Movies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So I said earlier this year that I would write some movies reviews. I havent done it for a whileeeeeeeee
This post was meant to be a rant about a very very VERY bad korean movie but I will add some other good movies so you guys dont feel like you read a review telling over and over how bad is it and why you shouldnt see it NEVER EVER.
So I will write first the one Im hating so you guys can get past it.
Title: No Regret
Trailer:
Summary:Su-min is an orphan who, having turned 18, is required to leave his orphanage. Unable to pay for university, he heads for Seoul where he works various jobs to pay for computer classes. One of those jobs is driving drunks home from bars. After losing his factory job, Su-min ends up taking a job at a host bar. Initially the boss of this host bar is reluctant to take him on, as he knows from experience that openly gay hosts will often leave when they become romantically involved with one of their clients. Having given up on love, Su-min believes that this won't happen to him, until one day a man from his past enters the host bar. That man, Jae-min, is a former driving client, who has fallen in love with Su-min. Su-min refuses his advances, and accepts him as a client only once, and threatens to kill him if he hires him again. (Source: Wikipedia)
Main Cast: Lee Yeong Hoon & Kim Nam Gil
My thoughts: I wasted 2 hours of my night and Im not getting them back. The story is very plain, the characters arent well develop, the relationships... I DONT KNOW HOW TO HELL EVERYTHING HAPPENED BETWEEN THEM!!!!! Theres a few scenes that are meant to tell something but it doesnt get through (unless Im a idiot). There is too many things that probably happened that you wont see and thats why you dont understand their interactions. I mean... the guy fell in love with the other guys JUST by seeing him driving his car while he was drunk... HOW?????????????????? WHERE WAS I THAT I DONT SEE IT NOR GET IT??????????????????
I mean... I bitch about how animes (yaoi animes) in 20 something minutes both guys are head over heels in love with each other but as you keep seeing the series (or reading the manga if that how you roll) then u get snipped of how their love happened... in No Regret there is nothing, nada, 없어. *sigh* This movie is a HUGE regret for me... so really safe yourself some misery and DO NOT SEE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now... I dont think I reviewed this movie before and I dont know why because I saw it like 3 to 4 times and I recc to everyone I knew and I have it and HELLO IS GONG YOO first work after being discharged from his military duties. Yeah Im taking about Finding Mr. Destiny!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Finding Mr. Destiny
Trailer:
Summary:Ji-woo, unable to forget a youthful affair in India that has tattooed itself onto her heart, rejects an eligible suitor and is forced by her father, who fears she will end up an old maid, to seek the help of an agency that specializes in tracking down first loves. She only knows his name: Kim Jong-wook. Heading the business is Gi-joon, who is young, single and male, and equipped with goofy charm. Stubbornly precise by nature and a bit too passionate about work, Gi-joon is determined to complete his first job, even if it means he has to track down every Kim Jong-wook in Korea! (Source: Wikipedia)
Main Cast: Gong Yoo & Lim Soo Young
My thoughts: I FREAKING LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! First is Gong Yoo, second is Gong Yoo and third is Gong FREAKING Yoo hahahahahahahahahha ok... Now really, the movie is really good!!!! It has romance, a lot of comedy & a bit of heartache because a little bit of pain is necessary. What I love about this movie (besides Gong Yoo hahahaha) is that you actually never really see this Kim Jong Wook (his role is played by the SEXY RAWR YUMMY Gong Yoo) and at the end you understand why (if u dont come here and I'll tell you). Another great thing, specially if u are a Gong Yoo fan like me, is that you see both characters Gong Yoo is really good at: the manly, dark, tall & handsome guy and the sweet, goofy, silly, derp with a huge heart man. This is in my honest (un)bias opinion the best romantic comedy from SKorea in 2010-2011.
