‘My Sassy Girl’ Trailer

by Robert Koehler on April 1, 2008

The release of the US remake of “My Sassy Girl” looms ominously before us — here’s the trailer:

Well, at least Elisha Cuthbert is cute.

Here’s the original Korean trailer, for comparison’s sake:

(HT to reader)

{ 11 comments… read them below or add one }

1 ryu April 1, 2008 at 9:09 am: i cant believe it….well as long as nicholas cage doesnt do the remake of old boy, i wont kill myself.
2 Benicio74 April 1, 2008 at 10:58 am: This doesn’t look good at all!

Of course, I didn’t care too much for the original either!
3 The Goat April 1, 2008 at 11:08 am: Will be interesting to see how it pans out. I kind of enjoyed the first one in a take-your-brain-out-and-watch kind of way. The thing that made it interesting for me were all the small (and sometimes not so subtle) cultural references and plays.

I will probably watch the remake, but it will probably suck.
4 WangKon936 April 1, 2008 at 12:20 pm: Evidently, advanced screenings have come generally positive.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0404254/board/thread/79879911
5 Baek du Boy April 1, 2008 at 2:55 pm: At least the Americans keep silly romantic comedies to 90mins. 엽기적인그녀 was way too long.
6 SomeguyinKorea April 1, 2008 at 10:47 pm: “The thing that made it interesting for me were all the small (and sometimes not so subtle) cultural references and plays.”

That’s why I’m not convinced this will work with a North American audience. The original was written and filmed when it was still rare to see Korean couples holding hands in public. I’m just not sure that North American women can sympathize with the title character…then again, the remake might have been made with a younger target audience in mind.
7 WangKon936 April 1, 2008 at 11:52 pm: “…then again, the remake might have been made with a younger target audience in mind.”

Doubt it. The main male character is a working professional.
8 Netizen Kim April 2, 2008 at 4:06 am: One of the best romantic comedies I’ve ever seen was the British movie “Sliding Doors” with Gwenyth Paltrow and that guy who was also in The Mummy movies.
9 WangKon936 April 2, 2008 at 6:10 am: You mean Brandon Fraiser?
10 Netizen Kim April 2, 2008 at 6:11 am: No, John Hannah.
11 hardyandtiny April 3, 2008 at 7:23 am: What the hell? That’s a remake?
Maybe they should have both died in the train
accident and then woke up in opposite ends of Korea with
functioning cardboard replicas of 2007 Samsung cellphones
in 1988.