BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!

WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

shivasharma-25327 Daisy (deiji) is a great film. It has a mix of action, drama and romance. It is a movie that tells an awkward love triangle between a naive painter, a cop and an assassin. It touches themes about the difficulty of confessing one's love due to difficulty in situations. The love story was great due to the Koreans,who are well-known for their classic romantic films and the cops and criminal story was just as great due to the Chinese,who are well-known for making great action films. All and all the movie must be in Top 250 korean movies and has everything. I highly recommend it....

www-sri Like the summery suggests, this movie works like a slow poison. The pacing of the movie is really slow but that didn't stop me from liking it. After the end of the movie i sat down on my chair thinking about the movie for an hour. And after a week i decided to write the review of this movie. Well, i won't call it a review, these are my general thoughts regarding the movie. So, i warn you there will be minor spoilers. Daisy is a tragic love triangle between a cop, a painter and an assassin. Hye-young(ji-hyun jun) is a 25 years old painter living in Amsterdam, who looks after her grandfather's antique shop. One day she meets Jeong-woo(Lee sung-jae), an Interpol cop whose job is to put an end to the Asian mafia in Amsterdam, both fall in love with each other, but one day a gun fire happens in the middle of the street. Hye-young and jeong-woo both got hurt. In this tragic accident Hye-young looses her voice and Jeong-woo got shot in the arm and sent back to Korea. Enter park yi(Woo-sung Jung), an assassin by profession. He tries to steal the heart of Hye-young and also helps her to forget the sad past. After his relentless effort Hye-young accepts his love. Everything was working well for Park Yi but suddenly Hye-young finds Jeong woo standing at her doorsteps. Thus, we have our movie.The plot of the movie is really good and it had the potential to turn into a great romantic movie, the only thing matters is the Execution and that is the greatest problem i have with this movie. The screenplay of the movie is really slow. The first 50 minutes were really enjoyable. But after that this movie really drags on. There was no chemistry between JI-Hyun jun and Woo-sung jung. We don't feel the romance between those two. We see Hye-young as a mute girl fighting with her own feelings and park yi trying really hard to appease her but we don't get to see how he does that and director introduces the time gap of one year. And after one year the situation is slightly changed, Hye-young and park yi are now couples but we don't see how that happened. And it is replaced by some gangster and mafia plot. And then the whole thing is turned into a convoluted mess. But the last 15 minutes of the movie really worked for me and the ending was something i didn't expect at all. The ending of the movie was really tragic and completely turns the table.Performance wise, all three lead actors did a fine job. Woo-sung jung's role as an assassin is perfect, Sung-jae lee also did a good job but the performance of ji hyun- jun wasn't up to the mark. No offense, i liked her acting in My sassy girl and wind struck and even in this movie she did a fine job at first but after she loses her voice i lost interest in her character, but again i feel she did an OK job but the actress of her caliber could've done better. The movie is set in Amsterdam which is really weird because i haven't seen any Asian movie filmed outside the continent. Maybe they thought filming the movie in Amsterdam will give the movie a romantic feel to it and i guess it worked, at least for the most part.Daisy is a good romantic movie but it's no way comparable to other Korean romantic classics such as A moment to remember, my sassy girl and the classic. But the great plot, solid performance and a good climax made it a must watch for all Asian movie lovers and also for anyone who want to watch a good tragic romantic story. Sorry for my bad English.I Am a south Asian and English is not my forte but i tried really hard keep this review understandable to the general English speaking people.

Lester Mak (leekandham) Daisy (데이지) Jeon Ji-hyun, Jung Woo-sung, Lee Sung-jae Dir: Andrew Lau - 2006 - Korea / Hong Kong / NetherlandsHye-young (Jeon Ji-hyun) is a painter in Amsterdam who looks after her grandfather's antique shop during the week and earns extra money by being a street painter during the weekend. It's through her painting that she meets Jeong-woo (Lee Sung-jae), an Interpol cop who is chasing a criminal, but keeps Hye-young in the dark about his real work. Meanwhile, Hye-young is dying to meet the man who leave flowers on her doorstep every day, and built a bridge over a stream for her when she once fell in. Little does she know that he's really a contract killer, Park-yi (Jung Woo-sung), and a shy man, who has fallen for her.If I were to super-critical, Daisy unfortunately didn't carry the strongest script for me, despite what appeared to be a fantastic concept. A few plot flaws spoilt the cleverness of some of the scenes, and generally, it lacked some of the sophistication I'd expect from a Korean melodrama. This was compounded by some over-acting, which left a feeling that much of the realism was lost from the movie. However, that would be the super-critical view, as there were some positives.This is one of the rare romantic movies for acclaimed director, Andrew Lau, who famed for his fantastic thriller, Infernal Affairs. With that background, much could be expected from Lau, and this was one challenge that would test his versatility as a director. One of the outstanding features of Infernal Affairs was the cinematography, and Lau has transferred it to this movie using some superb camera angles to add to the visual beauty and mood of the film.Overall, I did enjoy the film, although I did think that it could be better, given the brilliance of Lau's previous film. However, Lau has done well with a different script and I think he has proved himself as one of the best directors in Hong Kong mainstream cinema at the moment. One with some nice flowers.6/10

keal I saw the Korean version of Daisy first. It came across as a simple love story that flowed nicely from start to finish. I saw it 3 times as I waited for my copy of the director's cut to arrive.Then I got the DC and watched it. Wow! I think this is the first REAL director's cut I've ever seen. Amazing how detailed the editing is in both versions! The DC is laid out like a hardcore thriller, with the love story in the background. It moves at a slower pace than the Korean version.The variations between both versions are so drastic, it seems like two totally different movies. I thought I would be worn out watching the movie again, toughing it out just to look for the added scenes. That wasn't the case. It really felt like I was watching a whole new movie.While the DC is 20 minutes longer than the Korean version, you'll be hard-pressed to pinpoint where or what has been changed. 2 seconds chopped off here. A second added there. An entire scene added here. Another erased there. In both versions, scenes have been added, omitted or chopped up and reordered. In some scenes, entire lines of dialogue were replaced or reordered - while the scene itself was untouched. Even simple sound effects were added/omitted from each version - having a major impact on the mood of the film, and sometimes even changing the outcome of a scene. What comes across as a tender moment in the Korean version is a sad, somber one in the DC. The endings of both versions leave room for interpretation. As far as I can tell, both versions end a LOT different, and were intended that way.I'm assuming most people will be acquiring the director's cut of the film, and will find the movie pretty decent, but a little long and boring. If that's the case, look for the Korean version. Same movie, but different feel. I think there's a deluxe 3-DVD version that contains both cuts of the film - not sure.The versions compliment each other so well that as a pair, I'll watch Daisy more often than I do any of my other favorite Korean movies. Alone, I'd say the Korean version is a nice love story that I'd watch once in awhile. The director's cut, I'll watch maybe once or twice, then never again, as I find the pacing dull. But they just go so well together! For what I consider the best experience, I'd say watch the Korean version first. Then watch the director's cut to help fill in the gaps of the story that you were curious about.The editing is the real star of the film.