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Wonderful Days

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  • 1h 26m
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6.6/10
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Wonderful Days (2003)
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2142: Pollution and climate change wiped out most of Earth's population. Ecoban city is built to withstand this. Suppression results in revolt. A childhood couple find each other as adults o... Read all2142: Pollution and climate change wiped out most of Earth's population. Ecoban city is built to withstand this. Suppression results in revolt. A childhood couple find each other as adults on opposing sides.2142: Pollution and climate change wiped out most of Earth's population. Ecoban city is built to withstand this. Suppression results in revolt. A childhood couple find each other as adults on opposing sides.
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  • Director
    • Moon-saeng Kim
  • Writers
    • Michael Keyes
    • Moon-saeng Kim
    • Jay Lender
  • Stars
    • Andrew Ableson(English version)
    • Cathy Cavadini(English version)
    • Joon-ho Chung(Korean version)
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  • Director
    • Moon-saeng Kim
  • Writers
    • Michael Keyes
    • Moon-saeng Kim
    • Jay Lender
  • Stars
    • Andrew Ableson(English version)
    • Cathy Cavadini(English version)
    • Joon-ho Chung(Korean version)
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    • 65User reviews
    • 40Critic reviews
    • 53Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    Andrew Ableson
    Andrew Ableson
    • Zed
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
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    Cathy Cavadini
    Cathy Cavadini
    • Jay
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
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    Joon-ho Chung
      Mark Lindsay
      • Troopers
      • (English version)
      • (voice)
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      David Naughton
      David Naughton
      • Commander Locke
      • (English version)
      • (voice)
      • …
      Bob Papenbrook
      Bob Papenbrook
      • Goliath
      • (English version)
      • (voice)
      • …
      Sunmin Park
      • Maya
      • (English version)
      • (voice)
      Marc Scarpa
      Marc Scarpa
      • Blacksmith
      • (English version)
      • (voice)
      • …
      Jamie Simone
      • Dispatcher
      • (English version)
      • (voice)
      Won-Je Tak
      • Senior Adjutant
      • (Korean version)
      • (voice)
      Kirk Thornton
      Kirk Thornton
      • Cade
      • (English version)
      • (voice)
      Karl Wiedergott
      • Moe…
      Rebecca Wink
      • Woody
      • (English version)
      • (voice)
      Jeffrey Winter
      Jeffrey Winter
      • Troopers
      • (English version)
      • (voice)
      Marc Worden
      Marc Worden
      • Shua
      • (English version)
      • (voice)
      • Director
        • Moon-saeng Kim
      • Writers
        • Michael Keyes
        • Moon-saeng Kim
        • Jay Lender
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      Storyline

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      • Trivia
        The island of Gibraltar is in fact Greek island Santorini (Thera), as seen in the end sequence when we see its map.
      • Quotes

        Jay: How long is it been raining? Forever. Not forever. No. For a 100 years. They say billions of people once lived on the earth. And the temperatures rose. The great cities fell. And this rain came. This terrible toxic rain. Our ancestors saw it coming. The catastrophe. They built Ecoban. The first living city genetically engineered to survive in a poisonous environment. Ecoban became our refuge. Our salvation. Survirors came by the thousands begging to be let in. But our ancestors turned them away. Left them to die in the wasteland. The ones who survived became our workers. Mining the carbonite fields to feed our Ecoban. Diggers we call them. The diggers need us. We need them. Everybody wins. But some win more than others.

      • Alternate versions
        The film has been released in numerous Western countries such as the US and Great Britain under the title Sky Blue. These versions have been slightly distorted, with the loss of two minutes of the running time compared to the original Korean cut.
      • Connections
        Featured in MarzGurl Reviews: Wonderful Days (Sky Blue) (2016)
      • Soundtracks
        Smack My Bitch Up
        Written by Liam Howlett, Kool Keith, Ced-Gee, T.R. Love and Moe Love

        Performed by The Prodigy

      User reviews65

      Review
      Top review
      10/10
      Absolutely wonderful
      Well, reading all these interesting comments above made me think.... First of all,i have to say that i loved Wonderful Days. A lot. The art is gorgeous, yes, i think this is the one point everyone can agree upon, hands down. Now, concerning the storyline itself....

      I think there should be some clarification, especially for all those poor ppl who must have watched this in English (either subtitled or dubbed). Those who did the translations deserves to get hanged. and i mean it. i own the special edition 3-disc original Korean DVDs and have also watched both the subtitled and dubbed versions. It actually feels like i'm watching 2 completely different versions of the story! The original korean version has a much more interesting (not the greatest, but definitely superior and full of nuances)script and explains the story quite well, unlike the English versions that either skip entire parts of dialogues (which are essential to understand the movie *_*) or change their meanings into something totally different and just plain wrong! And someone mentioned that some characters' names weren't mentioned in the movie till the very end. Well, i can tell you that the names (except that evil adjudant(?)) are mentioned quite early in the beginnings, but mysteriously, NOT in the English versions O_o ! I'm on the verge of thinking that it must be some sort of conspiracy to ruin this otherwise great movie... I suggest you watch the korean version....or get a korean friend to actually translate you the real lines, instead of getting confused at the horrible English sub/dub.

      anyway. oh, and i honestly don't understand all those who say that the story wasn't original,good enough,etc etc. i mean, it might not be the most mind-boggling thing on earth, but the twists are original enough to set it wiiiide-apart from your average anime/movies where all you have is 90 minutes of explosions, punches, boobies, and some supposedly dramatic ending (that ppl apparently find "original").

      For those of you who still think the story isn't well explained in the movie...well, there's always the novelized version that came out in Korea (no English versions, sorry) that gives all the background story between the characters and all. Like what really happened in Shua & co.'s childhood, the characters' motives, blah blah...

      Boy, is this review getting longer and longer....

      A final word... considering the depressing situation in Korea (let's just say that animation/comics are ignored by most and the market terribly limited) the creators and all those who worked on this film did an unbelievable job. I really hope things get better back there, cuz it's not the skills they lack, but public support and funding.

      oh, i guess i have to rate this thing. 10/10 for the story (9/10 for the actual flow), 10/10 for the art, 15/10 for the efforts lol.
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      • Release date
        • July 17, 2003 (South Korea)
      • Countries of origin
        • South Korea
        • United States
      • Languages
        • Korean
        • English
      • Also known as
        • Sky Blue
      • Production companies
        • End Game Productions Inc.
        • Gainax
        • Masquerade Films
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      Box office

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      • Budget
        • $9,750,000 (estimated)
      • Gross US & Canada
        • $74,663
      • Opening weekend US & Canada
        • $3,022
        • Jan 2, 2005
      • Gross worldwide
        • $197,221
      See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

      Technical specs

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      • Runtime
        1 hour 26 minutes
      • Color
        • Color
      • Sound mix
        • DTS
        • Dolby Digital
        • SDDS
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.85 : 1

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