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thewayneRusset is out of town right now, she's up near Las Vegas at a fanfic gathering this weekend. I stayed home as I have to go to Phoenix in a few weeks to deal with some unpleasantness and didn't want to overly deprive the library of my glorious presence. Fortunately the gathering will rollover my membership from this year to next, so we'll save a little on that. ANYWAY, on Saturday nights normally they'll go out and see a movie if something fun is showing that's particularly fannish or slashy, and not much is out right now of that ilk. So they fired up Netflix and showed K-Pop Demon Hunters!
And since I also have Netflix.... I fired it up and watched it at pretty much the same time they were watching it two states away!
This is an animated movie that released theatrically a month or so ago. And it was a blast. A trio of young women (older teens?) are a pop group called Huntr/x that are hugely famous and popular. Secretly they are demon hunters, keeping Korea (and the world?) safe from the demon horde of Gwi-Ma as their songs reinforce a shield called the Honmoon. Gwi-Ma sends a boy band of demons - the Saja Boys - to interfere with Huntr/x and destroy their plans to finalize the seal of the Honmoon. Things go great, things go bad, total chaos - cats and dogs living together. Well, birds with hats and too many eyes and cat/tigers that look to me like they came from a Miyazaki film (very cool).
It was riotously funny, I was laughing out loud at it (but I have notoriously questionable taste). The music was great, and they did a fantastic job with the mix so that you could actually hear and understand the singing! They really played up the tropes of: girls instantly falling in love with boy band performers, automatic choreography and singing synchronization, etc. But you did actually get to see the girls rehearsing for an important performance.
I thought it was a lot of fun for a very silly, animated movie. Russet didn't care for it as much, saying (via text): "Well. That was. Something". If you're interested but hesitant, I'd suggest watching the four or so trailers that Netflix has with it. That should set your opinion firmly one way or another.
And since I also have Netflix.... I fired it up and watched it at pretty much the same time they were watching it two states away!
This is an animated movie that released theatrically a month or so ago. And it was a blast. A trio of young women (older teens?) are a pop group called Huntr/x that are hugely famous and popular. Secretly they are demon hunters, keeping Korea (and the world?) safe from the demon horde of Gwi-Ma as their songs reinforce a shield called the Honmoon. Gwi-Ma sends a boy band of demons - the Saja Boys - to interfere with Huntr/x and destroy their plans to finalize the seal of the Honmoon. Things go great, things go bad, total chaos - cats and dogs living together. Well, birds with hats and too many eyes and cat/tigers that look to me like they came from a Miyazaki film (very cool).
It was riotously funny, I was laughing out loud at it (but I have notoriously questionable taste). The music was great, and they did a fantastic job with the mix so that you could actually hear and understand the singing! They really played up the tropes of: girls instantly falling in love with boy band performers, automatic choreography and singing synchronization, etc. But you did actually get to see the girls rehearsing for an important performance.
I thought it was a lot of fun for a very silly, animated movie. Russet didn't care for it as much, saying (via text): "Well. That was. Something". If you're interested but hesitant, I'd suggest watching the four or so trailers that Netflix has with it. That should set your opinion firmly one way or another.
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Date: 2025-09-28 09:42 pm (UTC)The birds and cat/tigers are explained in this video (at 2:38):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCmpU3ssip8
> K-pop Demon Hunters explained by a Korean teacher (without spoilers)
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Date: 2025-09-28 09:54 pm (UTC)Very cool! Thank you for the link.
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Date: 2025-09-29 01:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-09-29 04:37 am (UTC)It's very fun.
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Date: 2025-09-30 12:54 am (UTC)I am sure the library appreciates your presence! :)
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Date: 2025-10-01 03:06 am (UTC)I saw it, and thought it a perfectly serviceable movie. Lots of others I know have found it more deeply interesting, so it's good to see the conversations around.
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Date: 2025-10-01 05:05 pm (UTC)Yeah, fairly light-weight. Fun and entertaining, I wouldn't say heavy repeat value.
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Date: 2025-10-01 08:39 pm (UTC)