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Post by mikey on Apr 8, 2014 20:37:32 GMT -5
I watched "Arang and the Magistrate" a while back, which I guess is the show you're talking about. I thought it was generally pretty good. It's a peculiar kind of drama show, though: sometimes it was laugh-out-loud funny, but at other times it could be really creepy.
I really like the lead actress, though not so much here as I did in some other dramas. She can be wonderful with subtle, physical humor; things like her eyes moving back and forth when she's stressed. She'd have been a terrific silent film actress.
Funny, though: I can't recall exactly how "Arang" ended, so apparently it didn't really leave much of a mark on me. Still, it had its moments, and I don't regret the time I spent watching.
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In regards to some of the other dramas mentioned ...
I loved "All About Eve" when I watched it years ago. Today, it may not be among my Top-10's, but it's still a very good one. Loved the lead actress, but she seems, unfortunately, to be somewhat addicted to cosmetic surgery. Every time I see her in a new drama, she looks like a totally different woman. Still, "All About Eve" certainly makes my Top-20 list.
And I do remember "I'm Sorry, I Love You." Another that I recall as being pretty good ... just not good enough to make my all-time list. Kind of a harsh drama, though.
Both are very much worth checking into.
(Edited to add: By the way, "49 Days" was one of the dramas I was going to recommend as being on my Top-10 list. A very underappreciated K-drama.)
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Post by bird11 on Apr 8, 2014 22:56:14 GMT -5
See this is why you need to expand your horizons and watch 2 Days, 1 Night or Running Man- these Korean "game"(?)shows are so funny, I laugh so hard I have (happy) tears in my eyes!! I remember watching "That Winter, The Wind Blows", there was a car accident near the beginning of the drama and I gasped out loud I was so surprised, I was in shock! It was so unexpected. So glad to hear you are quickly coming a SJS fan-- he's got the 2nd best eyes! (sorry, BigBang's Taeyang has the best!) Ok, going to stop typing and see if I can keep my eyes open long enough to get thru ep 3 of "Arang"-- really thought I would get thru it earlier tonight, but too many interruptions!
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Post by jewel on Apr 9, 2014 4:04:47 GMT -5
Kind of a harsh drama, though. Harsh? Did you say harsh??? What does that mean? Harsh in what sense??? Okay, don't tell me... I tell you my heart dropped to my feet when I read this sentence... This cannot be good, this cannot be good, this canNOT be good... i just finished episode 7. Omg, the kiss scene at the end of it has got to be the most touching, romantic and natural one I'vs seen up to date in K drama. The tears in Moo Hyuk's eyes made me cry too. (Is that how you spell his name?) And l just loved Eun Chae for offering him the hug he asked her for earlier. So sad and sweet and wonderful... Regarding "49 Days": this is what started it all for me, Mikey. This was the first K drama I ever watched and ever since then goodbye my social life!!! Wow, what an experience it was!!! Anyway, you're 2 for 2 in the recommendation department!!! and Bird, no no no *shaking my finger* (like President Joo): I am not becoming SJS's fan - that hasn't been the question. I've been a complete and solid fan since "The Master's Sun" a while back. The question was whether he was going to stay #2 or move up to #1... and he has. He has and then has gone beyond some!!! Love love love him!!!
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Post by jewel on Apr 9, 2014 9:32:47 GMT -5
Don't know if I can go on... too much suffering... yet I can't stop watching...
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Post by TheBo on Apr 9, 2014 14:16:21 GMT -5
Man, I KNEW you two would hit it off (Fiona and Bird). Fiona, I wish I could pick up Korean like that. I've been watching the things for what, ten years now? It just doesn't seem to get into my head. Of course, I'm not making any OTHER effort whatsoever, I don't know why I expect it to just sink in.
Must...set up...computer............ Uck.
Bo
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Post by jewel on Apr 9, 2014 22:26:52 GMT -5
Please do not read this post if you have not watched "I'm Sorry, I Love You" yet and are planning to.
Finished the drama. *long pause* It was one of the saddest things I've ever experienced. I pretty much cried in every episode starting from 6 on, maybe even earlier. And whenever Moo Hyuk cried I cried along with him. In epi 12 when he was throwing up in the street and calling out "mom...mom..." I totally lost it and honestly didn't think I could go on. And then when Eun Chae tells him that they weren't meant to be in this life but that when they meet in the next life she would never let him go, I was bawling like a baby. I think my neighbors across the street heard me sobbing. Then the end... the end just about did me in. Wow. I went through lots of tissues.
