This blog draws into the world of films on Korean, Hollywood, Hong Kong films from the past few years. It includes casts, information, summaries and comments based on each films and it also has a seperate link to famous Global Film Festivals that are held each year.
Sunday, 9 September 2012
ISYS100
This video is based on the 'movie competiton' held for a group of friends who participates to compete one another to win a free movie ticket at the cinemas. The storyline of the video was chosen in relation to the blog topic on 'films and film festival' and the video has been created, filmed and edited by Windows Movie Maker. Special effects including subtitles, fade-in and out of scenes and background music have been used and this adds to the idea of creativity and entertainment of the group video.
Sunday, 19 August 2012
HONG KONG MOVIE_4
LOVE IN THE BUFF
is a 2012 movie.
Story: Pang Ho-Cheung
Written by: Pang Ho-Cheung, Heiward Mak
Produced by: Subi Liang, Pang Ho-Cheung
Cinematography: Jason Kwan Editing: Wenders Li
- Shawn Yue - Jimmy
- Miriam Yeung - Cherie
- Vincent Kuk - Jimmy's colleague
- Roy Szeto - Jimmy's colleague
- Crystal Tin - Cherie's boss
- Zheng Xu - Sam
- Mini Yang - Youyou
Introduction
This is one of the good romantic comedy films which
released in Hong Kong this year. It is a sequel of the movie "LOVE IN THE PUFF”,
which released two years before. The story is all about the main Hong Kong couple Jimmy and Cherie, they
deal with their relationships in realistic way. They have been together for five months, they feel so difficulties in their relationship because they cannot
deal with the long distance relationship as they separate in two different
country. They split up and both of them move to Beijing individually due to change in work. Few years late, they met each other in Beijing.
Trailer of the movie - LOVE IN THE BUFF
The most refreshing about this story is its portrayal of how little things can cause problems in the relationships and how their increasing
frequency if they not to solve the problem which can lead to break up. The mystery of love is also
shown as Cherie and Jimmy despite their incompatibility cannot let go of
each other. Their interactions with each other and their friends are the main
source of laughs with ample amounts of swearing. There are also additional
laughs for those who are familiar with Hong Kong and mainland actors
like Ekin Cheng or Huang Xiao-ming.
A funny musical video from Shawn Yue at the end of the movie
THE KOREAN FILM_4
The Korean Movie-The King and the Clown
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_and_the_Clown
The King and the Clown (Korean: 왕의 남자; Wang-ui Namja) is a 2005 South Korean film, adapted from the 2000 Korean play titled Yi ("You") about Yeonsangun of Joseon, a Joseon dynasty king who falls in love with a court clown who mocks him. The movie is based on a small passage from the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty that briefly mentions the king's favorite clown. Production costs were relatively modest for a Korean film, approximately $4.5 million dollars. With box office receipts of $85 million, it was the highest-grossing Korean film from 2005.
The movie is referred to by various names. It is sometimes known as The King's Men or The King's Man (the literal translation of the Korean title to English) and All the King's Men (working title). In Chinese, the title is "王的男人" or "王和小丑", and in Japanese, it is known as "王の男". It is also known as "The Royal Jester" in English, as the movie's English translator found it more fitting than the original title. This film was chosen by Korea as its submission for the Oscars in the best foreign film category.
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_and_the_Clown
I remember this movie totally because this movie was big sensation and famous before the movies is opened and I watched the first day which open the movie. The story was the new type of concept and very colourful. The movie actors also shown professional playing.
THE KOREAN FILM_3
The Korean Movie-Welcome to Dongmakgol
Welcome to Dongmakgol (Korean: 웰컴 투 동막골) is a 2005 South Korean film. Based on the same-titled long-running stage play by filmmaker/playwright Jang Jin, it was the debut film of director Park Kwang-hyun and stars Jung Jae-young, Shin Ha-kyun and Kang Hye-jung.
