A Moment to Remember (2004)

 

 

"The first act of the film introduces the protagonists, a woman named Su-jin and a man named Chul-soo. The movie highlights their accidental meeting, followed by their subsequent courting despite their difference in social status that should have kept them apart. Kim Su-jin is a 27-year-old fashion designer, spurned by her lover, a colleague who was also a married man. Depressed, she goes to a convenience store, where she bumps into a tall, handsome man with whom she has a slight misunderstanding. Following that, she returns home and, receiving her father's forgiveness, decides to start life afresh."

 

 

Really beautiful film even if you don't take a moment, to remember all the little clues the director lays out to tell you want the film is all about. This film is one of the reasons why I started to watch Korean films, after watching this film I kept watching more and more of them. Son Ye-Jin is such a wonderful actor, I can see why she is considered one of the best of South Korea. She is a roundabout actress that has proven time after time that she can play any role. I also think this is Jung Woo-sung's acting role, though I love his acting in the TV drama Padam Padam.

 

Kim Su-jin is a somewhat naïve rich girl whom had an affair with a married man and planned to run off with him. But as the film progresses we see her acting more mature, she is as forgetful as she is beautiful. Sun-Jin is a bundle of emotions but she shows off her cute side to us but her attempts on wooing Chul-Soo. Yet later on she takes us on an emotional roller coaster ride that leaves us with a bittersweet feeling at the end.

Meanwhile with Chul-Soo, whom is passionate at what he does and is somewhat shut off from the world. HIs interactions with Su-Jin, gives us a little comedy that seems natural. He slowly starts to open up but it isn't up to until the last part of the movie that we see a more emotional man. Though he stays strong, Su-Jin softs him up a bit in a good way and makes his journey with her enjoyable.


A wonderful romance film that shows the true meaning of love and what truly means to share your life with someone.


4/5

Side note: It disgusts me that Katherine Heigl will be starring in the American remake. I don't think there should be a sequel. Look at spike's old boy, its no where as good as the Korean version. They are going to mess it up so bad!