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my sassy girl.. remake is done!

 
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itaewonguy



Joined: 25 Mar 2003

PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 5:16 am    Post subject: my sassy girl.. remake is done! Reply with quote

this film is straight to video! and back self!!
will never get seen!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0404254/
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happeningthang



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 6:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Even without reading the reviews that would've been my guess. Hollywood remakes of foreign films invariably suck, and a k-romance story of falling in love with a psycho girl who beats you up all the time wouldn't work anywhere else but here.
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Young FRANKenstein



Joined: 02 Oct 2006
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 7:00 am    Post subject: Re: my sassy girl.. remake is done! Reply with quote

itaewonguy wrote:
this film is straight to video! and back self!!
will never get seen!

With such a stellar cast, I agree.
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peppermint



Joined: 13 May 2003
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 7:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

happeningthang wrote:
Even without reading the reviews that would've been my guess. Hollywood remakes of foreign films invariably suck


As I recall the remake of Infernal Affairs did rather well.
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happeningthang



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 7:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Did well, yes... but in comparison to the original?

I'm actually asking - still haven't seen the original.
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browneyedgirl



Joined: 17 Jul 2007

PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 12:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

happeningthang wrote:
Did well, yes... but in comparison to the original?

I'm actually asking - still haven't seen the original.


I have the original and one of the sequels (there were three films), but never bothered to see The Departed. The first Internal Affairs was great.

Infernal Affairs II couldn�t live up to the first one, but it was still better than a lot of other movies I�ve seen. I heard that The Departed was a combination of all three movies, but I wouldn�t know. I bought the first one from yesasia for $6 years ago, but now they charge $15.

http://us.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/code-w/section-videos/pid-1003904035/
(I don't know who the chick is on the cover, she wasn't in the movie...)
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crazy_arcade



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 5:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I can't see how a remake could work. That movie totally relies on Korean customs.
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Chicoloco



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 5:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I can't see how a remake could work. That movie totally relies on Korean customs.


True. But even then it was a bit wanky.

In reality, very few foreign movies are remade to a decent quality....City of Angels anybody?!
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Gunther



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 6:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Totally made in Korea, by koreans for koreans... very funny with subtitles, adds more spunk to the action... but an English remake... Beeg Mistake, unless of-course you find a way to make up for the silliness... btw... JJH is the best...
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mindmetoo



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 3:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My Sassy Girl worked for Korea and Asia because a young woman being kind of loud and demonstrative in public was something of a novelty. I'm not sure how they'll capture that shock 'n' awe in the west.
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catman



Joined: 18 Jul 2004

PostPosted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 9:25 pm    Post subject: Re: my sassy girl.. remake is done! Reply with quote

itaewonguy wrote:
this film is straight to video! and back self!!
will never get seen!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0404254/


Where does it say it will be "straight to video"? Confused
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jinju



Joined: 22 Jan 2006

PostPosted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 9:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mindmetoo wrote:
My Sassy Girl worked for Korea and Asia because a young woman being kind of loud and demonstrative in public was something of a novelty. I'm not sure how they'll capture that shock 'n' awe in the west.


Probably by making her quiet and polite:)
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itaewonguy



Joined: 25 Mar 2003

PostPosted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 1:55 am    Post subject: Re: my sassy girl.. remake is done! Reply with quote

catman wrote:
itaewonguy wrote:
this film is straight to video! and back self!!
will never get seen!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0404254/


Where does it say it will be "straight to video"? Confused


you think this movie will pick up cinema distribution???
theatre cains wont touch it , its a dog with fleas!

thats just my opinion..
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Chicoloco



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 3:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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you think this movie will pick up cinema distribution???
theatre cains wont touch it , its a dog with fleas!

thats just my opinion..


Damn straight - 6 months from now you'll find it on the shelf between "SuperBabies - Baby Geniuses 2" and "Battlefield Earth"

And the explanation in the Korean media?

"Foreigners don't get the complex Korean relationships, they don't know what 정 is."

Maybe not, but I sure know a turkey when I see it.
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jinju



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 7:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My Sassy Girl was a good movie. But thats because it made sense in the Korean context. Hollywood will destroy it. I expect the same would happen with a movie like Old Boy, in Korean a masterpiece, in its Hollywod version it will be crap.
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