This one is one of the recent (2011) Yoon Eun Hye movies called My Black Mini Dress
Title: My Black Mini Dress/ Little Black Dress
Trailer:
Summary:"Little Black Dress" depicts the friendships, jealousies, hopes and failures of four 24-year-old girls. The girls first met as first year students in college. They seem to be enjoying their 20's, but inside they all have worries. Yoo-Min still doesn't know what she wants to do. Hye-Ji is busy playing around and living the life of a socialite. Soo-Jin holds the most jealousy over Hye-Ji's sudden fame, because she has tried unsuccessfully to become an actress. Min-Hee has rich parents, but her parents got divorced.
Main Cast: Yoon Eun Hye, Park Han Byul, Cha Ye Ryeon & Yoo In Na.
My thoughts: Is a very simple movie, great to see with you long time girlfriends walk down memory lane. Its a chick flick so there nothing super "meaty" about the movie. Is very enjoyable and not all of them end where they want and maybe they dont even achieve what they want but as cheesy as it sounds they still got their friendship how they really wanted. I had fun seeing it so I do reccomend it!
Last one for this post is a movie who the leading guy is none other than our own Coffee Prince Santa Claus :D oh! and the leading lady is Protect the Boss heroine!
Title: Petty Romance
Trailer:
Summary:Seoul, the present day. In need of money to redeem a treasured family portrait, struggling manhwa artist Jeong Bae takes part in a publishing company's competition for an adult manga with a prize of ₩130 million (US$100,000). Advised that his big weakness is his story-writing, Jeong Bae advertises for a professional writer and ends up hiring the self-important Han Da-rim, with whom he agrees to split the prize money 50-50 if they win. (Source: Wikipedia)
Main Cast: Lee Sun Kyun & Choi Kang Hee
My thoughts: Really funny!!!!! The way the characters talk about sex is funny, entertaining & slightly "sarcastic". There is a lot of outrageous scenes (mainly from the manga they are trying to write) that it's very characteristic in korean comedies. This is not a brainer (mostly sex movie themes arent deep and moving) and is mostly a good, funny movie to see when you just wanna chill and lol at. I really like it and GOOD LORD Sun Kyun deep voice makes it all better! ;)
So that's it for now. I have more movies to see and a couple of movies I already saw that I need to sit and write this short reviews. Almost all the movies mention here can be found in Youtube with english subs.
Until the next post!
This post was meant to be a rant about a very very VERY bad korean movie but I will add some other good movies so you guys dont feel like you read a review telling over and over how bad is it and why you shouldnt see it NEVER EVER.
So I will write first the one Im hating so you guys can get past it.
Title: No Regret
Trailer:
Click to viewSummary:Su-min is an orphan who, having turned 18, is required to leave his orphanage. Unable to pay for university, he heads for Seoul where he works various jobs to pay for computer classes. One of those jobs is driving drunks home from bars. After losing his factory job, Su-min ends up taking a job at a host bar. Initially the boss of this host bar is reluctant to take him on, as he knows from experience that openly gay hosts will often leave when they become romantically involved with one of their clients. Having given up on love, Su-min believes that this won't happen to him, until one day a man from his past enters the host bar. That man, Jae-min, is a former driving client, who has fallen in love with Su-min. Su-min refuses his advances, and accepts him as a client only once, and threatens to kill him if he hires him again. (Source: Wikipedia)
Main Cast: Lee Yeong Hoon & Kim Nam Gil
My thoughts: I wasted 2 hours of my night and Im not getting them back. The story is very plain, the characters arent well develop, the relationships... I DONT KNOW HOW TO HELL EVERYTHING HAPPENED BETWEEN THEM!!!!! Theres a few scenes that are meant to tell something but it doesnt get through (unless Im a idiot). There is too many things that probably happened that you wont see and thats why you dont understand their interactions. I mean... the guy fell in love with the other guys JUST by seeing him driving his car while he was drunk... HOW?????????????????? WHERE WAS I THAT I DONT SEE IT NOR GET IT??????????????????
