Full House
A story about love and heartbreak, sadness and self-preservation. A naive, cheerful albeit, somewhat of a recluse writer, Han Ji Eun (Song Hye Gyo) is swindled out of everything she owns. Not by strangers, but her best friends! Stranded in another country, she is determined to get home with the help of an actor, Lee Young Jae (Bi). She borrows money from him and plans to pay him back after landing in Korea, only to find that all which is precious to her has been sold. In an attempt to get her possessions back, she has entered in a contract marriage with Young Jae for three months. It is quite simple, until feelings start to develop. Everyone around them test the "love" Young Jae and Ji Eun have for one another. In spite of it all, Ji Eun manages to be humorous and endearing - even when her heart is breaking. (Taken from Wiki D-Addicts)
This show was aired last two summers ago but I've only watched it recently. See here, I have a thing for popular media, I end up liking them when everyone's forgotten about them. Kind of weird, but that's the way I am. So moving on, this Koreanovela is actually known all over Asia. That's the power of Korean Wave or as they like to call it, "Hallyu". Anyways, the male actor, Lee Young Jae, played by actor, singer, dancer, Rain or Bi, is a person who is weak when it comes to expressing his feelings, I mean, he only got to say "I love you.", to Han Ji Eun (Song Hye Gyo) at the final episode! He has his own special ways in showing how much he cares for a person, like calling her names, making her clean his house and anything else that a slave driver would do. Han Ji Eun, on the other hand would follow his beck and call and clean every nook and cranny inside his house, or rather her house that her deceased father built for her. That's where the name of the series comes in, Full House, a house full of love. But how can it be full of love when they entered themselves into a contract marriage? Well sooner or later, Ji Eun realizes her feelings for Young Jae and even said, "I think I like you.", with Young Jae responding with a laugh and saying, "You're really funny." Of course in a drama it wouldn't be complete without an arch nemesis, namely Young Jae's best friend, who he couldn't even confess his love to, named Kang Hye Won (played by Han Eun Jung), who loves another man who is also Young Jae's friend, Yoo Min Hyuk (Kim Sung Soo). But then Min Hyuk has no intentions of having Hye Won as a partner which then results to Hye Won going to Young Jae and Min Hyuk falling in love with Ji Eun. But later on, Young Jae couldn't seem to stop himself from getting jealous whenever he sees that Ji Eun goes on a date with Min Hyuk, not realizing it himself until the time came when Ji Eun left for a trip and he suddenly calls Hye Won, "Ji Eun". Since I want you (Yes, you, Ms. Platon :P) to watch this series, I won't reveal everything but all in all it's such a good story and it makes you want to hug someone after.
What I liked from this series was first of all (in no particular order), the dialog. There were lines that were cheesy but you wouldn't really care if they were like, "Promise me that you won't let go of my hand until I let go of yours." or, "From now on I'll make you happy. I will protect you.", "She is the most important person for me. She taught me the meaning of happiness. She is the woman I love the most." and, "I love you too much that I think I'll explode." Second, is the plot. As I said before, Koreans have a way of making simple gestures seem so sweet. I mean look at it an actor in a contract marriage with an ordinary girl, living in the same house even before they were married. It doesn't really sound good but Koreans have a way of making it look sweet. Third, is the music, although I pretty much don't understand it and it completes the dramatic and romantic scenes. Except for the song "I Think I" the song was explained to me indirectly by a Korean and says that at first they don't even have the slightest feelings for each other but in the end they start to fall for each other, hence, "I think I love you". (TRIVIA: Last year at the T.H.E. week, II-Banaag sang "I Think I" from Full House, I was included and we won!)
This show was aired last two summers ago but I've only watched it recently. See here, I have a thing for popular media, I end up liking them when everyone's forgotten about them. Kind of weird, but that's the way I am. So moving on, this Koreanovela is actually known all over Asia. That's the power of Korean Wave or as they like to call it, "Hallyu". Anyways, the male actor, Lee Young Jae, played by actor, singer, dancer, Rain or Bi, is a person who is weak when it comes to expressing his feelings, I mean, he only got to say "I love you.", to Han Ji Eun (Song Hye Gyo) at the final episode! He has his own special ways in showing how much he cares for a person, like calling her names, making her clean his house and anything else that a slave driver would do. Han Ji Eun, on the other hand would follow his beck and call and clean every nook and cranny inside his house, or rather her house that her deceased father built for her. That's where the name of the series comes in, Full House, a house full of love. But how can it be full of love when they entered themselves into a contract marriage? Well sooner or later, Ji Eun realizes her feelings for Young Jae and even said, "I think I like you.", with Young Jae responding with a laugh and saying, "You're really funny." Of course in a drama it wouldn't be complete without an arch nemesis, namely Young Jae's best friend, who he couldn't even confess his love to, named Kang Hye Won (played by Han Eun Jung), who loves another man who is also Young Jae's friend, Yoo Min Hyuk (Kim Sung Soo). But then Min Hyuk has no intentions of having Hye Won as a partner which then results to Hye Won going to Young Jae and Min Hyuk falling in love with Ji Eun. But later on, Young Jae couldn't seem to stop himself from getting jealous whenever he sees that Ji Eun goes on a date with Min Hyuk, not realizing it himself until the time came when Ji Eun left for a trip and he suddenly calls Hye Won, "Ji Eun". Since I want you (Yes, you, Ms. Platon :P) to watch this series, I won't reveal everything but all in all it's such a good story and it makes you want to hug someone after.
What I liked from this series was first of all (in no particular order), the dialog. There were lines that were cheesy but you wouldn't really care if they were like, "Promise me that you won't let go of my hand until I let go of yours." or, "From now on I'll make you happy. I will protect you.", "She is the most important person for me. She taught me the meaning of happiness. She is the woman I love the most." and, "I love you too much that I think I'll explode." Second, is the plot. As I said before, Koreans have a way of making simple gestures seem so sweet. I mean look at it an actor in a contract marriage with an ordinary girl, living in the same house even before they were married. It doesn't really sound good but Koreans have a way of making it look sweet. Third, is the music, although I pretty much don't understand it and it completes the dramatic and romantic scenes. Except for the song "I Think I" the song was explained to me indirectly by a Korean and says that at first they don't even have the slightest feelings for each other but in the end they start to fall for each other, hence, "I think I love you". (TRIVIA: Last year at the T.H.E. week, II-Banaag sang "I Think I" from Full House, I was included and we won!)
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