My Sassy Girl, based on a true story posted by Ho-sik Kim on the Internet describing his relationship with his girlfriend, it describes a single Korean college student meeting an extremely beautiful girl, who is completely drunk, on the way home one night. Because of circumstances, he had no other choice but to help the girl. He decides to leave her in a motel, since he doesn't know where she lives. After a series of incidents, the two become good friends and as the relationship progresses, we will discover the how crazy and wacky this girl could be. These were later transformed into a best-selling book and the movie follows the book closely.
I cannot really recall why I went to watch the movie ‘My Sassy Girl’ in the first place. It was probably because of the free tickets my girlfriend got from some radio station. I never really look forward to watching romantic movies. In my opinion, they are generally boring and predictable unlike the Shakespeare’s tragedy (e.g R & J). Also, romantic movies in theatres always have very predictable endings and stages such as
Stage 1: Initiating
Stage 2: Experimenting
Stage 3: Intensifying
Stage 4: Integrating
Stage 5: Bonding
However, on the visual aspect, the movie was interesting for viewers to follow. Transitions between some of the events were precise and also the usage of music to fit into certain scenes was quite appealing to me. There were lots of comical situations and some unexpected surprises but the humor was always right on time and easy to understand despite being a Korean movie. There was not much about the Korean culture, therefore even if you are not familiar with the culture, you will not have any problems understanding the types of humor in the film.
I was also online browsing some of the related articles and I thought this would quite interesting to comment on.
The article below tells us about the ancient Chinese marriages.
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/social_customs/marriage/Unlike modern relationships, the ancient Chinese customs ignore the ‘stages of coming together’ and bond the couples before allowing them to explore/ experience the other stages. Marriages aren’t decided by love; instead it was decided by parents’ desires. I recalled what my grandparents told me about their wedding arrangements. Apparently, my paternal grandparents’ relationship did not work out very well. I have no recollection of two of them sitting or talking to one another. In fact, they lived in separate places. However, my maternal grandparents were exactly the opposite. For me, I still cannot make up my mind if it’s a good or bad. Well, but I guess today most of us appreciate the freedom to choose our partners, don’t we?
6 comments:
yup... we should be happy that we have freedom in our relationships now...
my grandparents were also brought together in an arranged marriage... they have lots of quarrels and have been staying in separate rooms since a long time ago...
ive watched my sassy girl, the first ep. and i think its HILARIOUSSS. hahaahaa. but yeah, im not sure if that couple followed the 10 stages though, they kinda like was THROWN together, and she forced him to go out with her and just poured her sorrows out to him. it was really funny. warped relationship that didnt follow any of the stages. but some dont i know.
i think arranged marriages are quite sad things. you dont get to know each other at all, and totally skip all the stages til 6. and theyre forced to do so as well. it really hurts the relationship and throws them into stages 7 8 9 10 immediately like your grandparents. really thankful my parents and i are not in that era. cheers to freedom partners!
I think that having an arranged relationsip is not a very good idea as you do not go through the first 6 stages. Hence, to live with someone for life whom you may not truly love could be quite a challenge.
arranged marriages are terrible! good thing that almost never happens in singapore! if you are lucky, your parents pick a good partner for you, one that you can click with. if not, its hell for both parties. quarelling, fighting. it's not that easy to bond with your partner if yours is an arranged marriage.
arranged marriages should be abolished. it is a mistake to start off.
there is a chinese saying ri jiu shen qing, which literally means love will establish over time. that will only happen if both parties are really lucky.
what happens if these 2 individuals do not 'grow' to love each other as time passes? wont they be suffering for the rest of their lives if they do not get a divorce?
i believe it'll be hard for a couple to arrive at the final stage without going through the initial stages. most of the time, it is goin through hardship or any obstacle that will bring the 2 person together. both parties that been through the thick and thin together will cherish the relationship unlike the opposite.
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