Wonderland (2024)

Disappointment

Just spent 1 hour and 55 minutes to watch Wonderland and received a disappointment?
The story of the film is about people reuniting with their lost relatives through Wonderland - a video calling service that uses AI technology to revive the deceased.
Listening to the content and cast, I thought the movie would be quite worth watching, but in reality, nearly 2 hours of watching the movie was boring and drifted out of my mind, not retaining anything.
The film's ideas about AI and humans are very close, which is also a topic of interest today, but the film's flow and plot development are slow and predictable.
The movie has 5 main characters, each with their own story and their story lines are not connected or intertwined, leading to emotional disconnection when watching the movie and making it difficult to immerse yourself in the story.
Another bad point is that the film's message is not conveyed clearly.
Summary: Disappointing.

Read More

Interesting plot but the overall impact falls short

This is one of the rare shows I occasionally watch impulsively after seeing a short-form video highlighting Suzy and Park BoGum's story. At first, I actually thought it was a series and thought that the main story was about Suzy and BoGum but as it turns out, their story is just one of the mini-stories within the bigger picture of the movie.

Personally, I think the premise is really interesting and I do love sci-fi. I've watched a couple of K-movies that made me change my mind positively towards their films (like Space Sweeper, etc.), but this one falls short for me. The plot seems to be underdeveloped. I didn't feel as immersed as usual because I think the key with the sci-fi genre is the storytelling that makes you believe it can be a reality -- in the not-so-far future or even if it can't be, it's at least emotionally relatable. I feel like I needed a lot more context to feel the characters fully.

It was kind of disappointing specially seeing some star-studded Halyu star faces. I felt like their potential was not maximized more than how we usually see them on other shows. Still I feel like it's a decent watch. The CGI is definitely high quality -- not the best but better than most.

This still could be a good weekend watch. Might be something you would enjoy. Personally, after watching a lot of shows, I felt like being a critic that minor details feels off for me.

Read More

Weak

The entire concept of the film confuses me and I have to wonder what was the point of each of these stories. I don’t understand why people’s whose subconscious was uploaded can’t be aware they are death or in a coma. It seems like the people that invented the Wonderland system is setting it up to fail.

Despite its star studded and incredibly talented cast, this film is flawed on its storytelling. They could have done something interesting with the concept it is based on, and about human nature, love, grief and how to move forward. Instead there’s a lot of unjointed nothing.

Overall the film is well produced. It’s not a bad or good film, it’s okay.

Read More

Time restriction playing dirty

The concept is great for this movie, plus the excellent artists in it could have made this an interesting watch but I think with this kind of concept, it should have been a mini series to be able to tell the story clearly. It started right in the core and went on halfway without me understanding how the system works for these family. Then there is a character that until the end, I wasn't sure who he was until after reading some articles online about this movie. Even then, am still not sure because it didn't make sense to me still. (talking about the guy appearing beside Bai Li supposedly her dead husband but how come during the emergency computer problem, woosik and that girl called out to him for help?) Maybe someone can enlighten me.
I plan to watch again hoping I will catch parts I missed that might explain this movie better.

Read More

A movie with wasted potential for an important topic AI

I was looking forward to the movie because of the actors/actresses and the plot, but I was very disappointed. The plot and the subject of artificial intelligence have a potential that is not reflected in the film (they should have made a series of at least 12 episodes)..Artificial intelligence is neither fantasy nor science fiction, it is the current and future reality of the world (personally I am afraid of artificial intelligence and not because I not technologically but from the dangers inherent in it if it reaches destructive governmental and private entities).
The plot was very confusing at first. (Less in the second part, but the film still suffers from many plot flaws) such as a lack of understanding of processes, which also resulted in the waste of talented actors who barely had screen time..

As for the soundtrack...the truth is I don't even remember maybe because my mind was busy analyzing the confused plot

*** And just for general knowledge, the actress Tang Wei (Chinese) is married to Kim Tae Yong who is the screenwriter and producer of the film

Read More

what and why?

1. what happened in the past credits roll scene? like, i didn't understand why hyeonsoo (wooshik) and his mother were laughing at the end.

2. couldn't understand how the wonderland program worked. the dead people's mind were there in their AI versions or weren't?

3. couldn't even understand if or how the characters had feelings for the AI versions of their beloved ones. we can clearly see that they hug up the phone calls without saying goodbye or anything, showing that they don't really care cause the AI people aren't real at the end of the day. so why they signed up for the wonderland program anyway?

4. why taejoon (bogum) was totally different when he woke up? why jeongin (suzy) ran to taejoo only when he was far away? why taejoo was mad or confused (didn't get how he felt) when jeongin showed his AI version?

