child star

apparently, there's a new student at my school, and people were making a really big deal about it this morning.

this is because the new student is...

...A CHILD STAR.

apparently, she's a relatively famous child actress in korea. her most recent film was 그랑프리 [grand prix], a movie about horse racing that was released over the chuseok holiday. in this movie, she starred alongside actress 김태희 [kim tae hee], who is one of korea's most famous actresses [kim tae hee was also in the tv drama "iris" with T.O.P].

anyways, i guess my school is kinda famous now. too bad the girl is a first grade student, which means i don't get to teach her.

movie

포화 속으로 [71: Into the Fire].

this is a really excellent movie. and i'm not saying that just because T.O.P is in it. [although he certainly made it better ㅋㅋ].

i watched the movie when it was released in korea this past june.

and now, an english subbed version is available online for your viewing pleasure!!

가자 포화 속으로

this past wednesday marked the theatrical release of the highly anticipated korean film, 포화 속으호 [71: Into the Fire]. i discovered that it was showing in seoul with english subs, so of course i had to see it since it is about the korean war and stars T.O.P [both of which i am interested in].

released in time to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the korean war, this is probably one of the saddest movies i have ever seen. i pretty much spent the entire 2-hour run-time in tears.

the movie was based on the true story of 71 student soldiers who were left to defend pohang girls' middle school [august 1950], which wasn't supposed to be an important battle site. however, they were attacked by the north, and were severely outnumbered. somehow, they managed to defend their position for 11 hours, and actually played a pretty important role in allowing the south and her allies to defend the nakdong river [keeping the north from taking over busan].

i've been researching this ever since i saw the movie, but unfortunately there doesn't seem to be much english information available.

the movie was based on letters written by 오장범 [oh jang-bum], played by T.O.P. jang-bum, leader of the student soldiers, wrote a series of letters to his mother, which were discovered after his death. [not gonna lie, the letter-writing part was one of the saddests parts of the movie, for me at least.]

oh my gosh, there's so much more i could say about this movie, because it really was an excellent film [and that had nothing to do with T.O.P being in it!] i had expected it to be good, since it received a lot of hype and got really good reviews, but i have to say that it exceeded my expectations. and T.O.P is actually a legitimately good actor [and yes, i would still think that even if i didn't plan on marrying him].

sigh. even the trailer makes me want to cry.

into the fire

omygosh. i cannot flipping wait for this movie to come out.

it's called 71-into the fire, is based on a true story, and is about student soldiers who were severely outnumbered in a battle during the korean war. also it stars none other than T.O.P~~aka my future husband.

basically, this movie is going to be awesomeness because it combines two of my most favorite things ever: history and T.O.P ummheckyess~~

talk about eye candy~~

ohh, hello future husband

최승현~~화이팅!!

obviously not a photo from the movie...