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Gwak Jae-Yong has been known for making movies, all of them standing out beside other Korean movies. But if all his movies were to be lined up, "The Classic" would really stand out.
The story was that Son Ye-Jin's mom (played no other than by a braided-haired Son Ye-Jin) fell in love with a poor guy (Song-Woo) whose friend is also in love with her and has been asking Song-Woo to make letters. In the present, Son Ye-Jin's character was forced by her friend to make letters for her which in turn she sends to Jo In-Sung. Son Ye-Jin then gets confused as she falls in love with Jo In-Sung and feels that, like her mom, her story would have to end by giving way for her friend.
At first, The Classic seemed to play on a familiar and boring storyline of past love uncontinued, but as the story progresses and you get along with the present Son Ye-Jin and the past Son Ye-Jin's story connections, you would soon be delighted that you are actually watching this story.
Son Ye-Jin and Jo Sung-Woo did great in the past storyline, and the bulk of the story which rests on them were acted out greatly by the two, especially the last scene on the restaurant of SOng_Woo and Ye-Jin.
Son Ye-Jin and Jo In-Sung's story were short, but was already enough to make you feel empathy and, if you got too absorbed, cry. The connections from the past storyline to the present were smoothly done, especially the one with the necklace and the writings on the gift card.
The acting was great, there were sad and happy (often funny) moments and complacent ones which were not boring, all stirred into a good mixture. The movie would not put you into excitement as you would wish that it would never end. The soundtrack is also great, and the DVD edition is good, though I wish that there were really actor commentaries in it.
Buy a DVD of The Classic now, and you wouldn't be sorry that you own a classic one.
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