AKA The Good, the Bad, and the Weird
I’ve been to a few places away from campus and even been adventurous to go out on my own a few times. One of my favourite places is Myeong-dong, a really upscale shopping district geared toward younger people. There are actual sidewalks and nice architecture, and a lot less neon than Shincheon. I could never afford to do actual shopping there but there is nice eating and the movie theatre is there.
I’ve been to see two movies (one was at another theatre), both Korean. I wasn’t able to follow most of the dialogue at all but it’s very easy to figure out what’s going on anyway. Yesterday I saw a blockbuster-style movie called “The Good, the bad, and the weird” which was a chinese western, if you’ve seen the Jackie Chan movie “shanghai nights” or whatever it’s called it’s a very similar feel of humor and direction.
If you are interested, you can see the trailer here. It was actually a really awesome and hilarious movie and I didn’t even see it with subtitles. It starred three of the most famous A-list stars here, all really good actors, and I enjoyed it a lot. It’s about three guys who are all trying to get to this spot marked on a mysterious map. They all have different motivations, though nobody even knows what’s at the place. The three main characters all interact in hilarious competition though there’s a whole lot of other people trying to get there too (the Manchurians, and the Japanese army). You can probably tell who is the good one, the bad one, and the weird one- hahahah.
