Sunday 15 March 2009

Soulmates

As I sit here on the sofa listening to 'Until Whenever' which is an awesome song by BIG BANG (my fave K-Pop group in the whole wide world ^__^) I decided to write a blog on something I feel very strongly about. As you may know, the Korean version of Hana Yori Dango (subsequently called Boys Before Flowers) is currently airing and actually quite near its final episode. I have been following it ravenously every week, because quite frankly, it's one of the most entertaining dramas I've ever beheld. To come to the point of this blog: There is a certain pairing in this drama that many people want to see more of (including myself). This pairing is that of So Yi Jung played by the extremely adorable Kim Bum and Chu Ga Eul brought to life by the pretty and talented actress Kim So Eun. To give you a quick overview of their relationship is quite a hard thing, but I will try my best.

In Boys Before Flowers the two main characters are called Goo Jun Pyo and Geum Jan Di, these two characters have their respective best friends (in fact Jun Pyo has three BFF's, but in this blog I will just mention one). Jan Di's best friend is Ga Eul and Jus Pyo's is of course, Yi Jung. As the fates of the two main characters entwine their two best friends eventually evolve a wonderfuly addictive chemistry which makes watching this drama (for me anyway) all the more interesting. Yi Jung and Gaeul are constantly speaking to each other about finding ones soulmate and the whole fated to be with one person thing and the viewers are constantly screaming at the screen "You are in front of each other you FOOLS!!!" It doesn't help that Yi Jung is a complete and utter playboy who hasn't got over his first love (who has annoyingly appeared)....to be fair on Gaeul she did confess to him so she really is the man in this relationship as she tends to be the more mature and less emotional. Yi Jung on the other hand, is in a rut because of family problems and is simply refusing to admit he has feelings for Gaeul.

I'm up to episode 19 ATM and I'm hoping above all hope that Yi jung does not return to his first love leaving Gaeul to get over him by telling herselfit was never meant to be. THEY are meant to be together and I won't be happy if the drama ends with them still being seperate. All those meaningful glances and understanding looks they fire at each other cannot be for no reason.

Anyway SoEulmates FIGHTING!!!!

The following are pics of the fated (I hope) couple:

It's so obvious they should be together and marry each other and have offspring isn't it?


Anyway if this pairing doesn't turn out the way I want it too I will die a bit inside.

See you later,

Minnn

Tuesday 3 March 2009

Time Between Dog and Wolf and My Weekend Distractions

I've started watching a new drama called Time Between Dog and Wolf. It first came out in 2007 and stars Lee Jun Ki (suprise suprise), Jung Kyung Ho and Nam Sang Mi. It is shockingly good and I think I'm going to buy it when my next batch of money comes in from student finance. I know I'm really supposed to buy educational materials with student finance, but I'm learning Korean, so watching dramas will help me.
SO anyway Time Between Dog and Wolf is sort of a mystery/gangster/romance and it's awesome. The story revolves around the three characters and their relationships with each other and the past that haunts them. There is of course a love triangle, but no Kdrama would be quite the same without one and so I accept it gladly. I won't go into detail because the story is complicated and I don't want to ruin it with my basic writing skills. Just take my word for it...this drama is flipping amazing!!! And now I will use this time to put up some pictures of the beautiful cast :) Lee Jun Ki plays a complex (very pretty) character called Lee Soo Hyun:

Jung Kyung Ho plays the (adorable) step brother, Kang Min Ki who gets pulled into the twisted storyline: Nam Sang Mi plays the girl, Soo Ji Woo whos fate is entangled with the two male characters (but mostly Soo Hyun :P)

Another Pic of them all for good measure :)


Over last weekend I also watched some crazy good movies and here are their names:

My Girl and I - Sad movie, but very touching and has an uplifting ending. A story for those people who like romance and like to cry.

Babo - Oh my, this movie was just something else altogether and I broke down crying at the end, it is SO sad, but SO good. There isn't hardly any romance if any, but the story is good enough without it...arrgghh I loved it.

The King and the Clown - I don't really know how I feel about this film. The acting is superb, but the storyline was a bit too deep for my taste and the way the king drools over Lee Jun ki kind of freaked me out....Jun Ki is SOOO pretty in it though, I couldn't believe it. For those hardcore folks.

Shindo - A really cute movie about a music student's friendship with a gifted young girl. It made me want to play the piano after I'd finished watching it. Stars Matsuyama Kenichi of Deathnote (in which he plays L and is extremely awesome) and Narumi Riko an extremely talented young actress.

Nana - This movie was ok, not really my cup of tea, but entertaining enough. It relied on stereotypes too much I think. The two main actresses had really good chemistry though and I loved the way the two characters were totally opposite, but understood each other so well.

I just found out that the main actor from My Girl and I is also plays the lead character in Babo. Not only that, he is actually Mr-Sassy Girl himself, Cha Tae-hyun. What a great actor, I watched two films with him on the same day and didn't recognize it was the same person. I'm definately going to watch more of his movies.

Anyway I'm going to return to Time Between Dog and Wolf so please excuse me,

:P