(Father & son riding along and both are singing the song , "singing in the field of reeds , you sad litte cuckoo bird , my pure , strawberry love"
Son : Father , What's Pure Love
Father : It's love that is pure
Son : What does that mean
Father : Well , ummm , It is when you love one person for rest of your life.
Son: Then , Why is that like Strawberries
Father (now confused , angry) : Just sing the damn song
This South Korean movie was highly recommended by a friend and now I cannot help but admire his taste of movies. I woke up around 9 AM and by 9.10 AM I was watching this movie. The rule I follow while watching foreign language movies (including english) is :
If sober , I download the subtiltles and then watch it.
If not , watch the movie without any subtitles. (It is not that I can understand the movie ,
it's just that I cannot read the subtitles , then why waste time downloading subtitles)
The movie starts with a girl in red shoes , with red school bag and yellow rain suit going to school. Suddenly you ask yourself , it is not raining then why the girl is wearing the rain suit. In the way , the boy who was
previously singing the 'my pure , strawberry love' song sitting in the bicycle sees her and though subtiltles
were silent on this , it was a start of great love story.
In her first day at school ,the girl, Ari, claims she has a curse and that bad things will happen to anyone who touches her. Hence she was wearing the rain suit to prevent the curse from spreading. The boy , Jo-Kang,
became firnd with her. One day when her pet lizard disappers in the mud water , boy keep seraching for
it in that mud. After that, they sat in cold under her yellow rain suit and next day JO-kang had measles.
Ari mysteriously disappears the next day.
Ten years later she reappears just as mysteriously in Jo-Kang's life. They start from where they had left and
a teenage love story begins. When jo-kang asked her what she wants to do in the next ten years. She says she will be married to a banker. When he asks , 'Why a banker' , she answers 'so that they can rob a bank to buy a russian spaceship to get away from this planet as she doesn't belong here.When once she tells that she would love to eat Shshi , Jo-kang hitch-hikes to city at night and by morning he brings her a sumptuous sushi. They kiss for first time and next day Jo-Kang gets flu. Ari blames herself for the same and again disapppers from his life.
Eight more years pass, and Jo-Kang is still haunted by her memory. Ari walks right back into his life in
the bank where he works. She still speaks of aliens, spaceships, and curses, just as she did before. Then
she reveals that next day she is going to USA. It devastates Jo-Kang. But next day, he accompanies her
to the airport .
Jo-Kang will soon learn that the truth is far more tragic than he might imagine. The movie moves ahead to show that Ari has AIDS which she got in childhood during blood tranfusion after a tragic accident which
killed her parents. At last Jo-kang traces Ari back to a hospital . In the desperate effort , he went and
starts designing a crop circle in field so that aliens can come and heal Ari.
Upto that point there was no doubt in my mind that this is not sci-fi movie. But in the ten minutes , when
Ari sits in a bench among the crop circle , and Jo-Kang keeps cycling around her singing out the large names
they made up in childhood and a bright light comes from no where and Ari says to Jo-Kang not to turn back
as she is going bak from where she came , it left me confused.
Anyway movie was very cute and funny and have the emotional power that makes you cry without dashing your hopes for a happy ending. It's executed extremely well with quirky bits throughout. If you like this kind of movie this is a must watch ( with or without subtiles , if you also follow my rules)
Son : Father , What's Pure Love
Father : It's love that is pure
Son : What does that mean
Father : Well , ummm , It is when you love one person for rest of your life.
Son: Then , Why is that like Strawberries
Father (now confused , angry) : Just sing the damn song
This South Korean movie was highly recommended by a friend and now I cannot help but admire his taste of movies. I woke up around 9 AM and by 9.10 AM I was watching this movie. The rule I follow while watching foreign language movies (including english) is :
If sober , I download the subtiltles and then watch it.
If not , watch the movie without any subtitles. (It is not that I can understand the movie ,
it's just that I cannot read the subtitles , then why waste time downloading subtitles)
The movie starts with a girl in red shoes , with red school bag and yellow rain suit going to school. Suddenly you ask yourself , it is not raining then why the girl is wearing the rain suit. In the way , the boy who was
previously singing the 'my pure , strawberry love' song sitting in the bicycle sees her and though subtiltles
were silent on this , it was a start of great love story.
In her first day at school ,the girl, Ari, claims she has a curse and that bad things will happen to anyone who touches her. Hence she was wearing the rain suit to prevent the curse from spreading. The boy , Jo-Kang,
became firnd with her. One day when her pet lizard disappers in the mud water , boy keep seraching for
it in that mud. After that, they sat in cold under her yellow rain suit and next day JO-kang had measles.
Ari mysteriously disappears the next day.
Ten years later she reappears just as mysteriously in Jo-Kang's life. They start from where they had left and
a teenage love story begins. When jo-kang asked her what she wants to do in the next ten years. She says she will be married to a banker. When he asks , 'Why a banker' , she answers 'so that they can rob a bank to buy a russian spaceship to get away from this planet as she doesn't belong here.When once she tells that she would love to eat Shshi , Jo-kang hitch-hikes to city at night and by morning he brings her a sumptuous sushi. They kiss for first time and next day Jo-Kang gets flu. Ari blames herself for the same and again disapppers from his life.
Eight more years pass, and Jo-Kang is still haunted by her memory. Ari walks right back into his life in
the bank where he works. She still speaks of aliens, spaceships, and curses, just as she did before. Then
she reveals that next day she is going to USA. It devastates Jo-Kang. But next day, he accompanies her
to the airport .
Jo-Kang will soon learn that the truth is far more tragic than he might imagine. The movie moves ahead to show that Ari has AIDS which she got in childhood during blood tranfusion after a tragic accident which
killed her parents. At last Jo-kang traces Ari back to a hospital . In the desperate effort , he went and
starts designing a crop circle in field so that aliens can come and heal Ari.
Upto that point there was no doubt in my mind that this is not sci-fi movie. But in the ten minutes , when
Ari sits in a bench among the crop circle , and Jo-Kang keeps cycling around her singing out the large names
they made up in childhood and a bright light comes from no where and Ari says to Jo-Kang not to turn back
as she is going bak from where she came , it left me confused.
Anyway movie was very cute and funny and have the emotional power that makes you cry without dashing your hopes for a happy ending. It's executed extremely well with quirky bits throughout. If you like this kind of movie this is a must watch ( with or without subtiles , if you also follow my rules)
Uh, it's all right. The guy is seriously cute, but the girl is kind of annoying - the kind of annoying all the AIDS in the world couldn't cure - but the chemistry is there, despite the horribly predictable plot and flat dialogue.
ReplyDelete