Something Happened in Bali: indeed
Apr. 19th, 2007 09:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dangermousieI am in love with Something Happened in Bali the way Domyouji loves Makino :D
Seriously.
People.
It is AWESOME.
I am sure it will be full of romantic angst and love 'beyond madness' and all that awesome stuff, but for now, have I mentioned how much I like that all the characters are pragmatic, hard-headed, not necessarily likeable people?
We finally meet Ha Ji-Won's character (Soo-Jung) and she is chatty but like everyone else in this drama she is very concerned with practicality and money and everything else. There aren't any 'pure' souls in here. They are all messed-up and cynical and OH BOY. I love.
I really love the scene where Jae-Min comes out and watches his fiancee swim. You can see that he is admiring her figure, and it's not romantic softening or anything but 'hey I am getting married to her, at least she is hot and I am here bored.' And he takes off his shirt (did I mention the sheer gratuitous amount of male state of undress in this one? And seeing that both Jo In-Sung and So Ji-Dub are fiiiiiine specimens of manhood, it's making it a bit hot in the room) and jump into the pool and tries to kiss her. And she pushes him away and he asks 'no?' and she answers 'no' so he coms back out and walks away. And she is thinking. I am not describing it well at all, but it's just a scene without any sentimentality whatsoever. It's not 'OMG, I am thinking about my ex boyfriend' on her part or 'I could fall for her' on his. It's just...so hard-headed. I really like it. Because the guy is going to be destroyed by love (though not for her) and it it's really interesting to imagine it precisely because he is so detached.
And I love Soo-Jung (who is a tour guide) finding out that she's been hired by the second son of the Pax group (Jae-Min) who is single and she starts powdering her face and asks 'is he good-looking?' (oh girl, if you knew :D) and then adds matter of factly 'not that it matters.'
I can't wait to see these two very grown-up hardheaded people swept away.
Seriously.
People.
It is AWESOME.
I am sure it will be full of romantic angst and love 'beyond madness' and all that awesome stuff, but for now, have I mentioned how much I like that all the characters are pragmatic, hard-headed, not necessarily likeable people?
We finally meet Ha Ji-Won's character (Soo-Jung) and she is chatty but like everyone else in this drama she is very concerned with practicality and money and everything else. There aren't any 'pure' souls in here. They are all messed-up and cynical and OH BOY. I love.
I really love the scene where Jae-Min comes out and watches his fiancee swim. You can see that he is admiring her figure, and it's not romantic softening or anything but 'hey I am getting married to her, at least she is hot and I am here bored.' And he takes off his shirt (did I mention the sheer gratuitous amount of male state of undress in this one? And seeing that both Jo In-Sung and So Ji-Dub are fiiiiiine specimens of manhood, it's making it a bit hot in the room) and jump into the pool and tries to kiss her. And she pushes him away and he asks 'no?' and she answers 'no' so he coms back out and walks away. And she is thinking. I am not describing it well at all, but it's just a scene without any sentimentality whatsoever. It's not 'OMG, I am thinking about my ex boyfriend' on her part or 'I could fall for her' on his. It's just...so hard-headed. I really like it. Because the guy is going to be destroyed by love (though not for her) and it it's really interesting to imagine it precisely because he is so detached.
And I love Soo-Jung (who is a tour guide) finding out that she's been hired by the second son of the Pax group (Jae-Min) who is single and she starts powdering her face and asks 'is he good-looking?' (oh girl, if you knew :D) and then adds matter of factly 'not that it matters.'
I can't wait to see these two very grown-up hardheaded people swept away.
