minnie_mie

What can I say about The Classic, except that I never thought I'd like such a film. Cheesy romances featuring teenagers are really not my usual viewing, but The Classic was just beautiful.

I am not familiar with Korean cinema, and have never seen 'My Sassy Girl' so I cannot comment on how it measures as a follow-up. But as a movie standing on its own, it was a touching, tear-jerking and humorous 2 hour journey for me. The cinematography was outstanding, and paired with an equally impressive soundtrack it created beautiful scenes of the Korean countryside, as well as enhancing the generally poignant, nostalgic mood of the film. The acting was first class all around in my opinion, the movie could've so easily gone overboard with bad-acting considering the general plot of the movie, but never once did I find myself irritated by the lead female. The casting was perfect, and I was absolutely charmed by the characters of Jun-ho and the hilarious Tae-su. There were also a lot of comical elements in the movie which had me laughing off my sofa, making the characters endlessly endearing. The film takes us through a journey of many years in the past from when the characters' parents first meet, and had me bawling my eyes out at the end. The modern day story is just as good too. The film also finishes with what I consider two big surprises which had me thinking about the movie for ages afterwards.

All in all, I am really surprised that I liked this film. After considering why this was so since I really don't like romantic/comedy dramas, I came to the simple conclusion that this was just great filmaking, where the watcher gets utterly lost in the movie. It may not be very realistic, and however long we analyse it and it's clichés at the end all we know is that we were moved and entertained by this movie.

...and I don't mean about the movie, I mean the hype. Now, I am not one to bash huge successful blockbusters just for the sake of going against the crowd. If it's good, it's good, no matter the cost, number of famous actors etc. And just for the record, I am not a Star Wars fan! Good points about the film are the acting, special effects, scenery, soundtrack, accuracy to the book (I take my sisters word for this, I have only read a bit of it myself). I was so prepared to love this movie. A first glance at the trailer and I thought, "maybe not. Nothing original". But after the awards, reviews etc, I thought I would see it and love it. Unfortunately not. Thank goodness I didn't go to the movies to watch it. I have never walked out of a film before, but I may well of if I watched LOTR at the movies. The plot. Maybe it was better on paper, but on screen, it just seems like the movie was trying to create some deadly serious matter that was created by a long (and I mean long) tale. Come on, "Get the ring to the Crack of Doom!" Was I supposed to take that seriously and feel for the characters? For anything? The movie seemed to be adding in too many problems and twists just to create an intelligent, complicated movie. Then the main thing I have a problem with. The ORIGINALITY. There is nothing in here that is original! Old wizards with white beards, nasty trolls, elves, fight the dark/evil/magical one!. Heard it all before? If LOTR was good for anything, originality would be off the list. Fine, say it was a good film of its genre, but NOT for everything. The whole film was ridiculous. Harry Potter was ridiculous too, but at least it didn't take itself seriously. Lord of the Rings seemed to be trying to hard too be magical/serious/intelligent. It wasn't.

This programme is too funny! Jamie turns into a few characters each week and plays pranks on the public. Yes, it has been done before, but trust me, this one is the funniest you'll see. My particular favourite is when he pretends to of had "Jaw Surgery" and has to wear a mouth brace - genius! Too bad it's only shown in the UK really late at night, Channel 4 should put it on a prime time slot so that all can watch it. I'd never heard of Jamie Kennedy before, but after checking his profile here, I realised that he's been a number of films that I've seen, e.g.the Scream movies, Romeo + Juliet, Bowfinger etc. Shows what a good actor he is!