Review: "No Country for Old Men (2007)"

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 21 February 2008 in South Korea
Running Time: 122 minutes
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Casting: Tommy Lee Jones(Ed Tom Bell), Javier Bardem(Anton Chigurh), Josh Brolin(Llewelyn Moss)
Synopsis: In rural Texas, Llewelyn Moss discovers the site of fighting between drug dealers and decides to take the two million dollars. This makes the heartless killer, Anton Chigurh look after him for the money. During this chase, an old sheriff, Ed Tom Bell oversees the investigation but do not actively participate.
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     I guess I have a problem with my biorhythm because I do not feel asleep until around 2 o'clock. Maybe it is because I supplement sleep during the classes and IR periods to fill the amount I need. Anyway, because I feel sort of lazy and not willing to study after midnight, I often watch videos when I am not much loaded. Using this time, I have watched many videos mostly of drama and movie such as "Boston Legal", the last "Harry Potter" series I missed in the theater, and this one, "No Country for Old Men."

"You know what's going to happen now. You should admit the situation.  There would be more dignity in it."

     For most of the times, I start to feel asleep, then stop the video, and continue the next day or days later. However, there were two I just could not stop; "Old Boy", a Korean movie by director Park Chan-Wook, and this one I am reviewing right now, "No Country for Old Men" by Coen brothers. These two movies share the characteristics of a thriller movie. Both movies depict the story of a cat and mouse drama where a psycho traces a man whom he wants to revenge or take something away from. However, there are also clear differences between the two movies. While the "Old Boy" focuses mainly on the relationship between the man being revenged and the one who revenges, "No Country for Old Men" focuses on the individuals who rarely appear together in the scenes.

     I hate studying literature even though I do enjoy reading the literary works. I hate people when they try to derive grandiose meanings from literature like "Emma" by Jane Austen when, in my perspective, it merely seems to be a diary of a woman who likes useless gossips. I do not understand people trying to write a paper on a two-sentence long poem by Wordsworth and lists all the possible meanings no matter whether they are from the actual poet's thought. Overall, I hate people when they exaggerate what they get from an work of art and when the things they allegedly have earned seem crappy and crude. Therefore, I never really enjoy writing journals for the literature classes and discussing about the so called the hidden meanings of literature. To express more radically, I always felt like I am learning how to write a good looking "BS."

     Fortunately, my attitude was different with this movie. I felt strangely motivated to better understand the directors' intentions and philosophy. The film is notably simple and even gives the sense of dryness. The simplicity, however, did not bring tediousness. Although I did not recognize while watching it, the movie does not take advantage of any background music. Music is one of the fundamental tools for a movie since it forms an appropriate mood the director wants to create for the scenes. This astounding simplicity rather impressed me because it was accompanied with the deep sense of vanity and desolation. The heavy atmosphere dominating the entire film "banned" me from falling asleep and I just had to stay the night.

      There are several things that contribute to the atmosphere of this movie. First of all, the setting takes quite an important role. The film takes place mainly in Texas, the west of the United States and the filmmakers succeeded in recording the dry and barren landscape of the American west. The barren land where the fight between the drug dealers took place and Moss found his fortune of two million dollars can almost be called deserts. The buildings including the hotels, where Moss stays during his fugitive period, are always plain without any decoration. There exists constant sense of silence and desolation in the setting. For example, in the streets, cars do not come across much and the hotels are pretty much empty all the time. The directors have accomplished well to construct foundation for their movie by background.

     This movie depends a lot on the characters for its unique atmosphere and the theme after all. The individual characters' importance is shown in the fact that the main characters hardly meet each other and they usually appear alone in many scenes. Anton Chigurh, Ed Tom Bell, and Llewellyn Moss are the three major characters and Anton Chigurh is the man whose face is depicted frighteningly in the movie poster. He is the most impressive character to many reviewers and I am one of those people struck by the peculiar mood he always accompanies with. His outlook is impressive at the first glance; his long and girlish hairstyle contrasts his face and terrifying facial expressions. He carries a powerful air gun and does not hesitate when killing people even without clear cause or necessity. His voice completes the horror his opponent feels; it is   extraordinarily deep and so resonant that it carries an irresistible power. These factors allow Anton Chigurh alone form the entire atmosphere of this film.

