Crazy Waiting (DVD) (Korea Version) DVD Region 3

Son Tae Young (Actor) | Jang Geun Suk (Actor) | Yoo In Young (Actor) | Lee Ki Woo (Actor)

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May 8, 2008

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730 is a lonely girls number Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8 out of 10

After watching this and looking at the DVD cover, I noticed that the black silhouetted figure beside the "Crazy Wait" title is actually Jin Ah played by cute actress In Young Woo (its her photo pose from the inside cover). The title is also shot through by a single bullet, leaving no doubt in mind that this film clearly deals with frustrations, trials and heart breaks, when Korean men have to separate temporarily from their girl friends to do their 2 year compulsory military service - with the anguish of 'waiting' to be together again. I can well imagine the harsh feelings this gives both new recruits and girlfriends in love, having to part like this (I had stress going into the Cub Scouts for 2 weeks!). Still, this movie isn't a overall broody affair, but more a light and sassy drama romance, filled with a youthful and talented cast, and and easy plot line to slip into and enjoy without taking all this too seriously. Certainly if you're a teen to 20+ something K-movie fan, you get a wealth of actors to fill your 108 minutes here.

"Crazy Wait" certainly doesn't hang about, kicking off with zestful energy as Min Cheol, a guitarist in a rock band, performs his final song encore, before commencing his two year mandatory training. His girlfriend, keyboard player Boram (cute and lovely Hee Jin Jang here!) listens, as their lead singer informs the well understanding audience of Min Cheol's soon to be army vocation, as the band then perform their final song together before Min Cheol leaves. A sad look from Boram, too, as she realizes its her last night with Min Cheol. Likewise, the other three couples are introduced per military send off, in similar fashion. These 'send offs' would be a common ritual in various similar circumstances all around S Korea (not necessarily with a rock song, though), as young men at different junctures, begin packing their bags to commence their plight. "Crazy Wait", though, keeps all the social commentary aspects muted (its no "The Unforgiven"), and all this is totally about young Korean lovers dealing with their personal divisions an loneliness, after the 'call up' as commenced. In fact, these four couple's woes could equally have been problematical if their split ups were due to over seas university placements or job careers. But the S Korean mandatory training is the more regular 'canoodling splitter', and the highest likely cause for concern. So, the 4 guys and 4 gals here, all finding this obligatory situation a pain in the heart, reluctantly make their emotional farewells at the military civilian annex, the girl's waving their boyfriends off with tear stained hankies and cuddly teddies (I made the teddy bears bit up, but they are a good symbol for a 'hug'), until they all meet up again some sunny day (which is actually when quite a bit of vacation time arrives for the guys). Thereafter, the gals wait and write to their beaus, hoping they will keep faithful, as likewise the new recruits hope the cats will not play when the mouse is away. But loving devotion is tested, when the girl's subjective emotions and loneliness soon get the better of them. Hyo Jung and Boram worry that their guys could start seeing other girl's, due to military men being popular with them. Also Jin Ah and Be Ang find that love closer to home is putting them to the test, too, with their 'need for someone to hug between the meanwhile time', and so find lovers, instead of twiddling their thumbs for recruit vacation time.

Tae Young Son (who was great in "The Railroad" movie and "Freeze" TV drama) plays Hyo Jung, who works as a nurse (which helps to keep her mind occupied from boy friend brooding), but still finds her boyfriend Won Jae's late night outings, amidst his army training - worrisome. He is 6 years younger than Hyo Jung and she fears that Won Jae (being a young lad) is seeing other young women by his late night excursions. But although Hyo Jung constantly mistrusts Won Jae's sincerity, she soon ends up herself bumping into a man (literally in her car) who takes an instant shine to her (and which male wouldn't if she were Tae Young Son! She's gorgeous!). Hyo Jung, however, becomes guarded to a possible upstart realtionship and keeps the benefit of the doubt with Won Jae's suspected conduct.

College student Jin Ah (performed by In Young Woo, who reminds me a little of Ha Neul Kim here) is baby sat by her boy friends Eun Suk's best friend Ki Sung, (Ki Woo Lee, who looks a bit like Ji Tae Ye, to me) who Eun Suk had asked to look after Jin Ah, while he is away on military duty. Jin Ah is one cute and fluffy character, who dotes on Eun Suk profusely, sending him packages and writing often. But Ki Sung and Jin Ah soon get too close than necessary in this 'looking after the valuables' manner, and when Jin Ah and Ki Sung are playfully tickling each other in her bedroom (the living room being too boring to 'look after' Jin Ah in, of course), soon end up kissing and getting intimate with each other (in a 15+ rating sort of way, though). After this, Ki Sung drops a bomb shell (and he isn't even in the army) by mentioning how much his love for Jin Ah as been long in the waiting, which causes a rift in Jin Ah's feelings for Eun Suk, as her confusion mounts at Ki Sung's disclosure (m-e-l-o-d-r-a-m-a). But due to her sudden loss of faith and added dizzy feelings for Ki Sung, decides to go AWOL on Eun Suk. (This is probably why Jin Ah's photo is the one used as a black silhouette on the DVD cover). Later, Jin Ah becomes less the naive girly pop type to a more sophisticated adult college student, waiting for Eun Suk becoming less on her agenda.

