Kdrama review... then it's on to homework!
I'm not gonna lie, I'm sad to see that drama go. I'm sad that it got such low ratings (why're my favorite Korean dramas ALL low-rating ones? Do I have bad taste or does Korea? Ponder ponder...).
The World That They Lived In is what I just finished, with Hyun Bin and Song Hye Kyo serving as the leads. I thought they were great, I thought they both looked great (compared to my last sighting of either of them, I thought these haircuts were cute and a vast improvement). I liked the pacing for the most part. I confess, the fact that it wasn't Kdrama-like until the very end made me happy, and I was a little sad when the dramatics started. It sounds silly, since I love Kdramas, but my favorite ones are those that have a very distinct and different flavor from the norm. Other examples include Soulmate and Over the Rainbow. I think The World That They Lived In fits in very nicely with those two.
Of the three I think Over the Rainbow was the most dissimilar from the other two. Still, it was different from a typical Kdrama (the main female lead wasn't even IN half the show!), and so it gets credited the same as The World That They Lived in and Soulmate.
(Guys with good hair give these shows credit too).
I think the thing I was most upset about in The World That They Lived in, actually, was Kim Chang Wan's performance. I normally LOVE LOVE LOVE this man in any drama, but I really wasn't feeling this character. He wasn't soft voiced (I didn't even know I could dislike this guy's voice!), and he was a sorta selfish slightly-creepy guy. The kind who woulda turned on the news team in the Kdrama Spotlight, that kinda guy. The agenda-keeping types. And it made me sad, because he's always been a warm-hearted character, a father, a mentor, what have you. He's got such a gentle smile and sweet voice, it wasn't fun to see him in this role (though him singing in the last episode made me soooo happy).
That's my evaluation, for what it's worth.
The World That They Lived In is what I just finished, with Hyun Bin and Song Hye Kyo serving as the leads. I thought they were great, I thought they both looked great (compared to my last sighting of either of them, I thought these haircuts were cute and a vast improvement). I liked the pacing for the most part. I confess, the fact that it wasn't Kdrama-like until the very end made me happy, and I was a little sad when the dramatics started. It sounds silly, since I love Kdramas, but my favorite ones are those that have a very distinct and different flavor from the norm. Other examples include Soulmate and Over the Rainbow. I think The World That They Lived In fits in very nicely with those two.
Of the three I think Over the Rainbow was the most dissimilar from the other two. Still, it was different from a typical Kdrama (the main female lead wasn't even IN half the show!), and so it gets credited the same as The World That They Lived in and Soulmate.
(Guys with good hair give these shows credit too).
I think the thing I was most upset about in The World That They Lived in, actually, was Kim Chang Wan's performance. I normally LOVE LOVE LOVE this man in any drama, but I really wasn't feeling this character. He wasn't soft voiced (I didn't even know I could dislike this guy's voice!), and he was a sorta selfish slightly-creepy guy. The kind who woulda turned on the news team in the Kdrama Spotlight, that kinda guy. The agenda-keeping types. And it made me sad, because he's always been a warm-hearted character, a father, a mentor, what have you. He's got such a gentle smile and sweet voice, it wasn't fun to see him in this role (though him singing in the last episode made me soooo happy).
That's my evaluation, for what it's worth.