Nightly drama ramble...

[dangermousie]

First off, here is the MV that made me go and order Which Star Are You From from DVDAsian tonight.

OMG. Looks so good.

I am in the middle of ep 10 of Snow Queen and must pause for a minute or else I'll hyperventilate to death.



Wow. Wow. She runs out because people come in and he follows and she tells him she didn't mean to say it then, but she means the feelings.

OMG.

And she is horrified at her 'boldness' and I love how when she gets home she is hiding under a blanket. So irrational, so true.

And poor TW. Poor poor boy. This is everything he's ever wanted but he knows he can't. He is trying to convince himself she doesn't really mean it, that she is confusing her sisterly feelings or that it's a rebound from Geon-Woo, because in part it's his feeling of unworthiness: he can't believe she can love someone like him (as he tells his friend, he is not a nice person his friend thinks he is. All this guilt, which he sholdn't feel, is eating him alive). But in part it's because then he won't be confronted with the fact that he has to push away the happiness he could have had, everything he wanted (because if her feelings aren't true, then he hasn't lost happiness, in pushing her away). And he tells her that it's her sibling-type feelings, rebound etc etc.

But oh poor guy. She tells him it's not that she is comfy with him: she isn't and her heart pounds when she sees him. She tells him her feelings are true. And you know, part of him realizes even then that now he has no way out but to push her away and part of the reason he was trying to haide behind 'this is illusion' is because he isn't sure he has the strength to push her away.

And there he is, pounding the punching bag, thinking of her words to him and who she is and what her father said and oh, poor darling! And then he has a convo with his Mom and breaks my heart because he tells Mom that 'Bo Ra told me she likes me' and he is so near tears and he says he knows it would be really hard on them both, but he really really loves her so he really wants to accept her feelings even though he knows he shouldn't. Poor guy, you are entitled to some happiness, you shouldn't have to negate yourself and atone for a sin you are not guilty of!

And his Mom tells him to tell Bo Ra everything and if after that she still wants to date him, then date her. But she says it would cause Bo Ra pain and she knows he can't bear to see her in pain and OMG OMG OMG. I know. He is going to push her away for her own good even if it kills him and oh no!!!!

It breaks my heart how he was telling Seung-Ri that he can't be with Bo Ra because it will be too hard for her, as if trying to convince himself, because he so has to kill his heart in order to let her go.

I wonder if he'd be as willing to let her go, and not to 'selfishly' fight for her, if he didn't feel like he doesn't deserve happiness: if his friend isn't living neither should he, not really. That is what he feels.



In more cheery news, I am going to die of gleeee!

Pic of Ariel Lin and Joe Cheng from promo activities for It Started with a Kiss 2!!!!



They started filming and have filmed some kissing scenes (heee) and I cannot wait…

Has anyone read Plum Wine by Angela Davis-Gardner?

I’ve started it and it’s amazing, beautifully written. It’s set in Japan in mid 1960s and centers around Barbara, a young lecturer at a University who is left a trunk full of plum wine by her mother-mentor-figure, Michi who has died. In attempting to decipher the writing on the paper that is wrapped around each of the many many bottles, she comes in contact with Seiji, a pottery-maker who helps her translate the papers (which detail Michi’s life) and with whom she embarks on a tender but rather hopeless affair as theirs is a love that cannot be for plot reasons too good to spoil. The book is beautifully written, almost haunting, and deals with alienation and war trauma and connections and everything else. It’s wonderful.

In other news, anyone see My Little Bride? I think you have, fivil, right? Is it worth watching? Normally I’d jump on the badwagon as I love Asian romcoms and Kim Rae Won is a hottie and it seems to have good reviews, but the plot has me a bit taken aback. I certainly don’t mind a bit of an age difference (it’s not like he’s 40, he’s a college boy) but she is 15!!!! Yeah, I know, their parents force them into marriage despite their last ditch efforts to get out of the arranged situation but still. Eeeek. And he becomes her student-teacher (in school not in *ahem* other ways). So, is it cute enough I’ll overlook my slight ick factor? Or no?









You know, random comment? Part of the reason I prefer kdramas is because the guys there are in my age bracket. I don’t feel like a cradle-robber, the way I sometimes do with jdramas :P

Comments

[grey-fuzzy.livejournal.com]

Kyaaaaa @ ISWAK 2!!!

Most comments I read loved it, but I didn't like My Little Bride. It just didn't click with me... I found both leads a little annoying, and, like most korean films, the relationship was waaaay too rushed to be anywhere near believable. But, like I said, lots of people liked it.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I know! I can't wait for ISWAK2.