Heartless killer, just the right description for Anton Chigurh. 

Can't you feel the horror from this guy? I certainly do!

     Ed Tom Bell is an old sheriff who is experienced but powerless because of age. He talks to himself a lot and even when he is speaking to others, it seems like he is talking to no one. I thought the "Old Men" in the title indicates this character and it is quite obvious since he is the only old one among the major characters. Llewelyn Moss is one who discovers the money and is murdered by Anton Chigurh as a result of his decision to take possession of it. These two characters also contribute to the atmosphere of desolation.

     All these factors lead to the overall theme of this movie. I thought this movie is talking about the vanity on which everything in our lives is based on. Anton Chigurh kills everyone with even a little necessity to get rid of.  I think we can say that Chigurh has his own, clearly set standard. We cannot blame him for it since the time period that the movie takes place is certainly more permissive for murder than now. The murders he execute are so quick and clean that it gives the sense of vanity for the viewers. The coin which Chigurh uses for deciding whether to kill a person or not epitomizes the vanity of life this movie tries to deliver. Anton commands the other side to pick a side of a coin to decide whether he would execute the person. This mere conjecture decides one's life for ever.

     This movie follows the basic formula of a typical thriller movie where a character is chased by other. Some might say that basic structure might lead to boredom due to the lack of innovation. However, this one showed why basic structure functions as basic.

    

In Class Reflective Essay

     The movie "Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter" are composed of 4 parts each getting its name from the seasons of the title. The part we watched was the Spring. An old monk lives in a temple located in the middle of a lake with a little boy monk. Their life looks so simple and plain since their location is completely blocked from the outside world. The main story of this part was about the boy being punished for his cruelty towards the animals with which he played. The monk treated the boy as exactly the same as the boy did the animals. This relatively simple and not adventurous type of movie, nevertheless, was special and impressive.

     First of all, the location of this movie gives a special image. I feel some kind of awe even when in a perfectly usual Buddhist temple like the ones in mountains with big size statues of Buddha and great monks in the past. The temple in this movie is even more awe-inspiring and apparently symbolizes the Buddhist morals; separation from the outside world. The temple has only one building and the there lives the monk and the boy. They have to use a boat to get out of the lake to reach the land where huge mountains surround the place. Moreover, there stand several doors both the inside and the outside of the building. Inside, the door stands even though there is no wall that makes the need of it. These doors also imply the separation and they strictly follow the lesson by always using the doors even though there is space left and right to them. The boy and the monk have to always share the boat when they transport themselves because one of them must be stuck into somewhere otherwise. This inconvenience implies that the their lives are shared and they have to go with each other. 

     Another specialty about this movie is the education by the old monk. A boy monk in a usual Buddhist temple learns from textbooks that contain Buddhist morale and from the old monks who indulged in the Buddhism for a long period of time and actually runs the temple. However, the boy in this film is not shown to be properly educated. He wakes up in the morning, not sure about breakfast, goes to mountain to pick herbs, comes back to the temple, plays with animals, and goes to bed. I was not sure how he will grow up to be a monk like the old monk now and protect the temple from evil spirits of the outside world. However, the boy was receiving education not quickly but empirically. The old monk's punishment after the boy treated the animals cruelly was surely harsh from my perspective and I will never do something like that to my children or my student if I have one. Anyway, the boy realized how bad and immoral he had been with the animals not by the old monk's nagging but actually looking at the consequences of his deeds. The boy cries with regrets from his true heart and probably he will never pain others either physically or mentally. This empirical learning, neither allegedly empirical nor through vicarious experiences, must have given the boy monk an strong lesson that would never leave his mind. Although the old monk would not be able to leave all his wisdom in a short period of time but as their lives go on together, the boy would certainly be another wise monk. 

