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gummonster Joined: 14 Apr 2006 Total posts: 340 Location: USA Gender: Female |
 Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 4:50 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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song hye kyo is gorgeous at the AFA
i love her whole look. definitely a goddess
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kobe23Joined: 06 Jun 2006 Total posts: 736 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 29 Gender: Male |
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cutekidJoined: 02 Dec 2006 Total posts: 227 |
| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:21 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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| i watched her clips from AFA. she looks so pretty there! the best!
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JajaLocation: Philippines Gender: Female |
| Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:55 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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| Well with a short span of time, I think she managed to speak and understand english quite well. I just hope she will practice more to enhance her speaking capability.
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bellezaJoined: 21 Jan 2007 Total posts: 705 Gender: Unknown |
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kobe23Joined: 06 Jun 2006 Total posts: 736 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 29 Gender: Male |
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JajaLocation: Philippines Gender: Female |
| Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:40 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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| Song Hye Kyo seems really expanding her abilities in languages these past months, I read in soompi that she speak Cantonese now. Good for her.
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bellezaJoined: 21 Jan 2007 Total posts: 705 Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:34 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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| Quote: | | I hear Melbourne has some very good universities |
This tiny restaurant I went to the other weekend to has pictures of Korean famous people who've eaten there. For example, there was a picture of Kim Sang Jung (My Man's Woman) and Kim So Yeon (All About Eve) together waving hi. And there was another picture of two famous Korean movie actresses; I actually asked the cashier whether the one wearing big sunglasses was Han Ye Seul (she's from this area.) Small world. But lots of K-pop stars study in Australia; I think it's their Hongcouvah. 
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Yeah, I got used to it in high school; that's why I like Jung Ryeo Won so much; her accent and personality reminds me of my high school friends.
But, like the way Rain and Song Hye Kyo speak English, it's as if they learned in a Chinese/Taiwanese school. That's more how Taiwanese speak English, very flat and dry. In that way, she speaks English pretty well, it's just not what I'm used to.
| Quote: | | It totally ruins her bubbly and vibrant persona. |
That said, I think by 2003-04, that persona's kinda been replaced by a demure image in public. This is more how she used to be:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH2dTuaCgv8&feature=related
Speaking of oldie but goodie, there's a good 4-star hankie with hot men
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIoSl4-WFt0
| Quote: | | I read in soompi that she speak Cantonese now |
I think for All In, she had to pick up English and a little Mandarin. My hunch is her Chinese is much further along, since she's done promotion there before.
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kobe23Joined: 06 Jun 2006 Total posts: 736 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 29 Gender: Male |
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cutekidJoined: 02 Dec 2006 Total posts: 227 |
| Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:12 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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hi there! just read in soompi that SHK can spoke in cantonese in one of her interviews.
yeah maybe she's studying chinese because i think some chinese producers wants to work with her...
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fizzlex3mhJoined: 15 Feb 2007 Total posts: 314 Gender: Female |
| Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 4:50 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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| kobe23 wrote: | Lee Da Hae even spent most of her high school days in Sydney at Burwood Girls High School. Anyone know what her English is like?
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She speaks some English and even a bit of Chinese in the second half of this clip. (She also looks very lovely):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=QfU8iPYVWdA
Her English sounds much better than her Mandarin. It's actually very good in my opinion, and much better than SHK's I think we can agree. I can't detect the Australian accent people who commented the video were talking about though, do you?
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bellezaJoined: 21 Jan 2007 Total posts: 705 Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:05 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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| Quote: | | That clip also reminds me of one thing: I haven't seen Hotelier yet. What's it like? |
Hotelier is still my favorite workplace drama, but I like dramas/movies that center around hotels. Wonderful use of an ensemble cast to tell small stories within the larger one.
Hotelier was actually the first show that I saw Song Hye Kyo, so that's always shaped my view of her casting. It's more obvious then, but SHK was kind of a "tomboy among the guys." She gets cast playing pure characters, but she's actually not that good at that particular role. This contrast is really there when you watch her opposite the chairman's son vs. manager. When she plays against the son, there is really no chemistry there, because you get the sense that he's a little bit intimidated by her. But when she plays off Kim Seung Woo, it works. As you're watching it, your brain is thinking "whoa he's WAY too old for her", but your eyes are going "yeah, but the creepy thing is how well comfortable their scenes are." It sounds weird, but this is actually my favorite SHK pairing or semi-pairing. SHK isn't a diva, but she brings a intimidating, slightly bullish presence to her roles. When she plays opposite a much older veteran, the guy doesn't shrink from her.
