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Intro to the Series: K-Pop Demon Hunters

 “K-Pop Demon Hunters. When I first saw a trailer for this movie, I completely wrote it off. And when I heard the name, I assumed that since I wasn’t into K-Pop or Fantasy Genres, this movie wasn’t for me. Oh, how I was so wrong.


This little post is serving as my review, and my hope is that everyone who sees this will go watch that movie. Truthfully, I’d go so far as to call it one of the best movies of the decade. This story is beautiful, compelling, brilliant, experimental, relatable, funny, heartfelt, raw, and above all, original. For a really long time, the movie scene has been saturated with films aimed at raking in a profit. Many of the stories we see on the big screen are either pushing an agenda, or trying to bolster the bottom line. This movie plays like a passionate love letter to the art of storytelling itself. It shows reverence to its source culture, and has a displays a deep respect for its audience and viewers. The music is phenomenal, the characters are incredibly human, and the film itself is cringy and cliche in all the best ways. It takes the human experience back to its roots in a way that so many of us didn’t even realize we were missing. 

For me, K-Pop Demon Hunters has elevated the bar for what I expect from films I choose to invest my time in. A bar so high, it will force the competition - Disney - to step up its game, or become totally irrelevant. I’ve watched it 3 times in the past 3 days, and I have no intention of slowing down!“

This was my intital review. Within 2 weeks, and as of the time of this writing, the number of times I’ve personally veiwed the movie has risen to 11. It is not an overstatement to say that I‌ have genuinely fallen in love with this film, for all the reasons mentioned above. And from that love, I‌ am beyond elated to announce that I‌ will be launching a deep dive into the themes, effects, and emotions this movie brings to surface. My new series will defend and strengthen my intial review, and my hope is that through reading, you will come to appreciate this film as I‌ have. Happy Hunting!

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