Donggam

from what you have already heard about this film it may remind you of a movie released in 2006 called 'Lake House' a cheesy love story between Keaun Reeves and Sandra Bullock mainly based around them communicating a year apart from each other and realizing they're 'meant to be' love for each other.

Ditto (the English name of the movie) has only a basic connection to 'Lake house' It's main difference is the two characters are 21 years apart in their communication to the past or future. This allows the story to be handled less of a love story between the characters but as an exploration of how their 'long distance' relationship affects the two characters lives and in unexpected ways.

In my opinion we have to many clichéd, formula love stories. Moving away from that, and dealing with the portrayal of relationships in a mature, realistic way pushes the film from being just an ordinary love story, to being a wonderful film.

Moments of the film however seemed rather strange. The mannerisms of the characters and some of the ways of doing things seemed foreign and stereotypical to Korean culture. Begging the question of whether or not Korean cinema is as accurate of Korean life style as Hollywood is of western lifestyle.

It also seemed that bits of the movie were 'lost in translation' with background details like signs not being translated to English , or not having translation for what characters are writing down. As well some of the language is awkward and unfitting for the situation when translated, however this is only a mild complaint because the general message was portrayed beautifully.

In conclusion, Ditto was a wonderful film, handled with maturity and elegance. It is well worth the read, and will leave you feeling satisfied.

I can understand why many people would like this film. To a certain kind of person this may be very appealing.

But I have to agree with LostMyHairbrush. I am a fan of Korean drama / fantasy / scifi. While this film has a moderately interesting plot and a good twist, it fails to deliver in both directing and acting. The characters come across 2-dimensional and flat, making it difficult for the audience to connect with any of them. The lead female romantic role is meek and uninspiring, the male lead romantic role isn't all that charismatic, making one wonder what she sees in him to begin with. Everything presented it just somewhat bland... which causes the movie to just coast along.

While most such movies present an emotional roller coaster and often have the viewers laughing and weeping multiple times throughout, I never felt really moved by any of this. I'm withholding specific instances to avoid spoilers... but this is somewhat like a nourishing meal, but without significant flavor. There's never really a climax to this film anywhere, at all. It basically starts out telling a story, continues to tell the story, and ends up telling the story without really accomplishing anything more. I didn't really feel much emotion in any of it.

For those who loved the film, I'm glad they did. This will appeal to some viewers. But although I usually very much like this genre, Ditto left me unimpressed. It's been done before, and better. At the end I found myself wondering, "Why the name Ditto? What does that mean in the context of the movie?" And that summed it up there: what was the writer / director trying to get across? It didn't feel real, didn't bring the story home, didn't tug the heart strings. It wound up a 2-hour-long bland meal without dessert.

I was leary of spending the time watching "Ditto" on the Japan Air flight I was on as it would interfere with my nap. This was a refreshingly nice twist to the story lines like Frequency and many Star Trek episodes...

Melancholy and sad moments were balanced out with the innocence of the female lead's character, it never got overly heavy with sadness. No nudity and very minimal abusive language.

Why this kind of greatest movie ever just got 7.2 in IMDb (9/8/12)? I cant accept this, this movie is too good. Well, its depend on everyone perspective but maybe some people cant understand its plot because when I read its discussion they ask too many confused-question. I don't know if some audience are not really good in English till fail to translate that subtitle. But.... its depends.

Let me tell you its story. Its about a girl named Seoun in 1977 got a HAM machine(like army use in war) and start talking with someone who actually from the future 2000s. They became confused at the first time but lately they learned that there is a connection between her and him etc. etc. and the problem begin. Excited? An excellent sci-fi romance movie from South Korea and maybe too hard to find because its rare but just find it. Its worth!

As a fan of actress Kim Ha Neul and the movie Il Mare (another time boggling K-drama), I really wanted to love this movie. Instead I have to settle for liking it and barely, unfortunately.

Korean cinema has built quite a reputation for itself in the melodrama genre. This movie is no exception. However, it does more than deliver the melodrama; it buries you in it. The classical soundtrack, while rather lovely, gets heavy fast. The leads, Kim and Yu Ji Tae, manage to be charming in their own ways, but charm is not enough to shoulder this film. I had difficulty attaching to any characters in this movie and couldn't help but find their emotional moments very contrived. The downpours of tears and the slow quiet moments got to be too much. And this is coming from a drama fan!

I think so much more could have been done with the concept of this movie. It had its moments, but nothing special enough to make it truly memorable.