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Thursday, July 15, 2010
Cinderella's Sister 13-16@10:55 PM



Woo! I feel like I've made an accomplishment, I've finally made it up to the point where I'm actually motivated to watch this drama. (Scratch that, make it >SOMEWHAT< motivated). It's certainly not like My Girl, My Name is Kim Sam Soon or You're Beautiful where I was urged on to continuously watch even if it meant getting up early to watch till really late and not eating or drinking. No. It's more like... Oh. I've watched this drama for so long that I've finally gotten somewhere where I don't constantly want to shoot myself for starting this drama in the first place.

You might argue it's the genre difference, but no. It's not.



Anyway. It took 15 episodes, but I'm finally somewhere good. Where the revenge plot starts! 

So Hyo Seon reads the journal her dad left behind and... Gasp! Finds out about her dad's sad love story. It is sad, believe me. I actually like Dae Sung. But that's beside the point. She goes batshit crazy at this. And decides to get revenge on Kang Sook. Not fast, by kicking her out of the house. No, slow and torturous by pretending to be nice yet with silent wrath. This is the point where I really like Hyo Seon her character is now what keeps me going. 

To further continue, Hyo Seon loses her sense of taste. Oh no! Although I don't see how this random plot twist has to do with much, I hope it'll do with much. Or else it's just another Korean drama cliche. 

Eun Jo isn't bad either. She's becoming softer. With the whole scene with her and Hyo Seon that was a HUGE look into the soft side of her. Ironic, considering she's becoming the good guy while Hyo Seon is becoming a villain of sorts. And the fact that after she finds out about Ki Hoon and who he is that Eun Jo keeps telling him to take care of Hyo Seon.  I feel like that shows her character well.

For me, my liking for Kang Sook has died down, being replaced by Hyo Seon and Eun Jo, but I still like her. The fact that she's becoming softer too, that whole line about not being punished yet and that Hyo Seon was the punishment. It's not because circumstances are hard as when she keeps saying she battles with Buddha, God and the Devil (or whatever the three were). It's because she's starting to see her own humanity. Unlike the usual depiction of the evil stepmother Kang Sook finds that she loved the Dae Sung and there's a very human part of her. Overall. The character depth is just amazing in these last two 15 and 16 episodes. 



The guys in this drama have not been doing much for me lately. Jung Woo has no scenes. No. Seriously. I feel like he hasn't had his face been in this drama for the last 3 episodes. The only thing he ever does is stand there and get like 10 seconds of screen time of him just looking at people or driving to please viewers. Not even viewers. Like... 2PM fangirls that have followed him all the way here. It's just disappointing. Poor Taec. Just as the plot was getting good. 

Ki Hoon on the other hand... While he still bothers me. His happy to sad change was a joy for me to watch. With his "Eun Jo it's all over now." To perhaps my favorite scene of the Eun Jo storyline. 


Ki Hoon running after the car and Eun Jo speeding up and driving away was heartbreaking. I feel like this was the most tearjerking moment in the whole entire drama for me so far. It wasn't when Dae Sung died, (I was sad, but that was like a regretful sad.) No. For me it was when Ki Hoon tripped from running after Eun Jo's car. Because at this point Eun Jo is all like NO WE CAN'T BE TOGETHER EVER BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE AND EVEN IF YOU'RE SOMETHING ELSE I CAN'T LISTEN TO YOU. 

Ki Hoon, who was just smiling an episode before is reduced to this. So sad for me. He's willing to give everything for Eun Jo willing even to go to "the depths of Hell just to have you". So sad. Especially since he was yelling at his brother seconds before because his brother had let Eun Jo leave despite how badly she was shaking (Oh, not to mention a Taecyeon screenshot of him just listening to Ki Hoon's phone call cause he doesn't do much nowadays). So heartbreaking. 


Anyway. What's saving this drama for me is the massive plot twist at the end of this drama. Although it could've and definitely SHOULD'VE come earlier. It's finally making me not try to shoot myself in the face for starting the drama. I fail to see how 3 episodes is gonna make this drama meet up to the expectations everyone had led me into, I will continue watching. Just so I can finish. 

And to you Hyo Seon, Hwaiting! (sorry. I always side with the "bad guy" I realize I just tend to like them better.)



Rei ☆



PS: I haven't gotten to the scene with the snow and stuff. But I'm infinitely confused, did I miss it or something? Because Eun Jo  has long hair. Don't tell me it's another fast forward thingy. And bam! Fifty million years into the future again Eun Jo and Ki Hoon are going out. So they need a snow scene. With Yellow flowers of course, and her hair is all grown out again. Whee! I like long hair Eun Jo better anyway. But I hate fast-forward scenes. I found myself fast-forwarding throughout most of Cinderella Unni anyway. Disappointing. 

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Monday, July 12, 2010
Favorite Drama Quotes!@9:14 PM



Props to MNIKSS for being the most quotable drama ever!


"No 1 Nice men… are ugly
No 2 Good looking men… are jerks
No 3 Good looking and nice men… are married
No 4 Good looking, nice and unmarried men… are useless
No 5 Good looking, nice, unmarried and rich men… are not interested in us
No 6 Good looking, nice, unmarried, rich men who are interested in us…. are flirts
No 7 Good looking, nice, unmarried, rich men who are interested in us and faithful… are gay
No 10 Good looking, nice, unmarried, rich men who are interested in us and faithful and heterosexual and would not lose interest in us even if we are the one who make the first moves… these men must be crazy!"


