Re-watched this Korean tearjerker last night. Such beautiful cinemagraphy but more importantly, it has such a simple yet a strong story plot. Both lead actors, Son Yae Jin and Jung Woo Sung played their roles to perfection ... they made their respective characters come to live, so natural and so believable as lovers. The story tells of how these two characters coming from different backgrounds, fought through hardship to finally becoming partners in life. In the mid section of the movie, it revolves around how they lead their lives as husband and wife. It's the li'll scenes in between here and there that's so captivating ... how it made their characters seem like an ordinary couple in today's world and yet it's still special in their own way. Finally, fate was unkind and dealt the couple with a tragic blow ... the wife, due to generic factor, inherited Alzheimer's desease at the cruel age of 27. It's sad to see how she's suffering from a mental death and how the couple goes through the entire vicious experience. Scripting is good and precise. I have the dvd, so if any of you are interested, gimme a buzz k.
After the credits began rolling, I pondered what would I do if I was suffering from the same cruel fate. If I was the one with the illness, what will I do? If I was the partner instead, how will I react? Do you sit down and think about what did you do to deserve all this? Do you try to live out the rest of your life as best as you can?You simply cannot prepare yourself for things like this.
8 comments:
i dont mind watching it!borrow me.
No problem Su. Will pass it to you the next time I see you k. If you want it sooner, just come over and get it anytime. (Me still under 'house arrest'). Hehe.
Oh and I need to return 1408 to you too. :p
Hey Adrian, am surprised to see you added me into your blog roll! Thanks!
Very glad that you've made it as a BC instructor, was quite impressed with your clearance with Alvin.
Just read about your time in UH, all the best, take care..hope to see you teaching in FF some time soon.
Hey Shanti,
Thanks for the vote of confidence. I'm currently recovering nicely at home *fingers crossed* and really can't wait to hop back into action asap. Till then take care and my warmest rgds to your hubby. :)
haih...your under arrest fake punya. sebab can still go fridays to makan:P
Not fake le Su. Can't drive yet ... how to go out. And can go Fridays also because it's me dad's b'day. So got 'special pass' that day. Hehe.
Hi Adrian,
found out abt yr blog fr SC :-)
Reading your question on living our lives the best way we can brings me to a Japanese serial that I just finished watching - an old one, from 1997. Kon'na koi no hanashi; about how a seemingly cold-hearted man realized the values of friendship, loyalty and love in the last days of his life, after being diagnosed of a terminal disease. Normal premise, one might say, but a reminder nevertheless that we dont need to wait until the last days of our lives to really live.
I look out for more of your posts!
Cheers,
Faz
Hey Faz,
Firstly, welcome to my li'll nook. :) Anyways, it's a disgusting habit of ours ... or mine at least to only learn my lesson or start to appreciate the better things in life and the wonderful people around me when something (usually negative) happens. All of a sudden, a lightbulb appears and it enlightens me on what are the important things to me. It's sad really but I'm trying to change. And hopefully through my episode, others could learn a li'll something too wihout having to go through what I went through.
BTW, I'll try to get hold of that Jap series you mentioned. Will let you have my feedback once I'm done with it. :)
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