Jovi 75's Korean Drama Reviews

Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 8:31 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Sometimes I have to disagree with your reviews, but it's still nice to see things from a different point of view.
Well, I really like to read this thread, keep the good work up. cheers

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Coffee Prince
Review:
Firstly I want to inform to future audience of this light hearted romantic drama that Coffee Prince is a name of a shop. If you're looking for a soft romantic love/comedy drama, this one might suit you. A story of a man who thinks he's in love with a boy and it turn out to be the boy is a girl. The story doesn't just concentrate about both hero and heroine but also some other people's life where no one can escape from conflict in life. Here's the drama sypnosis.

Choi Han Kyul, played by Gong Yoo, is the cocky son of a rich family who runs a food corporation. He doesn't believe in love and certainly doesn't want to get married despite his family's requests. On the other hand, Go Eun Chan, played by Yoon Eun Hye, is a 24-year old tomboyish female who gets mistaken as a guy quite often. She takes up every job possible - waitress, food deliverer, etc - and has the responsibility of taking care of her mother and younger sister.

Eun Chan accidentally meets Han Kyul twice, once on a delivery and once during a robbery. During the robbery, Eun Chan's delivery motorcycle ends up being damaged. Han Kyul, not knowing that Eun Chan is actually a girl, decides to hire Eun Chan as a false "lover" so that he can escape the blind dates arranged by his grandmother.

Meanwhile, Han Kyul's cousin, Choi Han Seong, is an established music producer and his ex-girlfriend Han Yoo Joo, who Han Kyul secretly loved for 9 years, is a famous artist who studied in New York. The two were lovers for about 8 years but their relationship ended when Yoo Joo broke up with Han Seong. Two years after they separated their paths cross again when Yoo Joo returns to Seoul.

After getting an ultimatum from his grandmother, Han Kyul takes over a run-down old coffee shop, later renamed Coffee Prince, to prove his ability, both to his grandmother and Yoo Joo. In order to attract female customers, he only hires good looking male employees. In a struggle with money, Eun Chan, whom Han Kyul has already mistaken as a boy, hides her gender identity to get a job at Coffee Prince. Soon feelings start to spark between Eun Chan and Han Kyul. Because he's unaware that Eun Chan is a girl, Han Kyul starts to question his sexuality.

The main actress Go Eun Chan (Yoon Eun Hye) played her role as a tomboy brilliantly in my opinion. She's cute but she acted a little bit rough like a boy accordingly to her role. I must say that she can be funny too. I enjoy watching her tomboyish acting though I would like to see her turn out to be a real woman later (well she did but just a short scene with a wig hair). She develops a good natural acting skills whether it's a romantic, funny or sad moments. Two thumbs up for her overall acting in this drama !

The main actor Choi Han Kyul (Gong Yoo) is a handsome bright young man. He has a larger body shape than the heroine (small size). Some audience may not like them as couples at a glance but fortunately the hero play his part very well in developing a strong love chemistry with the heroine. Overall the hero acted good on any occasions or circumstances. I'm glad that he didn't act like a typical cool korean drama male hero.

The 2nd hero and heroine played well to add a little more spice into the story though mainly trying to resolve their own self personal love problems. Both look mature and fit with their respective roles as senior lovers. The supporting actors and actresses played well in order to make the drama a little bit interesting. Each individual trying their best to find and fight for their true love.

This drama would best fit for mature audiences aged 18 and above. The original soundtrack has many listenable songs in it and most of it has good melody tunes. It has two sets of OST. I'm sure you'll be addicted to at least 6 - 8 songs. Smile

Rating:
4.4 out of 5

4.0 - 4.9
Buy,burn with nero and keep for collection.You will remember this drama each time and it feels great.Keep on repeating watching over and over again.Spread this drama to your close ones. thumleft

