Resenha: W - Two Worlds

*sigh* Gente, tava esperando ansiosamente para trazer essa resenha para vocês. Definitivamente um dos melhores dramas do ano!

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W - Dois Mundos é um drama sul-coreano transmitido pela MBc de 20 de Julho até 14 de Setembro de 2016.

Sinopse: Oh Yeon Joo é uma residente em cirurgia cardíaca que descobre que seu pai despareceu enquanto escrevia o último capítulo de seu webtoon "W". Ela então vai ao escritório dele e se choca ao ver Kang Chul, personagem principal de W, em uma poça de sangue no monitor de seu pai. Enquanto lê algo deixado por seu pai, uma mão puxa ela para dentro do monitor e se espanta ao se ver no telhado de um prédio ao lado desse homem banhado de sangue. Ela consegue salvá-lo e no final realiza que aquele homem era na verdade Kang Chul. ela então descobre que ela pode entrar e sair do mundo do webtoon de acordo com as mudanças de sentimentos de Kang Chul. (font: mydramalist, traduzido por Débora Vaz)

Não existe uma maneira mais sincera de começar essa resenha do que: MEEEEEEEEEEU DEUUUUUUUUUUUUUS! O drama começa nos apresentando Oh Yeon Joo, uma residente de medicina cujo o pai é autor do webtoon mais popular da Coréia do Sul "W". Ela recebe uma ligação de Park Soo Bong, seu grande amigo e assistente de seu pai, onde ele a avisa que o pai dela despareceu. Preocupada, ela segue ao escritório do pai em busca de informações que possam lhe indicar onde ele está, mas acaba sendo puxada para dentro de W onde ela salva um homem que depois descobre ser Kang Chul.

Kang Chul é um medalista olímpico que, apesar de inocente, é condenado a anos de prisão pelo assassinato de sua família. Quando ele é finalmente solto, ele não acha que sua vida tem mais sentido e acaba tentando se suicidar, mas no útimo momento ele desiste e decide usar a sua vida para encontrar o verdadeiro assassino e ajudar a outras pessoas para que não sofram o mesmo que ele. Além de ótimo atirador, ele também é um engenheiro computacional genial  e assim ele consegue subir na vida muito rápido. Com o sucesso de sua carreira, ele decide formar um time de especialistas em solucionar casos criminais e assim acaba se tornando um tipo de herói. Ele tem ao seu lado sua amiga de infância Yoon Soo Hee e seu guarda-costas/melhor amigo Seo Do Yoon, mas após quase dez anos de investigação ele ainda não tem nenhuma pista sobre o verdadeiro assassino.

Após ser salvo por essa estranha mulher, Kang Chul começa a acreditar que ela é a chave da sua vida, a única pessoa que pode responder as suas dúvidas,  então ele começa a procurar por ela em todos os lugares. Ao mesmo tempo, Oh Yeon Joo continua sendo puxada para dentro do webtoon salvando a vida de Kang Chul várias vezes e assim eles acabam se envolvendo mais e mais. Porém ela descobre que seu pai, Oh Sung Moo, é a pessoa que vem tentando matar ele já que o personagem está criando vida própria.

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Avaliação e Colocações

⇒ Enredo: 8.5/10.

Depois de um bom tempo dentro do mundo dos dramas, eu posso afirmar que esse enredo foi um dos mais originais que já encontrei. Kang Chul é um personagem realmente de outro mundo, além de ser muito sábio e competente é possível perceber o quão solitário e triste ele é. Como ele lida com a tragédia em torno da sua família, o quanto ele se importa com seus amigos é muito tocante. É preciso destacar o quão charmoso ele é, um dos personagens mais carismáticos e charmoso da temporada (só perde para o Príncipe Herdeiro de Love in the Moonlight *____*, Park Go Bum ♥). E aí temos Yeon Joo, a qual eu acho um dos personagens femininos mais "estranhos" que já vi: ela é inteligente, virada e consegue chegar a conclusões bem rápido; mas as vezes ela é bem lerda ><. É meio óbvio que ela tem alguns problemas com o pai, mas mesmo assim ela ama e cuida muito bem dele. Oh Sung Moo é o tipo ou ama ou odeia de personagem, na maior parte do drama eu não gostei dele, mas adorei como os autores o desenvolveram.. ele é bem realista. O romance entre Kang Chul e Yeon Joo é o foco principal da história e eles fazem jus a isso: Han Hyo Joo e Lee Jong Suk tem uma química louca (com direitos a beijos incríveis!). A novela é repleta de momentos fofos entre eles, muitos mesmos, e o romance é bem escrito e desenvolvido; a maneira que eles se olham é muito bonita, parece até mágica (quero olhar para alguém assim algum dia.. ;x). O mais legal é que apesar de ter foco no romance, a história é repleta de mistérios e muita ação.. Enfim, eu adorei o enredo desse drama, mas não posso dar 10 pois achei que faltaram algumas coisinhas para ser melhor (não vou me aprofundar no assunto para não dar mais spoilers!).

