Boys Over Flower

OH MY GOSH. I absolutely i cannot believe I actually forgot to blog about this drama the moment I finished this series. I must have been that busy then!

Anyway, I was the faster batch to catch onto the F4 craze when it was still airing in Korea. The day it was broadcasted in Korea, I watched it the exact following day. I was THAT desperate to watch. The craze reached almost the same level as Goong in SG which is considerered a huge success in my nation.

I've watched everything about Hana Yori Dango (from the manga, TW ver, all of JAP versions) and I'm definately stopping. No way am I going to watch the Chinese version. So, goodbye F4 for good!

But still, its muchly over-rated and there were some scenes of bad acting, bad cutting - the scenes don't match at times.

As you all know, the storyline is the same.. Four perfect rich guys. blah blah. However! This time round, I was a complete SO-EUL MATE! Meaning- Soujira + Yuki. / Ken Zhu + Rainie romance! Who cares about Domyoji + Makino, their story had been known forever.

So here's my favourite couple..

I was soooo into them, that I was reading their fanfictions almost everyday!

AND! I almost forgot about Lee Min Ho. aka Domyoji. he was never popular until this drama. I still remembered him looking darn cute in I am Sam beside TOP! The best domyoji ever. He's nothing stupid like the Japanese one, only that he's darn afraid of flying bugs. HAHAHA!

Ratings: 9/10 lots of scenes didnt match and I wanted to kill the PD for failing to make Ga Eul and Yi Jeong kisssss!!!

East of Eden

Take a look at the cast, you would probably know more than 50% of them. The cast is remarkable. Lee Da Hee, Song Seung Hun, Han Ji Hye, Yun Jong Hoon, they were all from popular movies/series. Right, and I almost forgot hot American/Korean Dennis Oh (the guy who can't really act, but eye-candy worth)

However, East of Eden was such painful drama to watch. I stopped at EPISODE 24 because it became such a chore to finish and that i was fastforwarding 80% of each episode.
Still, I had to say that what kept me going on was the first 5 episodes. I even went around telling people how great this drama is. Looks like I'm terribly wrong. There's so much angst and revolves mostly on revenge revenge revenge.(o so boring. i need romance!)

Here's a short sypnosis taken from wiki:

The drama will be about two men whose fates are crossed from the very first day that they were born. Both men were born in the same hospital. When he was a teenager, Lee Dong Chul witnessed the death of his father. From then on he promised to seek revenge on the man who caused his father's death, Shin Tae Hwan. But unbeknownst to everybody is the fact that Dong Chul's younger brother, Dong Wook, was switched at birth with Tae Hwan's son, Myung Hun. Dong Wook grows up to become a prosecutor and vows to help his brother seek revenge. But what happens when they find out that they're not brothers? What will Dong Chul do when he finds out that his real brother was raised by Shin Tae Hwan and that the brother that was beside him all these years is the son of his enemy?

The only good stuff in this drama:

- The storyline was pretty gripping at first.
- Kimbum was such a great actor even though he only appeared in the first few episodes as the young main lead.

credits to jaycee05

Talking about Kimbum, he's way beyond awesome. I found myself comparing between Song Seung Hun(who is a MUCH more experienced actor) and Kimbum when Song Seung Hun started to cry. GAH, terrible crying compared to Kimbum.

Photo taken from his wiki page. Doesn't do him much justice, but he's cute! Even much more cuter in Boys over Flowers whereby he portrays a cassanova. Look at the difference between both characters! One's a little boy who is so poor that he had to risk his life to save his family. Another one who is 'Prince' whose family is the pillar of Korea and owns a museum.

His rich boy image in BOF. I promise there will be more eyecandies once I'm done with Boys over flowers!

Sorry, this is such a Kimbum-centred post. Back to East of Eden..

Just don watch it unless you have plenty of time on your hand. I can't stand the thought of watching another 25 more episodes (50+ episodes for this )@(#)@ drama!) unless Kim Bum is gonna appear again(highly unlikely).

Ratings: 5/10 (gotta give credit to the cast and first few episodes) not for romantics.