London Korean Film Festival

Due to sponsorship, free Korean films were being shown at the Prince Charles Cinema near Leicester Square. The PCC shows films for as low as a quid.

I tried to see My Scary Girl (Delkom Salbeolhan Yeon-in). I arrived 1/2 hr before the film started and found the queue stretched down to Leicester Square, turned right and stretched towards the Swiss Centre. I joined the back, noting that about 1/2 the queuers were non-Korean. Apparently it had only just been released in its native country.

After waiting 1/2hr, I had nearly got to the front of the queue. There were 10 people in front of me. A cinema employee came out and said there was only 1 ticket. He asked if there were any individuals who wanted 1 ticked. The Chinese Australian screamed she was alone and was given the last ticket.

I waited 1hr in the pouring rain for the second film of the night. After I appealed to the festival organisers, they agreed to give out tickets 20min before the film started, allowing the audience to take cover from the downpour, for a while.

I managed to see See You After School (Bang-gwa-hoo Ock-sang). It's a remake of Three O'Clock High. A loser accidentally annoys the chief school bully and is challenged to a fight at the end of the school day. He tries everything to avoid be slaughtered in the fight. It's an above-average high school comedy. It made getting soaked worthwhile.