Wednesday, May 12, 2010 / 9:52 PM
I finished the 20-episode Taiwanese drama Devil Beside You in four days and, looking back, I was rather amazed at how Ahmon had changed and how his relationship with Qi Yue had blossomed over the episodes. Although it's unfair to say this, the drama actually reminded me of Hana Yori Dango and You're Beautiful.
I think Rainie Yang did a great job of portraying her character. Her expressions are always dead-on it's funny. I'm only annoyed at the fact that she's always wearing eye shadow. As for Mike He... well, he did have this "devil" look in his eyes and smile. I think he did well also.
There were several scenes in the series that didn't really hold my interest, I had to fast-forward to the juicy bits, but overall, it was a fun-filled drama indeed. Lots of random funny moments, especially between the two male leads. And so.. I'll give the drama a 7/10. :D
My next stop would be Lee Minho's current drama, Personal Taste, wherein he plays a guy who pretends to be gay in order to be roommates with the female lead. I'm off to read the synopsis, so this is all for now.
Labels: Devil Beside You, Lee Minho, Personal Taste
Monday, May 10, 2010 / 4:52 AM
The first and the last Taiwanese drama I ever watched was the Meteor Garden series. I was only in fifth grade at the time. I've never watched any Mandarin-language dramas after that. Listening to Mandarin gives me this awkward feeling; I'm used to and familiar with both Korean and Japanese languages, but Mandarin is a little too foreign for me.
Nevertheless, I really want to drown myself in Asian entertainment since the summer workshop ended and one Taiwanese drama caught my attention. I've heard about it before and its main storyline, but because it was in Mandarin, I never had the guts to watch. But now I do! So right now, I'm on the fourth episode of Rainie Yang and Mike He's Devil Beside You.
I almost got fed up with Yang's exaggerations, but then Mike He showed up in the scene and the rest is history.
After this drama, I'm planning to watch/download the following:
1. Personal Taste (Korean; I'm interested to see Lee Minho acting as a gay)
2. My Girl (Korean)
3. First Kiss (Japanese)
4. Tokyo Tower (Japanese)
5. Goong (Korean; YES I've never watched this yet!)
Labels: Devil Beside You, Taiwanese drama
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I'm a bored person and I like to procrastinate by
drawing, watching Asian dramas, listening to K-pop, and spazzing away.
Sometimes I also sleep and
tweet.
I respond to the name JoKimiko. Cheers.
My top 5 dramas:
The World That They Live In (2008)
49 Days (2011)
Hana Yori Dango (2005)
Delightful Girl Choon-Hyang (2005)
My Girl (2006)
(Here's the
list of dramas I've watched so far, in case you're even interested.)
Films: Inception, The Devil Wears Prada, Memoirs of a Geisha, Legally Blonde, Pirates of the Caribbean.
Actors: Hyun Bin, Jung Il-woo, Jae Hee, Gong Li, Alan Rickman, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ryan Reynolds, Johnny Depp
Music: SHINee, BEAST, Big Bang, Panic! At The Disco, Rihanna, Chris Brown
Art Influences: Ruben Toledo, Max Cabrera (Pyromaniac), Stanley Lau (Artgerm), Lois van Baarle
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 / 9:52 PM
I finished the 20-episode Taiwanese drama Devil Beside You in four days and, looking back, I was rather amazed at how Ahmon had changed and how his relationship with Qi Yue had blossomed over the episodes. Although it's unfair to say this, the drama actually reminded me of Hana Yori Dango and You're Beautiful.
I think Rainie Yang did a great job of portraying her character. Her expressions are always dead-on it's funny. I'm only annoyed at the fact that she's always wearing eye shadow. As for Mike He... well, he did have this "devil" look in his eyes and smile. I think he did well also.
There were several scenes in the series that didn't really hold my interest, I had to fast-forward to the juicy bits, but overall, it was a fun-filled drama indeed. Lots of random funny moments, especially between the two male leads. And so.. I'll give the drama a 7/10. :D
My next stop would be Lee Minho's current drama, Personal Taste, wherein he plays a guy who pretends to be gay in order to be roommates with the female lead. I'm off to read the synopsis, so this is all for now.
Labels: Devil Beside You, Lee Minho, Personal Taste
Monday, May 10, 2010 / 4:52 AM
The first and the last Taiwanese drama I ever watched was the Meteor Garden series. I was only in fifth grade at the time. I've never watched any Mandarin-language dramas after that. Listening to Mandarin gives me this awkward feeling; I'm used to and familiar with both Korean and Japanese languages, but Mandarin is a little too foreign for me.
Nevertheless, I really want to drown myself in Asian entertainment since the summer workshop ended and one Taiwanese drama caught my attention. I've heard about it before and its main storyline, but because it was in Mandarin, I never had the guts to watch. But now I do! So right now, I'm on the fourth episode of Rainie Yang and Mike He's Devil Beside You.
I almost got fed up with Yang's exaggerations, but then Mike He showed up in the scene and the rest is history.
After this drama, I'm planning to watch/download the following:
1. Personal Taste (Korean; I'm interested to see Lee Minho acting as a gay)
2. My Girl (Korean)
3. First Kiss (Japanese)
4. Tokyo Tower (Japanese)
5. Goong (Korean; YES I've never watched this yet!)
Labels: Devil Beside You, Taiwanese drama
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