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The Evil Twin

Attack On The Pin Up Boys

My Scary Girl

My Sister In Law is 19

Dirty Carnival

Couple or Trouble

Spy Girl

Unstoppable Marriage

I'm Cyborg But That's Ok

My Tutor Friend 2

Over The Rainbow

One Fine Day

Time Of Dog & Wolf

Arang

Spring Waltz

Hanoi Bride

9 End Outs 2

Old Miss Diary (Movie)

Bad Couple

Dal Ja's Spring

Coffee Prince 1st Shop

Truly Love / Really Really Like You

Sunflower

Please Come Back Soon Ae

200 Pounds Beauty

Goong S

DuelisT

Daisy

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Sad Movie

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My Girl & I

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Welcome To Dongmakgol

Which Star Are You From

My Name Is Kim sam Soon

Wonderful Life

18 vs 29

Ing...

A Moment To Remember

A Love To Kill

Teach Me English

My Boyfriend Is Type B

Daddy Long Legs

Too Beautiful To Lie

Love Story In Havard

Sad Love Story

Red eye

Mr Socrates

Full House

Sweet 18

Attic Cat

My Little Bride

Stairway To Heaven

Memories Of Bali

My Brothers

Taekgukgi

My Tutor Friend

Lovers In Paris


Japan

Haru No Yuki (Spring Snow)

The Wealthy Family/ The Grand Tribe/Karei-naru Ichizoku

Ima, Ai Ni Yukimasu (Be With You)

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Mukodono

Engine


Chinese

Kung Fu Dunk

Secret

And I Hate You So

Mars

Senorita 100%

A World Without Thieves

Corner With Love

Initial D

HanaZaKaRiNo KiMiHiTaChiHe

A Time To Love / Qing Ren Jie

A Chinese Tall Story

It Started With A Kiss

Wait Till You're Older

All About Love aka Say I Love You Once More



~Something To Share~


Soundtrack & Album Collection

Time Of Dog & Wolf OST

The Legend OST

Bull Fighting OST

They Kiss Again aka ISWAK 2 OST

Romantic Princess OST


Others

Supernova : Music Drama

Wang Leehom & Westlife: 'You Raise Me Up'

Gackt- Arittake No Ai De

Some of Kiroro Lyrics

Another Suicide...Sad But True

Tradition & Culture

Mirai-E Translation

It's Raining

Another Suicide By Top Korean Actress


Entertainment News

Pop Star Gives up Career after Nude Photos

Leon Lai, Gaile Lok Tie the Knot

Daniel Henney Cast in 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine'

Rain & Song Hye Kyo Invited To Gucci Madonna Event In New York

Glamor Girl Kim Hye-soo Shows Off Period Style

Jay Chou WANTED in new album "On The Run"

Joo Ji Hoon to star in "Antique" directed by Min Gyu Dong

Ji Sung to return to the television screen as a resident doctor



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Wednesday, October 19, 2005
~Teach Me English~


~Please, Teach Me English~


~Jang-hyuk & Lee Na-young~

~Jang-hyuk~

~Lee Na-young~

~Jang-hyuk & Lee Na-young~

~Jang-hyuk & Lee Na-young~



Imagine this scene: "Zoo!" a Caucasian teacher slyly declares in front of a class of Korean students. "Jew" the class confidently affirms in unison.

Sounds familiar? A scene like this probably takes place at hundreds of private institutions around the nation where the struggle to learn English is a struggle to avoid comedy.

Why avoid comedy when you can make one instead? For those tired of crying about it,"Please Teach Me English"  offers a chance to laugh about it. Equipped with a clever script and an appealing cast, the film digs into a goldmine of language confusion to excavate a lot of laughter.

In the film, Jang Hyuk plays self-presumed lady-killer shoe salesman Mun-su, who can't believe how cool English is and how lame Korean is when it comes to snagging local babes. Of course, he has a more personal reason to learn English: His sister, who was adopted into an American family, wants to return to meet her birth family.

Mun-su's teacher is a shapely sheila from down under named Cathy with perfect pronounciation and a peeping cleavage. Little does she know how her honeyed words and tanned breasts are conspiring to create the ultimate ethno-linguistic-sexual fantasy for Korean lads like Mun-su.

Mun-su goes hot for teacher and loses sight of the fact that dorky public servant Young-ju sitting next to him is played by cosmetics model Lee Na-Young, trying to hide her loveliness behind her oversized glasses without much success. She was elected to learn English after a humiliating encounter with a foreigner at the district office.

Naturally, the classroom procedures are soon complicated by love. Young-ju develops a crush on Mun-su, Mun-su puts the moves on Cathy, and Cathy pines away for a pizza deliveryman with a sexy Chungcheong Province accent. So the film isn't exactly high realism, but it shows off delightful absurdity, capped off with computer graphics and dream sequences that add a modern, youthful touch.

The comic force at the core of "Teach Me English", however, is what British poet Alexander Pope called the lowest form of wit. The film boasts an impressively versatile wit that weaves expertly through both English and Korean.

An incident at a bar frequented by foreigners typifies the spirit of the film. "How should I address you?" a sleazy oaf hits on Young-ju in mellifluous English. "Address? Guro-dong," she responds innocently. "Hello, Gu Ro-dong. What a beautiful name," he replies seductively.

When the film is at its wit's end, it releases the funny bone and reaches for the heart, managing to slip in a message about the danger of excluding others in the age of globalization even as it embraces the beauty of the Korean language.

The happy-go-lucky acting plays a big part in livening up the sharp script. Angela Kelly hams it up in a goofy Korean while Jang Hyuk exudes an amiable pseudo-cool. Lee Na-young has never been funnier, cuter or more charming.

"Please Teach Me English" is a lot smarter and sweeter than your typical Korean comedy. To take a break from learning English on a Saturday afternoon, it certainly beats a visit to the Jew.

Credit To: SoKorean.com

"I've watch this movie twice...at first....I really don't understand what so funny about it...and then I make my self watch it again and then I realize that trying to learn something that new to our self is not easy...you have to repeat it even when people think it's so stupid and it is funny for others to listen or even understand it...Some people may think why should I learn others language when I'm an excellent in my own language but do people think that it is a big credit to our self when we can speak and even understand others language without having any trouble...This movie not just a comedy movie but there is a message that we need to understand...Have a great day and To all Muslim out there...May Allah Bless us in this month of Ramadhan "

Posted at 11:17 am by Nonie

 

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