[Uploaded Drama] Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge: 10 episodes

Yappari... jdorama ga ichiban! It's impactful, it has an arc throughout the drama yet you can as easily get attached to the individual episodes too. Best of all, it knows how to quit when the story has run its course and doesn't go on and on just because it has a high rating when it's aired.

SAIKOU DESU! Kanpeki da... "Perfect Girl Evolution" no ai no monogatari. Manga o yomitai!


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Oyoyo... when has he become so interesting? I liked him in Gakusen 2 and I loved the shonen ai pairing in Nobuta wa Produce. But I've never been impressed with him before, and then this drama came and WHAM! I was hit by the Kame typhoon.

Skimming through his wiki info, I wonder.. is he some sort of an award collector? From the time he debuted in dramas, the only year he didn't get Best Supporting Actor or Best Actor was in 2008. That's some serious talent, man.

O yeah.. he got Best Actor for this drama too.. @_@

I still can't believe he's the same age as hyung... he feels much older than 24 y.o in his dramas despite playing schoolboys in all the ones I've watched him in (in this, he's a university student). I've never cared to follow the j-pop scene since I'm more into j-rock and so, since I don't look up his non-drama clips on youtube I don't know what Kazuya Kamenashi is like outside the realm of his fictional characters.

I want to watch all his dramas. Next one would be: Kami no Shizuku.

[Drama I'm currently following] Mary Stayed Out all Night / Marry Me Mary - Ep 9

Contain Spoilers!

I was surprised that this drama has a very low rating, probably coz Jang Geun Suk's dramas have always had high rating. Oh wait.. You're Beautiful has a low rating too.. but it has a cult following! Anyway, ever since Playful Kiss got thrashed at the rating section, I never believe in domestic ratings anymore. This is probably the only drama that will have two guys I follow in the same lobby, restaurant and bedroom in my lifetime so I’m savouring the moment. It took me around 5 hours to finish this episode coz of the excessive rewind movements I made.. LOL. So many worthy MR-MG moments. I wish I had a cat.. I’d so name him Mu Gyul. Cute cat!! I'll probably suffocate it with with my overly affectionate hugs.

I can’t be bothered about the kiss at the end of the ep. If MR thinks she’s gonna be dating MG without running into a hundred ex-gfs.. not to mention fans and students.. trying to get their hands and lips on him, she has another think coming. And yeah.. MG has to start conditioning his non-confrontational brain to activate his non-confrontational body to push those pathetic girls away in the future. And what if there’re paparazzis following SJ to get another scandal scoop? If MG is still the music director of the drama.. won’t that be another problem for the production team?

Anyway.. the scene that actually made me go berserk is the meet-up between JI and MG.. kyaaaaaa! Jung-In, is talking about Mae Ri and business the only thing you can come up with as an excuse to stare at Mu Gyul for more than 10 minutes?? hahaha..I love this alternate couple. Someone make a fanfic already!

That said, I wish they throw some more likable characters into the mix. Right now, aside from MR and MG, I can’t seem to like anyone else. The parents are out of the list from the beginning, Jung-In is like a display mannequin in almost all the scenes (Why Jae Wook.. why? I watched this drama for you! I know you can be a brooding guy and still be full of life.. so why are you taking this easy way out? Is it at the behest of the director? I'm in despair...), I ish still wondering why Seo Joon is necessary, MR’s friends are mere (annoying) decorations, MG’s friends are just a bunch of cheerleaders.. how are the writers supposed to fill up 7 more episodes? I hope JI will still go with his decision to include MG and his motley crew in the drama. That’d be fun. I want more 'live' performances from the Absolute Perfection band!

IMO.. this type of drama will work better as a rom com M3 is supposed to be. I guess the writers have run out of wit by ep 3. That bedroom scene is epic and the screencaps/gifs should be immortalized in forums and chatrooms all over cyberspace!!!

