"When I Saw You For The First Time, You Already Stole My Heart"

"Have You Ever Seen A...Ghost Before? Of Course, Every Day. What? In The Mirror. Actually, I'm A Ghost."

"You Gave Me A Firefly And Carried Me. But This Is All I Can Give You In Return."

"I'll Close My Eyes And Run So You Can Guide Me, Okay? I'm Really Closing Them. Okay?"

"Look Outside The Window, If The Branches Swing Gently In The Wind, Then The One You Love Is Loving You, Too."

"Open Your Ears. If You Hear Your Heartbeat, Then The Person You Love Is Loving You, Too."

"Close Your Eyes. If There Is A Smile On Your Lips, Then The Person You Love Is Loving You, Too."

"I'm Crying Right Now; Can't You See My Tears? Why Did You Hide You Couldn't See?""

(Joo Hee's necklace finally made it back to her daughter, Yoon Ji Hye!)

I have had a few of you like the Long and detailed synopses on some of these movies, but this one will not be one of them! This movie was too long to do it that way.

First, I am disappointed how some 'critics' compared this movie to director Kwak Jae Yong's movies before, My Sassy Girl (2001), and after this one, Windstruck (2004}. This movie is a drama/love story with some humorous parts in it; while the other two are comical movies with drama in them. There should be no comparison, except for quality...

This movie was made, in my opinion, to be a masterpiece that stands the passage of time.

My Sassy Girl (2001) and Windstruck (2004) are part of a "My Sassy Girl Trilogy" by director and screenwriter Kwak Jae Yong. "My Sassy Girl" is the first in the series and "Windstruck" the second, with the 2008 Japanese film "Cyborg She" being the last one. These three are not about a traditional girl, as this one is, and the comedy is given more emphasis in the other two than here.

This is a traditional movie with traditional characters and traditional values being embraced.

I have no idea why he did "The Classic" between the the first two of the "Sassy Girl" series, but they are only connected by their Screenwriter/ Director Kwak Jae Yon did "Daisy" as screenwriter and "3 Colors Love Story" as director (both 2006) between the 2nd and 3rd of the "Sassy Girl" series.

This I believe will be a classic movie in the future, when all is said and done.

In my opinion, comparisons of this movie should be between his "Daisy" and /or "3 Colors Love Story" and this movie.

The main cast here are excellent! There is a great acting from both the main female and three main male cast (I include Yoon Tae Soo (Lee Ki Woo) since he appeared in more of the movie than Oh Sang Min (Jo In Sung) did.

Joo Hee / Yoon Ji Hye (Son Ye Jin) was excellent in her roles as mother and also her daughter and exhibited a wide range of emotions as both the young daughter of an important official and again as Ji Hye, her daughter.

The two men pursuing the mother, Oh Joon Ha (Jo Seung Woo) and Yoon Tae Su/Soo (Lee Ki Woo) performed with the abilities of older, more experienced actors and played their parts, both as best friends and of rivals for the same girl, brilliantly. All three of these cast members effectively portrayed individuals in love, and as both friend and also rivals wishing the other suitor of wasn't so attached to the female. whose love they are fighting for.

Also, Oh Sang Min (Jo In Sung) performed his role effectively as well! And his acting after being told of his father and his lost love was excellent, as if he was a carbon copy of his movie father, Oh Joon Ha!

The support cast also performed as if they were the characters that they were playing, and supported the main cast appropriately.

I loves the way that the adolescent cast members felt 'inadequate' in writing their own love letters and involved their best friends in this task, and the difference between the two parts here in the movie as well.

I loved the cinematography, plus the placing of the music at what seems just the right moments to both support the story and also bring the audience to an emotional apogee! I would also love to live in the area of the river/reservoir; it is so beautiful!

The scenes in the school are also very convincing, and even the house the mother, then daughter, lived in make such a statement toward the ambiance in this movie. The director and his assistant(s) did a spectacular job on this movie!

I have said in other reviews of other movies that I wished that the director has spent another 10 to 20, to however many minutes, on developing the main characters more; this movie seemed to be perfect in this respect as to length. Time was taking to develop the four main characters to the point where the audience 'felt' for all of them, even as the audience knew that someone would ultimately lose in their quest for their love being fulfilled in these triangles!

I think Kwak Jae Yong took a lesson out of director Akira Kurosawa's movie "Seven Samurai (1954) in his total development of his main characters, taking his time telling the story of Joo Hee / Yoon Ji Hye/Oh Joon Ha/Oh Sang Min and Yoon Tae Soo. That is most of the reason I believe that in the future , this movie will be thought of as a true movie classic and not just in name)!

WARNING: This is at least a two-box-of-Kleenex movie, so don't start the movie without at least one box on hand, and someone heading for the local store to obtain another box of Kleenex before you reach the halfway point, or simply buy two boxes of Kleenex beforehand

RE-WATCH VALUE: Definitely!