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sanaenam April 5 2012, 06:36:13 UTC
Had they had Park Si Yeon in this role, I would have continued to think of A Man's Story (The Story of Man aka Slingshot - drats the English titling snafus). She'd have been in love twice with a sociopath. Or rather once with a psychopath and this time with a sociopath.

I've seen Im Joo Eun bring it before (Joseon X-Files), so I'm hoping she will bring her own intensity to Soo Mi sooner than later. But for now, I am sort of happy to see her seemingly better adjusted and a bit more contented. When the teen Soo Mi finally got her head on somewhat straight and started looking for the missing Sun Woo, I felt as if things could go ok for her. I actually don't want her to be still stuck on Jang Il obsessively. Have her terrorize him, yes. Be consumed by her own obsessive fixation on him, no. I want her to deal him some comeuppance.

I was mighty pleased with Lee Hyun Woo, the child actor who played Sun Woo. I'd seen him before in God of Study and the Return of Iljimae, but I'd not have suspected him capable of such subtlety and richness. I really liked that he had such a little kid face and a teenager's voice yet peered out of his little kid eyes with the wisdom of a very old soul. It was a lovely juxtaposition.

The brutality of episodes 3 and 4. I wouldn't be surprised if the message boards in Korea were all agog about the show's decision to air such graphic images of a young actor's face. My stomach still turns thinking about those images. I want to bring him home and feed him lots of food. (And I can't even cook very well). I love Um Tae Woong, but I found Lee Hyun Woo's Sun Woo so compelling that I'm sad to see him go.

As for the actor playing Moon Tae Joo, Jung Ho Bin. I like him. What I like about him is that - like Lee Sun Woo - he has a face that's on the gentle side yet capable of such sharpness. Beside Queen Seon Deok, I've seen him in Swallow the Sun and All In. He seems typecast playing the second baddie, so I was happy he had a significant and positive role back in Queen Seon Deok. I hope they do more with him here.

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