     The "Spring" is only the first part of this movie and I really look forward to watching the remaining seasons.   But still, this movie seems to have portrayed the image and sentiments of Korea well with the natural scenery and the character set-up. I believe this work is qualified for being the most well known Korean movie. 

          

Metafiction: Looking for the True History of Mankind

   <  My name is Elwyn Han. This article is about the story of myself and my ancestors. This is being written in December 3rd 2319 in human calendar about three hundred years after the aliens' colonization of the planet Earth. No alien should be allowed to read this for this is a prohibited story for them. The reading of these passages should be restricted to humans or the controlas. You, who are to read and finish this, are not a controla anymore from now on, but a human with true knowledge of your ancestors. You are now burdened with the responsibility to spread this knowledge.

      There are two classes of intellectual beings on Earth. One species rules the other entire species. The ruler is called the "Domina" and the ruled is called the "Controla." The two species look distinct from each other. Dominas are much taller creatures with average height of two and a half meters. They have a very smooth skin with no fur on their bodies. They have strength to hold three male controlas at once with their long arms while their short but strong legs stand their great weight. Controlas are physically much weaker than the dominas. Their average height is only 1.7meters and their physical strength cannot be compared to that of the dominas. However, the controlas have better balanced body with faces of sharp features.

     According to the history of the Earth written by the ancestors of dominas, the controlas have been ruled by the dominas from the earliest beginning. It was allegedly the decision of a deity to give all the powers to the dominas. The dominas hold all political rights. All adult dominas, regardless of race and sex, can vote and run for offices while the controlas have no access to politics at all. Moreover, controlas are prohibited from using computers and any IT devices. They can get information only from the materials provided by the dominas. A controla is allowed to pursue a career but his or her choice was restricted to those jobs that do not require much intelligence and information. Controlas are usually hired for menial works and simple paper works.

     I used to belong to the controlas with great pride in my origin. Although the bizarre looking dominas tell us what to do and interfere in our lives, I believe that we are fundamentally better. We have much more various emotions than the dominas do. With the above thought, I started to doubt about whether we were always ruled by the dominas. First of all, they have another planet they call the "home planet." They might have come from the planet some thousand years ago to Earth and just pretend to have ruled us forever. Moreover, I could not understand how the controlas had evolved to possess such intellectual ability if they never experienced to build their own civilizations.

     Therefore, I started to do some research.

     When I thought of myself as a controla, I worked as a secretary of a professor in a university. Of course, my boss was a domina. Fortunately for me, he was a pro-controla figure who had an interest in civil rights movement for the controlas. His main field of study was history and since he was kind to me, I could read his books freely in his room when there was no one around. After I decided to burrow into secrets, I spent more time reading his books. The research process, however, was much more difficult than I expected. If I had not firmly believed that the controlas used to be independent beings, I would have had given up several times already. It seemed that the dominas did their job of eliminating our history quite fastidiously.

     One day, I found a book named, "The History of Information Control by Humans." I was attracted to this book for I was curious what "Humans" are. While I was reading it, I found an article that reads as follows.

Federal Bureau of Investigation
Report XVI-2020

In 2020, Kim Jeongil, the national leader of North Korea, passed away. The North Korean government was put into a chaos with the absence of  their spiritual leader. No one seemed able to anticipate what would happen to the only left isolated country in the world. After 3 days, China rose up claiming its right to take control of North Korea. China wanted to use its closest relationship with North Korea based on their shared ideology. 


However, just at the moment when China was about to gobble up North Korea, South Korean citizens along with their president, got furious. "We need war" was the national consensus. Not a single person protested when the government came up with a war-fundraising project. The war seemed imminent. It seemed that only a few days were left before a massive war.

On the boundary of the war to declare its start, an unidentified object from the universe arrived at Beijing, China threatening the entire planet to be under the control of aliens. Both the Chinese and Korean governments fell into a state of chaos. They had prepared so many troops for the war and due to the arrival of aliens, the world is urging them to cooperate.