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⇒ Atuação/Elenco: 10/10.

• Han Hyo Joo como Oh Yeon Joo: Para quem me conhece somente um pouquinho já sabe que ela é uma das minhas atrizes favoritas coreanas, desde Dong Yi e Always, por isso em nenhum momento eu duvidei das habilidades dela nessa novela. Quando eu li que ela finalmente estaria de volta a TV eu rezei para que ela pegasse um bom papel.. e meu bem, ela nunca decepciona! No começo do drama (episódios 1 e 2), confesso que ela parece um pouco desconfortável, mas depois ela parece que ela tem tudo garantido já e vai com tudo. Eu, particularmente, acho que ela tem uns olhos que se destacam muito em cenas mais emotivas, aquele sorrisinho meio torto mas muito fofo e uma bela/boa quantidade de expressões. Quando ela abre os olhos e chora, me pego chorando com ela ><. A atuação dela foi impecável e foi um maravilhoso retorno para a TV, ainda mais ao lado de LJS! (BEIJOS, MUITOS BEIJOS, BEIJOS EM TODOS OS LUGARES!)


• Lee Jong Suk como Kang Chul: Para começar: O QUE É ESSE HOMEM NESSE LOOK ALL JEANS?!? MEU CORAÇÃO NÃO AGUENTA! Não tem outra maneira de descrever a atuação dele além de dizer que ele fez o que faz de melhor: uma habilidade maravilhosa de transpor sentimentos, um dos sorrisos mais bonitos da indústria de enteertenimento coreana, uma habilidade imensa ao trabalhar com personagens com dores tão profundas e com uma vontade de viver imensa (personagens muito difíceis, muitos falham aqui), e definitivamente a expressão mais doida/dolorosa/perturbante/bonita quando ele esta sofrendo (eu realmente não consigo lidar muito bem com essa expressão dele, parece que ele ta com um martelo na mão e sai destruindo o meu coração T___T). Da geração dele, não consigo imaginar outro ator capaz de fazer esse papel tão bem quanto ele, como fã é sempre muito bom ver ele crescendo como ator e amadurecendo a atuação dele. Mal posso esperar pelo próximo projeto dele..
  
  [caption id="attachment_1411" align="aligncenter" width="387"] essa expressão T___T[/caption]


• Kim Eui Song como Oh Sung Moo: Ele foi ótimo e fez um bom trabalho. Acho esse um dos personagens mais difíceis de lidar no drama, pois ele é cheio de altos e baixos.. Apesar de não conhecer muito bem o trabalho de Kim Eui Song, só assisti W e Six Flying Dragons, achei que ele foi sim uma boa escolha e que consegui entregar o que foi proposto a ele. PS: Acho o olhar dele meio tenebroso as vezes.


• Lee Shi Eon como Park Soo Bong: A-M-E-I! É o tipo de personagem que te faz rir do começo ao final, e Lee Shi Eon tem simplesmente as expressões mais engraçadas que eu já vi pelo mundo dos dramas. Realmente espero que ele consiga um papel de mais destaque no próximo trabalho dele, pois ele super merece!


• Lee Tae Hwan como Seo Do Yoon/Jung Eugene como Yoon Soo Hee: Ambos entregaram um ótimo papel, porém achei os personagens meio perdidos na trama perto do final.
  
  

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⇒ Trilha-Sonora: 10/10

Esse drama tem uma das melhores trilhas sonoras que já ouvi, basicamente todas as músicas são realmente boas. Separei algumas aqui que me chamaram mais atenção:

1. Jung Joon Young - Where are you (listen here!)


2. Park Boram - Say something even though it's a lie (listen here!)


3. Basick x INKII - Your fantasy (listen here!)


4. Navi - Drawn a love (listen here!)


5. FULL OST YOUTUBE PLAYLIST:here.

⇒ Assistir Novamente: 8/10.

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⇒ Avaliação Geral: 10/10. (Considerações finais)

Eu tava super ansiosa por esse drama desde o momento em que li as primeiras notícias sobre ele, mas foi somente depois do primeiro teaser que eu tive certeza que o drama ia ser caralhento (com o perdão da palavra). Afinal é o retorno da Han Hyo Joo para a TV depois de 6 anos longe dela, e a cereja do bolo é o par romântico dela ser Lee Jong Suk, que nada mais é do que um dos melhores atores de sua geração. Com a originalidade do enredo e com a habilidade dos escritores, W é definitivamente um dos melhores dramas que já assisti. Confesso que não sou uma pessoa muito difícil de agradar, mas com o passar do tempo, comecei a ser mais exigente com as coisas que assisto (principalmente depois que percebi que as vezes o drama ser muito popular, não significa que ele é necessariamente bom), e W definitivamente faz jus ao 10 que dei para ele. Foi um drama que brincou com os meus sentimentos do começo ao fim, eu não pulei um segundinho sequer e posso dizer que assisti ele todinho com todo o prazer do mundo. Uma das coisas que mais gostei na cenografia foi como eles faziam as transições entre o mundo do webtoon e o mundo real: muito legal mesmo! E uma coisa que eu não gostei foi a maquiagem que usaram em Oh Sung Moo, foi bleh, muito mal feita.. e o mesmo eu digo de alguns figurinos usados por Kang Chul e Oh Yeon Joo: difícil entender o porque deles vestirem eles assim. Como já disse pela originalidade do roteiro, pela atuação, pela química, pelo elenco, pela trilha-sonora, pelo ótimo desenvolvimento do enredo e dos personagens esse drama é um 10 certo. Ficaram ainda algumas perguntas sem respostas, mas no geral eu to muito triste que acabou T_________T.

