#Jeong Ji-hae

[rebelangelsims]

Beach Babes in your favorite color 💜eg. all shades of purple

[teashh]

I am so glad the new kdramas are bringing back the specific brand of loser men. You know which brand I'm talking about. The Ahn "min min" Minhyuk brand of loser men and I'm loving it. The "I worship this goddess and I'm so in love with her and I can't believe I get to love her. Oh my gods I love her so much" brand of loser men. And we're being fed so well with lovely runner, love next door, no gain no love, my demon, Cinderella at 2am, Hierarchy, Midnight Romance in Hagwon, doctor slump, Queen of tears, welcome to samdal-ri and even good partner (yes it's one sided but the dedication and yuri's couple too).

We need more fictional loser men who worship women to satiate our eldest independent daughter desires.

[inpursuitofnunchi]

"he was pacing back and forth, like a dog that needed to pee"

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 mo-eum, the woman you are 🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼

[stuff-diary]

Hierarchy

TV Shows/Dramas watched in 2024

Hierarchy (2024, South Korea)

Director: Bae Hyeon Jin

Writer: Chu Hye Mi

Mini-review:

Oof, what a disappointment. I feel like this wanted to be one of those transgressive teen shows we get in the West, but then it didn't have the guts to go all the way and ended up being like any other kdrama about the rich and the poor. And even then, it's just not good at that either. The writing leaves a lot to be desired, and it gets more boring with every episode. The acting is also all over the place; some of the actors do a solid job, but most of them are mediocre or downright terrible. Tbh, there are two things that save this drama from disaster: firstly, the director adds a lot of style and flair to the proceedings; secondly, sometimes it's fun to see a bunch of super pretty people all together in one place. But still, there are a lot of shows where you can find those things with much better quality. I wouldn't recommend Hierarchy, unless you really love someone in the cast...

[afza147]

Ep10 Love Next Door short review

Know that I cry a lot like seok ryu through the episode..even when she saying goodbye to her ex..coz her ex is a nice guy and stay beside her .

As expected today ep is full of tears and again romance and first kiss goes to 2nd couple with no motive of the kiss ..just a kiss after he cry

And the mystery of his wife answer she's dead and Yeon du is really his child..fuck

Oh and this..I though it's back hug but end up a front hug

And the way the family got scare when she said her stomach explode..yeah I was expecting that reaction

As much as other people hate seok ryu ex..I don't..coz he is a good guy and I fully understand their situation. Therefore I crying with seok ryu too

Next ep seung hyo parents getting a divorce wow..in a midst of seung hyo try to gain seok ryu love.

Should I expect a crying ep too next ep?? I hope not coz I cry a lot on today ep

[currymanganese]

I'm watching The Mirror (1975) right now, and there's something in the bearing of Margarita Terekhova's characters, "Mother" and, "Natalya", that remind me of Kim Ji-won's Yeom Mi-jeong so much.

[scenesandscreens]

Decision to Leave (2022)

Director - Park Chan-wook, Cinematography - Kim Ji-yong

"The moment you said you loved me, your love is over. The moment your love ends, my love begins."

[kdram-chjh]

Kdrama: Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo (2016)

It’s been 7 years.. we’re still waiting for Season 2! 😭💔 #이준기 #달의연인_보보경심려 #moonlovers #leejoongi

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DPzlGHuO0Ks

[theinfinitedivides]

'this is Seung Ho's girlfriend, Lee Hae Ryeon. and this is my girlfriend, Ms. Yoo Eui Jeong.' none of those words are in the Bible

[welcome-to-the-cafe]

Obsessed (2014) and Decision to Leave (2022)

If I had a dollar for every time a disaffected married Korean man with a respected job no longer has any love for his wife and instead falls for a mysterious Chinese woman who likes birds, I'd have two dollars, which could probably buy 1 lamb skewer in Flushing.

(Top: Decision to Leave, Bottom: Obsessed)

Both are heavy in symbolism, both mostly follow the perspective of the man, both have him go through an existential crisis as result of his affair, and both end in tragedy. Only one of them actually uses a Chinese actress though, Tang Wei, who is as frightening as ever. It almost seemed like her character in Lust Caution survived execution and grew to become a real killer.

