monoceros blogsMovie: My Sassy Girl
~ It took me two or three years to get round to seeing this. Thanks to Boon for loaning me the vcd. When my old colleague Benny told me it was a great movie, I was "Eh, okay," and promptly forgot about watching it. At that time, the only Korean film I had seen was Il Mare. It was a sweet film, and the soundtrack was even sweeter. Jeon Ji-hyun stars in both and what varied roles they are. She has decent acting chops, I must say. I do think My Sassy Girl is the more entertaining of the two. Hilarious, sweet, heart-breaking, cute-looking leads, pretty songs, and the movie's based on a series of entries on a Korean weblog! People should really see this movie. The interaction between the two characters is remarkable and convincing, the nice little twist or revelation at the end makes you smile, and there're so many moments that you want to call your favorite. Too, there're strange asides in the film - appearances of quintuplets and a UFO.
Trailer: The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
~ It's a Wes Anderson movie (read: quirky)! Set in the ocean! One of the Wilson boys is in it too (as expected)! I'll miss Kumar Pallana though, the guy who plays Pagoda in The Royal Tenenbaums. He's been in all the earlier Anderson movies. Nevertheless, go see the funny trailer for this movie here. You just gotta love Bill Murray. And that Owen Wilson chap ain't bad too. Then there's Jeff Goldbum, Willem Dafoe, Cate Blanchett, Angelica Huston...what a cast!
Posted by Monoceros at August 24, 2004 12:48 AMaiyoh! I can't believe it's taken you so long to watch My Sassy Girl! Terrible lah! Tsk tsk. ;p
But yeah, i love it too!
Posted by: dsd at August 24, 2004 9:39 AMVanny, Jeon Ji Hyun (My Sassy Girl) has a new movie called Windstruck. I haven't seen it myself, but I've heard that it's v good! :)
Posted by: Bunny at August 24, 2004 12:20 PMmy sassy girl is one of my all time fave movies. =) it gets draggy in parts, but who could have expected the sweet ending? =)
(am now plotting to get ahold of Windstruck. esp since it stars my one-time korean obsession - Jang hyuk).
Posted by: a l at August 24, 2004 9:54 PMI know, I know, I came to this little gem of a movie rather late. But hey, at least I have seen it now! Thanks for the heads-up, Bunny. It came out in Singapore over the summer, but I didn't go see it, as I hadn't been struck by the Sassy Girl yet. Is it very good? I heard that the movie can't decide if it wants to be an action movie or a romantic comedy! But I suppose it's still a decent show.
a l, I certainly wasn't prepared for the ending at all! =) If you want to talk draggy, I'd say Il Mare got a little tedious at times =) Who's this Jang hyuk? I will check him out. speaking of Il Mare, hey, isn't that how it all started - you hunting for the soundtrack and me *almost* getting a copy to you. =)
Posted by: V Heng at August 25, 2004 4:25 PMyeah, Il Mare! =)
jang hyuk is this guy who starred in A Bright Girl's Success Story (korean tv series - excellent one btw). he was also in Volcano High, and a couple of other films. think he got rather famous after that TV show, so girls around the region started taking note, haha.
Posted by: a l at August 25, 2004 9:04 PM