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white_shadow



Joined: 28 Mar 2005

PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 9:25 pm    Post subject: S. Korean movies suggestions Reply with quote

I rented some DVD's and found them fairly entertaining. Most of them seem to center around a love story.

Any suggestions for non-love story movies.
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intro



Joined: 28 Mar 2004

PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 9:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oldboy, Friend, JSA, Memories of Murder are all good. Actually Oldboy is great.
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Jensen



Joined: 30 Mar 2003
Location: hippie hell

PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 9:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Koreh Sanyang (whale hunting...I and II) is '80s and kind of a love story but I really like it. Haven't been able to find a copy of I since coming back to the states...

"The Quiet Family" isn't bad...

Shoot me, but I liked Two-Cops (I)...a lot...
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mount real



Joined: 07 Apr 2005

PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 10:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I really liked "Oh! Happy Day!" with Jang Na-Ra, she was really funny imo...
Kim Ki-Duk makes good movies, like Samaria and Bin Jip (3 Iron), though the former is definitely NOT a date movie! � (Ching-gu/Friend) was not bad, plus you get to listen to that wacky Busan accent! I really want to see Welcome to Dong-Ma-Gol but my Korean isn't quite good enough yet without the subtitles.....oh ya and Tae-Gu-Ki is a good movie on the Korean war....Married to the Mob is pretty good though not original, I just like Kim Jong-Eun, she makes me giggle....hihihi
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livinginkorea



Joined: 11 Jun 2004
Location: Korea, South of the border

PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 10:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jensen wrote:

Shoot me, but I liked Two-Cops (I)...a lot...


Is that a comedy and the main guy takes loads of bribes? It's a few years old now.

I would recommend Oldboy, Taeguki and Silmido.
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white_shadow



Joined: 28 Mar 2005

PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 10:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've seen 3-Iron, and I liked it in a weird way.

Did that guy get beat to death in the end and the girl just imagine he was alive. His ghost haunting the places they broke into together?

I like to get some movies like that. I'm taking them back for my cousins, parents and family who are Korean. They might enjoy watching some Korean films that depict S. Korea more precisely then the imported Korean channels. The stuff they show in the U.S. are all filmed on set.

Here is s list of some of the movies I suggest.

I Know Girl
The Turning Gate
Cracked Eggs and Noodles (cheesy story but I like it)
and 3-Iron
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alicat_blue



Joined: 09 Mar 2005

PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 10:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you haven't seen it, check out "Please Teach Me English". It's a hilarious take on learning english at a hagwon from a Korean point of view.
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the eye



Joined: 29 Jan 2004

PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 10:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

search 'movies'.....

http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=36015&highlight=movies

http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=34109&highlight=movies
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pegpig



Joined: 10 May 2005

PostPosted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 12:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

When I first started, my students would always talk about Chingu and Shiri. I can't believe I haven't seen the latter yet.

When Koreans say 'Shiri', I always think they're saying something else with a 't' instead of an 'r'.
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Derrek



Joined: 15 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 1:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

pegpig wrote:
When I first started, my students would always talk about Chingu and Shiri. I can't believe I haven't seen the latter yet.

When Koreans say 'Shiri', I always think they're saying something else with a 't' instead of an 'r'.



I saw shiri in the US before i came here, and fell asleep before the end. Never understood what was so great about it. Maybe I should watch it again.
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Greekfreak



Joined: 25 May 2003

PostPosted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 3:02 am