#lee da hae

[namjhyun]

DRAMA REVIEW | Perfect Marriage Revenge (2023)

There’s an argument to be made about how Perfect Marriage Revenge had a perfect execution because it was a 12 episodes long drama and didn’t waste time for unnecessary conflicts. Everything took its right time and was resolved in a cohesive way with the characters development.

Both leads were compelling and had amazing chemistry, but the secondary characters were equally interesting to watch. All the performances outstanding and you can tell the actors are enjoying themselves in their respective roles.

On a story about a woman looking for revenge against her own family, this kdrama had a perfect balance between makjang and romcom. Making it an easy and fun watch. I highly recommend it!

#perfect marriage revenge #kdrama #jung yoo min #sung hoon #oh na nee #lee mi sook #kim eun soo #ban hyo jung #kang shin hyo #lee myung hoon #lee da hae #jin ji hee #lee min young #jeon no min #lee byung joon #oh seung yun #do yu #jin hee kyung #review

[crookedfandomquill]

"Hotel King" Rewatch: Episode 3

The spell of sibling (??) bonding is, of course, immediately broken by Mo Ne assuming Jae Wan is the only one who could have known about her bird phobia and left the poor dead pigeon on her bed

It hurts me to watch him just stand there while she lashes out at him. He’s too used to it…

Woo Hyun talking about how Jae Wan and Chairman Ah were a perfectly-matched team and worked so well together makes Jae Wan that much more intimidating (he can put on such a perfect facade while simmering with vengeance and resentment underneath it all), but also more tragic (there must have been a significant part of him that spent the year they worked together aching to impress and please the father that supposedly discarded him)

I wonder if, instead of seeing himself as the Vice Chairman’s attack dog (bred for a purpose and given liberty to run off leash and hunt birds), Jae Wan sees himself more in that stray cat he leaves food out for (discarded, unwanted, and starving for affection)?

Now, if I were a big business man, I would not have important, private conversations about sabotaging coworkers in a room with literal paper for walls. But that’s just me

Man, the venom in Jae Wan’s eyes after that visiting chairman set his employee up to fail… unable to do anything or they could all lose their jobs…

I audibly gasped when Mo Ne barged into the meeting, dumped wine on Jae Wan, and ruined the entire business deal

I love how fiery their confrontation are every time

And then someone wearing a very similar suit to Jae Wan’s tries to drown her from behind. The dramaaaaa

I love the unconvincing CPR compressions lol. Obviously we can’t be breaking anyone’s ribs just for realism

Hey, Doctor man, you’re gonna monitor her for secondary drowning, right? Right??

Woo Hyun really has no fear for his job, does he?

Jae Wan: “I think it’s perfectly likely that Mo Ne accidentally drowned in one foot of water five seconds after I left her at the scene of her dad’s death.”

The gardeeen I’m crying!

Manager Baek starting to make her moves…

I absolutely love how, after the deal fails, Jae Wan immediately resorts to blackmail

Unfortunately, the man he learned blackmail from is also in fine form

And Woo Hyun, who is just as reckless and idealistic as Mo Ne, decides to air the dirty laundry in front of the entire hotel

What I admire about this drama is that it wastes no time. It doesn’t need buildup, it launches right into murder and mayhem from the start

#hotel king #lee dong wook #lee da hae #drama rewatch

[dangermousie]

It is now to make time for a pusher post for my favorite Korean period drama of all time - Chuno/The Slave Hunters.

The story revolves around three main characters (though supporting characters are many, complex, and incredible) - Dae Gil, a fallen noble who has long become a feared slave hunter of escaped slaves, Hye Won, a former slave girl who has long lived under a false identity of a noble lady, and Tae Ha, a formerly very high aristocrat and right hand of now-dead Crown Prince So Hyeon who has been punished and made a military slave.

The story proper starts when Tae Ha seemingly suddenly goes on the run and the government for reasons that won’t be explained until later issues a mad bounty on him dead or alive and Dae Gil joins the chase, without knowing that Tae Ha and his long-lost love Hye Won, who he has been searching for a decade for, have crossed paths and are traveling together.

