Thursday, July 26, 2007

Watching something perfect

I got a chance to watch this movie "Seducing Mr.Perfect" on my way from Hong Kong to Singapore while coming back from US. Somehow, I was switching channels and I glued on to this movie, may be because it had an Indian feel to it. My 3 hrs 15 mins flight went away in a flash with this movie.

The plot and treatment were very Indian, though it was a Korean movie with English subtitles. Can be an interesting watch for those who like Indian-senti-romantic movies. Below is a brief plot of the movie which I suttufied from net.

Starring: Uhm Jung Hwa as Kim Min-june and Daniel Phillip Henney as Robin Heiden

Min-june, an absolute believer in true love, dedicates herself to the men she dates, but each time it results in a painful breakup. Today, she's going through the most disastrous heartbreak ever -- being dumped on her birthday! The confident professional Min-june can be so clueless when it comes to love. Distracted from this unpleasant surprise, she bumps into an exotic foreign car. A very handsome young man steps out of the car angrily. To escape from the scene, Min-june pretends not to understand English, but when Min-june arrives at work, she finds out that the foreigner, Robin Heiden, is none other than her newly appointed boss...

Heiden has very clear ideas about a relationship and love: both are a game of power and Min-Joon seeks advice from him, as she doesn't want to get dumped again. However, when she starts to treat men like Heiden treats women, she realizes that she prefers her older behaviour, even if that means that she gets dumped again; she doesn't see love as a game of power and never will.
Heiden, who has to deal with his own heartbreak, as he loved a woman so much that she had to shoot him to get the message across that she wasn't interested in him, starts to soften at Min-joon's attitude towards life. He eventually falls in love with her and both get into a real relationship and a happy ending of their own.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hi Karthik,

I am glad that you enjoyed the in-flight Korean Movie. I agree with you 100% as Korean movies and TV have Indian values, particularly Tamil values such as respecting elders, etc.

I watch Korean TV (Channel 652,KBS World) in Dish Network in Texas, USA. I noticed that a lot of Tamil words creep into the Korean Language such as "Amma" for Mother, "Appa" for Dad, Naan(me),
Aamaa(yes), Ulleyvaa(come inside),
etc, etc,. Some how, Korean Language had a connection to "Dravida"(Tamil) culture many, many moons ago eventho they have a link to Japanese and Chinese Languages.

I enjoy your posts. Keep it up Karthick.....Sundar, Dallas, TX