First saw her in kingdom of the winds. The sexiest soldier I've ever seen. :) She always plays different types of characters. I wasn;t too sure about her skills as an actress. But seeing her in
"you're all surounded" convinced by that she is getting better all the time.
My favourute actress. Her performances seem so natural Her best performance for me was in family's honour. I had actually seen her in "Birth of the rich", but I guess she didn't make any impact on me in that. Later after seeing stuff such as "give you love away" was when I discovered that she generally plays outgoing characters. Her Role in "Family's honour" was the complerte oppossite. Hope "The return of- Hwang Geum-Bok " gets subbed.
What a drama. What a man.
Wow, I'm stunned by the quality of this drama. It goes straight to the top as the best Korean drama I've ever seen, and in 2nd place behind Soredemo ito yuke as the best drama.
Why. Well, there were some that niggled at me
One. Having japanese characters laugh in a kind of way, to remind us, that "Hey, don't forget we're the baddies here"
How are the Japanese portrayed overall. Well, first of all, they have great uniforms.
Some of the best scenes in the movie, are the japanese sections/
They are portayed as both honourable and brutal.
two. The "comedy" didn't really work for me. This is one of my biggest gripes with
Korean historical drama. I guess what you would call "light relief characters" are a staple of thise types of dramas. I'm not saying they never make me laugh, but more
often than not they don't. I'm referring here to Park Chul-Min. Although there are scenes when he wasn;t trying to be funny, and in some of those, you could see that there is a pretty good actor in there. There were also 3 actors who I thought of
as the three stooges, but once they, or perhaps just one or two of them, did some
straight acting, i was more impressed.
3. Characters dissapear from the drama.
4. I can't make up my mind about the performances of Kim Kyu-Cheol,Lee Han-Wi,and Ahn Yeon-Hong. At first I thought She was rather weak, but in some scenes I thought she displayed some good acting skills.
I also wasn't impressed at first by Choi Yu-Jeong. I just thought she was too bland.
But once she married Yi Soon shin, her performance seemed to get better.
5. Well, this is not really a fault. There are so many great performances in this, but not all of them are great all the time. I guess it's because their characters become less interesting.
(a)Jung Ae-Ri. She portrays Yi's mother. In his childhood scenes, she's terrific, but later as he grows to adulthood, her performance for me. didn't hold the same impaact
(b) Jeon Ik-Ryeong. This for me was the most dissappointing aspect of the series.
Her character as the feisty courtesan Chung-Hyang was I thought astonishing. It was my facourite character in the drama. But then basicaLLY, she stops becoming a courtesan, and her performance, well, let's kust say, she doesn't get the same opportunities as an actress. But for her performance as the courtesan, I believe she gives the greatest performance. Believe me, in this, that's no easy feat
6. The beards. The beards all look at the same.
This drama has so many excellent performances in it. Besides the aforementioned, please stand up Choi Jae-Sung,Lee Jae-Ryong,Kim Gyu-Ri,Gi Ju-Bong,Jeong Dong-Hwan wonderful as the wily Yoon Doo-Soo, Choi Cheol-Ho, Lee In, showing that there are good young actors in korea and many others.
Oh, I nearly forgot Kim Myung-Min in the lead. He holds the whole thing together. He is the centre. It;s really a terrific performance. It;s only when I watch the flasback scenes, showing the difference between the older Yi, and the older, that I can really appreciate his acting.
The screenplay is terrific, with some wonderful dialogue
AT First, I thought I preferred the story before he came Admiral. But, no, the series doesn;t falter. It actually becomes more fascinating. eg, the building of the turtle ships, yi's battle stategy, the aforementioned japanese sequences.
The Battle scenes.At first, these were okay, nothing special. But as the series
went on, they became better, bloodier.It's as if the makers of the series became
more confident, in what they could show.
I should warn people, that this series is one of the most graphic I've ever seen.
That's not something, that bothers me, but it may others. I'll give you an example. In other korean historical series, if someody is about to be excuted for example, we see the sword coming down, and then perhaps the person lying dead.
Here, we see the blood.
I'm confused."this version resides with me the most with how well the story developed and how the actors carried out these roles that I have come to adore."
makes me think that you thought this was the best version.
"I think for me personally, this version couldn't compare to the others even if the storyline is the same."
makes me think, that you don;t rate it as high as the others.
The acting. The two leads are good, particularly Choi Gang-Hee.