So, why Chuno? It has amazing visuals, great fights, incredible performances and an intriguing plot, not to mention the sole love triangle I’ve ever loved in a kdrama (watching it live was agony!)

But it’s not any of that. It’s the fact that it’s the sole sageuk that really focuses on class and plight of the dispossessed - not even The Rebel does it as well and with such a focus. The Rebel is wish fulfillment but this is not. One of the other plots running almost parallel is a doomed slave rebellion - no Hong Gil Dong shows up to save anyone. The most you can manage is to try to carve out some obscurity of peace and even that is almost impossible. There is a reason that Tae Ha's grand mission, the best outcome is not something like restoring So Hyeon's last remaining living son to his position or the throne or anything, it is merely saving the child's life to live in obscurity and even that is barely achieved.

Almost every character, and certainly every major one is on the margins of society - slaves, peasants, and other lower classes. And the drama tackles not only what it does to live on the bottom of the social pyramid but also with innate prejudices which even the dispossessed possess. It really does tackle class structure in a way I don't see in other sageuks, even the small number that do not focus on royals and court. What I think really makes it possible is the fact that all three mains exist in the in-between space, neither permanently this nor that and it shows the artificiality of distinctions. Dae Gil is a former noble who is now barely better than the slaves he hunts. He's free, yes, but he exists on the margins and upper class is as closed to him as the moon. Hye Won used to be Un Nyun, a slave woman who almost died for the sin of going "above her station" in love but now she is upper class lady Hye Won with a fictitious background. Tae Ha was incredibly high up (back in the past, Dae Gil's family would have probably preened at the unimaginable honor of being invited to his house or similar) but now he is a branded military slave. If people can pass between classes like this - due to luck (good or bad), loss or gain of money, politics etc, the class distinction is shown as absurd. There is nothing visible that distinguishes present day Dae Gil from a man who was born in the gutter or Hye Won from a lady noble by birth. And yet, and yet - I love how the class prejudice is shown to be embedded in its very victims. One of my favorite story beats is Tae Ha's instinctive initial recoil on discovering Hye Won is originally a slave. He's a man who was made a slave on the most unjust grounds, he has to know how meaningless this distinction is, how cruel and pointless. But yet his first reaction is horror because even as a victim of the system he has bought into it - his status is a terrible injustice, he gets that. But to get that the system itself is awful is another step. I love that this does not come easy to him.

Anyway, this is a great drama with complex characters and complex narratives. It was a mad hit back when it came out but like a lot of "older" dramas is less talked about/watched today and I am trying to remedy it :)

PS If you shipped Dae Gil x Hye Won instead of Tae Ha x Hye Won like me (and I totally get why, they were also epic), you can always then watch Robber, which is a modern drama in which Jang Hyuk and Lee Da Hae starred as the OTP of a desperate conman preying on lonely women and a grieving widow. You can always, like me, view it as their happy ending AU.

#kdrama #chuno #the slave hunters #robber #jang hyuk #lee da hae #oh ji ho #Youtube

[scorpi14]

"If I spill tears, it seems like that person is spilling blood."

- Ah Mo Ne, Hotel King

Jfc this line got me, because yeah, he kinda is...

#hotel king #cha jae wan #ah mo ne #lee dong wook #leedongwook #lee da hae

[omodrama]

“I couldn’t lie.”

#my girl #korean #kdrama #lee dong wook #lee da hae #lee joon gi #park si-yeon

[imsailorpluto]

Island, episode 4 (spoilers)

Ok, I was wrong about priest Gio♡, obviously the new blondie guy is Van's brother. Could he be even more powerful than Van? Maybe he's the one behind Benjulle's poisoning? Ahh so many questions...

Hello, handsome! I love how they made them yin-yang like. Messy blond hair and a sly smile vs. tidy black hair, rbf and funeral clothes. Very poetic. Cliché. Just perfect. ☯

But then there's that fight against Benjulle and Mi-ho rescuing all of them, including the highschooler. She Kamehamehad all of them so hard she passed out...

