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Old 08-07-2013, 06:48 AM   #1
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South Korea Il Mare - 23/08/2013

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Is this any good? I have only seen the remake with Keanu Reeves, which was actually ok for all the flack it got.
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Old 08-07-2013, 07:39 AM   #2
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il_Mare

"The film was remade by Warner Brothers in 2006 as The Lake House starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock."

A must have.
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Old 08-07-2013, 09:44 AM   #3
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It is good, and it is better than the remake, but I'll agree that the remake wasn't as bad as people made it out to be. I still have this on DVD from Korea, one of the few DVD-sets I still own. I do adore Jeon Ji-Hyeon after I first saw her in My Sassy Girl, so that did play into my enjoyment quite a bit. I'd recommend it.
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Old 08-07-2013, 10:44 AM   #4
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I have only watched kr version and it is a great movie.
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Old 08-07-2013, 11:28 AM   #5
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been waiting for this to hit blu, thanks for posting the info
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Old 08-07-2013, 11:42 AM   #6
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I screwed up haha.

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Old 08-07-2013, 03:12 PM   #7
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Fantastic and melancholy romance film. It stars our man Choi Min Sik in a totally different role than we are used to seeing him in too.
I think you're confusing it with something else. Failan, maybe?
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Old 08-07-2013, 03:59 PM   #8
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I love this film. Although The Lake House does a little better job of making sense out of the "time travel" Il Mare beats it on charm. I think Il Mare is the better film but its not a blowout.

When I was researching buying Il Mare on DVD I remember reviews saying all the versions had some problem or other with the English subtitles. I hope the blu-ray has improved the subtitles.

Il Mare is also available at Yesasia. The price is a bit higher but there's free shipping and it comes out a little cheaper. Also, Yesasia has $3 coupons for first time customers (which, unfortunately I'm not).

Link: http://www.yesasia.com/us/il-mare-bl...0-en/info.html

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Old 08-08-2013, 11:05 AM   #9
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I love this film. Although The Lake House does a little better job of making sense out of the "time travel" Il Mare beats it on charm. I think Il Mare is the better film but its not a blowout.

When I was researching buying Il Mare on DVD I remember reviews saying all the versions had some problem or other with the English subtitles. I hope the blu-ray has improved the subtitles.

Il Mare is also available at Yesasia. The price is a bit higher but there's free shipping and it comes out a little cheaper. Also, Yesasia has $3 coupons for first time customers (which, unfortunately I'm not).

Link: http://www.yesasia.com/us/il-mare-bl...0-en/info.html

Coupons:

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Yes, I remember this touching movie. It's been a while since I've watched it. Anyway, the first releases of this movie on DVD weren't the greatest. I remember the transfer used for both the Korean and DVD was non-anamorphic letterbox and theatrical mattes intact resulting with soft edges on the top and bottom of the picture. The correct method is to slightly crop these mattes during the transfer.

As for the English subtitles, the Korean and HK dvds have two different translations and the best translation is the HK disc. Unfortunately, the HK disc still utilizes the first non-letterbox transfer and never got a re-release.

A few years later, the movie was re-released in Korea with a brand new 16x9 anamorphic transfer supposedly supervised and color timed by the director. Unfortunately, that transfer suffered from a lot of edge-enhancement. Furthermore, the English subtitles still utilized the inferior translation from the first release. Still, the picture was miles better.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to the bluray release and seeing a young Jeon Ji-hyun in HD would be amazing. Though I'm not surprised if the bluray release uses the older and inferior translation. Hopefully HK will pick this movie up and make their own release in the near future.

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Old 08-07-2013, 04:20 PM   #10
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I think you're confusing it with something else. Failan, maybe?
Oh shit you are right! I'm sure I've seen this, I'm off to do some research.
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Old 08-07-2013, 05:53 PM   #11
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great news! thanks for the info
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Old 08-07-2013, 12:18 PM   #12
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Awesome news! Thanks. This is one I've been waiting to replace.
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Old 08-07-2013, 01:58 PM   #13
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I don't know anything about Harison & Co (K2DVD link says Warner?). I have the HK DVD, which I recall as not that great, so looking forward to hopefully a good BR release.

I also saw the remake first and did enjoy it and still do, but the original is far superior IMHO.

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Does anyone know where I can get this movie on Blu-Ray>
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Old 04-18-2019, 08:05 PM   #15
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Does anyone know where I can get this movie on Blu-Ray>
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Il-Mare-Blu-ray/80640/
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Good luck on auction sites.
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