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kobe23 Joined: 06 Jun 2006 Total posts: 741 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 30 Gender: Male |
 Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 3:26 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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Even though I'm not a fan of Ha Ji Won I think she would fit in nicely, considering she's probably the most versatile Korean actress at the moment. She's done it all before: Horror, Comedy, Romance, Melodrama, Adult, Historical - Now she just needs to do a spy thriller to fill her already very impressive CV. But where on earth would she find the time though? I think she does like 3 movies + 1 drama a year 
| Quote: | | Iris: a Forsythe-on-crack political thriller about Shanghai contracts, ruble rockets, Korean yakuza triads, and estranged soulmates of an especially tragic childhood will enter a fatal end game of interpol vs. spy. Bullets will rain like tears. Tears will rain like bullets! |
If Iris is even half as interesting as that, I'd watch it even with Choi Ji Woo as female lead 
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kobe23Joined: 06 Jun 2006 Total posts: 741 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 30 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 3:48 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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| I just watched Open City and I totally agree with your thoughts belleza. I have no idea what all those professional reviewers are on about - The 'cutesy' bits are actually one part of her different personas. Son Yeh Jin's performance was fine, especially considering how different she was in her earlier works (Classic and AMTR) Sure, she's no Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct, but her character in this movie isn't a cold blooded, calculated killer either. With that, I would love to see SYJ play alongside LBH in Iris, and I'm sure she would do a great job.
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kobe23Joined: 06 Jun 2006 Total posts: 741 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 30 Gender: Male |
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garnet07Joined: 04 May 2004 Total posts: 548 Location: Cali, USA Gender: Female |
| Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 9:00 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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Haven't seen Lee Byung Hun since Beautiful Days and All In. Cool a new drama in 2009. I like all of these comeback actors/actresses. Can't wait._________________ 
Waiting: MomoLove
J: Sunadokei, OrthrosInu, Otomen, LiarGame2, Untouchable, Samurai17
K: Punch, QueenSeonduk, IRIS, Youre Beautiful, Smile You
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SSpiegelJoined: 26 Oct 2007 Total posts: 310 Location: Finland Gender: Female |
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kobe23Joined: 06 Jun 2006 Total posts: 741 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 30 Gender: Male |
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SSpiegelJoined: 26 Oct 2007 Total posts: 310 Location: Finland Gender: Female |
| Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 2:10 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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Oh, I have my fingers and toes crossed for his success. One weak link in a dramatic action-filled series might turn ugly.
 (only a bit, tho) The only reason why I'm so worried is that I've been watching Maou this fall and while it had the potential to be pretty good (whoa, Ohno Satoshi is brilliant in this), it falls flat because of Ikuta Toma. I totally love the guy, and his comical roles are really good, but he can't play a serious role even if his live depended on it. The series comes off as comical, even tho it's supposed to be, what? Suspense?
There's been a lot of talk about big budget, hyped-up dramas ending up as a flop (or at least very disappointing). I hope this isn't one of them._________________   |
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bellezaJoined: 21 Jan 2007 Total posts: 725 Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:05 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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| Quote: | | but usually the lack of experience shows when there's just one newbie with big names (which I just assume they are, since they aren't familiar to me). |
The problem is that Lee Byung Hyun will eat him alive. Alive. He's not just an actor with true A-list movie star charisma (not unusual for other actors to disappear once he comes into a room); he's also notoriously intimidating onset. His preparation can be intense, and he demands the same commitment from other people. Another problem is if they do a triangle between the two men and Song Yeh Jin, it wouldn't wash. Son Yeh Jin is a true movie star with real (IMO still underrated) acting chops, one whom you associate with other popular (and much, much older) male actors. TOP would seem like a boy were SYJ playing a fatale similar to Open City.
I'm not knocking TOP here; but he has his work cut out for him.
| Quote: | | That would be a big concern because I really hope they don't skimp on special effects and well choreographed action sequences just to pay the two leads. I hope the budget holds up because this has the potential to be huge! |
Yeah, this is roughly the equivalent of that pipe dream rumor about Rain and Jeon Ji Hyun doing a show together. I honestly didn't think a LBH/SYJ casting (wow, I just think I heard Japan squee! ) in anything but an expensive movie was realistic anymore. Now, having said that, this is supposed to be a remake of Shiri and we're supposed to have location shoots all over Asia. You could put together such a drama under a mid-level budget, but it would look tacky and cheesy. Their previous project Lobbyist looked cheesy, like American Ninja cheesy. And East of Eden's action sets have been a touch inconsistent, some of it feeling a bit dated too. You want something sleek and gadget man cool. You want something like Time of Dog and Wolf, but if the salaries of the two actors take up like 50-60% of the budget, that will hurt too.
| Quote: | | I totally love the guy, and his comical roles are really good, but he can't play a serious role even if his live depended on it. The series comes off as comical, even tho it's supposed to be, what? Suspense? |
His performance also looks worse when you compare it with Eom Tae Woong's tortured performance in the original Mawang. I like Ikuma Toma a lot (and IMO he's among the most handsome of JE), but just doesn't have enough proper acting experience to play the role. Ohno is arguably the most serious actor in Arashi (and maybe the most talented between Arashi, SMAP, etc.), having done proper theatre and such. It was never fair.
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SSpiegelJoined: 26 Oct 2007 Total posts: 310 Location: Finland Gender: Female |
| Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:47 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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| belleza wrote: | he's also notoriously intimidating onset. His preparation can be intense, and he demands the same commitment from other people.
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Having a true professional on set (with high work ethics, too) might prove helpful to a newbie like TOP. He might be intimidated and fail badly, or they might enhance his performance crucially. For his defense, I've heard he's majoring in film and theater in college. (tho I'm not entirely sure how these young stars really get their education, but anyways... ) But who knows how he'll do before we actually see it with our own eyes.
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His performance also looks worse when you compare it with Eom Tae Woong's tortured performance in the original Mawang. |
I began to watch the Devil before Maou started airing, but I haven't gotten very far at it. But even in the start the atmosphere is much tighter and the actors performance is on another level (tho I think Ohno Satoshi is a bit better at expressing the complex feelings than Joo Ji Hoon). Still, the Japanese cast is solid enough excluding Ikuta Toma. I can't help but laugh everytime he starts to run, bursting into places and ruining the scene with his overdramatic rants. I'm sure it's not totally his fault, the director did a bit of a lousy job at, well, directing him. But enough of _________________ |
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especially because first they planned to remake shiri into a drama and Ha Ji Won was rumoured to be in it.
) and absolutely ecstatic to see him anywhere, I'm still a bit worried. He has the badass looks and all, but he was a bit stiff on I am Sam. Maybe he has improved. It wouldn't be so bad if the other actors were newbies too (when everyone's bad, you don't even notice 