My Sassy Girl (엽기적인 그녀, Yeopgijeogin geunyeo-2001)

Starring:
Tae-hyun Cha - Kyun-woo
Gianna Jun - The Girl
Jin-hie Han - The Girl's father
Sook-hee Hyun - The Girl's mother
Il-woo Kim - Quintuplets
In-mun Kim - Kyun-woo's father
Tae-hyeon Kim
Mu-yeong Lee
Ho Lim - A Man The Girl met as blind date
Dong-won Seo - Deserter
Wok-suk Song - Kyun-woo's mother
Geum-seok Yang - Kyun-woo's aunt

Kyun Woo (Cha Tae Hyun) is a gentle but naïve college student who seems to keep getting into trouble. On his way home one night, he encounters a beautiful but completely smashed young woman (Jeon Ji Hyun) who causes a scene in the subway, calls him "honey," and then passes out. With the eyes of the other subway passengers upon him, he has little choice but to take responsibility for her. Thus begins his relationship with the at-times charming, at-times violent damsel who steals his heart.


OMG! I finally broke down and watched this movie. What in the hell was I waiting on? Damn, I mad at myself for puttin this one off! This movie was like watching Soulmate. Are we pre-destined, fated, to meet the person we are supposed to be with? This movie ended so perfectly, even though I figured it out somewhere near 2/3rd's of the movie. I didn't care. Damn, if I didn't start tearing up and gulping back sobs. Damn! Damn! Damn was this freaking awesome!

I have to say my most favorite scene was when she started playing Pachelbel's Canon in D Major and once he realized it was her on stage and he walked down and gave her the single red rose. Damn! *sniff*

Cha Tae-hyun is a romantic/comedy genius!! *sigh* I don't think I'll pass up any of his movies as they come along. Dang, I'll even hunt down the ones not so easy to watch online if I have to. Whew!!!

YOU ARE CRAZY OUT OF YOUR MIND IF YOU DON'T WATCH THIS MOVIE!!

Cha Tae Hyun

Once Upon a Time in High School (Maljukgeori janhoksa, 말죽거리 잔혹사 -2004)

AKA: "Spirit Of Jeet Keun Do"


Starring:
Sang-woo Kwone ... Hyeon-su
Jeong-jin Lee ... Woo-shik
Ga-in Han ... Yu-jin
Hyo-jun Park ... Hamburger
Jin-ung Jo
Won-kwon Kim ... Jiksae
Jong-hyeok Lee ... Jong-hun
Dong-won Seo ... Seong-hun
Byeong-chun Kim
Bu-seon Kim
Han-seok Yang
Nae-sang Ahn
Ho-jin Cheon
Yeong-im Kim

In the spring of 1978, Hyun-soo transfers to Jungmoon High School in Kangnam where his mother thinks the land price will skyrocket due to the development of the area. Yet, Jungmoon High School is notorious for its severe corporal punishment by teachers and power struggles between school gangs. On the first day, he gets spanked with an aluminum baseball bat for violating the school¡¯s dress code. Then, one day, he plays basketball with his classmates and brings his team a victory, which allows him to become chummy with Woo-sik, a kingpin of the school. Before long, they find out that they both are huge fans of Bruce Lee and become best friends.

After school, on the bus, Hyun-soo and Woo-sik see a girl who resembles Olivia Hussey, the most popular foreign actress in Korea at that time. Her name is Eun-ju, a senior at a nearby girls¡¯ high school. Both fall in love with her at first sight. Hyun-soo is gentle and kind, while Woo-sik is tough and charismatic. Knowing Woo-sik is so different from her, she can¡¯t help but becomes attracted to him.

Hyun-soo endures the pain of his secret love for Eun-ju. However, Eun-ju and Woo-sik begin to bicker over petty things. While she¡¯s in pain over Woo-sik cheating on her, Hyun-soo sees a chance to win her heart. In the meantime, Woo-sik and Jong-hoon, a student patrol captain, get into a fight. In the duel, Jong-hoon cheats and beats up Woo-sik, who leaves school in the aftermath of his defeat. With Woo-sik gone, Jong-hoon abuses his power as student patrol captain and bullies whoever gets in his way. Hyun-soo falls into an Inferior Class, and Jong-hoon keeps bullying him. The corporal punishment and favoritism by the teachers gradually become worse. To make matter worse, Eun-ju chooses Woo-sik over him. Driven to the wall, Hyun-soo explodes. With nunchakus tucked in the back of his pants, he goes up to the roof after Jong-hoon.



OMG! Another freakin' good movie. I wasn't all that impressed with the ending...kind of left me with a "WTF?" But 99% of the movie rocked. OMG! Watch out for Kwon Sang Woo training for his big fight. I'm still in a dizzy after seeing him able to do some reverse crunches from hell that a normal person in their right mind could or would never do. I wanted to reach out and touch that stomach. OMG! I'm falling in love............

I was happy to see Lee Jong Hyuk (Powerful Opponents). Okay, he wasn't a good guy in this one...KSW kicked his butt and took some names. Whew!

This wasn't really a comedy by far. Definitely serious but some cute parts especially when they imitated Bruce Lee. This movie was inconjunction with Bruce Lee's life. Not a movie about him but about his famous martial artwork. Really good.

Lee Jeong Jin