100 Days With Mr. Arrogant (내사랑 싸가지 -2004)

Starring:
Jae-won Kim - Lee Hyeong-jun
Ji-won Ha - Kang Ha-yeong
Tae-hyeon Kim - Yeong-eun
Min Han - Hyeon-ju
Chang-wan Kim - Ha-yeong's Father
Ji-Yeong Hong
Ji-yu Kim
Min-kyeong Kim
Eung-kyung Lee - Ha-yeong's Mother
Yong-geon Kim

After being dumped by her boyfriend just before their 100 day anniversary, Ha-Young, meets a college guy named Hyung-Joon when she accidentally kicks a can that hits him in the face and causes him to scratch his Lexus. He demands she pay him $3000 on the spot. She escapes from him, leaving her wallet behind.

Hyung-Joon stalks her, demanding money to pay for his car. Since she is a poor high school student Hyung-Joon writes up a "Enslavement Agreement" for Ha-Young in order to pay for the damage to his car. Ha-Young is thrown into a nightmarish slave life for 100 days, cleaning his house, running his errands, doing his homework and cleaning his car.

By accident she finds out that the damage to Hyung-Joon's car only costs $10! She then takes her revenge. However, before she knows it Hyung-Joon shows up at her house as her new tutor! He once again takes advantage of her, but soon Ha-Young finds herself falling head over heels for Hyung-Joon.

But what happens when he drops out of her life just when she needs him most?



I loved this movie. I thought I had already posted about this. Nope! I watched this for a second time since some of my favorite dramas hadn't been updated and I was terribly bored. LOL!

This was a terribly sweet movie and Kim Jae Won was hilariously funny!

A tender romance that started out with a love/hate relationship between the two main characters. A typical Korean movie for the young masses. Such a feel good movie that leaves you happy on a crappy day.

Kim Jae Won

Ba Bo (바보 -2008)

Starring:
Tae-hyun Cha
Ji-won Ha
Supporting Cast
Seol-ri Choi
Hie-sun Park
Grina Park
Jae-ho Song
Mi-seon Jeon
Gi-yeong Lee
Ha-seon Park

Seung-ryong Tae-hyun Cha suffers a fatal accident and at age 27 he has the intelligence of a six-year-old. Now he is pitifully forgetful and has zero sense of hygiene, but is much loved, particularly by his childhood sweetheart Ji-ho Ji-won Ha.

Ji-ho returns home after a long hiatus and finds comfort in looking after Seung-ryong. Despite his disabilities, Seung-ryong manages to make a living for himself and his younger sister by selling the world's tastiest toast on the roadside.


Omg! This was a heartbreaker if there ever was one. I was not expecting the twist at the end. I will say the sub-story had me wondering why it was there.....and then you find out why. Geez!

I was not given the idea that this was going to turn out this way. Just thought it would be this wonderful, romantic comedy with the king of comedy, Cha Tae Hyun. Why, oh why? He was wonderful playing the "fool".

Get the tissues out. That's all I'm saying.

This was a great movie for the whole family. Such a sweet, sweet, sweet story. Please, please, please watch this. It was......well, worth your time, money, and effort

Oh, and his toast he made. Damn, if it didn't make me hungry. That was some pretty awesome looking food he was making. LOL!

My Lovely Week (Naesaengae gajang areumdawun iljuil, 내 생애 가장 아름다운 일주일-2005)

Starring:
Jeong-hwa Eom - Hur Yu-jung
Jeong-min Hwang - Na Do-chul
Kyeong-ho Jeong - Yu Jung-hun
Hyeon Ju - Mr. Kwak
Su-ro Kim - Park Sung-won
Chang Jung Lim - Kim Chang-hoo
Jin-seo Yun - Lim Soo-kyung
Ji-won Ha - Cameo
Hie-bong Jo - Cameo
Se-yeong Lee - Cameo
Hyeon Woo - Cameo
Ho-jin Jeon
Hye-jin Jeon (01/01/1976)
Yi-da Jeon
Tae-hyeon Kim
Yun-seok Kim
Yu-jeong Kim
Mi-hee Oh
Jin-woo Park
Seung-su Ryu
Jin-wook Seo
Yeong-hie Seo
Seong-rok Shin
Hyo-eun Hwang

