Shadows in the Palace: A Slow Death

There's a half-decent murder-mystery/costume-drama to be salvaged from the grandly shot footage of Shadows in the Palace but as a too-slow burn deadened by a supernatural black fog that kills off suspects one by one, Kim Mee-jeung's pretty-looking period piece is instead a lame anti-suspense with weird horror F/X that reminded me of the inky squirt of a panicked squid. After awhile, I stopped caring if Chosun dynasty nurse-to-the-courtesans Chun-ryung (Park Jin-hie) was ever going to find out who the murderer was and started thinking that the movie was just plain odd. All the quippy bitchery I expected from a thriller set in a gynocentric society of maids and female medics never came to fruition. All the plot twists and sudden revelations that should've led to my involuntary gasp in the living room caused nothing of the sort. As art, this one didn't work. As pulp, it didn't work either. Neither sassy nor nasty, the film needs to flash B-movie tit or unfurl melodramatic claws to get my sisterly praise. (On the plus side, it does show one woman getting her hands chopped off.) Beautiful and bland, Shadows in the Palace only triggers one helluva classy yawn. Hee-bin (Yun Se-ah) can scheme to make her son a crowned prince all she wants. I'm still looking for the queen!

To My Girlfriend - I The Tri Top

 

 

Song : TO My Girlfriend
Artists : I The Tri Top
Single : To My Girlfriend
Released : May 2009

Pasti banyak para penggemar Kpop yang ga tahu ma boyband yang satu ini soalnya emang boyband korea yang satu ini ga begitu melejit kaya boyband yang lain. Tadinya aku juga ga tahu. Awalnya karena nonton Becoming Millionaire, disitu ada cowok muda cakep yang suaranya bagus banget kali nyanyi, aku yakin tuh cowok aslinya emang penyanyi dan kemungkinan dari boyband. Dan ternyata aku benar, nama tuh cowok Jang Yoojoon dari group trio I The Tri Top. Tapi sekarang cuma tinggal berdua personilnya.

Suaranya bagus-bagus banget. Genrenya pop ballad. Lagunya enak. Judulnya To My Girlfriend tapi di lagu ini sama sekali ga ada kata-kata "to my girlfriend" nya. Pada intinya lagu ini emang dibuat untuk "Girlfriend" si penyanyi yang isinya tentang curahan perasaannya pada si cewek. Tentang rindunya, tentang cintanya, dll. Cocok buat para cowok untuk dinyanyiin ke ceweknya (apalagi saat ceweknya ngambek).

MVnya sendiri aku kurang ngerti ceritanya. KOnsep MVnya biasa aja seperti Music Video yang lain. Yang jelas disini Jang Yoo Joon nya cakep.... hehehe.....

Mending dengerin aja deh.....

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I The Tri Top - To My Girlfriend
CREDIT: aspoon & Lapan @ soompi , mOkOrO92@youtube

ROMANIZATION:

hangsang mutgo sipeoyo
geudaeegen nan eotteon saramingayo
maeil bogo sipeoyo
eojjeomyeon urideul sarang unmyeongingabwayo

haruman anbomyeon bogosipeun
jamsiman anbomyeon saenggangnaneun
geureon sarami neoraseo geuge neomu gomawo Baby
geudae jageun beoreut hanakkaji modu algosipeoyo
naneun geudaehanaman barabollaeyo

hangsang utgo inneyo
geudaelboneun na nae mam hana kkajido
apeun sangcheorahaedo geudaega jungeoramyeon badadeurilkkeyo

haruman anbomyeon bogosipeun
jamsiman anbomyeon saenggangnaneun
geureon sarami neoraseo geuge neomu gomawo Baby
geudae jageun beoreut hanakkaji modu algosipeoyo
naneun geudae hanaman barabollaeyo

saranghago itjanhayo ijen duryeowo hajimarayo
naega yeogi itjanayo ijen nae son jabayo Baby

geudae hanaman apeumkkaji modu saranghalkkeyo
naneun geudae hanaman ojik geudae hanaman

haruman anbomyeon bogosipeun jamsiman anbomyeon saenggangnaneun
geureon sarami neoraseo geuge neomu gomawo Baby
geudae jageun beoreut hanakkaji modu algosipeoyo
naneun geudae hanaman barabollaeyo

TRANSLATION

I always want to ask you
What kind of person am I to you
I miss you everyday
I always think our love is destined to be

If I wont see you everyday, Ill miss you
If I wont see you in a while, Ill think of you
I am very thankful because that person is you
I only want you to know that little habit of mine
Im just looking at one person, thats only you

Youre always there smiling
I can even see you in my mind
You always accept it sincerely, even if I hurt you

If I wont see you everyday, Ill miss you
If I wont see you in a while, Ill think of you
I am very thankful because that person is you baby
I only want you to know that little habit of mine
Im just looking at one person, thats only you

Now, do not be afraid to love
Take my hand, Im here now Baby
Now, your one and only pain is love
For me, theres only you, theres only you..