5. why sung joon (gongyoo) had romantic feelings for bai li (tang wei) if she was dead?

6. if sung joon could enter in bai li's program, why they didn't bring her child to see her? and as they had the possibility to enter in the AI world, why this wasn't the main program instead of the phone calls one?

7. when haeri (yumi) canceled jingu's (jungsang) program cause apparently his grandmother was dead, why she told him instead of just stopping the program? and she was being serious or just wanted an excuse to end his program cause he was bad towards his grandma?
----
besides all my doubts, i didn't felt any compassion for the characters as they weren't well developed.

i just rated 5.5 because the cast was full of amazing actors and they did awesome. it's a pity that the screenwriter didn't gave them a good story and development.

Read More

Great acting working in a really short movie.

It's good, I really enjoyed it and I cried like a baby bc of Tang Wei's arc. Meanwhile, it lacks time to construct each storyline they showed to us through the movie.
What exactly happened with the woman who created it and her parents? What did Gong Yoo mean to Tang Wei in the movie? What happened with Suzy's and Bogum's arc? Did they start to work out their problems? It left us hanging onto something we won't know and it's kinda frustrating. I don't really care about the sci-fi aspects, yeah it's very fantasious, but like nothing serious, it's still a very touching movie.

And what really happened with the guy and his grandma like???? I get it, she died, but how did the system turned out to be that person when it, at least, should have a personality base? It's confusing.

I really liked the movie, but I wish they worked better with a longer time, it would be better to show about all the storylines they introduced.

Read More

A beautiful concept

Wonderland,I found the concept intriguing, but the execution left much to be desired. The film would have benefitted from more backstory on the main characters. For instance, with Jung In, it was hard to empathize with her when Tae Ju wakes up and acts differently because we have no context for what he was like before. It felt like we skipped the entire first half of the story and jumped straight into the second. Additionally, the film hinted at Tae Ju being insane and potentially dangerous, but it never clarified who started the fire, leaving important plot points unexplained. Overall, the movie had potential, but it needed more development and clarity to fully engage the audience.

Read More

beautiful stories with amazing cast but lack of depth all around

interesting concept to try. with AI seemingly doing almost anything in the world, a service like wonderland where people can still communicate with those loved ones that are in a coma or dead is not so far fetched. still, the movie doesn't go too in depth about anything. everything is very surface level which only leaves you with questions and an incredulous look at the end. did these people have pros and cons before choosing the service? did they do it right away or when they couldn't cope with their grief anymore? the system and wonderland on its own was also never explained. we don't know how it started, why, by who, for who and if everyone is on the service or are there people against it? (much like right now in the real world). a lot of angles that could have been explored and added so much to the movie so at the end, the movie feels very lacking.

stellar cast tho. it's almost surreal to see them all in a single project

Read More

Tencologia

Acho que eu poderia falar horas sobre Wonderland e analisar minusiosamente esse filme. Pra falar num geral eu goste mas senti falta de uma explicação sobre o sung joon por exemplo, acho que ficou algumas pontas soltas (pelo menos pra mim)
Mas assim, fantástico essa realidade humana e virtual, queria dizer logo que sou totalmente contra, acho que ela avançar dessa forma pra manter uma pessoa "viva" ultrapassa o que seria aceitável, acho que nós humanos não estamos prontos para isso agora e nem num futuro próximo, temos que deixar ir para crescermos como pessoas e saber lidar com a dor, é a natureza da vida. Lembro bem de algo que vi ou escutei, a IA hoje somos nós que controlamos mas em algum momento ela vai nos controlar, ela vai ter tantas informações que não vai precisar que os humanos alimente ela mais, vai ter uma consciência própria e acho isso loucura de pensar né? Com certeza um dos filmes mais tristes pra mim, a Jung in mantendo o namorado dela ali e depois ele voltando, acredito que ela não conseguiu lidar com o fato de ter ele de volta e ao mesmo tempo tão diferente, acho que poderia ter deixado mais explícito como ele "mudou" pra gente entender melhor a situação dela nesse caso. Pra mim o filme deixou a desejar um pouco, mas é uma ótima crítica.

