The movie, "Please Teach Me English", also stars Jang Hyuk (of "Volcano High
" fame) as the cool Moon-su. The romantic comedy has our two stars in a conversational English class, with Yeong-ju needing to learn English for her job and Moon-su needing to learn it to communicate with his long-lost sister.Yeong-ju is easily attracted to Moon-su, but Moon-su is smitten by his Caucasian teacher, Cathy. Moon-su's feelings are not reciprocated, but our unattractive heroine still has many hurdles to climb before she can reach Moon-su's heart. With Cathy's help, she is able to interact with Moon-su in the class and their feelings grow closer. And after tutoring the pig together, Moon-su discovers that Yeong-ju is not as plain as he had thought.
In Singapore, English is ubiquitous: it's everywhere. But in countries like China, South Korea or Japan, English is not as widely-spoken. We can see the difficulty encountered by both the natives and the foreigners, not only when they can't understand each other as they speak different languages, but also what happens when meaning is lost in translation.
The South Koreans in the movie recognize the advantage of the ability to speak English will try to learn it despite the difficulties encountered.
The movie is light-hearted and enjoyable, but some may find it too fluffy. It should be enjoyable as a film for the family or a couple. Although some of the funny scenes are exaggerated, they don't come across as obtrusive or pretentious, and the geekiness of the heroine does somehow attract me. Of course, it's always funny when you see beginners learn a new language.
More shows to watch out for!
Hi, don't see you in the forums anymore... so how's the paper chase going? :)
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