Movie SNEAK preview: HWANG JIN YI 황진이 -starring Song Hye Gyo 송혜교, Yoo Ji Tae유지태

hahaha.... lucky lucky again! After my last exam papers on Monday 4 Jun 07, me an tiff planned to look for 하숙집 (boarding house) as our stay wif the sch dormintory will end on 14 Jun 07. We had decided nt to continue stayin at the sch dorm becos its quite expensive, further more meals r not provided... Worst of all, cos the I-house is nt intended for students studying at KLI so if we want to continue to stay in the I-house we have to move to Muak Dormintory for about 1 month then move back to the I-house.... Cos the I-house will be occupied by the exchange students during summer term....so we will have to get out n move back once they r gone... ridiculous rite?!!

k so with that, we planned to look ard the sch first before expanding our search to Sinchon area. While waiting for tiff at the dorm's lobby, I read the noticeboard.... HAHAHA guess wat?! there's a notice tat says catch Song Hye Go LIVE at YongSan CGV today... FREE movie preview tickets available for 1st 30 ppl who request for it at the dorm's office.

I saw the poster of this movie and it seems quite nice so I am abit tempted to watch it... so i asked Tiff if she wants to watch it too? Of cos she said yes.... So we made our way to the office to ask for the tickets... afterwhich we went for lunch n proceed to Yongsan (yes familar place ah... the place we bought our mobiles...)

Were kind of there early so we walked ard in the shopping mall... as usual walked into the records store.... Found e DVD tat Ee Fen wants.... Saw my Seodongyeo DVD bt man its sky high pricing!!! i wished i won lottery so i can buy tat!

at the counter... i was so tempted so i asked the auntie... can u give me posters? (in kr) then she was like poster of this movie?? I was quick to say "No... Singers posters...."

She gladly replied wif a YES and asked me whose posters I wan...... I was so happy hahaha... of cos telling her all my idols........ Shinhwa (tat's for sure), SS501 (so lucky she has one last piece), Tony (new single poster!!).... I guess I am helpin her to clear her stocks... so she gladly giving them all to me....

Afterwhich, i asked if she has Evan's poster... n she said yes bt its very big.... So i said nvm thinkin tat its ok if we can roll it up... so she gotten her staff to take it out.... we waited n was shocked!! its really GIANT SIZE man....... maybe bigger than our windoW! so we thanked her n left the shop....

Went over to exchange for our movie tickets...... Soon the movie is starting so we went to buy popcorn and coke... preparin ourselves for the movie... Its my first time in Korea watching Movie!! so kind of exciting.... This movie is supported by the KNTO so there r english subtitles....

Just before the movie, the main leads and director of the movie will make a special appearance to thank us for being there and hope that we enjoy the movie...

Song Hye Gyo looked so peitie... bt plain... She looked so sweet when she smiled.... Man she is really short.... She was wearing heels... bt still look so short....

Yoo Ji Tae is jus the opposite of SHG, he is so extremely TALL!! jus like a giant besides SHG.... Bt he looked so charmastic in person and was so gentlemanly when leading SHG in n out of the cinema theatre...

Some pics I took:

my free limited gift frm movie preview

Sypnosis:

Hwang Jini is the movie adaptation of the 2002 novel by North Korean writer and calligrapher Hong Suk Joong홍석중 about the popular gisaeng and shijo who lived in the Joseon dynasty, Hwang Jini. Hwang Jini/Hwang Jin Yi/Hwang Chini(1522-1565) was a gisaeng(a Korean term similar to a Geisha) that lived in the Joseon( or Chosun) dynasty during the reign of King JungJong (16th century).She was also known by her other name Myeongwol (or Myungwol) meaning Bright Moon. According to books, novels written by, for, and about her, she is considered to be a very intelligent woman, charming, very attractive and ambitious.Little is known about her childhood but she is known to be a daughter of a gisaeng(the actual name of her mother is still debated), also actually there are only few facts known about her life, however she is very well 'described' in anecdotes, biographies etc. She was tutored by the great scholar So Kyong Dok on poetry in both Korean script (Hanguel) and in Hanmun (Chinese)

Full Movie Trailer:

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My review:

Personally I didnt really enjoy the movie storyline that much cos its too diverse... There is no main focus in the storyline. However, I should praise the gd acting skills of both the lead actor n actress. Both were really great in their acting... Fighting scenes were great too... Costumes and settings of the movie were a very big plus point to this movie... Totally make the movie enjoyable despite a bad storyline...

I do not knw if the watching of "Memories of Geisha" had made me compare both of the movie... bt i guess it do have some effects on my opinion of this movie... It did nt focus so much on hw Hwang Jin Yi went thru to become wat she is nw, didnt emphasis on hw gREAt she becum (so if i didnt read up abt this person, from the movie I would nt bt able to understand nor agree to hw great she was and wat make her famous till these days), it also didnt focus of her love as well....So 主题是什么？ That's the reason y i said the story did not have a main focus... For a movie its kind of long abt 2.5 hrs....

So far only tiff said the movie is GREAT... (which i dunno y?!). Most of the ppl I asked was sayin that the movie is kind of boring n draggy.... perhaps the drama had also made an impression in many n ppl r starting to compare it....

My ratings: 2.5 on a scale of 5 (1=boring- 5=MUST WATCH)

But if u r a fan of either of the leads, then perhaps you will enjoy the movie... They both presented excellent acting skills........