Now this is just sad.
You know, I really don't understand why the movie execs. are so insistent on taking Asian movies (a good number of which weren't really even all that great in the first place, in my not-so-humble opinion), and then proceed to make them THAT much worse. I mean, not only do these remakes have a complete disregard for cultural differences and why certain movies just don't work as well in America, but the changes they DO make in an attempt to "Americanize" the movie often destroy the things that made the original movie work in the first place. Honestly. I just don't understand why these things keep getting made. AND THEY'RE STILL NOT EFFING STOPPING.
In relation to My Sassy Girl, which actually WAS a good movie IMO, it seems that this American version is attempting to make it less weird and more palatable for American audiences... which basically defeats the purpose of the whole film. The reason why the original was so darn funny was specifically because Jun Jihyun's character was so grossly exaggerated and FIERCE, and on the other hand, the guy was completely pussy-whipped. Therein lies the inherent humor of the plot and the reason why it was so memorable.
From the looks of this trailer, the girl is a lot more normal and only just slightly insane, the guy is much "cooler" and NOT AT ALL pussy-whipped because Lord knows that can't happen in an American teen romance flick. Seriously, just compare the above trailer with the original Korean trailer, and the differences should be pretty damn apparent. :/
EDIT: Oh, and the fact that it's the girl from 24 makes the whole thing THAT much more infuriating, since I hated her damn character in that show so damn much. :(((
