Starring : Kang Dong Won, Lee Na Young
rating : i found it romantic and the idea of the story (which was taken from a novel by Gong Ji Young) worth my every dime. but watch only if you can bear the pain.
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i took me about three months to decide whether i’m gonna watch this movie or not. and when i finally did, i didn’t regret it.
Synopsis
Yu-jeong, a suicidal young woman, is introduced to a man on death row named Yun-soo by her aunt, Sister Monica. Raised by an abusive father, Yun-soo has led a hard life. It got even harder when he was left in an orphanage with his younger brother after his father’s suicide and his mother’s abandonment. Growing up in the gutter, he became involved in a violent crime, for which he was convicted of three counts of murder. Yu-jeong, on the other hand, comes from a rich family. However, her childhood was marred by traumatic neglect, which has led to her self-destructive impulses. These two wounded souls slowly open their hearts and find the motivation to live on in each other’s compassion. Yu-jeong realizes how spoiled her life has been compared to Yun-soo’s, and embraces his guilt that would otherwise never be forgiven.
Source http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr
for me, in this movie, Lee Na Young washes away her image in Someone Special. She potrays the angry suicidal woman smoothly.
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if there something bothers me about her, it’s her smoking scene, as i wrote here under the name Louise http://shenyuepop.com/2007/05/08/to-smoke-or-not-to-smoke/#comments.
Kang Dong Won plays the ironic guy, which instead of feel aggrieved, he thinks himself as an unforgiven.
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the story itself tells us detailed background about the two. at some point it gets too detail till it’s boring. i actually hoped for more dialogue in the room where they meet every Thursday, coz that’s where the bond progress.
i, somehow, feel that Yu Jeong and Yun Soo accept each other too quick. they are too easy as long wounded persons. but then i understand, the more they make it difficult, more running time, more script, more production cost…so just leave that way, i understand..it’s still sweet to see the way they change anyway..
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this movie also has one of the best love confession scene i’ve ever seen in a movie. call me sentimentally sick, but there’s nothing more touching than a guy saying i love you to someone he can’t even see, just when he’s about to die from being hanged.
and it’s a quiet movie too. quiet means…well literally, not so many sounds. so you might get bored. but if you manage to hang in there, you might find some sweet moments, not only between Yu Jeong and Yun Soo, but also with people around them.
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and you might feel a bit depressed for a moment when you’re done. if you cannot handle it, go for the next round. choose comedy. better be a good one. still, Maundy Thursday’s a good pick.
This movie was great. I loved it to bits altho it was really sad and depressing. Kang Dong Won and Lee Na Young were very impressive with their roles. Especially Kang Dong Won. I always thought he was only a pretty guy, but little did I know that I would be so captivated by his portrayal of Yun Soo. You could just feel the sadness and solemnity of Yun Soo by just looking at his eyes. And it hurts so much that he had to endure the execution without knowing Yu Jeong was just behind the window aching as much as he was suffering at the last moment. The last 20 mins made me bawl like crazy..
But dang, this movie was really good.