KOREAN FLICK: My Sassy Girl

[OTEP]

Kapapanood ko lang kanina. Has anyone else watched this? Medyo dragging sa gitna pero sobrang ganda ng twist sa ending.

Nag-burn na ko ng sarili kong kopya. hehehe.

[gretzy]

paburn naman, gano kahaba? ganda ng reviews nyan

[odell]

ok yan.. korean yan e.. mas ok un 2nd part ng cd.hehehe.. kaso akin lang sub title e...

natawa ako nun pinalabas ng parents un gami sa bulsa ng guy,sabay may condom.haha

[roninblade]

ok ba talaga? meron sa bahay nyan pero di ko lang pinapansin. hmmmm... matesting nga mamaya.

[ownertype]

korean version ba to ng Y tu mama tambien he he

[pajerokid]

Ano yan Otep? ****o?

[OTEP]

My Sassy Girl Review from http://www.kfccinema.com/reviews/com...ssy/sassy.html :

Country : South Korea
Year: 2001
Genre: Comedy / Romantic
Format: DVD
Running Time: 2H17
Distributor: Starmax
Date reviewed: 01/25/2002

Producer: Chul Shin
Director: Gwak Jae-Yong

Cast: Jeon Ji-Hyeon, Cha ***-Hyeon, Yang Geum-Yong

Story: Gyeon-woo is a single Korean college student, still not very sure of what he wants to become in the future. One night, on his way back home, he meets an extremely beautiful girl, but who is also completely drunk. Because the girl talked to Gyeon-woo before falling unconscious, the people surrounding them begin to think that the girl is Gyeon-woo`s girlfriend. Having no other choice than helping the girl, he decides to leave her in a motel, since he doesn't know were she lives. The next morning Gyeon-woo gets a call from this mysterious girl who is very angry about him and wants to know everything that happened the past night. She tells him to meet her right now at the exit of the metro. Gyeon-woo thinking about this, decides to go see the girl. From that night, Gyeon-woo and the girl will become good friends, in a strange sense. As the relation progresses, Gyeon-woo begins to discover how crazy the girls really is, with all her wacky behaviors, angry attitude and always wanting him to please her the way she wants, even if it mean that Gyeon-woo will pass for a complete idiot in public places or gets beaten by the girl. But even if Gyeon-woo suffer, physically and mentally, he really thinks that this beautiful girl will have some sorrow in her and he really wants to help her to get better. But at what price?
Review: Why do I hate teen movies so much? Because of their uninteresting crappy love story and their unbelievable typical characters (you know that the supposed ugly girl is a perfect super babe when she takes off her glasses). Also because I can't support all the clichés and stereotypes that these kinds of movies like to exploit so much. It's just not funny to me anymore. Of course, because in most cases, cinematography wise, these movies mean absolutely nothing, for me they have almost no artistic values, I just found them a complete waste of time.

But why do I love "My Sassy girl" so much? Because of that unpredictable and enjoyable love story and that the two characters in the movie were awesome and touching, especially that memorable and beautiful Korean girl. Also, that the humor was always right on time, not trying stupid *** jokes or stupid humor, unlike other movie of its genre right now and that visually the movie was surprisingly very well done.

Okay, I know what you are thinking right now, "He said love story, this is a freaking chick flick then!" No not at all…well okay, this movie has a lot of material to please more to a female audience but trust me, just once. I really don't like these kind of movies and drama makes me sleepy, but I was really touched by this sweet romantic story. The story looks simple and yes it is, but there are a lot of things going on during the movie that you will probably miss some of the subtle details the first time you watch it. These details are not essential to the comprehension of the story but it makes a second viewing even more fun. The first part of the story concentrates more on the development of the characters, it really gave us the time to know them and begin to feel attach to the two main characters. Feeling sorry for Gyeon-woo when he gets beaten or humiliated by the girl, but also that a guy can't stay indifferent by that sweet little face that girl can make when she wants to be taken care of. The story is really only about the two main characters and I can't tell you anymore about it because it will spoil the development of their relationship.

Strangely, the cast is almost composed by only two people, most of the rest of the characters consist of the parents of the two main characters and that is about it. And to be entertained during more than 2 hours by only 2 actors, that is a real challenge and they succeeded at it. The characters are far from those cliché teen movies, Gyeon-woo looked at first like the average guy, but this will change as soon as he will become the slave of the girl. Cha ***-Hyeon played the role of the poor victim boyfriend very good, making every humiliating moment a great laugh for us and also making us feel pity for him when things were not going as he would like to.

As for the girl itself, well I never saw a female character as crazy as this, I mean on a realistic level of course. The girl was played by Jeon Ji-Hyeon and be ready to be amaze by this Korean queen beauty. Her acting was great but how she personalized that girl was even more amazing. How a sweet little girl like this can be so violent, disturbed and extreme will probably amaze you but what is sure is that it will make you laugh. Love her for her beauty or hate her for her behavior, this character was the shine of the movie. Unforgivable that's for sure, specially if you're a guy who likes Korean girls.