Read More

آیا باید غم رو بپذیریم یا خودمونو گول بزنیم

به خاطر کامنتای منفی که خونده بودم هربار تماشای این فیلم رو به تعویق مینداختم اما بالاخره دلو زدم به دریا و خب اگه هم بد میبود فقط قرار بود ۲ساعت از وقتمو بگیره.
ولی نه تنها اصلااااا بد نبود بلکه خیلی خیلی زیاد از دیدنش لذت برم و روزها ذهنمو مشغول خودش کرد.
میدونید چیه، گاهی وقتا، خصوصا تو این ژانر، یه اثر پیچیده میبینیم و بیشتر از خودش، از تلاش مغزمون واسه فهمیدنش لذت میبریم. و در مقابل چنین فیلمی ریلیز میشه که به سادگی یه برش از زندگی در یک دنیای الترناتیو که شاید هم اینده‌ی نزدیک خودمون باشه رو نشون میده و انقدر ملموسه واسمون که میگیم عیح، هیچ چیز خاصی نبود. حوصلمون سررفت. بی معنی بود، عجیب بود، کم بود…

کاملا حق میدم به سلایق متفاوت. خود من اسلایس عاو لایف پسندم.
ولی چیزی که راجع به این فیلم میخوام بگم اینه که تو مدت زمان ۲ساعت ما رو با داستان چندتا ادم که درگیر این فناوری شدن اشنا کرد، گوشه‌ای از زندگیشونو نشونمون داد، با یسری مفاهیم اشنامون کرد، یه‌چیزایی رو بهمون گوشزد کرد و بقیه‌شو سپرد به خودمون.
دنبال منطق و چرایی و چگونگی تو فیلمای فانتزی سای-فای گشتن اشتباهه.
تو این ژانر شما باید پیام داستان رو بگیرید.

اگه علاقه به لقمه‌های حاضر و اماده و پایان‌های “نقطه سرخط” دارید نبینید.
اگه سیر تفکر و تخیلتون تازه از پایان فیلم و سریال شروع میشه، این فیلم برای شماست.

• راجع به جزئیات داستان و برداشتی که خودم داشتم هم اینا رو میگم.
کاملا اسپویله، اگه ندیدید نخونید:

Spoiler

تو رابطه‌ی ته‌جو و جونگ‌این توجه کنید که ته‌جو نمرده بود و شخصیت ساختگیش تصورات جونگ‌این ازش بود نه خود واقعیش.(چون نشون داد افراد خودشون قبل مرگ اقدام‌میکنن و با تصورات و خواسته‌های خودشون دنیای بعد از مرگشونو میسازن. ولی در رابطه با ته‌جو همش خواسته‌های جونگ‌این بود چون قطعا ته‌جو طی یه حادثه‌ی ناگهانی به کما رفته بود)
اینکه هربار جونگ‌این اصرار داشت ته‌جو عوض شده در واقع به خاطر این بود که خودش عوض شده بود. جونگ‌این به اون ته‌جو بی نقص ایده‌آل خودش عادت کرده بود و نمیتونست اشتباهات ادم معمولی زندگیشو بپذیره ولی در نهایت فهمید اشتباه میکنه. گیجی کاراکتر ته‌جو هم به خاطر کما بود که هنوز درحال بهبود بود.
کاراکتر گونگ یو(اسمش رو یادم نمیاد)، وقتی آیدیش رو داد به بای‌لی، نشون داد نوشته روانشناس. به نظر من (تو یه تئوری) بخشی از سیستم بود. چون به قطعیت به این موضوع اشاره شد که اگه کسی بفهمه که مُرده ارور میده دنیاش. اتفاقی که در ادامه برای بای‌لی افتاد.

در رابطه با بای‌لی، ناخودآگاهش همیشه دنبال پیدا کردن “درخت زندگی” بود. دقت کنید که اینجا عشق مادرانه و از خود گذشتگی مطلق و خواست درونیش برای پیدا کردن مفهوم زندگی باعث شد منطق سیستم رو پشت سر بزاره و در واقع به روحی تبدیل بشه که از مرزهای این سیستم عبور کنه. و فکر میکنم شاید شخصیت گونگ‌یو هم همچین سرگذشتی داشته (تئوری دوم) چون صاحب واندرلند گویا یبار دیگه تجربه‌ی بازکردن سیستمش رو داشت.

در نهایت شما با این سوال اساسی روبه‌رو میشید که آیا تصاویر فرد فوت‌شده تو دنیای ساختگیش واقعا روح و خودآگاه اون شخصه یا تصویری که اطافیانش ازش به یاد دارن؟ فیلم تصمیم‌گیری رو به عهده‌ی ما گذاشته
فقط یادتون بیاد وقتی سیستم ارور داده بود، هری به هیون‌سو گفت هروقت کاراکتری رو حذف و دوباره ساخته تو کسری از ثانیه جعلی‌بودنش مشخص شده.
چی‌میشه اگه تو این پروسه‌ی پاک کردنداده، مرگ روح رخ بده…؟!

Read More