I'M BACK!!!!

It has been over a year since my last post. I can't even believe that, what a whirlwind of a year! I've watched a few dramas here and there but not nearly as much as I would have like to. If you had asked me a year ago what I thought of K-dramas, I would have told you in all seriousness that I have a problem. I'm an addict, and can't get enough. Funny how life can change so quickly. But, I am dredging up the past and in these next few weeks plan to get the fix I have been dying for. I have a list about 10 miles long so get ready to .....

Favorite Actors

When I am looking for the next K-Drama usually I will find an actor that I love and find out what other Dramas they have been in and choose from there. It is pretty rare that I will just pick a random one and watch it. I also of course watch Dramas that others have had high opinions of but that is not the point. Anyway here are a list of my FAVORITE actors!

1. Lee Min Ho

• Seriously who doesn't LOVE him?!?!? He has done so many different kinds of dramas and has played so many different characters! Did you know that he put out a Fan album? Now he is NOT a singer. This is something that I completely love him for. He made an album for his fans. Not because he is trying to cross over and become a singer/ actor/ dancer but for his fans! He doesn't care about that and in all honestly doesn't need that! But the first time that I heard his voice I was completely drawn in to the soothing honey sound of his voice. I really love to listen to him sing, "My Everything" and "Painful Love". If you haven't heard them go!! They are really good!

 2. Kim Soo- Hyun

• Okay I LOVE HIS FACE! I know that sounds so shallow, and it really kind of is. But he is so cute!!!!! I fell in love with him in Dream High and have been a consistent follower/ fan since.

3. Kim Hyun-Joong

• I first saw him in Boys Over Flowers and was intrigued and watched him in couple of different shows then fell in love with his singing group SS501. I think my favorite song would have to be, "Love Ya".  I am currently watching him in, "Inspiring Generation".

4. Choi Jin-Hyuk

• Two words. HIS VOICE! I don't know why but I am completely in love with his deep voice! If you haven't caught him in his most recent drama, "Emergency Couple" drop everything and go watch it now!!!!!!!! His face and character are just the most precious thing I have ever seen!!

5. Jung Yong Hwa

• First and foremost I fell in love with his music. He is the lead vocalist in the group CN BLUE. Then I found out he was an actor and followed him from there.

These are probably my top 5. If I listed all my favorites I would be here all day. :)

MY MANTRA

You know it is so funny that when it comes down to it and I am weighing my options, do my homework and get it ALL done or watch K-drama how often I tend to be scrambling the next morning to do my homework because I completely ignored it the night before! This is my life right here!

TOP 10 LIST

So I here and there I have been saying that this or that makes it into my TOP 10 list. A few asked and here they are!

1. Master's Sun
2. The Heirs (I haven't posted about this yet but its coming soon)
3. You Who Came From the Stars
4. Emergency Couple
5. Arang and the Magistrate
6. Faith (Posting Soon)
7. Playful Kiss
8. Personal Preference
9.Queen In Hyuns Man (Posting Soon)
10. Heartstrings

A few close runner ups are...

• Boys Over Flowers
• Coffee Prince
• I Miss You
• You're Beautiful (my first love for k-drama)
• Last Cinderella (Japanese Drama)
• To the Beautiful You
• Love Rain

And depending on how the last 2 episodes are, Bride of the Century. :)

Inspiring Generation

Now I'm not totally positive if this show has finished airing or not as I have not yet caught up with all the episodes that are out so far. So I can't completely tell you what I think but seeing as I have a lot of catching up to do on other shows I'm not quite sure when I will finish completely. :)  So far I have really enjoyed this drama. It is action packed (real fighting) ( none of that unrealistic flying through the air crap), has an amazing plot, set back in the 1930's and also throws in a little bit a romance.

PLOT: A story of violence, love and friendship that travels between Korea, China and Japan in the 1930s.

 

So far I have really liked this show! Kim Hyun Joong plays the male lead. Its nice to see him branch out from his traditional roles and step into something a little more serious.  I don't think that I have watched enough to really rate this drama but so far so good!

 

Here is the link if you want to watch the trailer with Eng Subs. I couldn't get the video to post so this is the best I could do :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGJykvgous4

 

Enjoy :)

 



BRIDE OF THE CENTURY

Okay so technically this is still airing but, it only has like 2 episodes more till it is over! I LOVE THIS SHOW SO MUCH!!!! Lee Hong Ki is one of my favorite actors!!!!! For those of you who have seen, "You're Beautiful" he plays the insanely adorable character Jeremy. The character he plays in this drama is so different from Jeremy that I wasn't even sure that they were the same person!! (The hair also threw me off) :)

 

 This show is so intense and has so many plot twists and turns. Every character/actor was truly amazing but I have to give a HUGE shout out to Yang Jin-Sung who plays our leading lady Na Doo Rim/Jang Yi-Kyung! She was SO freaking fantastic. In the beginning I didn't even know that were the same person! The characters that she plays are so completely different. Polar Opposites. The only shows that I have seen her in have been were she plays the "evil" / jealous/ crazy girl which she does an amazing job, but it was great to FINALLY see her play a charming, sweet, kindhearted character. She was truly incredible!

Jang Yi-Kyung

Na Doo Rim

 

PLOT: Taeyang Group is the largest conglomerate in South Korea. The Choi family who runs Taeyang has supposedly been under a curse for a hundred years that the first bride of the eldest son will always die. When the wealthy heiress Jang Yi-kyung disappears right before her wedding to chaebol heir Choi Kang-joo, Na Doo-rim, a lookalike impostor, is brought in to take her place. But unlike the cold and calculating Yi-kyung, Doo-rim is sweet and sunny, and Kang-joo falls genuinely in love with her. As the wedding plans progress, Kang-joo and Yi-kyung's mothers both scheme and plot behind the scenes.

 The only thing somewhat bad I have to say about this show is the lack of chemistry between the two leads. Now I know not everyone can be shooting sparks everywhere, but I felt like they needed just a tiney tiny bit more. The were really cute together, do not get me wrong it in no way effects how wonderful this show is, but I just wanted a little bit more!  

 

Even though this show still has 2 episodes left to air and I haven't seen the ending (you know how I am about those) so far I can easily give this show....

 

4 1/2 out of 5 stars!!!!  

BRIDE OF THE CENTURY TRAILER W/ ENG SUBS