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É como muito prazer que eu termino minha segunda resenha em português para vocês! Agradeço ao apoio e incentivo das meninas do facebook, pois confesso que tava bem desanimada para escrever em pt e precisava desse empurrãozinho. Obrigada mesmo! Lembro que se vocês tiverem sugestões/interesse em algum drama que eu já assisti e queiram resenhas, é só me avisar que faço com todo o prazer. (Dramas Completos)

2016 está sendo um ano maravilhoso para nós drameiros/dorameiros! Outro drama maravilhoso chegou ao final e minhas expectativas para os que estão para começar estão lá em cima! Até agora os meus favoritos do ano são: One more happy ending, Beautiful Mind, Another Miss Oh e W. E vocês? Gostaram de W? Se não, pretendem assistir? (DEVEM ASSISTIR!) Quais os seus favoritos do ano?

Beijos e até a próxima!

 

Review: W - Two Worlds

Oh God! *sigh* I was looking really forward to write this review.. It's been only 10 minutes after I finished watching the last episode and it's the right time to talk about this drama.!  (Maybe my more overbiased review, who knows ><)

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W is a South Korean drama broadcasted by MBC from July 20 to September 14 of 2016.

Synopses: Cardiothoracic surgeon Oh Yeon Joo's father mysteriously went missing while writing the last chapter of his webtoon "W". Yeon Joo goes to his office and is shocked to see a scene of a bloodied Kang Cheol, the main character of W, on her father's monitor. While reading something left behind by her father, a hand from the monitor pulled her in. She found herself on the rooftop of a building, next to man lying down in blood. She manages to save him and realizes that the person she saved was Kang Cheol. She then found out that she can only enter and leave the webtoon based on Kang Cheol's change in feelings. (font: mydramalist.)

The most sincere way to begin this review is: DAEBAK! It begins introducing to us Oh Yeon Joo, a cardiothoracic surgeon resident whose father is a the author of the most popular webtoon on South Korean called W. She receives a call from Park Soo Bong, her good friend and the assistant of her father, where he tells that her father went missing. Searching for clues about the whereabouts of her father she gets dragged into W and, without knowing, she ends up saving Kang Chul.

Kang Chul is a olimpic medalist that served in jail for the murder of his family although he was innocent. When he gets released he doesn't know what to do with his life anymore and attempts suicide, but he gave up at the end and decides to use his life to search for the real murderer of his family and to help people who suffered the same of him. As he's a genius computer engineer and forming a team with all kind of specialists, he starts to help the police to finish cases and begins to be one kind of hero to society. He has by his side his childhood friend Yoon Soo Hee and his bodyguard/best friend Seo Do Yoon, but after almost ten years he hasn't found out anything that leaded him to the real killer.

After being saved by a strange woman called Oh Yeon Joo, he starts to believes that she's the key of his life, the only person who can answer all of his questions and then starts to look for her everywhere. At the same time Oh Yeon Joo keeps getting dragged into the webtoon world, saving Kang Chul's life every time and getting involved with him. She then finds out that her father, Oh Sung Moo, is the one who is trying to kill him as the character seems to being brought to life.

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Rating

⇒ Story: 8.5/10.

This was one of the most original plots that I've ever watched in korean dramas and it was wrote beautifully. Kang Chul is such an amazing character, he's so wise and competent but at the same time you can feel how lonely and sad he is. How he deals with his family issues and how much he dots his friends is really beautiful and charming, I must say that Kang Chul is definitively one of the most charming characters of this season (maybe he's just losing for the Crown Prince of Love in the Moonlight *____*). Then we have Oh Yeon Joo who is a kind of weird female lead: I dunno if I can call her wise, but she's really smart and catch everything really fast. It's kinda obvious that she has some problems with her father, but although their relationship are not the best she still loves and dote him very much. Oh Sung Moo is the kind of character that or you love or you hate, but I loved how the writers developed all the important characters here. The romance between Kang Chul and Oh Yeon Joo is really good! They've amazingg chemistry with a lot of amazing kisses, sweet and cute moments, the way they look at each other it's kinda impossible to describe.. but the plot goes beyond the romance as they work really hard to solve the mystery behind what is happening with them. I loved all the story, and I dunno how can I describe it more without spoiling it ><. I just didn't give it a 10, 'cause I thought that at the end there was something that went missing so a 8.5 is okay.

