Wonderland

The script needed to be handed to another team to tighten it. Some lines need development and emphasis, others need to trail away. There's an epilogue after the credits which ties up a loose end, but we didn't need it because we weren't interested. Indeed, it is a distraction.

The acting, direction and production is faultless. Korea's film & television industry is superb.

The theme of this (slightly futuristic) film is novel... can AI creations be independent beings?

As such, Wonderland, is very moving. Once the viewer works out who's who. And who's not who.

I enthusiastically recommend this piece. It's tri-lingual (English, Korean and Chinese) in case you get a bit confused with language.

Watch it.

It's thought provoking, cerebral, but have a box of tissues close by.

With the reality and impact of AI on the horizon, the premise of this thought-provoking movie is what if a technology business could create a convincing, life-based avatar of a loved one who's died or is in a vegetative state. The business model requires you to maintain their 'life' by subscription and to pay for things they 'need' or 'want' as you interact with them. This postpones mourning for the living but creates ripples in their lives that leaves the pain of their losses fresh.

It asks what would you pay to have one more conversation with your mother or father, or hide a mother's death from young child, or watch your dead child grow up on your cell phone through an app? What if you cannot afford the service in perpetuity? What if someone lost to you comes back to life a different person than the avatar you've come to love?

Very thought provking premise, the actors were almost less important though Park Bo-Geum is always compelling.

An interesting movie that shows the capabilities of a futuristic AI and how intrincated could be with the people in the mourning of future generations. It never explain the "how" that happened, it only shows the circumstances of each individual who choose to take the services. It is a movie about boundaries, and the limits of what's real and what's not.

At the end is all about what we feel, how we face the reality and how easy or hard could be the company with someone who we love. How we can shape the memories of someone the way we wanted and how those memories of someone we idealized could be different from the real person.

I saw it in film festival amongst other indie films. It is quite good.

Enchanting yet flawed film that offers a visually stunning experience while falling short in some narrative aspects.

Themes of courage, friendship, and self-discovery are universally appealing, their execution in the film is somewhat inconsistent. The movie tends to rely heavily on exposition rather than allowing the story to unfold naturally through the characters' actions and interactions. This approach can make the narrative feel disjointed and less engaging.

It is a film that shines brightly in terms of visual artistry but falters in its storytelling and character development. It is a movie that can be enjoyed for its aesthetic beauty and moments of humor, but it may leave some viewers wanting more depth and coherence in its narrative.

Overall it is quite solid.

I was rather disappointed in this movie. The acting and cinematography were great and the plot itself had a lot of potential that just was not realized. I think a big part of the problem was that they tried to put too much into a 2hr movie that they ended up having to cut out much of the important backstory that would have set everything up. From the Netlix synopsis, I thought this was going to focus on Bae Suzy's character and story. But instead, her story was just one of 2 major storylines along with 2-3 sub-stories. That did not leave enough time to provide any real backstory or world building to explain what was going on not did it really provide enough time to do any of the story-lines justice. If this had been a 6-8 episode Kdrama series, it might have been great but as a 2hr movie, it was rather confusing.