200 Pounds Beauty

As I am a movie lover...the language doesn't really matter. Whatever the language may be, as long as the story or the movie is good, I will watch it. Now, this time... I have never heard of this movie before, 200 Pounds Beauty...I was changing the channels...from 212 (Sun Music) to 702 (Hallmark) back to 212 and I accidentaly got to 122 (Kirana). Astro Kirana showcases popular Asian movies I think but I never really bothered checking it out. Now, I am officially an avid fan of Astro Kirana.

200 Pounds Beauty is a Korean Movie starring Kim Ah-Jung and Ju Jin-Mo. As you can see, the title itselfs reveals that it's a story on the struggle of a overweight woman. It was a different story in the sense that the overweight girl, Hanna opts for plastic surgery rather than the usual diet & exercise regime to all beautified. The interesting part is how she gets to undergo the plastic surgery and she practically changes her whole body.She even gets to choose the kind of eyes and nose that she wants! All this fuss to get all pretty and glamourous is to get her crush, Sang Jun love her. Sang Jun, is the manager or something like that and Hanna is in love with him.Sang Jun treats her well but he's not in love with her because you-know-why. So, the rest of the story is about whether Hanna gets to win Sang-Jun's heart or not.
The aspect I loved in this movie is the screenplay after Hanna becomes Jenny ( the slim and pretty Hanna). Jenny practically suffers hiding her past and it shows how desperate she wants to bury her past as the overweight Hanna. They also have some funny elements on plastic surgery and the mentality of men who don't mind women getting plastic surgery to make them prettier but just not their girl friend. Overall, the movie was enjoyable and pretty much showcased the hardship an overweight girl goes through. And right after that, I watched Oprah talking about drastic measures taken by parents to help their overweight child...what a coincidence!!!! Can anyone believe that a 12 year-old got a gastric by-pass to lose weight!!!???? I just think that it's not the right way to solve a problem...
Anyway, chao!