Windstruck

Yeah... Another Korean movie, a romance of two people, you might find this boring because like any other story, the girl meets the guy (or the other way around); they fell in love and end a tragic story. But wait! See the movie deeper and you'll find that this is different. You'll find yourself laughing and then find yourself cries. So here's a little preview for those who haven't seen this Korean movie.

Kyungjin (Jeon Ji Hyun, My Sassy Girl), a kicking-ass female cop who meets Myungwoo(Jang Hyuk), a soft-hearted teacher. Their first meeting was a comedy; Myungwoo was chasing a thief, and was hit by Kyungjin’s shoe, which happens to be the store, and arrested Myungwoo by mistake. As the two became friends, Myungwoo would assist Kyungjin chase after criminals. They fell in love with each other but as their romance flourished, a tragedy will change their lives forever.

What to expect from the movie, there’s a scene in the movie that “it” appears at the start and you’ll see “it” in the end. You have to figure it out. You will be amazed of how the characters expressions and emotions changed from time to time. It is also amazing how the scriptwriters used the wind to portray the presence of the guy in a scene. Knowing that Myungwoo is always at the side of Kyungjin, she could feel him but it’s painful for his not touchable. The story is tragic but still, you’ll be satisfied on the ending. Find it out yourself.

Joint Security Area

A Korean movie of a tragic friendship made by four people of different opposing countries. Joint Security Area is a story of friends separated by culture and difference of principles.

The story happens on a small strip of land, the DMZ or Demilitarized Zone, located between South and North Korea. Two North Korean soldiers, Lieutenant Choi and Private Jung are seemingly murdered by a South Korean soldier, Sergeant Lee Soo Hyuk (Lee Byung Hun), at the North Korean outpost in the DMZ.

To avoid nation conflict and war, a neutral officer from Switzerland, Sophie Jean (Lee Young Ae) is called to investigate of what really happened. The simple case of political intrigue turns out to be more tragic. Sophie's investigation founds out that the four soldiers, Sergeant Oh, Private Jung, Sergeant Nam, and Sergeant Lee were actually friends.

The dialogue between the four soldiers is friendly. They would talk about their lives, what's going on between their countries and girlfriends. The four soldiers enjoys every moment of their friendship, in spite of the fact that it's extremely prohibited. Until one night, that tragic moment that happen.

It's for you to find out what happened. All I can say is that, it's a movie worth watching!

My Sassy Girl

My most favorite love story of all time. My Sassy Girl is a romantic-comedy South Korean film directed by Kwak Jae-yong. The story is about a male college student, Gyeon-woo (played by Cha Tae-Hyun), and the Girl,who's never named in the movie (played by Jun Ji-hyun), who wanted to get over her ex-boyfriend. Gyeon-woo couldn't find a romantic relationship that even her mother tries to help him and said to visit his aunt for two reasons, she reminds her of her son who was drowned and there is a girl his aunt wants to introduce to him.

It's funny how the two met on a subway station, the Girl was drunk and vomitted on an old man and called Gyeon-woo "honey" and fainted. The old man thought that the Girl was the girlfriend of Gyeon-woo and said to him agressively that he should take care of her. As a gentleman, Gyeon-woo help the Girl, try to leave the Girl in the station but changed his mind and took her to a motel and slept together. And that was the beginning of there comedy-love story.
Gyeon-woo would read scripts that she will write, exchanged her high heals to Gyeon-woo's shoes, and play games that Gyeon is always the losser.

Despite all the horrible things Gyeon-woo endures all and determine to help cure the pain of the Girl.
Best scenes to watch out for: The scene where Gyeon-woo gave a flower for the Girl on their 100th Day and Gyeon-woo telling the 10 rules for the Girl.

For me, the best part of the movie was Gyeon-woo saying the Ten Rule for the Girl. It almost made me cry.

Here's The Ten Rules from "My Sassy Girl" -


1. Don’t ask her to be feminine.

2. Don’t let her drink over three glasses. She’ll beat someone.

3. At a cafe, drink coffee instead of coke or juice.

4. If she hits you, act like it hurts. If it hurts, act like it doesn’t.

5. On your 100th day together give her a rose during her class. She’ll like it a lot.

6. Make sure you learn fencing and squash.

7. Also be prepared to go to prison sometimes.

8. If she says she’ll kill you, don’t take it lightly. You’ll feel better.

9. If her feet hurts, exchange shoes with her.

10. She likes to write, encourage her.

A Moment to Remember

For those who hasn't seen this movie yet, you should try this!

The story is about about Chul Soo (played by Jung Woo-sung) and Su-jin (played by Son Ye-jin). What I found about this movie was it has a little comedy from the start. The two accidentally met in a convenient store where they were confused over a can of soda. Then later Chul Soo works on the company on Su-jin's father then their love story begin.
Later in the story, Su-jin founds out the she has Alzheimer's disease in spite her young age. Su-jin was heavily burden for her to know that she will forget about her husband and hides it from his at first until Chul Soo try to find a way of what was happening to his wife. Until Su-jin left her husband because of the burden she carries. Chul Soo finds his wife in a hospital and every visit, he would use sunglasses to hide his sad eyes from her.
The ending was the best part of the story, Where Chul Soo replays the first day they met at that convenient store. Ready your tissues and handkerchief cause your tears might fall!