Arang and the Magistrate - ep 2
Aug. 18th, 2012 10:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dangermousieI have finished ep 2 of Arang and the Magistrate and it's so dreamlike and any scene with Lee Jun Ki and Shin Min Ah is pretty much luminous...
I do love how both of them, even though they are so different in place in life, personality and even alive/dead status, are united by the commonality of searching for self of self - for him through his mother, for her through finding out who she is.
LJK's character is a rarity - acerbic, deliberately trying not to care, yet falling under Arang's spell - the spell of her friendly and open impulsive warmth and curiosity. I find it a great reversal that the ghost is the more human one...
And the chemistry - oh my God.
If you don't find the way this scene shot swoonily romantic, there is something wrong with your eyes. If someone only saw the images, they would think this is a constant swoonfest, but the dialogue undercuts it, while still making it indubitably romantic.
They are so gorgeous together. And the chemistry feels like a physical thing...
The measuring scene. It is just the most gorgeous romantic thing and their growing awareness of each other - oh wow. I cannot wait to see the insane fireworks that will happen once they recognize they fell each other...
And then there was this:
I do love how both of them, even though they are so different in place in life, personality and even alive/dead status, are united by the commonality of searching for self of self - for him through his mother, for her through finding out who she is.
LJK's character is a rarity - acerbic, deliberately trying not to care, yet falling under Arang's spell - the spell of her friendly and open impulsive warmth and curiosity. I find it a great reversal that the ghost is the more human one...
And the chemistry - oh my God.
If you don't find the way this scene shot swoonily romantic, there is something wrong with your eyes. If someone only saw the images, they would think this is a constant swoonfest, but the dialogue undercuts it, while still making it indubitably romantic.
They are so gorgeous together. And the chemistry feels like a physical thing...
The measuring scene. It is just the most gorgeous romantic thing and their growing awareness of each other - oh wow. I cannot wait to see the insane fireworks that will happen once they recognize they fell each other...
And then there was this:
