{"id":80,"date":"2009-03-29T14:17:53","date_gmt":"2009-03-29T18:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/?p=80"},"modified":"2017-12-21T09:41:23","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T14:41:23","slug":"korean-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/korean-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"Korean Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Watching Korean movies with English subtitles is a great way to learn Korean.\u00a0 I&#8217;m going to list a couple of movies that are\/were critically acclaimed by the South Korean public.<\/p>\n<p>The tension and strife between North and South Korea is a popular theme for many Korean movies.\u00a0 Take the movie <em>Shiri<\/em> (<strong>\uc2dc\ub9ac<\/strong>).\u00a0 Shiri (<strong>\uc2dc\ub9ac<\/strong>) is a movie about North Korean spies infiltrating South Korea.\u00a0 You&#8217;ll have to see what happens, but it&#8217;s a action\/thriller movie.\u00a0 It contains a lot of technical\/science jargon and is perfect for advanced Korean students.\u00a0 Then there&#8217;s the movie <em>JSA<\/em> which stands for Joint Security Area (<strong>\uacf5\ub3d9\uacbd\ube44\uad6c\uc5ed<\/strong>).\u00a0 JSA (<strong>\uacf5\ub3d9\uacbd\ube44\uad6c\uc5ed<\/strong>) is a mystery thriller dealing with the South\/North Korean border.\u00a0 Lastly, my favorite is Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War (<strong>\ud0dc\uad6d\uae30 \ud718\ub0a0\ub9ac\uba70<\/strong>).\u00a0 It&#8217;s based on a true story of two brothers torn apart by war, and finally tragically reuniting when they face each other in battle.<\/p>\n<p>The next two movies are philosophical or what I call &#8220;thinking&#8221; movies.\u00a0 The messages in these movies are not always black and white and a lot is left to the viewer&#8217;s interpretation.\u00a0 For example the movie, <em>Spring,<\/em> <em>Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring<\/em> (<strong>\ubd04\uc5ec\ub984\uac00\uc744\uaca8\uc6b8\uadf8\ub9ac\uace0\ubd04<\/strong>) by the director Kim Kiduk (<strong>\uae40\uae30\ub355<\/strong>) is about a man who wrestles with his past through the various seasons.\u00a0 There is a lot of metaphor in this movie, so if you&#8217;re looking for a light, funny, comedy, you&#8217;ll probably want to steer away from this one.\u00a0 The movie <em>Old Boy<\/em> (<strong>\uc62c\ub4dc\ubcf4\uc774<\/strong>) by director Bak Chanuk (<strong>\ubc15\ucc2c\uc6b1<\/strong>) is also one of those deep thinking movies.\u00a0 If you feel uncomfortable with gore, blood and pure, raw emotion, this may not be the movie for you.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly enough, Hollywood has recreated some Korean classics.\u00a0 The movie <em>My Sassy Girl<\/em> starring Elisha Cuthbert, is based on the Korean version of My Sassy Girl (<strong>\uc5fd\uae30\uc801\uc778 \uadf8\ub140<\/strong>).\u00a0 Trust me, the Korean version is better.\u00a0 The Korean version has the right amount of humor and heartfelt emotions.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a great love story.\u00a0 The movie <em>The Lake House<\/em> starring Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves is based on the Korean movie <em>II Mare<\/em> (<strong>\u6642\u8d8a\u611b<\/strong>).\u00a0 It&#8217;s another love story as well.<\/p>\n<p>Alright now, \u00a0I&#8217;ll leave you all to watch and enjoy these movies!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"244\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2009\/03\/Taegukgi_film_poster-244x350.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2009\/03\/Taegukgi_film_poster-244x350.jpg 244w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2009\/03\/Taegukgi_film_poster.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><p>Watching Korean movies with English subtitles is a great way to learn Korean.\u00a0 I&#8217;m going to list a couple of movies that are\/were critically acclaimed by the South Korean public. The tension and strife between North and South Korea is a popular theme for many Korean movies.\u00a0 Take the movie Shiri (\uc2dc\ub9ac).\u00a0 Shiri (\uc2dc\ub9ac) is&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/korean-movies\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":3656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[375279],"class_list":["post-80","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vocabulary","tag-korean-movies"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5316,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions\/5316"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}