A Frozen Flower (Ssanghwajeom-2008)

Starring:
In-seong Jo -Hong-Lim
Jin-mo Ju -King
Ji-hyo Song -Queen
Additional Cast Members:
Ji-ho Shim
Ju-hwan Im - Han Baek
Min-woo No
Wook-hwan Yeo
Se-rang Lee
Jung-ki Song

Under the pressure of the Yuan Kingdom, the King of Goryeo is pressured to produce a successor to the throne. But the king is in love with his loyal general Hong-lim. After seriously pondering the issue, the king asks his lover Hong-lim to sleep with the Queen, with unexpected consequences.

Notes
*"Ssanghwajeom" is an epic drama set at the end of the Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392).
*The characters played by Jin-mo Ju and In-seong Jo share a homosexual relationship.

Oh. My. God! I have been waiting patiently for this to be released and subbed. Today was a happy day for me.

The first 30 minutes of this movie was..........intense! Sexually provacative. In my case, if I wasn't horny before.....I was then. I never thought I would see Ju Jin Mo and Jo In Sung....naked, licking, touching, sucking....(Oh my eyes! My eyes!). I think my panties are wet. Can I exhale now. I must have held my breath for over 2 hours. Do I love a yaoi movie or what? I do. This movie, if it came out in the US of A would have been rated NC-17.

The beginning of this movie was sweet and yet sexually thrilling. Yeah, the second paragraph should have given you that hint. Then, maybe it was just me, but the movie slowly fell apart in my eyes. Don't get me wrong. There were some seriously awesome fight scenes too. I just couldn't believe that Hong Lim fell in love with the queen after having sex with her. Because...well, because....he'd loved the king since he was a child. To have that change overnight....was totally unbelievable. Anyway, I have to say is that I actually felt sorry for the king. Throughout the movie, I was on his side. He fought for his love even though he got a little crazy at the end. And......for Hong Lim to say what he did....near the end (can't give the ending away) was totally unbelievable. When the king asked if he had ever loved him and Hong Lim said, "????" (sorry can't give that answer either) Aaaaiiiieeeesh! Then at the very end they are riding off in the sunset. WTF? So if someone saw this movie.....was something lost in translation? I need some clarity.

Ohhhh! Let's just say something drastic happened to Hong Lim. Ummm......well, can't say again....but I just don't understand how he was able to ride a horse within a day's time. That part was the most unrealistic out of the whole movie.

In all, I'll give the movie a 4/5. Why so high when I thought it failed at the end? Hello. The answer should be sooooo obvious. Ju Jin Mo + Jo In Sung = sucking face! That got my rocks off in a rush. LOL!


Ju Jin Mo


Jo In Sung

A Dirty Carnival

Yep, another movie.

Wow! This movie didn't leave a very good impression to me. Maybe it's because it was more of a guy movie. Don't really quite know for sure.

A Dirty Carnival is the story of Byung-du (Jo In-seoung), a small-time gangster in his late 20s, for whom life is going to take a different turn. To save his family from getting evicted, Byung-du accepts to murder public attorney Park, who was standing in the way of his superior, President Hwang. Fascinated by the violent life of Byung-Du, one of his high-school friends, Min-Ho, now a movie director, decides to interview him and adapt his real-life story to improve his script, for a film about gangsters. He himself getting caught in the gangster spiderweb of deception and betrayal. Meanwhile, old flame Hyun-Joo reappears and brings with her the hope of a happier life...but does Byung-du get to have hope at all?

I have to say this wasn't one of my favorites from Jo In-seoung. He made up for it though is the last film I watched....The Classic!

The Classic

OMG! This was just the most wonderful story EVER. EVER!

The movie starts out with Ji-hae describing her life to the point she was at. She narrarates the story as she tells us about herself and her mother and we follow along on their journeys to love, friendship, family, and destiny.

Ji-hae's friend is having problems expressing her feelings to the boy (Sang-min is played by Jo In-seoung) she loves, so she asks Ji-hae to write e-mails to him in her name. Her friend not knowing that Ji-hae has a secret crush on him as well.

As the story goes on, Ji-hae finds love letters of her mother's that were stored in a box. Ji-hae reads them and discovers the story of her mother's romance which is remarkably similar to her own circumstances. The story goes to her mother's time and describes the love she had throughout most of the movie. Through many twists and turns, flashbacks and returns, the story unfolds and we discover fate and destiny plays a role in Ji-hae's life.

The story gets 4 stars out of 4. I cried and cried. Went to bed and couldn't stop thinking of it and cried some more. B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!

Madeleine

It's review time! First, I must review a movie I just finished yesterday. A Korean drama called Madeleine (named after the French cookie). Sometime in the movie you'll come to find out why the name Madeleine was chosen for it's name.

Kang Ji-suk (Jo In-Seong) is an avid student of Korean and Korean Literature who regards his books as best friends and mostly stays either at home or in the library.

One day he stumbles into his old class mate Lee Hee-jin (Shin Min-Ah) whom he has not seen for ages. The charming Hee-jin has turned into young woman of captivating beauty and also already managed to make her life-time wish of becoming a hair stylist come true. She even manages to color Ji-Suk's hair blonde (which was a mad choice....it really bothered me.)

After crossing roads one more time, Hee-jin has a startling idea suggesting that the two of them should try and find out what the life of a couple is like for the period of one month.

As a result Ji-suk and Hee-jin enjoy a wonderfully sweet time looking just like two real lovers. Eventually, Ji-Suk and Hee-Jin do fall in love but ride the rollercoaster of ups-and-downs. And a mistake Hee-Jin makes prior to their relationship could ruin it all for both of them. Let alone, Ji-Suk's first love shows up. Are the feelings he had in middle school for real or just memories that never faded over time?

Essentially, I have to say that this was a smooth movie to watch. No trauma to my brain or heart to make me regret the 2 hours I watched it. It was definitely a feel good movie about growing up. I really, really liked this movie.

Jo In-Seong