Another striking reality was revealed by the CIA task force in Beijing. The national leader of China, Hu Jintao was the spy that the aliens had planted prior to their attack. Hu Jintao had succeeded in creating a belligerent atmosphere on the entire globe since the war between China and Korea led to the conflicts all over the world. 

With the appearance of the extraterrestrial beings, the citizens all over the world were confounded.

     The report ended with the last sentence, leaving a huge impression. My conjecture was proven right. We the controlas were not always inferior beings. We had our own civilizations called countries. We had our own armies and own governments. This could be a direct counter evidence against the domina government's claim that controlas were predestined to be ruled.

     However, as a controla, I did not have access to any means to reveal this astonishing fact to the mass. I would have never used media for no controla were there in the industry and the dominas would arrest me if I were to reveal the fact. Therefore, I decided to continue the research. The report taught me that I am an independent being but it can never be the whole story of my ancestors. After I complete the story, I would think of the means to turn the story backward.

     After long hours of contemplation, I concluded that I need the help of my boss to proceed. It took me several weeks to find out a single piece of evidence of human civilization and it must take some years to complete the story of colonization. I hoped to spur my research with the aid of a history professor. When I brought the issue to him, he was first surprised to hear that I found out my knowledge from his book and was willing to help me but for purely academic cause.

      Fortunately, the report was giving us the direction of our research. The evil scheme to colonize the Earth began with the plantation of a spy into the country called China and the wicked spy succeeded in forming a conflicting atmosphere between countries before the actual attack from the home planet. I set the focus of my search on the spy's deeds during his mission. The professor authorized me to use the internet and I was able to read any books and articles with the new source of information. I spent most of my work time as well as private time for the research. I was deeply into it.

     The spy seemed to be a very sly one. I could not believe he was from another planet. He quickly grasped the environments surrounding China and found out that he could use North Korea to make some noise. By using secret agents located in North Korea, he poisoned the North Korean leader to death and declared the death was a natural one. He made glaringly ambitious remarks about taking over North Korea in an intention to provoke South Korean citizens as well as its allies such as the United States. He remained in the form of a human being even after the arrival of the "home planet" forces. When the situation urged the entire world to cooperate in order to defend itself from the aliens' threat, Hu Jintao, the leader of 1/5 of the whole Earth's population opposed to any sort of cooperation with other countries and constantly created conflicts.

     Due to the fundamental superiority of aliens in their technology and the failure of cooperation in the side of defenders, the aliens took over the planet within two months. They abolished all the political and social system of the mankind. They first got rid of all the countries and united all of them into one entity under the control of Hu Jintao. Humans were hired to perform administrative works at first but as time passed the aliens replaced them as they understood the planet better.

     As the report was written in 2020 and I am writing this article in 2319, almost 300 years have passed since the reign of dominas. Now, our species lost the our name "human", and is now collectively called the "Controla." Still, I wondered how the aliens could eliminate all the records of human civilization that existed more than several thousand years.

     One day, I was heading to my office as usual and some unfamiliar dominas approached me and forcefully dragged me to some interrogation building I had never been. Before the interrogation, they told me that they all knew about what I gathered and found out. One striking fact came to me; they had a chip planted to every individual controlas. With the chip, the dominas could keep track of all controlas' thoughts. At the time I was arrested, I must have been one of the most thinking controlas since other controlas do works that do not involve much thinking. The dominas checked me out and realized that I was committing a serious crime in their point of view. They arrested me and sentenced me to death.

     Now, I have all the answers to the colonization of this planet. I might not be the first one to gather the answers since the dominas could always have killed my precedents with the chips. However, I feel obliged to leave these truths for the sake of our species, "human." If you now finished reading this, try to think as little as possible about this matter. If you are too much into this, dominas will someday come to you and get you. Remember this as you would not forget about this. Live your life as normal as you did before. However, you are still responsible for spreading this knowledge to many people. That way only our mankind can revive into the honor we used to possess. >


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Chain Writing 10/10 result

     In 2020, Kim Jeongil, the national leader of North Korea, suddenly passed away. The North Korean government was put into a chaos in the absence of  leader and no one seemed able to anticipate what would happen to the only left isolated country in the world. After 3 days, China rose up claiming its right to take control over North Korea for it was in the closest relationship and it helped North Korea to sustain from falling down.

