Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Jibeuro

Hello,everyone
"Jibeuro"(집으로) is the name of the movie we watched,"The Way Home" directed by "Jeong-hyang Lee". It is a very good movie and worth watching. It is about a 7 yr old kid left with his grandma in a very rural village.The child is very obnoxious and the grandma is so kind and understanding. The story unfolded the developments of their relationship throughout the film.The human nature and power of love/kindness can be seen clearly.Here are some of the comments and reviews on the film.

"I deeply admire the grandmother character. I know I can never be like her. I am a selfish and demanding person that easily complain about a lot of little things, just like the grandson though not as annoying (I hope). It is HER alone that made this movie incredibly and realistically moving.

"The film has shown her inability of complex thoughts. She attempts to play with the wood blocks, but unable to put the different shapes through the matching shaped holes. She has no concept of shapes, but that doesn't describe her as unintelligent, it rather suggests a untrained/simple mind. Unable to work the blocks, she simply tilts her head and walks away with no complaint or anger, which I don't think I can take the defeat so well. Whatever happens, good or bad, but life goes on. Grandson knocks over the rice bowl in anger, but Grandma immediately bends over and scooped the rice back in the bowl. Rice falls, needs to pick it up and eat it. Grandson rollerbladed around the room, dirties the floor. There is dirt, needs to wipe it off. As simple as that."

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