Character analysis up to the current episode:

• Jung In who goes through life doing everything his father wants him to. Everything is bottled up with this guy. I can’t even imagine him shout at a wall when he’s angry. Throwing him into a brawl with Mu Gyul certainly made me see him as a human being, so he needs to be put in situations where he has to blow up once in awhile (preferably at his dad, but the old man is terminally ill so I doubt that will happen). I think, rather than MR, it’s with MG that he gets to be more himself and not a puppet controlled by his dad.
• Mae Ri who seems to think that she’s carrying the world’s problems on her tiny shoulders. She’s always going everywhere trying to fix things and she has no idea that the more she helps, the more the people she helps are bound to her. It’s precisely because she’s so understanding, always have the right things to say, will try to be beside them when they’re in trouble.. that all the guys are fighting over her now. And I think it’s sick that JI’s dad wants to keep her tied to his home just coz she looks a lot like her mom.. the woman he loved but couldn’t marry.
• Seo Jun who just goes with the flow.. most probably because she’s always got whatever she’s wanted since she was young.. that the only rebellion she displayed against her family is working as an actress. I doubt she’s doing it becoz she loves the profession or else why is it that she doesn’t care when she’s labeled as a difficult artist? Why does she have such a nonchalant attitude towards her craft? If you’ve left your family becoz they don’t approve of the choices you’ve made.. shouldn’t you work harder to show them that you have chosen well? She’s so hollow. Maybe that’s what attracts her to Mu Gyul in the first place… his passion in music that completely overshadows all other concerns in his life. She thinks it’s love though.
• Mu Gyul whose music is his food, his air, his salvation. I think he would have ended up on the wrong side of society without his love for his music. Encounters with all the women in his life (except for his mom and relatives, of course) were made possible only through his music. Even Mae Ri was not spared the crush when she saw him perform for the first time. I doubt his lifestyle that comes with his music will change, but he does need to separate between the women worthy to be let into his life and those who should just stay on its fringe. I don’t want his character to change much.. I love his free spirit, that he can sleep on thea street when he’s too sleepy or drunk just coz he feels like it. I love that he doesn’t use the GPS because he doesn’t like it when someone tells him what to do. I love that he uses bricks as bookends and that he has a swing right smack in the middle of his apartment. I love his over-the-top accessories and his shredded pants and his coats with their thick furry collars. I love his obsession with his hair. I love a lot of things about Mu Gyul that whenever the others push him with marriage talks, the thought that all the things I love about Mu Gyul may disappear as he tries to be more responsible about his relationship with Mae Ri is not making me happy one bit. I hope he can change and yet stay the same. Is that possible, newly-appointed scriptwriters? I really hope it is.

What is this obsession about marriage in this drama anyway?? I'm sorry, but I don't get it. It actually reminds me of a movie that also obsesses over marriage, i.e. 'Four Weddings and A Funeral', where the guy ends up proposing to the girl (or was it the other way around?) not to marry him.

Dear new scriptwriters, even if you want to change everything about this story by the last episode.. can you not make Mu Gyul wear a work suit?? I will cry buckets if you end up making him into a regular salaryman just to make him suitable for marriage. Who says you can't be a glam rocker and get married? I can give you a list of famous rockers, glam or no, whom people deem unsuitable for family life but are still happily married after so many years. Well, I'm sorta a rock chick in my spare time so I should know this, at least. So please... let Mu Gyul keep his hot pink tops and clunky rings and spiky mittens and girly hair until the end, kay.

[Drama I'm currently following] Mary Stayed Out all Night / Marry Me! Mary!

... hereby called M3 coz I'm a lazy typist.











M3 is one classic example to illustrate why my reason for watching a drama or movie is based on the actors/actresses I follow rather than any trust in its plots or story. In fact, the writer has already left the building in an effort by the production to boost the rating. Rating, schmating. If they cut down a large chunk of Mu Gyul-Mae Ri time and stuff the drama full of dramatics just to pull the adult crowd, I'm gonna be one unhappy fan.

