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You are viewing the most recent 19 entries July 13th, 2009ladyorihime, posting in jeonjihyun @ : "Blood" enters US charts at #25 (not as bad as it might sound!) ( Read more... ) Current Mood:  cheerfulJuly 11th, 2009spring, posting in jeonjihyun @ : “Blood” Slammed by American Critics, But Ebert says…  “This isn’t a great movie. But it’s sincere as an entertainment, it looks good, it’s atmospheric, and I will perk up the next time I hear Gianna is in a picture. There probably cannot be a sequel, however, since in this film she seems to be putting herself out of a job. Oops, I gave away the title.” Jun Ji Hyun’s performance in her Hollywood debut film, “Blood: The Last Vampire”, was also praised, as film critic Roger Ebert called her a “beautiful South Korean actress” and he found her performance “sympathetic”. ( This is a lot better than the New York Times' review ) source: seoulbeats Tags: film; blood: the last vampire, news; hollywood ctigmata, posting in korea_pics @ : Korean War - july 1951.  Click here to see other photographs... justina_d, posting in jeonjihyun @ : 2009.07.11 Teaser:    ( Here ) Current Mood:  goodCurrent Music: AR Rahman & The Pussycat Dolls - Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) supaloopa, posting in jeonjihyun @ : BTLV in Star Mag!  seaweedsteak, posting in jeonjihyun @ : Jeon Ji Hyun at the Chanel Haute Couture Show in Paris
 ( Read more... ) July 10th, 2009supaloopa, posting in jeonjihyun @ : Interview with Gianna! GIANNA JUN: I myself was pretty surprised when I watched the finished product. It was much bloodier than I had imagined while filming…I didn’t realize I had killed so brutally. Ha ha! CINEFANTASTIQUE: Saya’s fate is a mystery at the end of BLOOD: THE LAST VAMPIRE. Has there been any talk of bringing her back in a sequel? GIANNA JUN: I know Bill Kong announced he’s willing to make a sequel. CINEFANTASTIQUE: What’s next for you? GIANNA JUN: I’m planning to do more Korean films, but nothing is decided yet. More here: http://cinefantastiqueonline.com/2009/0 supaloopa, posting in jeonjihyun @ : Interviews with Produceer Bill Kong about BTLV http://www.newsarama.com/film/090708-bi http://www.hosokinema.com/bloodthelastv http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/news/81 Here are some interesting Q+A NRAMA: Now the film is known for being produced by Mamoru Oshii. Did you deal with him at all? BK: I only met with him after we made the movie. I showed it to him. After he saw it, he and Mitsuhisa Ishikawa [founder of Production IG] told me they really loved it. They thanked me personally for being faithful to the material. In fact, Mr. Oshii personally asked me to let him direct the sequel. I felt complimented by that. NRAMA: Was Gianna Jun your first choice for Saya? BK: Gianna was always my first choice. In fact, we would have only done a casting call if we didn’t get Gianna. I thought of her as soon as I saw the anime. I also made her watch the anime before she accepted. I also warned her that if she wanted the role she would have to learn better English and take lessons to be an action performer. She saw the anime that night, and the next day said ‘OK. I’ll do it.’ Believe me, that was a great relief. She went on and trained for almost a year, both her English and learning how to do action. We did a ‘making of’ documentary and if you ever see it you’ll understand she put in a lot of hard work. Q: Could you talk about the process of casting Gianna Jun as Saya? Because she was in her mid-20's back then, people initially didn't think she could pull this off as a high school student. But she did! Bill Kong: When I first saw the anime, the truly challenging thing was whether you can cast the right female lead as Saya or not. I think you have to find the right Saya in order to make a film successful. I had the opportunity to work with Gianna Jun about several years ago. Gianna is a beautiful actress, she did a lot of work in commercials, and she had a lot of movies to do. You know, in order to play Saya, you have to stop everything and start training for at least a half year to be able to become an action star. And then another five months to shoot. But when I presented the anime to Gianna, and after she watched it, she was very happy and called me up saying "I'll do it." She actually trained for seven months and another five months on the film. It was tremendous devotion and passion in a project. She really gave a more than hundred percent of herself in the movie. That was the key. So I was very fortunate to be able to convince her. And after Gianna joined the film, Koyuki also wanted to do the film because he is a fan of Gianna, so I was able to cast Koyuki as Onigen. supaloopa, posting in jeonjihyun @ : RottenTomatoes BTLV  So far its only around 20% fresh. Check out the submitted reviews. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1001138 supaloopa, posting in jeonjihyun @ : Roger Ebert gave BTLV a thumbs up! / / / July 8, 2009 by Roger Ebert ( Read more... ) The movie is surprisingly entertaining. It’s an international hybrid: Filmed in Hong Kong and Argentina, set in Japan, mostly in English, with a French director, a Chinese writer, a beautiful Korean star (Gianna, known in her homeland as Jeon Ji-hyun), a Japanese villainess (Koyuki as the evil Onigen) and an otherwise American cast, it has a plot that conveniently explains why this is: The Council has assigned Saya to an American military base where the vampires have been focusing their attention. ( Read more... ) This isn’t a great movie. But it’s sincere as an entertainment, it looks good, it’s atmospheric, and I will perk up the next time I hear Gianna is in a picture. There probably cannot be a sequel, however, since in this film she seems to be putting herself out of a job. Oops, I gave away the title. Source: http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbc July 9th, 2009cyberghostface, posting in korean_cinema @ : Thirst questions--NO SPOILERS PLEASE And (again NO SPOILERS please), in terms of content, how bad is it with gore and sex? Would you say moreso than Oldboy or less? She's not one to faint at the sight of gore (she saw George Romero's Land of the Dead, for example) but I don't think she'd like something on the level of Ichi the Killer. Current Mood:  curiouswtf_20, posting in jeonjihyun @ : Which Sexy Icon Pulls off the Red and Black Better?  Jessica Simpson was seen wearing the dress at AT&T National hosted by Tiger Woods to sing the National Anthem while Jun Jihyun wore it to her 'Blood: The Last Vampire' movie promotion at Bugis. Both ladies are known to have sexy charms but who wore the dress better? Jessica’s boobs look like it’ll burst open the dress while Jihyun looks a little flat. So what do you say, Jessica or Jihyun? Bust or no bust? credit: allkpop ( Read more... ) Tags: media; photos, news; article July 5th, 2009ctigmata, posting in korea_pics @ : Different North Korea. Pics made by flickr user Kernbeisser.  See other pictures of North Korea.. calicedesang, posting in korean_cinema @ :
July 2nd, 2009mondocurry, posting in korean_cinema @ : NYAFF 09 please do check out my recent blogging on the New York Asian Film Festival 09, and here's to some interesting exchanges of ideas. July 1st, 2009ladyorihime, posting in jeonjihyun @ : 'BLOOD' opens at #7 in UK Box Office Current Mood:  optimisticJune 30th, 2009long_halloween, posting in korean_cinema @ : Fanfiction Current Mood:  hopefulfreed_by_death, posting in kpop_uploads @ : [sharing/advertising] The Scam (movie) 2009 Korean Movie with English & Korean soft Subs** 
orangebreeze, posting in kdramas @ : Brilliant Legacy - A Pimp Post  Because I think Brilliant Legacy could use some more love outside of South Korea, I decided to pimp it a bit :) If you are interested in reading it, head over to my journal: Brilliant Legacy - Spreading the Love Current Mood:  excited |
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