The Happy Life (2007)
Will one's bad relationship with their dad works otherwise with their dad's friend(s)? This is what Happy Life about. Well, not entirely but yeah.
I had a happy feeling after watching this. NOPE, it's not just because of Geun Suk although he was the main reason why I watched it *tehee~~*. The rest "uncles" were also good and entertaining enough. You might find that this movie did not really overloaded with Geun Suk face, which later I found out to be the exact intention of the director just so the female viewer would not just focus on him. Despite that, this movie is worth to watch just because it's indeed a good movie itself. I tried not to make comparison of JGS's work but I must say that this is way better than the Geun Suk latest Itaewon Murder. It's fun as well to watch Jeong Jin Yeong (as the lead guitarist, Gi Yeong) other side than his public prosecutor role in Itaewon Murder (and he sang in this too).
synopsis with potential spoiler:-
The story roles in with the death of SangWo and his college's friends came to give him respect. They met with Sang Wo's son, Hyun Joon (by Jang Geun Suk) -this will be the only scene with Geun Suk on screen until much...much ... later :( . Call it mid-life crisis or not, the rest of the gang later decided to release their stresses on work and life by re-forming their band (named Active Volcano) and even dream about going on stage, only to learn that they get rejected for their lousy audition (the late Sang Woo was their vocalist after all). That's where Hyun Joon came to the rescue by joining and helping the band to get on a bigger stage. They even get young girl-fans who think they rock just like Mike Jagger and such, and even helped them later on. One fan girl said that she wished her father was as cool as these uncles by being in a band (note to fangirl, you'll have different view if he was your dad unless he was a band-member long before you were born. Yup, I have a dad who once mentioned of trying to imitate Santana). But life issues for the band members gets critical when one was getting a divorce by his wife who currently staying oversea (Canada) and another was having a hard time with his wife leaving home. GiYeong however will have green eye response from men viewers for having such an understanding wife and supportive daughter despite him being laid off from work and had debts around his waist (literally speaking ^^). After difficulties and struggling, they finally made it and had a club of their own.
Active Volcano on stage (between the lines... Geun Suk on stage ^^)
Loving note for Geun Suk's fan:
Not much of cute smile(s) available (which I like) BUT I can assure you that you will be totally swooned over by Jang Geun Suk total coolness and awesome voice in this movie. Geun Suk acted as a "glue", making sure all those cool scenes stick together nicely and remind us that everyone should enjoyed the youthful feeling despite what age you're in. And owh... hanging around with a group of middle aged men can be totally awesome *giggle*. I really am glad I watched this after I watched You're Beautiful. Remind me off my "first love"... *wink*.
What to expect:
- During their earlier debut on performing, when the band "stop" and Hyun Joon said (with his deep husky voice), "Hey, the flames are dancing" *melting......*
- While Active Volcano performing the Happy Life song (Hyun Joon's dad last piece before he died), the "uncles' singing were superb. It gave me the kind of feeling just like when I listened to oldies... timeless (^^!)
p/s: You think Rae might be JGS deprived? She probably is ^^
side note: Now I'm concern to what hubby's mid life crisis will be. Will he get back on the hot wheels like he used to? Or would he be diving craze just like the old time? Que sera sera ...
1 comment(s):
:-) I'll watch when I have time. Looks interesting.
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