There're so many interesting Jang Geun Suk-Kim Jae Wook moments in this drama that I'm completely on the M3 boat right now. Not to mention that the Mu Gyul-Mae Ri couple is the cutest couple in k-dramaland I've ever stumbled upon. Jang Geun Suk has not been able to score in the cute couple department in his previous dramas. I refuse to go gaga over a pairing that ends up with one of them being dead in the end.. so the Hwang Jin Yi-Heon Keum pairing totally doesn't work on me. Despite liking Tae Kyung a lot.. the Tae Kyung-Go Mi Nam couple only got cute about a few episodes nearing the end. Well, actually only during that last scene when they're both staring at the stars while mouthing mushy dialogues to each other. And he didn't get the girl in Hong Gil Dong & Beethoven Virus.

However, I'm not too happy with the way Mu Gyul's character is progressing. They're making him succumb too fast to the demands of several annoying members of society when he's been pretty successful at ignoring them for most of his life. Just because you fall in love for the first time doesn't mean you have to seriously consider changing yourself at every turn. Where's the carefree Mu Gyul? He's looking more and more grim with every episode. I want to see him running through the streets and laughing in abandon with Mae Ri in tow again. Even their escape to the place where they want to watch the sunset is interlaced with pretty dry talks about building a family and growing old together. Eeeep... kids, you're too young to be thinking about such stuffy things. Enjoy your youth! It goes away in the blink of an eye~

The subbed episodes (up to ep 9) can be found in Youtube:


I like the Episode 9 recap by girfriday in Dramabeans. Go read!

[Uploaded Movie] Nodame Cantabile: The Final Score Part i & II

I ended up watching the two Nodame Cantabile movies I've put off watching for sometime. Now, my Nodame experience is really complete. I feel sad, somehow. I doubt they're gonna do another movie or drama since everything has concluded rather nicely.

NC is a story that is hard to review. If you hate the sound of a piano or classical music, you'd better stay away from it as the two are played for almost the entire duration of the movies. The story of Nodame and Chiaki cannot be told without the music that connects them together. I doubt they can live without their music the way I doubt they can live without each other.

I think what makes me feel so touched during Chiaki's conducting is the story told in the voice-over during the orchestra. I also love the background that comes with every song Nodame plays. I think NC is the most hardworking drama I've ever watched in my life.. from the set, to the cast, to the extras, to the backdrop, to the musical performances.. everything is just... WOW! It's one of those dramas we wish would be aired once a week forever as long as we all shall live.

This is the performance I love the most out of the two movies..

[Uploaded Drama] Beethoven Virus - Jang Geun Suk & Kim Myung Min

I think this will be the last completed drama by Jang Geun Suk that I'm gonna pursue. I doubt I have the patience to finish a period drama so Hwang Jin-i and Hong Gil Dong are out of the list. I'm tempted to follow M3 every week though, despite my earlier resolve not to touch it with a 10-foot pole before it's completed... since I'm a creature who has almost zilch will power when it comes to temptation.

While trying to see whether what happened to me with Gong Yoo will happen with Jang Geun Suk too (love induced by marathon watching of his works), I fell in love instantly with another character. Who else? The person who commands everyone's attention the instant he appears on screen, of course. The Orchestra Killer.

I went on the net to find out more about the actor.. Kim Myung Min. He turns out to be an interesting personality. Maybe not someone I can obsess over since he's such a scarily serious guy when he's working, but I can see myself hunting down all his works. There're not that many of them anyway since he only started to get good roles around 5-7 years ago and one of the them is in a period drama. It's weird.. I love the European period dramas/movies, but I can't stand the Asian ones.

Kim Myung Min has this thing about being called good looking. He will never believe you if you call him good looking or handsome. Watch this funny interview..



