‘April Snow’ lacks breath of fresh air on affairs
There is an old Korean saying that there is nothing to eat at a party which is too noisy. The proverb means if the exterior of something is too impressive, it could be rather empty inside. Moviegoers would be wise to keep this in mind in the case of the new film “April Snow.”
Boasting the combination of veteran director Hur Jin-ho of “Christmas in August” and “One Fine Spring Day” and Bae Yong-joon, the star of the hit South Korean drama “Winter Sonata,” the film has gained much attention ahead of its opening in South Korea and other Asian countries. But the result is not a good addition to Hur’s filmography due to its humdrum plot and a weakly-nuanced performance by its two lead actors.
Hur’s previous two offerings were acclaimed by critics as romance genre works that subtly depicted the freshness of just-started love and the cruelty of variable love, respectively, without much dialogue. So many of his fans might have anticipated another Hur-style romance film with more commercial possibility due to Bae’s presence.
Source: 1st September 2005 Yonhap News by Shim Sun-ah
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I like bae yong joon for actor
I hope can watch bae young joon againg
like him
Comment by puk — January 15, 2007 @ 5:49 pm