Do you know why the sky is blue?

So i watched "My Sassy Girl" for the 4th time. Its a Korean Movie with english subtitles and its a wonderfully hilarious movie. Jun Ji-Hyun, in the role of the girl, whose name is never mentioned in the movie, is very wonderful and Chae Tae-Hyun in the role of Gyeon Woo is equally delightful and especially when he gives those dumb looks, is very funny to watch.

An excerpt from the movie: (my favorite scene and perhaps the best scene in the movie)
Girl: Do you know why the sky is blue?
Gyeon Woo: Because of the reflection of the sun
Girl: NO, its because of me, I want it to be blue, so its blue
Girl: DO you know why fire is hot? Its all for me, I want it to be hot, so its hot.
Girl: Do you know why we have 4 seasons in Korea?
Boy: For you

Girl: Yeah!

To really understand the humor in the dialogue, one should watch the movie...OK, it gets a bit sentimental in the end, with the girl hiding her pain in her heart and so not being able to love the guy because she cannot get over her dead boyfriend. But overall this movie is very wonderful and worth a watch.

Somehow, it has happened that the best movies I have watched in recent times have all been asian movies. I am thinking Ong Bak and My Girl (fan Chan in Thai) (Thai movies) and Shaolin Soccer, KungFu Hustle, House of Flying daggers and Warriors of Heaven and Earth (Chinese movies).And I also heard My Sassy Girl is going to be remade in English by Gurinder Chadha (!). But I feel that the movie is too good and its remake can never be as wonderful as the original.

To the above list I can also add Ringu and Ju-On, the two Japanese movies which inspired The Ring and Grudge respectively. I have seen the originals and the remakes and I can assure you that the remakes are not as good as the originals. Ju-On really gave me the creeps. But then one can also say that more people would know about the original if it were remade, but by Gurinder Chadha, now that would be an injustice. I am not undermining her as a director, after all she gave us Bend it like Beckham. but I think Ang Lee would have done a better job. But maybe, this is not his forte, this romantic comedy thing. Lets see how the movie truns out and then maybe after all I might have to change my views. I really hope that it does change my view.

Finally, I have registered with blogarama so I can get some people to view my blog.

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