     However, just at the moment when China was about to gobble up North Korea for its own, South Korean citizens along with their president, got furious. "We need war" was the national consensus. Not a single person protested when the government came up with a war-fundraising project. Suddenly, the speculation of a war was imminent. It seemed that only a few days were left before a massive war. 

     However, on the boundary of the war to declare its start, an unidentified object from the universe arrived at Manhattan, New York, threatening all people all over the world and binding all citizens of whatever countries to be real cosmopolitans and force them to cooperate. 

     Both the Korean and Chinese governments fell into a state of chaos. They have prepared so many troops for the war and due to the arrival of aliens, the world is urging them to cooperate. 'If we attack first when they decide to agree upon a temporary truce, we would be able to win the war and conquer their land' was the primary thoughts of executive officials from both countries. 'What was gonna happen?', the citizens were in fear. Then, a groundbreaking news was revealed; the Prime minister of China, Hu Zintao, was actually a disguised creature that the aliens had sent. Foolish Chinses put him at the position in which he could almost freely control all the Chinese troops. The war now seemed inevitable - it was just that there was a little shift in the aim of war; to achieve North Korean territory to kill the alien master. 

     The president of Korea decided to form an alliance with all the countries which were not friendly with China. He sent messages of supposition to Taiwan, Vietnam, India, Mongol, and so on. He was now all ready to propose war. Another unbelievable things happened. Aliens landed at Seoul in great number. Koreans were confounded by the unexpected appearance of aliens. 

Response to "Exit Through the Gift Shop"

     I found this movie interesting as 96% of the reviewers did in the Rotten Tomatoes. The reason that so many people could have enjoyed this may be the passion a man named Thierry Guetta had shown in the film. He is introduced as a French citizen who immigrated to US years ago and made quite a living by running a clothing store. He does not seem so intelligent or sophisticated but rather looks comical with his strong French accent. Still, he loves his life of merchandising clothes and recording with his video camera. His characteristic obsession with filming every single moment whether significant or not was originated from sudden loss of his mother. Sense of great loss struck him so harshly and thus motivated him to stick to every minute and second that will never come back again. The motivation became an obsession and obsession gave birth to the lifelong passion of "Mr. Brainwash."

"I came up with the idea that the whole movement of art is all about brainwash.
So I use M.B.W and I am Mr. Brainwash." - Thierry Guetta

     The rise of Mr. Brainwash as a street artist is fabulously rapid and therefore quite implausible. It can be proved from his family and acquaintances that he constantly filmed everything he saw and he met numerous street artists anywhere there is a wall to decorate. He started from his cousin, the "Space Invader" and then moved to Shepard Fairey who had become famous for Obama's "hope" poster. Determined to make the first documentary featuring the street art, Thierry Guetta ardently looks for "Banksy", the single most influential street artist whose artworks are everywhere and well appreciated by worldwide reviewers. 
     However, even after accepting the fact that Thierry had witnessed many scenes when other artists embellish streets, many people still do not feel certain about the authenticity of Mr. Brainwash. The Wall Street Journal article "Mr. Brainwash: For Real?" by Candace Jackson and Lauren A. E. Schuker raises the same question as that the other bewildered watchers did.
     There are several reasons why Thierry is doubted about his artworks. First and foremost, his appearance in the movie does not seem to be that of an artist. The film never shows him while he creates his art works. Spraying pigments to already drawn paintings and clumsily attaching his poster to walls are the only things that he does and the film shows us about his production of arts. 

