out, however just don't go in there expecting an action movie because it's anything but.

[daisho2004]

One Armed Boxer: Thanks for the review, from the preview I kinda got that Broke Back Mountain feel to it! But I do enjoy a good storyline so I will give it a watch when I can get a copy of it soon.

[One Armed Boxer]

Any time! I look forward to hearing your opinions on it once you've given it a watch, the Korean movie forum is often so quiet you can hear the tumbleweed blowing through it...

[daisho2004]

OAB: I was writing a lot of reviews for the Korean Section a while back, I think they were putting out some of the best Action movies the last few years!

[Alexandra]

Is not an action movie, is a drama, with traces of wuxia and action scenes. The acting of the main characters is very good, the screenplay and fight scenes too.
Spoiler alert!
The plot deals with a delicate subject: homosexuality inside the Palace (the love between the King and the Chief of the Bodyguards). The triangle turns dramatically: The King loves the Chief, the Chief fall in love for the Queen and the drama explode.
Is amazing the transformation of the character of the King, from a lover, a politician related with the chinese Yuan, in peace with his lover, the Chief, and then an furious, inquietant, bloody, menacing person, mad because his love abandon him.

Worth the pain to watch this movie.
Alexandra