Friday, January 20, 2012
Makjang.@7:54 PM
So I just finished Protect the Boss (FINALLY, took me FOREVER to grind through that drama). In that way drama-watching is totally like gaming, when you're at a part that's super melodrama-y for no apparent reason and random things are just happening to make the drama well... more dramatic. It's like level-grinding. Extreme low tolerance.
SOOO... THE NEXT PART OF MY POST WILL COME AS A SURPRISE TO YOU. I'm debating between watching something very light and fluffy or an extremely makjang drama. I'm leaning toward makjang for the entertainment value, (not really. I have low tolerance for stupidity... And birth secrets... and people marrying their cousins...) and the fact that watching a makjang might make me stop watching dramas for a while. The last makjang I watched was Wife's Temptation.
This drama LITERALLY (I mean this in a literal sense.) melted my brain. Imagine 129 episodes of backstabbing, revenge, new identities and lies and birth secrets and faked deaths... Melted my brain. All in all. Is this a good idea or no? Hmm... Debating.
麗 ☆Labels: Flames of Desire, Korean Drama, Wife's Temptation
Sunday, January 15, 2012
The King and The Clown.@7:52 PM
I haven't watched a whole bunch of Korean movies, just some, but man this movie is SO good. I can see why it is 2nd most high grossing film in all of Korean cinema.
Two clowns living in the Chosun Dynasty get arrested for staging a play that satirizes the king. They are dragged to the palace and threatened with execution, but are given a chance to save their lives if they can make the king laugh. -IMDb
CHARACTERS-
Gonggil
Okay so...
Lee Jun Ki's portrayal of
Gonggil basically made this movie for me. It was SO good. I think as a dude it's kinda hard to act that hard at being a really FEMALE boy. Dude. This freaking character makes me seem like a man-ape. He grovels, he cries and he begs but it's in that really elegant sort of damsel in distress way. And even though he acts crudely for the purpose of the show, his mannerisms otherwise are rather elegant as well. He's shy, and he's somewhat quiet. He seems so defenseless, and it just MADE SENSE that someone like
Jangsaeng would be there to protect him from everything. All in all, his performance, just amazing.
Jangsaeng
He plays the other lead, and basically protects Gonggil during everything and is his best friend/ (COUGH MAYBE LOVES HIM?). Not sure, I'm still confused at his ambiguous relationship between him and Gonggil, oh well. Typical good guy character. Hardheaded, rash, but plays their role well in being the heroic type person. Anyway. NEXT!
King Yeonsan
He's kinda important I guess. He has bisexual tendencies, although I wouldn't blame him. Lee Jun Ki is just as beautiful a man as any man could ever be. He's kinda childish, and psychotic. He goes on crazy killing rampages, and is kinda a tyrant. Oh well. Not super important in my mind. Although the absolute like child-ness was a result of good acting. Props.
Noksu
AGH. I swear she also looks like the crazy lady from Dae Jang Geum. AGHH. I HATE HERRR. That is all. LOL. EVEN IF I SAW HER IN A DIFFERENT ROLE... I'M SURE HER ROLE AS A CRAZY SCHEMING CONCUBINE WOULD STAY IN MY MIND. So I guess she did a good job. LOL.
[Warning: EVERYTHING AFTER THIS MAY BE SPOILER PRONE]
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