Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Innocent Steps



Moon Geum-Young's most recent film (A Tale of two sisters, My little bride). Geum-Young pairs up with Park Geon-hyeong to make a film about a fallen Dance star who finds hope and inspiration through his new partner. Initially, I thought this film would be more about dancing, something similar to the Japanese film "Shall we dance." The title of the film makes it sound as if it were her first steps into dancing (which is true) but the director went ahead and added a love story. A young korean china borned girl - Jang Chae rin is mistaken to be a great dancer marries the fallen dancer Na Young sae. Young Sae hopes to make it back into the Dance competitions after several injuries, only to find out that chae rin is a newbie. Chae rin shows Young sae that she has the dedication to learn and become the best partner he will ever have...
Both actors did quite an awesome job with their dancing (I heard that they had some hard core training for several months). The music of the film is quite good, however the soundtrack does not include the samba song that is played during the compeition. Geum Young also shows off her vocals here as she sings a classic Teresa Teng song. You could see that Geum Young is maturing as an actress, although at times still the cute little girl that she is. I was real hesitate to watch this film, after hearing so many bad reviews about it, however it's quite a nice mellow film. Not as fun as My Little Bride, still if you're a Moon Geum Young fan, you'll surely enjoy it. Give this a B-