In that regard, she's a better actress than her reputation. Rain and SHK never clicked as a romantic pairing for me, because it was very, very clear that Song Hye Kyo was Rain's unni. By Full House, SHK had already worked with K-drama top guys -- BYJ, KSW, Lee Byung Hun, Kim Ming Jong, Song Seung Heun, etc. in lead and support roles. Rain was popular at the time, but *she* was the star and she was the veteran actor. And in their scenes, she was kinda leading him in their scenes, easing him into this role. It was delightful watching them as a "reverse oppa" couple, i.e. older sister/younger brother miming for the crowd. But without her support and presence, Rain wouldn't have come off as well in this role, and that sense distracted me during the first half of the show's run. It's remarkable that any 22 year old K-drama actress has that kind of veteran presence status to do that. That's Park Min Young's age. That was YEH's age when she did Coffee Prince. That was Kim Tae Hee's age when she got her first lead role.
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JajaLocation: Philippines Gender: Female |
| Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:36 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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Speaking of Hotelier. SHK is kinda like a supporting role in that drama and the ending part is understandable but I'm not satisfied.
Bae Yong Joon character reminds me of Richard Gere profession in Pretty Woman.
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bellezaJoined: 21 Jan 2007 Total posts: 705 Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:16 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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| Quote: | | Speaking of Hotelier. SHK is kinda like a supporting role in that drama and the ending part is understandable but I'm not satisfied. |
I liked her here because her own storyline was kind of a sweet distraction from the gamesmanship between the hotel manager and the attorney over the hotel and the female lead. Of all her roles, this is the one that actually reflected her early image (the one that, say, Masami Nagasawa had in Japan), that of a "pure girl" bristling upon womanhood. Old school SHK has this mix of innocence and covert lustiness that just made boys crazy in her Autumn Heart days.
In the beginning of the drama, Tae Joon sees her as a troubled girl looking for her daddy's love. Toward the end, he starts to see her as a beautiful woman, and that her feelings for him may outlive her adolescent infatuation. Kim Seung Woo is also a great romantic lead; he's like Bogart, he can be gruff and stoic, but tender and warm in the same scene. Very, erm, old school Korean and sexy as hell. ;) BYJ considers KSW a friend and mentor, and you can see his influence on his own acting style. And here, Seung Woo is able to navigate the situation, so it didn't come off as creepy. Just . . . dangerous. And sweet. ;)
But I think that image also hurt her growth as an actress. She took on lead (too) early, but she mostly avoided doing rom-coms, and she ended up in one May-December situation after another, putting her up as window dressing. Even Full House was originally cast to reflect this, and she kind of alludes to this when speaking about her insecurities and frustration as an actress. By the time she hit 22, she had already experienced a kind of accelerated celebrity where she was viewed as a borderline A-list who should be cast other A-listers, even though her acting hadn't caught up yet. Similar thing happened to Ji-Hyun. Both are veteran celebrities and their status as "natural beauties" sometimes seems vaguely old-fashioned against their hipper, respective peers.
| Quote: | | Bae Yong Joon character reminds me of Richard Gere profession in Pretty Woman. |
Unlike most of his peers, when BYJ plays a chaebol, it's not an act. Before Winter Sonata happened, he was already wealthy from his prior investments. And, of course, after Winter Sonata, the man is among the most powerful in the industry, and he is respected for his business acumen. He was also among the first K-pop stars to feature a gym body, and he's still among the most impressive physiques. His acting style is singular; he's played variations of Yonsama throughout his career, but he is the only one who can can do it. My mum didn't understand the fuss over this "sissy looking man" until she saw him in the Legend; then she raved to me about his aura -- the mix of regal serenity, contemplative disposition, masculinity, and a disarming smile -- just like really no other Asian actor out there. He has an otherness about him that you can't make up.
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kobe23Joined: 06 Jun 2006 Total posts: 736 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 29 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 11:54 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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| fizzlex3mh wrote: | | kobe23 wrote: | Lee Da Hae even spent most of her high school days in Sydney at Burwood Girls High School. Anyone know what her English is like?
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She speaks some English and even a bit of Chinese in the second half of this clip. (She also looks very lovely):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=QfU8iPYVWdA
Her English sounds much better than her Mandarin. It's actually very good in my opinion, and much better than SHK's I think we can agree. I can't detect the Australian accent people who commented the video were talking about though, do you? |
Nice video. Yeah her Mando doesn't sound too good to say the least, but her English from what I can hear (damn her friend keeps on interrupting!), is not bad at all. As far as her accent goes, it sounds like a Australian / American mix. Kinda like how Nicole Kidman talks.
Speaking of accents, I find that Jung Ryu Won has a very American accent, but her drama wiki entry claims she moved to Australia at 12 and went to High School and University there. Please explain?
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