Well, I'm in agreement with the PD. In my eyes, he's really good looking. When I watched the MBC documentary on him, I realized why he's quite particular about his looks. All his young working life, he'd been told that he couldn't get lead parts because he's not good looking enough. Suddenly after Kang Mae came into existence, women find him to be an absolute dreamboat. If I were him, I'd find the whole thing amusing. But I think, some men or women do look much better looking after they've passed a certain age. Being young does not always equate with being beautiful. Looking young does not always mean looking gorgeous. And Kang Mae's intensely charismatic personality enhances his attractiveness. You just can't take your eyes off the guy and be awed by every word he says even though his words are mostly insults.



I was firmly in Kang Mae's camp from the 1st episode. Though his method is harsher than harsh and were I to be on the receiving end of his poisonous tongue I'd probably want to crawl into the smallest hole I can find and cultivate mushrooms there till I die, the things he says are usually the things I'd say in my head too if I were facing the same situation.. it's just that I'd sugarcoat them during my delivery. I'm more like Gun Woo in that respect. The persuasiveness Gun Woo displays in the last episode to make the pro musicians agree to play with the Mouse Phil in the joint orchestra reminds me of how I handled some stuff at work or at home so much that I rewinded it several times while laughing. I think I prefer Kang Mae's method better, it's purer and more heartfelt.. but I'd probably get sacked or alienated from society if I were to emulate his style. I'd probably be hated by my family too.

Several times when Kang Mae is scolding Gun Woo and the other Mouse Phil members, I find myself agreeing with his every word. Especially the "beggar's instinct". Wow, that hit me hard. And things like.. a dream is not a star to be looked at from afar, why are you trying to find a difference when there is none and trying to be nonchalant when your pride is hurt.. bla bla bla. I really love his dialog. There should be a quotable quote page on Kang Mae. Oh, I like this one a lot too: "It is your turn to be strong. I don’t need it. I am already perfect." haha.. that's funny. Kim Myung Min said that Kang Mae speaks every word sharply to the ear (link) and I really like his voice. It's really yummy and edible-sounding.

In the end, I still can't find the extra liking for Jang Geun Suk I need to continue to follow his works.. but at least I've found the next actor I'm gonna hunt down. Kim Myung Min's White Tower will most probably be my next victim.

Being a Nodame Cantabile fan, it's hard not to compare between the two classical music-based dramas. But after I've finished watching Beethoven Virus, I found that a comparison is really not necessary. NC and BV followed different routes despite operating on the same platform. The premise, the genre, the set-up, the story background.. they're all as different as night and day from one drama to the other. If you ask me which do I prefer in terms of drama delivery, I'd say NC. In terms of repeat watching too, I can watch entire NC episodes 20 times but if I repeat BV I will only be watching Kang Mae's parts. In NC, the music is as much a character as the orchestra members are, but in BV the music usually serves as a background or at most a catalyst for the story development. I'm not saying BV is not as good as NC, I'm just saying that the two dramas are merely trying to convey different messages so it's a given that the tonal delivery must differ too. It's up to you which one you prefer more.

There's not even one kiss in Beethoven Virus, it's based on classical music (which is usually considered boring and incomprehensible to regular everyday folks like us), and the main character is a 40-ish year old cranky megalomaniac. Yet it's one of the most popular dramas aired in Korea in 2008 and the public adoration (domestic and international) for the supposedly hateful sharp-tongued perfectionist is unprecedented. What other recommendations do you need to look it up? Don't fight the attraction you'll feel for Kang Mae. Resistance is futile.. as I have learned for myself.

An interesting project that was linked to BV: YouTube Symphony Orchestra

[Uploaded Drama] You're Beautiful - Jang Geun Suk

What have I been doing? You won't want to know. Work stuff.. bla bla bla.. meh

But I did manage to catch up on my k-movies (more on this later if I'm not too lazy to write about it) and k-drama. After I've finished hunting down all Gong Yoo's works, I'm onto Jang Geun Suk now. I heard of Beethoven Virus around the time I was crazy in love with Nodame Cantabile, so as much as I wanted to watch it.. I refrained coz I didn't want to clog my puny brain with too much classical whateva.

