Wednesday, January 16, 2013

yoo seung ho's excellent acting

i can't believe how magnificent yoo seung ho in i miss you.. my heart aches just seeing him cry.. so much emotion.. and the tears kept falling and falling... wow!!









i love korean dramas

yes, i am a certified addict... just to make it clear, i am a korean drama/ movie addict, i've been this way for over 6 years now and i've watched a lot of korean drama/ movies so far.. haven't got tired of it yet..
"so many korean dramas.. so little time!!" this is usually what everyone of us thinks.. korean dramas are the best for me.
i live and breathe korean dramas.. basically my life revolves around korean dramas, everyone knows how much i'm into korean dramas.. it may sound like a little pathetic for you guys but not in my case... i love being around my dramas.

i love korean dramas/ 내가 한국 드라마를 사랑


my top three favorite dramas are:


1. i miss you (though it's not finished yet...)


Plot

15 year old Lee Soo-yeon (Kim So-hyun) was a victim of bullying at school. They targeted her, because her father was a murderer. Through a series of fated events, she met Han Jung-woo (Yeo Jin-goo), the son of a chaebol and gangster. Jung-woo protected Soo-yeon from the bullies and they soon fell in love. One day a terrible incident happened where the two, Soo-yeon and Jung-woo, were kidnapped. The kidnapping was planned by Kang Hyung-joon's mother. Hyung-joon's mother was the mistress of Jung-woo's grandfather. She and Jung-woo's father fought over big sums of money and finally she succeeded to move it to a Swiss bank. She wanted to leave Korea with Hyung-joon safely, so she kidnapped Jung-woo until they could flee. However, due to an unexpected accident during the time when Jung-woo and Soo-yeon were both kidnapped, they became separated and Soo-yeon was presumed to be dead. But in reality, Soo-yeon left Korea with Hyung-joon and his aunt.
Fourteen years later, Jung-woo (now Park Yoo-chun) became a homicide detective and has his mind set on finding Soo-yeon, who he is convinced isn't dead. Soo-yeon (now Yoon Eun-hye) is now known as Zoe Lou and is a rookie fashion designer who tries to have a bright personality, but still carries the emotional scars of her past inside her. Fate leads to them meeting again, but Zoe who is unforgiving towards Jung-woo for abandoning her during the kidnapping. Meanwhile, Kang Hyung-joon (Yoo Seung-ho) who's rich with that money his mother took from Han family, came back to Korea for revenge. He appears warm and nice, but he turns out to be a psychopathic murderer and uses the alias Harry Borrison to get his revenge on Jung-woo's father for murdering his mother.

my views on this drama:

 this drama is so good, great acting by all of them specially the three leads namely yoon eun hae, park yoo chun and yoo seung ho.. every episode was really excellent, love the phase of the story.. i love how beautifully painful their story was.. highly recommended...^^

2. secret garden


Plot

Kim Joo-Won (Hyun-Bin) is from a wealthy family, smart and good looking. He runs the luxurious Roel Department store, which his family owns. Oska (Yoon Sang-Hyun) is a popular singer around Asia, but he doesn't have musical talent. He is also a womanizer. Joo-Won and Oska are also cousins and highly competitive towards each other.
On a request by Oska, Joo-Won goes to pick up actress Park Chae-Rin from a shooting set. Joo-Won mistakes stunt woman Gil Ra-Im (Ha Ji-Won) for Park Chae-Rin and takes stunt woman Ra-Im to a hotel. Oska made the request in an attempt to prevent Park Chae-Rin from revealing their relationship to the press. At the hotel, Joo-Won discovers that the woman he picked is not actress Park Chae-Rim but a stunt woman. During this time, Joo-Won starts to experience strong feelings for the feisty stunt woman, even though she isn't his type. Joo-Won tried getting Ra-Im out of his mind for Ra-Im does not own a high status life nor is even rich. Nevertheless, Joo-Won can't stop thinking about Ra-Im.
Later, Joo-Won sneaks into an action school to watch Ra-Im. Meanwhile, Ra-Im tries her best to ignore Joo-Won because she knows Joo-Wan belongs to another higher social level compared to her. Nevertheless, Ra-Im can't help her blooming feelings towards Joo-Won.
Yeun-Sul (Kim Sa-Rang) and Oska are ex-lovers, but they can't seem to forget each other. Because Yeun-Sul had a high-living status, she was arranged to attend a blind date with Joo-Won. Even though Joo-Wan made it clear that he doesn't have interest in her, Yeun-Sul keeps pursuing Joo-Won. Yeun-Sul knows Joo-Wan is Oska's cousin and wants to use him to get under Oska's skin. Yeun-Sul then manages to become the director for Oska's next music video, which is scheduled to be shot on Jeju Island.
Meanwhile, stunt woman Ra-Im is a fan of Oska's music and wins a contest to go to Jeju Island with Oska himself. Ra-Im also wanted to take part in Oska's music video. Joo-Won learns that Ra-Im won the contest to spend time with Oska and decides to follow them to Jeju Island.
On Jeju Island, the main participants all gather. While they were mountain biking, Ra-Im gets separated from Joo-Won and Oska. Joo-Won searched frantically to find Ra-Im. Eventually, Joo-Won was able to find Ra-Im but ended up stranded in a mysterious restaurant in the middle of the woods called 'Secret Garden'. Even more mysteriously, the owner of 'Secret Garden' seems to know both Joo-Won and Ra-Lim very well. The owner presented two bottles of homemade floral wine to Joo-Won and Ra-Im. They manage to find their way back to the hotel before night and went their separate ways. At night, neither Joo-Won nor Ra-Im find themselves able to sleep and each takes this time to clear their mind while drinking their individual gifted wine. A twist of intrigue takes place in the plot when both Ra-Im and Joo-Won wake up in the morning to find that their souls have switched to the other's body!

