Korean movies are meant to be watched alone

I just feel like writing, and this movie touch my heart ^^
The Classic

I was searching through crunchy roll for some foreign movies (did I mention I love those the most?) I have a special liking for korean ones, hearing the language is like music to me, I don't know why. The music is my favorite too, nothing relax me more than classic relaxing korean music; and inspire me.

The Classic, just like the title says, it's you classic love story. The girl helps her friend win the guy writing emails for her. While she in fact likes him. The story starts with a rainbow and some doves and a small door filled with journals and letters. She read a box of letter from her mother, a box full of love letters from her mother's first love. And beneath them a journal. She start to read, just to find out her mother's story is quiet similar top her's. She is going to marry this nice but rather stupid guy. And the guy ask his friend to write her letters for him. She don't know they are friend, they meet in a precious river. The fall in love all in one day. They wondered in an old house which looked a lot like the one the main girl is living in, only renovated. Then they walked a bridge, and he catch her a firefly (closest and romanti thing to catch you a falling star). As a thank you gift for a wonderful and magical day, she gives him a necklace, round and silver, with a red stone in the middle. They don't see each other until school starts. Then the love triangle gets messy and the first guy end up trying to kill himself. All because he feared more his dad's punishment for not marrying the daughter of an important figure. He was not in love with her, and he knew his friend was.

He don't die, but this put a great distance between the lovers. He goes away, it's war time. Revolutions, wars and fights everywhere. She is part of the revolutionist, as well as the first guy. They meet again, and they see her love going away to war. They bid a painful farewell and she returns the necklace that he returned to her that day at the hospital after his friend's suicidal attempt. At war, he risk his life to get back the necklace, stolen by a fellow soldier.

Years later they meet at a cafe. She hasn't married and he ask her why, that he did. She starts to cry silently, and this has no effect on him. She is surprised at his cold reaction. Until he made a wrong move, a piano doll that wasn't there, he pretended it was. He was blinded in war. She cried and he tried to run but couldn't. He wanted to return the necklace but she told him it was his and gently put it back on his neck. They hug, and said goodbye yet again.

She married the first guy, and had a daughter, the one from the beginning of the story. While the child was around 5 she was standing staring at that river that once brought her so much happiness. Her daughter innocently playing with the fishes in the rocks. And three man in suit approached her and called her name. "Joo-na's last wish," they said. She started to cry like the whole world just crushed down. Her daughter looked at her trying to understand. They gave the box which contained the letter and the journal to her. Turned out, he never married until after she did. And he even had a son. (At this moment I was like "duh"). They spreath the ashes in the river.

At this moment, she finish telling her mother's story to the now -Boyfriend- of hers. After a bit of comedy when he end up sending the so-called-friend to where to she came from. He has to resist crying, and she looked at his confused. Sure, it was a sad story but you don't have to cry dude. I think that's what she thought. Until he looks at her, both sitting facing the sunset in the same river. And he smiled, and from his neck, he took off the necklace. (Big duh?) Her eyes watered (so did mine pfft. sissy me.) and the started to laugh at life's funny plays. She took the necklace. And once more, the story began. The walked the bridge, and he catch her the firefly. But this time it went as it should have been from the start. As he kiss her, she left the firefly go. I guess it is indeed better to have the kiss of who you love than any star in the sky.

Well, I liked the story, very much. A lot. If one thing I try to find in stories is symbolism. And how they give meaning to small things. The movies is much more than what I just wrote. A lot more happened that is better understood by watching. Like when she opened the gift and saw a line written in a card for her (but she thought it was for her friend). And when she reads the journal, she finds the exact same line. Guess the boy learned how to be a hopeless romantic from his father.

And so, my typical women night. Can't help it, every girl needs some extra-third-person romance in her life. I love the koreans for that. Because honestly speaking, the ones here in America, suck. Did I made sense? No? I thought so. ^^