Sunday, May 18, 2008!
i decided to watch the movie, 'i'm a cyborg but its ok' for the second time because i was running out of korean dramas to watch (yes, believe it) but mainly because i was very curious.
curious because the first time i watched it (in the cinema with Char), i didnt understand it at all - all i could grasp was the plot and the amazing visual spectacle. granted, this usually satisfies me enough to not watch a movie again, yet, somehow for this film, it wasnt enough.
and i am sure glad that i decided to watch this film again because it is truly facinating. although set in a mental asylum, with characters that are seemingly mad and ridiculous, i felt that i was able to emphatise with them - their thoughts, emotions, fears- all of them.
for me, their madness is thought and nostalgia-provoking. The story revolves around a (mad)young lady who thinks that she is a combat cyborg. however, this is not madness to me - werent we all like that when we were younger, pretending that we were something/somebody else and then really truly believe in them? it is just that as we grow older, we start to separate reality from imagination and finally we reach a point where imagination becomes ridiculous in the face of reality.
This is why when i was watching 'I'm a cyborg, but its ok', i didnt feel like i was watching a group of mad people doing mad things, but rather, the characters were reflecting a 'madness' that is innate in all of us.
i was also deeply touched by the romance of the two main characters, performed by Rain( Park Ill-Sun)and Im Su-Jeong (Cha Yong Goon). oddly, this romance between two mad people is one of the most heart-warming ones that i've seen on screen (considering the fact that i have watched A LOT of romantic dramas, this IS a feat). Because of his initial sympathy, Ill-Sun took the time to understand Yong-Goon's state of mind and later joins her in her imaginary world in order to help her. if this is not love, then it must be something a lot like love because what can be more intimate than to understand the inner workings and thoughts of a one's mind? though unconventional, to me, this romance is undisputably a romance.
it is evident that a lot of thought has been put into the script as well as the direction of the film, and it is a film that is definitely worth being appreciated. it is such a waste that some refuse to catch it just because they think that it is a film solely made for Rain-fans. my advice is to watch it with an open mind; forget the fact that the main actor is Rain, and just appreciate the film for what it is.
i decided to watch the movie, 'i'm a cyborg but its ok' for the second time because i was running out of korean dramas to watch (yes, believe it) but mainly because i was very curious.
curious because the first time i watched it (in the cinema with Char), i didnt understand it at all - all i could grasp was the plot and the amazing visual spectacle. granted, this usually satisfies me enough to not watch a movie again, yet, somehow for this film, it wasnt enough.
and i am sure glad that i decided to watch this film again because it is truly facinating. although set in a mental asylum, with characters that are seemingly mad and ridiculous, i felt that i was able to emphatise with them - their thoughts, emotions, fears- all of them.
for me, their madness is thought and nostalgia-provoking. The story revolves around a (mad)young lady who thinks that she is a combat cyborg. however, this is not madness to me - werent we all like that when we were younger, pretending that we were something/somebody else and then really truly believe in them? it is just that as we grow older, we start to separate reality from imagination and finally we reach a point where imagination becomes ridiculous in the face of reality.
This is why when i was watching 'I'm a cyborg, but its ok', i didnt feel like i was watching a group of mad people doing mad things, but rather, the characters were reflecting a 'madness' that is innate in all of us.
i was also deeply touched by the romance of the two main characters, performed by Rain( Park Ill-Sun)and Im Su-Jeong (Cha Yong Goon). oddly, this romance between two mad people is one of the most heart-warming ones that i've seen on screen (considering the fact that i have watched A LOT of romantic dramas, this IS a feat). Because of his initial sympathy, Ill-Sun took the time to understand Yong-Goon's state of mind and later joins her in her imaginary world in order to help her. if this is not love, then it must be something a lot like love because what can be more intimate than to understand the inner workings and thoughts of a one's mind? though unconventional, to me, this romance is undisputably a romance.
it is evident that a lot of thought has been put into the script as well as the direction of the film, and it is a film that is definitely worth being appreciated. it is such a waste that some refuse to catch it just because they think that it is a film solely made for Rain-fans. my advice is to watch it with an open mind; forget the fact that the main actor is Rain, and just appreciate the film for what it is.
4:49 AM
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