I might give MLB a try because of KRW, but OTOH, if WSAYF gets here soon, I'll watch that for my KRW fix :)

[autumn-yaar.livejournal.com]

ISWAK2 OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG&DIES.

I liked My Little Bride, I would watch it, just for the scene where she stabs him in the head with a pencil if nothing else. xD

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

she stabs him in the head with a pencil if nothing else. xD

LOL.

And I am soooo excited about ISWAK2!!!

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

hmm...looks like they brought out that box for Ariel to stand on again.

I completely know what you mean about kdrama guys. I have this...thing...about guys younger than my brother(3 years younger than me) and most of the bg jdarama guys(and a lot of the tdrama guys) tend to be pretty young. Kdrama and cdrama guys are a little older though...so much nicer when they're 25+

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

hmm...looks like they brought out that box for Ariel to stand on again.

LOL. Notice, you don't see her feet! :P

Re: kdrama guys. They are normally the oldest, then twdrama guys (though I love F4 because they are all around my age) and then jdrama guys with exception of Kimura Takuya and Takeshi Kaneshiro make me feel like a pervy old lady :D Doesn't stop me from ogling them but still...

[booknerd14.livejournal.com]

ISWAK 2! OMG, IT'S ABOUT FREAKIN' TIME!!!! omg, they're so cute. ahh, i can't wait to see what kinda crazy married life their going to have =P

as for my little bride. i liked it. it was really funny, and cute. but i agree with grey_fuzzy. their relationship does some pretty rushed throughout the movie.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

They are going to have the craziest married life, true!

i agree with grey_fuzzy. their relationship does some pretty rushed throughout the movie.

I think it's because dramas spoil us. I noticed that throughout Asian movies: the OTP always feels a bit rushed: e.g. Millionaire's First Love, which I liked because Hyun Bin angsts so beautifully, but the relationship felt rushed and I wanted a dorama about it all...

[janlake83.livejournal.com]

yeay for iswak2!!!! i can't wait too see it..

and for little bride, i actually enjoyed the movie and still have it in my hard drive. it's worth watching, its nice and sweet...

and SQ: it's just hard to watch him deny her when his really really in love with her... irony since her brother wanted to hook them up and now they like each other but his all guilt ridden and self sacrificing... it breaks my heart to see him push her away and he won't take a chance at happiness cause he doesn't think he deserves it... but he does, his suffered for soooo long and he has a chance at happiness and he denies himself... man self torture sucks...

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

his suffered for soooo long and he has a chance at happiness and he denies himself

That is what kills me so much. You can see how utterly and completely he loves her, and how it's so hard for him to push her away: he doesn't really want much in life and he was ready to be happy, to try to believe he deserves something (that is why he took math up again, it's something he loves) but then he found out who Bo Ra is. Ohhhhh....

I want him to be happy so badly!

And ISWAK2! SQUEEEEEE!

[magalamb.livejournal.com]

Eh, it was actially one of the first kmovies I saw (they uploaded it at i heart cinema) and I didn't like it. I mean, when there are movies like Wolf's Attraction and Windstruck out there...

[magalamb.livejournal.com]

Also, yay ISWAK2 (Joe Cheng...mmmm...)

I'm actually younger than the majority of jdrama stars (I turn 19 in June) so it's perfect. Japan seems to understand my dramatic tastes pretty well...

But Kdrama guys are MEN rather than boys and that IS very attractive...

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

What is Windstruck about?

[ficchica.livejournal.com]

re My little Bride - its a really cute and funny movie. I still have it on my hard drive. The heroine is a funny little character - very bossy with a slightly violent streak. At the beginning neither of them are mature enough to be getting married so they kind of balance each other out. And they've know each other all their lives.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It does sound cute. And I am glad to know they knew each other before or otherwise it would be much too weird. I'll check it out!

[kitsune714.livejournal.com]

I saw about 10 minutes of "My Little Bride" and it looked okay, but I shelved it for a later date, so do tell me if it turns out to be good.

I've only see two Kim Rae Won dramas, "Attic Cat" and "Love Story in Harvard", and of the two, I'd definitely choose the former over the latter. This is because the Engrish featured in "Love Story in Harvard" kind of burned through my brain, and I couldn't pay attention to the actual plot. KRW is a good looking guy, I give you that, and he does a very good job with the "cocky young man made better by love of a good woman" role.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I have Attic Cat and plan to watch it. I actually obtained a copy of LSiH and will definitely enjoy it one of these days, though probably not entirely for the reasons makers intended precisely because of the Engish :D. It's something I encounter a lot when American TV/movies try to show their characters speak Russian (OMG! The awefulness of Alias' Russian or Air Force One's bad guys' Russian is always burned into my brain). Plus, cute boys and angst :P

But I want to watch WSAYF first, because it sounds like so many things I love: angsty emo boys with floppy hair and black shirts learning to love again wit plucky girls.

