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chingu123 2:00 pm on March 28, 2019
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Beauty Inside – All finished!

I have to say that though there were quite a few holes in this drama on the whole I’m glad that I watched it. Would I recommend it? Hmm… maybe, and only if you’re like me and really love Lee Minki, but don’t get me wrong, there were some real positives.

I can’t say enough about the excellence of the main group of actors..especially Lee Minki and Seo Hyun-Jin. They had amazing chemistry, but were also really comfortable with each other too. From the BTS videos on YouTube I saw that they seemed to have lots of fun as they shot the scenes and that’s definitely reflected on screen. Though his robotic performance felt very familiar… his face was able to convey a sentiment or reaction very well in a subtle way (and let’s face it I was studying him VERY closely, LOL!).

She really is a very skilled actress, a powerhouse full of energy. I’m thinking that Yolette would have especially loved her because she took nothing from anyone. She gave as good as she got and she enjoyed her bad girl image. She wasn’t perfect and she made me really mad at the end but I won’t soon forget this character.

But, this wasn’t only about the main couple. I also really enjoyed the scenes where the secondary characters interacted because they were able to really feel like individuals who were just spending some time together (and not always peacefully). They even had an adorable miniature dog who was passed around like a little treasure. LOL What more can I ask for?

As expected there were many questions for which we got no answers. I felt that the writing really failed especially in the last couple of episodes. The final episodes felt rushed in one sense and very slow in another. I think that this drama could easily have been much shorter. It didn’t need 16 episodes for this plotline at all, though it was nice to see the guest cameos.

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chingu123 11:22 am on March 19, 2019
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Beauty Inside – Up to Ep 6

Well, having almost lost the chance once, I wasn’t going to lose it twice so as soon as all episodes were available I dived right in!

Ah… it feels sooo good to get caught up from the opening minutes (lately have needed a lot of patience and a number of episodes till I was really committed)… I think probably everyone knows the story line by now since it’s based on a movie (her transformation to another body once a month and his inability to recognize faces) but the opening episode hit you right in the face with it… no real buildup and it was great!

Loved the opening scenes where she’s dressed in a beautiful white Cinderella dress… moving up the stairs to accept a Best Actress award when… boom… she sense change coming and turns around to run out of the theatre… looking very much like Julia Roberts in Runaway Bride… LOL! She even manages to lose one very expensive slipper too!! Another scandal to her name.

Admittedly this character is a very familiar one… Ditzy and scandalous actress with a heart of gold who is misunderstood… but this actress is doing a good job of giving her additional layers and I’m quite enjoying her performance. Despite her obstacles she has SPUNK and though Lou Grant doesn’t like spunk… I DO! She can’t stand it when she sees something wrong… for instance when she sees a lecher fondling a poor girl and nobody having the nerve to intervene… she goes in protection mode and tells him where to go… publicly!! She’s got a couple of good friends around her … the typical manager to who looks out for her but also a would-be priest friend she’s known since childhood to help her along. Ahn Jae-hyun is doing a good job in a deadpan sort of way.

Lee Minki… I’m basking just looking at his deadpan face and when he has a glimmer of a smile it’s amazingly attractive. Of course there are familiar vibes from his character from his past drama but I’m ok with that since I enjoy it so much. BTW… he looks great in expensive suits… just saying… Interesting how he handles his handicap… trying to memorize mannerisms or physical details in order to know who he’s talking to… since he doesn’t recognize faces. Kind of sad really when he walks by his own mother. I’m not sure how consistently his disability is handled cause at times I say to myself… wait a minute… how does he know?? But truthfully that isn’t important at all really… I’m very much enjoying his scenes together with our poor girl… crisp dialogue exchanges are a pleasure to watch but you know the strange thing? Even when she’s transformed and it’s another actor in her body… I’m still enjoying the scenes… lol… must be Lee Min-ki’s magic… when you get to watching this… look for the shaving scene… that’s all I’m saying…

Even our “villain” isn’t really a villain… his ambitious and snarky step-sister out to best him at the company… she’s just as cold as he is but the poor girl has her insecurities and in a way we can definitely relate so I don’t think that label even really applies to her… obviously since this is a different type of drama then the rules are different and we don’t need a traditional villain at all. I’m actually fine with that.

I’m really looking forward to seeing how these two people… each with a serious handicap… come together and look out for each other… two soulmates brought together for a purpose and yet to discover a twist that we, the audience, already know.

I’m taking it slowly… as I do when I’m enjoying something… no wish to rush at all… taking the time to savor instead.

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chingu123 10:31 am on October 12, 2017
Tags: Ahn Jae-hyun, Choi Min, , Cinderella and the Four Knights, Jung Il-woo, , Park So-dam   

Finished Cinderella (finally)

I know that it was fluff, and I was fully prepared to just sit back and enjoy it, but the second half made that really really hard.

First of all, that walking zombie they called an actress made it extremely challenging to believe that anyone would mope around just because of her. I’ve never seen suck a lacklustre character and performance.  Such a user – so pathetic that all she did was take, and I don’t think I ever saw her do one proactive thing in the whole drama! Couldn’t figure out what those boys saw in her  – ever!

Thankfully our heroine was wonderful as usual, performance-wise, I mean. Even her character was downgraded from that spunky determined girl we met – that Cinderella who overcame some horrible treatment at the hands of her family. Even she became the usual doormat noble idiot who seemed to forget all those wrongs and smiled prettily in forgiveness. I must say though that her scenes with our boy were really cute, but then her scenes with EVERYone were really nice. She’s just that type of actress.

The boys were all lovely – individually and together – and I would have loved to have seen more bromance time at the end.

I hated seeing so many cliches emerge at the very end, but I was left with a smile (sometimes a grimace I confess), and I guess that’s what counts, right?

#ahn-jae-hyun, #choi-min, #cinderella-and-her-four-knights, #cinderella-and-the-four-knights, #jung-il-woo, #lee-jung-shin, #park-so-dam