What is interesting to me is that Korean media seems to regard Chinese women, and maybe Chinese people in general, with a kind of uncouthness, roughness, and danger that is nevertheless alluring and exotic. I think of how much Koreans love Twice's Tzuyu. In both these movies, the Chinese woman is looked down upon by Korean society at large, which in turn forces her under the care of exploitative men. Shunned by society externally, she becomes connected to a sensitive Korean man who begins to reject the society internally. The man becomes obsessed with the beautiful foreigner, the obsession driven by the taboo nature. Their affair (steamy or metaphorical) causes both to enter a downward spiral that ends in disaster and death. I will say, the execution of this affair is a lot better in Decision to Leave; the reason for demise is not a straightforward "heartbreak", but a more complex mutually parasitic/destructive relationship. Tang Wei's character claims she didn't truly begin to love the detective until he had violated his convictions as a law enforcer to allow her to escape justice for the crime he just solved. In contrast, Lim Ji-yeon's Chinese woman is very...passive. She resigns herself to her role in the society, though it was brave of her to refuse the colonel's final advances. Sometimes it takes courage to be unromantic.

These two subdued Chinese beauties also remind me of Shu Qi's character in "I Married A Gangster", who is a ill-tempered kungfu fighting bad b*tch who is in Korea for some reason. I didn't continue the movie after 5 minutes because the sword dance she was doing in the beginning that ended in her massacring the attending mafia felt very cringe and stereotypical.

This instance in turn brings up Detective Ma in Extreme Job, the relentless (male) cop who displays an arsenal of surprising talents, one of which is speaking Chinese (which is barely discernable to me) to a group of drug-selling Chinese gangsters.

We can go into all sorts of analysis about where these archetypes come from, but I won't do that; I'm just gonna admit it's a little fun being seen as vaguely unwholesome.

[onenakedfarmer]

Currently Watching

GYEONGSEONG CREATURE Korea, 2023

Director Jeong Dong-yun

Writer Eun-kyung Kang

[rebelangelsims]

Face card never declines

[toastinthegrass]

[movienized-com]

The Killing Vote

The Killing Vote (Serie 2023) #ParkHaeJin #ParkSungWoong #LimJiYeon #KimYuMi #ShinJeongGeun #KwonKim Mehr auf:

Serie / 국민사형투표 / National Death Penalty Vote Jahr: 2023- (August) Genre: Drama / Thriller Hauptrollen: Park Hae-Jin, Park Sung-woong, Lim Ji-yeon, Kim Yu-Mi, Shin Jeong-geun, Kwon Kim, Yu-hwa Choi, Heon Jung, Ah-Reum Kwon, Yeong-ju Seo, Go Geon-han, Rae-Hyung Cha, Wan Lee … Serienbeschreibung: Adaptiert aus dem Webtoon. Die Serie verfolgt die “Abweichung” bei der Durchführung der nationalen…

[stuff-diary]

Vigilante

TV Shows/Dramas watched in 2023

Vigilante (2023, South Korea)

Director: Choi Jeong Yeol

Writer: Lee Min Seob (based on the webtoon by CRG & Kim Kyu Sam)

Mini-review:

I love shows and movies that focus on the moral conflicts of vigilantism. It's always a fascinating topic, and Vigilante delves deep into it. I feel like some people won't be happy with this drama's take, though, cause there are points were it pretty much justifies the main character's actions. However, that's what makes him even more interesting, and Nam Joo Hyuk gives a pretty solid performance in the darkest role of his career (special mention to his speech in episode 6). That being said, the show is so short that it barely has time to develop the characters and their connections. I don't know who decided to make only 8 x 40-45 minute episodes, but it wasn't a good idea. The whole thing feels rather rushed, and it doesn't take the necessary time to properly set all its stakes. It's definitely enjoyable, but it would have been even better as full-length drama.

[afza147]

Ep9 Love Next Door short review

The ending make me cry when the mom hug seok ryu..coz literally that was what she supposed to do at the first place instead of hiding from her.

It even make her depress.

The good news her ex did not cheat but yup I can see why it ended. The ex could told to her family though instead of just bearing the burden together.

The way she reject seung hyo I got the feeling she don't want the same situation happening with seung hyo as it did with hyeon ju

Thankfully the writernim to make romance on 2nd lead although it supposed to do it with main couple.

The moment when she wish Yeon du is her daughter and the cute moment

Really saved the romance in the episode.

Oh the blowing up dryer ,why her mother hiding the spoon ..could it mean something??🤔

So far I'm staying even thought it's cancer I will see how the writernim will pursue this.

Going to have more crying on next ep

As the cancer truth is out worldwide