- Chief Jang (Lovely Kim Sam Soon)


“You broke my heart, tissue won’t fix it”


- 200 Pounds of Beauty


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I realized that My Lovely Kim Sam Soon is really quotable. Like. Some of the quotes are like super deep too.

“One day the body asked the heart.

‘When I’m hurt the doctor heals it. But if you’re hurt then who will heal you?’

Then the heart said,

‘I have to heal by myself. Whenever someone is hurt they have their own special way of healing it. Drinking, singing, anger, laughing, crying, going on trips with friends and talking with them, running in the marathon, or the worst thing, just ignoring that pain. “
-My Name is Kim Sam-Soon


"Love like you've never been hurt before
Dance like no one is looking
Love like you've never been hurt before
Work like you don't need the money
Sing like no one is listening
Live like today is the last day"


- MNIKSS


MNIKSS is just so quotable. I kinda wanna rewatch it now. xD! AGAIN.


“I’ll let her go,
I won’t let her go,
I have to let her go,
I can’t let her go,
I can let her go,

I don’t…want to let her go.”


- Gong Chan (My Girl)


(LOVE LOVE LOVE THAT SCENE)




"Do you like me? Don't think about anything...just say what you feel...Do you like me? You never had just a slight feeling for me? Not even 1%...? Then I'll teach you one more thing...Don't do stuff like this...Calling a person up in the middle of the night...Do you know what that means? I have feelings for you. If you don't have these feelings...then don't do stupid things like this! Don't make girls confused."


- Kim Sam Soon


YR: Seol Gong Chan knows that what i said were all lies
GC: Ju Yoo Rin knows that i wont believe her lies
YR: I am a good liar in the first place but falling for seol gong chan has made me stop lying
GC: i've never told a lie but falling for Ju Yoo rin has made me lied often
YR: the more i express my feelings truthfully, the harder things will be for seol gong chan
GC: i went near her as i couldnt lie, but this has hurt ju yoo rin even more
YR: now i want to use my lie to protect seol gong chan
GC: i'll treat it as being lied to i want to leave for the time being and stop giving her anymore pains
YR: my love is not a lie


- Gong Chan && Yoo Rin (My Girl)


"Shin Jung Kosho"


- Choon Hyang (DGCH) [ Best quote in the WHOLEE series]


"I don't care if you're a man or an alien"


- Choi Han Kyul (Coffee Prince)

Cross posted from my personal blog.



Rei ☆

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Thursday, July 8, 2010
Cinderella's Sister 7-12@7:51 PM


This drama. Is. So. Slow. I'm going to like mash my head up against the wall. No joke. I'm like so bored of this. All of the people who told me this drama was insanely good, yeah I took their advice and watched it. But man. I'm more than half way through. And I feel like this drama is gonna kill me. The plot is slow. And somewhat actually predictable. I'm actually considering dropping this whole dang drama. If I keep watching. The only thing that's keeping me watching is Taec.

Characters -

I'm going to have to say my favorite character right now is actually Kang Sook. I mean. Sure she's a horrible beeeesh. But like. That's how she's supposed to be. And she has more layers than the typical villain. She's actually somewhat of a softie. But looks out more for herself, I think it's to build that "wall" between her and people. In the beginning of the drama, she seemed slightly stupid or whatever, but she's actually rather manipulative. Although still stupid. I love her though. She plays a good evil stepmother.

My next favorite character would have to be Joon Soo he's not useful. He's just eyecandy to me. This is why you put small children in dramas. They're just cute, and sit there, they're the redeeming feature of a failing drama.

My other liked character was Dae Sung  . It's ridiculous that I like the old people, and the little people. But he's just so nice and gentle. He seemed kinda.... I dunno. Funny at times. He has that old person warmth.

My favorite out of the four of the important people would have to be Taecyeon (or rather the guy he's playing, but this makes more sense for me. xD...) He's just cute and like a puppy, like he's supposed to be. He's also protective, and just naive and simple minded. I somewhat like it. I thought the "bread-pin" thing was really endearing. And that it was a metaphor for him protecting Eun Jo.

Basically. I have complaints about all the other three characters.

Hyo Seon is the better one. At least we get to see her character shine through, sure she's a bit bipolar from her personality in the beginning half of when they got older. But it's because she's playing the hurt puppy role right now. I rather like it. Her lines I mean.

Ki Hoon on the other hand. Constantly is bipolar. And shifting from. "OH I'M JUST A STUPID NICE GUY" to "OH. I'M JUST A STUPID GUY WITH A PAST THAT IS A TOTAL JERK". Seriously. MAKE UP YOUR MIND.

Eun Jo.  I remember saying I liked her. Yeah I guess I like seeing her soft side. It's rather well played out by Moon. But like... Her tantrums are starting to bother me. Her shaking of head, flailing and endless screaming is bothering me. Why can't she get angry like a normal person? Why does she have to flail, scream and shake her head profusely? I DON'T GET IT.

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I am going to say that. Overall that this drama is slowly getting better and better. The part where Eun Jo kept screaming "Father, Father" and apologizing was the saddest scene so far for me. It made me like Eun Jo more and more. The more she opens up the more I like her. I get tired of her tantrum throwing brat role. That was good for like... the first 5 episodes. Maybe. But that was when she was in like... 8th grade. She's an adult now... Urgh. I'm hoping this drama gets better... Like. FAST.



Rei ☆

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