     Second, Thierry's rise as a street artist is extraordinarily fast. According to Banksy, for most street artists, it takes several years to formulate their own style and even then only distinguished a few succeed in establishing fame and influence over the art world. In Thierry's case, he never hesitated in expanding his art. He started with the idea that the whole art is about brainwashing and produced paintings of people in their sunglasses. After Banksy suggested him to be a street artist himself, he became so prolific that he could think of holding an art show in a giant warehouse in Los Angeles. His progress is just unlikely. Neither Fairey nor Banksy gives us explicit reason to the situation because either they do not know either, or the whole thing is concocted. 
     Movies dealing with real events or phenomena oftentimes have to bear the attacks from the people who doubt the truth of the material. For example, an American documentary that deals with fake identities online, "Catfish" was in controversy whether the romantic relationship between the main character Nev Schulman and Megan Faccio made-up identity by Angela actually existed. Likewise, a Korean documentary "The true-taste show" that revealed the deceit of TV programs in introducing  restaurants that allegedly serve good foods was also hotly debated whether the documentary was real. The contents of this kind of films are sometimes so shocking and trenchant that the audiences cannot easily accept them as truth. 
     "The Exit Through the Gift Shop" also illustrates some story. Not only is the Thierry's story fascinating but also lives of other street artists are interesting enough to attract our attention. Although most of their art performances are illegal, their spirit of resistance and arts in which their spirit is realized are just too fascinating to be disregarded as mere acts of defiance. Some people suspect that Mr. Brainwash is another ego of Banksy that borrows Thierry's outlook. According to the Wall Street Journal article, Mr. Brainwash said "Maybe I am Banksy." and in another interview, he said in a sense that he is the final incarnation of Banksy's art soul. 
     We will probably never know whether Mr. Brainwash actually creates his works. The enigma of M.B.W, however, does not interfere the enjoyment we feel when appreciating creative art works by the street artists but adds more fascination and sort of energy to the film. Moreover, even if Thierry might not be Mr. Brainwash, he still is an artist of a different kind who first seriously considered making a documentary about street arts and did. In my opinion, for the better enjoyment of the film and critique, the movie critics should focus on the free spirits of street artists captured thanks to Thierry which would rather be very hard to record in video not on the veracity of the material. 

A Dinner With Cristiano Ronaldo

 

Santiago Bernabeu

Spanish food

Preamble

Cristiano Ronaldo is undoubtedly the most popular soccer player of this era. His fabulous skills and astonishing goal scoring records fascinate even those who do not have much interests in soccer. He has played for Real Madrid, a Spanish soccer club since he left Manchester United in 2009. In his former club, he played with Jisung Park who arranged a dinner appointment with a Korean guy for Cristiano. The name of this extremely lucky guy is Youngil and he fled to Spain right after news reached him. Cristiano invites Youngil to the VIP room of Santiago Bernabeu, the main stadium of his team. The stadium is empty for the new season is to come in a month. They order fabulous Spanish foods and their conversation starts now. The time setting for this meeting is the summer break before 2011~12 season.  

Youngil: Hello Ronaldo. I am extremely happy to meet you.

Cristiano: Hello Youngil. I am also glad to meet you. Just call me Cristiano. 

Youngil: Okay, Cristiano. First of all, I really appreciate you for meeting me before new season is only one month left. You must be pretty busy these days, to prepare for the new season. 

Cristiano: Yes. I am busy and my whole team members are busy. We lost the chance to win the league title to Barcelona again last season. We are scouting more players and trying to make the team more systematic. 

Youngil: Although the performance of your team was relatively bad compared to Barcelona, your performance was unbelievable. You broke the record of scoring the most in Primera Liga during one season. Congratulations!

Cristiano: Gracias! This is all because of my fellow players and fans of Real Madrid who always supported me to play better. I feel like I have said "Hala Madrid" in front of the home fans yesterday and there is this third season coming for me. 

Youngil: You know this meeting was arranged by Jisung Park who played with you in your former club, Manchester United. I was very sad to see you leaving Manchester after failing to win Barcelona in Champions League Final. Moreover, I was also sad to find that you are not going to play with Jisung Park anymore. 

Cristiano: I was also very sad to leave Manchester leaving all the friends behind. However, Real Madrid was always my dream club and the club waited for me for several years offering tons of money to Manchester United. I could not just give up the challenges I would meet in Spain. Plus, I wanted to stay close to my family in Portugal. 

