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Year: |
2002 |
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Director: |
Jang
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Cast: |
Kim Jung-eun, Im Won-hee, Kim Soo-ro, Suh Tae-hwa, Park Kyung-lim,
Lee Won-jong, Lee Mi-yeon (cameo) |
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The
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Fun Movie is entertaining
crap - if you've seen the films it mocks. Some of the parodies
are brilliant, but the plot endlessly drags trying to pull
one gag out of the bag every five minutes. The leading trio
is terrific, though Suh Tae-hwa certainly isn't. |
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Review
by LunaSea: |
It
was inevitable that someone would come up with a film like
Fun Movie. Korean Cinema has become famous enough to
be on the receiving end of a parody, and this is the country's
first attempt to tackle the genre. If your knowledge of Korean
Cinema (and culture) is good enough to get 3/4 of the jokes,
you'll often be amused. Otherwise, it's likely Fun Movie
will seem like a huge mess, and not a very interesting
one, to boot.
The film drags even from the
first portion. It doesn't have enough panache to sustain a
pace of its own. It always needs to go back to the parody,
otherwise it'd bore you to tears. Talking about a plot here
would be silly. It takes the main theme of Shiri (this
time it's Japanese extremists instead of North Korean ones),
and intertwines parodies from just about every successful
Korean film of the last ten years. Some are done in a subtle
way, some rather obviously.
The most successful parodies
are those from Nowhere To Hide (the forty steps murder,
only they use tempura and sauce to kill!), My Sassy Girl
(Kim Jung-eun is brilliant as The Girl), and Green Fish
(the phone call home and the final car scene are recreated
to hilarious perfection). The most disgusting parody is the
one merging the baseball bat scene from Lies with Ahn
Sung-ki's "unusual" investigative methods in Two
Cops (Don't watch this while eating - I'm warning you).
While the three main leads are tremendous in their timing,
delivery and body language, Suh Tae-hwa is a disappointment.
His acting is bland and stiff, and he seems out of place.
He's been consistently mediocre in one too many films (with
the notable exception of Friend, where his blandness
was perfect for his character).
At almost two hours, Fun
Movie is overlong, and it drags way too much to be as
enjoyable as it could have been. It has no lasting effect
as a whole, but some memorable scenes will remain in your
mind. If anything, the film highlights the industry's current
wave of success and creativity, and could be a fun test of
your knowledge of recent Korean Cinema. However, if all you've
seen is Musa: The Warrior and Shiri, I'd stay
away. Fun Movie is not the right film for you if you're
just starting to explore Korean Cinema. (LunaSea 2002) |
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Name
that Movie: |
This list shouldn't be considered a spoiler, since you still
have to find the actual scenes. The following is a list of
parodies I've found in the film. Some of them last just a
few seconds, so blink and you'll miss them. The movie advertises
28 parodies, so - if they're telling the truth - this list
is almost complete. |
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1993
Sopyonje (D: Im Kwon-taek)
Two Cops (D: Kang Woo-suk)
1997
Contact (D: Jang Yoon-hyun)
Green Fish (D: Lee Chang-dong)
No. 3 (D: Song Neun-han)
Beat (D: Kim Sung-soo)
1998
Christmas in August (D: Hur Jin-ho)
A Promise (Kim Yoo-jin)
Whispering Corridors (D: Park Ki-hyung)
Dachimawa Lee (D: Ryu Seung-wan)
1999
Shiri (D: Kang Jae-gyu)
Nowhere to Hide (D: Lee Myung-sae)
Attack the Gas Station (D: Kim Sang-jin)
The Spy, Lee Chul-Jin (D: Jang Jin)
Lies (D: Jang Sun-woo)
2000
Joint Security Area (D: Park Chan-wook)
The Foul King (D: Kim Ji-woon)
Bichunmoo (D: Kim Young-jun)
Ditto (D: Kim Jong-kwon)
The Scissors/A Nightmare (D: Ahn Byung-ki)
The Isle (D: Kim Ki-duk)
Peppermint Candy (D: Lee Chang-dong)
2001
Friend (D: Kwak Kyung-taek)
My Sassy Girl (D: Kwak Jae-yong)
Kick the Moon (D: Kim Sang-jin)
Bungee Jumping of their Own (D: Kim Dae-sung) |
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Note:
There's also a poster of The Last Present (a 2001 film
with Lee Jung-jae and Lee Young-ae) in one of the scenes,
but I doubt that counts as a parody. |
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Availability: |
DVD (Korea)
Region 3 NTSC
Cinema Service/Plenus
2-disc Special Edition
16x9 Anamorphic Widescreen
Korean Language Track
Dolby Digital 5.1
Removable English Subtitles |
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