alexandral: (The Legend - grabby hand of Daejangro)
Prologue
Strong girl characters rule.

What is it about?
Yoon Jae-hee (played by Jun Do Yeon ) is a daughter of the Korean president and a diplomat in Prague. Five years ago she had a sweeping Prague-based romance with Ji Young-woo (profession: lawyer, played by: Kim Min Joon). He was called back home unexpectedly by his father (whom we will call evil from now on), leaving Jae-Hee with a promise to marry. But he didn't come back.

Choi Sang-hyun (played by Kim Joo Hyuk) is a noble and scruffy-looking policeman, a receiver of the Presidential award for his duties. He and Jae-Hee meet in Prague (don't worry, they all go back to Korea after 2 episodes) where Sang-hyun has been looking for his run-away fiancee (played by Yoon Se Ah) who announced to him that they are "finished" on the day of his Presidential award.



What is good about it?
1. Yoon Jae-hee is a bright and spunky lady. She knows what she wants and she goes for it. If you are tired of string of ladies characters that need male rescuing – this is for you. If you would like to see a female character who has got it all – this is for you. She even runs a marathon and speaks few different languages.

2. Yoon Jae-Hee is played by the Korea finest, Jun Do Yeon, the second EVER Korean to receive the Cannes Festival prize that was given to her in 2007 for the Best Actress in Secret Sunshine.

3. Both Choi Sang-hyun and Ji Young-woo are strapping lads and if you don't like the one you can always be a fan of the other and keep the secret OTP close to your heart. Ji Young-woo (played by Kim Min Joon from "Damo") is an excellent angst-er. He is a very decent human being and there were very valid reasons for his disappearance from Yoon Jae-Hee's life. These reasons have something to do with his evil father's evil plotting.

4. This is a drama of "1% of Anything" school of thought. It doesn't just have one main OTP but few more supporting OTPs. Some of which are very nice.

5.- There is an awesome wheel-chair bound male friend of Yoon Jae-hee. He is a FRIEND and not someone secretly in love with her. And he gets to have his own OTP (see 4).

6. One of my personal reasons: lovely Jang Geun Suk (ake the Prince in Hong Gil Dong) plays Yoon Jae-hee's younger brother. And he gets his own cute OTP too!

7. The script is very witty. Mr. Alexander was passing by during one of the scenes and it made my no-nonsense dearie laugh. The subs for my copy were also above average.

8. Special reason for [livejournal.com profile] meganbmoore: Yoon Jae-Hee is tiny and has a big hight difference with both Choi Sang-hyun and Ji Young-woo.

Pictures!!!!!!!!! Some spoilers but I tried to avoid the spoilers for the ending )

The Prince from Hong Gil Dong sheds his gloom and acts as the teenager brother of Yoon Jae Hee )

The kissing scene. A v.v. good one and lasts at least a minute )

In a case you are still not convinced )

PS: I haven't seen "Secret Sunshine" yet and will be very thankful for any information!
alexandral: (Coffee Prince - Love conquers everything)
I am back in the fannish land of living! I have seen quite few good Korean dramas recently and it feels like a good time to make a "My top 10 favorites" list.

1. The Legend – it is a truly great piece of TV, Eastern, Western and otherwise.
2. Lovers in Paris Cinderella's story! Dimples! (read more below :D)
3. Goong (aka Princess Hours aka Imperial Household) – The greatest love story in Korean drama for me. EVER.
Usually in Kdrama love stories develop the following way (I take 20 episode drama as an example) :
a) Episode 1: They meet.
b) Episode 4: They are in love but they don't know it yet themselves.
c) Episode 10: They discover that their feelings are mutual and that their love is BIG LOVE.
d) The rest of the episodes: Many obstacles on the way of Their Big Love.
My personal favourite parts are from a to c and because part d doesn't interest me much I usually end up lagging at the end. In "Goong" part c lasted up to the episode 22 (I think) with Shin never being sure that CG loved him and throwing fits of jealousy. I loved this. Plus the best costumes.
4. A Love to Kill – Tragedy that is psychologically very true. Best angst. Best kissing scenes. Rain.
5. Winter Queen – SO lovely. Snow! Winter! Hyun Bin boxing! Dimples again!
6. Full House – Rain! Young and pretty! And the good ending!
7. My name is Kim Sam Soon is the most "Western" Kdrama I have seen. I loved the main herouine. Add Hyun Bin and dimple obsession.
8. Capital Scandal – May be the best made drama after "The Legend", devoid of the usual Korean cheesy music, cheesy costumes and unnecessary secondary characters. But I am not sure about the flippancy with which it dealt with murder for terrorist purposes.
9. Lovers – I adored the main couple but at the end the storyline with the pregnant girlfriend left me with heavy feelings. I am not sure if I feel that Kang Jae should have been more responsible for his girlfriend instead of going around staring at Mi Joo with puppy-dog eyes. I know – BIG love! But we are in charge of our feelings, right? At least to the point where we don't show them to our pregnant girlfriends who can miscarry our child? In short, losing a child is a really big subject for me and I rather don't have it in a drama.
10. My Girl – The best "third man" in the history.
11. Tree of Heaven - I have forgotten this one! It has to make number 11. Forbidden step-sibling love with Lee Wan totally deserves it.

Hong Gil Dong
I really quite liked Hong Gil Dong up to a point and was hoping it would make it into the top ten, but (spoilers) not anymore. )

Lovers in Paris
Her dress is so pretty:



Big promotion for Lovers in Paris, in Pictures )

Lovers in Prague I have started this drama (and it took me a while to find it! I learned how to use Clubbox just for this occasion!). Very good, but not as good as "Lovers" or "Lovers in Paris" so far.

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