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May 22, 2006
I watched the Korean movie Il Mare at home last night. Il Mare is the Italian word for the sea, the scene where the story revolved. It starred Jun Ji- Hyun (Sassy Girl, Wind struck) and Lee Jung-jae. The plot unfolded oh so slow that I was ready to press the stop button after 15 minutes of waiting for action (i.e. sex, violence 
J/k). However the movie caught me off guard with its unique tale.
It was about two people developing an emotional bond and eventually love despite the time separating them. The girl, Eun joo was in 1999 while the guy, Sung-Hyun was still in 1997. There was some sort of wrinkle in time that allowed them to send each other letters through some magical mailbox. It was sort of a mix between “You’ve got mail” and “Somewhere in time”. It’s melancholic, bittersweet, gut-wrenching and interesting movie with an unexpected twist in the end. I like this line from the movie, “We are tormented not because the love goes away but because it stays and the person is not there anymore”.
If you’re not a Korean movie aficionado you might still get the chance to know what the hell I was talking about. Hollywood has a remake of the movie entitled The Lakehouse. It is a reunion of the Speed 1 team up, Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock. I hope that Hollywood won’t butcher the movie like they usually do to Asian Movies. But what the heck if it stars Keanu and Sandra it must be something to look forward to and I might just get the “action” I was looking for. 
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waaaaah! nagtanaw siya! ako wala but i've heard that it was about reincarnation so dili pareha noh 
p.s. i've heard na cute pud daw si dingdong sa movie nyahaha
Posted by floraine at May 23, 2006, 9:18 amil mare is nice.
intelligent film.. but i dont know with lake house.
i hope they dont do a hollywood ending out of it. 
By saying hollywood ending, did you mean gory deaths and big explosions? heheh…:P
I'd rather watch frequency…to reminisce old days. bwahahah…*qrt*
Posted by anomaly at May 23, 2006, 1:01 pmI have a secret to tell you! Promise to keep it to your grave… A few months ago I was given a Korean novela DVD and I finished watching it in 5 days… The title is "Fashion 70s". I'm sure you'll like it… 
@alvin:really?i'm beginning to really like you nyahaha too bad you live far from here, we could've exchanged dvds
@anomaly: why don't you write about our "frequency" days…i'm sure it would be a hit
@nobe:yup..i do hope too.i've heard they're also remaking sassy girl juz hope they'd stick with the plot.
Posted by floraine at May 23, 2006, 5:19 pmomg korean telenovelas are invading hollywood!!!!
@flo: no i did not watch the movie…hangtod commercial ra ko
@george:asus!if i know naa naka dvd…pahiram beh!hehehe about korean…if you can't beat em join em..pahiramon tika
Have to post after watching The Lake House(hilak popcorn) and remembered you wrote something about it..hay ning gugma, love the movie
i'd still say nauna na si Iza Calzado and Dingdong Dantes…bwahahaha
Posted by Avät@r at May 22, 2006, 5:11 pm