Green Rose: Beyond Amazing
Green Rose has eaten my brain.
Green Rose owns me, body and soul.
Only two and a half episodes in, I've swooned, smiled, and bawled my frelling eyes out. Things would have been thrown at the screen, only that would interrupt the viewing.
Go Soo (it's the first thing I've seen him in) is awesome. He is gorgeous in a very masculine way, but he isn't just a pretty face. And Lee Da Hae? She is amazing. And beautiful. And the soundtrack? It just might be my very favorite drama soundtrack. That theme song just kills me. Kills me kills me kills me dead.
Oh, kdramas!
Jung-Hyun (Go Soo's character) is my newest dorama crush.
My heart breaks for him: an uncomprehending man caught in a surreal nightmare. He is so young and boysih, however capable, and his fear at being caught in this nightmare: being accused of murder, and attempted murder and arson, breaks my heart.
In a way, this is a quintessential fear, isn't it? Being put away in prison for something you know you didn'y do. The scene of him being walked out of the hospital to interrogation, and his struggling a bit, yelling he is innocent, and then repeating wearily he didn't do it, growing more and more afraid...
I just love that Jung-Hyun is shown to be scared. That he is a strong person, but he is terrified. There is no put on bravado. The scene where his Mom and Soo-Ah come to visit him in prison, and they can't touch him, and the time is so limited, and he keeps looking from Soo-Ah to his Mom, as if he is trying to feast his eyes on them, as if he can't get enough, as if he is storing it? I was sniffling. And his Mom trying to comfort him with the whole 'it will get better' and he says, somewhat mechanically that he knows, not sounding like he believes it.
But of course, he believes it.
So when the trial goes so terribly south, he has to be dragged screaming out of the courtroom (and he is tied up, and in prison uniform, and it's all horrible). But I love how steadfast Soo-Ah is. Jung-Hyun is accused of killing her father, but she never wavers. She is so steady in the face of all the questions. And I love the way Jung-Hyun looks at her during the trial when she reiterates her love and faith. It's like everything is falling apart but she stands firm and his love and gratitude and holding on is palpable.
But OMG, he gets convicted, and it's life in prison, and he literally has to be dragged by the guards, and he breaks free and runs to the bars, and it's not reasoned, it's purely instinctive panic. And they have to hit him and OMG, when he collapses on the floor of the cell, and he is sobbing, curled up on the stone floor, and it's horrible. He sounds like it's killing him.
And we get that image of utter despair contrasted with Soo-Ah, reading the last letter he wrote to her before everything happened, and we flashback to him and her being all young and in love and carefree, and the letter says he thinks she is beautiful even when drunk or chopping fish heads :) And there is the scene that makes me die where they are supposed to exchange letters, so he draws a stamp and sticks it to his forhead and grins 'I am your letter.' *dies*
And we finally find out the meaning of the drama's name, as Green Roses supposed to symbolize pure love.
And we end the episode with an intercut of the crying Soo-Ah and Jung-Hyun, hollow eyed and with the quiet of despair, stare out at the moon through the bars, whispering 'Soo-Ah.'
I love THIS.
I checked the ratings of this puppy out of curiousity, and at its peak, this was drawing over 30% (!!!). And I can see why.
Oh God.
I had to pause Green Rose because I couldn't stop crying.
Frell.
You poor darlings.
That scene with Jung-Hyun and Soo-Ah where she comes to visit him in prison, after his mother killed herself (the scene with Soo-Ah finding the body and crying the way a child does is heartbreaking). And he still has the bandage from when he recieved news of his mother's death and he just methodically started hitting his head against the stone floor.
And Soo-Ah is crying and telling him the burial will be done properly and she shows him the rings for the two of them Mom made from her own wedding ring.
And OMG.
He finally looks up, with this set look on his face, and tells her everything is her fault. His mom's death, his being in jail. And as she looks at him, uncomprehending, he tells her, steadily, stonily: "I did it." And he tells her he killed the groundskeeper and tried to kill her father, and set the place on fire. And she is falling apart, she can't take it in, and she is asking him 'you are saying this for my sake, to free me' (which of course he is) but he doesn't even respond to that, but he looks at her (and he looks so scary, I want to take a step back) and starts talking in detail and then just repeating 'I did it.'
