Yoo Ah-in Will Be Back in a Movie as a Gangster

It's been reported that one of my favorite, Mr Yoo Ah-in, is coming back with a movie currently known as Tin Head. It tells a story of a former gangster who goes to find a more morally acceptable job in order to finance his sick mother. It's described as a human story, which basically has your usual moral of the story, triumph, heartache, and all that hotness shifting of hearts.

What a surprise. Please hint the ironic tone in that sentence.

I'm not thoroughly complaining. First of all, I'm always glad he's coming back to the big screen. One because my less than optimum attention span won't let me watch awkward dramas that last 16 hours. Two, Mr Yoo, no matter how awesome he is at acting, isn't the best chooser in projects. I mean, you know how much I loathed Fashion King. I haven't finished it and I don't think I will. And sadly he doesn't even choose that many projects to begin with. But compared to his drama picks which tend to suck (Sungkyunkwan Scandal was the only one that really stole my heart. Mostly because of the epic romance between him and Song Joong-ki), his movies aren't half bad. Only Sky and Ocean completely failed on me. One of them is even my favorite feel-good movie ever (see Antique). So it's obvious that movies are good for him. At least in my eyes.

It's just that I wish he wasn't playing a gangster-type character for the nth time. It'll be nice if he can play other characters that's been stuck in the mud. Maybe that's his inner movie character but, what if. I mean, his on and off forever love buddy Song Joong-ki is doing a total 180 and I'm loving it. It gives him depth. Sexy depth (whatever that means).

Maybe I should just stop complaining and be thankful he's doing a project where he's the sole lead character. Every actor's dream. It's been told that this particular character is the one to play for the young actors of Korea so maybe that's a good indication it's a good story line?

But there is one thing I'm looking forward to. Mr Yoo having speaking in saturi (regional accent). The movie is set in Busan, and it'll be really awkward if he was speaking in a city tongue. It won't be too hard for him, I guess, since he's also from the south, alas not as south as Busan. And I think accents are always cool. Always. Okay maybe not always, but a lot of times. Accents always end up either cool or just downright hilarious. Sorry guys.

Principal photography starts this November until around spring. Which means the movie will be out by next fall. Great. More anticipation. And awful waiting time.

I'm going to digress and talk about the title of the source (linked below). How come anyone who is having like a few CFs and a bit of fame is called "blue chip" of Chungmuro? If Chungmuro have that many blue chips, how come it isn't as awesome as it's supposed to be? And seriously, these public nicknames suck. A bit overgeneralizing.

Source: Hancinema