Candies n chocs in a jar

The film started with a very soul soothing tune compiled with scenes of the golden paddy fields in the midst of sunset. Having such an interesting introduction, Pasongsong gyerantak, otherwise known as cracked eggs n noodles in english or My son, my rival in chinese left me with mixed feelings after watching it. Again, i had managed to gone through a whopping 120 minutes on this film……without subtitles. (it shoud be with english subs!!!dang!) With most parts fast- forwarded, all i could get was that this film depicted a 26 year old dad who got a 7 year old son out of no where, shattering his young life of courting the ladies out there.

Dae Gyu (casted by lim chang jung) posseses a good looking face which most ladies would be interested in. Having such good opportunities with the ladies, Dae Gyu got frustrated as this so called son of his kept following him and calling him "appa"! all over the place….and ofcourse got the ladies away with lots of ppl peering at them.

         After days of struggling to chase the boy away, be it dragging him out of the house, pretending not to know him or sending him to the police station, Dae Gyu ’shi’ finally surrendered n brought In Kwon to live with him. Despite so, Dae gyu continued to have intentions of getting the little kid out of his life for good. He promised to go on a long long trip with him….with evil intentions of leaving him behind one day , but the innocent little boy just tagged along and made Dae gyu over-exhausted himself till he alomost lost his senses.

           Finally, there was a chance to freedom and needless to say….Dae gyu ran for it, not minding even a bit with the rain pelting down on him. But their weird relationship had blossomed and somehow the dad-and-son bond linked them together again. Dae gyu returned only to find In Kwon laying restlessly waiting for his dear father back at the place they stayed. With the birth of the pregnant land lady’s baby, Dae Gyu finally realised some miracle that made him love his son even more.

            However, In Kwon was struck with a serious illness(which i thought might be cancer….aih*) and this made Dae gyu realise the importance of his son. He strived hard in order to save his son. (there was a scene where Dae gyu begged the director of a broadcast staion for help….which i don’t know whatever for and they were filmed in a short documentary or sumthing) . The last scene showed Dae Gyu still continuing their journey (probably in search of In Kwon’s mother) , pushing In kwon on a wheel chair by the road.

               There were a few memorable scenes and the ending theme was really heart touching. Having not understanding the whole movie, I included a cut from yes asia’s preview on this movie.   

   *credit pictures to Hancinema, the Korea Movie and drama database

Director Oh Sang-hoon (The Greatest Expectation) helms the winning comedy Cracked Eggs and Noodles, a film about the humorous trials and tribulations of an unlikely father-son team! The film tells the story of Dae-Gyu (Im Chang-jeong), a frivolous twenty-six year old, who is startled to learn one fateful day that he is the father of a precocious seven-year old boy!

The reunion begins when the supposed son In-Kwon (Lee In-seong) appears at Dae-Gyu’s door out of the blue, refusing to leave until the reluctant and highly confused Dae-Gyu agrees to take him on an impromptu father-son road trip! What starts out as a rollicking comedy becomes a poignant family drama towards the end as the strange pair end up changing each other’s lives in ways they never expected. Hailed as one of South Korea’s top-notch comic performers, Im Chang-jeong was paired up with the young Lee In-seong, who beat over a thousand other children to snag the coveted lead role. Fans of Takeshi Kitano’s Kikijiro might find something to cheer about in the offbeat, father-son road movie, Cracked Eggs and Noodles!

  * copyrights of YesAsia.com

       lookin at my badly scratched poor thumb, that little tingling pain just can’t stop reminding me of my extremely ‘wonderful’ experience yesterday…..an awfully long hour of scrubbing a burnt pot. Urgh!!

               Well, i guess i’d hav to put my bad-memoriness to blame. But ofcourse…the reason behind was being indulged in this new blog…with the birth of my first movie introduction on "jenny, Juno". Too exited to finish my ‘homework’, i resort to leaving the luo hanguo  to do its own work,after all ,who’d wanna sit at the empty kitchen alone for 15 minutes?? not that there’d be any outstanding acrobatic performances from those little dried fruits drowning in shallow water….

              And so u’d hav guessed it right……a seemingly long 15 minutes went on for another 30 minutes. Wala!!!!the bot got so burnt it was OMG!!!!!u could even find bits of charcoal in it!!!T-T,not much of an amazement…..emergency rescuers had gotta be on their way now…..no, on the spot now!!! I could almost hear the wailing n crying of the poor glass pot…..my heart went cold, sweat was trailing profusely down like waterfall (erm, exagerated),i gotta save it!!!!