my views on this drama:

cute story that you would want to rewatched it over and over again... when i got nothing to watch and feels tired watching korean dramas, this is my is my pill to get back on again..
i love how love hits joo-won in the face without realizing that it's love... his constant hanging around gil ra im won him gil ra im's heart..
gil ra im, knowing that a love with joo-won is impossible as they are from different worlds.. she's a realist but joo-won's persistency broke her shield.
oska and joo-won's constant bickering is just so funny that i always look forward to it.. highly recommended...^^

3. 1st shop of the coffee prince

Plot

Choi Han-kyul (Gong Yoo) is a third generation son of a food chaebol. He has never had a job and does not care for responsibility. Han-kyul is hung up on his first crush, Han Yoo-joo (Chae Jung-an), and certainly doesn't want to get married despite his family's requests. On the other hand, Go Eun-chan (Yoon Eun-hye) is a 24-year-old tomboy who is often mistaken for a guy. She takes up every job possible: Taekwondo teacher, waitress, food delivery, and has the responsibility of taking care of her mother, who has trouble not spending money, and younger sister. When Han-kyul and Eun-chan meet, he, not knowing that she is a girl, decides to hire her to pretend to be his gay lover so that he can escape the blind dates arranged by his grandmother.
Meanwhile, Han-kyul's cousin, Choi Han-seong (Lee Sun-gyun), is an established music producer and his ex-girlfriend, Han Yoo-joo, is a famous artist who studied in New York. The two were lovers for about 8 years, but their relationship ended when Yoo-joo left Han-seong for another man. Two years after they separate, their paths cross again when she returns to Seoul. Han-seong is initially angry at her, but he succumbs to his lingering feelings and they start to date again.
After getting an ultimatum from his grandmother, Han-kyul takes over a rundown old coffee shop, later renamed 'Coffee Prince', to prove his ability, both to his grandmother and to Yoo-joo. In order to attract female customers, he only hires good-looking male employees. Eun-chan, desperate for money, continues to hide her gender to get a job at Coffee Prince.
Eun-chan has also becomes friends with Han-seong, and she is initially attracted to him because of his kindness. Han-seong also enjoys spending time with her, and an impulsive kiss that he gives her causes him and Yoo-joo to break up for a short time.
Soon, feelings start to develop between Eun-chan and Han-kyul. Because he's unaware that she is a woman, he starts to question his sexuality and is thrown in turmoil. When he discovers her secret, he feels hurt and betrayed. However, he eventually forgives her and they begin to date. They face strong opposition from his family due to her family’s lower status, but when Han-kyul’s grandmother meets Eun-chan, she is impressed by her independence and ambition. She helps pay for her to study in Italy to become a barista. After two years of a long-distance relationship, a more stylish Eun-chan returns to Korea and Han-kyul.

my views on this drama:

a romantic comedy that kept me laughing the whole time.. well except the scenes where han kyul already know that she's a girl... love every episode, so fun and i love yoon uen hae here.. she prtrayed her character really well, you could almost believe that she was really a boy.. good acting... highly recommened...^^