Internal screams and whatnot on volume 1000000!!!!!!! Also kimgoeun's GIFs are so perfect! Girl, I know you won't see this but please make us some more? I am d y i n g. I'd love to see the car ones. Drifting, driving, casual talk in the car. Those were good scenes. Pls? (⁠｡⁠･⁠ω⁠･⁠｡⁠)⁠ﾉ⁠♡

...but then I saw this pabo was trying to wake her up, moving his shoulder or whatever. Oh come on! Stop sabotaging the romance!

Also, since the granny keeps implying that Mi-ho is the answer to Van's curse, and even the prophecy states that she is the one who can save the world once she's fully awoken, it would make so much sense if we actually see her purifying Van. Without either of them dying, of course. What makes me think they will give us the happy ending is Benjulle murdering that abuser college guy after Van intervened ????? (⁠｡⁠♡⁠‿⁠♡⁠｡⁠)

Also, how cute is the priest boy Gio with those little provocations?

I swear Cha Eun-woo is the only one who can turn such serious scenes into silly ones. He smiles even when he isn't. Priest Giovanni. I have a confession to make. I'm in love.

And the least expected part was seeing him go wild with his powers. Enjoyable. Very. But that brings up more questions. Like what is he? Is he human? Is he an embodiment of an archangel? Is he half-archangel? Like, what is going on? He sliced the shit out of Benjulle and then went on full beast mode or rather angel mode (⁠｡⁠♡⁠‿⁠♡⁠｡⁠) against Van.

So he confirmed Van is a partially lust demon, finally, performed a safety check and it's surprising that Van or the demon part of him is way stronger than Johan and his holy tools. I mean, he can kill.

Why did you have to provoke him like that sweet boy? Whyyyy? I don't want to see this precious fluff die, but I have such a bad feeling.

Of course we all know where this is going. Van stabs Mi-ho and they show it as if he stabbed her in the chest. But did he?? I bet he did not.

We all know his love for her is too deep to actually stab Mi-ho. Demon mode or not. But the answer to this one is in the next episode, soooo...

....let's check the fifth episode (⁠◠⁠‿⁠◕⁠)

#island ep 4 #kim nam gil #van #won mi ho #lee da hae #cha eunwoo #cha eun woo #priest giovanni #priest johan #imsailorpluto #island kdrama

[binging-asian-dramas]

Hotel King. 7

Story: 8

Acting: 10

Chemistry: 10

Comparable to: Innocent Man (kdrama) ; Hotelier (kdrama); My Secret Hotel (kdrama)

A classic kdrama that is hella melodramatic. It has an amazing cast with a pretty decent storyline that gets amped up to 100% filled with betrayals, secrets, romance, murder, revenge, evil villains (like evil evil) and heartbreaking events. There’s also some funny situations to break up all the melodramatic moments. Lee Dong Wook and Lee Da Hae is magnificent in this their chemistry together is amazing as well. My only problem is that the drama is way too long and would of been a ten for me if it was edited down to at least ten to sixteen episodes. There was way to much repetitiveness to it going back and forth with the same issues, where no development of characters were happening nor the plot. Eventually it did get there. Overall it’s a nice drama especially if you like over melodramatic ones.

#hotel king #kdrama #viki #lee dong wook #lee da hae #Im seul ong #wang ji hye #lee deok hwa #kim hae sook #jin tae hyun #park chul min #kim ye won #ji Ill woo #melodrama #romantic drama #romantic comedy #love/hate #love triangle #revenge #crime

[kcfangirl]

My Girl (2005)

The first kdrama that I ever watched, thanks to my Mom who introduced it to me.

At first, I was like how can I understand this as the english subtitles are so fast to appear on the screen and I cannot focus much on what's happening in the story already. Hahaha! But then, It's too soon that I have said that because as I continue to watch, I finally fell in love with it. ❤

So, My Girl falls in the RICH GUY - POOR GIRL trope and I definitely fell right into it. The fact that the main leads were Lee Dong Wook (Seol Gong Chan) and Lee Da Hae (Joo Yoo Rin), well, their chemistry was beyond what I expected. Also, the supporting casts, especially, Lee Joon Gi (Seo Jung Woo) and Park Si-yeon (Kim Sae Hyun), added some flavor to the plot as they were the cause of jealousy and misunderstanding between the couple. The others as well contributed to the fun and comedic flow in every episode.

