(Korean Movies) Happiness, 2007

love, that cruel happiness
Romance of adults who know true love
The various versions of the love story that flood the screen are usually one of two things. A man and a woman who meet and are happily married at the end of twists and turns, or a man and woman who are in a breakup due to unavoidable circumstances, stimulate the tears of the audience with their mournful love. Whether it's a comedy or a tragedy, love is precious and beautiful. It is the epitome of melodrama. But where is love in real life? The hot feelings that seemed to last forever are only temporary, let alone unavoidable circumstances, in most cases, they change themselves, and the breakup process is by no means beautiful. Love is what makes us infinitely happy at the beginning, but makes us suffer excruciatingly with regret, hurt, and hatred in front of a breakup. The classic repertoire of popular songs that you and I sang with sympathy is as much love as the joy of love. The movie <Happiness> is the story of our love with such two sides. Sick men and women, heartbreaking farewells… Looking at the setting alone, it appears to be a typical example of a new school that wants to shed tears, but this clichéd formula only emphasizes the dual nature of love in <Happiness>. On the one hand, it talks about how sweet love makes people happy through the lively dating of sick people, and on the other hand, through the breakup that looks more cruel because of the disease, rather than being sad because of the disease, on the other hand, it reverses how bitter and realistic love is. show Like this, <Happiness> is not a fairy tale romance that only changes the romance of love, but it is a real romance that anyone who has been in a relationship at least once can laugh and cry and empathize by saying, “It’s just my story!” It is a 'romance of adults who know true love' that blends all the bitterness and sweetness of love.

It is more romantic than <Christmas in August> and more realistic than <Spring Day is Gone>!
Heo Jin-ho's richer love story
Director Heo Jin-ho's fourth love story <Happiness> is a film that unravels the romance and reality of love with a delicate insight just like his previous works <Christmas in August> and <Spring Day Goes>. However, his speech was slightly different. <Happiness>'s love story is richer and more direct than his previous works, which are characterized by a restrained visual language. The lovers in <Christmas in August>, who had never been able to make a proper confession and grew love only in their hearts, became men and women who actively expressed love by holding hands, kissing, and spending the night together in <Happiness>. Lovers in <Happiness> do not hesitate to share exciting conversations such as “Do you like me that much?” and “I don’t think I can live without you”, and the woman boldly proposes to the man, “Would you like to live with us?”, and the man offers flowers to a woman and confesses her love like a movie. Although they are sick and unable to make any promises, it is literally romantic to see the two enjoying a romantic relationship like ordinary lovers. On the other hand, <Happiness> is much more realistic than <Spring Day Is Gone>, which contains the bitter reality of love. “How does love change?” 라는 소심한 원망은 “개새끼, 니가 사람이니?” It became an intense abusive language, and the embarrassment muttered “It’s changing… ' was turned into a cruel and frank request, "You leave." The words of love and parting that flow through the mouths of the two main characters are as vivid as the stories of me and my surroundings. As such, <Happiness>, a film that still shows off director Jin-ho Heo's delicate and rich love story, is expected to become a new textbook for Korean melodrama along with his previous works <Christmas in August> and <Spring Day Goes>, which are considered the best melodies. .

2005 <You Are My Destiny> 2006 <Happiness>, the anticipated well-made melodrama in the fall of 2007 <Happiness>
Hwang Jung-min, Im Soo-jung, and Heo Jin-ho, the happiest meeting of 2007!
Star actors Hwang Jung-min and Im Soo-jung, who have both acting and box office power, and Korea's representative melodrama director Huh Jin-ho. The movie <Happiness>, the gathering of these three people, is a hot topic that is called the happiest meeting in Chungmuro in 2007. In particular, all three are expected to undergo a different transformation than before through <Happiness>. Hwang Jung-min, who returned to melodrama after two years with <Happiness>, draws more attention by transforming into ‘Young-soo’, a bad man whose love is easily shaken, 180 degrees different from ‘Seok-jung’, a courageous and genuine man in ‘You Are My Destiny’. Im Soo-jung, a 20-something star actress who is walking a differentiated path with the title of 'Acting Group', takes off her image of a young girl and is reborn as a mature attractive woman through <Happiness>, which showed a full-fledged adult acting. Director Heo Jin-ho, who has solved the topic of love with a delicate and restrained sensibility, is also planning to make the audience laugh and cry with the main characters in <Happiness> with a speech method with a large amplitude of emotion. The movie <Happiness>, which combines Hwang Jung-min's unusual transformation, Im Soo-jung's unripe charm, and director Huh Jin-ho's delicate directing skills, is another well-made hit melodrama following <You Are My Destiny> and <Our Happy Time>. foreshadows