coming up: welcome to dongmakgol
April 8th, 2006
Have been seeing a few movies at the Philly filmfest already – the next one is Welcome to Dongmakgol, a movie my cousin Yin already watched and it did not do much for him. Hope I have better luck!
EDIT: having seen it, i really liked it. it had a strong miyazaki hayao feel to it, but then with real life actors.
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April 10th, 2006 at 8:16 am
Though I thought the ending was rather silly, if was full of very very beautiful scenes and moments. And the Miyazaki feel might have something to do with the score by Joe Hisaishi. Worth seeing if just for the scene of Kang Hye-Jung in the rain!
April 10th, 2006 at 10:15 pm
ha, joe hisaishi! no wonder. but don’t you think thematically, the longing and nostalgia for a purer past where people lived peacefully together is also very miyazaki?
April 11th, 2006 at 3:18 pm
Some awkward scenes and the ending spoiled the film (for me). I’m just very particular in how a film ends
Off topic: Has LokHin sent you Taste of Tea yet?
April 11th, 2006 at 4:04 pm
lokhiiiiiiiiiiiiiin
ps i fell asleep during the ending – i have no idea how it ends! sometimes things are for the better.
April 13th, 2006 at 4:51 am
Taste of Tea, now there’s a film with a wonderfully moving ending! (and just a wonderfully moving film as a whole)
And you’re right, although it didn’t really occur to me while watching it, the whole film is very Miyazaki-ish. Not just about how people live peacefully with eachother but also in relation to nature and the world around them, and how industrialization/war destroys that relationship.
April 14th, 2006 at 12:59 pm
sorry…i’ve been watching ‘full house’, korean drama lately. taste of tea i still have to watch..will send it soon. gomen.
April 16th, 2006 at 4:18 am
just mail the dvd to LokMan, i’ll lend u the original dvd. so no more excuses
April 16th, 2006 at 11:32 am
Full House!! lol lokhin, I just finished watching that this week. Those korean dramas are sooo addictive, I can imagine how you coulnd’t watch anything else in the mean time.
April 17th, 2006 at 10:16 am
aza aza fighting
which will be your next korean drama, milo?
April 19th, 2006 at 5:23 am
fighting!! hahaha
I don’t know what kdrama I’ll watch next, I might take it slow for a while… I just finally finished watching Full House, Lovers in Prague and Rebirth, all of which I was hopelessly addicted to.