Chang Hu (Yim Chang Jung) finds himself on the verge of poverty, as he struggles to make ends meet, while keeping his financial difficulties a secret from his dutiful, cheery wife Seon Ae (Seo Yung Hi). Chang Hu is being hassled by Seong Won (Kim Su Ro), an embittered ex-basketball player-turned-debt collector, who is surprised to learn that he's got a six-year-old daughter (the adorable Kim Yu Jeong), who just so happens to be suffering from a life-threatening medical condition. While in the hospital, she's often visited by her "boyfriend", a young boy who turns out to be the son of a sassy divorcee named Yu Jeong (Uhm Jung Hwa, from Singles). While appearing on a television show, the ballsy doctor finds herself butting heads with Detective Nah (Hwang Jung Min, from You Are My Sunshine), a tough-talking, Rambo-loving cop whose experience with the ladies is practically nil. Of course, the bickering twosome soon find they may like each other more than they think.

But that's only half the cast. Yu Jeong's ex-husband is shown to be an uptight music industry big shot named Jo (Chun Ho Jin), who has to confront his gay past head-on when he hires a male housekeeper (Kim Tae Hyun). The film's other two stories include one about nun-in-training Su Gyeong (Yoon Jin Seo) who falls for a fading pop star named Jeong Hun (Jung Kyung Ho), and another tale about an elderly theater owner (Ju Hyun) who takes a shine to the vivacious, but aging actress (Oh Mi Hi), who runs a coffee shop located on his property.

As the film proceeds, the narrative strands begin to cross as the events of each story begin to have consequences for the other characters, all of whom are, in their own way, trying to find happiness in an increasingly uncertain world. Loneliness, unemployment, strained family relations, and impending death are just a few of the not-so-pleasant themes that resonate through many of the tales spun in All For Love.



The premise of this movie was like no other Korean drama/comedy movie. At first, they had several stories that were a collage of scenes and left your brain trying to figure out what goes where, and who belonged to who. But as the movie went about it's business, all the scenes started to mix together and make more sense as you started to relate to what was going on.

I loved how they figured out how to make all the couples and relationships come together. My favorite couple were Su Gyeong (nun to be) and Jeong Hun (pop star). I wasn't too happy how they had this relationship end but the others ended on a better yet happier note.

If you can get past the mosaic of relationships at the beginning, you'll really like this movie. It does take awhile to catch on but the stories come together and you find yourself routing for all or one of the couples. Really nice and sophisticated type movie. Totally wonderful way of putting a movie together. Real cool!

Daddy Long Legs (Kidari ajeossi,키다리 아저씨-2005)

Starring:

Bo-ra Geum
Ji-won Ha - Young-mi Cha
Bin Hyeon - Hyung-joon
Jun-ha Jeong - PD Lee
Eun-hye Park - Young-woo
Yeong-hwa Seo
Yi Shin - Jong-jong Kang
Jeong-hun Yeon - Joon-ho Kim
Dae-gyu Oh
Seung-hyeon Baek
Jeong-nan Kim

Young-Mi was brought up in a loving environment. Her parents taught her to meet the world with a smile on her face, and not be deterred by bumps in the road on her way through life. They also taught her that somewhere out in the world she would meet her one true love. But alas this felicity was not meant to last. Young-Mi's parents die, and leaver her alone at a young age, and suddenly she's forced to grow up very quickly.

