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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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 Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 7:13 am Post subject: Oh wow the My Sassy Girl remake went straight to DVD |
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0404254/
I didn't think this film would translate very well to North American audiences. I never actually made it all the way through the Korean version (hard to find time to just sit and watch a DVD) but from what I saw the movie seemed built around an Asian woman not being quiet and sweet and a limp Korean man who lets a woman bat him around. Well, welcome to the 1970s, Korea. May I introduce you to a TV show called Maude:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maude_(TV_series) |
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crusher_of_heads
Joined: 23 Feb 2007
Location: kimbop and kimchi for kimberly!!!!
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 8:40 am Post subject: |
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I ain't eggsactly an apologist, but that is pretty harsh.
Keep up the good work. |
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Tommy
Joined: 24 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 9:52 am Post subject: |
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Seen both movies, and don't like either that much - the remake was horrid. The original has some Korean charm..
Thought it was strange that I saw the remake movie poster in the COEX movie theater, but it was being marked under a different name in Korea.. something like "New York Girl" or "New York Lover" |
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Bailsibub
Joined: 22 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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| I wonder if Jun Ji Yun got a cameo appearance in the new film as a New York street vendor. |
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pest2
Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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saw it... thank god only via pirated chinese mpegs because it would be a shame to waste any money on it...
Its like as if there were some caucasian people who were handed a Korean movie script and told to change all the words to English.... Imagine almost any Korean soap opera where there's like a crazy irrational hot woman and a stable calm guy and the face issue and gender roles and Korean family values... then imagine they took some of the characters from the original TV series, "Friends" and made them live out this Korean soap opera plot and that pretty much sums up the movie..
another one like that was "D war"...( i mean only insofar as it shows korean-ness being played out in a western setting )
Still, its kind of funny see; like viewing the ideals of the western world through the lens of a Korean unmarried woman. |
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Freakstar
Joined: 29 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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| pest2 wrote: |
Its like as if there were some caucasian people who were handed a Korean movie script and told to change all the words to English.... |
Sounds like a recipe for disaster. I've seen the original with Jeon Ji Hyun (mildly entertaining), but I won't be watching the Hollywood remake of it. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 6:06 am Post subject: |
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| Tommy wrote: |
Seen both movies, and don't like either that much - the remake was horrid. The original has some Korean charm..
Thought it was strange that I saw the remake movie poster in the COEX movie theater, but it was being marked under a different name in Korea.. something like "New York Girl" or "New York Lover" |
Hmmm they should have worked "In the City" into that too. The way to pack in 30something single Korea women, release a movie with a perky blonde woman who finds love. Call it "Brad Pitt's New York Friends in the City". If you want to also bring in the cackling ajumma market, work "Cheaters" in there some how. |
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IAMAROBOT
Joined: 16 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 6:33 am Post subject: |
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| They're going to remake every Korean movie until they find a winner. |
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CA-NA-DA-ABC
Joined: 20 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:01 am Post subject: |
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| good. didn't like the original either. |
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DeLaRed
Joined: 16 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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| IAMAROBOT wrote: |
| They're going to remake every Korean movie until they find a winner. |
Not optimistic that Oldboy will be one of those |
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Location: In Cognito
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 4:37 pm Post subject: |
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| I watched the Korean version a long time ago. The only thing I can remember is the incredible loathing I felt for the moron guy who happily put up with the chick's irrational crap. It's an insult to suggest that anyone should put up with the kind of abusive behavior she portrayed. It's also an insult to suggest that her behavior was justified in any way. Maybe my selective memory is acting up, but this movie really pissed me off, at least what I can remember of it. |
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Otherside
Joined: 06 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Underwaterbob, you forget, that the main guy was very (VERY) average, while Jeon Ji-Hyun is absolutly stunning. |
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itaewonguy
Joined: 25 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 12:07 am Post subject: |
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I started a thread on this months ago saying it will go straight to video..
its a crap movie!! |
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Neil
Joined: 02 Jan 2004
Location: Tokyo
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| Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 12:27 am Post subject: |
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| I read for some reason the remake did well in SE Asia. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 5:36 am Post subject: |
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| Otherside wrote: |
| Underwaterbob, you forget, that the main guy was very (VERY) average, while Jeon Ji-Hyun is absolutly stunning. |
Interesting. While it's easy to tell a female looker, it's not always easy to tell what Korean society judges as an attractive male.
I dunno, I can well imagine a lot of average guys letting a hottie walk all over them. How many "I'm a nice guy and women don't really like nice guys let me tell you a story about how a woman used me!" threads to you see pop up (if not here, on other message boards)? |
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