Han Ye-won (한예원)

'The Guy was Cool' caters to teen love fantasies

Source | 2004/07/22 | 0 comments | Permalink |

"The Guy was Cool", directed by Yi Hwan-kyung, is incredibly predictable. Teenagers will like this movie nonetheless, simply because its predictable storyline lives up to their expectations, letting Korean high school girls vicariously enjoy a Cinderella fantasy.
Han Ye-won (Jeong Da-bin) is a plain-looking high school girl who thinks of herself as a princess living in a beautiful castle built on a flower-covered field. One day, she writes a derogatory message about a boy on the Web. It turns out that the boy, Ji Eun-seong (Song Seung-heon), is a handsome high school student who fights well and projects a mysterious lonely aura.

Initially, the two squabble, but somehow they get to know each other, and cope with obstacles together before they finally (yes, finally) fall in love.

Since the plot is so simple, one might wonder whether there will be a sudden twist at the end of the film. In a way, there is. But that also is unbearably trite. The film, based on a popular Internet-b...| More