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sistersarah



Joined: 03 Jan 2004
Location: hiding out

PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 5:16 pm    Post subject: korean movies Reply with quote

i recently got a dvd player and all i've seen so far is "scandal" and "memories of murder". anyone have any good recommendations? i tried searching on this topic, but i can't seem to find a thread (or i just don't know how to search).

also, if i buy korean dvds here, will they work on my player at home in NA?

thanks!
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just because



Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964

PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 5:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oasis
Sex is Zero
My Wife Is a Gangstar
Friend
Classic (look I'm a big softy)
Jungle Juice

Thats is just for starters............ Wink
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kangnamdragon



Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea

PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 5:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I really agree that "Classic" is a great movie. Yes, I admit I cried.
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komtengi



Joined: 30 Sep 2003
Location: Slummin it up in Haebangchon

PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 5:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

jungle juice.... Shocked

chihwason
oasis
peppermint candy
save the green planet
failan
public enemy
sympathy for mr vengance
champion
jsa
the foul king
no blood no tears
attack the gas station
singles
No. 3
green fish
beat
the way home
sex is zero
friend
teacher kim

even though I dont like them you should probably watch them
- My Sassy Girl
- Tale of two sisters
- Shiri
- Musa
- Marrying the mafia
- My wife is a gangster
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just because



Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964

PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 5:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

komtegi wrote:
jungle juice....

Great movie. My first one I ever saw in Korean, basically about fugutives with drugs on the run in Korea and they end up in an amusement park in Busan. It is about 3 years old.
Had the strangest sex scene I have ever seen in a movie.

I don't rate singles...though you know I like Om Jeong Hwa. Wink
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Bulsajo



Joined: 16 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 6:07 pm    Post subject: Re: korean movies Reply with quote

sistersarah wrote:
also, if i buy korean dvds here, will they work on my player at home in NA?


You'll need to get a hack for DVD player to make it region free.
http://www.dvdrhelp.com/dvdhacks

Here's my list of DVDs I'm trying get sent to me from friends and in-laws (apologies for the repeats):

Happy Ending (isn't that the one about an Englsih teacher?)

Peppermint Candy (or was it this one?)

Swiri (not great, but I'd like to see it again with English subtitles)

JSA (same thing, but better than swiri)

Chingu (just want know what all the fuss was about)

Spring in my Hometown (saw it once, don't really remember it, figure it might as well be in my 'collection')

White Badge (sort of a Korean 'Platoon'. Novel was good, don't really remember the movie)

Real Fiction (got good reviews)

The Isle (ditto)

Silmido (probably not out on DVD yet?)

Tae guki (ditto)

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring (definitely not out on DVD yet, but this will probably be the movie that everyone should have)

Classic (never heard of it until this thread, but it's on my list now!)
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oneiros



Joined: 19 Aug 2003
Location: Villa Straylight

PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 6:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm partial to bad Korean horror movies. (And most of them are really bad.) Worth a rental for schlock value, but not a purchase:

Phone
Wishing Stairs
Acacia
Momento Mori
Tale of Two Sisters (mentioned above)
Horror Game Movie (also has a different English title that I can't remember at the moment)

In the realm of good movies, I really liked "Please Take Care of My Cat", and, since I'm a little sentimental "The Way Home".
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ryleeys



Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: Columbia, MD

PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 6:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I saw two movies in the theatre without subtitles and I'd like to get them on DVD so I can read the English subtitles... However, I don't know the names...

The first movie is about a woman that is released from prison, meets a man on a train, and through a various amount of lies ends up portraying herself to his family as his fiance (he has a real fiance). It's a romantic-comedy...

The second movie is also a romantic comedy about a man that has to marry a girl that doesn't want to marry him. She's in high school and he ends up becoming her teacher... also, many funny scenes.

Can anyone help me out with the names?
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Holyjoe



Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: Away for a cuppa

PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 7:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ryleeys wrote:
The second movie is also a romantic comedy about a man that has to marry a girl that doesn't want to marry him. She's in high school and he ends up becoming her teacher... also, many funny scenes.


That sounds a little bit like Ssagaji, about the guy who makes a high school girl his "slave" because he says she owes him $3000 for damaging his car. Eventually he falls in love with her and ends up being her private teacher just to be with her.
Don't know if it's exactly the one you're thinking of though.

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sparkx



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: thekimchipot.com

PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 7:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

"Sex is zero" & "Attack at the Gas Station" were two of the worst flicks i've ever seen. The first one did the typical Korean spinarooni half way through where an American Pie type comedy suddenly became Steel Magnolias.

Attack at the Gas Station was just plain stupid. The ending made me want to pour hot candle wax on my eyeballs.
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crazylemongirl



Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Location: almost there...

PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 7:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I can't believe no one has mentioned please teach me english.
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komtengi



Joined: 30 Sep 2003
Location: Slummin it up in Haebangchon

PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 9:55 pm    Post subject: Re: korean movies Reply with quote

Bulsajo wrote:

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring (definitely not out on DVD yet, but this will probably be the movie that everyone should have)


Is on dvd and has been for sometime

Oldboy will be released in May..
Silmido and Taegukki are still a while off
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komtengi



Joined: 30 Sep 2003
Location: Slummin it up in Haebangchon

PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 10:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ryleeys wrote:

The second movie is also a romantic comedy about a man that has to marry a girl that doesn't want to marry him. She's in high school and he ends up becoming her teacher... also, many funny scenes.


my little bride



ryleeys wrote:
The first movie is about a woman that is released from prison, meets a man on a train, and through a various amount of lies ends up portraying herself to his family as his fiance (he has a real fiance). It's a romantic-comedy...


you dont believe her


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buddy bradley



Joined: 24 Aug 2003
Location: The Beyond

PostPosted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 3:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

crazylemongirl wrote:
I can't believe no one has mentioned please teach me english.


Good god I just watched that film. What a painful experience that was...
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mindmetoo



Joined: 02 Feb 2004

PostPosted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 6:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Has anyone mentioned Christmas In August yet? Palwolui Christmas. The ending will make you cry. It will make you laugh too.
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