And then the visit is over and she literally stumbles out. And then...
OMG...
OMG...
OMG...
He is led away by the guards, and he is in the prison hallway, and his knees buckle, and he literally faints, because he cannot deal.
And it intercuts between him and Soo-Ah, stumbling like the legs aren't her own, and then just collapsing in a heap by a car, as she looks around blindly.
And he is just lying, catatonic, in his cell.
OMG.
And she is going to believe him.
OMG.
And he has no will to live now, because he just cut off the last thing in his life. Earlier he told his Mom he was going insane, thinking that he was innocent and that if only he could get out, he'd prove it. Well, he is much worse off now. Poor darling.
OMG.
This is goooooooooooooooooood.
ETA: OMG, they let him out for his mother's funeral (with guards) and the relatives are hitting him and then he sees his mother's body and he collapses on his knees and he is making this noise which is...whimpering. Like an animal or a very small child in pain, and I sort of curl my hands into the pillows.
OMG.
ETA: And now I hyperventilate.
And Soo-Ah is at the wake and she begs him to tell her it's untrue, to tell him he is just trying to save her, again, but he is all shut off and he tells her 'the truth' which is he knew she was the Chairman's daughter and that is why he risked his life to save her in the mountains, and he wanted her because she was beautiful and rich, and her dad insulted him and he is sorry etc. And there is enough truth mixed with the lies, there, to make it plausible. And OMG, you can see the exact moment she believes him. Lee Da Hae is amazing as Soo-Ah.
And then Jung-Hyun is scattering the ashes, and he is shaking and his hands clench and OMG, Go Soo is soooo good as this man way over the edge.
And then he begs the cops to let him go, to prove his innocence because his mother died to give him the chance, but they won't so there is a struggle and he escapes and OMG OMG OMG...
I love this show with crazy love. It's going into my Top 10, for sure.
Green Rose owns me, body and soul.
Only two and a half episodes in, I've swooned, smiled, and bawled my frelling eyes out. Things would have been thrown at the screen, only that would interrupt the viewing.
Go Soo (it's the first thing I've seen him in) is awesome. He is gorgeous in a very masculine way, but he isn't just a pretty face. And Lee Da Hae? She is amazing. And beautiful. And the soundtrack? It just might be my very favorite drama soundtrack. That theme song just kills me. Kills me kills me kills me dead.
Oh, kdramas!
Jung-Hyun (Go Soo's character) is my newest dorama crush.
My heart breaks for him: an uncomprehending man caught in a surreal nightmare. He is so young and boysih, however capable, and his fear at being caught in this nightmare: being accused of murder, and attempted murder and arson, breaks my heart.
In a way, this is a quintessential fear, isn't it? Being put away in prison for something you know you didn'y do. The scene of him being walked out of the hospital to interrogation, and his struggling a bit, yelling he is innocent, and then repeating wearily he didn't do it, growing more and more afraid...
I just love that Jung-Hyun is shown to be scared. That he is a strong person, but he is terrified. There is no put on bravado. The scene where his Mom and Soo-Ah come to visit him in prison, and they can't touch him, and the time is so limited, and he keeps looking from Soo-Ah to his Mom, as if he is trying to feast his eyes on them, as if he can't get enough, as if he is storing it? I was sniffling. And his Mom trying to comfort him with the whole 'it will get better' and he says, somewhat mechanically that he knows, not sounding like he believes it.
But of course, he believes it.
So when the trial goes so terribly south, he has to be dragged screaming out of the courtroom (and he is tied up, and in prison uniform, and it's all horrible). But I love how steadfast Soo-Ah is. Jung-Hyun is accused of killing her father, but she never wavers. She is so steady in the face of all the questions. And I love the way Jung-Hyun looks at her during the trial when she reiterates her love and faith. It's like everything is falling apart but she stands firm and his love and gratitude and holding on is palpable.
