"A Rainbow Is The Door To Heaven. When People Die They Go To Heaven Through That Door"
"When I Saw You For The First Time, You Already Stole My Heart""Have You Ever Seen A...Ghost Before? Of Course, Every Day. What? In The Mirror. Actually, I'm A Ghost."
"You Gave Me A Firefly And Carried Me. But This Is All I Can Give You In Return."
"I'll Close My Eyes And Run So You Can Guide Me, Okay? I'm Really Closing Them. Okay?"
"Look Outside The Window, If The Branches Swing Gently In The Wind, Then The One You Love Is Loving You, Too."
"Open Your Ears. If You Hear Your Heartbeat, Then The Person You Love Is Loving You, Too."
"Close Your Eyes. If There Is A Smile On Your Lips, Then The Person You Love Is Loving You, Too."
"I'm Crying Right Now; Can't You See My Tears? Why Did You Hide You Couldn't See?""
(Joo Hee's necklace finally made it back to her daughter, Yoon Ji Hye!)
I have had a few of you like the Long and detailed synopses on some of these movies, but this one will not be one of them! This movie was too long to do it that way.
First, I am disappointed how some 'critics' compared this movie to director Kwak Jae Yong's movies before, My Sassy Girl (2001), and after this one, Windstruck (2004}. This movie is a drama/love story with some humorous parts in it; while the other two are comical movies with drama in them. There should be no comparison, except for quality...
This movie was made, in my opinion, to be a masterpiece that stands the passage of time.
My Sassy Girl (2001) and Windstruck (2004) are part of a "My Sassy Girl Trilogy" by director and screenwriter Kwak Jae Yong. "My Sassy Girl" is the first in the series and "Windstruck" the second, with the 2008 Japanese film "Cyborg She" being the last one. These three are not about a traditional girl, as this one is, and the comedy is given more emphasis in the other two than here.
This is a traditional movie with traditional characters and traditional values being embraced.
I have no idea why he did "The Classic" between the the first two of the "Sassy Girl" series, but they are only connected by their Screenwriter/ Director Kwak Jae Yon did "Daisy" as screenwriter and "3 Colors Love Story" as director (both 2006) between the 2nd and 3rd of the "Sassy Girl" series.
This I believe will be a classic movie in the future, when all is said and done.
In my opinion, comparisons of this movie should be between his "Daisy" and /or "3 Colors Love Story" and this movie.
The main cast here are excellent! There is a great acting from both the main female and three main male cast (I include Yoon Tae Soo (Lee Ki Woo) since he appeared in more of the movie than Oh Sang Min (Jo In Sung) did.
Joo Hee / Yoon Ji Hye (Son Ye Jin) was excellent in her roles as mother and also her daughter and exhibited a wide range of emotions as both the young daughter of an important official and again as Ji Hye, her daughter.
The two men pursuing the mother, Oh Joon Ha (Jo Seung Woo) and Yoon Tae Su/Soo (Lee Ki Woo) performed with the abilities of older, more experienced actors and played their parts, both as best friends and of rivals for the same girl, brilliantly. All three of these cast members effectively portrayed individuals in love, and as both friend and also rivals wishing the other suitor of wasn't so attached to the female. whose love they are fighting for.
Also, Oh Sang Min (Jo In Sung) performed his role effectively as well! And his acting after being told of his father and his lost love was excellent, as if he was a carbon copy of his movie father, Oh Joon Ha!
The support cast also performed as if they were the characters that they were playing, and supported the main cast appropriately.
I loves the way that the adolescent cast members felt 'inadequate' in writing their own love letters and involved their best friends in this task, and the difference between the two parts here in the movie as well.
I loved the cinematography, plus the placing of the music at what seems just the right moments to both support the story and also bring the audience to an emotional apogee! I would also love to live in the area of the river/reservoir; it is so beautiful!
The scenes in the school are also very convincing, and even the house the mother, then daughter, lived in make such a statement toward the ambiance in this movie. The director and his assistant(s) did a spectacular job on this movie!
I have said in other reviews of other movies that I wished that the director has spent another 10 to 20, to however many minutes, on developing the main characters more; this movie seemed to be perfect in this respect as to length. Time was taking to develop the four main characters to the point where the audience 'felt' for all of them, even as the audience knew that someone would ultimately lose in their quest for their love being fulfilled in these triangles!
I think Kwak Jae Yong took a lesson out of director Akira Kurosawa's movie "Seven Samurai (1954) in his total development of his main characters, taking his time telling the story of Joo Hee / Yoon Ji Hye/Oh Joon Ha/Oh Sang Min and Yoon Tae Soo. That is most of the reason I believe that in the future , this movie will be thought of as a true movie classic and not just in name)!
