Day 254 - My Little Bride (Korean)

"Bo-eun (Moon Geun-young) is an ordinary 15-year-old high school girl who worries about grades and has a crush on her school's baseball team ace, Jung-woo. One day, Bo-eun's grandfather orders her to marry Sang-min (Kim Rae-won) because of a pact he made with Sang-min's grandfather during the Korean War. Despite the grandchildren's opposition, they are forced to marry because of Bo-eun's grandfather's strong influence. However later on in the story, it is revealed that Sang-min actually loves Bo-eun. Bo-eun's undercover married life begins: She pretends that she doesn't have a husband and starts dating Jung-woo. Bo-eun believes that she can manage both men and live a double life. Everything goes smoothly until Sang-min becomes a student teacher at Bo-eun's school. From there, their relationship begins to grow. After an accident, Bo-eun's family finds out about Jung-woo. After talking to her mother, Bo-eun finally realizes that she loves Sang-min. At the school festival she breaks up with Jung-woo and confesses her feelings to Sang-min in front of the whole school."-wiki

A nice film but screams out a lack of experience. Kim Rae-won was okay in the film but his character should have been seen more without Kim Rae-won's character. My favorite character was actually Hye-won played by Shin Se-kyung who was absolutely beautiful and actually talented. Even though it was her debut it seemed like she was an experienced actress. The chemistry between the two leads are not there until almost towards the end of the film. Some of the cuts were confusing which distracted me from the story. I would like to have seen the romance between the two more but we only get to see the real thing until the end of the film. Don't get me wrong we do get to see some romantic scenes between the two leads but its like watching two "tsunderes". I would suggest this film to those that like romantic comedies.


2/5

Day 253 - The Plan Man (Korean)

"Jung-seok is a librarian who goes about his daily life with everything planned down to the second. Having obsessive–compulsive personality disorder, he wakes up, crosses the road, visits the convenience store and goes to bed at the same time every day. Whenever he sees anything out of place, he can't help himself but to rectify it, a trait that is particularly irksome to his co-workers. Jung-seok develops a crush for a local convenience store's cashier who demonstrates a similar attention to order and cleanliness. When he finally works up the courage to tell her his feelings, he bumps into So-jung instead, a messy musician and free spirit whose life is lived spontaneously, adventurously and impulsively. With So-jung's help, he tries to woo his dream girl, but the only catch is that she wants someone who doesn't share her obsession for neatness. So now Jung-seok must break his routine and place himself outside of his comfort zone, as So-jung asks him to enter a singing audition program together with her"

I love this film this movie! it was extremely interesting and thankfully the stars were experienced. Jung Jae-young was extremely good in this film, he was the perfect choice for this character. Han Ji-min was also perfect for her role, she was quite energetic and the opposite of Jung Jae-young's character. The overall story was completely funny and romantic but at the same time the characters were flawed which made them seem even more real. I enjoyed watching Han Ji-min sing out all of those interesting song lyrics on the stage. I feel like both actors left everything out for us to see and for us to believe in their characters. The chemistry worked between the two, which didn't surprise me too much since I have seen both of them play romantic roles in the past. I will suggest this film to those that like romantic comedies.

3.1/5 

Day 252 - Bloody Tie (Korean)

"Sang-do (Ryoo Seung-bum) is a fast talking crystal meth dealer who considers himself more of a businessman than a criminal. Sang-do has been involved in the drug business all of his life. His uncle was a drug dealer (Kim Hee-ra), specializing in manufacturing crystal meth. Sang-do's mother died when one of his uncle’s meth labs blew up in an accident.
Do Jin-kwang (Hwang Jung-min) is a hard-nosed cop who doesn't always play by the rules"

We have two great actors in this film but this film is a failure due to a poor script and direction. I'm not the biggest dan of Ryoo Seung-bum but he does an okay job in this film. Hwang Jung-min was great too but due to the character he was given wasn't written well he isn't as good as he is in his other films. The script is pretty risqué to the subject matter of the film but it really fails and only appears to be an imitation. Everything happens to fast which causes you to misunderstand a few things and only leaves the film with a ton of holes. I don't suggest anyone watch this film despite the two leads.