I went on a mini drama buying spree and got boxsets for WSAYF, Something Happened in Bali (it's so OTT angst, I had to), All In and My Girl :)

[catdecember.livejournal.com]

ISWAK 2!!!!! ieeee!!!!!

i've seen My Little Bride . i was also disturbed by the age thing at first, but then after being in the asian fandom too long, i think i've learned to be tolerant... but its quite cute. :D i have mine in vcd format, if u want i can burn you a copy (and mail to you, coz i dont know how to rip). :)

and oh, have you seen My Sassy Girl ? just curious....

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'll try to see if I can dl it first though because I don't want to be a bother :)

I haven't seen My Sassy Girl. I know, I know, but the malw lead didn't look cute and the girl sounded nuts :)

[outof-focus.livejournal.com]

Pic of Ariel Lin and Joe Cheng from promo activities for It Started with a Kiss 2!!!!
YESSSS I'm so excited

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I was literally hopping up and down on my chair when I found out they started filming!

[tatterpunk.livejournal.com]

*pops in*

I have a mad love for anything Angela Carter's written, beginning from when I read Wise Children, a story steeped in theatrical traditions and with enough Shakespeare references to crack a tooth on.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Ooooooooooh...what are Wise Children about? I really liked her writing style from the little I read so far. Almost like poetry.

[miss-dian.livejournal.com]

The girl in My Little Bride is the star in Innocent Steps, one of my fave Korean movies ('cause it has awesome dancing and I'm a sucker for that). The movie is cute enough, though nothing too interesting for me to watch it a second time :D

A movie of Kim Rae Won's that I have but haven't watched is Sunflower, which also got good reviews (I think).

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I've heard Sunflower is very good, but also depressing and I need something light after SQ (which oddly enough is not depressing, but is sad).

[fivil.livejournal.com]

My Little Bride is one of the few kmovie romcoms that was touching and funny enough for me to buy on DVD (or in this case, VCD). A lot of other kmovies fell short in terms of romance.. You know, it's not Bollywood where the romance will move you to tears. But MLB was adorable and also packed with funny moments. I fully recommend it.

I'm personally REALLY squicked by age difference so liking it a lot was a total surprise to me. But since they're forced into it and the relationship doesn't really have a sexual vibe as much as it's a sweetly romantic genuine connection. Kim Rae-won's character does have his questionable moments but in the end he's mostly teasing her and not actually a perv looking to do it with underaged people.

The fact the heroine's spunky and will not submit to her husband's will even if she's his junior helps a lot, I feel. She's very teenage and naive as a character (in a way that's realistic, IMO) but she's always the one in control of the situation, I feel.

I think the romance develops well throughout the movie. Also, the exact situation is that her grandfather - who was friends with his grandfather and they made the marriage deal before KRW's grandpa passed away - sort of manipulates the situation so that they have to marry, as to fulfill his friend's one wish. And the parents are iffy about it, too, but grandfather uber alles, as you know. ;D So it's not treated as this "this is so completely normal!"-situation in the film. Everybody's aware of the fact it's really peculiar, especially the couple themselves.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the write-up! It's really helpful! I think I just might check it out. Of course considering my viewing backlog, I'll probably get to it in 2010 but :P

[vierran45.livejournal.com]

You know, random comment? Part of the reason I prefer kdramas is because the guys there are in my age bracket. I don’t feel like a cradle-robber, the way I sometimes do with jdramas :P

I have (almost) come to terms with the fact that nearly everybody in Asian dramas is at least 10 years younger than I am and have decided not to let that stop me from fangirling them. Still, every now and then there are moments when I feel like a pervy old lady for ogling all these pretty young boys (a good example would 17-year-old Takki in Forbidden Love - at least the guy is 25 nowadays...).

Yes, I like the fact that kdramas have older MEN (not boys) in them. And then there are even those rare examples who are almost my age.

Bollywood at least has several stars who are older than me (SRK *thud*), so that I won't have to feel like a cradle-robber with all my fandoms :).

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yes, I like the fact that kdramas have older MEN (not boys) in them. And then there are even those rare examples who are almost my age.

I wonder why that is so in kdramas. Is it a cultural thing? I have also they don't do as many 'high school' stories as Japanese and Taiwanese (which are offten based on manga) dramas. I actually like that as an occasional awesome high school (Hanadan) drama aside, I am a little too old to really get into those.

Re: Bollywood. I am actually happy that every single Bolly male lead is older than me. That way I can ogle them happily :P