Some people say that the charm of Korean love movies is that it will slowly teach people how to love. In my opinion, the meaning of pure love movies is that he allows us to maintain our own sensibility in life, without losing the ability to love because of the boring life. Speaking of pure love movies, perhaps many people will rank this film in the top few. It is the classic Korean love film "The Classic." This movie was written and directed by the famous Korean director Kwak Jae-yong in 2003. This is another love-type movie after his successful "My Sassy Girl" in 2001. The similarity of both movies is about love, but the film does not have the excessive playfulness and ridicule in the previous work. It tells a touching love story in a beautiful lens language. The director uses pure emotion. Strong sense of the times is the background color. Hence the scripts that are slightly set in the way are still showing the effect of touching people.

The film tells that in 2003, when the college student Ji-hye cleaned up the room in one day, she accidentally found a mysterious box filled with love letters left by his mother Joo-hee. During the reading, she relieved her mother's first love memories. In 1968, Joo-hee was a pure and lovely girl. She fell in love with the poor student Joon-ha. Because of Joo-hee’s fascinating family life, the love between the two fell into the mischievous misunderstanding of the door. In 2003, Ji-hye’s love was equally rough. She secretly loved the folks of the drama society, but she has been unable to express her love. In the end, the two met and communicated again and again, and finally came together, and found the past of their parents. The fate is the fate.

The film adopts a two-line narrative structure, creating a new twist on the traditional love drama set. The film connects the love stories of two generations to each other. The love story of the parents is an elegy of the times. The love encounter of the younger generation is the era of freedom. The completion of the two generations of the story of the two lines go hand in hand and mutual contrast. The more the story of the older generation is mournful, the more lovely the love of the younger generation is. At the end of the film, the two love stories are merged to form an intersection. Under the light of the fireflies, the regrets of Joo-hee and Joon-ha cannot be together. It is fulfilled by the fate of the children.

Kwak Jae-yong is very good at shooting beautiful and romantic bridges without letting people feel that they are falling into the cliché. The rich layering and sense of the times make the two pure love stories appear more heavy and powerful. For the writer and director Kwak Jae-yong, it is not easy. The other success of the film is inseparable from the excellent interpretation of the protagonist of the film. Beauty and handsomeness are never the absolute elements that touch people, and the pure heart hidden under the beautiful skin makes the characters more colorful and attractive.

I always believe that no matter what age we are, we cannot lose our sense of life, and we must not lose our sense of love. And this is the meaning of this film. Whether it is middle-aged or young, you need to maintain the sensibility of love movies, because it can stimulate our already impetuous and dry heart again. It is moving, because it shows the simple, hurry, pure and beautiful love that is scarce in the love of modern society and even urban men and women. Because of this, we will be easily touched by the love story when we watch the movie. Some people say that the film complements one third of our missing life, but love does not need to rely on the film to make up, but rely on ourselves to pursue. As a pure love movie, "The Classic," when you are moved, you will show us the love and affection of love. It gives us the courage to find the love that we have lost for a long time. I think that this is the most important meaning of this film.

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My Score is 8.8/10

Movie URL: https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/42190?language=en-US
Critic: AAA