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⇒ Acting/Cast: 10/10.

• Han Hyo Joo as Oh Yeon Joo: As a huge fan of Han Hyo Joo (since Dong Yi and Always) I never doubt her acting skills, but when I read about her comeback to the little screen I prayed for a good role.. and, oh man, she doest know how to choose her roles! At the beginning there was some scenes that I felt like she was kind of uncomfortable, but after some time she was herself again being really good! I must say that when she opens her big eyes and a tear drops, my heart cries with her T_____T'. I loved her here! Such a great comeback to the little screen and such an amazing chemistry with Lee Jong Suk! (KISSES, KISSES EVERYWHERE PLEASE!)


• Lee Jong Suk as Kang Chul: First of all what is this man in his all jeans look?! So freaking sexy!!! LJK just did here what he's really good at: beautiful acting skills, one of the most handsome smiles at this industry, an amazing work with such deep and difficult characters, and definitively the most freaking/crazy/handsome face when he cries (I really can't deal with his face when he cries, it's like he's with one hammer at his hand and is destroying my heart ><). I can't imagine any other actor playing Kang Chul and it's really nice to see how much he's growing as an actor, after every work I keep wanting more and expecting more from LJS (until now never got disappointed!).
  
  [caption id="attachment_1411" align="aligncenter" width="387"] freaking/crazy/handsome face T___T[/caption]


• Kim Eui Song as Oh Sung Moo: He was great, really. I know that you'll probably spent half or more of the drama really wishing bad things for him, but at the end you can say that what he did was kind of justifiable. I really don't know a lot of KES works, just watched W and SFD with him, but overall he did a great job here. PS: I find his eyes kind of scary.


• Lee Shi Eon as Park Soo Bong: I just loved him! He was funny from the beginning to the ending and I loved almost all of the scenes with him. I do love LSE works and I hope that someday he can get a main role, he deserves it.


• Lee Tae Hwan as Seo Do Yoon/Jung Eugene as Yoon Soo Hee: Both did a good job, but I felt that towards the end their characters got a little lost at the story.

 

⇒ Music: 10/10

This drama does have a lot of great songs, I'm kinda addicted to listen all of this OST.. But here are my favorites:

1. Jung Joon Young - Where are you (listen here!)


2. Park Boram - Say something even though it's a lie (listen here!)


3. Basick x INKII - Your fantasy (listen here!)


4. Navi - Drawn a love (listen here!)


5. FULL OST YOUTUBE PLAYLIST:here.

 

⇒ Rewatch value: 8/10.

⇒ Overall: 10/10.

I must say that ever since I watched the first teaser of W, I was over excited: it was the comebackk of Han Hyo Joo to TV and she was being paired with Lee Jong Suk, in my head the chances of this drama being a terrible one was almost zero. The plot is so original, the episodes are so well written and the teasers for the next week episodes were so well done that waiting was like a torture to me. I'm not a really hard person to please, but from some time I'm becoming more rigorous while watching dramas (maybe because I keep getting myself liking more underrated dramas than the ones on top) and this drama was a BANG! I had a lot of mental breakdowns during this drama and every moment was really a pleasure to watch, I didn't skip anything at this drama.. anything at all. The one thing that I really, really enjoyed was the scenes with transition between the real world and the webtoon world! But I must agree that the special effects at Oh Sung Moo face was really ugly, *sigh* and some outfits of KC and OYJ too. For me rating it with 10 is a pleasure, is just giving it the score that it deserves. The originality, the acting, the scenery, the chemistry, the cast, the music/sound, the development of the plot/characters was really well done. I do agree that there are some questions that needed to be answered and weren't, but for me it doesn't matter as was a guilty and loveable pleasure to watch this drama. Now, I'm really sad that it came to an end and I'll miss it really bad.

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2016 is being an amazing year for dramas! Wow! Another great one came to an end and put our expectations for those who are coming really high! Until now my favorites dramas of the year are: W - Two Worlds, One more happy ending, Beautiful Mind and Another Miss Oh (Gave 10 for all of them!). What about you guys? What are your favorites dramas of 2016 till now? Do you guys liked W as I did?

Kissus!

 

 

 

Review: Heartless City

It's time for another review! I was planning to write about The Full Sun (aka Beyond the Clouds) first, but I couldn't finish it yet (I'm currently at episode 10) so I just decided to write about my favorite drama ever until now: Heartless City. Also known as Cruel City or Undercover, this 2013 drama brought us to the underworld of drugs, mafia and corrupted officers. It was broadcasted by jTBC from May 27 to July 30.

Synopses: When her sister suffers a brutal fate while undercover in the crime underworld, Yoon Soo Min is driven to pick up where her sister left off. But in the shadows, there are no rules and no reason: Soo Min falls for the organization’s king pin, who also happens to be the prime suspect of her sister’s murder.

