Week 5 Homework

2. On the blog: write an English review of a Korean TV program, film, or book (200-300 words)

Review: Dachimawa Lee

           Ridiculous, hilarious and odd are the words that may come to you watching this movie. This is a kind of ‘genre movie’ where 1970s’ Korean action movie style is combined with ridiculous parody of famous films, such as 007 series or Enter the Dragon, and insane story about spies in 1940s.

           This film plainly shows the most basic plot: the good win and the bad are punished. To find national secret documents on which the information of the Korean spies are written, our brave, handsome(?) hero, Dachimawa Lee leaves a journey. You don’t have to think about its story or meaning carefully, because it was not made to provoke your thought. All you have to do is just enjoying their intentionally exaggerated acting and utterly hilarious fiction. Watching this, there are two points that would help you to enjoy. First is the parody scene. For example, there are a variety of brand-new-weapons as of 007, but they are used unexpectedly or wrongly. Secondly, you may think that there is more than one language in the film, but only one in fact. They sound like Chinese or Japanese, but if you listen to them carefully, you’ll realize that they are Korean though it’s a little bit strange.

           If I have to say about the reservations, it would be its popularity. It was absolutely ridiculous to me. However, some people may not be able to understand the code of the movie. I guess that the reaction of those who watch this will be totally extreme.

           All the same, I recommend you to try this film. One thing I can surely say is that it’s fresh. You might have not seen this kind of movie before.