Hmm I couldn't really pick one, I loved too many scenes. How could you not, when they're filmed so beautifully? The first ones that came to my mind:
-Pretty much everything of ep 5. Besides the rescuing-from-Secondary-Guy (whom I dislike A LOT) scene, I loved the ending, when she slips and he's holding her and you see that he wants to let her fall but he can't actually bring himself to do it, and the conflict in eyes and omgtheangst. -After their first kiss, when he drives her (and Secondary Guy, guh) home and there's this beautiful sequence of them glancing at each other through the car mirror (does it have a name? lol), it was so intense. and god, Rain is so unbelievably perfect in this. -When he closes his eyes and covers his ears in the middle of the street, desperately trying not to hear that song. That's an example of what makes this drama so strikingly different from all the others I've seen; even the shortest sequence, the tiniest expression can be so haunting and delicate and desperate at the same time. You may still not know the characters well, how they got to that point, but you can feel the pain all the same, the regrets, that craving for something they don't have (anymore) or something they would actually want but they're too fucked up to get (Secondary Girl knowing Bok-gu will never love her--but she can't let go of him and keeps on suffering; SMA destroying herself cause she's too broken for BG's brother's disappearance and she can't really bring herself to survive; Bok-gu, realising he's fallen in love with SMA -- but it only makes things worse, cause it's impossible and revenge was all that kept him alive and all the broken pieces can't be fixed at that point, it's too late).
(and I should stop ranting, yeah.)
I don't remember if you've ever mentioned it, but what about the soundtrack? I've never loved the music in a drama so much. It was gorgeous, perfectly blended with the images and the story. and the violins, really. <3
(OT: I'm halfway through Dog&Wolf and I'm loving it. and wow, LJK can actually look like a man.)
(OT: I'm halfway through Dog&Wolf and I'm loving it. and wow, LJK can actually look like a man.)
Isn't it awesome? He looks very hot in TODAW. Mmmm, love that drama.
-Pretty much everything of ep 5. Besides the rescuing-from-Secondary-Guy (whom I dislike A LOT) scene, I loved the ending, when she slips and he's holding her and you see that he wants to let her fall but he can't actually bring himself to do it, and the conflict in eyes and omgtheangst.
Oh yes. I love how he always finds rationalizations in himself why he doesn't do it but...
-When he closes his eyes and covers his ears in the middle of the street, desperately trying not to hear that song.
I love that so much!
And yes, Rain is utterly perfect in this. I mean, I thought he was adorable and all in Full House, but I didn't know at all that he could be like this...Oh, and yes, the soundtrack is amazing.
it only makes things worse, cause it's impossible and revenge was all that kept him alive and all the broken pieces can't be fixed at that point, it's too late
Oh yes, that is so true and so sad and yet (narratively) so perfect. He had nothing to live for but revenge and now even that is gone...
Oh yes, that is so true and so sad and yet (narratively) so perfect. He had nothing to live for but revenge and now even that is gone...
Exactly. He has no more reasons to live and now he's too broken and doesn't have the force and the will to use his love as a new reason, he's beyond repair (and so is she I guess, even if not as much as him). And well, I haven't seen the ending yet but I can certainly take a guess.. (and we're always talking about kdramas after all)
I thought he was adorable and all in Full House, but I didn't know at all that he could be like this
I loved Full House as well, but I've always thought it was quite -if not shallow- one-dimensional. Entertaining, yes, but it lacked something, a certain depth in the characters, in the story, dunno. So yes, I thought Rain was good enough for that kind of drama, but I certainly didn't exepct that he could be this good and talented and soo perfect *swoons* On a shallower note, I'd like to point out that bodyguard!outfit and new haircut did help, lol; in Full House he was simply.. guh. They surely had run out of money for a decent wardrobe. I refuse to believe that someone voluntarily picked those clothes. *shivers*
Isn't it awesome? He looks very hot in TODAW. Mmmm, love that drama
Another example when the haircut helps A LOT, haha. I've always found LJK too girly, but I have to admit that he's pretty handsome in this. (I wish he'd keep his hair short, guh) And yes, I'm loving the drama so far. The memory loss part annoyed me a bit at first, but 1) it's a kdrama (again) 2) maybe it was the only way to allow LJK to live again and not be crushed by all the hatred and the desire of revenge (it would have been another ALTK and I'm already almost out of tears, so it's better this way lol)
maybe it was the only way to allow LJK to live again and not be crushed by all the hatred
He is quite something else as Kay, isn't he? So casually vicious, but also so relaxed...it's kinda awesome. Have you gotten to the forced kissing part yet? I am so sick but I found it so HOT.