Then all those A.N.Jell clips cropped up on youtube. And since I hate to get into hyped up stuff, I just ignored it. Who cares about this Jang Geun Suk guy anyway? Pretty guys turn me off.. gah!

...heh, who am I kidding?

After days of sulking over Gong Yoo's meager updates, I decided to look up You're Beautiful coz I like all those cross-dressing shiz (yes, I'm still hung up over Coffee Prince). My impression of Jang Geun Suk throughout the drama?

• He's too heavily made-up.. his face looks line-less like a mannequin. Why didn't he get the nickname "Walking Statue" like KHJ hyung-nim got in BOF?
• He looks short for a guy who stands at 182cm 
• He walks with a hunch.. hmm, do all pretty guys walk with a hunch? Gackt always appears hunched.. Kim Jae Wook too. I wonder if it has anything to do with them trying to appear more manly. They can save all the trouble coz it doesn't work. They still look prettier than most female models I've seen on TV. Were I a guy, I agree with what Kim Jin Hyeok's friends said in Antique Bakery.. if I had to choose between ugly girls and someone as pretty as Min Seon Woo, I'd choose Min Seon Woo without hesitation. I wish my work place has its share of pretty guys too. It's like a desert there...
• He's too cute for his own good, not that I'm complaining
• He's younger than KHJ hyung-nim?? I thought he's older by at least 2 years. I wonder why I think that. It must  have been all those intense stares Hwang Tae Kyung gives to everyone around him. Despite looking smaller than Shin Woo, he deserves to be called hyung-nim in that drama. Hwang Tae Kyung is charismatic like woah~

Anyway, in terms of story review.. it just affirms my belief that parents can really mess up the lives of their children. Seriously, if all they do is make their children's lives miserable, why did they give birth in the first place? Do they think that because they nearly died delivering us into this big bad world that none of us have a clue as to why we're to be brought into it in the first place.. we owe them our lives until the end of time?

Delusional psycho biatch... that's what I called Mo Hwa Ran. Why is it that when it's the parents committing all sorts of unspeakable acts, the children must always forgive them.. but if it's the other way around, the children get kicked out of the house, disinherited, spoken of to everyone as if they're evil beings? That person who says how a parent's love is unconditional must have been an orphan... or a very forgetful person... or maybe he/she was just clueless about what 'unconditional' actually means.

I don't get parents. I really don't. I've known them my whole life (obviously) and I still can't understand them.

I like Park Shin Hye's character, although I do think the whole set-up feels more like an anime than a live action. My favourite character has to be the Sachou.. JACKPOT!! (lol). I like the way Hwang Tae Kyung will call out "Go Mi Nam" in almost exactly the same tone no matter how urgent the matter that he wants to say is.. I thought it was really funny. I just love how Jang Geun Suk infused Hwang Tae Kyung with several unforgettable quirks that get under people's skin (well, mine anyway). He's brilliant.

Shin Woo reminds me of Yoon Ji Hoo. He even sings a song with a line.. "Because I'm a fool.." which reminds me immediately of "Because I'm Stupid". And I'm not the only who thinks these two characters are similar..



I didn't fall in love with Jang Geun Suk at first sight though.. a pre-requisite for a lifelong obsession. Hmmm, but it wasn't love at first sight with Gong Yoo either.. and I'm obsessed with the guy. Wait.. it was love at first listen with Gong Yoo's voice. That must count for something.

Anyway, here's a link to the drama for anyone who's interested to look it up. Sorry, can't embed it. The story is fun, and although the plot is riddled with cliches, everything is tied up so nicely that, by the time Hwang Tae Kyung sang that song for Go Mi Nyu in the last episode, I found myself thinking.. "so this is how a good story is written".

YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL

[Uploaded movie] Antique Bakery - Kim Jae Wook & Joo Ji Hoon

The yaoi treatment is getting the glorious place it deserves in this movie, a far cry from the shabby treatment given to it by its japanese counterpart. Trust the koreans to adapt a manga story faithfully. Why is it that they understand how a manga should be adapted better than the people from the country where the manga comes from? I feel this way about Hana Yori Dango (Boys Over Flowers) and Itazura na Kiss (Playful Kiss) as well. The korean adaptations are light years more interesting than the japanese ones.

