a (belated) prelude before i can give any review. haven’t watched the movie..

Eugene ~ Unstoppable Marriage MV

KBS ~ Interview with the casts

Movie Premiere

Movie trailer

credit MeSayuRi @ youtube

-why didn’t they just make it ‘Hello Miss!’?-

i’m not making synopsis for each episode, since you can get better recaps of the storyline from some devoted writers somewhere else easily. and the drama’s over anyway.  so this is no detailed review, just a simple one. as i usually do.

Aired: March 19, 2007 – May 8, 2007  KBS (16 episodes)

synopsis 

Hwa Ahn Dang owner, Soo Ha, is trying to save the place from being bankrupt. She meets Dong Gyu and Chang Min, the grandsons of a wealthy man, who had worked for a long time at Hwa Ahn Dang before. Together with a crazy woman’s daughter ‘Hwa Ran’, they get involve in a dangerous love story… This drama is adapted from the novel, “Kimchi Mandu.” (koreandrama.org)

Cast:

Lee Dae Hee as Lee Su Ha

i hate Lee Dae Hee. duh..what else can i do to see someone my age, making definitely more income than me by kissing around some of the hottest men in South Korea?…okay..envy, not hate.

Her acting here reminds me of hers in My Girl. Not about the characters, but more to her facial expression. She has this comical way to interpret her roles, and seems like it shows up in every role she plays. not that it is boring, but then i know what to expect the next time i see her in dramas.  but i have to say, among other K-actresses i’ve ever seen, she looks best in hanbok.  

Lee Ji Hoon as Hwang Dong Gyu

Lee Ji Hoon was never my favorite actor. but i like him here. He plays Hwang Dong Gyu which is a rather naive person, and he manages to make it somewhat natural. you can laugh just to see his face.

Ha Seok Jin as Hwang Chan Min

 LOL..bad snapshot, i know..but i’m so into Ha Seok Jin, don’t get me wrong.

 Hwang Chan Min is a poor character. He has everything, but he’s under Dong Gyu’s shadow. He changes to be the villain in the middle of the story, but you can never hate him..one thing i recognized from Ha Seok Jin is that he has very expressive eyes i found in his dramas and movies. So i think, just like Lee Dae Hee, we can expect that in his upcoming works. 

Yoon Mi Su as Suh Hwa Ran

Right, her turn. umm..well, you gotta have the look, tall, slim, and all that to be the love rival or villain in a Kdrama. She’s a pure villain, since she holds the grudge ever since she was a kid. She is supposed to be not that evil, coz she loves her mother and Joo Young. But it doesn’t appear like that. till the end, Yoon Mi Su’s Suh Hwa Ran (geez these names..) still has the evil look.

 Ryan as Joon Yong (Lee Su Ha’s brother)

If it was me, i’d cry if he has to be my brother…LOL..he’s my favorite character in this drama. But he lacks of expression..i dunno why. but his face always looks the same..hmmm..Catch him singing in eps. 15. nnnice!!

Is that really him singing the song?can anyone tell me, coz i found out that it’s someone named  Yoo Chang sings ‘She’, not Ryan. Who’s this Yoo Chang anyway?

Watching the drama

If there’s something defined as obstacle of watching standard 16 episode korean dramas, for me,  it’s to get thru 9-14th episodes. and for typical romance drama, it usually goes like this :

eps.  1-4 ~ thrilled, excited for new drama

eps.  5-8 ~ the biorhytm slides down. let’s count how many love stories we have in this drama.

eps.  9-14 ~ for God’s sake! why on earth the problems keep coming and unsolved!where’s the button??fast forward! 

eps. 15-16 ~ now we can see the end of the tunnel…biorythm up the hill again..

well, not always like that. but it was like that when i watched H!M.  

Early episodes were fun. I was soo excited to see Ha Seok Jin again. and Dong Gyu was funny too, with his grumbling over Lee Su Ha and his grandpa. Plus bonus eyecandy : the cool expressionless half-brother showed up.

Then somehow, it was getting boring. More coincidences happened. side love story too, of course, and it was annoying, Kkot Bun and Joon Young’s story. People were making all things complicated, and the villains were getting nastier, while Lee Su Ha and Dong Gyu could do nothing about it.

Finally, eps.15…love found its way, very cute. but no goal yet.

Final episode, when everything was settled, and everyone was happy.

…well, maybe except for him.

 Miscellaneous

squatting at the favorite spot, the pool in Hwa Ahn Dang

yeah, they squat alot

Thing they often do to cars in Kdramas, check out the logo.

what is that covering the logo?cellotape?lol..are they trying to make Fake Audi?

Before the wedding…ring a bell?Shaolin Kungfu Masters, maybe?

more snapshots, just click for bigger version

The Soundtracks 

Brian Joo’s MV  “Everyday I…”

http://shenyuepop.com/2007/04/28/brian-joo-ost-hello-miss-drama

i put all the sounds appeared on the drama here..hehehe..

for anyone who remember when i threw the bet about who’s gonna fall and who’s gonna raise, http://shenyuepop.com/2007/04/30/i-miss-good-old-days/#comments    now i  know where i should put my bet on. he’s raising, as Arirang put him in Star Focus today, May 9.

Ha Suk-jin

PROFILE

Here’s an actor that people are oddly drawn to… and find him to be oh-so-charming! Today’s STAR FOCUS turns SUPER ROOKIE to meet an actor with SO much potential… Ha! Suk! Jin!

He’s 2007’s ‘actor to keep an eye on’!
This super rookie has a packed schedule this year – Ha takes his FIRST lead roles in both a TV drama AND movie! He runs around like crazy with filming schedules, interviews, and promotions.

Ha Suk-jin is in his mid-twenties, but people still mistake him as a young college student – sometimes even a high-schooler! Maybe that’s because almost every role since his debut was as a student in high school – a REBELLIOUS student.
For most people, looking younger than your age, and having a strong image, is a good thing. But for actors, it’s more the opposite. It could get them stuck in a rut.

Now Ha Suk-jin is beginning to gain momentum and he’s revealing that there’s a lot more variety in his acting skills than he led on! He has been singled out as 2007’s greatest potential in acting.

After meeting Ha Suk-jin in person, we learned that he has enough depth to become a true actor.
We applaud the bright and ambitious Ha Suk-jin on his journey to the top.

credit :arirang.co.kr

I remember old times when i just finished watching the movie See You After School, i browsed the internet to find Ha Seok Jin, and all i got was this lousy site contained male models from all over asia. just one picture of Ha Seok Jin, squeezed between Indian and Thai model photos.

now? he’s everywhere on the net!it feels a lil bit hurt, people…coz i spotted him since long time ago…and all those tears and blood i shed just to find out more about him…now everyone can just get him..just like that..*sigh*

btw, just in case you don’t know him, he’s the one playing Lee Ji Hoon’s cousin in Hello Miss. and he also appeared in Monday Kiz MV.

check out his weird taste of taking pictures! he’s so not boring!

credit : hancinema for all pictures + reika no rakuen