I wish he'd keep his hair short, guh
Me too. I love Iljimae, I do, but when I read they made him lose the weight he bulked up for TODAW and that he was going to have long hair I was all...whhyyyyyyyy!
On a shallower note, I'd like to point out that bodyguard!outfit and new haircut did help, lol; in Full House he was simply.. guh.
FH was my first kdrama and I remember thinking: do people in Korea really dress like this?
he's beyond repair (and so is she I guess, even if not as much as him).
I don't think he can use his love as a new motivation because it's all tied up with guilt because she is his idolized older brother's girl and he is someone who is pathologically indebted-feeling. It's such a core of him, to repay obligations, to do the 'right thing' in these matters, that to him it would be a complete impossibility to take ES and start a new life...
Have you gotten to the forced kissing part yet? I am so sick but I found it so HOT.
Not yet, but I am totally spoiled and I've already seen that scene, lol (maybe in some video you posted, don't remember). And yes, it was hot :D (but I'll enjoy it even more now, knowing about the new found hotness of LJK characters and the story. I'm on ep. 8 and I am a little hesitant, knowing what's gonna happen to his father, and his brother is gonna blame him and blah blah. It's like the writers are throwing in as much (awful) stuff as they can, and I'm not sure I like that. It's getting too messed up even for me. But I do love it. I just have to recharge the batteries, hehe.
Oh and about the forced kiss and all the h/c, the other day I was making some icons and this one (http://i32.tinypic.com/esuk44.png) totally made me think of you. "dangermousie would like that". lol.
FH was my first kdrama and I remember thinking: do people in Korea really dress like this?
LOL. My first drama was It started with a kiss (and I was totally new to the Asian World) and I kept wondering things like "is holding each other's hand while walking on the street really THAT shameful?", or "hugging each other is the equivalent of western porn?" And I'm still wondering sometimes! I really don't understand if it's just the dramas or people in Korea/Taiwan/Japan etc. actually act like this.
The first ones that came to my mind:
-Pretty much everything of ep 5. Besides the rescuing-from-Secondary-Guy (whom I dislike A LOT) scene, I loved the ending, when she slips and he's holding her and you see that he wants to let her fall but he can't actually bring himself to do it, and the conflict in eyes and omgtheangst.
-After their first kiss, when he drives her (and Secondary Guy, guh) home and there's this beautiful sequence of them glancing at each other through the car mirror (does it have a name? lol), it was so intense. and god, Rain is so unbelievably perfect in this.
-When he closes his eyes and covers his ears in the middle of the street, desperately trying not to hear that song.
That's an example of what makes this drama so strikingly different from all the others I've seen; even the shortest sequence, the tiniest expression can be so haunting and delicate and desperate at the same time. You may still not know the characters well, how they got to that point, but you can feel the pain all the same, the regrets, that craving for something they don't have (anymore) or something they would actually want but they're too fucked up to get (Secondary Girl knowing Bok-gu will never love her--but she can't let go of him and keeps on suffering; SMA destroying herself cause she's too broken for BG's brother's disappearance and she can't really bring herself to survive; Bok-gu, realising he's fallen in love with SMA -- but it only makes things worse, cause it's impossible and revenge was all that kept him alive and all the broken pieces can't be fixed at that point, it's too late).
(and I should stop ranting, yeah.)
I don't remember if you've ever mentioned it, but what about the soundtrack? I've never loved the music in a drama so much. It was gorgeous, perfectly blended with the images and the story. and the violins, really. <3
(OT: I'm halfway through Dog&Wolf and I'm loving it. and wow, LJK can actually look like a man.)
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Isn't it awesome? He looks very hot in TODAW. Mmmm, love that drama.
-Pretty much everything of ep 5. Besides the rescuing-from-Secondary-Guy (whom I dislike A LOT) scene, I loved the ending, when she slips and he's holding her and you see that he wants to let her fall but he can't actually bring himself to do it, and the conflict in eyes and omgtheangst.