Youngil: It sounds like you have special affinity for your family. How is your relationship with your family?

Cristiano: Well, I love my family just as others do. As you might know, my father died when I was quite young. My mother had to work to sustain my family. We did suffer when I was young and we had to stick together.

Youngil: You signed up Sporting Lisbon at the age of 12. Didn't you feel lonely to be parted away from your family at such an early age?

Cristiano: Of course I did. However, it was such a great chance for my life that I could not give it up. Signing up with Sporting Lisbon did help me consequently since Manchester United found me after its match with Lisbon.

Youngil: Let us get to some interesting parts. You played with Jisung Park in Manchester. How did you feel about him?

Cristiano: Okay. He is certainly a great player. He runs more than any other players on the ground and does not play for his own sake. He always participated eagerly in all the trainings. Still, he was not the greatest player like Rooney. He had no crucial impact to change a game entirely in a moment. His presence was beneficial to the team and that was it.

Youngil: I think that is pretty harsh comment. How did you find him as a person?

Cristiano: Like I said, he was always diligent. I was really surprised when he recovered from his injury only after 5 months when the doctors predicted it to take far more than that. Still, he seemed not to enjoy hanging with me. He prefered to stay hom while I like meeting with a lot of people.

Youngil: There comes another issue. Cristiano, I am sorry to say this but I will say the truth. Your image to many people is that of a genius soccer player who does not put much effort but still performs well because of his natural ability and physical. Do you want to refute to this claim?

Cristiano: Yes. I definitely want to argue against the alleged claim. It is not just right to defame me that I do not put efforts. I always practice a lot to improve myself. For example, I developed my unique freekick style while I was at Manchester United. It is not that I do not like to enjoy my life but that I do not want to be called a just lucky man who do not spare time for practice.

Youngil: I understand you. Your freekick is just so fabulous. You mentioned that you like to play with girls and at the same time, you are a father to a baby. Why did you not marry his mom? Was it because you did not want to give up your freedom?

Cristiano: I admit that many people oppose to the idea that I only raise my child and not marry the  mother. Also, I admit that I did not want to marry the woman. Let's say she was not my soulmate. One day, after meeting with dozens of other girls, I might find a perfect match that I would want to marry Still, I could not give up my baby. That is why I paid a lot to earn the right to raise him.

Youngil: That is reasonable. Also many of your fans feel that you are too young and attractive to be possessed by one woman. Now let me ask you how you are planning to live your future.

Cristiano: I have not yet planned my future out neatly. I am currently focusing my everything on winning as many cups as possible with my team. In the future, I might still be working related to soccer or might not be. However whatever I do, I will try to remain in contact with a lot of my fans who always supported me.

Youngil: That is a wonderful plan Cristiano. Maybe it's time to end our dinner.

Cristiano: It was a great pleasure to meet you and have conversation about me haha.

Youngil: I thank you one more time for meeting with me today. I wish you the greatest luck for the upcoming season. Adios!

Cristiano: Adios.

Brainstorming: A Dinner With Cristiano Ronaldo

Who: Cristiano Ronaldo

When: Before 2011~12 season starts, that is going to be a month past from now.

Where: Cristiano and I will have lunch at the VIP room of the Santiago Bernabeu the stadium of Real Madrid. We will eat fabulous Spanish foods.

What I will ask:
1. How was your youth and how did it impact your later life?
2. How was Jisung Park as your partner in Manchester United?
3. What do you think of Messi and how does the rivalry between him and you affect your performance?
4. Why is Barcelona so hostile to your team and what do you think of El Clasico?
5. Why do you think you perform worse when you meet strong teams such as Barcelona?
6. What is your role in your team as a player who received number 7 from Raul Gonzales?
7. You are currently raising a baby and still did not marry the baby's mom. Are you deliberately avoiding marriage to meet more women?
8. Your image is a genius who does not put much effort but still plays well because of your physical and natural ability. Do you want to refute to this claim?
9. What is your plan for your career? What do you want to achieve more?
10. What is your plan after retirement as a soccer player?