Comments on: SeoulPodcast #86: All ta What Sack? http://www.seoulpodcast.com/archives/643 Your guide to living in Korea with news, views and other ways to waste your time, with hosts Jennifer Young (Seoul Survivors), Stafford Lumsden (The Chosun Bimbo) and Joe McPherson (ZenKimchi). Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: karl http://www.seoulpodcast.com/archives/643/comment-page-1#comment-8385 karl Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:31:35 +0000 http://www.seoulpodcast.com/?p=643#comment-8385 Don, There are many excellent Korean movies that play abroad that don't portray Korean family life in a positive light. Tale of Two Sisters comes immediately to mind. However, my point is with Hyundae the human moments were confusing and plain irritating. I fear viewers would come away with less of an impression of Korea's ability with CGI and more of a negative first impression of Korean family life. And I think Toronto audiences who go to see an FX disaster film would find the screeching hitting ajummas bewildering. Don,

There are many excellent Korean movies that play abroad that don’t portray Korean family life in a positive light. Tale of Two Sisters comes immediately to mind.

However, my point is with Hyundae the human moments were confusing and plain irritating. I fear viewers would come away with less of an impression of Korea’s ability with CGI and more of a negative first impression of Korean family life.

And I think Toronto audiences who go to see an FX disaster film would find the screeching hitting ajummas bewildering.

]]> By: karl http://www.seoulpodcast.com/archives/643/comment-page-1#comment-9389 karl Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:31:00 +0000 http://www.seoulpodcast.com/?p=643#comment-9389 Don, There are many excellent Korean movies that play abroad that don't portray Korean family life in a positive light. Tale of Two Sisters comes immediately to mind. However, my point is with Hyundae the human moments were confusing and plain irritating. I fear viewers would come away with less of an impression of Korea's ability with CGI and more of a negative first impression of Korean family life. And I think Toronto audiences who go to see an FX disaster film would find the screeching hitting ajummas bewildering. Don,

There are many excellent Korean movies that play abroad that don’t portray Korean family life in a positive light. Tale of Two Sisters comes immediately to mind.

However, my point is with Hyundae the human moments were confusing and plain irritating. I fear viewers would come away with less of an impression of Korea’s ability with CGI and more of a negative first impression of Korean family life.

And I think Toronto audiences who go to see an FX disaster film would find the screeching hitting ajummas bewildering.

]]> By: Don C http://www.seoulpodcast.com/archives/643/comment-page-1#comment-8333 Don C Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:15:06 +0000 http://www.seoulpodcast.com/?p=643#comment-8333 Since when does a movie need to portray "family life" of any country in a positive light? If it tried to, I would be disappointed that the story was not realistic. Seeing different types of relationships is what makes watching foreign movies interesting. People in Toronto, especially, wouldn't find it strange. Sure, you lived in Korea for 4 years, but were you in a Korean family? Since when does a movie need to portray “family life” of any country in a positive light? If it tried to, I would be disappointed that the story was not realistic.

Seeing different types of relationships is what makes watching foreign movies interesting. People in Toronto, especially, wouldn’t find it strange. Sure, you lived in Korea for 4 years, but were you in a Korean family?

]]> By: Don C http://www.seoulpodcast.com/archives/643/comment-page-1#comment-9388 Don C Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:15:00 +0000 http://www.seoulpodcast.com/?p=643#comment-9388 Since when does a movie need to portray "family life" of any country in a positive light? If it tried to, I would be disappointed that the story was not realistic. Seeing different types of relationships is what makes watching foreign movies interesting. People in Toronto, especially, wouldn't find it strange. Sure, you lived in Korea for 4 years, but were you in a Korean family? Since when does a movie need to portray “family life” of any country in a positive light? If it tried to, I would be disappointed that the story was not realistic.

Seeing different types of relationships is what makes watching foreign movies interesting. People in Toronto, especially, wouldn’t find it strange. Sure, you lived in Korea for 4 years, but were you in a Korean family?

]]> By: karl http://www.seoulpodcast.com/archives/643/comment-page-1#comment-8309 karl Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:34:05 +0000 http://www.seoulpodcast.com/?p=643#comment-8309 On the Hyundae movie. I saw it in a theater in Toronto. The FX were good. The family story I think would be hard for a western audience to follow. I lived in Korea for 4 years and even I had a hard time making heads and tails out of the relationships between the characters. And parts were just darn irritating. Women screeching and whapping men. Men screeching and whapping women. And that was before the disaster. Korea hoped this movie would promote its skill with fx but it gave a very negative portrayal of Korean family life. Everyone just yells and hits all the time. On the Hyundae movie. I saw it in a theater in Toronto. The FX were good. The family story I think would be hard for a western audience to follow. I lived in Korea for 4 years and even I had a hard time making heads and tails out of the relationships between the characters. And parts were just darn irritating. Women screeching and whapping men. Men screeching and whapping women. And that was before the disaster. Korea hoped this movie would promote its skill with fx but it gave a very negative portrayal of Korean family life. Everyone just yells and hits all the time.

]]> By: karl http://www.seoulpodcast.com/archives/643/comment-page-1#comment-9387 karl Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:34:00 +0000 http://www.seoulpodcast.com/?p=643#comment-9387 On the Hyundae movie. I saw it in a theater in Toronto. The FX were good. The family story I think would be hard for a western audience to follow. I lived in Korea for 4 years and even I had a hard time making heads and tails out of the relationships between the characters. And parts were just darn irritating. Women screeching and whapping men. Men screeching and whapping women. And that was before the disaster. Korea hoped this movie would promote its skill with fx but it gave a very negative portrayal of Korean family life. Everyone just yells and hits all the time. On the Hyundae movie. I saw it in a theater in Toronto. The FX were good. The family story I think would be hard for a western audience to follow. I lived in Korea for 4 years and even I had a hard time making heads and tails out of the relationships between the characters. And parts were just darn irritating. Women screeching and whapping men. Men screeching and whapping women. And that was before the disaster. Korea hoped this movie would promote its skill with fx but it gave a very negative portrayal of Korean family life. Everyone just yells and hits all the time.

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