Starving for Tasty Tunes

So have I mentioned that the music in Korea sucks? The same awful ballads blare out of every speaker on every corner. At least I can't tell what they're saying. I think in this way, Korean ballads get an edge up on country music. But for goodness sake, could we have some variety? Downtown, if you go downtown, you'll here the same "Maariaaa! Ave Maariaaa!" the entire time. It's in English, at least the chorus is. And that's all they ever seem to play. Apparently it's the theme song from a movie about a homely girl who sucks at life who has plastic surgery and becomes a national sensation. Isn't that great? I gotta see that movie.

Oh cinema is a gem here too. And by gem I mean bucket of crap. Except for this one guy. Chan-Wook Park (films include Oldboy, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, and Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance). Oh and his birthday is the day after mine. Thank you IMDB for that information. He likes to make movies about vengeance. I've seen Oldboy and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, but not Mr. Vengeance. If you are at all cool, do yourself a favor and rent Oldboy (think Count of Monte Cristo-esque with Seoul. You'll enjoy it trust me). If you are not cool, then do yourself a favor and rent Oldboy (maybe you won't like it, but you'll be cooler for it. Trust me). Then after that, find Sympathy for Lady Vengeance. And watch it because A) if you ever find someone else who has seen Oldboy, you'll want to be able to talk about his other movies too (or lose all credibility) and B) there are many many worse ways to waste your life.



Aside: saying "many many" is a sign of Korean indoctrination.

Can someone tell me why computers have a limit to the number of times you can switch DVD regions? That seems really stupid to me. Or do they think that people with laptops don't travel? Or don't watch DVDs on there DVD players when they travel? Stupid.