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hahaha, okay, Rhett, I got it. ;-) My only interest in this matter is that the franchise is likely to go downhill, as he doesn;t seem to have as much heart for making film as he may be feeling forced to do it, but maybe his future films will prove everyone wrong. it doesn;t matter much with other talented directors such as Hosoda being active but it's like with Disney- Walt had a heart for movies, it can't be said about a lot of later productions. How did you make the discovery of Asian soap operas/mini series?

I guess maybe it can be a bit of an enticement but Joo Woo Sung has a very very small guest role in Good life Arigatou Papa too. I agree, he is a vision and is able to capture emotions in a way that sends your heart a fluttering. He was one of my first serious Korean actor crushes ever since Padam Padam. I saw a moment to remember only after that drama.

:) I don't think I would be able to name one favourite either. Mamoru Hosoda? Wolf Children springs to mind- an utterly lovely movie. Also Summer Wars was a pretty strong title for me. Have you seen Miyazaki's latest, or is it not available yet since it is a pretty recent offering The Wind Rises, I mean. I also wonder what you think about Miyazaki's son possibly taking over the legacy.

Well I like hearing Asians speaking English, I also have quite a few Chinese friends around here and their English is just lovely, it has an accent but I don't know they are able to make it graceful abnd sweet. It's just that it doesn't always work in movies for me. I was just going to respond on the thread feed but Jung Woo Sung is quite magnetic overall :P Haven't you watched A Moment to Remember?

przypomina mi sie zjawa z Tronu Krwi - czy ten motyw dotyczy tez mezczyzn, te rozpuszczone wlosy? Swoja droga dla mnie Tron Krwi pozostaje doskonalym przykladem adaptacji kulturowej tekstow, albo z drugiej strony sa po porstu takie dziela ktorych uniwersalizm wpisuje sie dosknale w kazda kulture.

Zgaduje ze "Piece" to "piece of sh&^t? " :P

Hi! You liked Season of Good Rain? How was it? I admit I tried to watch it but I sort of got put off by all the English in there. It was a looong time ago when I attempted it, I was young and naive lol, I am planning to get back to it. And how did you like Gorgeous?

Hej! haha dziekuje za odpowiedz. Brzmi ciekawie, zachecasz do bardziej szczegolowego researchu na temar kaidan bo wynika z tego ze to w ogole genre samo w sobie, ale mnie cieszy ze jest to cos "specyficznie japonskiego", bo mimo wszystko bardzo duzo wspolczesnych filmow japonskich wydaje mi sie nastawiona na eksport miedzynarodowy, a przez to cos traci. W dodatku ze ostatnio interesuje sie zagadnienim duchow i w ogole "haunting" wiec wydaje mi sie ze to ciekawe mieksce do badan tego typu, duchy w folklorze japonskim maja chyba dosc mocna pozycje.

Hi there. Nice to meet you. Thank you for your friend request. Princess Monoke is your profile, it was the film that started my obsession with anime movies, though Studio Ghibli in particular. Just like Crouching Tiger was the first film that introduced me to Chinese movies, I guess my interest in Asian things started from there, though I really wasn't used to all the flying. What's your favourite anime? do you watch series too, or just movies?

Well, there is just a month left so we just have to wait and see. Too bad for Sakai though. He really liked that character, I hope he doesn't feel cheated by the screenwriters now. I do, yes. Japanese family dramas are some of the best I've seen, they get the balance of feelings just right.

Hellio Sunflower. So are you enjoying Bad Guy?

I will likely continue to peek until I make a decision for myself. I do wonder where it;s going to lead but I don;t like the breaking of one good team just for the sake of drama. Well I started watching Good life in October but I went on to get too busy but this weekend since I was resting I thought I'd finish it along with several other dramas- May Queen and another family drama, Oh Dad. Good life is such a tear jerker though. I like the point it's making though, love is nost just aboit giving. Giving and rceiving a child's love is just as important for a parent as giving it. Therefore facing problems together is important. I guess I'm just very family-oriented.

I had a peek at episodes 6 and 7 and well I'm not to sure what to think myself.

:P she's a little mysterious to me :D well, we'll see :)

not korean, korean famoly dramas are too overdrawn and cliched. However, I do think you may like ojakgyo brother :) I prefer kapan ese famoly dramas as japanese know best how to do them and I love them for it.

Hi Edina! aorry to hear that. Keep warm! How is Toto? I've been watching May queen. Not bad but got offended at something there.

However, one MAJOR gripe I have with the writer is that he offended or rather oversimplified something about Philippines. How could they say a lot of Koreans are killed in the Philippines? What was that? Any nationality can be killed anywhere in the world because crime/human trafficking/racism are unfortunately ripe anywhere in the world Is there any solid reason why the writer would say that? How can you be so irresponsible as a writer and say things like that, when they can be seen as offensive? Any such unsubstantiated and biased obversimplifications and judgments shouldn't be allowed. Maybe I'm overreacting but it just seems unsubstantiated and very offernsive.

But I did like it more than Incarnation of Money because it was somehow better paced. Incarnation of Money is ridiculous in terms of some of its solutions, May queen stays within reasons delimited by the makjang genre and as such was tolerable even with its exaggerated plots and twists and overdramatic villains that made me laugh more than hate them- but that's because I've seen it all before. I wouldn't call it the worst makajang either, pacing was good, and I especially liked the childhood part.

However, the story was tolerable and some decent here and there- there were scenes which had me in stitches, but I think I mostly looked forward to seeing how Uncle Jung Woo and auntie will resolve their issues. But well..the twists and turns are so overdramatic that they are laughable too. Still, I finished it and liked some of the supporting characters, as I mentioned- Jung Woo, the auntie, Chung Hong Chul and felt eternally sorry for the stupid Park Chang Hee, but at the end I was glad for him too.

In short: an all right watch with some likeable characters, well-developed childhood and many exaggerated plot twists. It's a makjang drama so don't ezxpect anything that hasn't been done in makjangs before! if you like makjangs, I think this one is as good as any that came before or will come in the future, nothing new.

I liked the side characters, especially the Uncle Jung woo and that Aunt he was courintg as well as Hae Joo's father Chun and Park Chang Hee, even though he was an annoyingly noble idiot in this drama. But he's so dashing that in my shallowness I forgive him for playing the stupid typical noble idiot. The drama however WAS overdone.

It's a typical majangly drama. Expect overdramatic twists and turns until the very end. Much as I like Lee Duk Hwa, I think in this case he got a role that required too much overacting from him, but he does make very good bastards. Cliche twists on cliche twists here, but many nice family father-son and father-daughter scenes. The childhood part was detailed and I liked that. It kind of built the excitement. If you watched over makjang dramas then you've really seen it all before I think.