Now that this drama, both S1 & S2, are posted on YouTube with subs, with decent quality, I had to rewatch it again.
This is hands down the best version of this story in Live Action. It's the one that most stick directly to the story as seen in the manga. ;)
I love that Joe gave this version of the ML some more humanity. Even though he's just as arrogant and socially awkward as portrayed, Joe manages to provide enough micro-expressions that you can see a bit more of what he's thinking and feeling underneath the coldness and stares. He portrays him as shy and not wanting too much attention, mainly because that's all he ever gets, and he just wants his peace & quiet. You can sympathize with this version of the ML, and when you watch it and cut him some slack on his attitude, based on his situation, you get to see that he's not as much of the asshole as the other versions. His version of the ML is just so much more tolerable and digestible than any other versions I've watched.
would have been perfect if the FL character in the story wasn't given such a "low IQ behavioral trait".Since the…
Well, this drama is based on the manga Itazura na Kiss. [ https://mangaowl.net/single/1982/itazura-na-kiss ] <= this is the English version of it, and it has been completed up to the Ch., in S2, where she promises as a b/f, her young brother-in-law, to the young girl with the heart defect, to coax her to have the surgery.
The Director & actors of this particular version said from the start that they intended to make their version as absolutely close the the original text as they could. That meant they even ended S2 in the incomplete form that the author left it, since she had an accident where she slipped and fell in the bathroom, hitting her head, and passed away before the manga was ever completed. You can read the original Japanese version to see how closely it comes to it, or the pages of the copied English version I linked above.
So, my point is, there is no way they're changing the story for her to have a normal IQ & non-klutzy behavior because that's how the original author created her. Her take on the FL is much beloved, this is why this story is so popular and so many Live Action dramas & animes have been done to represent her work. The meaningfulness of her growth over the years, and this couple's relationship is what touches everyone's heart.
Not in this version, you didn't. I just got done rewatching it again on YouTube. For those who want to CONFIRM the fact for themselves, the honeymoon scenes are from EP 1 & EP 2 of 'They Kiss Again'. You can see that there is only 1 person that chases her, a plain clothes police officer, and he chases her straight to the police station and is in the police station, and he's no where near having any makeup, unless, you took his real tanned face to be this kind of racist action. I think you both are misinforming viewers.
The ending ruined it for me. The chemistry between the main couple was the best of all the version's but the end…
The director and cast, at the time, explained the reasoning behind it, and you have to bear this into account:
The author of the manga never finished it. She slipped in the bathroom and it caused her sudden death. This is the only version where the production, & director made the decision from the outset that they were going to convey the story as close to line by line of the manga as they could, and that included leaving the drama at the very point it was when the author passed away.
Yes, they could have opted to provide their own interpretation and offer a closure they thought would suit but, out of respect for the writer, they made a conscious decision to not try to interpret the direction she would have liked the story to go. Thus, this is why the ending was "incomplete". That's just the way it is, and lovers of the manga had to accept it as well. The writer is not available to provide the ending. =/
Well, they maybe idols, but currently, they're more like former idols. U-KISS and GG haven't promoted as a group for a few years now, if I recall correctly. They're old enough to move past the image and stereotyping.
Wow. I'm shocked at the hate on PMY's acting. I cannot even believe what I'm reading.
She has been the main lead actress of some of the most iconic South Korean dramas of all-time. You can count her and possibly Ha Ji Won as the actresses to bring in the international viewers and spark the explosion of K-Drama viewing throughout the world. Dramas like 'Ja Myung Go', 'Sungkyunkwan Scandal', & 'City Hunter' cannot be overlooked!
This is an actress who hasn't had a drama rated below 8.0 since 2014 with 'Healer'. How can anyone say with a straight face that a veteran actress like PMY isn't a 'really good actor'??? You may not like the kinds of dramas she is in. You may not like the characters she plays...but to say she's not good at acting is simply BS. I have no words for those kinds of statements. The idea that all she is is a 'pretty face' just smack in the face of people who literally worship 'Healer' and the iconic pairing of Ji Chang Wook & PMY.