Am going to go now and watch a whole bunch of So Ji Sub's interviews and watch a few of my favorite scenes from "The Master's Sun" just to convince myself that SJS is indeed alive and well. Hope my red, puffy eyes will settle down by tomorrow morning - have to go to work and people will wonder.
I have some questions regarding the drama but will come back tomorrow and ask.
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Post by bird11 on Apr 10, 2014 6:44:58 GMT -5
To Bo: Your'e right, I think Fiona and I am on the same track-- dramas, male leads, now all I have to do is turn her into a BigBang/G-Dragon?Taeyang fan and I will be all set! So glad she brought new life to this board...... Fiona, I watched ep 3 and 4 of Arang. I love the scene of her going to the "other world"-- the boat going down the river, over the waterfall, her in the water-- thought it was a beautiful way to film this. I laughed over the scene where the Magistrate has to measure Arang for her clothes! I was a bit confused when Arang ran into her fiance and when he grabbed her, his ring glowed...I must have missed something in a past episode? (not uncommon for me!) Can you explain it to me or have I not missed something and it will come out in a upcoming episode? thanks **** Watched more of ep 5 this morning before work and answered my question about the ring and why it glows-- going to back to finish the episode now........
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Post by TheBo on Apr 10, 2014 11:01:54 GMT -5
Fiona, are you registered with DramaFever? The reason I ask is I just got this email saying they're selling tickets to the 2nd Annual DramaFever Awards in New York, and the early bird price is $20, AND the special guest is Park Shinhye (and Chris Wang in smaller type LOL). Are you anywhere near New York? Here's the link they sent to me: link to purchase ticketsHere's their description page.Naturally, I thought of you immediately. I don't know how long the tickets will be available.
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Post by TheBo on Apr 10, 2014 13:41:25 GMT -5
PS I'm on I'm on I'm on!!! Windows 8 SUKX! lol... Later...
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Post by Knov1 on Apr 10, 2014 14:43:18 GMT -5
Please do not read this post if you have not watched "I'm Sorry, I Love You" yet and are planning to. Finished the drama. *long pause* It was one of the saddest things I've ever experienced. I pretty much cried in every episode starting from 6 on, maybe even earlier. And whenever Moo Hyuk cried I cried along with him. In epi 12 when he was throwing up in the street and calling out "mom...mom..." I totally lost it and honestly didn't think I could go on. And then when Eun Chae tells him that they weren't meant to be in this life but that when they meet in the next life she would never let him go, I was bawling like a baby. I think my neighbors across the street heard me sobbing. Then the end... the end just about did me in. Wow. I went through lots of tissues. I thought when Moo Hyuk was eating the meal his mom made for him was also a touching moment. PS I'm on I'm on I'm on!!! Windows 8 SUKX! lol... Later... What makes you say that? I like Windows 8.
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Post by jewel on Apr 10, 2014 16:08:49 GMT -5
I'm not ignoring anyone's post - I've read every one of them. But let me get some things off my chest first regarding "I'm Sorry, I Love You". Thank you!
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Okay, where to begin... I've actually been tearing up here and there at work throughout the day. Some really sad scene would suddenly pop into my head and I'd just wanna have a good cry right there. I kept saying to myself, don't be stupid, it was just a drama, it wasn't real. But you know, I don't feel I watched "I'm Sorry, I Love You" - I feel like I lived it.
What really bothered me: why was Moo Hyuk buried in Australia and not in Korea? Does that indicate that his mom didn't know he was her son to the very end? But then they showed her smoothing his twin sister's hair at the concert in the very end, just like a mother would do. I can't imagine that if she knew he was her son that she wouldn't have kept him in Korea where she can visit him. I really wish she found out he was her son before he died. That's what I wanted so badly. I wanted her to give him a hug that would heal all his hurt away like a mother's hug does, and show him how much she would've loved him all along if she had known.
I also wanted Eun Chae to find some happiness at the end knowing a part of Moo Hyuk was still living (his heart) and find consolation in taking care of his twin sister and his nephew. But you know what? I loved her more for what she did at the end because when I realized he was buried all the way in Australia I really felt his loneliness even in his death and now she was going to keep him company. I know it sounds morbid but it comforted me that someone loved him enough to do that for him. Even though I was bawling like a baby when they found her body I was happy for Moo Hyuk. Is that wrong???
Im telling you right now the only thing that kept me from quitting the drama altogether was Eun Chae's unquestioning, unwavering love for him and him knowing it. Even though fate was so cruel to him in many ways, at least it didn't deny him the love of the girl he loved. He could at least take that with him.