              Not that burnt stuff wouldn’t let out those lung clogging gasses…..the whole room was  almost 80% oxygen free!!!!But still….rather than to die in the hands of mom n dad or even emptying my piggy bank for a brand new twinkling pot thats so clean it shines*……not to say that i hav any to empty anyway. (note that i’ve been jobless for 5 months with no allowance unless i needed it) Okay, enough with the crap…..i gotta save the pot!!!my god, is it still alive??? check:thump* thump* thump*, ok, no CPR needed. Beginning to feel like Cinderella in the cinders, i was armed with mittens, water, and a metal spoon. the pot was cooled…charcoal was saved (reminded me of BBQ-ing, lol) n the rest remained a mess….there was no way i could save the pot unless hermione was here…oh, god, help me please~~

              the first 15minutes was spent scrubbing with a scourer,and much to my dismay it didn’t work a bit!!!i was literally exhausted n my thumb was begging for mercy..i got so fed up i just ‘cooked’ the pot once again with water boiling inside while i get a break…not so much of a rest, since i was getting those clothes out to dry actually,part of my daily chore as a ‘part-time housewife’.

               As the water began releasing air bubbles from the mass of charcoal beneath, i knew that this must be it!!i’m saved!! With only one solution to scoop em’ with the spoon….(more to scratch i think). Muahahhahaha…it did work out , i’m saved!!!!….20 mins was spent doing so, it was hard work….and the last of bits was still reluctant to come off !!! sobz……but i ain’t gonna let it pull me down. Hahah, went for bout 2 hours more of drama that eased my gush of adrenalin.

              Feeling refreshed to continue my battle again, the rest was easy work. And heheh, feeling proud for having produced a ‘new’ pot, i was rewarded with another pot of satisfying luo hanguo…^^only to realise my thumbnail was half gone…………..@-@" 

  For the first time in my life hav i ever basically watched a 1 hour n 40 mins korean film without subtitles…..i guess i’ mus’ve been outa my mind then. I didn’t even go through the film summary n such…only half an hour after the show…haha, how foolish. But all in all it was a good watch n i managed to actually understang most of the show….thanks to my limited korean vocabulary..lol.

      Most of all, as u can see, our two main characters are so cute n chubby looking u just hav the urge to know wat ‘extraordinary’ went into their normal high-school life. Casted by 16 year old bubbly n japanese-like Park Min ji n 17 year old baby face Kim Hye Seong (aww…..hes a year younger, wat a pity..haha=P), they portray a pair of 15 year old students getting on with life as super young parents. Yes, 15!!!…….and we hav a mom n a dad fresh from the oven with just one home pregnancy test. God knows wat they did……(note:managed without subs is a really hard thing…. stares blankly at the screen n crack ur head out),but it seems that heheh…our young videogame expert (Juno)here has got his hands on sum sense triggering materials n the rest is just as it is. Being the idol of all the guys as the newage game hero of the times, Juno is ofcourse as u can figure out,a heartpounding image for the girls.

        Nothing beats the odds when jenny n juno fell in love at first sight on the 1st day of juno’s school-transfer. But little knew about their true love for each other….ending up with pregnant jenny beating up her schoolmate (=P). Everything went well…i guess u could say almost, except for ‘mrs’ jenny who couldn’t oblidge in her pang for more food….with poor juno pestering his parents for money n by sending newspapers every morning to satisfy jenny’s craving. (Erm, u might wonder how i got to figure the real story to tell u, but i did sum research on this movie after havng sum laughs,hohoho) Even often ‘ta-paoing’ fresh fruits in his school bag to ensure jenny had enough nutrients to spare their ‘gift of love’ in jenny, which i wonder why’d he hav to bring so many…..the fridge was almost going out of fruits with juno grabbing his hands on bananas, oranges…n lemon…lol.

      While they continue enjoying times dating out, n with no one noticing jenny’s super huge appettite ,chaos began as jenny’s sister bumped into her at the bathroom…..with jenny doing her pregnancy check routines.@.@ Fearing the worst, Juno n Jenny confessed about jenny’s pregnancy…..only to be separated by both parents…sobz…T-T. But, cheeky friends were in to sneak jenny out for a tantalising wedding at the school hall…making in for the most memorable sight of all.

      Things turned for the better……with Juno threatening jenny’s sis by making weird moves n faces during her date with her charming prince n even death by poisoning himself..(ofcourse..which was sum wheatgrass juice or sumthin’ he drank after that,haha) Heading off to ’sumwhere’ on train n by taxi, the painstaking lovers were finally reunited…by the road, followed with their child’s birth straight after.

             As alls well ends well, both got together it seems with the parents turning grandparents n mates fighting over to see the newborn. The show is quite interesting, seemingly that every crew in the film making got a chance at the screen, be it jenny’s mother,juno’s dad, the taxi drivers, the beauticians, the physical education teacher…..its a rare sight for movie producers. So, finally …i decided to get my hands on the subtitled version…if i could!!!but its quite a new movie..(releases on 20th Feb 2005 in korea). give it a try!^^

*pls note:for ppl aged 15 n above…it seems

*credit images to  Han Cinema, the korean movie and drama database.

official website http://www.jj2005.com/

P/S: i apologise for not being able to describe the exact details in the film, but ya know, its hard to splurt out everything in words especially when u’ve watched it for days.