If I wont see you everyday, Ill miss you
If I wont see you in a while, Ill think of you
I am very thankful because that person is you baby
I only want you to know that little habit of mine
Im just looking at one person, thats only you

 

Before Strorm (Movie - 2010)

Produksi : 2010
Produksi : Opus Pictures
Sutradara : Jo Chang-ho (조창호)

Pemain :

Kim Nam Gil sebagai Soo In
Hwang Woo Seul Hye sebagai  Yeo Mi Ah (Miya)
Jeong Yun Min sebagai Sang Byeong
Yoon Je Moon sebagai Mr. Jo
Oh Hye Seok sebagai Jin Ho
Kim jae Rok sebagai pendeta

Su In (Kim Nam Gil) adalah seorang mantan koki yang handal dan kini ia tinggal di penjara karena dituduh telah membunuh istrinya. Di dalam penjara itu ia bertemu dengan Sang Byung yang juga seorang napi. Su In mendengar gosip di penjara kalau Sang Byung akan dibebaskan dari penjara karena ia mempunyai penyakit AIDS, pihak penjara takut kalo penyakit itu akan menular ke napi lain.

Karena Su In ingin sekali keluar dari penjara untuk menemukan pembunuh istrinya yang sebenarnya, makanya ia nekad menularkan dirinya sendiri agar terkena penyakit AIDS dengan cara menusukkan jarum infus bekas Sang Byung ke urat nadi ditangannya. Namun ternyata ia salah sangka. Sang Byung dikeluarkan bukan karena pihak penjara takut penyakitnya menular tapi karena penyakit Sang Byung sudah sangat parah dan sebentar lagi akan mati. Jadi walaupun Su In terkena AIDS, ia tidak akan dikeluarkan dari penjara sebelum ia sekarat. Mendengar Hal itu, Su In pun kesal, namun apa boleh buat, kini ia telah terkena penyakit AIDS.

Namun akhirnya Su In berhasil kabur dari penjara. Sebelum kabur, Sang Byung sempat berpesan pada Su In agar menemui gadis bernama Mia di sebuah restaurant dekat pantai dan memberitahu Sang byung bagaimana kabar gadis itu. Mia adalah seorang gadis dari masa lalu Sang Byung.

Setelah berhasil lolos dari penjara, Su In langsung bisa menemukan pembunuh sang istri dan membawa pembunuh itu ke kantor polisi karena dengan begitu Su In akan terbebas dari hukuman. Namun sialnya pembunuh itu malah bunuh diri. Alhasil, kini Su In menjadi buronan atas sesuatu yang tidak pernah ia lakukan.

Karena tidak mempunyai tujuan lain, Su In akhirnya sampai di restauant dekat pantai milik gadis bernama Mia. Dan kebetulan restauran itu memang sedang membutuhkan seorang koki. Akhirnya Su In dan Mia pun menjadi dekat, mungkin karena mereka sama-sama punya pengalaman buruk dimasa lalu.

Mia dulu pernah jatuh cinta pada rekan kerjanya, Sang Byung. Namun sialnya Sang Byung mengkhianatinya. Sang Byung ternyata adalah seorang gay dan sialnya lagi kini Mia tertular penyakit AIDS dari Sang Byung.

Lalu bagaimana nasib mereka selanjutnya? nonton aja sendiri........

