K-Dramas

My Princess

     My Princess is a truly amazing drama that was aired in 2011. It stars Kim Tae Hee as Lee Seol and Song Seung Hun as Park Hae Young. Basically, My Princess is about a society where the largest share holder of Korea, who basically has connects to everyone and everything, if something happens so them everything can pretty much go wrong. Thus, the chairman of the company, was even lived during the time of the Monarchy and has worked closely with the royal family. The last monarch had died a while ago, and since the chairman has worked for him also made a promise to always protect the royal family, and one day bring back the royal monarch. Now, one thing that is haunting everyone is why the chairman is so approved to get back the monarch, since he is willing to even give up all his money to charity once the monarch is restored. All his money includes what his grandson owns too. 

     The Chairman's grandson is Park Hae Young, a diplomat, and of course being a diplomat would mean he is even more opposed of bringing back the monarch, aside from having his inheritance given away if the monarch is approved by the people. However, an obstacle in his way just happens to be the one who has to be in throne - The Princess Lee Seol. Lee Seol was adopted since she was 5 and she remembers nothing before then, all she remembers that were were bad things from the age of 5 and below. But when she coincidentally meets Park Hae Young because she wanted to get closer to her professor who she likes, she bumps into Hae Young often, both not knowing she is the princess herself. When Hae Young was set to find the princess it just turned out to be her, he would have never known it was her since when she first met him she didn't even tell her real name! But anyways, not that pretty much all of Korea knows she is the Princess, she has to be trained to become a princess, and guess who her teacher is...if you guessed Hae Young you totally right! Now Hae Young and Lee Seol will have to overcome all these obstacles in their way so that Lee Seol can become princess, however, Hae Young is a diplomat, yet he is helping the princess to actually become Princess? Well, it seems as if love and work will intertwine with each other, since Hae Young is a diplomat, and she shouldnt want the Monarch to be approved, and moreover he is the grandson of the biggest chairman of Korea, which people do now want to know that the company is accompanied with the Monarch, because that would just be bad (im not really sure why, its just it is bad). 

     So, will Hae Young's love for Lee Seol and vis-verse be able to come true as if it were a fairy tale, or will one thing have to be sacrificed for another? You will have to watch to find out!!

Thoughts and Reviews 

     Overall, I thought My Princess was an extremely amazing drama. I am disappointed about not hearing about it sooner, i literally just watched it a few weeks ago. Im surprised it is not that famous or popular as dramas such as Goong or Boys Over Flowers. Especially since there are two really great actors, (*ehem especially since we see Song Seung Hun and his amazing body*). But anyways, the chemistry between the two actors was just great! I honestly wish these two can become a real couple...but sadly Kim Tae Hee is currently dating Rain :( BUT Song Seung Hun says Kim Tae Hee is one of his idel types :D So there is still some hope! Anyways back to the drama, i have to say the plot was good, it didnt seem like there were many filler episodes that made it drag, and it didnt seem too short either. What i really loved was how the ending was just perfect, in other words, alot of dramas usually end when the two main characters are able to meet up and then they kiss and then is over, but not with My Princess, they went beyond and showed the happy parts between the two characters, the stuff that all the viewers want to see! ^_^ Overall, i really loved this drama and i would typically give it a 9/10.

So i suggest you watch My Princess if you have the time! Also, dont forget to comment or +1 below! :)

K-Pop The Ultimate Audition [2012]

 

K-Pop the Ultimate Audtion (aka K-Pop Extreme Survival) is a drama about teenagers who want to become a successful artist or in other words an idol. In this drama, it starts Go Eun Ah (MBLAQ Mir's sister), Park Yoo Hwan (JYJ (or previously TVXQ) Park Yoo Chun's brother [He stared in Rooftop Prince]). Go Eun Ah plays Ji Seung Yeon who is mistaken as a boy yet is very talented. Park Yoo Hwan plays Kang Woo Hyun who seems extremely nice when he is public, but he is actually the rude, arrogant, self centered leader of M2, the most popular band of the time.

In a basic overview of the drama, the group M2 who is extremely famous is about to "graduate" in other words, once their time is up, or once they are old enough there will need to be a new M2. Moreover, M2 seems to be mainly popular due to their arrogant leader Woo Hyun, while the rest of the members are not as popular. The rest of the members really hate Woo Hyun because really all they want is the fame, which they know they can only get if they have Woo Hyun. Now, we honestly have to say Woo Hyun is very popular, but its just is arrogant self that is holding himself shine more. When there is an audition for M2, there were 3 members that were already chosen through the CEO and his assistant, however, when it was leaked who those junior members where chosen it caused a huge controversy, people saying they were untalented and it is unfair to start the new M2 already. Thus, the CEO, who in reality seems really stupid but he actually does know what he is doing; he holds an open audition to everyone/anyone. Seung Yeon's best friend wants to audition, and he definatly has the talent, however he can get over getting stage fright. Thus, Seung Yeon auditions with him, no one knowing that she is actually a girl, and the funny thing is, she wasn't even trying to hide she is a girl. In the end her best friend, Kwon Ji Woo (played by Kwak Yong Hwan) had passed, WITH Seung Yeon, and actually people were more happy about Seung Yeon passing. Now, i dont want to go into greater detail and ruin the drama, so i will just continue with, the Seung Yeon along with Ji Woo and 4 other juniors who passed, are being trained to be known as M2 juniors, although the company actually does not plan to debut them, they try their best to be known. While Woo Hyun slowly seems to fall in love Seung Yeon, he still is clueless about her actually being a girl! When will he find out? What will happen when he finds out? Will the M2 juniors debut? What is happening next??!?!?! Watch K-pop Extreme Survival to know!!!