[caption id="attachment_1042" align="alignleft" width="223"] Ji Hyeong Min and Lee Kyeong Mi[/caption]

Although the synopses describe it as a supposed to be love story, this drama goes beyond it. It begins introducing us to a group of police officers that form a tactical team aiming to catch the leader of a drug cartel, in the middle of this group we get to meet Lee Keyong Mi: raised at an orphanage she believes that being a police officer she can make the world a better place to live, she's currently in a long-term relationship with attorney/ex-police office Ji Hyeong Min and she helps to raise her sister from the orphanage called Yoon Soo Min. The team make a plan to catch Scale (the mafia boss), but what they didn't know is that at the same time Doctor's Son is planing a coup d'état at Scale organization. Kyeong Mi goes undercover in that mission, but everything goes wrong and she gets killed and everybody thinks that Doctor's Son is her murderer. Believing that Doctor's Son killed Kyeong Mi, Hyeong Min and Soo Min make a plan to catch him and get revenge for their loved one death.

[caption id="attachment_1049" align="alignright" width="344"] Yoon Soo Min[/caption]

Doctor's Son aka Jung Shi Hyun was born from an addicted to drugs prostitute and was raised in the middle of the prostitution/drugs world. He's now one of the persons in charge of the distribution of the drugs in Seoul, but we find out that in reality he's an undercover police officer that has the goal of arresting Scale and all the cartel. He has by his side two bests friends: Soo, who is right hand man, and Jin Sook, a ex-prostitute who helped to raise Shi Hyun and is madly in love with him.

[caption id="attachment_1051" align="aligncenter" width="439"] Safari, Jin Sook, Doctor's Son and Soo.[/caption]

Another important characters are: Safari, who knew Doctor's Son since his childhood and works in the drug dealer organisation and comes back to Seoul to stop the coup and fix the problem; other important character is Min Hong Ki a high scale police officer who planted Shi Hyun as undercover and the chief of the tactical team.

Rating

• Story: 9/10.

I must say that it's really hard to find dramas with such a great plot as this one. I really loved how they mixed everything here (romance, action, crime, mystery, etc) as the result was better than what I expected. I remember that when I started to watch this drama I was in a drama slump time, nothing was pleasing me and I was really unhappy; I picked it to watch when only 4 episodes were out and the next weeks became a torture to me: I got really addicted! I do agree that somewhere in the middle the story become a little WTF, but overall this drama has a great development and the characters here are really great. This drama is about choices, it's a dark drama with people who had/have to live in a world that is more hard than ours and how this world molded them. It was not a 10 for me, just because there are some parts that are a little overboard.

• Acting/Cast: 9/10.

If you know anything about me is that I L-O-V-E Jung Kyung Ho, he's my favorite korean actor and this was the drama that made me fall in love with him: Jung Kyung Ho as Doctor's Son is perfect. Being able to portray such a deep character and show every kind of feeling is not for any actor.. NO! I'm not over biased, I really love his interpretation here, I love how can I feel everything that Shi Hyun is feeling just by looking at JKH eyes; he just shone  really much at this drama. I do have some problems with Nam Gyu Ri, as she's very inconsistent at her acting, but overall he did a great job here as Yoon Soo Min. It's not really easy to find great kisses in korean drama, almost all the time the lady seems to be a dead fish: but here we had an amazing kiss, one of my favorites kiss ever. I have mixed feelings about Lee Jae Yoon, at the end my problem is not with the actor but with the character Ji Hyeong Min (he pissed me off a lot here). Kim Yoo Mi was great too, I found her sexy and a very strong woman.. I guess all the cast was really well picked and all of them made a decent job, what made this drama very good.

• Music: 8/10

Overall this OST of this drama is really good, but there's one song that stands out and that I listen till now: Hurt by Kim Yong Jin (here: youtube link). 

• Rewatch Value: 10/10

After three years I dunno how many times I watched this drama, actually I'm currently rewatching it right now ><.. Just missed it.

• Overall: 10/10

This drama really blows my mind up to now, every time I rewatch this I understand why I like it so much: this drama has everything and a little more. BUT I don't think that this drama is for everyone, it's a drama for those who are prepared to deal with a lot of things happening really fast and for people who can deal with the borderline between being good and being an evil person. This drama introduced me the other side of Jung Kyung Ho acting skills, since I had already watched him at Smile You and Time Between Dog and Wolf, and I miss him doing this kind of characters. This drama, I mean Jung Shi Hyun was definitively made for him. This is a must watch show for those who like crime/action dramas, be prepared to be frustrated, angry, sad, happy, to be hooked up and to want to break your tv/pc down (HAHAHAH, ><).

[caption id="attachment_1079" align="aligncenter" width="500"] I love how powerful he looks here :3[/caption]

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Dear chingus, how are you? Sometimes I feel like I should write more and more and I'll definitively try! This week I'm starting a new specialization at blonde hairs, but I intend to write a review of my favorite drama of the year that is ending this week (I'm really unhappy about it): W and to bring to you guys my Top 5 chinese actors! Hopefully I'll get to finish all those articles! I'm so happy that I got a great response for writing here and now I'll start to write in portuguese too, I'm really happy that there are some brazilian chingus interested in my blog. Thanks for coming! Kissus.

