Marriage is a crazy thing
Can somebody translate the original title for me? Is it actually the English title? It’s just ironic because the film is so laden with clichés that it barely fits its title. Truth to be told, it’s the exact opposite of “crazy”.
For about 30-40 minutes into the film, I was so bored that I almost dropped the film. But the film was recommended to me and Pixelmatsch went out of his way to procure it, so I felt a certain responsibility for finishing it. Well, that was rather lucky because I did gain a certain enjoyment from the second part of the film. Just like with “My Sassy Girl” (worst movie ever), the film becomes much more bearable when the characters grow up a little and move towards each other instead of apart.
At the beginning the film was pretty much the epitome of ugliness. The characters had ugly hearts and were spouting ugly nonsense dripping with cliché (“I need to marry a rich man”, “There are three successful men courting me but I have no idea who to choose”, “I don’t believe in marriage, I’m tired of going through the trouble” etc. etc.). I don’t care why these characters are attracted to each other but the beginning of their relationship is certainly an ugly one. It was only at the end that I realized this ugliness was done on purpose. The first few sex scenes are graphic and downright pornographic with bad lighting and terrible angles. There even was one of those trademark female eccentricities where the woman tells the man not to undress because she finds naked bodies to be a turn-off. (Are you 16 or what?) This is in direct contrast to their good-bye sex scene, where they both completely undress and dim lights show their silhouettes to be beautiful rather than pornographic. It was to show how they finally accepted each other and became, well, married people.
Nevertheless, no matter how meaningful it is, I really don’t want to see a guy awkwardly rubbing a girl between her legs, thank you very much.
Similarly, I am not sure what to make of the last scene of the film, especially since the last segment was titled “Closure”. The segment title suggests that they actually break up for good, but the last few scenes would make no sense if they didn’t mean that they finally reconcile and come to an understanding. The film only makes sense if it is optimistic. If you free yourself from all that societal crap, marital bliss can be attained by enjoying the small details in life. Over the course of their rocky relationship, these two grew together and the photographs prove it. This is marriage, and if that were how you should interpret those last few scenes, then I readily agree with the film.
Time for the hail of bullets:
- Despite a lack of chemistry at the beginning of the film (they really were just bitching at each other, seriously), they are ultimately a match made in heaven. They are both young and attractive in their own strange way – she has those beautiful doe eyes but strange facial expressions, he has a hot body and nice smile but very squinty eyes.
- Say about Asian marriage system what you want – it does facilitate suitable matches. I can think of tons of marriageable friends from both genders and it’s a shame that pointless romantic ideals could keep them up from having a perfectly lovely relationship. From my own track record, I think I would be in the same boat if I didn’t have an obnoxious, reckless personality.
- I think what bothered me the most about the woman was her hairstyle. The extreme straightness looks more Chinese than Korean, where curvy hair is definitely more popular. Most of the times she also has terrible style, even that expensive apartments looks tasteless.
- Matching slippers! <3 I thoroughly enjoyed their little shopping trip, especially now that we are looking out for as well. I am in love with decorating a simple, little home, just like in the film. This display of marital bliss is when the film becomes romantic and cute. I noticed that the film carefully shows how her cooking skills improve – from completely clueless to doing whatever her husband likes, and then finally to what she likes herself.
- “I will never get caught” – hahaha that is the best line of the film. It is notable that the husband doesn’t get to say a single line in the film. In retrospect, one could say that it simply means that even if she got caught she wouldn’t mind.