Paparoti

There is a combination of gangster trying to make good and classical music singer story here. It keeps things interesting with some action here and there. Some of the character's reactions are exaggerated and some situations are obviously contrived for dramatic purposes. Like the fight before the competition. But at least things aren't dull as it could be for classical music movies. Lee Je Hoon looks a bit old for a high school kid. He lip synchs well. He does not sing a lot of opera just Tosca and Turandot but it sounds great when he does. Another K movie about a teacher and student For Horowitz is also good and less theatrical.

This story and Lee Je Hoon's acting brought tears to my eyes! He well deserved the best actor award for this.

Of course this is based on a true story but I don't think the true story gonna be like this, if you ever watch a lot of korean movie, you will notice their favourite theme, such as gangster, cute love story, harsh out of place behaviour, slapstick comedy that is only can be found in South Korea Cinema. I love this movie, they did their job really well in realizing this. How they alter the story to be completely suit with all that theme. They don't really need a lot of CGI to make their movie, they just have a lot of story to tell us.Maybe their country not produce a lot of movie every year, but its show that quality is better than quantity. Just watchout for every korean movie. They are far better than states!

This is not someone just starting out or even a rising star: he is phenomenal, but he's also experienced with 14 years of developing his gifts. He can play any part, kicking butt with his martial arts skills, moving viewers to tears with the stillness of his expression, making the heart soar with his performances, and in these most recent just this year there is that maturing in expression and stillness. Letting the moment take the audience in. He's broken my heart several times-and made it soar in My Paparotti.

Sometimes, a supposedly to be great Korean movie was simply ruined by a screenplay full of clowns and jerks, horrible scenarios, moronic dialog, exaggerated over-the-top acting and worst of all, a director who didn't know how to make it great.

This Korean movie is just like that. For the singing part, I'll give it 10/10, acting 5/10, storyline 1/10, directing 5/10, supporting actors and roles 4/10. This movie could be one of the GOAT Korean movies if it didn't lean too much to the comedy side, making it more serious without too many jerk-like clowns. I have to fast forward to the more serious scenes of singing (sadly, there were only a few) to skip those ridiculous segments (sadly, there were too many). What a shameful waste!