I'm a hardcore fan form Asian movies, specially from the ones that come from South Korea; that's why I gave a shot to "100 Days with Mr. Arrogant", and what I can say after watching it is that the movie is very far away from being a good movie and that is even more far away from being an excellent production like "My Sassy Girl".
First of all, the movie doesn't preserve the essence from Korean cinema (the one that is event present in the worst movies); by the other hand the film is forced to fit a Hollywood Cliché, a "romantic movie" format that is so popular among the nonsense and bad American chick flicks.
The main story and plot is the typical "love/hate" movie that ALL OF US KNOWS how it's going to end, first they hate each other and 90 minutes later they end forever together. No effort from the director, editor or production to give us something interesting "out of the box".
A mediocre acting from Ji-won Ha. I'm really into Korean actresses, but the work made by this girl is very superficial, annoying in some parts and provides poorly face expression. For this types of films is obvious that we need a "girl next door" type, but with what we have seen in Korean cinema, we could have had a Ji-hyun Jun or a Hye-kyo Song type; didn't like her face too. A decent performance from Jae-Won Kim, keeping in mind that the film wasn't something challenging for any actor.
Pretty bad photography. Cheesy ending. There is no way in life this movie is going to have the effect and impression of "My Sassy Girl", if the direction tried to do it, they ended 100000000 miles away.
Conclusion: if you are looking for another "My Sassy Girl", stay away from this film; if you are looking for another cheesy Korean chick flick... please, please, please look somewhere else!
First of all, the movie doesn't preserve the essence from Korean cinema (the one that is event present in the worst movies); by the other hand the film is forced to fit a Hollywood Cliché, a "romantic movie" format that is so popular among the nonsense and bad American chick flicks.
The main story and plot is the typical "love/hate" movie that ALL OF US KNOWS how it's going to end, first they hate each other and 90 minutes later they end forever together. No effort from the director, editor or production to give us something interesting "out of the box".
A mediocre acting from Ji-won Ha. I'm really into Korean actresses, but the work made by this girl is very superficial, annoying in some parts and provides poorly face expression. For this types of films is obvious that we need a "girl next door" type, but with what we have seen in Korean cinema, we could have had a Ji-hyun Jun or a Hye-kyo Song type; didn't like her face too. A decent performance from Jae-Won Kim, keeping in mind that the film wasn't something challenging for any actor.
Pretty bad photography. Cheesy ending. There is no way in life this movie is going to have the effect and impression of "My Sassy Girl", if the direction tried to do it, they ended 100000000 miles away.
Conclusion: if you are looking for another "My Sassy Girl", stay away from this film; if you are looking for another cheesy Korean chick flick... please, please, please look somewhere else!