Korean movie: My Tutor Friend

When Channel U broadcast this movie 1 week ago, I didn't watch the first half of it. Boy, did I miss out a lot!! Thank God that the people at the TV station dubbed it in Mandarin, so I could follow every line that the actors in "My Tutor Friend" said.

SUMMARY: It's about this girl who is studying in university in Korea. To help lessen the burden on her family who is paying for her uni fees, she takes up tutoring. Her latest assignment is to tutor this guy who has been dragged back to Korea by his father.

The odd thing about this guy is that he is repeating senior high school (not sure which year) again but he is not interested but has to go along with his father's wishes, else he gets his credit cards cancelled. To make things even worse, he is of the same age as his female tutor; all the more he goes against her attempts to quell his supposed lack of interest. The reason for his lacklustre study attempts are revealed in one scene. She however, does not give up on him, her pupil but persists in her efforts to teach him.

As the movie progresses, we are shown that the tutor is in love with a guy (not her student), who later breaks her heart (though the reason for breaking her heart is not another woman/man). The tutor & her pupil are shown from here to get closer (to the point that he begins to develop feelings for her). Eventually, they do get together in the final scenes. Of course, along the course of love, it is never easy.

The way I am writting this review is slightly different. This is after I googled "My Tutor Friend" & found out how others write their review. Which, in my opinion, should be good. As then, one can read about various viewpoints. For one who just saw the movie, it is even better to see how others "see" the movie.

My favourite scenes in the movie include:

1. She tendered to him after he got injured from yet another fight. Me thinks that this is the start of the part where he changes his mind about her slowly.
2. KSW sure has a 6-pack body. Man, I feel embaressed talking about it; ladies, ya know what I am talking about. There are 2 scenes where one gets to stare with big goldfish eyes at THE BODY.
3. When he tries to hold her hand in church, she slaps them away, he makes the sign of the cross, prays & then smile at her, oh my god (pun NOT intended) ... makes me wish I was her. I wouldn't slap his hands away from my hands, for sure.
4. When they are up there in the sky, KSW tells her that he has feelings for her, she is speechless. Then, when she gets into an accident, he is so anxious for her safety.
5. When he TRIES again to hold her hands at the amusement park but FAILS, he looked so forlorn & sad.
6. When he notices her wearing the necklace that he bought for her, he smiles (oh sooooo cute!!) & mumbles something.
7. Our hunk in question got jealous when she started getting rave reviews whilst dancing at her school festival, to the point of punching some poor guy who knocked into him. Oh YES!! I like the song; it is catchy & better still, I CAN'T UNDERSTAND A SINGLE WORD OF IT.

The last bit of my review is no spoiler, I think. The more important thing is to watch the movie in its entirety & then, formulate your own views. That should be the way with watching shows, be they on the telly or in the cinema. If I wanted "spoilers", I would write a longer review but hehee, I can't write that much & I don't wish to. For those who have not watched it, watch it.

The lead actor in this movie is HOT!! His name is KWON SANG WOO, born on 5 August 1976, in South Korea. Sorry but I do not know the name of the lead actress BUT she is good; she is Kim H. N. I will try to get my own copy of this movie & other movies that KSW starred in. Of course, I will make sure that the copies I shall own are ORIGINAL, with that censorship sticker on it.

By the way, I have managed to buy a VCD copy of My Tutor Friend. Am looking forward to future ownership of more Kwon Sang Woo movies, hopefully in DVD format as these have movie extras, such as deleted scenes & MVs. They (the DVDs) are awfully expensive to own, however.

Kam sa ha mi da.