First sorry for the late update I
had a really bad headache.. I know I told E I was writing this and I really was
but then out of nowhere I got the worst headache on this planet and I didn’t
have any painkillers… I slept for a while and then started writing again. * the beginning is written before my headache*
My turn to write again wope doodle
doo .... So I tackled down an old movie a few weeks ago. It isn’t really a Korean movie plot wise. It is produced in South Korea and the actors are Korean but it is based on a Japanese manga. Therefore the plot isn’t Korean like. It is a love story none the less but not the
one we would see every day.
I can’t approach this like I did
last time. I’m quite new to Korean movie
scenery so for me it is quite a twisted movie. The plot is not one would expect from a movie with this kind of a name. I never read about the movie beforehand for
some reason, mainly cuz I want the movie to be a surprise and boy was this a surprise.
‘’Antique / Antique Bakery’’
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Director: Min
Kyu – Dong
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Writern by: Min Kyu-Dong
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Kim Da-Young
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Lee
kyeong-Ui
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Produced by : Min Jin-Su
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Lee Yu-Jin
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David Cho
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Based on: Antique
Bakery (manga) by Fumi Yoshinaga
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Cast: Joo
Ji-Hoon as Kim Jin-Hyuk
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Yoo Ah-In as
Yang Ki-Bum
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Kim Jae-Wook
as Min Seon-Woo
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Choi Ji-Ho
as Nam Soo-Young
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Andy Gillet
as Jean-Baptise Evan
So to be honest this is the
moment when any manga/anime fan is allowed
to go ‘’ HOW IN THE WORLD DON’T YOU KNOW ANTIQUE BAKERY!!!!!!!’’ on my
ass… But the last thing I read was noblesse and that isn’t really fluffy so this
as in antique is not something I would usually read …..
But we are dealing with an eye
opening movie from the year 2008.. It’s about love, hardship and how happenings
in our past can forever change a person and their perspective of the world
and in this case, sweets as well.
Trailer.
NB !!!!!! don’t watch this if you
are hungry !!!!!! just saying
Little about the Plot.
A story of 4 attractive men Jin-Hyuk the heir to the family fortune , Seon
-Woo a talented patissier, Ki-Bum an ex- boxing champion and Soo-Young .. Jin-Hyuk’s clueless ex-bodyguard.
Men who have different past’s but all come together in Antique bakery….
We are dealing with a gay love story but
please, don’t let this scare you away I’m begging you guys. Just watch it! Honestly
it is worth it.
My own
thoughts from beginning to end.
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| Jin-Hyuk |
The beginning of the movie is a
seen from Jin-Hyuk’s high school days and then a boy confesses his feelings to
him on the school roof on the last day of
their high school life.. at first Jin-Hyuk
seems fine with it but then he smashes a cake in to the guys face… at that moment I really really wanted to punch
him …. Buut moving on
So after a really confusing intro
that is in French we join Jin-Hyuk almost eleven years later when he is sitting
down with his parents. And drops a bomb on his parent with saying that he quit
his job… his grandmother immediately assumes
that he is going to work for his fader but no he wants to open a cake shop.
We
are dealing with a guy who hates cakes and has it all, so why this sudden change and desire to own a cake shop ??? The answer is quite easy, women, most of the costumers would be
women. He goes in search of a patissier and to have the pest
shot he off course wants the best so he hires Seon-Woo who just happens to be the boy who confessed
his feelings for Jin-Hyuk in high school.
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| Seon-Woo.... |
Our past is what shapes who we
are right? Turns out the way Jin-Hyuk treated took its tool on Seon-Woo
and he became this player type of person who loooooves to seduce straight
men to spend at least a night with him …
ouu well I don’t really judge any of
them because face it who wouldn’t fall for that guy .. Handsome, sexy, body to kill for and he can cook the probably
the prettiest and really delicious sweets. Hmmmmm…. I want cake now darn it … and he still very much wants to seduce Jin-hyuk. What ends
up in very many giggle worthy moments.
Joining these two for the crazy
ride ahead are Ki-Bum an ex-boxing champion who wants to work in the shop but
once he learns who Seon-Woo is and how delicious cakes he makes, Ki-Bum begs to be his apprentice and Soo-Young
who finds Jin-Hyuk’s to become his bodyguard again but instead is but to
be a waiter.
We already have an ass hole in the story but there is one more … he is this some what sweet kind of an ass.. Who’s name is Jean-Baptise Evan who wants his loooover back ….. and that lover is no other then Seon-Woo… But even thought I say sweet he isn't the sweetest at some point...
Along the way we learn of painful love, friendship and dark pasts that they faced and are trying to overcome now...
It is a movie worth watching .. I really love the plot of this movie and I want you guys to watch it … even if you aren’t into this kind of yaoi scenery then remember South- Korea is one of the most homophobic countries and everything in this movie is Korean except that French dude! And just to be clear this was the first yaoi thing i have probably ever seen.
Conclusion to me was that this was not really a fluffy love story cuz everyone has a dark past that revolver around us and the character showed hoe they fought with their darkest demons. Being kidnaped as a kid, having un requested love in a country that doesn’t accept you for who you are, ending the most promising career because of eyesight problems and being a klutz to be good in anything and to shy to say what you feel.
Some pictures as well then:
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| Soo-Young |
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| Ki-Bum |
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| crew of antique and Jean.Batise Evan |
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