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Kaysi Borchers | Arts & Entertainment | October
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Kpop Demon Hunters starts off with the explanation of why the girls are singing. They are a band named Huntrix. Their singing, along with the generation before them, help seal the Honmoon. The Honmoon helps to seal the demons down in hell, and saves the souls of the living.
The next scene is a background on how these girls came together and a little bit about them. The three girls are Rumi, Mira, and Zoey. Rumi’s mom was a previous hunter, but died when Rumi was an infant. Mira is from a family where she was “the black sheep.” Zoey is a Korean American who grew up in the USA and moved to Korea.
These girls all have their insecurities, but Rumi has a deep secret that she tells no one except her Mom’s friend, and caretaker, Celine.Rumi is half demon and is ashamed of that side of her. The next few scenes involve Rumi's self confidence dwindling till she meets a demon boy Jinu, who is one of the villains. He performs to destroy the Honmoon with his demon boy band.
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This boy band consists of five boys: Abby, Romance, Baby, Mystery, and Jinu. Jinu had sold his soul to the Demon King, Gwi-ma to save himself from poverty 400 years prior to modern day. He trusts Rumi with time; she even tries to free him from Gwi-ma. Eventually Gwi-ma manipulates Jinu into thinking he could never be free from the guilt of leaving his family behind. Gwi-ma has promised to rid him of these memories if he betrays Rumi, and follow his mission through.
He breaks the girls apart by showing Rumi's demon marks to them, and is almost successful in helping Gwi-ma take over the world.
In a critical moment Rumi accepts herself and her patterns. The girls come back together, and defeat Gwi-ma, with Jinu giving his soul to help Rumi defeat him. Jinu ends up giving Rumi his soul and dies.
The rating was 95% on the tomatometer which is a very high rating. The critic consensus on Rotten Tomatoes site said “Animated with infectious energy and vibrant colors. People have said many good things about this movie. It also rose to the charts in Movie, and Music wise.” Tania Lamb said,a verified rater on the Rotten Tomatoes site. “Kpop Demon Hunters is a breath of fresh ‘Golden’ air.”
These Quotes and ratings can also be found on the Rotten Tomatoes site.
“It was a pretty good movie, focused on some pretty serious topics and dished it in an easier way for younger audiences to understand,” An anonymous student for MHS said, “I think it might be a little overrated—it was a decent movie, don’t get me wrong—it just isn’t as good as people are making it out to be.” They gave it a 3 out of 5 on a rating scale.
“It's okay, but not a good movie. I don’t get all the hype.” Another anonymous MHS student said. They gave it a 3 out of 5 scale. “I think Kpop Demon Hunters is corrupting our kids. I work with children at my job and every single one of them knows what it is. I think it's becoming too much, " another anonymous MHS student said.
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“K-pop Demon Hunters was a breath of fresh air among the half baked movies of today’s time,” said Joeseph Voigt Said a Student At MHS.” The plot, music, characters, and animation all were masterfully done and beautiful reflections of Korean culture. Every day people keep analyzing the movie and they keep finding new little nuggets of details [it shows] how much love and effort was put into the movie,” Said Joeseph Voigt Said a Student At MHS, “Also, it made me cry at the end so I definitely recommend giving it a watch on Netflix!” He rated it a 5 out of 5.
“I think it was very interesting and amazing. I enjoyed every moment, getting to see a movie in which the characters have similar situations [to] me was really inspiring,” Said Yadrielys Andujaroquendo, a student at MHS, “Eventually huntrix had problems the managed to fix it at the end and the way they understand each other is very wholesome.” They rated it a 5 out of 5.
There are mixed reviews and opinions on this movie, but overall a lot of the reviews say similar things. They all express how the movie has affected their life, and what they thought about it. It also had similar likes and dislikes on a lot of them. One thing is for certain; and it's that this movie is one of the most popular movies of this time.
Kaysi Borchers, Editor-in-Chief
Kaysi Borchers, Editor-in-Chief
Kaysi Borchers is one of two Editor-in-Chief, and Sports Editor of The Courier Staff. She has been writing for the staff for 3 years, and if you click on the red button below you can see all of her other writing.
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