As for Song Kang, after 'Navillera', I hope he's started to learn to better emote rather than using things like yelling to convey emotions. As it stands, when put next to a great actor, like Park In Hwan, he was still able to keep from dragging the drama down, and I rated it a 9, despite his more rookie acting skills. He wasn't so horrible as to detract from everything around him and, at a minimum, kept his character true, even if his micro expressions are not quite there yet. So, with that said, I'm hopeful that PMY can bring out the best in his acting skills. 😉😁
At E20 right now and am so hating the Xiao Siblings both Xiao Han and Xiao Qing. Such scheming cunning people.…
The 1st drama I ever saw him in was 'Dreaming Back to the Qing Dynasty. He was really good in that , and it was his first drama ever. You won't even be able to recognize him because, in that drama, he even looks like 5-6 years older than he does here. He has a much more mature vibe.
She just started filming the drama 'Kiss Six Sense' [https://mydramalist.com/707571-kiss-six-sense]. Very sad. It's also reported "According to reports the drama has now cancelled scheduled filming after the news of her death." So, I guess a significant amount of it has been filmed and they'll have to shuffle it around to try to replace her and her scenes.
I need to watch Navillera. Everyone I know loved it.To My Star was soo cute.
Before I watched it, most of those in my Friends Feed actually didn't like it or the acting, mainly because I think they focused too hard on Song Kang. But Park In Hwan did some of the best acting I've ever seen in a K-drama of this kind. Everything about his role was poignant to me. Song Kang made his dancing look believable so I appreciated that even if his acting had it where his emoting came across as constant yelling vs real emoting while acting. Park In Hwan was so on fire in his role that he managed to cover up a lot of Song Kang's flaws, make it believable, and enjoyable to watch. If you bear this in mind, I think you'll enjoy it, since Park In Hwan is even better in this than he is as the father in 'Lost'.
I hope there's really a reason for pran's mom to act that way cause she's really annoying and childish right now,…
The guess is that she has a clear vision of the reality of who her son is, since he's been pretty aware of his emotions and a rational/levelheaded person, who knows who he is deep down. He's silent because people around him, especially his mom, don't want to see and accept him for who he is, and want to control the situation.
He's got the familial piety thing down and doesn't want to rock the boat, so he's willing to give up things and be sent away just to appease his mom, who actually doesn't deserve it. In the meantime, this is why he spends a lot of time walking around like he's depressed. He's not allowed to be true to himself, and stuffing those emotions, and the stress around trying to not get caught can be overwhelming. Frankly, this is the big reason why the suicide rate among gay teenagers is so high.
Just finished watching The Gifted Hand. Kim Bum acting is kind of flat to me
That was 2013 ffs!
I watched 'Law School' on NetFlix where he played the main role of Han Joon Hwi. That drama enjoys a 8.7 rating on MDL, which is an extremely high rating, mainly because of him and Kim Myung Min and their acting! That's a 2021 drama!
Actors have the ability to improve over the years. Hell, at least 'The Gifted Hand' has a higher rating than Rain's 2014 drama 'My Lovely Girl' and 2015 'Diamond Lover'! Rain can improve his acting and get better scripts as well.
On my end, I hope they BOTH do well because that will make the drama better. I hope the script is a good one and that Uee's acting has improved as well! I hope that script is a good one too so they can all enjoy a nice and memorable comeback. Just hyping for one isn't going to make this an enjoyable watch for anyone. It's better to which everyone well, and express excitement for your bias, than to already be negative about it before it's even aired 1 episode,
Suprised about the amount of people who didn't know already that she's been dating Choi Tae Joon. Where have you…
Since Choi Tae Joon was really close with a lot of the people involved in the Burning Sun scandal, I think they decided to keep their relationship on the downlow from that point on as well as him doing his military service.
I mean, although he gave a 'standard excuse" for backing out from 'Hotel de Luna', it's suspected that he really gave up the role played by Lee Tae Sun because of potential backlash that he was getting at the time for being close friends and part of the inner circle of those arrested. It's easy to see because, at the time, his acting career was on the rise, and he was also outed to be the boyfriend of the 'It Girl" ~ Park Shin Hye, by 2018, but instead he backs out of 'Hotel de Luna' and why, although 'So I Married the Anti-Fan' had it 1st script reading on Aug. 20, 2018 and started filming in the same month, they didn't release it until he was on the verge of coming out military service almost 3 years later on April 30, 2021. =/
Although I'm happy for both of them, for Park Shin Hye, I wish they would have already gotten married first, because there are K-netizens that will never forget this issue, and having it appear they had an accident in the bedroom to get him to propose, even if that's not true at all, will just bring up this backlash from that group all over again.
