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Movie: Doremifasolasido (Do re mi fa so la si do)
Release Date: April 3, 2008
Country: South Korea
Director: Keon-hyang Kang
Starring: Ye-ryeon Cha, Geun-seok Jang, Ui-cheol Jeong
Runtime: 105 min.
Editor Rating: 2.0
Users Rating: 8.77 1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars6 Stars7 Stars8 Stars9 Stars10 Stars (74 votes)

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The first half of 2008 has been one of the more disappointing seasons for Korean films in recent memory. Outside of “The Chaser” and “Forever the Moment” there just hasn’t been many releases to get excited about. A movie representative of the drudgery that has been released so far this year is the completely inane “Doremifasoladido.” The film does possess a catchy title (taken from the fictional band name in the movie), but besides the title there just isn’t anything else to like about the film.

In “Doremifasoladido” high schooler Jung-won (Ye-ryeon Cha) works at an amusement park, dressed up as Dragon cartoon character. Then one day, a guy standing among his friends twists her dragon mask around, causing her to fall flat on her back. Shortly afterwards, she locates the guy still laughing among his friends about what just transpired. Jung-won then proceeds to pour a drink over his head.

A few days later Jung-won is horsing around with her brother on the top floor of their home. They notice that a new family moved into the house next to theirs. Jung-won then gets a sickening feeling as she notices the young guy in their family is the same guy that twisted her dragon mask around in the amusement park. His name is Eun-kyu (Geun-seok Jang), a popular high school student that fronts the band “Doremifasoladido.”

The next evening, Jung-won attempts to sneak out of her house when Eun-kyo notices her from his house. He calls out to Jung-won and threatens to tell her parents unless she agrees to walk him from his high school to his practice studio for at least one week. Jung-won, eager to get to work and not have her parents find out, agrees to the deal.

When Jung-won accompanies Eun-kyo to his band’s practice session, she then notices an old familiar face. He’s Hee-won (Ui-cheol Jeong), the band’s bassist and a former friend of Jung-won. They were actually close childhood friends for 10 years, until Jung-won unknowingly reported Hee-won’s father to the police. That incident ruined Hee-won’s family and he has never forgiven her since. Now, Hee-won attempts to drive a wedge between Jung-won and Eun-kyu, as the three friends and former friends encounter stormy times ahead.

Ye-ryeon Cha stood out in “A Bloody Aria” and “Muoi: The Portrait of a Legend,” by giving performances worthy of praise. Exactly why she picked “Doremifasoladido” for her next project is a pure head scratcher. Although she’s only 23 years old, she was still too old to play a high school student as she tried to do in this movie. Her counterpart, Geun-seok Jang, was OK until the final portions of the movie when he seemed completely out of his element. The third member of the troika, Ui-cheol Jeong, was the worst of the bunch (imagine Daniel Henny or Keanu Reeves on a bad day).

Exactly how bad is “Doremifasoladido” you may ask? Well the answer would be mind numbingly bad. The movie comes with a completely preposterous set-up, melodrama on the level of a bad soap opera, an actor (Ui-cheol Jeong) intent on challenging Daniel Henney’s crown as the stiffest actor in Korea, and a runtime that goes on way too long. To top all that off, the music played in the movie drifted between completely bland to painfully corny. Make no doubt about it, “Doremifasolasido” stinks like an old decrepit outhouse in the countryside of South Korea. Phew.

Cast:
Ye-ryeon Cha - Jeong-won
Geun-seok Jang - Eun-kyu
Ui-cheol Jeong - Hui-won
Ju-hwan Im
Su-yeon Han
Eun Lee
Min-ji Park
Hye-ok Kim

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  1. 10 mangy Says: October 11, 2008

    omg. wow. I loved the movie. ok the plot was cheesy and being a movie… it didn’t have quite enough time to develope the relationship between the main characters i think. but a rating of 2?

    Would’ve worked better as a drama in my opinion. that way I would’ve seen jang geun suk more. LOL. and more time to show jun won and eun gyu’s supposedly lovey dovey relationship. I found it a bit weird that eun gyu would be THAT affected by “painful memories” of jung won seeing as they weren’t together for that long…

    loved jang geun suk. omg. that baby face >< so cute <3 female lead looks a bit too old. but she did an okay job…

  2. 9 Cherry Says: October 6, 2008

    This movie is a very good i very like it . Altought this movie is adapted novel we can imagination to the people . You dont think this films is really best film of korean . I love this movie very much . This film i give 1thousand rating

  3. 8 Astrid Says: September 17, 2008

    Is the Best

  4. 7 vrosemarie Says: September 15, 2008

    Despite your bad review, I still watched it, the story’s not so bad as korean movies go and it helps a hell lot if you’re a JGS fan!!! It made me tear up a lil and JGS’s acting towards the end was so funny!! Plus I love the songs… Full of Sunshine by Jeong Jun Il is my fav!

  5. 6 swarna Says: August 23, 2008

    the picture was great and I LOVE U GEUN AND YE-RYEON. PLZ SEND ME UR E-MAIL PLZ PLZ(but in english ok plz)

  6. 5 KRRJNN Says: August 6, 2008

    My very personal opinion on this movie is that it’s tailored for those teenage fans who swoon over the cute looking idol, Jang Geun Seok. That’s it.

    I wish there were more sweet moments between Jang and Cha at the beginning to convince the audience that the lovebirds are very much in love. To me, their love is so superficial that I don’t understand why they become so desperate when they need to part. What happens to Jang towards the end is simply a laugh to me. Please - it’s just a breakup - a little girlfriend decides to move on with someone else. What it appears is like Jang has experienced something dreadfully miserable that he must leave this awful memory behind.

    I also think Cha is too much a lady in early 20s to play opposite the baby-faced Jang who can easily be mistaken for a 16-year-old.

  7. 4 MIllion Says: June 22, 2008

    wow we have totally diffrenet views this movie is AMAZING i loved every second of it

  8. 3 babycakes Says: June 11, 2008

    i heard they had problems with the budget and stuff, that’s why they never released the movie in theaters. the editing was pretty bad, the cinematography was top of the line, just the editing was pretty sucky. very rough transitions, missing scenes.. i feel bad for this movie. i feel like, they could’ve done more to it.. the leading man was so cute, too. too bad. tsktsktsk. this could’ve been a real good movie.

  9. 2 luna6 Says: June 5, 2008

    >cha ye ryeon pick this movie way before muoi. doremi was made in 2005, thats why its blah. —

    thanks for clarifying that … makes a lot of sense. cheers..

  10. 1 angie Says: June 5, 2008

    cha ye ryeon pick this movie way before muoi. doremi was made in 2005, thats why its blah. well the cyber novel which the movie is adapted is really bad, so we cant blame the actors, the plot as cheesy as can be
    but jang geun suk is cute, he is the reason why schoolgirls dominated korean cineplex and scream every-single-time his babyface appear
    duh!