1/5

Day 251 - Kolya (Czech Republic)

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The film begins in 1988 while the Soviet bloc is beginning to disintegrate. František Louka, a middle-aged Czech man dedicated to bachelorhood and the pursuit of women, is a concert cellist struggling to make out a living by playing funerals at the Prague crematorium. He has lost his previous job at the Czech Philharmonic due to having been half-accidentally blacklisted as "politically unreliable" by the authorities. A friend offers him a chance to earn a great deal of money through a sham marriage to a Russian woman to enable her to stay in Czechoslovakia. The woman then uses her Czechoslovak citizenship to emigrate and join her boyfriend in West Germany.
Due to a concurrence of circumstances, she has to leave behind her Russian-speaking five-year-old son, Kolya, for the disgruntled Czech musician to look after"

This film is completely heart felt but simply a little too dry. The acting is good but the camera style takes away from every scene. Its truly a simple film with complicated characters that are just trying to life while under the threat and control of the soviets. I enjoyed this film a lot especially when the two characters get close, it was truly interesting to see. It was my first Czech film and hopefully wont be the last.


2.8/5

Day 250 - Jack the Giant Slayer (American)

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In the Kingdom of Cloister, Jack, a young farm boy, is fascinated by the legend of Erik, an ancient king who defeated an army of invading giants from a realm in the sky by controlling them with a magical crown. At the same time, Princess Isabelle becomes fascinated with the same legend.
Ten years later, Jack goes into town to sell his horse to support his uncle's farm. There, Jack spots Isabelle and develops a crush on her after defending her honor from a group of hooligans. Meanwhile, Lord Roderick returns to his study, only to find that a monk has robbed him. The monk offers Jack some magic beans he stole from Roderick as collateral for Jack's horse. Back at the castle, Isabelle quarrels with her father, King Brahmwell, as she wants to explore the kingdom, but he wants her to stay and marry Roderick. Likewise, Jack's uncle scolds him for being foolish before throwing the beans on the floor and leaving the house."

I was looking to forward to this movie a little bit but it was sadly a big disappointment. Nicholas Hoult who played Jack was so annoying that every time I saw him I wanted to punch him in the face. I didn't like how cheap most of the costumes look like the king's armor. I did like some of the architecture and how the world was set up. The CGI wasn't that bad as most movies are nowadays but when the CGI was used on a product far away it looked completely fake. This is another film that was made based on a bedtime story that has been told for a very long time. I suggest this film to those that like fantasy films.

1/5

Day 249 - My Heart Beats (Korean)

"37-year-old Yoo Jo-Ri is a professor of English and literature. She also likes to watch pornography. It seems the only way she can escape from her dry and shabby life is by watching those videos. One day, she watches an odd erotic video and feels herself wanting to experience similar emotions. Jo-Ri decides to act in an erotic video. She visits Myong-Sook who is her friend and an adult video producer. After going through training and dieting, Jo-Ri is paired with a young adult actor named Byul ..."-Asian Wiki

The opening of this film should have given me enough reason to not watch the rest of the film. We first see the character eating a heart quite sloppy and loudly. It is a completely annoying opening with no real value. The acting was bland with caused the film to be quite boring and slightly like a D rated porno. There is sex in the film if you want to watch it because of that but the sex to me was poorly directed. There really is no chemistry between the leads, there's no heat its nothing to be excited about. The best thing was Yoo Dong-Sook's acting as her character was simply the best part of the city. As an erotic film this completely fails and I hope to never see this film again.

Sadly the lead actress Yoo Dong Sook died in 2010 and this film is her only appearance.

0.6/5

Day 248 - Je T'aime (Japanese)

A sucidial Japanese woman decides to become a high class call girl when she is picked up by a madam.

First off the lead actress Sei Ashina is quite beautiful but she doesn't act well in this film. I don't think she was given enough of a chance to fully act in this film. The poor direction and camera control really ruined this film. As an erotic film it was quite bland with no real value. This film kind of reminds me of AV Idol but this one is a tad bit more serious. The script was poorly written and developed that every character annoys you. A lot of random things happen which I think were put in there only to occupy the time. This film could have been a lot shorter! In the hands of a better director this film could have been something good.


0/5