The Cinema of Korea owns me: The King and the Clown and The Duelist

[dangermousie]

I just watched The King and the Clown.

Wow.

Wow.

It's just as awesome as everyone said it is. Gorgeous, and clever, and funny, and heart-breaking. There was sobbing at my house. I will do a proper metaish post once I've processed it all. It's a period piece, and a character study, and a movie about politics, and a love story.

OMG.

The only draw-back is that my relatively mild thing for Lee Jun Ki is now far from mild and I want to get my hands on everything else he's been in. Because he totally broke my heart. The scene where he puts on that last puppet show, retelling what Jang-Sang said, and he's slit his wrists is...OMG. And the night befoe Jang-Sang's execution when he spends the whole night repeating 'please spare him' OMG. It's interesting because he is very 'girlish' in being timid and needing protection and shy, but when it comes to Jang-Sang's well-being he loses fear. And I also want to know what else Woo Kam-Seong has been in. Because he was amazing.

I have also started The Duelist which has the most amazing fights ever seen, I swear and the best opening sequence ever. And every time Sad Eyes and Namwon fight, it's both a fight and a dance and making love. Amazing. And I loathe the Defense Minister. His relationship with Sad Eyes is incredibly twisted: like a sick, abusive parental relationship. Ugh.

(The movie is about Namwon, an undercover police officer in ancient times, who s investigating counterfeiting and crosses swords with Sad Eyes, a mysterious swordsman who is the Defense Minister's pet assassin. Despite it being really imposiible, they fall in love).

I will have more in-depth thoughts, but for now, I will just share the first thought that popped into my head in regards to this movie:

I saw Kang Don-wan and Oh my God! He is HOT!!! was what literally came out of my mouth. Come on! Legolas hair, dark clothing, angst and that sword! It's like made to be dangermousie-bait.

Comments

[autumn-yaar.livejournal.com]

Ahh, I finished The King and the Clown today as well. My obsession with Lee Jun Ki has went to another level. :p

I have been looking for The Duelist everywhere! I couldn't find it in JDramas (Or else I'm blind, which could be possible). Where did you download it from?

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

You can download it from silentregrets.com

[autumn-yaar.livejournal.com]

thank you, i lowe you. :p

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

:D

This survey thingie ... do you want it as a reply to your original post or as an entry in our respetive journals??

[autumn-yaar.livejournal.com]

ahh, just reply in my original post, and if you want to post the thingy in your journal for everyone on your list to do, then you can do that too. but you don't have to. :)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, TK&TC is awesome...

[kitsune714.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed both movies, but I think I actually prefer The King and the Clown because I found the whole story more satisfying (Duelist is great too, but it seems to exist more in a visual aesthetic sort of universe and I think I needed more than the pretty effects to keep my attention). I know that Lee Jun Ki just had a movie called Fly Daddy Fly come out (it's a remake of a Japanese movie that stars the also hot and very talented Okada Junichi, interesting, from the Johnny's group V6, which goes to show that you can run from Johnny's Jimusho, but you can't hide), and it's about boxing, and hopefully, it will be available with subs soon.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Thanks re: FDF.

I preferred TK&TC too (I haven't finished The Duelist yet so that can change I suppose). It was just all around excellent. It's been compared to Brokeback but except for the fact that the two protagonists are men who are in love with each other, I didn't really see the similarity. No sheep and a heck of a lot more entertaining :P

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

kang don won=lead in 1% of anything

And...is it wrong that I thought he was hot when we first saw him in the mask?

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

And...is it wrong that I thought he was hot when we first saw him in the mask?

If it's wrong, I don't want to be right.

I thought he was uber hot, mask, wig and all.

kang don won=lead in 1% of anything

You are eviiiiil :P

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

i'll be more evil and mention that about 15 minutes ago(he bought her a cell phone so she can call him when she gets lost and he can come and get her...awwwwww) that he character he's been reminding me of is Domyouji from HYD...only older.

[miss-dian.livejournal.com]

I just watched Duelist last night and DIED. He's soooooooooo hot!!! Ditto to Legolas hair, but dude, he's just so much more than that. There's something about him that reminds me of Joo Ji Hoon - I think it's his height (186 cm - holy cow, tall guys are so yummy!!) and his sharp features.

But anyhoo. LOVED the picspam. I'm definitely going to do one too :)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Wow, that really is tall. *tries to figure it out in inches*

Yeah, he's got gorgeous cheekbones too...hjfkhjfk! Just all around awesome.

I really need to watch more stuff with him now.

[miss-dian.livejournal.com]

I'm getting 1% of Anything and Temptation of Wolves this afternoon ;) Might consider Too Beautiful to Lie as well.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

What is Temptation of Wolves about?

[miss-dian.livejournal.com]

You can check out the synopsis and download here. I couldn't find it anywhere in the stores over the weekend. Boohoo! :( But I've started watching 1% of Anything and it's giddy *lurve*

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I've been dling it and started it and it's awesome (ToW).

[catdecember.livejournal.com]

yay for the king and the clown .

ooh i like kang dong won too. since he is with ha ji won in The Duelist, i wanna watch it now!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

It's an excellent excellent movie!