The story is set in Korea during the Korean War in 1950. Soldiers from the North and South, as well as an American pilot, find themselves in a secluded village, its residents largely unaware of the outside world, including the war. It was South Korea's official entry for the foreign language film category of the Academy Awards in 2005 and at the time the fourth highest grossing South Korean film of all time (as of August 2012 it ranks as eleventh).
This movie opposed to Shi ri story. This is based on Korean War and the two Korean solider meet in the mountain village and then they realize friend. I watched it, when I was high school during class. I was laugh so much but I was cried either because I thought this movie is consisted very well. Especially, the movie sound track is very famous as it.
THE KOREAN FILM_2
The Korean Movie- Shiri (film)
Shiri (Hangul: 쉬리; Swiri) is a 1999 South Korean action film, written and directed by Kang Je-gyu. Shiri was the first Hollywood-style big-budget blockbuster to be produced in the "new" Korean film industry (i.e. after Korea's major economic boom in late 1990s). Created as a deliberate homage to the "high-octane" action film made popular by Hollywood through 1980s, it also contained a story that draws on strong Korean national sentiment to fuel its drama.[1] Much of the film's visual style shares that of the Asian action cinema, and particularly Hong Kong action cinema, of John Woo, Tsui Hark, Ringo Lam, and the relentless pace of the second unit directors, like Vic Armstrong and Guy Hamilton, in the James Bond films.
The movie was released under the name Shiri outside of South Korea; inside Korea, the title was spelled Swiri. The name refers to Coreoleuciscus splendidus, a fish found in Korean fresh-water streams. At one point Park has a monologue wherein he describes how the waters from both North and South Korea flow freely together, and how the fish can be found in either water without knowing which it belongs to. This ties into the film's ambitions to be the first major-release film to directly address the still-thorny issue of Korean reunification. The film would later serve as the basis for the successful drama series Iris, starring Lee Byung-hun and Kim Tae-hee.
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiri_(film)
I watched this movie, when I was 9 years old. I did not understood some part of movie scenes because I was so young but it was really impressed to me because the movie is consisted of the North and South Korean story and love. I remember the main actor scene which he agonizes between his nation and his girl but he chooses his nation and kills his girl. I thought the part was made good and was impressively.
THE KOREAN FILM_1
The Korean Movie- Taegukgi (film)
Taegukgi Hwinallimyo (Hangul: 태극기 휘날리며) is a 2004 South Korean war film directed by Kang Je-gyu. It tells the story about the effect of the Korean War on two brothers. The film's title is the name of the pre-war Flag of People's Republic of Korea, Flag of Provisional People's Committee for North Korea as well as the postwar Flag of South Korea. It was released in the United Kingdom as Brotherhood: Taegukgi and the United States as Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War.
Kang Je-gyu made a name for him directing Shiri and was able to attract top talent and capital to his new project, eventually spending US $12.8 million on production. The film became one of the biggest successes in Korean film history up to that time, attracting 11.74 million people to the theatre, beating the previous record holder Silmido.
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taegukgi_(film)
I have watched this movie when I was 14 years old. I was cried so much during watching movie because this movie is based on Korean sad history. Before I watched it, I have prejudged about the both main actors playing but they act very well their parts on movie. Thus this movie is very excellent.
FILM FESTIVAL_3
The Venice International Film Festival
The Venice International Film Festival is the oldest international film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932, the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the Lido, Venice, Italy.It is known world-wide for the International Film Festival, the International Art Exhibition and the International Architecture Exhibition, and continues the great tradition of the Festival of Contemporary Music, the Theatre Festival, now flanked by the Festival of Contemporary Dance.
It is clear to see that the Venice International Film Festival is the most creative, enriching, contemporary festival which consists of diverse music, dance and art exhibitions. This typical film festival awards the best film on screen in competition with ‘Leone d’Oro’ (Golden Lion) and the ‘Leone d’Argento’ (Silver Lion) given to the best director.
In observing the top 3 famous international film festivals worldwide, I was able to identify the fact that different film festivals have their own sense of uniqueness in referring the name of awards, their way of presenting the film festival in creativity and variety. It was interesting for me to see how these top 3 film festivals are widely known and are held annually for its recognition and reputation.
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