Hello everyone…It’s been a while
(^.^)
December is around the corner
already … so have u got any plan to fill the coming holiday? For us, nothing…no
plan at all. We hardly have time to have a short escape lately since the girls
are having their extra piano classes on Saturday…and it’s in the afternoon
(geez…trust me…I have tried my best to arrange the schedule but no luck). At
least, this way, I have plenty of me-time at home which I pour it all on the
serial drama (yep…once hooked…it’s a lifetime one). So…if any of you also
doesn’t have any special plan to fill your holiday, maybe you could binge-watch
the following ones
On my top list is…(*drumroll*)…”Love In The Moonlight” aka “Moonlight Drawn By Clouds”
The story revolves around the
growth of the crown prince Lee Yeong into a wise king while he falls in love
with a pretend-eunuch, Hong Ra-On. Due to her status as a rebel’s daughter,
Hong Ra-On has been living her life as a boy/man. Due to her mounted debt, she
was sold as a eunuch to serve the lazy and moody crown prince. These 18
episodes (completed already) show how the carefree crown prince learnt and
matured not only as a wise and thoughtful king, but as a man who is willing to
do his best to protect the one he loves
My thought: There are plenty of
reason to like this kdrama…first…it’s Park Bo-Gum…second…it’s Park Bo-Gum…third
is also because of Park Bo-Gum. Anything with Park Bo-Gum would be on my top
list wkwkwkw. Nah...beside the charm of Park Bo-Gum, I always have a soft spot
for gender-bender and sageuk genre. The
story itself was pretty common but the plots were interesting without too much
dragging. The love story between the crown prince and the eunuch was sweet and
sometimes heart-wrenching. Definitely one of the best kdrama in this year
Next, I have” 1% of Something” aka “Something about 1%”
It is a remake kdrama with 16 episodes
(will be completed by this week – at the time of writing) about Lee Jae-In, the
chaebol’s heir which is handsome, smart and workaholic. Coming from a wealthy
family, he is “entitled to be” arrogant and thought that nothing comes first
except money. Desperately wanting his grandson to change into a better person,
the grandpa comes up with a matchmaking plan and changed his will. Jae-In has
to wed Kim Da-Hyun, a humble and generous school teacher, in order to access
the inheritance. However Jae-In managed to persuade his grandpa to change the
will’s clause into 6months dating contract with Da-Hyun instead. Will 6 months
enough…since we all could predict, Jae-In slowly but sure, falls for Da-Hyun.
My thought: I love this
drama…it’s sweet and short (only 16 episodes with running time around half an
hour each except the last few episodes which runs around 45mins) but very funny
and witty…there is always something within an episode that made me laugh. No
flower-boy nor awesomely-pretty-girl on this movie but I found myself tune in
every Wednesday and Thursday to catch up with the latest episode and I
guarantee you, this drama has lots of mouth-lock on screen ha ha ha
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| Yes...I purposely chose this one since K2 looks pretty cool here |
Then ”The K2” follows closely
K2 is a code name of Kim Je-Ha, a
mercenary hired as a bodyguard by Choi Yoo-Jin, the wife of a presidential
candidate who appears to be sharp in business and quite ruthless. Not only by sibling
rivalry, her business’ competitor or other presidential candidate, Choi Yoo-Jin
is sometimes troubled by Ko An-Na, her stepchild, the illegitimate daughter of
the presidential candidate who always thought that Choi Yoo-Jin is the killer
of her mom. K2 then is assigned to guard Ko An-Na in which during these time
(16 completed episodes), they both grow closer
My thought: This is the first
movie/drama of Ji Chang-Wook that I’ve ever set my eyes on and omo…he is
handsome…in a different way than Park Bo-Gum (quickly browse all of his drama
and binge-watch wkwkwk). I like the story, the fighting scene, however at the
beginning, I thought this story is about K2 and Choi Yoo-Jin, not K2 and Ko
An-Na which made the storyline become predictable (BTW, I think Yoona’s acting
