Today i watched ' my brother ' the korean movie
Story plot - a very brief skeleton because it was quite uninteresting and predictable
There is a pair of brothers. The elder brother is Seong Hyun (Shin Ha Gyun). He is shy, stammers and has a cleft lip. Jong Hyun (Won Bin) is the handsome and tough younger brother. They are fatherless high school students and their mother raises them up single-handedly. Their father left them upon seeing Seong Hyun's flawed face after he was born.
Jong Hyun is as good at picking fights as Seong Hyun is with his grades. Both are classmates. No one can stop Jong Hyun from fighting. Seong Hyun is fair looking, polite, and gentle. Many regard him as the model student. He is the scholar and the mother's pet. Naturally, Seong Hyun is his mother's (Kim Hae Suk) favourite because he is slightly retarded. He receives praises from her while Jong Hyun gets scolded repeatedly for being a rebel. He is just too hungry for her attention.
Seong Hyun tries hard to fulfill his mother's needs. Jong Hyun is jealous of him since young and becomes rebellious. He is unhappy over the unfair treatment and bullies him when he has the chance. Their growing up stages can be exciting and interesting.
Their mother is so unfair to both in their treatment. What she does to their high school uniform and lunchboxes - you will be baffled. Jong Hyun opens both lunchboxes to see what is inside. They get the same eggs and sausages. His mother chides him for being overly suspicious.
But Jong Hyun later overturns both lunchboxes. Seong Hyun's lunchbox has vegetables while he has none! His mother has nothing to say now. I really detest her for lying!
There is one memorable scene where Seong Hyun begs Jong Hun to call him elder brother - just for once and he will be contented. Jong Hun's reply is to take off Seong Hun's shirt off him and still says that the weather is cool. This is humourous but also sad.
Things become worse when both love the same female classmate, Mi Ryung. The brotherly rivalry intensifies tremendously. Jong Hyun makes use of Seong Hyun's poems to woo her. Upon knowing that Jong Hyun likes his girl, Seong Hyun quarrels with him at home. After this incident, Jong Hoon refuses to call him 'big brother'. The two fight with other classmates in the school compound. Because both are punished together, they get closer. These few scenes leave a deep impression in me. The whole movie boils down to one issue - jealousy causes a tragedy.
I don't really like the development as it becomes too forceful to squeeze tears from the audience. I will not go into detail because you can guess it easily. There isn't any surprise at all. The scenes of the mother, brotherly rival over a woman, the underworld boss and also the retarded neighbours are too fixed and predictable. Luckily both actors manage to complement each other to maintain some standards.
7:35PM TH
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