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Coffee Prince OST

OST 1
01 ) 랄랄라, It's Love! lalala, It's Love!- 더 멜로디(The Melody)
02 ) White Love Story - ASONE(애즈원)
03 ) 커피한잔 어때? - 허밍 어반 스테레오(humming urban stereo) (Feat.요조(YoCho))
04 ) Go Go Chan!![고고찬!!] - 티어라이너(Tearliner)(Feat.(YoCho))
05 ) 커피향 설레임
06 ) For A While - MNI민재(MNI MinJae)
07 ) Mocha - 캐스커(Casker)
08 ) 바다여행[최한성ver.] - 이선균
09 ) 햇살 한 조각
10 ) Polly - 더 멜로디 (The Melody)
11 ) 알콩달콩
12 ) 바다여행 - 티어라이너 (Tearliner)
13 ) Double Shot - 캐스커(Casker)
14 ) 좋은 기억
15 ) 바람에 살며시 앉다 [바다여행 Piano Ver.오수경]
16 ) Go Go Chan!![고고찬!! 방송 Ver.] 티어라이너(Tearliner)

OST 2
01. Love Is Weaken When It Comes Out Of Mouth - Low-end-Project
02. 유주, 한성 dialogue - 다시 만난 두 사람 그리고 베이글
03. Good Bye - The Melody
04. May - Belle Epoque
05. 다시(acoustic ver.) - Cloud Cuckoo Land
06. 바랜 고백 - Casker
07. Gazer Razer (Studio live ver.) - Tearliner
08. 은찬 한결 dialogue - 은찬과 한결의 화해
09. Make up - 어른아이
10. I'll be a virgin, I'll be a mountain - Maximilian Hecker
11. 11월 - Fanny Fink
12. 은찬 dialogue - 소리내어우는 은찬
13. Rain Coat - Tearliner
14. 위로 - Misty Blue
15. 한성 dialogue - 사랑이 아니라 흔들린 거야
16. Alien
17. 한결 dialogue - 한결의 고백
18. Sad Thing 어른아이
19. 한결 은찬 dialogue - 의형제 맺기로 한 은찬과 한결
20. 연애를 망친 건… 바로 나란 걸 알았다 - Low-end Project
21. 아이쿠 - 김창완
22. Coffee is - Cloud Cuckoo Land
23. Running - Donawhale
24. 은찬 한결 dialogue - 성장하는 사랑
25. 좋은 사람 - Fanny Fink
26. Wishy Washy Boy - Tearliner
27. Last Arpeggios - 푸른새벽
28. 한결, 은찬 dialogue - 사랑의 발견
29. Balloons & Champagine - Ephemera
30. Novaless - Tearliner
31. 한결 dialogue - 고은찬 빨리와라!! 고은찬 보고싶다!!
32. Perfect World (Restraint) - Arco
33. Space Island (Moon version) - Tearliner

*Big Credits To The Original Uploaders Of These Images! salut

Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 9:27 am Post subject: Jovi's Next Review Post Rating: 0

Next Review - Robbers Smile

Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:54 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

can u review a family drama? something for all ages.
thanks for all ur reviews Tongue

though i dont agree with some, like 9 end 2 outs and que sera sera, and in soon is pretty Tongue

Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 7:29 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

For those Korean/any type of drama online viewers who are sick of youtube, there is a great site where you can watch most dramas. It's at veoh.com there is no need for you to sign up (unless you want to comment) and the videos get rarely deleted (unlike youtube) and the time limit goes up to 30 mins. so the videos are barely chopped up (unlike youtube) However.. one slight drawback though.. if the video is over 30 mins, then you must download the veohTV player (which is awesome by the way) and download the video.

Crunchyroll is really great too! However, I believe there is a certain number of episodes that you can watch per day because the bandwidth is limited. But, the good news is, there are no time limits for the videos so you can watch it directly without stopping.

The reason why I mentioned Veoh was because nobody seemed to be aware of this great website. Everybody seemed to be aware of Youtube, which really sucks btw, but not Veoh so I'm just letting you guys know..

Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 3:39 am Post subject: Robbers Post Rating: 0

Robbers
Review:
Are you looking for a sad melodrama? This one might just be the right one for you. The story is about true love, misery, pain, bitterness & homosexuality romance. A widower falls in love with a con man. She has a daughter and a loving mother in law living together. Here's the sypnosis of the story.

Dallae (Lee Da-hae) is a single mom who isn’t picky about her food, laughs a lot and is a loyal friend. After graduating from high school, she meets Tae-oh, a handsome mountain climber, while working in a local bank in Pyeong-chang. She follows Tae-oh to Seoul to get married. She becomes pregnant. But even before the baby is born, Tae-oh is killed in a freak accident in the mountains. Dallae ends up living with her mother-in-law, Tae-oh’s mother, and her pretty baby daughter.
One day, her mother-in-law, Sun-sum, forces her to go on a blind date. She's shocked to find an elderly man as her date and rushes out, causing a car accident. The owner of the car is O-jun (Jang Hyeok), a former boxer who quit because he didn’t want to mess up his pretty face. Instead, he is masquerading as a fund manager, living off women. To make things worse, he has debts to pay off set on by his sister who is married to an abusive husband. Dallae proves to be a new target for him. But strangely enough, this unsophisticated girl isn’t at all interested in him, which makes him want to seek true love in her.

I'm quite annoyed with the hero's character in this drama actuall but when it comes to emotional scene, he's just good. I think he looked very childish in the beginning but mature at the end. It's not a jumping on the seat performance but he did well with his role as a con man who repented his sins in the end.

The heroine acting anyway kinda dissapoint me this time. I know she cries here and there but I sense there's no really act of serious acting here. All the time I can feel like she's just faking with her unnatural crying scenes. However when it times for humour, she'll be on top of it. What you expect because she's holding a role of a widower together with a daughter. Expect some maturity in her role this time.

The supporting actors and actresses did well to support the drama from being dull if you just concentrate on the hero and heroine scenes. There is some humourous moments and also some violence moments in the drama. The hero's best friend played a good role and though he may look dumb in this drama but still pull off a natural performance together with the heroine's mother in law, daughter and perhaps her future father in law too.

The drama will best suit for middle aged couple. I love the soundtrack because you'll be addicted to at least 4-5 songs from the OST. Sad

Rating:
4.2 out of 5

4.0 - 4.9
Buy,burn with nero and keep for collection.You will remember this drama each time and it feels great.Keep on repeating watching over and over again.Spread this drama to your close ones. thumleft

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Robbers OST

01 불한당 (Boolhandang)
02 신호등 －베이(Bay) (Shinhodeung - Bay)
03 가슴이 메어와 －신나라 (Kaseumi Me eowa - Shin Na Ra)
04 참 못됐습니다. －아이(i) (Jal Motdwesseumnida - i)
05 눈감아도 －이정아 (Noonkamado - Lee Jung Ah)
06 그대라서 －신나라 (Keudaeraseo - Shin Na Ra)
07 너를 지킬게－Snapping (Nuhreul Jikhilge - Snapping)
08 장난감 (Jangnangam)
09 Deep soul
10 너를 만나서 (Nuhreul Mannaseo)
11 셀레임 가까이 (Selreim Kakkai)
12 이룰 수 없는 사랑 (Irool Soo Optneun)
13 Last night
14 Candy boy
15 눈감아도(scat ver.) (Noonkamado)
16 설레임 가까이(slow ver.) (Selreim Kakkai)
17 사랑해서 그리운 건 (Saranghaeseo Keurioon Geon)
18 Alone
19 사랑해서 그리운 건(guitar ver.) (Saranghaeseo Keurioon Geon)
20 눈 감아도(pop ver.) －이정아 (Noonkamado - Lee Jung Ah)

Other Songs :

Honey by Park Jin Young

*Big Credits To The Original Uploaders Of These Images! salut

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Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 4:44 am Post subject: Jovi's Next Review Post Rating: 0

Next Review - Before & After Plastic Surgery Clinic cheers