Tuesday, June 12, 2007
-Ave Maria, she's HUGE! -
Another day, another movie conquered. Last Sunday, my mum, cousin, sis, bro and I went to the cinema to watch the Korean movie, 200 Pound Beauty. Before I went in, I bumped into Faustine. She told me that the movie was not as funny as she expected. I have to admit that I was feeling slightly ignorant about her comment, because after watching two or three trailers of that movie previously on the day I went to watch Pirates 3, I was really excited about the movie and judging from the trailer, I thought that it was a comedy movie. But when I watched the movie, I have to say, you really can't judge a book by its cover, or in this case, you can't judge a movie by its trailer! Faustine was right! It wasn't funny as expected. Hermz, here's the sypnosis of the movie:Han-Na is a very big girl with a warm heart. She is also gifted with an unbelievable voice from God. Han-Na has always wanted to be a pop-singer, but due to her appearance, could only work as a faceless singer. She provides the vocals for a popular singer named Ami, a beautiful young lady that can’t carry a note to save her life.
Also, Han-Na is in love with Ami’s music producer, Sang-June, but it is a one-sided love. One day, Han-Na is invited to Sang-June’s birthday party and receives a red dress from him to wear to his party. Han-Na is excited, yet scared. The dress is revealing and quite extravagant. With her very large figure, she is not sure if she could wear such an outfit. She does eventually go to the birthday party in the red dress, but is mortified when petite Ami appears in the same red dress. During the course of the birthday party, Han-Na absorbs more emotional trauma and she simply disappears……..
One year later, after Han-Na’s extreme makeover (major plastic surgery), Han-Na takes on a new identity and becomes Jenny. Jenny has a near perfect body and face. Nobody recognizes her, even her best friend. Meanwhile, the producer Sang-Jung is searching for a replacement singer for Ami, but can’t find anyone close to the talents of Han-na. Han-na as Jenny, now comes back into the picture and auditions for the job. Sang-Jung is immediately floored by her. She has the absolute beauty and that stunning voice. Soon afterwards, her dream that Sung-June will fall in love with her, is about to come true. Unfortunately, Ami is now jealous of her and feels threatened by her sudden success. She researches into Jenny’s background and comes up with the truth about her true identity.
http://www.cinemaonline.com.my/movie/movie.asp?search=200poundsbeauty and this is the official website (its in KOREAN!)
If you guys want to have a glimpse of the movie, just enter the official website, click on the glittering korean words, and click on mulitmedia, but its in KOREAN! HeheThe movie was alright. There were a few funny parts, but I wouldn't be caught dead passing if off as a comedy movie. I do love the singing voice of Hanna. I got immediate goosebumps when Hanna was up on stage for the first time, and she hit that very high note, "Mariaaaaaaaaa..." Wow, ave maria! Lolz. Everyone kept saying how touching the movie was. Some of my classmates even cried! Touching, yes. But not so much. Suria said that Sung-Jun is hot. Erm, I can only say that he's your typical "korean-guy" type of cute. Like Rain. Cute, but not surprising, because he's KOREAN! Duh...
Not much comment for this movie, its alright to watch, well, brace yourselves for the many foul language that you will read at the subtitles. But don't go into the theatre expecting it to be a comedy movie.
Bluekz
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