FINALLY The Real Review

My honest opinion on the drama is that it is actually a really great drama. If your someone who likes dramas that have young teenagers trying to pursue a goal, and love being one of the important factors, i think you will like this drama. Personally, the drama to me seems like a combination of Dream High, Your Beautiful, and Heartstrings all in one. Since, the drama is focused around teenagers wanting to become famous idols, it has that feeling of Dream High, where Your Beautiful comes in because, well there is a group called M2 and  there is a girl who is mistaken as a guy here, and lastly Heartstrings comes to play here because the guy, in this case Hyun Woo actually hires Seung Yeon as a servant for a while! Overall, i did like those dramas, and combined all in one is pretty cool. 

However, what i am disappointing about K-pop Extreme Survival is that it seemed to have a rushed ending, the ending was not bad, but it could have been better. Since, i am assuming the ratings were not high for the drama so they had to cut it short. Now, there was so much more potential growth for it and there were so many unanswered questions, if the drama were to have continued i would have loved this drama even more, but sadly it didnt.

In terms of the actors, personally i thought they were really good. This was my first drama seeing Go Eun Ah and Park Yoo Hwan. I was originally skeptical about watching this drama because, i dont want to sound rude or anything, but i originally thought Park Yoo Hwan was just unattractive and i didnt really want to watch it, but as i watched the drama more i found him more and more attractive ^_^ <3 

Overall, if i had to give a score out of 10 i wold give K-pop The Ultimate Audition (aka K-Pop Extreme Survival) a 6/10. 

Basically, im giving a 6/10 since i liked the overall plot and the characters, its just that were was so much more potential for the drama to create an even better ending and expansion on the plot, although it didnt happen, i have to give it a greater than 50% ranking. 6/10

Heartsrings [You've Fallen For Me] - 2011

Heartstrings - aka You've Fallen For Me is a teenage drama that is perfect for any teenage soul and musical ears! It starts Park Shin Hye from You're Beautiful and YoungHwa from CNBlue, also starred in You're Beautiful. Now, both leads starred in You;re Beautiful, and both had an interesting relationship. However, you know in every drama there is always this great guy that the female lead likes and kinda even shows signs of liking him, until the very end you know who her real choice is, and it isnt him. Well, in You're Beautiful YoungHwa was the great character who was pushed aside, BUT thanks to MBC they have come up with a drama perfect for those YoungShin snipers. 

Park Shin Hye plays the character Lee Gyu Won, who is a traditional music major, and plays the traditional korean instrument, the Gaeyum; her grandfather is also a traditional music professional. YoungHwa plays the character Lee Shin, who is a very talented Guitarist, but also has had a huge crush on one of his school professors for a long time. 

Without ruining the whole drama, i could give you a basis on what Hearstrings is about. Lee Shin and Gyu Won both go to the same university, and Lee Shin is in a band called "The Stupid" which is very popular among all students at the school. One, day the traditional music department had a fundraiser to raise money for a very ill teacher to help pay her hospital bill for a surgery; to attract interest they had "The Stupid" perform, however, of course the main Guitarist and singer, Lee Shin, did not show up. The next day, he heads to apologize to Gyu Won and give double the money/fine to her, without knowing the professor had passed away the night of the performance. 

With a very upset yet sad Gyu Won a competition sparks between the two department majors, a competition between the traditional music and the "modern" music players; while the loser of he two characters has to become ones slave for a month. Overall, the outcome came to be very obvious since Gyu Won's Gaeyum string breaks in the middle of the performance. Thus, meaning she has become his slave for a month.

Throughout that time as being slave, slowly she starts to develop feelings for him, although due to his feelings for the professor, who has no love feelings for him, just pity and friendship, Gyu Won decides to tell him but also decides to stay out of his way so that he can be happy. However, that didnt seem to be the case, where it turns out now he just cant get her off his mind. Although, the story doesnt just end there, there are more twists and turns that occur between and after this, but you'll just have to watch the drama yourself to find out!

Now, let me just give my feed back to this drama. First, i have to say i really really really really really [hehe Heartstrings reference - you'll get it if you watch the drama xD] love this drama. Although, it did not hit too much fame in Korea, it is a huge international hit. But anyways, why i like this drama, its just so sweet, cute, hot, funny, and overall it can really touch your emotions, sometimes you would even wish or wonder how you're life would be if you were in one of the characters place. I loved this drama so much i have watched it three times, and honestly, its only been a month after i watched the first episode xD 

Another great thing about Heartstrings is the music. The music for the drama is really well done, the characters can really sing and play. YongHwa and Minhyuk (who also is part of CNBlue and starts in Heartstrings) each wrote songs and sang them for the drama. My absolute favorite song would be the OST You've Fallen For Me sung by YoungHwa. Its so sweet and cute and catchy, just love it!!! <3 Overall if i were to give it a rank i would give it a 11/10 xD You should defiantly check it out! You'll totally fall for it xP

Anyeo! Every time I watch a K-Drama i always want to share how i liked the drama, and want to recommend the drama to others. Thus, although the dramas wont be the most recent, it will be dramas i have watched, it just completed and i will write a review on them! Keep in mind, the oldest drama i watched was from 2004, so there will be dramas from 2004-2013! However, i will put the year of publication for the drama on my review. So, please be patient and wait for the reviews to come in! Aaraso?