This is another use of cinematography to add depth to the characters. I might be stating the obvious, so please feel free to skip this post. I know my favorite 10 followers and 5 readers ignore me all the time anyway…. 😂 What’s the point of this scene? To me, it’s this — Minister Kim […]
The Ghost Detective: Dead or Alive (Spoilers)
There seems to be a debate as to whether Lee Da Il (DI) is dead or comatose somewhere. He’s dead. 1. His “mentor/boss” Sang Seop (SS) couldn’t find his body was because it’s already been unearthed and sent to the morgue. He was the unidentified corpse beside the deceased bodies of the teacher Lee ChanMi […]
100 Days My Prince: Cinematography BS
Lately, I’ve read a lot of paeans to cinematography in reviews and recaps that I must point something out here. Cinematography is only one element of a drama, movie, or episode to VISUALLY communicate the meaning of the story. It uses lighting, landscape, color palette, actors’ positioning, camera angles and effects, and a host of […]
Bitch SOS: The Ghost Detective (no spoilers)
To my 9 followers and 5 readers: (What the heck?! Even my followers are not reading me….😂) Watch the Ghost Detective. It’s well-written, excellently directed, and decisively portrayed by all cast members. It’s a thriller (and I dislike watching thrillers as much as melodramas). It involves ghosts (I’m a scaredy-cat). It has no romance (I’m […]
100 Days My Prince: 69,329 Hours
Okay, this bugged me for about 24 hours. credit: riya-in-the-valley’s tumblr 69,329 hours = roughly about 2,889 days = 7 years and 334 days or almost 8 years. But it’s been 16 years since his father ascended throne. So what happened 8 years ago that made him stop smiling? His marriage to the CPrincess? […]
Devilish Joy: Episode 3
Now I know why eating too much sweets is bad for your teeth. I was grinding my pearly whites for three-quarters of this saccharine show. I’ve learned not to look for heavy plot; I won’t find any in this episode. I simply feast my eyes on the cuteness of the couple and awesome camera shots. […]
100 Days My Prince: Shady JeYoon
He’s definitely a person of interest. At first I suspected him of working for the Queen. After all, she had raged at the Minister of the Right that she couldn’t wait for the CP to be deposed. She must strike while the iron was hot, and she had already hatched her own scheme. Her hard […]
100 Days My Prince: The Butler Did It
Another day, another drama. In Episode 2, I felt like I was playing a murder-mystery game, instead of enjoying a kdrama. I groaned loudly in protest when I realized that our couple had less than a minute for their long-awaited reunion. I stayed up for this? I could have fast-forwarded to this? 🤪 So let […]
Devilish Joy: The Cinderella Effect
One thing I forgot to mention in my last review is the reverse Cinderella story found in the first episode of the show Did you notice how in the first episode, especially before MaSung got hit by that truck, some things felt oddly familiar? Like you’ve seen the same scenes before. All the important elements […]
The Ghost Detective: Eps 1 & 2 (With Spoilers)
You’ve been warned: this post contains spoilers. Hurry up! Watch the first two episodes then come back to read my comments. This is turning out to be a good kdrama. (But don’t fail me now, screenwriters!) ****************** Move over Lovely, Horribly! I’ve found my new horror kdrama sans annoying female lead with a haggard face […]
Bitch Talk: It’s Raining Dramas
For the first time in ages, my calendar is booked with kdramas from Monday to Sunday. Oh joy! My viewing schedule is tight to maximize my month-long vacation from work and travel: Mon + Tues: My 100 Day Prince (tvN), Lovely Horribly (KBS2) Wed + Thurs: Devilish Joy (MBN), Ghost Detective (KBS2) Fri + Sat: […]
100 Days My Prince: First Impressions
Oh dear! I signed up for a romcom so this show had better not switch into a melodrama. I’m trying hard to find humor in the opening scene but it certainly looks inauspicious with the Crown Prince (or is he already the King by then?) holding out his hand for droplets of rain and then setting […]
Lovely, Horribly: Just Horrible
I’m dropping Lovely, Horribly for a number of reasons. What passes off as lovely isn’t enough to overcome the horribly written female lead. First, the plot has deteriorated to a tedious see-saw of misadventures that I’ve lost interest in sitting week after week to see what new disaster will befall Eul Soon and Phillip Yoo. […]
100 Days My Prince: My Couple Cellphone Cases
To commemorate the upcoming sageuk, I’m unveiling new couple cases for my cellphones. They feature a Royal Couple with ceremonial robes. While I’m blogging on the sageuk, the King cellphone case will protect my personal phone from damage against scratches and drops and the Queen cellphone case will surround my work phone with durable plastic […]