But OMG, he gets convicted, and it's life in prison, and he literally has to be dragged by the guards, and he breaks free and runs to the bars, and it's not reasoned, it's purely instinctive panic. And they have to hit him and OMG, when he collapses on the floor of the cell, and he is sobbing, curled up on the stone floor, and it's horrible. He sounds like it's killing him.
And we get that image of utter despair contrasted with Soo-Ah, reading the last letter he wrote to her before everything happened, and we flashback to him and her being all young and in love and carefree, and the letter says he thinks she is beautiful even when drunk or chopping fish heads :) And there is the scene that makes me die where they are supposed to exchange letters, so he draws a stamp and sticks it to his forhead and grins 'I am your letter.' *dies*
And we finally find out the meaning of the drama's name, as Green Roses supposed to symbolize pure love.
And we end the episode with an intercut of the crying Soo-Ah and Jung-Hyun, hollow eyed and with the quiet of despair, stare out at the moon through the bars, whispering 'Soo-Ah.'
I love THIS.
I checked the ratings of this puppy out of curiousity, and at its peak, this was drawing over 30% (!!!). And I can see why.
Oh God.
I had to pause Green Rose because I couldn't stop crying.
Frell.
You poor darlings.
That scene with Jung-Hyun and Soo-Ah where she comes to visit him in prison, after his mother killed herself (the scene with Soo-Ah finding the body and crying the way a child does is heartbreaking). And he still has the bandage from when he recieved news of his mother's death and he just methodically started hitting his head against the stone floor.
And Soo-Ah is crying and telling him the burial will be done properly and she shows him the rings for the two of them Mom made from her own wedding ring.
And OMG.
He finally looks up, with this set look on his face, and tells her everything is her fault. His mom's death, his being in jail. And as she looks at him, uncomprehending, he tells her, steadily, stonily: "I did it." And he tells her he killed the groundskeeper and tried to kill her father, and set the place on fire. And she is falling apart, she can't take it in, and she is asking him 'you are saying this for my sake, to free me' (which of course he is) but he doesn't even respond to that, but he looks at her (and he looks so scary, I want to take a step back) and starts talking in detail and then just repeating 'I did it.'
And then the visit is over and she literally stumbles out. And then...
OMG...
OMG...
OMG...
He is led away by the guards, and he is in the prison hallway, and his knees buckle, and he literally faints, because he cannot deal.
And it intercuts between him and Soo-Ah, stumbling like the legs aren't her own, and then just collapsing in a heap by a car, as she looks around blindly.
And he is just lying, catatonic, in his cell.
OMG.
And she is going to believe him.
OMG.
And he has no will to live now, because he just cut off the last thing in his life. Earlier he told his Mom he was going insane, thinking that he was innocent and that if only he could get out, he'd prove it. Well, he is much worse off now. Poor darling.
OMG.
This is goooooooooooooooooood.
ETA: OMG, they let him out for his mother's funeral (with guards) and the relatives are hitting him and then he sees his mother's body and he collapses on his knees and he is making this noise which is...whimpering. Like an animal or a very small child in pain, and I sort of curl my hands into the pillows.
OMG.
ETA: And now I hyperventilate.
And Soo-Ah is at the wake and she begs him to tell her it's untrue, to tell him he is just trying to save her, again, but he is all shut off and he tells her 'the truth' which is he knew she was the Chairman's daughter and that is why he risked his life to save her in the mountains, and he wanted her because she was beautiful and rich, and her dad insulted him and he is sorry etc. And there is enough truth mixed with the lies, there, to make it plausible. And OMG, you can see the exact moment she believes him. Lee Da Hae is amazing as Soo-Ah.
And then Jung-Hyun is scattering the ashes, and he is shaking and his hands clench and OMG, Go Soo is soooo good as this man way over the edge.
And then he begs the cops to let him go, to prove his innocence because his mother died to give him the chance, but they won't so there is a struggle and he escapes and OMG OMG OMG...
I love this show with crazy love. It's going into my Top 10, for sure.