BA:BO (2008) - 바보 (Ba-bo)

Daejong Film Fest Showcases Trends

2008/06/29 | Source | Permalink |

By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter

South Korea's esteemed 45th Daejong (Grand Bell) Film Festival held in southern Seoul, showcased the latest local box office trends, with its stronghold of original thrillers, stylistic period pieces and experimental projects. While superstars grabbed the limelight as expected, hitherto overlooked veteran actors and young debutant directors shined the most, suggesting that blatant star power, be it a reputed director or ravishing screen beauty, don't always guarantee ticket sales or awards.

The red carpet event took place outside the COEX Convention Hall in a sea of blinding camera flashes as glamorous cineastes filed in. Screen beauties like Han Chae-young, Park Jin-hee and Sin-Ae were elegant in cleavage-bearing, long evening gowns while others such as Kim Yoon-jin and Ko Ah-ra chose mini-dresses to show off their figures.

Actress Kim Ah-joong, who won last year's award for Best Actress ("200 Pounds Beauty"), and popular announcer Choe Gi-hwan...| More

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[ChanMi's movie news] Cha Tae-heyon, "BA:BO"

2008/06/27 | Source | Permalink |

No, he's not the "babo".

Our favorite comic movie star Cha Tae-hyeon was awarded "Korean Wave Award" at the 45th annual Daejong Film Festival for the movie "BA:BO" being most popular across Asia....| More

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Deluge of foreign films drowning Korean releases

2008/03/05 | Source | Permalink |

One of the intriguing (or disturbing) signs about where Korean movies are headed is the near absence of press previews this month. For instance, except for a screening of Yoo Ji-tae's short titled "Out of My Intention" on Tuesday, there's nothing going on this week. No screenings yet either next week.

The declining number of domestic film releases is in sharp contrast to the surging demand for foreign films. According to the Korean Film Council, the Korean cinema imported 404 films from abroad in 2007, up from 289 in 2006 and 253 in 2005.

The rating agency handled as many as 72 foreign films in the first two months of this year, up 36.8 percent from the same period last year. The momentum comes not only from the major Hollywood distributors but also from small film importers, encouraged chiefly by the unexpectedly respectable box-office success of "Once" and "Lust, Caution".

The foreign movie boom is setting off alarms in the domestic film industry, which is already finding it...| More

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New Movies: Vantage Point, Fool's Gold, Rambo & More

2008/02/29 | Source | Permalink |

We begin with "Vantage Point".
Eight strangers put their heads together to dig up the truth behind an assassination attempt on the US president.
Dennis Quaid and Matthew Fox star as Secret Service agents.
Together with the agents an American tourist who filmed the event a TV news producer and others share their findings to uncover shocking motivations behind the attempt.

Next Matthew MacConaughey and Kate Hudson star together again after the 2003 movie "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days".
In their latest work together they play a divorced couple who reunite to search for sunken treasure.

In our third movie who else but Sylvester Stallone would play John Rambo

As the title suggests "Miracle for a Giving Fool" ("BA:BO") is a drama.
It's based on a popular online cartoon series that began in 2004.
Cha Tae-hyeon plays a naive owner of a breakfast sandwich shop which critics say is perfect casting.
Actress Ha Ji-won stars as his love of 10 years.

Lee Jeewon, Arirang News....| More

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HA Ji-won and CHA Tae-hyeon chase the winter blues away

2008/02/26 | Source | Permalink |

"BA:BO" (Babo) tells a warm tale set in a village during a winter. The feel-good film's line-up includes the popular actors HA Ji-won and CHA Tae-hyeon. KIM Jeong-kwon directed the comedy.

CHA plays a likeable fool who stopped developing intellectually since an accident at a very young age which took his father's life. He is now a grown-up and tries to make a living for himself and his younger sister after his mother also passed away.

The sister – a role by PARK Ha-seon – is a high school student who tries to hide the fact that the rather simple man selling toast near her school is her brother out of embarrassment and she ignores him at home.

CHA's character's only friend used to be the tough kid at school, a role by PARK Hee-seon. CHA's character was expelled from school as a boy for something PARK's character was guilty.

HA portrays a pianist who returns to her parent's house because of her stage fright. The first person to greet her is CHA's character who spends a lo...| More

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