Thursday, November 25, 2010

Philippine Kpop Convention 2

Hello everyone!

I wanna invite all of you to join and support the 2nd Philippine Kpop Convention this coming December 11, 2010. Not only will you enjoy the many activities but you will also be able to help others because ALL PROCEEDS of the "entrance fee" will go to GAWAD KALINGA as donation. Minimum entrance fee is Php150 but you can give as much as you want and the personnels of GK will be personally handling the registration so there will be no 3rd party involve.
I hope to see you all there! For more info, please check out their site.

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Review: Playful Kiss

Anyeonghaseyo!
So, as most of you have known, it is true that Playful Kiss only had 16 episodes. So sad but true. I think they "cut it short" because it got a very low rating in Korea which is sad coz it is a great drama IMO.

And it's not mainly the show's fault that it got low rating since the beginning, but it's because of the rival show getting high ratings. I know, that's competition, but how can you compete with a show that already had established a big follower before you even started?

For me, Playful Kiss is a very under-rated drama. It did received good reviews and had a great number of international followers online. I'm pretty sure a lot of us are saddened because it ended quite fast.
I wanna say thank you to Viikii, EPDrama and Midnights Dreams (and other subbing teams) for providing good quality english subbed versions FAST for international viewers like me.
And I am so grateful to Group 8 and Youtube for deciding to air web-pisodes of this drama every week. I love watching how their marriage life progressed. And the bonus of having to know Seung Jo's thoughts through his diary :)
* you can watch these special episodes at their Youtube channel: ytkiss ^_^*
My review:
I LIKE this drama because...
- It's fun to watch. I really love romantic-comedy shows.
- The actors and actresses have very good acting ability
- The lead character Oh Hani is not super dumb like in ISWAK (Taiwan version), wwhich makes her a lot more adorable to watch than Xiang Qin
- I love Kim Hyun Joong. His acting is better here than in BOF.
- This drama has lots of feel-good scenes
- Story is not dragging and repetitive
- The supporting casts is superb. They really embodied their role.
- Cute outfits!
I DON'T LIKE this drama because...
- There are some scenes that lacks the proper timing.
example: Ep13 Kissing scene in the rain: Baek Seung Jong dropped the umbrella a little late to cut off Oh hani's dialogue.
- I really hoped they also showed a Korean version of the scene where Zhi Shu got very jealous of Qi Tai in TKA.
- I hate the first part of episode 1! It's too CGI for me..
- It's too fast paced on certain scenes. I hope this drama is longer!!!!
COMPARING to the Taiwanese version...
* I love both drama and I can't decide which I love more so this comparison is done objectively*
- PK is on the cutesy side while ISWAK is a little serious
- Acting wise, ISWAK is better since Joe and Ariel are already veteran actors when they did this while Hyun Joong is just starting his acting career
- ISWAK is more detailed and consists of 30 episodes compared to the 16 episodes that PK has, making it a little "incomplete and rushed" for viewers who have loved watching ISWAK years ago (like me)
- The Taiwanese version created a whole 20 episodes Season 2 (TKA) to show their marriage life while the Korean version only have 9?? 10-minute episodes on Youtube to show that
Over-all rating for Playful Kiss: I'm giving PK 4/5 rating because they really did a great job in creating a live-action version of this manga. I really hope we can have season 2!
Congratulations to all the cast of Playful Kiss!
Kim Hyun Joong, fighting! I hope to watch more dramas with you as the lead character :)