I keep comforting myself that in the end Moo Hyuk realized all the love his mother poured into the other son was really for him too, for the lost baby she could never forget, just like Yune said. I think we're supposed to see that when he's thinking back as he's riding his motorcycle. Right?? Don't you all think that???
and lastly, who do you suppose put "I'm Sorry, I Love You" on his tombstone?? His mother?? Eun Chae?? I'd really like to believe it was his mother but then it wouldn't make sense to do that and then bury him all the way across the world in Australia!!! Arrrrgggghhhh!!!!
In any case, I've sworn off melodrama for the rest of my life. This one just about killed me. I'll stick to romantic comedy and action from now on.
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Post by Knov1 on Apr 10, 2014 17:30:49 GMT -5
What really bothered me: why was Moo Hyuk buried in Australia and not in Korea? Does that indicate that his mom didn't know he was her son to the very end? But then they showed her smoothing his twin sister's hair at the concert in the very end, just like a mother would do. I can't imagine that if she knew he was her son that she wouldn't have kept him in Korea where she can visit him. I really wish she found out he was her son before he died. That's what I wanted so badly. I wanted her to give him a hug that would heal all his hurt away like a mother's hug does, and show him how much she would've loved him all along if she had known. I watched this series back in 2004 so it's been a while. His mother doesn't find out Moo Hyuk is her son. I believe he returned to Australia and that's why he was buried there.
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Post by jewel on Apr 10, 2014 17:55:07 GMT -5
Bo, I'm so happy to have found this site and all of you, and especially Bird as she and I do seem to be in sync often. And I know that even though we do share many similar interests, if So Ji Sub and Jo In Sung were to ever appear in front of us, Bird would undoubtedly go straight for JIS and leave SJS for little ole me. RIGHT, Bird? ?? And about picking up Korean fast, it's because I do speak Korean fluently, but just at the level of a young child. It is very hard for me to speak to strangers or elders because I'm terrible with formal/polite Korean. It is actually almost impossible for me. And when I'm in Korea, as soon as I open my mouth and start speaking in Korean people immediately say to me, "oh you're not Korean!" which really ticks me off. I say yes I am and they say well but you weren't raised here. Can't argue with that! Koreans can be very forthright, especially at those outdoor markets. And thank you, Bo, for that news on Park Shin Hye!! That is soo exciting!!! Not because I want to go see her - I can't expend that much energy on female stars even though she is my fave actress. BUT that means other stars could show up in the future!!! Believe me if it were So Ji Sub, Jang Geun Suk or Lee Joon Gi, I would be there in a flash - am only one hour north of NYC, I would just take the train in. So thank you, that is so exciting!!! Maybe K drama will become so popular in US that all the Korean stars will start coming here!!! Oh be still my heart... Bird, did you not find episode 5 really scary? Didn't that woman give you the creeps, especially when she licks her lips thinking there was a young girl's dead body waiting for her? Hope you are enjoying it and hope you're liking cute Lee Joon Gi!!
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Post by jewel on Apr 10, 2014 18:11:27 GMT -5
I watched this series back in 2004 so it's been a while. His mother doesn't find out Moo Hyuk is her son. I believe he returned to Australia and that's why he was buried there. Omg, I wish you hadn't told me that. Now I'm gonna have nightmares tonight. Why, why, why didn't he just tell her? She deserved to know. I would've wanted to know, even though the pain would've been unbearable it would've been worth it to just be able to hold my son in my arms. I tell you I was really hating Eun Chae's father for a while, especially when he didn't say anything to Moo Hyuk when he saw him crying in front of the gate and screaming that he's her son too. He told him that his mother didn't abandon him eventually but it took way too long (I know it was to make it all more dramatic but still I don't care!) and yes, that scene where his mom cooks for him was so bittersweet. He finally gets his mom's cooking but she doesn't know that he's her son she's cooking for and she does it in this grudging way... oh goodness, I can't stand it. The part that really got me was when he comes outside and seeing her through the window he gives her the traditional Korean bow that shows respect and he says I love you, mom. Thank you for giving birth to me. That scene really got to me. I was bawling. okay, breathe, breathe, it's not real, it's just K drama!!!!! In fact I just saw SJS alive and kicking in his "Pick Up Line" rap video. He's fine, he's fine...
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Post by jewel on Apr 10, 2014 18:14:36 GMT -5
Wait a minute. If he returned to Australia before he died, how'd they get his heart???
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