I forced myself to watch the Dark Knight yesterday night,it is not my type of movie although it is a well made movie.I had to watch it because of my first son who loves those kind of movies.I slept off most of the times because i was so tired I haven’t had a good night sleep since i left South Korea.My kids have not adjusted yet to the time difference they sleep in the afternoons and stay awake all night,that will not be a problem if they will just be on their own allowing me to sleep.I went to Century 21 mall that is opposite of the world Trade centre today,bought clothes for my kids and gift items for friends and family members.Just wondering how i survived today after going to bed by 5.30am in the morning I was still able to shop all day;maybe i was excited that i have to be in the financial district On my way back I dosed off in the cab,I can actually walk back to our hotel but couldn’t drag my tired and sleepy legs while carrying a suitcase of things.Well am doing it again, dozing off I can’t even type now.I am going to bed now but check out the video to see if The Dark Knight is your kind of movie.If you are a Batman movies fan then this is a must watch movie this summer.
I have always been a lover of Korean dramas and movies. I started watching Korean movies about 3 years ago while in Paris France. I can’t remember watching any French TV movie from beginning to the end; they were always boring to me, this lead to my quest for something decent to watch. The discovery of the Arirang TV channel, a Korean English Channel, because it was new in France then so there were a lot of Korean dramas with English subtitles. Later on Kbsworld was airing too. From these dramas I was able to learn some of Korean history, am going to write about these dramas in no particular orders. Am not going to narrate the story in the movies but what I learnt from them. This is going to be in series.
The king Dae Joyong
The T’ang dynasty of China attacked the ancient Korean kingdom of Goguryeo; this was in the mid 7th century. The Koreans fought several wars both internal and external, when the Chinese could not defeat them, the Chinese tried many unsuccessful times to destroy
Goguryeo. The Tang china used Shilla also an ancient kingdom of Korea to defeat the other
two kingdoms Goguryeo and Baekche.Shilla were not able to control the whole territory of Gogurgeo which was very large.
Tang China drove away the Goguryeo’s last king, his officials and about 200,000 thousand citizens of Gogurgeo were taken captive to China.
Tang China also removed Baekche royals and assigned a Tang general to govern them. China also appointed Tang generals to rule Gogurgeo.China also instigated the people of Goguryeo and Baekche to rebel against Shilla.These made Shilla to start fighting against China’s control, they later occupied all Baekche territory by taking over the Tang’s administrative headquarters.
The Koreans brought the invasion of the Chinese upon themselves because these three ancient kingdoms were competing with each other and engaged each other in wars in pursuit of territorial expansion. The irony of the whole gist is that the Chinese Emperor at that time was a woman, the first and only female emperor in China.
This epic drama is about a young guy who was born during that era; who dreamt about reviving Goguryeo, how he overcame difficulties in politics, military and diplomacy. The movie was an effort in recognising the contributions of Dae Joyoung who was the founder of Balhe kingdom, which played a great role in the continuation of the Korean lineage in Asia.
Posted By tyna 
Jul 19, 2008 