Menurutku film yang satu ini dari segi cerita emang bagus, namun menjelang akhir kok mulai membosankan ya, apalagi endingnya. Aku agak kurang ngerti ma adegan terakhir film ini. Tapi coba aja kalian nonton, mungkin pendapatnya beda ma aku.

credit video : citiyoung

Dream of a Warrior: Your Past Life Is on a Distant Planet

Usually, movie characters who time-space-jump end up in costume-rich eras: the 1920s or some century with powdered wigs perhaps. In Park Hee-joon's Dream of a Warrior, the time-travelers ditch earth completely and head for Dilmoon, a sword-and-sorcery planet where people wear neutral-colored Arthurian capes and black leather halters while warriors prove their mettle via mixed martial arts and a variation on football owing something to mud wrestling. Adept at both sports is Dean (Hong Kong pop star Leon Lai Ming), a lower class type who's contemporary counterpart is a soft-spoken cop with rare brainwaves that facilitats intergalactic adventures. He's been enlisted today to rescue Princess Rose (Park Eun-hye) of yore but first he needs to relive their entire romantic story as research. (Cue the sappy score for a flashback that lasts nearly the entire movie.) In this earlier courtship, Dean gets help fending off bad guys from tough chick ShoSho (Lee Na-yeong). By the time he returns to unfreeze Rose, ShoSho is dead so he's stuck fighting solo against Rose's betrothed who's got a better bloodline, bigger biceps and the supernatural powers that come from selling your soul to the devil. Lucky for Dean he can make a clone of himself!

Tazza: The High Rollers: Don't Test Your Luck Against This Double-Crossing Dame

All hail the dragon lady! As played by Kim Hye-su, this ruthless cardshark and resplendent clotheshorse may not be the movie's lead character but she sure steals every scene she's in. Give her a second of screen time, and she'll flash her panties at a neighborning player or shoot her onetime lover (Cho Seung-woo) after he's screwed her out of a wad of cash. Then again, maybe she's spreading her legs and wielding that pistol because her co-star got better billing. Kim is evidence, if any more was ever needed, that there are no small parts, only lesser actors in the same movie. Choi Dong-hun's slick crime pic may be about vengeful gamblers so crazed with greed and thirsty for blood that they're willing to bet a limb once the funds run out is for Kim, an alternately sadistic and sentimental backdrop for a fabulous wardrobe, a stylish haircut and a series of poses with attitude. Let the talkative sidekick (Yu Hae-jin) ham it up. Let the pretty young thing (Lee Su-kyeong) win the hero's worthless heart. Let one oldtimer-bigtimer (Baek Yun-shik) retreat into the scenery. By the time the last hand's been dealt (and severed), Kim will emerge victorious, even as her winnings go up in flames. Did you ever doubt her, fool?

The Power of Kangwon Province: Rejection Involves a Loss of Color

Hong Sang-soo's The Power of Kangwon Province is two pretty good movies in one. The first concerns a recent high school graduate (Oh Yun-hong) who joins two friends for a short, frankly miserable vacation at a beachfront tourist trap, where she has a botched romance with a married local cop (Kim Yoosuk). The second half-a-movie focuses on a struggling professor (Baek Jong-hak) with whom the young woman recently had an affair and who happens to be simultaneously taking a much more decadent trip to the same subpar resort. Although the two narratives tie together quite nicely come the final scenes, all of The Power of Kangwon Province feels so infected with melacholia that even tangential asides never feel that disconnected. Mood is everything here. A background story about a man who may have pushed his wife off a cliff only heightens the pervading sense that love is disappointing at best, fatal at worst. As someone who has found Hong's later efforts (Woman on the Beach, Night and Day) to be affected dreck, The Power of Kangwon Province proved unexpectedly moving. This flick has an earnest directness that makes its washed out palette feel like an honest manifestation of the colorlessness of the heart's despair.

The Divine Weapon: God, It's a Long Time Before The Rebels Rise to Glory

Personally, I have a hard time getting revved up for a movie about the development of the first multiple rocket launcher and the first missile (even if it's interesting to learn that both were developed in Chosun in 1430). Hearing female warrior Hong-ri (Han Eun-jeong) bark orders then pull her hair out as she tries to figure out how many millimeters an injector hole is supposed to be just isn't gripping drama to me. I prefer seeing her suitor, crafty merchant Seol-joo (Jeong Jae-yeong), in an endless series of "one man vs. a hundred soldiers" street fights. Now that's cool! And while there's plenty of kicking and sword clanging, The Divine Weapon's only really glorious match up comes at the end when the scrappy Chosun renegades -- who've been slaving over their weapon of mass destruction for two hours -- stab, slice, kick, pierce then mass slaughter their way to freedom while battling an army ten times their size. In that climactic scene, director Kim Yu-jin taps into the magnificent awe and terror that the first exploding mega-weapon must have produced among soldiers who thought, until then, that arrows were as far-reaching as you could get. For that scene alone (and you can fast forward to it if you like), The Divine Weapon is worth seeing.