WARNING: This is at least a two-box-of-Kleenex movie, so don't start the movie without at least one box on hand, and someone heading for the local store to obtain another box of Kleenex before you reach the halfway point, or simply buy two boxes of Kleenex beforehand
RE-WATCH VALUE: Definitely!
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my all time favourite
"The Classic" is not the kind of movie you would have expected or hoped for from Kwak Jae-young. Instead of a "My Sassy Girl" sequel he presents us with a "classic" love story indeed, which comes along with very little to no humor at all. Of course, it exhausts the full range of clichés that a typical love-story offers. But on the other hand, this is done with so much passion to detail that the movie doesn't seem tacky. But "The Classic" has to be seen as a classic indeed, thus you can forgive him some moments that may seem rather hackneyed in any other love-movie.Was this review helpful to you?
There is no better adjective to set this movie! "The Classic" at first glance may be regarded as more of a cliché novel, of extremely predictable history. And so it is! But no, do not get carried away by it. You know what I think about cliches, do not you? If not, I'll tell you one more time. I do not care what the story comes to tell, I care how the story will be told!
It's not just another teenage romance, it's the teen romance, created to be enjoyed, lived and experienced by young adults who admire the Classics! It is by no means one of those usual American youth love films. The fact is that The Classic is an indispensable film in any Oriental movie collection, especially for those who like Korean romantic cinema or just good love stories with a lot of soul.
The movie is also critical! It portrays rigidly, in every sense of the term, the period of political turmoil that South Korea passed while under the Military Regime. Physical punishment, harassment and other consequences of this form of government. There is still room to demonstrate moments of manifest, in addition to surgically approaching the Vietnam War.
"The Classic" is not just a romance movie, it goes beyond. I could talk even more about the wealth of details that the feature is about to bring, but I would need to split the review into two parts. So see yourself and draw your conclusions.
I have come to believe more in fate and more in chance at the end of the film. The sensations and emotions lead us to the real facts that we are subject in life. ''Not everything is flowers''. There are difficulties, there are obstacles. And the easy way is not always better than that of pain! We all have happy and sad stories!
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THEY DON'T MAKE EM LIKE THIS ANYMORE !!
They don't make movies like this anymore.This is a rare gem.
It appeals to you in every manner right from the get-go.
The story is simple, but the way it has been presented, acted and directed is mind-blowing.
The chemistry is too good to be true.
There's a breeze of authenticity to everything this movie has.
The casting was spot on.
Watching Cho Seung Woo as a young naive boy was so much fun.
Similar for Soo Ye Jin, she pulled it off amazingly.
Overall, I totally loved the first 100 mins of the movie but the last 20 mins are where the problem lies.
It was messy, not needed and could've been written in a much better way.
The last 20 mins disconnect from the whole idea and the smoothness with which the movie proceeded till that point.
It leaves us with a bitter taste in the mouth when it ends coz it's too far-fetched from what started as a simple story.
That is not to say it wasn't good, but when you've honey in your mouth, eating a spoon of sugared jam doesn't sit well with the taste.
The BGMs were effective, and the songs were miraculous especially the folk dance scene.
Aww, I just love this movie.
Truly a Classic.
While watching it, I pondered why it's named ' the classic ' , thinking it was a ridiculous name for such a movie.
But by the end, I realized why it was named so.
SPOILER AHEAD:
It's named the classic, coz it's a classic love/ romance story where the ML and FML try to fight against the moral and social odds, and still don't end up together.
Hence the name 'the classic'.
Kinda cool, right?
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What is certain is that this film has qualified actors and actresses to build a good film and indeed there is nothing I can complain about from their acting performance here. They manage to build a good chemistry, injecting enough emotion to feel attached to their characters.
I myself prefer the story of Mother, Joo Hee and Oh Joon Ha because it is more emotional and when I saw their love story my eyes filled with tears, their meeting at the hospital was really heartbreaking, as if they realized that was the end of their story. The story of Ji Hye, who is also played by Son Ye Jin, feels lighter but is actually sweeter, they repeat the story of her mother but in Joon Ha's shoes, and is paired with Jo In Sung as Sang Min which surely makes girls melt.
That's all I want to type. Thanks.
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nice story which can live though test of time
The Classic (2003) - 8,5/10 kmoviestory is nice two generation romance. +- its about daughter reading love letters of her mother and learning about her school romance
Of course drama got another storyline which is daughters current romance.
