They Solve Art Crime. With Their Tongues
Feb. 26th, 2010 08:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Would you like to watch a fast-paced, sharp-witted romantic caper drama?
Do you like strong, competent, grown-up heroines (with an angsty backstory no less!) matching wits, trading quips, and swapping kisses with rogueish, intelligent men?
Do stories about catching crooks get you excited?
Do you want a cast of wonderful characters, all with their own interesting stories to tell?
Do sexy academics and tough police ladies turn you on?
Do you like your protagonists chasing antiques-stealers while wearing evening dress?
Do you want an OTP with sizzling chemistry which is allowed to be physical with each other? An OTP that progresses from dislike to best friends to love?
Do you want reasonable 'others' who do not behave like insane people but instead move on to find their own happiness?
How about a despicable villain, heartwarming family bonds, a hero who grows a soul and a heroine who grows a heart?
All that with very little angst.
If you want that, what are you doing not watching When It's At Night, one of the most overlooked gems of 2008, starring Kim Suna and Lee Dong Gun. She is an employee with bureau of antiquities, in charge of catching those stealing/smuggling national treasures. Super-efficient, super-focused, she is one tough lady. He is a celebrity art historian (and a very knowledgeable one), focused solely on his career under the facade of his likeable easy charm. Their paths cross not too happily but when he is retained as an advisor to her bureau, maybe they will see each other in a new light. It wouldn't be fun otherwise.
I watched WIAN's 17 eps in one sitting (literally) on a flight and I loved every minute.
Go watch. Now.
Have a MV:
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Date: 2010-02-27 01:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-02-27 01:59 am (UTC)Why was the ending unsatisfying btw? I liked it. The only thing that bugged me was that they never followed up on the Evil Guy's plan to hurt Suna's character as a means to punish Dong Gun - it was such a big mustache-twirling deal for the villain - all that plotting letting him keep his job and then hit him with hurting Suna later because he loves her, but it went nowhere. It wasn't unbelievable - bad guy ended up having other issues and fish to fry but still - I felt disappointed, don't introduce something so potentially juicy if you weren't going to follow up on it :).
I really also wanted to have that twerpy professor brought down a peg but alas...
I was sooooo happy that it looks like detective/that hilarious girl from the office were going to hook up. EEE.
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Date: 2010-02-27 02:06 am (UTC)But I was SO happy when that stupid mustachio'd villian was finally put behind bars. He was so slimy!
I was sooooo happy that it looks like detective/that hilarious girl from the office were going to hook up. EEE.
HAHA! My sister and I love imitating the, "Mmmmm~" finger shushing thing she does.
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Date: 2010-02-27 02:07 am (UTC)Re: villain. UGHUGHUGH I hated him with the fire of 10,000 suns.
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Date: 2010-02-27 02:00 am (UTC)I adored the secondary OTP. The girl was so very funny - I adored her.
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