{"id":11813,"date":"2026-09-16T14:30:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T18:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/?p=11813"},"modified":"2026-09-16T16:47:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T20:47:31","slug":"movie-time-hope-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/?p=11813","title":{"rendered":"Movie Time [Hope Edition]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5568-e1789473380313.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11812\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/?attachment_id=11812\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5568-e1789473380313.jpg?fit=1773%2C1177&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1773,1177\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.78&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 16 Pro&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1789209950&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.7649998656528&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0083333333333333&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Na Hong-jin&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8216;HOPE&amp;#8217;\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5568-e1789473380313.jpg?fit=660%2C438&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-11812\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5568-e1789473380313-1024x680.jpg?resize=660%2C438&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Na Hong-jin's 'HOPE'\" width=\"660\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5568-e1789473380313.jpg?resize=1024%2C680&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5568-e1789473380313.jpg?resize=400%2C266&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5568-e1789473380313.jpg?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5568-e1789473380313.jpg?resize=1536%2C1020&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5568-e1789473380313.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5568-e1789473380313.jpg?w=1773&amp;ssl=1 1773w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5568-e1789473380313.jpg?w=1320&amp;ssl=1 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I got to see Na Hong-jin&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hope_(2026_film)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Hope<\/em><\/strong><\/a> this past weekend, and what a ride it was! Yeah, the runtime is long, and some of the CGI is dodgy. But what the movie does have going for it is sheer balls. I haven&#8217;t seen a movie this &#8220;doesn&#8217;t give a fuck&#8221; about how crazy it is in a long time. The extended action sequences. The funny dialogue. The crazy plot reversal with only 10 minutes left to go. The movie ended, the credits started, and someone in the row in front of me stated loudly, &#8220;What the fuck was that?!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/813467449_1072028025714517_4460392185153173966_n.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11818\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/?attachment_id=11818\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/813467449_1072028025714517_4460392185153173966_n.jpg?fit=1080%2C1440&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1440\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Na Hong-jin&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8216;HOPE&amp;#8217;\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/813467449_1072028025714517_4460392185153173966_n.jpg?fit=660%2C880&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-11818\" 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href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/810247179_1639186021209992_8983178111222600617_n.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11820\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/?attachment_id=11820\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/810247179_1639186021209992_8983178111222600617_n.jpg?fit=1080%2C1440&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1440\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Na Hong-jin&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8216;HOPE&amp;#8217;\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/810247179_1639186021209992_8983178111222600617_n.jpg?fit=660%2C880&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-11820\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/810247179_1639186021209992_8983178111222600617_n.jpg?resize=660%2C880&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Na Hong-jin's 'HOPE'\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/810247179_1639186021209992_8983178111222600617_n.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/810247179_1639186021209992_8983178111222600617_n.jpg?resize=400%2C533&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/810247179_1639186021209992_8983178111222600617_n.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/810247179_1639186021209992_8983178111222600617_n.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/813282604_1079436021338201_3011380446487113394_n.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11819\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/?attachment_id=11819\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/813282604_1079436021338201_3011380446487113394_n.jpg?fit=1080%2C1440&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1440\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Na Hong-jin&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8216;HOPE&amp;#8217;\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/813282604_1079436021338201_3011380446487113394_n.jpg?fit=660%2C880&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-11819\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/813282604_1079436021338201_3011380446487113394_n.jpg?resize=660%2C880&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Na Hong-jin's 'HOPE'\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/813282604_1079436021338201_3011380446487113394_n.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/813282604_1079436021338201_3011380446487113394_n.jpg?resize=400%2C533&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/813282604_1079436021338201_3011380446487113394_n.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/813282604_1079436021338201_3011380446487113394_n.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the things that I did learn watching <em>Hope <\/em>is that I now have a small crush on <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zo_In-sung\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Zo In-sung<\/strong><\/a>, who plays Ko Sung-ki in the movie. I was real happy that he got all the plot armor.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"660\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.theboywonder.net\\\/?p=11813&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:127834606}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 660px; height: 306px;\" data-original-width=\"660\" data-original-height=\"306\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 660px; height: 306px;\" data-original-width=\"660\" data-original-height=\"306\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/?attachment_id=11807\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"656\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"302\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"11807\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/hope-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,552\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Zo In-sung\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/hope-1.jpg?fit=400%2C184&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/hope-1.jpg?fit=660%2C304&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/hope-1.jpg?w=656&#038;h=302&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/hope-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/hope-1.jpg?resize=400%2C184&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/hope-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C471&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/hope-1.jpg?resize=768%2C353&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/hope-1.jpg?resize=300%2C138&amp;ssl=1 300w\" width=\"656\" height=\"302\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"656\" data-original-height=\"302\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Zo In-sung\" alt=\"Zo In-sung\" style=\"width: 656px; 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Yeah, the runtime is long, and some of the CGI is dodgy. But what the movie does have going for it is sheer balls. I haven&#8217;t seen a movie this &#8220;doesn&#8217;t give a fuck&#8221; about how crazy it is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily","category-movies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8EnCu-34x","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11813"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11821,"href":"https:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11813\/revisions\/11821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}