Since it is a love story, there are a lot of melodramatic moments in the movie, but these moments appear in the movie only near the end, at the moment when we are really attach to the characters and that is why the drama really works in the movie. Unlike other films who try to make us feel sad right at the beginning, "My Sassy Girl" takes its time to let us appreciate the two characters and to wish the best for them. The first half of the movie contains most of the jokes, since it tries to introduce us these two wacky characters. Apparently, the film was based loosely on a true story, it's not hard to believe since most of the jokes were very realistic, in a way that by pure chance or bad luck, these situations could have really happened. Also the humor was easy to understand and was not much about Korean culture, so even if you are not familiar with Asian comedies, you won't have any problems in liking the type of humor in the film. Unless you are looking for stupid *** jokes or over the top humor, you might be really disappointed. Be ready for a lot comical situations, great laugh and some unexpected surprise along the way.

Visually the movie was also interesting and great to follow. Using colorful and cartoonish backgrounds to make the transition to different events or just how the camera was handling on some scenes was just perfect. It really gives the right touch to make all these laughing scenes ever funnier. I can't point out any exact scenes that I have in mind because it will give you some spoilers about the development of the story. Also the music fits the humoristic and dramatic tone of the movie very well.

I have no real idea why I wanted to see "My Sassy Girl" in the first place. Maybe because I wanted to watch every Korean movie available or it got my attention because it was the second best selling movie, behind "Friends," in South Korea during 2001 and god knows how bad blockbuster movies usually are. I didn't expect too much from that movie, maybe which is the reason why I was so surprised about its quality. Or maybe, I was just simply in the right mood to watch this kind of movie. But what I am sure is that "My Sassy Girl" is one of the best Korean comedies I have seen and my favorite Korean movie for 2001 so far. If you like sweet comedies, don't miss this movie at all cost. If you are more into coarse humor or action oriented movies, maybe you might find the ride a little long but you never know, maybe you will also get a great surprise.

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[GlennSter]

****..i just watched it now...grabe...ang ganda...this will definitely top my list for my personal fave love story...

ang ganda nung GIIIIIIRRRRRRLLLLLLL

nagiging maka chinita narin ako ah...grrrr

[5Speed]

yup, maganda nga yan, tagal na nyan, I watched it on our cable TV here in HK, TWICE...hehehe parating nagpapalabas nang mga Japanese, Korean, Chinese, etc na romance, comedy, drama at kung anu-ano pa dito...yun nga lang dapat mabilis kang magbasa dahil puro in their native tounge yung mga movie...

I will recommend it also...pakiramdam ko eh bumata ako ulit...and yup the girl was very cute...she has another movie but hindi sya ganon ka-exposed sa sassy girl kaya di mo masyado mapansin yung beauty nya....

hmmmm... makahanap nga nang DVD dito sa HK...maisama sa koleksyon... last year ko pa yata napanood dito yan...

[CaRGirL]

nyah. ngaun ko lang napanuod ito... ganda, ang kulet nung girl sobra... pero mejo kakaiyak ung last part, lalo na ung kala ko na hindi na sila magkikita....

but of course, happy ending pa din... Ü

hirap lang magbasa ng subtitles e..hehehe

[KCboy]

ito tanong ko sa mga nanuod!!!!!!! panu nakapasok yung palaka sa time capsule. last year ko pa nud yan, kaya now may romantic side na ako dahil sa movie na yan. yung guy sa movie, dami ginawa nyan na love comedy. try mo din watch crazy first love. ganda din!!!!!!!!!!:confused:

[bardigones]

daming rave reviews talaga ang sassy girl na ito.

meron nito sa [p]dvd9 - P150

[GlennSter]

kcboy..ung matanda ang naglagay ng palaka dun....binuksan niya ang capsule kasi alam niya ang kwento nung lalaking nagtayo ulit ng tree..which was the guy..

NAKITA NIYO BA ANG UFO!?!!?!

alam niyo ba kung bakit ayaw niya painomin ng coke ung lalake!>?!?!?

alam niyo ba pangalasn nung SASSY GIRL!?

madami akong scoop jan...kasama ko paulit ulit na panoorin yan movie technician sa school..dami namin nakukuhang astig trivias sa movie....herherherherherh

[KCboy]

walang name yung girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[GlennSter]

panoorin mo ulit....meron!!!!

ahrhahrahrahr

sagutin mo ung iba kong tanong..herhehrehr

[KCboy]

glenn,
grabe ang tama mo sa movie na yan. when i re-watch the movie, i always jump dun sa restaurant when the guy is mentioning the 10things. tinamaan me dun.

[c_cube]

astig sobra movie nato pero la ako mahanap na dvd nito eh kaya sa vcd ko lang napanuod, cute nun girl noh!!!....yah tama yun matanda ang naglagay ng palaka dun sa capsule.... la naman name yun babae dun eh meron ba? ano? lam ko talaga wala, pinag usapan ba namin sa skul yan eh.

[CaRGirL]

KCboy ako din na-sweet-an ako dun sa part na sinasabi na nung guy ung 10 things e. kaka-sad na kaka-iyak, pero parang dun natauhan ung girl at naramdaman nya na like sya nung guy...

hmmm... wala naman nabanggit na name nung girl e..

bket nga ba ayaw nya painumin ng coke?!

hehehe...

3x ko na sya napanuod this week... kaka-"haaaay" talaga...

[karlbo]

KCBOY - grabe noh?!!!... napaiyak din ako nung pinigyan niya ng mga tips about dun sa girl.... tsk tsk

SASSY GIRL.... sobrang ganda talaga as in..... :D