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Just finished watching 'Sad Movie'
forwarded courtesy of Zhu.
The title says it all.
The americans may have their sad movies, the japs there's as well, the English have their 'Love actually' but up till now I think no one beats the Korean at their game of writing romantic love tragedies.
If someone as apthethic as me can be brought to weep a tear, it's definitely a good movie.
The only other movie that has moved me so would be ' Ima ai ni Ikku' @ Be with you
Finished watching Hur Jun, the epic korean drama series about this legendary korean doctor, who wrote this collection of medical journals that are considered one of the epic publications of oriental medicine. and needless to say it goes through all the difficulties he faced throughout his life and his miraculous saves. haha....yes yes...kinda similar storyline to Dae Jaeng Gum @jewel in the palace.
Korean romantic tragedies and korean historical dramas are great. They just have the knack of putting in the place of the characters at the time of their death and somehow with their more normal looking actors and actresses complete with pimples and scars on their faces makes it more believeable than the more fashionable american films of the day with airbrushed features, and where even the poor girl off the street has got a set of porcelein chompers.
well to round this off this is a translation I got off the MV for Lee Seon whee's '' In Yeon'' (Destiny). Not too sure about the stanzaing though. It's the song that currently blasting on continuous play on my player. It's the MV for the movie '' the king and the clown'' another korean movie that i'm anxiously waitng to watch. Starrin a very beautiful Lee Jun Ki. Just google for his pics, you'll see why.In Yeon
I promise you when this moment is over
On the day I will be able to see you again
I will throw everything away,
to stand by you and protect the path
you have left to walk
They call this destiny, we can't deny it
Can such a beautiful day as this
Come again in my life?
You're a gift on this tiring road of life
I'll always let this love shine,
polishing it so it doesn't rust
Our encounter was short like we were drunk,
but it opened the locks to the gates and took its place
We couldn't cherish it,
but i don't regret it because
nothing is forever
They call it destiny,
we can't deny it
Can such a beautiful day as this
Come again in my life?
There are many things
I want to say,
but you probably already know them.
Far off on the day that we meet,
Don't let go again.
The love that we could not have
in this life,
The destiny that could not be
in this life,
Far off on the day that we meet,
don't let go again.Such beautiful verses. As my dad says, the koreans are just great at poetic prose.
Just reading this melancholic ballad brings a twinge to the old ticker.
I only hope that the translation is right.
Even so....it makes for good reminescent reading.