Park Shi Hoo's character made Cheongdamdong Alice! I pretty much couldn't stand the female lead from the beginning to the end.
Heirs had a great cast! I'd have liked to see more development of those characters rather than focusing on the lead guy and girl so much. I wanted to see more development of Choi Jin Hyuk and Kim Woo Bin's stories! :/
Choi Jin Hyuk is THE actor in 2013 ! He deserves so much! These roles in Gu Family Book and Heirs ...it's really…
they should have had a category where we could vote for Choi Jin Hyuk's role in Gu Family Book, I only continued that drama for his character!! They should've really developed his role in Heirs... his character didn't even make sense at times but there was real potential!
Ta Hwan and Nyang cannot end up together despite the very clear future introduction in the first episode. At least I don't want them to!! He cannot redeem himself for what he did!
I prefer Kdramas to J & Tdramas. I have yet to see a Chinese drama so I can't comment about that.
I see what you're saying about the kisses but actually if I compare Japanese and Taiwanese dramas to Korean ones I think about cinematography, osts, costume design/setting, then romance.
Cinematography- Now I haven't seen that many dramas but from the few I have seen I notice that Korean dramas have a cleaner and more polished feel to them with the camera shots.
OSTs- Jdramas tend to have a limited music range throughout a drama whereas Kdramas tend to have wide range that's used well to enhance the feeling of different scenes in a single drama.
Costume design/setting- In Korean dramas I noticed different characters can have completely unique looks befitting their roles all things inclusive, clothes, hair, makeup (especially eye-liner for when they go evil >.<) but sometimes I can't appreciate such meticulous care put into costume design in J & Tdramas. The same goes for setting. I can really notice this with remakes like Hana Kimi and Boys Over Flowers.
Romance- I agree with a lot of what was said about the romance. I've seen more K-dramas than J & Tdramas and the romance is developed well in Kdramaland. The physical interaction is important but I think the key is the build-up/follow through in cutsey/longing scenes, meaningful glances, gestures, and conversations about the beloved.
Lee Phillip in Secret Garden and Vaness Wu in Autumn's Concerto are the best I've heard throughout dramaland. Woo Bin's English is classic! I also thought the doctor & Kim Sam Soon's English/Korean conversations were a lot of fun! Sometimes it's more amusing when you have trouble understanding what they're trying to say >.<
The Moon that Embraces the Sun would've been so much better if the three friends could stick together and the annoying brother stayed in the back-drop. Also if the female lead was played by a different actress and ended up with the Prince instead I'd have no complaints :)
yes, yes I did! cry for Prince Yang Myung, I was so hoping in the final episode he really would turn evil and take his revenge!!! I wouldn't blame him, I'd cheer for him all the way! he was the only reason I kept watching the show
ah yes BOF, willing to repeat a year of medical school for simple company and she still refuses him >.>
jdramas have so much material to work with, really great second leads get ignored in Last Cinderella, Asuko March, Hana Kimi (ok not only is Natsume awesome, all her classmates are pretty fantastic and she didn't falter from her devotion to Sano once, not one time? I don't buy it!). Also while I liked the male lead a lot, the second guy was treated too cruelly in Autumn's Concerto. I also felt really bad for the second guy in The Greatest Love
great article, love the comments!
lol Secret Garden, that was totally swept under the rug due to the "awwh" factor. But BOF/Hana Yori Dango - not cool! it'd be so scary being a student in those high schools >.<
not Queen In Hyun's Man >.< The lead may be ditzy but she is not stupid. Her stubbornness to believe that Kim Boong Do was real despite all evidence pointing to the contrary makes her quite sharp. Even the way she realizes her manager was deceiving her and how she was able to chase him down before he left shows adeptness. She did cry a lot but she was also quick on her feet when it came to getting out of sticky situations. She was decisive and didn't wait around for him to make the first move. I think all the different ways she gets a kiss out of him are artfully clever. He's perfect and the fact that she recognizes how special he is early on and doesn't go back to her ex shows quite a bit of intelligence on her part.
My favs:
- Cha Seung Jo (Park Shi Hoo) - Cheongdamdong Alice <3 (loved him!! hated the female lead)
- Cha Chi Soo (Jung Il Woo) - FBRS
- Scheduler (Jung Il Woo) - 49 days
- Dokko Jin (Cha Seung Won) - The Greatest Love
- Qin Zi Qi (Chiu Roy) - Office Girls
- Goo Yong Ha (Song Joong Ki) - SKKS
- Wol Ryung (Choi Jin Hyuk) - Gu Family Book
- Prince Yang Myung (Jung Il Woo) - The Moon that Embraces the Sun
ok I'm obviously partial to Jung Il Woo, what can I say, he picks good roles :)
You're a little taken with Lee Min Ho, aren't you? Not just the number of almost-kisses you listed, but the descriptions…
I totally agree, even in the finale when they finally found each other years later, they just looked at each other and smiled. Not good enough! She should've ran into his arms, kissed him, given him another flower, something more! That script needed a romantic face-lift.
Heirs had a great cast! I'd have liked to see more development of those characters rather than focusing on the lead guy and girl so much. I wanted to see more development of Choi Jin Hyuk and Kim Woo Bin's stories! :/
I see what you're saying about the kisses but actually if I compare Japanese and Taiwanese dramas to Korean ones I think about cinematography, osts, costume design/setting, then romance.
Cinematography- Now I haven't seen that many dramas but from the few I have seen I notice that Korean dramas have a cleaner and more polished feel to them with the camera shots.
OSTs- Jdramas tend to have a limited music range throughout a drama whereas Kdramas tend to have wide range that's used well to enhance the feeling of different scenes in a single drama.
Costume design/setting- In Korean dramas I noticed different characters can have completely unique looks befitting their roles all things inclusive, clothes, hair, makeup (especially eye-liner for when they go evil >.<) but sometimes I can't appreciate such meticulous care put into costume design in J & Tdramas. The same goes for setting. I can really notice this with remakes like Hana Kimi and Boys Over Flowers.
Romance- I agree with a lot of what was said about the romance. I've seen more K-dramas than J & Tdramas and the romance is developed well in Kdramaland. The physical interaction is important but I think the key is the build-up/follow through in cutsey/longing scenes, meaningful glances, gestures, and conversations about the beloved.
ah yes BOF, willing to repeat a year of medical school for simple company and she still refuses him >.>
jdramas have so much material to work with, really great second leads get ignored in Last Cinderella, Asuko March, Hana Kimi (ok not only is Natsume awesome, all her classmates are pretty fantastic and she didn't falter from her devotion to Sano once, not one time? I don't buy it!). Also while I liked the male lead a lot, the second guy was treated too cruelly in Autumn's Concerto. I also felt really bad for the second guy in The Greatest Love
great article, love the comments!
I also really liked the Wol Ryung couple from Gu Family Book!
- Cha Seung Jo (Park Shi Hoo) - Cheongdamdong Alice <3 (loved him!! hated the female lead)
- Cha Chi Soo (Jung Il Woo) - FBRS
- Scheduler (Jung Il Woo) - 49 days
- Dokko Jin (Cha Seung Won) - The Greatest Love
- Qin Zi Qi (Chiu Roy) - Office Girls
- Goo Yong Ha (Song Joong Ki) - SKKS
- Wol Ryung (Choi Jin Hyuk) - Gu Family Book
- Prince Yang Myung (Jung Il Woo) - The Moon that Embraces the Sun
ok I'm obviously partial to Jung Il Woo, what can I say, he picks good roles :)