Tag Archives: Comedy

50/50 (2011) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Laugh/Tear – 50/50

Posted on November 27, 2011 by kaist455

  While recognizing the harsh reality in its story without sugar-coating, “50/50” finds humor in the gravity of hero’s situation, and it works better than you think. Like the title suggests, the movie is an equal mix of comedy and drama. … Continue reading →

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Punch (2011) ☆☆☆(3/4) : His enemy, His teacher, and… His neighbour

Posted on October 22, 2011 by kaist455

If you are a South Korean and you were relatively lucky while going through ruthless South Korean education system, you probably had at least one teacher who ‘bothered’ you a lot in your school days. He had a lot of … Continue reading →

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The Day He Arrives (2011) ☆☆☆(3/4) : They drink and talk again…

Posted on September 17, 2011 by kaist455

One thought came to my mind several days after I watched Hong Sang-soo’s new movie “The Day He Arrives”. I am a lot different from his characters, but, has been my daily life on weekdays monotonously repeated with little variations … Continue reading →

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Bridesmaids (2011) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Her best female friend is going to get married

Posted on August 28, 2011 by kaist455

 Few hours after watching “Bridesmaids”, which is funnier and sweeter than I thought, I had some small talk with a female bartender. Because I do not know well about women and the ways of their thinking, I briefly explained her … Continue reading →

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Matinee (1993) ☆☆☆(3/4) : A premiere to remember

Posted on August 1, 2011 by kaist455

When I went to Jeonju International Film Festival in this April, I was reminded again that the old theaters at the downtown of my hometown were gone. Most of them are now replaced by a bunch of multiplex theaters, but … Continue reading →

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Quick (2011) ☆☆(2/4) : Slow delivery of bombs, actions, and cheap gags

Posted on July 23, 2011 by kaist455

The most interesting part of “Quick”, the latest South Korean action movie, is the behind-the-scene footage shown to us at the end credit. I understood they tried to make good action scenes, I saw how much the stunt men and … Continue reading →

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Super 8 (2011) ☆☆☆(3/4) : A respectful homage to Spielberg films with nostalgia

Posted on June 18, 2011 by kaist455

 J.J. Abrams’ new movie “Super 8” turns out to be not as good as what it can be, but it is as good as what it sincerely wants to be, and I liked that. As a respectful homage with nostalgia … Continue reading →

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Certified Copy (2010) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Are they copying a relationship?

Posted on May 10, 2011 by kaist455

 What are they doing? After watching the interactions between two characters for a while, you will be bound to have that question at the certain point in “Certified Copy”. While being deceptively simple, the movie shows us the ambiguous but … Continue reading →

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Sunny (2011) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Seven Girls – Now and Then

Posted on May 7, 2011 by kaist455

 Probably my dreadfully gregarious older cousin sisters can identify with the characters in “Sunny” far more than me because most of them were high school girls around the 1980s. Even though it was one of turbulent chapters in South Korean … Continue reading →

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Leaves of Grass (2009) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Crime and Philosophy – and also Marijuana

Posted on April 23, 2011 by kaist455

 As far as I know, “a mixed bad” is a negative expression, but I think that is an appropriately positive one in case of “Leaves of Grass”(2009) for its seemingly disjointed combination of crime story and philosophy. The movie throws … Continue reading →

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