SYNOPSIS

Joo Yoo-rin lives with her father, who is addicted to gambling. Because of her father's debts, Yoo-rin has become particularly skilled at lying and grifting. When her father escapes the island to hide from his debtors, Yoo-rin is determined to support herself and clear up the debts. One day, she meets Seol Gong-chan, the sole heir to the L'Avenue Hotel fortune.

To grant his grandfather's dying wish, Gong-chan employs Yoo-rin to act as his grandfather's long-lost granddaughter. Offering a monthly salary plus a bonus, he asks her to do what she does best—to put on an act. Not wishing to lie to a dying man, yet desperate for the money, Yoo-rin takes the offer and starts playing the long-lost granddaughter. (c) Wikipedia

FAVE SCENES 🎬

✏ "Bluff Scene"

The part where Seol Gong Chan was confused with his feelings for Joo Yoo Rin as she continues to tell him bluffs and stuff to tease him. As they were out that night, Yoo Rin tells him that when he closes his eyes and count backwards from 5 then after that the first person that he will see is the love of his life. The naive Gong Chan did the thing and the shock on his face was so obvious as the one he did see right after doing it was Joo Yoo Rin and he said "I must be going crazy." (Well, he is crazy, crazy in love with her but he's still in denial. 😏)

I personally chose this as one of my faves for this was the start where Gong Chan is kind of aware of his feelings already. I, too, was giddy that he did the thing just to prove that it may be true and unexpectedly, he saw Joo Yoo Rin first.

✏ "Baking Scene"

I super love this part as this showed their playful and 'sweet' side. Yoo Rin is a foodie and when she sees food, she eats it. Gong Chan's Aunt baked a cake for Mr. Jang, however, Mr. Jang went missing on that day and she needed to get out and find him to clear a misundestanding between them, so she left the cake at the kitchen and said bye to Yoo Rin.

Yoo Rin who stayed at home saw the cake and immediately, she got some fork and right away ate it and also, Gong Chan saw her eating the whole cake (yes, the whole thing hahahahaha), however, she conscientiously gave a slice to Gong Chan. Here comes the fun part, Gong Chan's Aunt called Yoo Rin to tell her that she found Mr. Jang as they are now okay and that they are on the way home to eat the cake she made for him. Upon hearing that, Yoo Rin panicked and asked Gong Chan for help. Hahahahaha! At first, Gong Chan doesn't want to help her since she ate all of it as for him, he only took a bite as Yoo Rin already snatched away the cake from him. After all the pleading, he did help but just to guide her in baking the exact same cake. While they're preparing though, Gong Chan seems to lovingly stare at her as she was very cute and clumsy while baking. Finally, they succeeded in making the cake and it was right on time as Gong Chan's Aunt and Mr. Jang were home already.

Look at the way Gong Chan is staring at her. 💕

✏ "Staircase Scene"

THE MOMENT OF TRUTH. This was the heart pounding scene of the whole story as this was the time that Gong Chan cannot handle it anymore. His feelings were already at its peak as this was also the day that Yoo Rin will be officially announced as his biological cousin and if he will not confess then his love for her will vanish as it didn't happen since it will be shown as forbidden love already. So, he turned around his car and drove with his might to go back to the hotel and took Yoo Rin away without any hesitation and without thinking that he will be scolded by his Grandfather with what he did.

I was holding on to my seat while watching this part as I can't accept the fact if Gong Chan didn't go back and fought his love for Yoo Rin.

