Happy Thursday from Indonesia again! Back to Thursday Movie Picks hosted by Wandering through the Shelves Blog again.
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This week’s Thursday Movie Picks is Romantic Comedy, and here comes my picks:
01. (500) Days of Summer (2009): Who doesn’t like this romance? I never know whether Tom (Gordon-Levitt) and Summer (Deschanel) were making a romantic comedy, but the bittersweet of their relationship is just too ridiculous and sweet at once. Oh, well, Tom is over-sensitive as a boy while Summer is completely bipolar; and they make a cute couple, who shouted “P*nis!” in crowd, or made out in an IKEA store, or even argued about who’s gonna be Sid or Nancy.
02. I’m Cyborg but That’s OK (a.k.a Saibogujiman Kwenchana) (2006): It’s the sanest movie from Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, Stoker, et al) but for me it’s a great romantic comedy although both elements were not as obvious as it seems. It takes places in a mental hospital and what we see is a couple of mentally distracted people trying to get attached to each other without realizing it. One is a girl who thinks she’s a cyborg and the other is a man who thinks he can steal everything, including people’s soul. Sane, yes? Romantic, yes? Hilarious, yes?
03. My Sassy Girl (2002): This is my favorite romantic comedy ever (though the remake version didn’t nail it the way the original did). A boy—left from his aunt who wanted to acquaint him to a girl he doesn’t know—met a broken-hearted girl on a subway; and what happens after that is all the ridiculous thing. This is, I might say, a romantic comedy version of Gone Girl relationship. And remember, this is a beautiful Korean movie made before all the pretty Korean stars were known. OH, THIS IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
So, that’s my list; have a great Thursday everybody! Oh, 2 Korean movies there.
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