À Altura

Super motivational and inspiring. Heartening is not the first descriptive I'd use but it is still in there! The ancient board is the best part because that's when the teacher takes the student seriously. This then allows the student to learn more seriously now. They both had to go back to the basics and learn from each other how to beat each other! What an exciting twist and turn, here and there! You'll definitely be at the edge of your seat, maybe even standing right in front of the tv wondering who it is that will win The Match!

I am running out of words to fill the required number of words needed to meet. 😂

I certainly would've enjoyed this more if I liked or even been familiar with Go. Or baduk. But I'm not and as such I could only get excited with and about the characters. There are plenty of scenes where I liked these people but also some where I got pretty bored if I'm honest. Also, Lee Chang-ho as a kid seems to have a very different personality from his older self. I kind of missed his brashness and his cheekiness. He became an old man, much like his game.

Anyway, Yoo Ah-in constructs yet another unique character and he is basically a main character here so I am glad this movie could reach viewers without cutting him out, it was practically impossible. It was shameful he could not promote it really.

Lee Byung-hun does his thing too, but that is no surprise to anybody. His character was a bit eccentric so he had material to work with I guess.

Also, the 80s to 90s period was captured pretty convincingly I thought.