However Young-Mi is well prepared. She ventures into the world with an appetite for life, and many dreams and hopes for the future. She goes to school and studies hard, and one day a package arrives for her. A beautiful pair of shoes. There's no sender on the package, and when she attempts to track the origin of this gift the trail ends at a P.O. box. Later when she enrolls in collage and attempts to pay her tuition she finds that it's just been paid. Someone out there is watching out for her. But who? And why?

After a while she gives up, trying to track down this mysterious benefactor, and instead she figures that the best way to thank him would be to work hard and better herself.

When she's completed her education, Young-Mi lands a job at a radio station, as a staff writer on a popular show. As luck would have it, there's an apartment available close to the station. It belongs to a co-worker currently on sick leave. Young-Mi moves in to this new place, and she also gets a roommate, one of her colleagues. When her laptop computer breaks down she turns on the desktop belonging to the owner of the apartment. Then she notices that an e-mail has just arrived, and she reads it. The mail was sent by the woman who used to live here, addressed to herself. In the mail she explains that a serious virus is slowly destroying her mind, and she fears she'll soon lose all memory of who she is and what she's done. She reveals that she's spent most of her adult life longing for a guy, who doesn't even know she exists.

Through the e-mails Young-Mi begins to follow the story of this girl and this boy. Meanwhile she also begins to notice a guy who works in the station's library. And still, every now and then, a package arrives from her secret benefactor...



OMG! What is it with tragic romances? Why can't I find a romance that doesn't make me cry with grief? I'd rather cry from sheer happiness..........

This was another great tear-jerker. I couldn't help but fall in love with the shy, quiet Yeon Jeong Hun. I don't think there in NOT a female on this earth who wouldn't. Oh yeah, we all like those bad boys but ya know the sweet kind are good too.

The tragedy in all of this is that Ji-hoon should have confessed sooner to Young-mi. The story was easy to figure out but one thing stumped me and that was the director of the station that Young-mi worked at. And when I found out, it was like....."ohhhhhhhh!"

This movie was a sort of typical classic romance that ends with you swiping your knows and gulping back sobs. In the end....it was all for love. *sigh*

I already posted pics of Yeon Jeong Hun from Love in Magic. I can't wait to see more from him in the future. Such a sweet lookin' guy!! Oh, and he just got back from his mandatory 2-year service requirement with the South Korean army. Hoo-ahh!

Hyun Bin

Love So Divine (Shinbu sueob, 신부수업-2004)

Starring:
Sang-woo Kwone - Kim 'Pedro' Gyu-shik
Ji-won Ha - Yang Bong-hie
Supporting Cast
In-kwon Kim - Shin Seon-dal
In-mun Kim - Father Nam
Seon-hwa Kim - Sister Kim
Hye-jin Jeon
Jae-hyeon Jo
Hye-na Kim
Hyo-jun Park
Hwan-jun Choi
Cheol-min Park

After getting into trouble at their seminary, seminarians Gyu-shik and Seon-dal are sent into the country for a month of service under the elderly Father Nam. Upon their arrival, Gyu-shik meets Father Nam's niece, Bong-hie, who has flown across from the United States to see her boyfriend. However, when her boyfriend ends their relationship, Bong-hie finds herself stranded at her uncle's church with nowhere else to go. At first she and Gyu-shik struggle to get along, but eventually they become attracted to one another, and Gyu-shik is forced to question his commitment to the priesthood.



I loved this movie. I loved Kwon Sang Woo. I just plain loved this movie.

I've read other reviews about this about how it disrespects the Roman Catholic religion. I didn't see it that way at all. I saw it as how God presented him with a present and that was Bong-hie. He was a faithful servant to the Lord. And what better present than a gift of "Love". He proved himself time and again to Him. And at that last moment right before he was to become a priest, I cried along with him. That was a poignant moment when his faith to God was tested. I have to believe God has a plan and to that end in the movie, that was a proven.

In all, this movie was very funny and beautiful and so fun to watch. It'll make you feel good, that is for sure.

Kwon Sang Woo