That hand-grabbing and tight hug moment. 🥰

FINAL THOUGHTS 💭

As this was my first kdrama, it really felt like a rollercoaster ride because there was a lot of misunderstanding between the main leads and a lot of bickerings, too. While watching it, there's this 'what if' feeling as you really don't know what's going to happen in the next scene, although this was a cliche romantic comedy, it was unpredictable. Also, this was written by Hong Sisters, the famous writers who likes to do big plot twists and sad endings but fortunately, we got a happy ending for this one.

Lee Dong Wook and Lee Da Hae did an amazing job with their roles, specially, Lee Da Hae, as she was so adorable with her comedic acts. For Lee Dong Wook, I did not expect him to be so cute also and my oh my, he is so handsome and with that natural pink lips of his, he is divine. Lee Joon Gi, as well, his long hair suits him as he had the role of a bad boy type with a soft heart. Whenever he cries in a scene, I feel like crying too. Hahahaha! That's how effective he is as an actor.

Overall, it was a really romantic, fun, heart pounding kdrama. I would definitely recommend this one to a beginner as it's one of the classics.

RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

#kdramagifs #kdrama icons #kdrama #korean actor #my girl #lee dong wook #lee da hae #lee joon gi #romantic #comedy

[crazyfanofmasskpopculture]

#lee da hae #lee dong wook #lee jun ki #park si yeon #lee joon gi #my girl #movie #korean drama #actor #korean actor #actress #korean actress #old series #young artist

[rosenlily-aka-choconut]

That scene where Joo Yu-Rin throws herself off the stairs, and Gong-chan, when he comes to know, just FREAKS OUT!

The scene where he’s on the terrace struggling with his feelings for her…

Lee Dong-Wook simply aces it. He’s so good that I felt like yelling, “Just go kiss her. Now!”

How can he be so good?

#my girl #kdramas #lee dong wook #lee da hae #A++ levels of pining

[holywitchlady]

#island #Islandep03 #korean drama #kim nam gil #lee da hae #van&minho

[sickeningly-cruel]

#go youn jung #wendy #lee da hae #고윤정 #웬디 #이다희

[crookedfandomquill]

"Hotel King" Rewatch: Episode 1

Let’s address the elephant in the room: if I had a dollar for every time Lee Dong Wook and Lee Da Hae played love interests in a fake-out incest plotline…

Tragic backstories are like blood in the water and I am a hungry-ass shark

I’m sorry but his name being Jayden will never not be funny to me. I am from the American South and I know multiple Jaydens, all of whom are polo-wearing white boys ages 5 to 26 whose moms sell knock-off essential oils out of the backs of their minivans. I can’t take the name seriously in this context

“Is this heaven?” Oh honey no it really isn’t

Ah and the gaslighting begins. I’m remembering now that the main character in this drama is one of the more traumatized ones I’ve come across

Mmm yeah this is a good look for LDW. Not my absolute favorite (*cough* Soo Yeol *cough*) but objectively spiffy nonetheless

You know what, that party was so painfully lame that Chairman Ah saved it by falling to his death in the middle of it

Say what you will about the balls-to-the-wall plots of melodramas, but more often than not they deliver really incredible character writing. 30 minutes into the show you already know so much about Jae Won: he’s cold and full of anger, but he’s also idealistic and a bit naive (he genuinely thought Chairman Ah would acknowledge him and beg forgiveness if he just confronted him). He’s competent and driven but also completely beholden to his abusive father figure. He’s a man of few words and fewer platitudes, and the only thing sharper than the lines of his suit is his business acumen. Going back through the journey of getting to know the characters is my favorite part of any rewatch

Meanwhile, Mo Ne be sneakin’ (badly)

Gosh, imagine your beloved father has died and you make your grand return to the country by crab-walking in public, committing widespread property damage, and braining somebody with a large frozen fish 

Oh look, it’s the manager who CARRIES A HORSE WHIP??? Look, she knows her aesthetic and she’s rocking it. And no patience for guests creeping on the maids, I can’t not stan

Alright, but the fact that our lead couple starts out with him thinking she’s his secret half-sister/rival for his inheritance, and her thinking he killed her dad? It’s the messed up, angsty, weird, character-driven stuff that dreams are made of (mine, at least) 

Mo Ne really said “I want lots of money and zero responsibility” and let me tell you I felt that in my broke 20-something soul

Very strong soundtrack on this drama tbh, even if it does get repetitive after a while

Overall rewatch thoughts: I’m a ho for intrigue and this drama has so much of it, no wonder I binged the whole thing in about two days the first time around. The acting is as good as I remembered it, the secondary characters are so promising just from the first episode, and the vice chairman really makes my skin crawl. Knowing all the insane twists and turns the story takes just makes the rewatch extra fun. Safe to say that I have been thoroughly dragged back into Hotel King!

