Change Your Image
monkeyrebirth
Reviews
Minyeo-neun goerowo (2006)
Good start - saggy middle...
...flabby ending I set out with high hopes. Had 'em dashed.
This is a one-hour story squeezed into 2 hours!
Interesting that the story mirrors - to a point - the star's real life (her noticeably *ahem* different school photo is online). Yet the message seems to be "as long as people know your real name and that you've had cosmetic surgery, they'll like you more so it's still better to be skinny than fat" - as confirmed in the final sequence during the closing credits.
For a much better slice of romantic Korean drama, try "You are my sunshine".
Ying hung boon sik (1986)
Things I learned from this film...
1. The 1980's had some of the most offensive sweaters in history
2. People from Hong Kong give incredibly generous slices of cake
3. An existing permanent leg injury that causes a significant limp can temporarily be relieved by holding two guns
4. Both hardened Triads and fresh-faced young men enjoy pushing, slappy horseplay
5. Women from Hong Kong will still answer a ringing phone despite having a maniac shooting at them
This, light teasing aside, is a classic film and still holds up very well after 20 years. Great stuff.
D-War (2007)
Jurassic Park + King Kong + lobotomy = DULL WARS
I, like the previous reviewer, also attended the preview/premiere in Seoul. I was very glad that I didn't pay for the tickets.
Admittedly, I am not part of the target audience (12 - 14 years old, mentally or physically) but there was nothing there for anyone older.
It's so easy to criticize this movie, I'll keep it brief.
- a 1st draft script: you can check-off the clichés as you hear them - "this is gonna sound crazy but...". CHIII-YEK! Authority figure turns around just in time to NOT see the beast CHIII-YEK!
- it takes itself way, waaaay too seriously: come on fellas, its a film about dragons, soften those frowns a little.
- Zero chemistry between the leads: maybe they were all CG?
Here are the good things:
- the Korean version I saw is shorter than the European one - sorry, my European friends, you have 17 more excruciating minutes.
In conclusion, if you like CG, buy a PS3 or a Wii. If you want to be entertained, D-War is not the place.