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alexandral) wrote2009-06-17 12:18 am
alexandral) wrote2009-06-17 12:18 am
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Dorama love: 9 end 2 outs
First of all!!I was so great to spend some time today with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
miss_dian! She is as awesome, as sweet and as wonderful as ever. **hugs **
I have seen few good Asian dramas recently that need proper posting. The one I loved the most is "9 end 2 outs", recommended to me bytimescout (Thank you!!). This is a rare case of pure dorama love and match made in drama heavens. I must re-write my dorama list because "9 ends 2 out" is definitely going into my top 5.
But a strange phenomenon happened - this definitely very very good Korean drama received poor ratings in Korea itself. My mind still boggles as to why? May be because it had one of the most misleading marketing campaigns? If you read any synopsis for "9 end 2 outs" (on Drama Wiki, etc) you'll probably think that this drama is about baseball. But although baseball is featured in the drama tangentially, "9 end 2 outs" is NOT about baseball.
But what about is it? The story is about a pair of best fiends who have been friends for 30 years, Hyung Tae and Han Hee, and how they eventually find out something very important (something some of their friends and past loves knew all along) - that they are not just friends but really and truly they are most important people in each others lives. That they actually love each other in that way.
What did I like the most about this drama? The chemistry between the two leads. This was like Ji Hoo and Jan Dee's relationship progressed to it's proper end. It felt so true. Hyung Tae and Han Hee did many little things that reminded me of happy things I do with my friends. They were so great together, as friends and as lovers.
Also this is a rare beast among doramas where I also liked many of the secondary characters (Hyung Tae and Han Hee's school friends) and found all of their stories interesting.
And it is even rarer that I find Asian dramas funny. Korean or Japanese humour doesn't usually work for me. "9 ends 2 outs" made me laugh many times. And it made cry, in the best traditions of Korean angst (but without overdoing it).
miss_dian! She is as awesome, as sweet and as wonderful as ever. **hugs **I have seen few good Asian dramas recently that need proper posting. The one I loved the most is "9 end 2 outs", recommended to me by
timescout (Thank you!!). This is a rare case of pure dorama love and match made in drama heavens. I must re-write my dorama list because "9 ends 2 out" is definitely going into my top 5.But a strange phenomenon happened - this definitely very very good Korean drama received poor ratings in Korea itself. My mind still boggles as to why? May be because it had one of the most misleading marketing campaigns? If you read any synopsis for "9 end 2 outs" (on Drama Wiki, etc) you'll probably think that this drama is about baseball. But although baseball is featured in the drama tangentially, "9 end 2 outs" is NOT about baseball.
But what about is it? The story is about a pair of best fiends who have been friends for 30 years, Hyung Tae and Han Hee, and how they eventually find out something very important (something some of their friends and past loves knew all along) - that they are not just friends but really and truly they are most important people in each others lives. That they actually love each other in that way.
What did I like the most about this drama? The chemistry between the two leads. This was like Ji Hoo and Jan Dee's relationship progressed to it's proper end. It felt so true. Hyung Tae and Han Hee did many little things that reminded me of happy things I do with my friends. They were so great together, as friends and as lovers.
Also this is a rare beast among doramas where I also liked many of the secondary characters (Hyung Tae and Han Hee's school friends) and found all of their stories interesting.
And it is even rarer that I find Asian dramas funny. Korean or Japanese humour doesn't usually work for me. "9 ends 2 outs" made me laugh many times. And it made cry, in the best traditions of Korean angst (but without overdoing it).
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I started it 9 or so months ago and liked it but got sidetracked, also, somehow I got the impression the leading pair did not end up together. But mmmm - this looks good! So if you assure me they do end up together, I know what my next drama is.
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I think I have seen someone in soompi mentioning this as well. :D But seriously - the guy is probably one of the nicest, bestest friends any girl could have. And he falls in love with the girl (or realizes his true feelings) way ahead of her.
Oh, they very much end up together, the ep. 16 ends with the marriage proposal (a return of the evil "another" girl" happened in the second half though). I loved their banter in between the most.
She did have a younger boyfriend at some point, as well (I must warn you :D)
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Starting this tomorrow :)
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This lasts for quite a while but to be fair their relationship is always portrayed as something that can't work out rather than something that is meant to "rescue her from her old age".
I hope you like this . :D
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And I love the chemistry between the characters. You know when they're at the karaoke bar and they both grab onto the same glass and there's this moment when the camera just focuses on their fingers on the glass, sliding closer and closer together? That scene has been stuck in my head for a long time.
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That scene in the karaoke was awesome. I cried buckets. :D
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Конкретно я состою в фансаб-группе "Палата 666", которая сейчас и занимается переводом этой дорамки: http://palata666.ru/index.php?topic=381.0
Я вообще смотрю большинство драм на русском языке, т.к. английский у меня слабый.
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The kisses were most yummy. But for me the hand-holding moments worked even better , the one in the hotel room and the one seven_trees mentioned , in the karaoke bar. It was so .. touching and it was also something that happened to me in my RL.
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And some of the hilarious moments! Like at their friend's wedding when the girls were so depressed.. until they saw the groom. :D
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how does it comes these brilliant dramas don't get enough ratings? oh well, it's comfort, it's sweet, it's funny and them both are so meant to be that you can't stop smiling, looooooove ^^
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9 end 2 outs looks like a great watch!!! ^^
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