Watched this a few nights ago, and I enjoyed it. It's based on the premise of Cyrano de Bergerac--where Cristian enlists the help of Cyrano to woo Roxanne--but modernized with all this fancy technology. Basically a guy enlists a dating agency to help him win the girl. Things get complicated when it get revealed that the girl the agency is trying to get is the former flame of the agency's bossman. Cue Love Triangle.
The cast was great. It features the ever effortless Lee Min Jung (love her!), Daniel Choi (is he from America? Why is his name like this?), and the meddling ahjussi to end all meddling ahjussi's Uhm Tae-woong. It was equal parts humor (due to the rag tag band of sidekicks) and drama. It started off really strong, stumbled a bit in the middle, but regained it's footing to give me a satisfying end.
There were really nice scenes in the movie, and I'll include my favorite here. The music alone is gorgeous, combined with the magic and the french cafe....lovely! Begins at 5:00--the song is Agnes Baltsa' aspri mera ke ya mas.
something you can tell people when they give you a hard time about South Korea:
ReplyDelete16. How can I keep myself absolutely safe?
Ask this question just to remind yourself of the answer: You can't. Life is inherently uncertain. The way to cope with that reality is not to control and avoid your way into a rigid little demi-life, but to develop courage. Doing what you long to do, despite fear, will accomplish this.
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this is from Oprah, btw