Quote:
Originally Posted by Leshita
How is this film? Is it worth getting?
I usually stick with CJ releases only unless they are highly regarded on IMDB or something (for films I have never seen before that is).
|
If you into Asian/Korean Romantic Drama and haven't already got it on DVD I'd probably say get it or at least rent it first, it isn't the best Korean Romantic Dramas out there and certainly not the worst by any means, it's very slow-paced and somehow predictable, the plot reminds me of Wong Kar-Wai's 'In the Mood for Love'. But apart from the not really inventive storyline director Hur Jin-ho unfortunately also borrows a lot of what we have already seen in his other two works, the masterpiece 'Christmas in August' and 'One Fine Spring Day', two of my favourite films, both are a must watch and own IMHO, 'April Snow' is unfortunately his weakest out of the three.
The film didn't do that well in Korea/at the box office if I remember correctly but internationally (and especially in Japan because of Yong-joon huge popularity after the big success of TV-drama-series 'Winter Sonata) it kinda boomed. Having said all that, I personally own three different DVD LE versions of it including the massive Japanese premium boxset, I will be double-dipping just to have it in my BD collection and simply because Son Ye-jin is in it