Of the second leads, I found Kim Jae-Joong, wooden at times, buit overall, he did an okay job.
The smiling to himself was overdone. But I will say that he is a very good singer.
Wang Ji-Hye is somewhat better
I had some reservations about No Eun Seol's character. Sure it's nice to see a female who won't takebullshit from people. But I did wish that she wouldn use physical force so often.
Where this show scores for me is the reason I decided to watch it in the first place. ie, how it treats the drama cliches.
eg. the secatary's who dare to speak back to their boss.
The second female who although she still cries, is a sympathetic character.
you're all surrounded
8/10
What I like best about this series were the scenes of camaderie
between the young cast membrers. The acting was good. The chemisty
between Lee Seung-Gi and Go Ara worked well. But also between oh yoon ah and Cha Seung-Won
The storyline was okay. Vengence, people doing bad things for what they see as the greater good, is
nothing new. But that really doesn't matter. We still are interested finding out the answers to questions such as
Why, and Who.
7/10
This as I'm sure, everyone here knows is cited as a kung fu classic.
Well, if you go by the incredible fight sequences particular at the climax, there's no doubt it deserves it's place. But outside of that, and some nice comediec touches (although there is probably nothing that is more subjective than how funny you find something), the movie is no more than a pleasent entertainment.
What happens to my family 10/10 A wonderful family drama. Yes, a lot of what drives the plot is based on misunderstandings,…
Hi Mali. It's a while since I saw this drama. But I think I know what you're talking about. it's the rich guy who has the hots for her. She gets a job at his place. Well. first. as a simple answer, i could say, that's her character, and she wants to believe the best of people. If I remember correctly, she is a simple straightforward character, or is it too easy too say. it's a korean drama, you can't always expect people to behave logically in korean dramas.
9/10
Japanese drama with some touches of comedy about a brilliant female freelances surgeon who as the introductry narration explains hates authority, groups, and constraints. She is not a very smpathetic charactor. But as someone asks earlier on, if you had to have surgery performed on you, would you prefer someone who knew what they were doing, or someone with the right things to say. The series gives what I assume is a true insight into the political infighting, and fight for power that goes on in large city hospitals. It also exposes the incompetence of some doctors, and such things as gratuties, and patients with the pull being given priority over others. To me though the real heroine of the series is not
Ryoko Yonekura
as the lead charactor, but Yuki Uchida as another female doctor.
just finished this drama, this drama just in another level. it should take the top spot in this site. If you want…
You can watch it here http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x1ne9h_Cgem_moment-in-peking/3#video=xiomht
I saw it years ago, and it was a struggle at times,not because of the drama, but if i remember correctly,l the subs would stay on the screen longer than they should. So the sub might be "hello" but as the dialogue went on, "hello" would
stay on the screen. Was it worth it, and as I say a great performance from Vicky Zhao.
Never lets the side down, excellent actor.
"you're all surounded" convinced by that she is getting better all the time.
What a drama. What a man.
Wow, I'm stunned by the quality of this drama. It goes straight to the top as the best Korean drama I've ever seen, and in 2nd place behind Soredemo ito yuke as the best drama.
Why. Well, there were some that niggled at me
One. Having japanese characters laugh in a kind of way, to remind us, that "Hey, don't forget we're the baddies here"
How are the Japanese portrayed overall. Well, first of all, they have great uniforms.
Some of the best scenes in the movie, are the japanese sections/
They are portayed as both honourable and brutal.
two. The "comedy" didn't really work for me. This is one of my biggest gripes with
Korean historical drama. I guess what you would call "light relief characters" are a staple of thise types of dramas. I'm not saying they never make me laugh, but more
often than not they don't. I'm referring here to Park Chul-Min. Although there are scenes when he wasn;t trying to be funny, and in some of those, you could see that there is a pretty good actor in there. There were also 3 actors who I thought of
as the three stooges, but once they, or perhaps just one or two of them, did some
straight acting, i was more impressed.
3. Characters dissapear from the drama.
4. I can't make up my mind about the performances of Kim Kyu-Cheol,Lee Han-Wi,and Ahn Yeon-Hong. At first I thought She was rather weak, but in some scenes I thought she displayed some good acting skills.
I also wasn't impressed at first by Choi Yu-Jeong. I just thought she was too bland.
But once she married Yi Soon shin, her performance seemed to get better.
5. Well, this is not really a fault. There are so many great performances in this, but not all of them are great all the time. I guess it's because their characters become less interesting.