Anyway, I think getting Andy Gillet to play Jean-Baptise Evan is such an acting coup. I looked up Andy Gillet on youtube. There're quite a few of his clips lying around. With his impossibly long eyebrows that stretch the length of his face and his hooded eyes that can haunt you every time he throws a look, he reminds me of Lee Williams. He's a model too. I doubt I'll be watching french movies any time soon coz I don't think I can be that obsessed with a european actor, but he's pretty cool.

I completely believe in the Seon Woo-Jean pairing, they look so natural together. Especially the scene with them in just their underwear *cough*. And every time they kiss, there's not even a hint of "we're just acting, get this take over with" in the way they respond to each other. Kim Jae Wook.. I'm hunting down all your works later. Do you know he's also in a band as vocal AND guitar? He plays the piano too btw..*ish besotted* ..I want to wait until Mary finishes before watching it coz I don't think I can follow it every week the way I followed Playful Kiss.. ^^;

And how good is Ji Hoon in the role of Jin Hyuk? He's so energetic and all over the place. I feel like watching the movie several times just to catch all his actions. I dunno why he's not been in more dramas and movies with that much talent. This is why, unlike other fans, I never complain about my favourite celebrities being workaholics and fainting everywhere. As much as I care about them, I want them to continue working so I can look up their never-ending supply of works anytime I want. I'm missing Gong Yoo so much now. I wish he'd be in more dramas. Maybe I should start re-watching Coffee Prince. And I want to buy Biscuit Teacher CD if I can find it in any store. The Veoh uploaded clips drive me nuts when they start jumbling up the scenes. It's a good thing that my brain is wired weirdly so I could still enjoy it.

...errrrrmmm, where was I? O yeah.. Antique Bakery.. *cough*

If you've watched the japanese drama, don't think that it's anything like that. It's much more exciting and in fact made me want to look up all the works by its director, Min Gyu-Dong. I wish there would be a sequel so I can see Jin Hyuk being willingly molested by Seon Woo. I think Jin Hyuk is already head over heels in lust with Seon Woo but being a hetero, he needs to be "convinced" before he can accept his change in taste. I'm perfectly alright with heteros being turned to homos in fiction. In real life where we are held responsible for the consequences of our actions, it's another matter altogether.

I highly recommend it! If you haven't watched it already.. go and have a look ~~


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[Drama] Biscuit Teacher and Star Candy a.k.a. Hello My Teacher - Gong Yoo

The more I watch his dramas/movies.. the more dramas/movies of his I want to watch. As much as I love my other guys (Lee Jun Ki, Kang Dong Won, Tamaki Hiroshi and the list goes on), I usually only like some of the characters they play.. not all. Gong Yoo is the first actor whom I like in all the roles he has played no matter how small and brief and dialogue-less. The more I watch Gong Yoo on my screen, the more on-screen Gong Yoo I want to see.


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What do I like the most about Gong Yoo? It's the responses he shows in front of the woman he loves. Well, not in real life since I know nothing about that. But on the screen. No matter what role he plays, no matter what the scene is about.. I always feel that the responses he's showing are how the character he plays would actually show if he were a real person instead of a fictional guy. Everything is so spot on. I melt.

And I love his hands. I think this is the first time I'm obsessed with a guy's hands. I rewind some scenes in some drama/movies several times just because the cameras were showing his hands. Hands.. fingers.. palms.. knuckles.. how can a macho-looking guy have such beautiful, feminine hands? They look fragile and precious.. as if he keeps them in gloves most of the times.

But I think what really drives me crazy is his voice. Maybe because I didn't expect that it can move me. How can a guy move me with his on-screen performances AND move me with his singing voice EVERY TIME?? It's simply unthinkable.. until I heard him sing. Have you heard him sing? People who've been complaining about Gong Yoo.. that actors should just leave singing to singers.. must have not heard him sing before. Want a sample? There're quite a few on youtube, but I love love love this one the best. It's more of a doraebang, really. But it's lovely.

