neuevies
This movie has very little to share with Castaway and, in my humble opinion, it surpasses it greatly.The story is concentrated on the 2 protagonists whom are sharing, in a different way, the weight of depression; the movie creates a deep empathy as the narration goes on, unveiling their internal suffering and blowing it up in certain keypoints.Unlike many movies, this one doesn't use a cheap and cheesy way to picture love that overcome any struggle but let you feel the deepest and trascendental emotions that are experiencing the characters throughout their path to exit depression.The direction is well orchestrated and the actors did an amazing job, especially the male protagonist.This movie is one of the many examples about the unique sensibility that South Korean's cinematic universe is capable of.No movie have been able to make me cry watching someone eating spaghetti, Castaway on the Moon did it.
Daniel McCoy
I love showing this film to people.
I have yet to find anyone who has seen it before.
It's a lovely little treasure out of Korea,
at times reminiscent of Castaway, Moon, and Groundhog Day.
Give it a try, if you can find it.
playrewindff
It has been quite a while since I last watched a South Korean film. Watching Korean films are some of the most unforgettable viewing experiences I've ever had... They just have an exquisite way of telling stories; some of them incredibly unique and otherworldly but at the core of it is always universal--always a study of the human condition... It touches the deepest crevice of the human heart. Watching Castaway on the Moon is an experience that will stay with me forever. It drew me into a universe that was all too alien and yet also all too familiar. The story centres on a man who--after failing to see any point to continue living his life--tries to commit suicide by jumping into the river, and fails. He ends up stranded on a tiny island adjacent to the river still well within the confines of the city, but is definitely unable to go back or get rescued. He struggles with this predicament in the beginning, but ultimately he learns to survive on the island and refuses to be rescued, preferring his new life to the one he tried to end. This peaceful, epiphanous respite is shaken when he receives a message in a bottle from an anonymous observer, making him aware that someone has discovered his existence on the island. This observer happens to be a 'hikikomori', a woman suffering from agoraphobia, who due to extreme social anxiety has imprisoned herself in an island of her own. These two extremely equidistant characters find their way to each other, and--even more importantly--out of themselves, and it is a poignant journey that will resonate with every fiber of one's being. Highly recommended.
Asri Pratiwi Wulandari
It seems that not all people can look through this film. Using it as some kind of glasses to see the fragments of social condition in Korea's nowadays life. Or if not glasses, camera lens.Suicide, shutting in, harsh life, fierce work competition, debt, bullying, these are the fragments of social problems put in one motion picture. Castaway on The Moon. Initially, this film will tell you about this: "Life is such a pain in the ass." And then when the man got stuck on the small island surrounded by the city scape it tells you again: "It even kicks you out." but then you'll be told: "But it's not that bad." To me, that is the idea about this film. Life has its bitterness and its salvia flower. Life has hope and despair. It is fine. You just need to keep living. Cause when you stop, you lose the chance to see the other side of life. When you give in to despair, you'll never gonna see hope.
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