I mean... I bitch about how animes (yaoi animes) in 20 something minutes both guys are head over heels in love with each other but as you keep seeing the series (or reading the manga if that how you roll) then u get snipped of how their love happened... in No Regret there is nothing, nada, 없어. *sigh* This movie is a HUGE regret for me... so really safe yourself some misery and DO NOT SEE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now... I dont think I reviewed this movie before and I dont know why because I saw it like 3 to 4 times and I recc to everyone I knew and I have it and HELLO IS GONG YOO first work after being discharged from his military duties. Yeah Im taking about Finding Mr. Destiny!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Finding Mr. Destiny
Trailer:
Summary:Ji-woo, unable to forget a youthful affair in India that has tattooed itself onto her heart, rejects an eligible suitor and is forced by her father, who fears she will end up an old maid, to seek the help of an agency that specializes in tracking down first loves. She only knows his name: Kim Jong-wook. Heading the business is Gi-joon, who is young, single and male, and equipped with goofy charm. Stubbornly precise by nature and a bit too passionate about work, Gi-joon is determined to complete his first job, even if it means he has to track down every Kim Jong-wook in Korea! (Source: Wikipedia)
Main Cast: Gong Yoo & Lim Soo Young
My thoughts: I FREAKING LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! First is Gong Yoo, second is Gong Yoo and third is Gong FREAKING Yoo hahahahahahahahahha ok... Now really, the movie is really good!!!! It has romance, a lot of comedy & a bit of heartache because a little bit of pain is necessary. What I love about this movie (besides Gong Yoo hahahaha) is that you actually never really see this Kim Jong Wook (his role is played by the SEXY RAWR YUMMY Gong Yoo) and at the end you understand why (if u dont come here and I'll tell you). Another great thing, specially if u are a Gong Yoo fan like me, is that you see both characters Gong Yoo is really good at: the manly, dark, tall & handsome guy and the sweet, goofy, silly, derp with a huge heart man. This is in my honest (un)bias opinion the best romantic comedy from SKorea in 2010-2011.
This one is one of the recent (2011) Yoon Eun Hye movies called My Black Mini Dress
Title: My Black Mini Dress/ Little Black Dress
Trailer:
Summary:"Little Black Dress" depicts the friendships, jealousies, hopes and failures of four 24-year-old girls. The girls first met as first year students in college. They seem to be enjoying their 20's, but inside they all have worries. Yoo-Min still doesn't know what she wants to do. Hye-Ji is busy playing around and living the life of a socialite. Soo-Jin holds the most jealousy over Hye-Ji's sudden fame, because she has tried unsuccessfully to become an actress. Min-Hee has rich parents, but her parents got divorced.
Main Cast: Yoon Eun Hye, Park Han Byul, Cha Ye Ryeon & Yoo In Na.
My thoughts: Is a very simple movie, great to see with you long time girlfriends walk down memory lane. Its a chick flick so there nothing super "meaty" about the movie. Is very enjoyable and not all of them end where they want and maybe they dont even achieve what they want but as cheesy as it sounds they still got their friendship how they really wanted. I had fun seeing it so I do reccomend it!
Last one for this post is a movie who the leading guy is none other than our own Coffee Prince Santa Claus :D oh! and the leading lady is Protect the Boss heroine!
Title: Petty Romance
Trailer:
Summary:Seoul, the present day. In need of money to redeem a treasured family portrait, struggling manhwa artist Jeong Bae takes part in a publishing company's competition for an adult manga with a prize of ₩130 million (US$100,000). Advised that his big weakness is his story-writing, Jeong Bae advertises for a professional writer and ends up hiring the self-important Han Da-rim, with whom he agrees to split the prize money 50-50 if they win. (Source: Wikipedia)
Main Cast: Lee Sun Kyun & Choi Kang Hee
My thoughts: Really funny!!!!! The way the characters talk about sex is funny, entertaining & slightly "sarcastic". There is a lot of outrageous scenes (mainly from the manga they are trying to write) that it's very characteristic in korean comedies. This is not a brainer (mostly sex movie themes arent deep and moving) and is mostly a good, funny movie to see when you just wanna chill and lol at. I really like it and GOOD LORD Sun Kyun deep voice makes it all better! ;)
So that's it for now. I have more movies to see and a couple of movies I already saw that I need to sit and write this short reviews. Almost all the movies mention here can be found in Youtube with english subs.
Until the next post!