[Uploaded Movie] Ryu Ga Gotoku (Yakuza) - Gong Yoo Cut

Good luck trying to understand Korean by reading Japanese characters.. ha! Ish like trying to understand Latin by reading hieroglyphics. I did get some of the hiragana, katakana and very VERY simple kanji deciphered though. Wish it's subbed in English instead.. *pouts*

Didn't I say someone out there really love Gong Yoo? I couldn't find the movie on youtube, but I found his cut. Since I only want to see him in it, I guess it has to be enough for me. I can't be bothered to find and download the whole thing coz I hate mafia movies.

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Was thinking perhaps he'd have some fight scenes in it, like he did in "She's On Duty".. but no luck. He's a sniper.. an assassin role, then? I think he deliberately made Park Chul moves in a kinda slow-mo movements to emphasize his deadly character. And it worked.. for me, at least. When Park Chul is mixing the drinks at the bar, I half-expected him to suddenly brandish an automatic and shoot everyone there.. eeeep.

Tried to watch some of his subbed interviews and it confirmed one thing.. I only love Gong Yoo in movies/dramas. My "Gong Yoo's movie/drama marathon" is like hunting down all the manga by my favourite mangaka.. sono kanji dake wa sono kanji. Gomen nasai, Gong Yoo-san. But that means you have to give me your new works as soon as possible so I can enjoy you again.. kay. Looking forward to it.. aja! aja! hwaiting! ♥

[Uploaded Movie] Superstar Mr. Gam - Gong Yoo

He was only a cameo in this movie, but since I was watching it because of him.. I'm putting his name up there.. ha! Any complaints? Take em' to the bridge ~~~~



It started out simple enough, just another sports movie. To tell the truth, I hate sports movies. They get romanticized so much. I have no idea why a ball, any ball, gets idolized to the point of frenzy. But seeing that I was screaming encouragements to Mr. GAM and his team by the end of their game to the OB Bears with no regard whatsoever for my poor neighbours.. there must be something to all the craziness after all.

I'm not into team games, heck.. I'm not into games period. I can't bear to win, and I hate to lose. What does that tell you about me? It tells you squat, that's what it does. But when I support a team, I will give absolute loyalty. As long as they give me a good spirited game, winning or losing.. I will still cheer for them to the end. (YOU HEAR THAT KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS??? Grrrrrr... should I still put my faith in you come next year?? *sulks*)

Somehow, Gong Yoo looks the most handsome to me in this movie.. despite not having a dialogue, despite appearing so briefly, despite being a rival to the main character.. he just draws people in, doesn't he? Gong Yoo.. I'm sure your fans missed you so much during your 2-year army stint. Can I now be your fan too? I'm sure glad I entered your universe the year after you were released from your military duty so I don't have to wait so long. Daebak! (you're out here and Jun Ki's in there.. ish like you guys changed place or something.. o wellz)

I wish I can find something in my life I want to fight that hard for. I was such a coward for letting elders run my life.. but I'm growing older too year by year. I've got myself in a situation I can't get out of at the moment, but once I'm out.. I think I should start planning. At this stage of my life, is it too late? My grandma was already dead when she was a year younger than I am now. Somehow, that sorta thing puts life in perspective for ya.. doesn't it?

Aaaaaaaaa... am I supposed to feel accomplished now that I've finished all Gong Yoo's movies in one day, when I should have been studying my butts off? O wait.. except for Ryu Ga Gotoku coz I still can't find that one. Japan and its stingy copyright regulations.. gah! Anyway, all that's left now are his dramas.. LOL.

Geh.. I suck at reviewing movies. It's worth watching, ish Mr. GAM. I think the guy is still alive.. if he is, I think he'd be 53 years old this year. I looked up the team and it did have a rather horrible history where wins are concerned. But underdog teams always make for a more interesting story.

