Korean Attack!

There's nothing like a movie-marathon to remove (or reduce) stress, don't you think? Korean Movies (here in the Philippines) are a big hit right now, that's why I'll probably watch the Hollywood version of My Sassy Girl when it hits the theaters.

Anyway, if you also love Asian (preferably Korean) movies, like me, and already tired of watching "The Sassy Girl" or "My Little Bride" for the nth time, then check out my top 5 favorite Korean movies of all time:

 

 5. Innocent Steps

If you loved "My Little Bride", you'll also love this. It almost had the same plot - young bride, older guy, fell in love - but with a musical twist! It also stars Moon Geum-Young, (most of us in the Philippines remember her as the young "Jenny" in the Korean drama, Autumn in my Heart).

When her sister backed-out of a marriage she didn't want, Chae-Ryn went to Seoul to impersonate her sister and save her. The said 'groom' however, only agreed to get married in search of a new dance partner.

He was shocked at first to see a really young 'bride-to-be', but eventually, he agreed to the terms. Chae-Ryn didn't know how to dance, so he trained her first ( a lot of cheesy moments here, teehee). Eventually, he fell in love, and they lived happily ever after. I'm a lame story-teller, sorry.

 

 

4. The King and the Clown 

ART FLICK! Yup, very nicely made. The scenes - breathtaking, the actors - i didn't notice they were acting, the plot - weird, and interesting.

I think it's true-to-life, although, I'm just not sure. The king had very serious mental problems, he's really weird. All of his officials don't respect him for that fact. He actually was traumatized when his mother was killed in front of him while he was still a kid. Then these group of entertainers came, and he loved them! Everynight, he would call the gay court clown to visit him in his room, and they would play puppets (or just about anything) the whole night!

The story gets more interesting when the king's concubine got really jealous, the corruption of the king's court got exposed, and the palace being attacked by its people.

 

 

3. The Classic

Love tearjerking-happy-ending movies?

This may be entitled "The Classic", but it's definitely not one of those traditional love stories you've ever seen. Ji-Hae discovers a box of memories that belongs to her mother. The whole movie actually focused on two love stories - Ji-Hae's and her mother's. War, strict parents, third guy, Ji-Hae's mom had an unsucessful love-life. They gave way to all the forces against them and went with the bitter flow of their fates.

At the present, Ji-Hae, and her mother's ex-boyfriend's son, continues, and finishes the love that their parents didn't finish. I love the story because it is very poetic, and it gives you the "once-upon-a-time" experience.

 

 

2. 3-Iron

As you may have noticed, i love movies with really weird plots. The ones that make you go "wait, what happened again?! *pushes the rewind button*", and you're still left mouth-opened and stunned.

Tae-Suk (a really weird person, haha!) posts flyers on people's gates, and returns at night, breaks-in to the houses that didn't remove their flyers, thinking that they must be empty. He enters, takes pictures of him (as souvenirs), washes the unwashed clothes of the residents and even fix their furnitures! Weird, eh? He stays there for as long as the home owners are away. One day, he broke-in a big house and met the battered-housewife, Sun-Wha. She runs away with him, and they fell in love in a really strange way. They got caught eventually and Tae-Suk went to jail, but he manages to escape by "being invisible". It's up to you to discover how he did! The  story ends with Tae-Suk living in Sun-Wha's house, with Sun-Wha's husband not even knowing he's there!

 

1. A Moment to Remember (Director's Cut)

I still cry my heart out, even if I already saw this movie a hundred times. That's a really tough job for film-makers, don't you think? To keep you crying, over-and-over again.

Su Jin fell in love with the (super hot!) really cranky architect, Chul Soo. They got married and were very happy. Their happiness was almost perfect, unbelievable even, when Su Jin starts getting sick of Alzheimers. At one point, Chul Soo filled up their house with post-its and posters, "This way to the bathroom", "How to tell time", and others of that sort. It gets really heartbreaking when Su jin forgets his name, and starts calling him with another guy's name.

This is my favorite movie of all time, so I won't spoil its ending, It's already up to you to find out. Teehee.