The lovely Hee Jin Jang (who reminds me of....Hee Jin Jang) is rock keyboard player Boram, and an adorably cute, almost Japanese anime type character with her heart melting hair style, that by all this you could easily refer to her as 'Cuteness Personified Girl Boram'. But cuteness aside, Boram is also uncertain if her boyfriend Min Cheol is seeing another girl, and/or if he feels he would wish Boram to wait for his completion of his military service. Boram shows a mien of uncertainty to Min Cheol, feeling that he could be willing to give her up for another girl. But Min Cheol pains with his own guilt of letting her wait an unfavorable amount of time, without her having any sort of close comfort (and they think two years is a long time). Boram, though, yearns for Min Cheol's love and return to the band, and watching her play his electric guitar in the band's make shift studio, is lovely to see. If you saw Hee Jin in "Apt" and "Gangster High", you'll know what to expect - a lovely looking talented actress, and the cute bobbed one on the DVD cover here.

Be Ang (last but not least) is the more funny, goofy and ditzy type of the 4 girls, who shaves her boyfriend Hu Woo's hair when he is about to be recruited, only to soon stray from the waiting game when she asks a male friend to shack up with her at her flat to keep her company - unbeknown to Hur Wook. Mind you, if anything happens is any body's guess, as Be Ang seems to Be-Have most of the time with the young boy, who merely seems only to lodge with her. But he does get a bit serious with Be Ang in a cinema at one point! Also, when Hur Wook makes a surprise visit home on leave without Be Ang knowing, she has to quickly kick the lad out of her flat telling him her grandmother as arrived. Hur Wook also being a comedy type makes this, along with Be Ang, the humorous equivalent of the light supporting characters in K-dramas, and the ending with them is ironic silliness, but wonderfully charming. Amazingly, this daft role of Be Ang is performed by Yeo Reum Han, who has also played more heavier roles in Ki Duk Kim's movies "Samaritan Girl" and "The Bow". Yeo Reum is certainly a cool actress who can slip into varied roles quite easily.

The whole film is shown through the guy's 730 days military period, and is satirical, drama, romance and humor. I thought "Crazy Wait" could have featured more additional military scenes, though, where only sparse scenes of the boys cleaning their boots and country marches are shown. You don't get much lad loneliness portrayed here on camp, more the 'home' situations concerning the girl's lonely emotions. This imbalances the film a bit, as both the guys as well as the gals would feel the separation pinch. By more inclusive military camp scenes of this type, would have balanced the two sides of the same coin, reflecting more the personal situations actual young men would feel being torn from their loved ones. The guy's feelings are shown, but more as reflected emotions of the girl's own situations. Also, when the boys take leave to see their girl friends (a lot), this all seems to offset the 'separation' of loved ones. Most of the time some of the couples are seen together more than not, and tackling the issues of being 'alone' becomes contradicted. As if they could have dealt with their situations a lot more. Still, that's all due to how the boys two years army training are curtailed to fit the 108 minutes film time.

The premise of young men serving in a compulsory 2 year program is certainly a daunting situation, and having to move out of the natural decorum of sociability, would be stressful for many young men. Along with the heart breaking aspects of separation with a girl, could be even tougher. The mandatory service has positive ways of building a man mentally and physically and with good future job prospects, but it certainly has its prices -and its not suitable for all. I do hope that this compulsory commitment is reduced maybe in future for young people in S Korea. Some love it - some don't.

The disk extras feature a fun making of, deleted scenes and MV and trailers. Overall, this is a very enjoyable film, with a great impactive cast and a youthful feel and aliveness that makes it very hard film not too like. Look out for Young Jin Lee, too, (she was in "Memento Mori", "Coma" and "A.f.r.i.k.a."), as she makes a cameo appearance as the rock band singer here (hope to see YJL in some main roles again, I hope! Come on, gal, beat some brows!). Lots to enjoy here, lots of young blood, but don't take all these romantic plights too seriously. Life can be really cool, when we let it be!

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