 

Bests of the year: 2012

A guide for my favorites dramas aired on 2012! Why 2012? It was the year that I got addicted to dramas and was a year with one of my favorites dramas ever: Arang and The Magistrate. I'll not mention it here, since I talked about it on my last post (here).

South Korea

Innocent Man

Also known as Nice Guy, this revenge melodrama story has everything to worth your time.

Synopses: The drama is a melodrama which depicts the story of a man, 'Kang Ma Roo' who has been betrayed by the love of his life, 'Han Jae Hee'. Years after the incident, Ma Roo begins to live a life of self-indulgence. He sacrificed his well being for his girlfriend only to discover that she never looked back and married another man for wealth. Thus, he sets off to take revenge. And in order to execute his revenge, he approaches Seo Eun Gi, the resilient and cold daughter of the man she's married to. (font: mydramalist.)

• Why you must watch this:  This drama has everything: revenge, bad/good guy style, brotherhood, strong female lead and surprising events! This drama was the one that introduced me to Song Joong Ki and to militar service at South Korea (I remember how much I missed him after this drama), if you're his fan this is a must watch performance. I really love to watch him and Kwang Soo together, since they're really good friends and they can pass it trough their acting. The female cast of this drama is very good too, specially Moon Chae Won as Eun Gi (personally this is one of my favorites performances from her). I love how we can see all the sides of each character here, although this drama is a makjang one I find the characters really real and human. I can't talk about this drama without mentioning the opening song of this drama: breaks your heart out (watch here). If you like the classic revenge with falling in love kind of drama, this is definitively for you.


• Rating: 10/10


• Rewatch value: I lost the count of how many times I watched this drama, one of my favorites.

 

The Moon that Embraces the Sun

The most beautiful performance from Kim Soo Hyun until now.

Synopses: Thirteen-year-old Heo Yeon Woo, the daughter of a high-ranking official, accompanies her mother to the royal palace to attend her brother, Heo Yeom's civil service examination congratulatory ceremony. By chance, she comes across Crown Prince Lee Hwon. They fall in love and Yeon Woo is chosen as the Crown Princess of Joseon. Before they can marry, however, the Dowager Queen secretly orders her death, in order to install Yoon Bo Gyeong, the daughter of a family clan, as Crown Princess, thus securing more power for herself. She orders head shaman to cast a spell on Yeon Woo to stricken her with an unknown sickness. After dying, Yeon Woo is resurrected from her grave, but loses her memories. All believe her to be dead, including the Crown Prince Lee Hwon, who refuses to love another. Eight years later, Yeon Woo returns as a shaman named Wol (meaning moon). Meanwhile the young king begins to investigate the death of his love after seeing the grown up Wol. But he is fighting against time, because the queen's powerful political clan wants him removed from power. (font: mydramalist.)

• Why you must watch this: Yeah, I know that I already mentioned this one at my last post but I didn't say everything that I wanted. Last week I caught myself watching again the last episodes of this drama. Besides being an amazing love story with the heart breaking performance from Kim Soo Hyun, this drama has the most enjoyable young side of the story that I've ever watched. If we look into the cast of the children, we can see all of them as adults now staring their own dramas!! They did an amazing job here, really amazing. I'll say again: The Moon that Embraces the Sun is kind of classic, it gives the feeling of a classic.


• Rating: 10/10


• Rewatch value: As I said, sometimes I get myself watching this drama over and over again.

Queen In Hyun's Man

A time travel romance with the a lot of kisses.

Synopses: Kim Boong Do is a scholar who had supported the reinstatement of Queen In Hyun when Jang heebin's schemes resulted in her being deposed and replaced as King Sukjong's queen consort. He travels 300 years into the future of modern Seoul and meets Choi Hee Jin, a no-name actress who is expecting a career renaissance through her role as Queen In Hyun in a TV drama. (font: mydramalist.)

• Why you must watch this: Besides being such a cute romance, this drama has one of my favorites OTP: Ji Hyun Woo and Yoo In Na. OMG! They have an extraordinary chemistry! If you like a cute, light romance drama with a lot of kisses this is perfect for you.


• Rating: 9/10


• Rewatch value: It's a nice drama to marathon during the weekend!

 

King2Hearts

A south korean prince falls in love with a north korean soldier and they bring to us an amazing romance.

Synopses: Kim Hang Ah, is the legendary top female instructor working in North Korea’s elite special forces unit. With stamina, training tactics and strength in all areas, she is the perfect female soldier; however, she has never fallen in love before. Pure and candid, Kim Hang Ah’s goal is to fall in love and get marriedd to a man. Lee Jae Ha, is the prince of South Korea’s monarchy. His personality reflects his royal position, with refined humor and a handsome face; however, he has little interest in pursuing politics. Though he seems perfect on the exterior, Lee Jae Ha is actually very materialistic and blunt about his own desires. (font: mydramalist.)