(a)Jung Ae-Ri. She portrays Yi's mother. In his childhood scenes, she's terrific, but later as he grows to adulthood, her performance for me. didn't hold the same impaact
(b) Jeon Ik-Ryeong. This for me was the most dissappointing aspect of the series.
Her character as the feisty courtesan Chung-Hyang was I thought astonishing. It was my facourite character in the drama. But then basicaLLY, she stops becoming a courtesan, and her performance, well, let's kust say, she doesn't get the same opportunities as an actress. But for her performance as the courtesan, I believe she gives the greatest performance. Believe me, in this, that's no easy feat
6. The beards. The beards all look at the same.
This drama has so many excellent performances in it. Besides the aforementioned, please stand up Choi Jae-Sung,Lee Jae-Ryong,Kim Gyu-Ri,Gi Ju-Bong,Jeong Dong-Hwan wonderful as the wily Yoon Doo-Soo, Choi Cheol-Ho, Lee In, showing that there are good young actors in korea and many others.
Oh, I nearly forgot Kim Myung-Min in the lead. He holds the whole thing together. He is the centre. It;s really a terrific performance. It;s only when I watch the flasback scenes, showing the difference between the older Yi, and the older, that I can really appreciate his acting.
The screenplay is terrific, with some wonderful dialogue
AT First, I thought I preferred the story before he came Admiral. But, no, the series doesn;t falter. It actually becomes more fascinating. eg, the building of the turtle ships, yi's battle stategy, the aforementioned japanese sequences.
The Battle scenes.At first, these were okay, nothing special. But as the series
went on, they became better, bloodier.It's as if the makers of the series became
more confident, in what they could show.
I should warn people, that this series is one of the most graphic I've ever seen.
That's not something, that bothers me, but it may others. I'll give you an example. In other korean historical series, if someody is about to be excuted for example, we see the sword coming down, and then perhaps the person lying dead.
Here, we see the blood.
makes me think that you thought this was the best version.
"I think for me personally, this version couldn't compare to the others even if the storyline is the same."
makes me think, that you don;t rate it as high as the others.
SPOILERS
The acting. The two leads are good, particularly Choi Gang-Hee.
Of the second leads, I found Kim Jae-Joong, wooden at times, buit overall, he did an okay job.
The smiling to himself was overdone. But I will say that he is a very good singer.
Wang Ji-Hye is somewhat better
I had some reservations about No Eun Seol's character. Sure it's nice to see a female who won't takebullshit from people. But I did wish that she wouldn use physical force so often.
Where this show scores for me is the reason I decided to watch it in the first place. ie, how it treats the drama cliches.
eg. the secatary's who dare to speak back to their boss.
The second female who although she still cries, is a sympathetic character.
8/10
8/10
What I like best about this series were the scenes of camaderie
between the young cast membrers. The acting was good. The chemisty
between Lee Seung-Gi and Go Ara worked well. But also between oh yoon ah and Cha Seung-Won
The storyline was okay. Vengence, people doing bad things for what they see as the greater good, is
nothing new. But that really doesn't matter. We still are interested finding out the answers to questions such as
Why, and Who.
This as I'm sure, everyone here knows is cited as a kung fu classic.
Well, if you go by the incredible fight sequences particular at the climax, there's no doubt it deserves it's place. But outside of that, and some nice comediec touches (although there is probably nothing that is more subjective than how funny you find something), the movie is no more than a pleasent entertainment.
Japanese drama with some touches of comedy about a brilliant female freelances surgeon who as the introductry narration explains hates authority, groups, and constraints. She is not a very smpathetic charactor. But as someone asks earlier on, if you had to have surgery performed on you, would you prefer someone who knew what they were doing, or someone with the right things to say. The series gives what I assume is a true insight into the political infighting, and fight for power that goes on in large city hospitals. It also exposes the incompetence of some doctors, and such things as gratuties, and patients with the pull being given priority over others. To me though the real heroine of the series is not
Ryoko Yonekura
as the lead charactor, but Yuki Uchida as another female doctor.
http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x1ne9h_Cgem_moment-in-peking/3#video=xiomht
I saw it years ago, and it was a struggle at times,not because of the drama, but if i remember correctly,l the subs would stay on the screen longer than they should. So the sub might be "hello" but as the dialogue went on, "hello" would
stay on the screen. Was it worth it, and as I say a great performance from Vicky Zhao.