Mr. Idol (movie)

From anyone who read my first blog post, yeah, I really did watch it.

O.O...

But wait, people aren't reading this for the abs, right? Right?

Now then, let's put those guns away and begin.

Plot: Basically, an idol group's lead dies and the group disbands. The producer of the group runs off overseas. She comes back several years later with the goal of reuniting the members and turning them into successes. But she kind needs a new lead vocalist, doesn't she?

You lied to me, you said this was a sci-fi movie. I can't be a zombie?

So who does she pick? Why, a rocker of course! Because you know rockers love to become pop idols! (Moo Kyul from Mary Stayed Out All Night is killing me right now. And now I realized I never reviewed that series yet I keep mentioning it. This must be resolved....)

Pros:

It shows a lot of truths. It shows that just because you have a good voice doesn't mean that you can be successful. It shows that in things like K-Pop, you really do need to have good teamwork and trust each other. It shows that it is difficult to get a break in the entertainment world.

Though as a KISSMe, it is sad to see U-KISS playing the bad example in the movie...

Cons:

It seemed too short. The movie was stuck between dragging here and there to not showing enough. Some things took a long time to mature or make sense, such as the relation of the lead singer to the old man (his father) and the little girl. And the whole point of the lead's character's view on life and singing didn't show the development it needed. Yes, he turns from hating pop-music to living it. But even in the movie a scandal arrises and he admits to his opinions. Then in the end, he admits how they were changed. Just like that. Poof! His eyes have been open.

There were several other hook-ups as well, such as why the guy who worked with Mr. Children's producer in the past gets such mistreatment from his company after she comes back. And that one of the members of the band can't find his mom (wasn't he popular before? If not for singing, at least for having one of his band mates kill himself during a live performance)

And lastly, the weakness of the love bond in this. Yes, there is romance here, but very subtly played out. It wasn't too bad and truthfully it can be seen a breather from the overly-dramatic romance angles other movies and shows have had. But in my opinion it needed a little more depth to keep the audience occupied.

Overall, the movie was fair. It was more of a nice break from drama if anything. Not many strong emotions or intense scenes. The movie is instead fairly calm. And while some may grow a bit bored with it as they watch, I found that the story was fairly nice. Though there weren't many ab shots unfortunately. Lying promo posters! T-T