Links on Sammi Superstars if you're interested to know more on the background of this movie:  

Nexen Heroes, Korea Baseball Organization, Nostalgia for the Perpetual Loser

[Uploaded Movie] S Diary - Gong Yoo

I can't believe I've been watching Gong Yoo since this morning. One more movie and that's his complete filmography (movies) I've been devouring today. And they're all available on Youtube. Someone out there must really love this guy.. it's like a concerted effort to get his work out to the public.. or something.



Despite being one of the 3 important male roles, I think his is the most colourful one.. and the cutest (although I think the priest guy is cute too..hehe). Of course it helps that his character is also the youngest and therefore the most boisterous and playful.

What happens to the 4th guy, huh? He's let off the hook just coz he's the one urging her to look up her previous lovers? Watching the movie, I first thought her lovers were all bastards.. but the scene before the credit roll changed my mind.

I guess what makes love the most explored subject in arts and literature is its subjective nature. From a different point of view, it shows us a different face.. like a kaleidoscope, ever changing and amazingly mesmerizing whichever way it turns.

For me, I've always thought love is overrated in the movies. As if the majority of us humans can't live without having lovers/significant others waiting for us at home when we get off work or whatever it is we do every day. Love can't put food on the table. Love can't save you when you're about to get fired. Love can't give you direction when you're lost in the middle of a forest on a moonless night.

But love sure makes a hard life seem more tolerable.. and even fun. Most times, anyway.

Despite the snog fest that has Gong Yoo plastered all over the studio room (yeay~), the moment when I thought.. "Woah, sekshii da! Omo, why do I suddenly think he's sexy??" ..was actually the scene with him dancing in the club wearing (what looks like) a white (cotton?) vest with his (cardigan? sweater?) jacket off one shoulder.

His drama that I really want to watch but can't find is 'Hello My Teacher'. Correction. I found it, but Tudou is being a bish today. Or maybe that's just how Tudou is. *kicks it*

[Uploaded Movie] My Tutor Friend - Gong Yoo

Okay.. fine! So he's not the lead and I still enjoyed the movie anyway.. so what?

In fact his part is so small in this movie and Jang-soo is such a ridiculous guy (although I do think he's the cutest jjang in a korean movie evar) that I would have left midway if some scenes had not made me laugh so hard I nearly peed in my pants (good thing I was wearing a dress) that I was compelled to finish it anyway.

Who's the main actors? Lemme check..

...it's Kwon Sang-Woo and Kim Ha-Neul. Ermmm, hu dat? I'm such a noob. The guy fights like a pro.. he must have had some martial arts training, like Lee Jun Ki. Can't find info on that though.

[Uploaded Movie] Spy Girl - Gong Yoo

*ticked it off her list* ..finished this just now.(hehe)

SPOILER ALERT: There's not even a whiff of a snogging scene.. so if that's what you're searching for in this movie, you'll come away dejected. *ish feeling quite dejected right now*

But Gong Yoo's character is so cute! And what kind of a name is Go-bong anyway?? *tries to imagine calling him with that name...* GO-BONGGGGGGG!! m(__ __)m



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[Uploaded movie] She's On Duty - Gong Yoo

This was the movie I was watching when I should be doing my school work.. meh. I'm bad at following deadlines.

Gong Yoo is not my type (i.e. I don't feel like looking up his interview,talk show,non-movie/drama-related clips) and yet watching him act makes me go all gooey inside. What is this reaction? The guy is dangerous. He's gonna make me hunt down all his old works. What am I saying? I'm already doing that... *facepalm*



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I'm quite peeved that they cut out a key scene from the movie. It's that kiss scene on the stairs. What? A kiss scene is not a key scene? When it comes to Gong Yoo, every scene becomes a key scene.. ok. Well, at least we got a preview of it in that fanvideo I pasted in this blog earlier. *ish still sulking*

[Uploaded Movie] Secret Reunion - Kang Dong Won

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