Thank you for this details! Really appreciate! But could you hide this as a spoiler? Thanks!!
Frankly, you are the self righteous person, because the actual synopsis and tags let you know what the movie is about…. and this is a horrendous story, based on true facts, that can be a trigger for many people.
If you want to watch a movie 100% pristine then, I suggest that you shouldn’t be coming to the Movie page, with details in the synopsis and tags that openly indicate the movie is about pedophilia and sexual abuse and read comments.
Also, I STILL haven’t seen the movie and at the time I wrote the comments, there was no clear resolution as to what happened to everyone in the end, so I have NO idea how this movie will interpret an unresolved crime. So, to answer your question, NO, I’m not nuts.
Exactly! But imagine how long it must have felt for him😂
What I mean is that he probably had more activity and things to do than the general population, and he’s not sitting around wondering what he’s missing. Often how quick time passes has to do with your mental state. When you’re not enjoying things, or can’t distract yourself and you’re just ‘watching the clock’ time can feel exactly as you said. 😜
Dude, coming to a married woman’s husband’s family home to give her a bouquet of flowers, like he’s taking…
Actually, the last 2 episodes they dropped were super cute and his mom didn’t add to any mess, so I’m interested to see how this finishes up. I think it’ll be a decent “Old School” melodrama if they don’t through in a breakup trope in the last 4 episodes and keep going at this pace. I’ve come this far, so I’m just gonna see it through to the end.
And, as to the reviewer, yeah, I think we agree on her. She’s be critical of things I felt didn’t deserve it and put higher expectations on acting skills in situations and dramas that don’t demand it while cutting slack just because she has a bias. So, when she goes off on a drama’s actors as if they have to give some Oscar worthy performance when it’s meant to be more tongue in check, I just ignore her perspective. LMFAO! 😉
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This is hands down the best version of this story in Live Action. It's the one that most stick directly to the story as seen in the manga. ;)
I love that Joe gave this version of the ML some more humanity. Even though he's just as arrogant and socially awkward as portrayed, Joe manages to provide enough micro-expressions that you can see a bit more of what he's thinking and feeling underneath the coldness and stares. He portrays him as shy and not wanting too much attention, mainly because that's all he ever gets, and he just wants his peace & quiet. You can sympathize with this version of the ML, and when you watch it and cut him some slack on his attitude, based on his situation, you get to see that he's not as much of the asshole as the other versions. His version of the ML is just so much more tolerable and digestible than any other versions I've watched.
[ https://mangaowl.net/single/1982/itazura-na-kiss ] <= this is the English version of it, and it has been completed up to the Ch., in S2, where she promises as a b/f, her young brother-in-law, to the young girl with the heart defect, to coax her to have the surgery.
The Director & actors of this particular version said from the start that they intended to make their version as absolutely close the the original text as they could. That meant they even ended S2 in the incomplete form that the author left it, since she had an accident where she slipped and fell in the bathroom, hitting her head, and passed away before the manga was ever completed. You can read the original Japanese version to see how closely it comes to it, or the pages of the copied English version I linked above.
So, my point is, there is no way they're changing the story for her to have a normal IQ & non-klutzy behavior because that's how the original author created her. Her take on the FL is much beloved, this is why this story is so popular and so many Live Action dramas & animes have been done to represent her work. The meaningfulness of her growth over the years, and this couple's relationship is what touches everyone's heart.
The author of the manga never finished it. She slipped in the bathroom and it caused her sudden death. This is the only version where the production, & director made the decision from the outset that they were going to convey the story as close to line by line of the manga as they could, and that included leaving the drama at the very point it was when the author passed away.
