The Marmot’s Hole

9 Comments

1. michael
   Posted August 31, 2006 at 9:41 am | Permalink

   Hollywood wants to do a remake of a movie with a plot that was probably lifted from an American TV soap opera? Brilliant.

2. sewing
   Posted August 31, 2006 at 10:16 am | Permalink

   Never heard of it. It doesn’t even make the film reviews at koreanfilm.org!

3. Maekchu
   Posted August 31, 2006 at 1:00 pm | Permalink

   I suffered through this with the wife on DVD. Typical Korean melodrama however the premise was interesting. I don’t have much confidence in any Hollywood remakes but if they take away the corny sappiness that Koreans love so much, it might turn out pretty decent.

4. Lazy_Contractor
   Posted August 31, 2006 at 9:40 pm | Permalink

   (Prepare to launch the sarcasm cannon!)
   SWEET! I never thought they would make a 2nd movie about the Jerry Springer show!

   Too bad no Jamie Presley - but Gellar is ok.

   I smell a huge stinkfest with this flick. There is nothing romantic bout moving in on your BROTHER’S WIFE! Unless you enjoy Pabst Blue Ribbon beer, plastic pink flamingo lawn orniments, inbreeding, and a car up on blocks in your back yard.

   Not being religious by nature, but even GOD hates white trash as evident by tornados and trailor parks.

   Face it - the target audience for this film will likely wait till it airs on the Hallmark Channel as opposed to spending their beer money at the movies.

   What a poopfest. I hope the “Transformers” live action movie releases against this big turd - as to improove it’s opening ticket sales.

5. Poke
   Posted August 31, 2006 at 9:56 pm | Permalink

   The plot reminds me of one of the first Korean movies I saw, but darned if I can remember the title. It was about a male school teacher. The love of his life died and appears to have been reincarnated into one of his male students. So this teacher pursues a romantic relationship with this poor student who is totally confused about his teacher’s advances.

   What’s the name of that movie??

6. dda
   Posted August 31, 2006 at 10:56 pm | Permalink

   I’ve seen 중독, and it’s surprisingly more okay then one’d think. The plot is thin, and a lot is left untold, but the movie was quite watchable – as 이미연 is.

7. sewing
   Posted September 1, 2006 at 2:11 am | Permalink

   Poke (#5): Wow, that seems like quite an introduction to Korean cinema! Have no idea what the movie is, though.

8. Poke
   Posted September 1, 2006 at 6:46 pm | Permalink

   The movie I was thinking of is “Bungee Jumping of Their Own”. Yes, a bit of a culture shock but a good movie nonetheless.

   http://global.yesasia.com/en/P.....003972949/

9. ddaengjoong
   Posted September 3, 2006 at 12:36 am | Permalink

   Here’s a link to the Movist page on 중독. (Good site for Korean movie info by the way.) Like most of the people above I thought it was watchable, which given my pathological hatred for 이병헌 is a surprisingly good verdict.

   http://www.movist.com/movies/movie.asp?mid=6821