Film Major Blog

Genre: Action, Crime, and Drama Director: Jee-woon Kim Writer:  Jee-woon Kim Editor: Jae-geun Choi Cinematographer: Ji-yong Kim Rated: R In my Film Criticism class, we watched the Korean movie, 'A Bittersweet Life'.  'A Bittersweet Life' is about Sunwoo, who works in an expensive hotel and part of the mob.  One day, his boss orders him to follow the boss' girlfriend, Heesoo, and make sure she's not seeing anyone while he's away for business.  Sunwoo falls in love with Heesoo and makes decisions that buried him alive, literally.    After his slump, he recovered and plan his revenge.   Kim Jee-Won directed and wrote the film.    Lee Byun-Hun stars in it, and to my opinion he did a great job!    He expressed the emotions Sunwoo feels during each scene well, which helped me to emphases with the character, Sunwoo.    The film was made in 2005, which you can tell by the phones they use~    In this post...

Phantom Detective/Tamjung Hong Gil-dong: Sarajin Ma-eul   A man who works for a group for justice has no ID and no memory of who he is, just nightmares.  He tracks down his nemesis and along the way, someone kidnaps his prey before he could kill him for revenge.  Instead he meets his enemy's grandchildren and brings then along for bait, but as he searches for the missing grandpa he is faced with his true past.   It was an interesting film with an alluring plot. The story had various emotion through out the film. The main character reminds me of Sherlock Holmes, but can be more sinister and violent.  He two the two sisters that makes him more human.  The sisters acted really well and stayed strong even though their only family member was kidnapped. The relationship between the sisters and the grandpa reminds me of my relationship with my grandpa.  The affects are alluring along with the cinematography.  The editing really helped the ...