In case you have not watched 'My Sassy Girl', which was made in 2001... 'Save the Green Planet' is not the first Korean film to mix multiple genres into one movie.
'Save the Green Planet' wrongfully marketed as a comedy in Korea, flopped in the silver screens. It did badly in box office sales because people were expecting a family orientated comedy movie while eating their popcorn.
The talented lead actor, Shin Ha-kyun, has also acted in Joint Security Area, Guns & Talks, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and My Brother (some of the more popular movies). He portrays a believable eccentric man who is desperate to keep his brain-dead mom alive and stop aliens from destroying Earth.
Music wise, this movie does not score well. It was unbearable for me to watch during some of the scenes which was totally music-less. This sacred art of silence is not easy to engineer and the director has failed.
I would recommend 'Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance' and 'Oldboy'. Both are Park Chan-wook's revenge films and Oldboy won Jury Grand Prize in the Cannes Film Festival 2004 after high praises by Quentin Tarantino. Of course not to forget the all-time popular romance comedy 'My Sassy Girl' that took Asia by storm in 2001 and made people sit up and embrace Korean movies.
Hope you enjoy Korean movies as much as I do.
Mao points: 6/10
'Save the Green Planet' wrongfully marketed as a comedy in Korea, flopped in the silver screens. It did badly in box office sales because people were expecting a family orientated comedy movie while eating their popcorn.
The talented lead actor, Shin Ha-kyun, has also acted in Joint Security Area, Guns & Talks, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and My Brother (some of the more popular movies). He portrays a believable eccentric man who is desperate to keep his brain-dead mom alive and stop aliens from destroying Earth.
Music wise, this movie does not score well. It was unbearable for me to watch during some of the scenes which was totally music-less. This sacred art of silence is not easy to engineer and the director has failed.
I would recommend 'Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance' and 'Oldboy'. Both are Park Chan-wook's revenge films and Oldboy won Jury Grand Prize in the Cannes Film Festival 2004 after high praises by Quentin Tarantino. Of course not to forget the all-time popular romance comedy 'My Sassy Girl' that took Asia by storm in 2001 and made people sit up and embrace Korean movies.
Hope you enjoy Korean movies as much as I do.
Mao points: 6/10