• Why you must watch it: What I like more about this drama is the development and the growing in Lee Seung Gi character: Prince Lee Jae Ha. Besides being a romantic drama, it also has a lot of politics and family issues what make this drama more addictive. I must also say that I love Ha Ji Won here: it's really nice to watch her as a north korean soldier with a tough personality. If you like royal families, bickering love, politics, military and very cute brotherhood this drama is made for you. PS: If you're like me that enjoy handsome mans in a uniform: prepare your heart!


• Rating: 9/10.


• Rewatch value: I watched it twice, really dunno if I'll watch this again.

 

Wild Romance

I really can't understand why this drama is so underrated! T___T

Synopses: Everything starts on the birthday of Eun Jae's dad. Eun Jae ran into Park Moo Yul, who is the 2nd baseman of 'Red Dreamers', when she is drunk. Eun Jae who is a fan of 'Blue Seagulls', starts a fight with Moo Yul who led the 'Red Dreamers' to victory. The next day, internet is on fire with the video called 'Humiliated Park Moo Yul'. Because of this video, career of both Moo Yul and Eun Jae, who recently got a job as a bodyguard, are in danger.
In the end, they decided to put on a show against the public! They lie that Eun Jae is Moo Yul's private bodyguard and the video was recorded when Eun Jae was giving a self-defence demonstration to Moo Yul. Like this, Eun Jae becomes real bodyguard of Moo Yul. It seemed like everything worked out just fine, but the problem is that they can't stand each other's existence... (font: mydramalist.)

• Why you must watch this: To begin I must say that I'm not a huge fan of the both leads here (Lee Dong Wook and Lee Shin Young), but this drama is so crazy and funny that I loved it! Yoo Eun Jae and Park Moo Yul are hilarious and very cute together. I really like bickering love when it's made in the right way, and here it is! If you wanna something funny, light and kind of cute this drama is really worth watching. Besides Scent of a Woman, this is my favorite performance from LDW and he's really handsome with this strange mustache. I remember laugh hard when watching this drama.


• Rating: 9/10


• Rewatch value: I think that I watched it twice, can't remember. ><'

 

The Bridal Mask

Also known as Gaksital, this historical drama is full of amazing performances and others not really much.

Synopses: Lee Kang To is an ambitious and callous Korean officer employed by the Japanese colonists. Despite his mother's disapproval of his work and his own brother's antagonistic history with the Japanese, Kang To continues to play by the colonist's rules in hopes of becoming successful and bringing his family out of poverty. However, a mysterious figure wearing a traditional Bridal Mask always seems to get in Kang To's way. The Bridal Mask appears as a Zorro-like figure who protects the people from the Japanese colonists' oppression and abuse of power. An unexpected turn events brings Kang To to cross paths with the mysterious Bridal Mask, changing his future and the nation's history forever. ~~ Based on the hit manhwa series of the same name. (font: mydramalist.)

• Why you must watch this: I'll give you two reasons: Joo Won and Park Ki Woong.  I mean, I didn't knew PKW until this drama and after that I became like a crazy stalker! His performance as Shunji was more than extraordinary, like he was a crazy mad dog. And with Joo Won as Lee Kang To, our ambitious "traitor" who becomes a righteous hero, this drama becomes complete. The plot here is just amazing, I loved everything about the development and how the characters start to change. The only thing about this drama that disappointed me was Jin Se Yeon as Boon Yi, her acting is just bleh and looks more poor cause she's beside amazing actors. This drama is a mind blowing one, if you like action dramas and politics this is just for you.


• Rating: 9/10.


• Rewatch value: I lost the count here, watched many times just for Park Ki Woong.

 

Drama Special Holy Land

This short drama brings to us a lot of action and street fights!

Synopses: A high school student, Kang Yu, doesn't fit in at school or at home and spends endless nights rebelling against society in the streets, picks up boxing and begins to learn his worth, picking up love and friendship along the way. (font: mydramalist.)

• Why you must watch this: This drama is about bullying, loneliness and finding yourself. This drama on the surface (it's an idol drama) seems to be about teens problems, but for me it goes beyond that. Is a drama about searching for ways to find what we really are. I loved it.


• Rating: 9/10.


• Rewatch Value: It only has 4 episodes, so it's nice to rewatch sometimes.

 

 Drama Special When I was the Prettiest

My introduction to Lee Jong Suk was this beautiful short drama.

Synopses: Yoon Jung Hyuk (Lee Jong Suk) is a young man that takes care of his sick girlfriend in the hospital. There he meets a woman named Lee Shin Ae. Through his interactions and relationship with Lee Shin Ye, Yoon Jung Hyuk grows as a man and learns what true love is. (font: mydramalist.)

• Why you must watch this: This drama is about choices, really hard choices. It's a deep and kind of sad drama with one sweet romance, it's definitively worth watching.


• Rating: 9/10.


• Rewatch Value: I watched it numerous times, Lee Jong Suk and Jeon Ik Ryung have a great chemistry.

