My Sassy [American] Girl
I have been hearing rumours for a good two years now about the an American remake of the mega hit South Korean movie, My Sassy Girl. Well it’s true and it’s finally here. It will star Jesse Bradford as Gyeon-woo and Elisa Cuthburt as the girl (Jun Ji-hyun). Do I really care? Not really. I didn’t think the original was all it was hyped up to be. I think I was the only person who thought the girl was a complete bitch, the guy was a pathetic pushover, the plot was extremely predictable, and the scene which is supposed to be the most gut wrenching and heart-warming scene (where he lists off all the things that is good about her to a guy she is on a date with) was just…ok. I did not cry for it, unlike the men sitting around me *cough*. It’s not that I didn’t like the movie, but I really did not see why it was so great.
Maybe it was significant compared to all the Korean movies that portray women as docile women waiting for a strong, rich man to take charge and sweep them off their feet. I guess My Sassy Girl can get brownie points for that, but I’d still only give it a 3/5. Anyway, I don’t have high expectations for the American version just because I didn’t think the Korean one was that great to begin with.
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For those of you who want to know more about the movies, here are some resources for you.
1. PopSeoul!: Hollywood remakes My Sassy Girl
2. Wikipedia: My Sassy Girl (Korean)