Overall even this movie is quite old it was funny and melodramatic at same time. Whole movie got about 2 hours, but more or less first 1,5hours is slow storytelling for both timelines an last 30 mins are climax of whole movie which connects both timelines together.
plot - FL[1968] is daughter of high official, but one summer she was at vacation viciting her uncle in countryside and found her first love[ML[1968]]. Later on they both meet at Seul, but into their love comes third guy which is officially engaged to FL[1968]. Continues their lovestory.
FL[200X] is daughter of first FL[1968] she manages to read her loveleters from past. FL[200X] loves ML[200X] which is quite popular guy at school which is together with her best friend. FL[200X] got nothing else to do than secretly love ML[200X] from far away.
genre - romance, melodrama
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saket
An oath of silence
My feelings swore to
Not to be spoken of again
But I like to think you too, keep quiet
I'll never shout it out to the world
That I feel a certain way
But I don't want things to change
I swore to the heavens
I swore to the sea
I swore that I'd make you
Stay with me
An oath of silence
I swore to myself
It makes me all the more confused
Picture perfect agreement
I,
I wasn't sure you understood
That I feel a certain way
But I don't want things to change
I swore to the heavens
I swore to the sea
I swore that I would make you
Stay with me
I swore to the mountains
I swore to the trees
I swore that I'd set you
Set you free
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A pretty good movie with the typical scenario of the « right person wrong time ». I really enjoyed the experience i had by watching this movie! I will recommended it it’s a very cute and sweet movie. The romantic scenes litteraly made my heart fluttered? Just watch it! And the soundtrack is also very good, i personnaly really liked the song « Me to you, you to me » by Jatanpung!Was this review helpful to you?
A timeless classic love story even when watching this in 2022
"The Classic" really is a classic. It doesn't matter if I am watching this in 2022 or in 2003. The love story might be simple and uncomplicated, but I think that's also the beauty of it. I enjoy the two parallel timelines when telling the mother's story and the daughter's story. I would say the focus is in the older generation's romance. It's much more romantic, beautiful and impactful. Who Joo Hee ends up with in the end is not surprising. But watching how the story unfolds from beginning to the end is a beautiful thing.My only criticism of this movie and the reason I am not giving this movie a 9.0 is the modern day romance. It pales in comparison to the older timeline. I would have loved to see Ji Hye and Sang Min's story develop a little better and with more screen time. I don't need to see more of the annoying Soo Kyeong, but I need more interaction between Ji Hye and Sang Min. I think it's a waste of Jo In Sung's talents and his character. Because I am not as invested in this couple, it makes the ending scenes not as impactful as they should be.
It's really interesting to watch this in 2022 and see how innocent-looking and adorable these big stars were. Their talents shone even when they were so young. The acting is great all-around and the OST is beautiful as well.
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The acting was fine, nothing extraordinary about it. I liked the 70s version Son Ye Jin and Jo Seung Woo's acting better than that of the other actors. Jo In Sung's acting was too robotic though lol.
As for the story...it's good but they focused mainly on the parent's love story. They should have focused on the present-day love story as well. Unlike the past couple, the present-day couple didn't have much chemistry cause they didn't have much reason to fall in love. So their love story wasn't convincing. Plus, with Jo In Sung's robotic acting, some scenes looked kinda cringy.
It's an okay film. It's a shame though, cause it could have been much better if the acting and directing was good.
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I'd give it 4 but because of the last 15 minutes and the music I gave it 6.
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It was cliche that's for sure. But I'm one of those people who don't mind the cliche (as long as its not TOO predictable). The storyline was confusing for some parts and whoever did the editing for me did a good job. I could tell that they were going back and forth from the past to the present.
The acting:
Every character did a fairly decent job of acting, well maybe not Jo In Sung. The guy is just a brick wall. I mean seriously buddy you need MORE EMOTION, MORE FEEL but he is kind of pleasing towards the eye, so I guess it kind of ok? XD
For me, Son Ye Jin stole the limelight. She bloody well deserves a 10/10 for her acting. Ye Jin ssi had to act as two characters, Joo Hee and Ji Hae and she did a FANTASTIC job of it. When she cried her heart out, I cried along with her. TT____TT
The Music:
As soon as I heard, Canon D Major by Pachelbel. I knew that I wouldn't be hating on the music used through the movie. I mean who the hell on this earth doesn't love that instrumental masterpiece.
Rewatch Value:
It's not a movie that I would watch again in the near future but I may.
Overall:
It is not the best movie I ever seen but it was worth my time watching.
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