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May 18 [Review]

Posted in Movies, Seoul, ^_^ with tags , , on November 20, 2008 by illdielaughing

“Do you know what’s more powerful than guns?…the people”

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Word. This movie is a heavy-handed with it’s sorrow and could use with some subtlety but it is a gem and a strong example of mixing history and humanity. Centering around the Gwangju Democratization Movement the film follows four people that are swept up in the terror that militant leader, Chun Doo Hwan, unleashed on protesting students in Gwangju. He sent armed forces to deal with protests but then someone, this person is still unknown, ordered for the use of gunfire against civilians. The people rose against the violent tyranny of the government. 

I’m a sucker for movies like these, I love when people are at their most human, fighting for what they believe in, fighting for the basic human need for freedom. The movie doesn’t leave room for wondering, you know exactly what your supposed to feel and there is no room for ambiguity, which isn’t always a good thing. In this movie, however, there are some images and performances that I will never forget. One image is [SPOLIER!!] a young boy, maybe six, is yelling for his dad, after a few moments his dad picks him up and runs away, as he’s running he gets shot, he and the boy fall and for what seems like ages, the young boy is crying for his father to wake up until another man grabs the child and runs away from the gunfire. [SPOILER] Read more »

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Any Yoo Ji Tae lovers out there?

Posted in Movies, NYC, Seoul, ^_^ with tags on August 19, 2008 by illdielaughing

I might be meeting Yoo Ji Tae on thursday and If I do meet him I want to ask him some good questions from his fans so give me some questions people!

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Disco Queen and Hwang Jinyi in Disaster Film

Posted in Movies, Seoul with tags , on August 13, 2008 by illdielaughing

The recently missing-in-action Ha Ji Won and Uhm Jung Hwa, currently basking in the success of her YG produced album, D.I.S.C.O are set to co-star in the film, Haeundae.


Haeundae is a disctrict in Pusan known for Pusan’s most popular beach. The film is about those devastated by a tsunami that hits Haeundae. Yay for disaster movies! I’m thinking this is going to be something like Day After Tomorrow, Twister, or Armageddon, except with more water and drowning (and less space travel). Though I don’t think their can be anymore water/drowning in this film than in Day After Tomorrow.

Anyway, this movie makes me really nervous because, well, Uhm Jung Hwa, acting distressed? God, please no. I think she’s great in comedy but next to Ha Ji Won-who’s great-she may just look like a fish out of water.

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Jang Geun Suk Wants Girls Only

Posted in Movies, Seoul with tags on August 12, 2008 by illdielaughing

Yesterday Jang Geun Suk was present at the Girls Only premiere of his much anticipated (at least by me) movie Baby and Me.

Jang Geun Suk is such a cutie and I hope in Baby and Me he’ll have more to do than just glare icily (read: blankly) like he did in Hong Gil Dong or have 10 lines like he did in The Longest 24 Months. But since he is the main character in this film I’m sure he’ll do lots and be great (comedy is more his thing, right?)

Check out more pics from the “Girls Only” event.




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Jang Geun Suk Makes Babies Cry

Posted in Movies, Seoul with tags , on August 4, 2008 by illdielaughing

Hehe, not all babies, just his costar in Baby and Me, Mason Moon.

 

 

I love that Jang Geun Suk looks so immeasurably content while the baby–whom he’s holding horribly–looks the exact opposite. 

Mason got the role in the film because of his adorable-ness and his giant eyes, as well as his fitting well with Geun Suk.
 He really is adorable, but he’s not full Korean, so don’t expect all Korean babies to have giant eyes. Mason is half-Korean, half-Canadian, and currently resides in Korea. He’s been modeling since he was just over 3 months old and he’s become quite the hot topic because he’s just so bleeding adorable.

Looking forward to this movie, if only for the good-looking lead and the adorable little costar.

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Lee Soo Kyeong and Lee Seon Gyeon in “I Feel Lucky”

Posted in Movies, Seoul, ^_^ with tags , , , on August 3, 2008 by illdielaughing

I Feel Lucky is an upcoming film starring many actors that I very much enjoy watching. Lee Seon Gyeon (Coffee Prince, My Sweet Seoul), Lee Soo Kyeong (Kamyeon, Soulmate, Lawyers of Korea) and Lee Min Ki (Good Day For an Affair, Evasive Inquiry Agency, Dal Ja’s Spring). There’s also Eugene, but I don’t know much about her acting.

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Attack the Gas Station! (1999)

Posted in Movies, Review, Seoul with tags , , , on August 3, 2008 by illdielaughing

I kept hearing about this movie a couple of weeks ago and then when I started watching Family Outing they mentioned Kim Soo Ro’s role in the film. I became curious.

So last night I was bored and I decided to go onto crunchyroll (which has been sucking lately), and I watched Attack the Gas Station! Directed by Kim Sang Jin and written by Ko Soo Bok & Park Jeong Woo, this film was nothing I was expecting. Read more »

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“Korean Wedding”

Posted in Movies, NYC, Seoul with tags , on August 2, 2008 by illdielaughing

Kang Hye Jung’s Hollywood debut, that might actually be a good Hollywood debut, is a film called Korean Wedding.

Asian people can make it in Hollywood, men tend to be more type cast that women but it is possible for a man or woman of Asian ethnicity to make a name for themselves. Kang Hye Jung, I think, could be the next person to do so. 

Korean wedding is a romantic comedy about a Korean woman and a Caucasian-American man that are getting ready to and get married. Being touted as the Korean My Big Fat Greek Wedding, I think it can be very good and just as much as a sleeper hit. Well, that all hangs on how the writers depict the differences in our cultures, and how they show Korean culture especially.

This project is still in development and is slated to be released in 2010, so we won’t be seeing this one for a while.

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Awkward Kim Bum Kiss Cut from “Bloody Midterms”

Posted in Movies, Seoul with tags on August 1, 2008 by illdielaughing

Thank God, for that.

If I had to watch another awkward kiss from Kim Bum I’d have to strip him of his “hot” title. No one wants to see that kiss above from his movie Bloody Midterm after seeing his awkward kiss with So Hee’s lesbian/maybe bisexual character in Some Like It Hot nor after seeing his awkwardly discomposed self while getting soft-core lap dances during “Battle of Princess” at the last MKMFF. If this aired in the movie all of Kim Beom’s suggested mojo would be gone. 

They cut this scene out because their wasn’t enough time in the film to torture females with this image of Kim Bum.

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Jin Goo is a Slasher Near You

Posted in Movies, Seoul with tags on July 31, 2008 by illdielaughing

Jin Goo, of All In and A Dirty Carnival fame, is set to star as a serial killer in his new film.

Jin Goo as Kim Young Ho fights against Cheol Min, a truck driver played by Park Hae Jin. Jin Goo’s character shows the good and bad in one person and the film tries to explain the mind of a serial killer. The plot of the film concerns Young Ho pursuing Cheol Min as he tries to dump the bodies of the people he’s killed. 

Truck is directed by Kwon Hyung Jin and produced by Sidus HQ. It will be released in September.

I currently watched Jin Goo (with Jo In Seong and Lee Bo Young) in the one hundredth episode of Come to Play . At frst I found him kind of full of himself, but I love how blunt he is. Watch part one, of episode one of the two part special below.

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