Oh yes. I love how he always finds rationalizations in himself why he doesn't do it but...
-When he closes his eyes and covers his ears in the middle of the street, desperately trying not to hear that song.
I love that so much!
And yes, Rain is utterly perfect in this. I mean, I thought he was adorable and all in Full House, but I didn't know at all that he could be like this...Oh, and yes, the soundtrack is amazing.
it only makes things worse, cause it's impossible and revenge was all that kept him alive and all the broken pieces can't be fixed at that point, it's too late
Oh yes, that is so true and so sad and yet (narratively) so perfect. He had nothing to live for but revenge and now even that is gone...
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Exactly.
He has no more reasons to live and now he's too broken and doesn't have the force and the will to use his love as a new reason, he's beyond repair (and so is she I guess, even if not as much as him). And well, I haven't seen the ending yet but I can certainly take a guess..
(and we're always talking about kdramas after all)
I thought he was adorable and all in Full House, but I didn't know at all that he could be like this
I loved Full House as well, but I've always thought it was quite -if not shallow- one-dimensional. Entertaining, yes, but it lacked something, a certain depth in the characters, in the story, dunno.
So yes, I thought Rain was good enough for that kind of drama, but I certainly didn't exepct that he could be this good and talented and soo perfect *swoons*
On a shallower note, I'd like to point out that bodyguard!outfit and new haircut did help, lol; in Full House he was simply.. guh.
They surely had run out of money for a decent wardrobe. I refuse to believe that someone voluntarily picked those clothes. *shivers*
Isn't it awesome? He looks very hot in TODAW. Mmmm, love that drama
Another example when the haircut helps A LOT, haha.
I've always found LJK too girly, but I have to admit that he's pretty handsome in this. (I wish he'd keep his hair short, guh)
And yes, I'm loving the drama so far. The memory loss part annoyed me a bit at first, but
1) it's a kdrama (again)
2) maybe it was the only way to allow LJK to live again and not be crushed by all the hatred and the desire of revenge (it would have been another ALTK and I'm already almost out of tears, so it's better this way lol)
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He is quite something else as Kay, isn't he? So casually vicious, but also so relaxed...it's kinda awesome. Have you gotten to the forced kissing part yet? I am so sick but I found it so HOT.
I wish he'd keep his hair short, guh
Me too. I love Iljimae, I do, but when I read they made him lose the weight he bulked up for TODAW and that he was going to have long hair I was all...whhyyyyyyyy!
On a shallower note, I'd like to point out that bodyguard!outfit and new haircut did help, lol; in Full House he was simply.. guh.
FH was my first kdrama and I remember thinking: do people in Korea really dress like this?
he's beyond repair (and so is she I guess, even if not as much as him).
I don't think he can use his love as a new motivation because it's all tied up with guilt because she is his idolized older brother's girl and he is someone who is pathologically indebted-feeling. It's such a core of him, to repay obligations, to do the 'right thing' in these matters, that to him it would be a complete impossibility to take ES and start a new life...
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Not yet, but I am totally spoiled and I've already seen that scene, lol (maybe in some video you posted, don't remember). And yes, it was hot :D (but I'll enjoy it even more now, knowing about the new found hotness of LJK characters and the story.
I'm on ep. 8 and I am a little hesitant, knowing what's gonna happen to his father, and his brother is gonna blame him and blah blah. It's like the writers are throwing in as much (awful) stuff as they can, and I'm not sure I like that. It's getting too messed up even for me.
But I do love it. I just have to recharge the batteries, hehe.
Oh and about the forced kiss and all the h/c, the other day I was making some icons and this one (http://i32.tinypic.com/esuk44.png) totally made me think of you. "dangermousie would like that". lol.
FH was my first kdrama and I remember thinking: do people in Korea really dress like this?
LOL.
My first drama was It started with a kiss (and I was totally new to the Asian World) and I kept wondering things like "is holding each other's hand while walking on the street really THAT shameful?", or "hugging each other is the equivalent of western porn?"
And I'm still wondering sometimes! I really don't understand if it's just the dramas or people in Korea/Taiwan/Japan etc. actually act like this.
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Ooooh, do you have TODAW icons? I neeeeeed some :P
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(I'm sobbing.)
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But how gorgeous was their day together?
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