Yes, they could have opted to provide their own interpretation and offer a closure they thought would suit but, out of respect for the writer, they made a conscious decision to not try to interpret the direction she would have liked the story to go. Thus, this is why the ending was "incomplete". That's just the way it is, and lovers of the manga had to accept it as well. The writer is not available to provide the ending. =/
She has been the main lead actress of some of the most iconic South Korean dramas of all-time. You can count her and possibly Ha Ji Won as the actresses to bring in the international viewers and spark the explosion of K-Drama viewing throughout the world. Dramas like 'Ja Myung Go', 'Sungkyunkwan Scandal', & 'City Hunter' cannot be overlooked!
This is an actress who hasn't had a drama rated below 8.0 since 2014 with 'Healer'. How can anyone say with a straight face that a veteran actress like PMY isn't a 'really good actor'??? You may not like the kinds of dramas she is in. You may not like the characters she plays...but to say she's not good at acting is simply BS. I have no words for those kinds of statements. The idea that all she is is a 'pretty face' just smack in the face of people who literally worship 'Healer' and the iconic pairing of Ji Chang Wook & PMY.
As for Song Kang, after 'Navillera', I hope he's started to learn to better emote rather than using things like yelling to convey emotions. As it stands, when put next to a great actor, like Park In Hwan, he was still able to keep from dragging the drama down, and I rated it a 9, despite his more rookie acting skills. He wasn't so horrible as to detract from everything around him and, at a minimum, kept his character true, even if his micro expressions are not quite there yet. So, with that said, I'm hopeful that PMY can bring out the best in his acting skills. 😉😁
He's got the familial piety thing down and doesn't want to rock the boat, so he's willing to give up things and be sent away just to appease his mom, who actually doesn't deserve it. In the meantime, this is why he spends a lot of time walking around like he's depressed. He's not allowed to be true to himself, and stuffing those emotions, and the stress around trying to not get caught can be overwhelming. Frankly, this is the big reason why the suicide rate among gay teenagers is so high.
I watched 'Law School' on NetFlix where he played the main role of Han Joon Hwi. That drama enjoys a 8.7 rating on MDL, which is an extremely high rating, mainly because of him and Kim Myung Min and their acting! That's a 2021 drama!
Actors have the ability to improve over the years. Hell, at least 'The Gifted Hand' has a higher rating than Rain's 2014 drama 'My Lovely Girl' and 2015 'Diamond Lover'! Rain can improve his acting and get better scripts as well.
On my end, I hope they BOTH do well because that will make the drama better. I hope the script is a good one and that Uee's acting has improved as well! I hope that script is a good one too so they can all enjoy a nice and memorable comeback. Just hyping for one isn't going to make this an enjoyable watch for anyone. It's better to which everyone well, and express excitement for your bias, than to already be negative about it before it's even aired 1 episode,
I mean, although he gave a 'standard excuse" for backing out from 'Hotel de Luna', it's suspected that he really gave up the role played by Lee Tae Sun because of potential backlash that he was getting at the time for being close friends and part of the inner circle of those arrested. It's easy to see because, at the time, his acting career was on the rise, and he was also outed to be the boyfriend of the 'It Girl" ~ Park Shin Hye, by 2018, but instead he backs out of 'Hotel de Luna' and why, although 'So I Married the Anti-Fan' had it 1st script reading on Aug. 20, 2018 and started filming in the same month, they didn't release it until he was on the verge of coming out military service almost 3 years later on April 30, 2021. =/
Although I'm happy for both of them, for Park Shin Hye, I wish they would have already gotten married first, because there are K-netizens that will never forget this issue, and having it appear they had an accident in the bedroom to get him to propose, even if that's not true at all, will just bring up this backlash from that group all over again.
If you want to watch a movie 100% pristine then, I suggest that you shouldn’t be coming to the Movie page, with details in the synopsis and tags that openly indicate the movie is about pedophilia and sexual abuse and read comments.
Also, I STILL haven’t seen the movie and at the time I wrote the comments, there was no clear resolution as to what happened to everyone in the end, so I have NO idea how this movie will interpret an unresolved crime. So, to answer your question, NO, I’m not nuts.
And, as to the reviewer, yeah, I think we agree on her. She’s be critical of things I felt didn’t deserve it and put higher expectations on acting skills in situations and dramas that don’t demand it while cutting slack just because she has a bias. So, when she goes off on a drama’s actors as if they have to give some Oscar worthy performance when it’s meant to be more tongue in check, I just ignore her perspective. LMFAO! 😉