Fly High

Fly High (사랑하니까, 괜찮아/Sa-lang-ha-ni-kka, Kwaen-chanh-a), or here, is a 2006 Korean romantic movie. It stars Ji Hyun Woo and Im Jung Eun. The summary is as follows:

It's school festival day and Min-hyuk is busy dancing and singing. However, it is not the stage but a toilet that binds his destiny. He is bewitched by a daring high school girl, Mi-hyun, who comes into the men's room because the women's room is full. From that day on, Min-hyuk woos her, escorts her home at night, stuffs her locker with roses, and clears passages for her in the morning after a snow fall. For all his efforts, he doesn't get much more than a tender glance from Mi-hyun. When she suddenly vanishes "sorry" are the only words she leaves behind.

I don't quite know why I decided to watch this, only that I did. Wait - scratch that. :) I looked it up online and I realised that there's one important detail the summary leaves out, which makes sense, or it would have spoiled the plot for those who likes finding out things for themselves. This movie would fit into the tragic romance genre that is quite prominent in a good amount of movies and dramas.

It's cute - I know I say that a lot, but it is. There are some funny parts to it, mostly because of the characters' personalities but as they grew older (by two years or so), they also matured. Well, in comparison to before. The first half of the movie focused on the guy's efforts to woo the girl. The second half had its moments of angst but there was also a good amount of happiness as well. Her death is implied, so there's nothing graphic and her illness isn't really elaborated on. It focused mainly on the couple's relationship. In short, it was a pretty standard movie; not bad, but not outstanding either. What really got me was the rather unique way they met one another. :)

You can watch it at MySoju and at DramaCrazy. Just a warning, though: the quality of the videos are not very good - at all.