Crazy First Love (2003)

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

I found this movie to be very ejoyable. I laughed, and I cried. Yes, the lead character's shouting was a bit much. but I wasn't that bothered by it. I don't know what else to say about it. I thought the explanation of why she didn't want to marry him was a good one. The acting was adequate. It was nice that the lead character was pretty ordinary looking. The misogny went completely over my head. I'm afraid I don't think of stuff like that when watching a movie. Should I give low marks to a film, because it shows women in a bad light, or give high marks to a film because it embraces feminism. I don't think so. The film entertained me enormously. I hope i have lines written now, let's see. Yes, I have. Hooray.

Yun Dong-geun, a veteran actor (Who's Got the Tape, Marrying the Mafia), Cha Tae-hyun (My Sassy Girl, Lover's Concerto), and the beautiful Son Ye-jin (A Moment to Remember, Lover's Converto, The Classic) are not enough to turn the tables of this horrible movie. The story is plain Grade 'C' boring and resorts to male pubic hair anecdotes to capture our attention in the first 20 minutes of the movie. It failed.Seeing that Crazy First Love was produced in 2003 made me feel more disgusted. There were far more better romance/comedy Korean movies made before 2003. Timeless classics such as 'My Sassy Girl' (2001), 'My Wife is a Gangster' (2001), 'Sex is Zero' (2002), 'Marrying the Mafia' (2002) can easily topple Crazy First Love in terms of entertainment value and storyline. I thought 'Wet Dreams' (2002) was done in bad taste, full of male organ and nonsense jokes. However Crazy First Love brought the definition of bad taste to a whole new level.There are better Korean movies to watch. Do not waste your life on this movie.Mao points: 2/10

being a person of Asian descent, i understand the cultural context from which movies like this arise. i can also see how this humor will either be incomprehensible or offensive to unfamiliar viewers.that being said, even though son ye-jin is my fav korean actress right now, and the "man's man" inside me might be giddy at the fact that she momentarily wears a bikini in this "film" - like Brian T. said, the misogynistic and patriarchal undertones of the movie are just too blatant.we Asian people can do better. as Asian men, we can do better for our sisters, mothers, daughters - than to assume roles like the father and son-in-law characters in this film.

--->> spoiler alert <<---The movie is filled with fun and laughter. Although in the end, (since this was a Korean film), I already expect the smooth flow of drama that really makes me so fond watching Korean Films. It starts with a slight animation about two babies, Il Mae and Tae-il. The two have been best friends ever since Tae-il's mother breastfed Il Mae after her mother died. Her father bestows her to Tae Il, who first has to achieve certain conditions which include getting into university, passing the judicial exams and including the size of his... hahaha!!!Tae-il was always been a trouble-maker. That's probably the reason why Il-mae's dad hesitate to allow him to be with his daughter. Il-Mae's dad which is also Tae-il's teacher has so many condition before he can be with his daughter. Because of that Tae-il was challenge to change his stupid behavior and tries to be serious as he can be until the time that he accomplish his career.Il-mae's character was so mysterious. On the first part of the movie, you'll notice that she really hates Tae-il. Maybe because of his dense attitude. But deep inside she also feel affection for Tae-il no matter who he is. Wherein you will become aware of at the last part. Il-mae's mom died because of a certain disease. Since then she always comprehend and felt so sorry for her dad. She loves her dad so much. She always notice that her dad was in great sorrow about her mom. Unfortunately, she don't like to see Tae-il the same way she sees on her dad. Because she inherited her mom's disease.The ending was so remarkable. It's my favorite part. It's similar to a fairy tale that will find a way to have a blissful ending.