Smiling Pasta...

[dangermousie]

I restarted watching Smiling Pasta and I've forgotten its adorableness. It features that rare, but loved by me, type of hero who is just a sweet, nice guy. OMG, how much do I love that the heroine ends up with good, well-mannered, dutiful older brother, and not the rebel, messed-up one. I love it. (Other such heroes are Gong-Chan in M Girl, Jan-Ho in Bichunmu, Dong-Gyu in Hello Miss, Hiroto in Tattakoi, and Mong-Ryong in Delightful Girl Chun-Hyang. All my faves).

This is the perfect MV/trailer for it.

Since I posted about it so long ago, to remind everyone, SP is sort of the typical college drama, with a bit about gangs, and musicians and Full House thrown in. It's crazy, it's cracky, and it utterly works. Our heroine is 'jinxed:' no relationship of hers lasts more than three months. It's a self-fulfilling curse, of course: her anxiety and overcompendasation) leads the guys to get fed up and run. She is awesome otherwise, though. One day, her paths cross with He Qun, a pop idol with a very 'clean' image, carefully cultivated. Due to a bizarre number of circs, they end up being photographed smooching and so to keep his squeaky clean image his manager claims she is his gf. He Qun, still in shock and anger after his long term gf Rosa (I hate her) left him for his badboy brother, is not caring enough to put a stop to it. Which works for our plucky heroine as now her family is off her back, on the boyfriend front. And it goes from there.

I love all the wacky, awesome characters, except for Rosa and He Qun's appalling father (Jeez, what is it with drama parents? Do they take evilness pills?) Even He Qun's bratty younger rebel brother ends up likeable eventually.

In a lot of ways, it's a typical 'rich reserved boy with awful family falls for the plucky poor heroine with an awesome family' (though of course, her family isn't poor, it's not as rich as He Qun's). Because it's clear He Qun falls almost as much for warm, cooky, affectionate family as he does for his OTP.

Comments

[ladysaotome.livejournal.com]

My favorite light & fluffy drama! This is one I can watch anytime & never get bored with I love the characters so. I even made a mv for the Little Turtle song. (not that that's a surprise - I make mvs for all my favorite dramas)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Eeeee, I want to see the vid. Link?

[ladysaotome.livejournal.com]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E04qBKEJdRg

It's not one of my best (my Coffee Prince one is 10 times better) but I love the song & the drama so I love it anyway.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It's lovely.

[calixa.livejournal.com]

Aww. I have a real soft spot for this twdrama. It's by far not the best, but it's cute and sweet.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Exactly. It's not masterpiece, but it's adorable.

[janlake83.livejournal.com]

aww i love that drama it was soooo adorable... and even if the elder brother was less messed up, his issues were minimal and it was nice to see a girl end up with the nicer less deranged boy

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Exactly. So sweet.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

YEah but, you know, as the entire plot of Bichunmu is about Jan-ho "dying" and coming back years later for very detailed revenge and finding his girlfriend married to one of the guys who betrayed him, he won't stay nice all that long...

*has just realized Bichunmu is the korean/wuxia version of The Count of Monte Cristo*

Seriously though, more wuxia heroes seem to be of the "nice guy" persuasion and just want to A) Fulfill obligations, B) Take care of their girls and friends, and C) have normal lives than there are of the "bad boy" variety.

*does not have Smiling Pasta but has had it on the list for a long time*

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Well, he is still nice in his rebel angst?

SP is adorable.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

From what I recall of the movie...no, not really. But he was understandably not-nice(to all but the kid...always nice to him) and did get better once The Return of True Love started doing its thing.