#hotel king #kdrama #lee dong wook #rewatch #love me a good melodrama #lee da hae

[passionforfiction]

Perfect Marriage Revenge

This series is based on the webtoon with the same name. I read the webtoon before watching the series and I must say that I liked the adaptation. It didn't drag the situations, the changes they made worked and I liked the story line.

I liked this series.

Poster from Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_Marriage_Revenge

#korean drama #kdrama based on webtoon #perfect marriage revenge #sung hoon #jung yoo min #kang shin ho #Ban Hyo-Jung #Kim Eung-Soo #lee mi sook #oh ha nee #lee myung hoon #lee da hae #jin ji hee #lee min young #jeon no min #lee byung joon

[iris-sistibly]

Okay babes, episode 8 is nothing short of exciting!

📍Hae-in choosing to divorce Hyun-woo so he'd finally be free from all the bullshit her family put him up with, and Hyun-woo deciding to stay at Queens so he could prove his innocence and protect Hae-in. I feel sad that they actually divorced but again, it was necessary for them to "part ways" so they'd find their way back into each other, and I think the next episode will be about them slowly rekindling their romance and hopefully healing from the past. I am anticipating a more beautiful wedding than their first one.

📍Don't get me wrong, I still hate Eun-seong but now I'm becoming more and more interested in his backstory, so this bitch still has some ✨humanity✨ in him, judging from the way he reacted when he found out about Hae-in's illness. Him saving Hae-in from the dog attack when they were kids answered the question why he hates dogs. He's still trash, however I do have a feeling that he will have some character redemption somewhere and will basically help Hae-in find a cure, but we'll never know for sure.

📍Hong Man-dae is the biggest fucking idiot among the Hong family, I'm not saying he deserves what happened to him, I'm saying that he needs to learn the hard way and be slapped with the truth so hard that I want him to come down to his knees and beg his children for forgiveness. As much as I feel sorry for him, he was a terrible father to all of them when they got older...and trusting a fucking shaman? Really?

📍Speaking of which, I am actually glad that the Hong family is now broke af. They need to be humbled big time, especially Hae-in's mom, that bitch is such a poor judge of character. I want her to feel embarrassed and terrible about herself for constantly looking down at Hyun-woo and his family, these are the same people who'd willingly save and help their asses even if it meant getting dragged into this shit hole they dug themselves. Also, I saw a clip of the nosy old ladies who were making fun of her at the salon, I say...DESERVE! I hope she starts to change because honestly, I'm so fed up with her and her bullshit.

📍Soo-cheol maybe immature, but I have to admit that he's a good father. He just wanted his son to experience everything he never did, idk what Da-hye was up to. Maybe it was part of their plans? Perhaps she foresaw how messy it's going to be that's why she chose to run away, we'll never know for sure. I still have faith that she'll choose to do what's right for the sake of her son, after all, Soo-cheol treated her and their baby well.

📍Shout out to Song Joong-ki for his cameo. Hiring Vincenzo as a divorce lawyer is such a Hae-in move 😂

#netflix #tvn #kdrama #queen of tears #kim soo hyun #kim ji won #park sunghoon #lee joo bin #kwak dong yeon #baek hyun woo #hong hae in #yoon eun seong #cheon da hye #hong soo cheol #baekhong #pls let them reconcile already!!!! #song joong ki #vincenzo

[omodrama]

“He’s not that bad, although he is sort of rude.”

#my girl #korean #kdrama #lee dong wook #lee da hae