here is suck). If this story is about K2 and Choi Yoo-Jin, there were plenty
issues to explore, between the big gap in age, the value differences, the
choice between living a hell life as the presidential candidate wife or abandon
all for K2…and many more which would make this movie become much more
interesting (…again…just letting my wild thought run)
Coming up is “The Princess Wei-Young”
The only c-drama on my list (I
don’t really like Chinese drama, not because of the story nor the actor but
c-drama is famous for dragging too much. I dropped Ice Fantasy from my watching
list since I was tired seeing Ka-Suo is self-pitying for several episodes after
he lost his power, despite all those pretty make up and CGI). However, the
story of these 54 episodes (yes – that longggg) cdrama is very interesting. A
common revenge plot with romance mixed into it, but since it airs 2 episodes
per day, I am willing to invest my time for this one. It is about Feng Xin-Er,
the sole survivor from Northern Liang’s royal family, who takes upon her
savior’ name, Li Wei Yang, an illegitimate daughter from Li family (with
footbath maid mother) who was sent to live in the country side from small. Assuming
the live as Li Wei Yang, Xin-Er steps forward to have revenge for her family as
well as for Li Wei Yang, who was murdered by the order of her step mother. Her
unexpected meetings with Tuoba Jun (the grandson of the current king) torn her
between her affection toward Tuoba Jun and her need for revenge
My thought: a very common plot
for cdrama but I like the on-screen chemistry between Li Wei Yang/Xin-Er and
Tuoba Jun (did u notice how sweet his smile with dimples…*heatbeat*). The dresses…the scenery…all are awesome,
especially with Vanness Wu tossed in as another suitor for Li Wei-Yang. Since
this drama is still on-air, I am hoping for a happy-ending, though I have a
hunch that this one will be sad-ending (*start to stock up my tissue)
Next will be “Moon Lover: Scarlet Heart Ryeo”
This one is the remake of cdrama,
Bu Bu Jin Xin (Scarlet Heart) which basically retells the story of Go Ha-Jin, a
beauty consultant from present time which is transported back to Goryeo Dynasty
due to a total eclipse. She woke up inside the body of Hae-Soo, a niece of Lady
Hae, the wife of 8th prince. Unexpectedly, her life got tangled up
romantically with the princes and indirectly involved in the fight for the throne
between the princes.
My thought: ehm…I have a very
conflicting emotion with this kdrama. I had been looking forward to this drama
since the beginning of the year (geez…could you relate to me…I guess if you are
a fans, then you could)…all because of Lee Joon-Gi. I have a very high
expectation on this one due to its extensive publicity and tid-bit trailer but
at the end, I was disappointed. This drama has it all, the time-traveller, the
harem-style (in which many princes fall for a single lady), the line of
flower-boy cast…there are plenty of plus factors on this movie but it was
poorly executed. It jumped from a scene to another and the depth of
relationship between each character wasn’t explored further, but the one which
upset me so much was the ending. I have a feeling that the ending is somewhat
hanging loose, without proper closure between Wang So and Hae-Soo, despite Wang
so did said that he was going to search for her no matter of the time different
between them. I felt cheated…I demand a return of my 20 episodes time spent on
this one (*quickly rewatch Bu Bu Jin Xin to cure my broken heart*).
The last one will be “The Legend of The Blue Sea”
There are only 2 episodes
available right now (at the time of my writing) so I couldn’t tell you much
about the story. Anyway, I still put this up onto my list since (1) this kdrama
is considered highly anticipated by the fans of Lee Min-Ho since this is his
newest drama after few years … (2) the story is unique, about a mermaid and a
con-man (yes, Lee Min-Ho is the con-man…not the mermaid though on second
thought, I think he could pull it thru wkwkwk) and lastly, it is funny (I had a
good laugh with the girls, watching this)
So…which one would be your
favourite?