 

Movie: A Werewolf Boy

Cute, cute romance staring Song Joong Ki and Park Bo Young.

Synopses: A mother moves with her older daughter and younger daughter to a large home in the country side. The older daughter suffers from a lung ailment and her doctor advised the family to move out into the country side. The home is provided by Ji Tae, the son of a business partner who worked with their deceased father. While the family gets acclimated to their new surroundings, the older daughter makes a remarkable discovery. Within a locked room in the barn lives a wild boy. The family takes him in believing he is just an orphan with little social skills. The boy with little social skills begins to take an interest in the oldest daughter. (font: mydramalist)

•  Why you must watch this: Song Joong Ki as a werewolf!


• Rating: 10/10 for their cuteness.


• Rewatch Value: Just watched twice, when I missed SJK I rewatched IM.

 

Movie: My P.S Partner

My favorite mature korean movie ever!

Synopses: Yoon Jung accidentally calls a stranger, instead of her boyfriend, and has phone sex with the unknown man. When Yoon Jung's relationship with her boyfriend turns sour, Yoon Jung meets Hyun Seung, the stranger she had phone sex with. Yoon Jung falls in love with the man. (font: mydramalist.)

• Why you must watch this: It's a funny and romantic comedy about finding love in a weird situation and they do have a lot of chemistry. Who doesn't want Ji Sung as their p.s partner?!


• Rating: 10/10


• Rewatch Value: A great movie for the weekend, watched numerous times.

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China

Movie: First Time

Coincidentally my favorite chinese movie ever was released in 2012 too!

Synopses: College student Shi has a terminal illness. There are experiences she knows she’ll probably never have, like falling in love. So when an old high school crush named Gong suddenly resurfaces, she is surprised and swept away by his interest in her. Because side effects of her medication cause Shi to suffer short-term memory loss, she recounts everything onto cassette tape to remember the details of their precious time together. -- EDKO (font: mydramalist.)

• Why you must watch this: Don't watch this movie if you're not prepared to cry your heart out! The plot here seems kind of common, but it isn't. It's a beautiful story about love, all kind of love. Angela Baby is amazing here, seriously.


• Rating: 10/10


• Rewatch Value: Watched it a million times.

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Japan

Movie: Himizu

Here I go again: my favorite japanese movie ever was released in 2012 too!

Synopses: Set after the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, all 14-year-old Sumida Yuichi wants to become is a regular boy and live a decent life. His environment though repeatedly drags him into the mud. He runs his parent's rental boat business, which is located next to a nondescript lake. His mother frequently comes home with different men and soon she leaves him entirely. His father only comes around looking for money. Chazawa Keiko is a classmate of Sumida Yuichi. She harbors a severe crush on Yuichi. Keiko's home life isn't much better than Yuichi's. Her mother builds a gallows with a noose in place for Keiko to take her own life. Her mother believes her life would be better off without Keiko. Under these circumstances, Keiko pays a visit to Yuichi's home. A group of people are lingering nearby who live in makeshift tents on the property. Keiko tries to befriend Yuichi, but she is berated and even physically assaulted. She doesn't get deterred though and sticks around. One day, the yakuza come by Yuichi's home. They look for Yuichi's father who is nowhere to be found. The men then tell Yuichi that he has to come up with 6 million Yen by tomorrow to pay off his father's debt. Yuichi already heartbroken by his mother's abandonment and abuse from his father nears a tipping point. A string of incidents then occurs that brings Yuichi's world to a screeching halt. (font: mydramalist.)

• Why you must watch this: Acctually this movie is really dark and broke me into pieces, but I guess that why I love it. I dunno why you should watch this movie, just watch it. It's the kind of movie that can change a lot of things in our mind, I guess this is it.


• Rating: 10/10.


• Rewatch Value: Just watched it once.

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Taiwan

Alice in Wonder City

Music, cold male lead and a female lead that piss you off.

Synopses: He Ting Yu is a famous violinist who's just returned from an overseas tour. Chen Hai Jie is a hardworking dreamer who came to the big city to become a world-class violin player. Lan Die Fei is a charming girl who has a beautiful voice and an ear for pitch. Alice is a mysterious girl from Japan who wanders the streets searching for the secrets of her past. The seeds of their dreams are planted in the city; they are all waiting to see if one day the seeds will grow to bear fruit. (font: mydramalist.)

• Why you must watch this: This drama has one of the most beautiful soundtrack that I found in dramaland, although I have a lot of problems with one of the female leads this drama is definitively worth watching. It's the only drama that I found Yan Aaron to be this amazing actor and this work is very different from his another works. The music is beautiful, the romance is nice and the scenery is charming. It's a good choice for a different taiwanese drama.


• Rating: 9/10


• Rewatch Value: If you can ignore the female lead, it's okay.!

 

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Hello chingus! It was a long reading, right?! Sorry about that! Hope you guys enjoyed it! So, what about you? What year was your first in dramaland?

Kissus!