Full House (2004)

Starring:
Bi (Rain) as Lee Young Jae
Song Hye Gyo as Han Ji Eun
Han Eun Jung as Kang Hye Won
Kim Sung Soo as Yoo Min Hyuk
Jang Yong as Mr. Lee (Young-jae's Father)
Sun Woo Eun Sook as Ms. Kim (Young-jae's Mother)
Kim Ji Young as Young-jae's Grandmother
Do Han as Dong Wook
Lee Young Eun as Hee Jin
Im Ye Jin as Dae Pyo

Han Ji Eun is a naive writer who got swindled out of everything she owned including her house by her best friends. Stranded in China, She managed to borrow money from an actor Lee Young Jae to return to Korea. On her return, she found out that her house was bought by Lee Young Jae. In an attempt to get her possessions back, she entered in a contract marriage with Young Jae for one year. In spite of losing all, Ji Eun manages to be cheerful and takes things in strike and the business relationship between the two becomes personal as they start to rely and care for each other. Based on a popular manhwa of the same title.

Okay, it was time for me to post about my most favorite drama EVER! The drama that brought Bi (Rain) to my attention.

FULL HOUSE is probably the sweetest, adorable, cinderella-type drama ever. Take a poor girl, rich guy and add the most funniest comedic moments and there you go. Okay, yeah, it has those pesky Korean quadrangles but they are simple and not overly drawn out. AND this drama has a happy ending that leaves you satisfied and not sobbing or wishing for death. And lets say the couple match-up is perfect!

Yesterday, I spent the whole day rewatching this drama. Yeah, the whole day! I'd forgotten so much and am so glad that I did. I cried from episode 12-16. Bi (Rain) then is not the Rain now but yet maybe he is. He portrayed the role of Young-jae so perfectly. There isn't a single person who can't fall for this character or the charms of the innocent Young-jae. This is the Korean drama that is still to this day the most sought after and the most recommended.

I don't think there is a single person on this earth who couldn't/wouldn't be able to say this drama sucked.

The drama is flavored with different types of likeable characters that similarly push the story forward with their foolish actions. First, Ji-eun and Young-jae thoughtlessly enter into a contract marriage even though they obviously loathe each other. Meanwhile, sly-fox Hye-won desperately tries to sustain Young-jae’s companionship despite his marriage. Then, deciding to get involved because of the way Young-jae treats his wife, Min-hyuk knowingly risks their friendships and challenges Young-jae's love for Ji-eun. Finally, the top tier of this foolish cake is the surprisingly enjoyable friends of Ji-eun, Dong-wook and Hee-jin. These two continuously give the plot momentum with their hasty chatter and clever lies. All in all, the characters’ irrational personalities are balanced with decency and purpose.

With a little tolerance for excessiveness, viewers can walk away from Full House with hearts full of contentment.

My heart beats faster and finds itself in a love for those characters that make this show so great.

I will say this.....................I love Rain!!!

Bi (Rain)

Monopoly (모노폴리-2006)

Starring:
Dae-su Han
Hie-jeong Kim
Seong-su Kim - John
Dong-kun Yang - Kyung Ho
Ji-min Yun - Elly

Kyong-Ho, played by Dong-kun Yang (Baramui Fighter (2004), Wild Card (2003)) is a computer genius with a penchant for collecting action figures. The lonely young man, employed as a computer expert at a bank, gets caught up in a plan orchestrated by John in which they will withdraw a small amount of money from every bank account in Korea. The mastermind behind this plan is John played by Seong-su Kim (Masitneun sex geurigo sarang (2003), Bunhongsin (2005)).



This was one wild movie. What was really great about it? I had no clue that I was being played like a freakin' fiddle. The movie is not what you think you thought you saw. It's twisted! LOL! The end was not what I thought it would be. I'm still dumb-fuzzled. While watching this movie, don't fall into their "game" because I did and fell face first into total confusion. LOL! That is what is so great about it. It's nothing what you would expect. Man, I really liked this one!

Kim Seong Su

I Like it Hot/Hellcats (Ddeugeoun geotsi joa)

Starring:
Lee Mi-suk~Kim Yeoung-mi
Kim Min-Hee~Kim Ah-mi
Ahn So-Hee~Kim Kang-ae
Kim Seong-Su~Oh Seung-won
Kim Heung-Su~Nah Won-seok
Kim Beom~Lee Ho-jae

Hellcats centers around three women who live together in an old neighborhood of Seoul. Ami (Kim Min-hee) is a 29-year old screenwriter who has been holed up in a motel trying to finish a screenplay, but like most people involved in the film industry, her career is not progressing smoothly. Frustrated with life as it is, she receives a further shock when her boyfriend Won-seok double-crosses her. Furious and disoriented, she ends up channeling her energies into two things that look likely to get her into further trouble: alcohol and a hot-looking accountant named Seung-won.

Meanwhile Ami is getting little sympathy from her older sister Young-mi (Lee Mi-sook of Untold Scandal fame), who rents out a room to her. A successful 41-year old interior designer working on a new theatrical production, Young-mi has an active love life, and has lately gotten entangled with the much younger Gyeong-su. However an unexpected surprise is awaiting her on her next visit to the doctor's office.

Young-mi also has a daughter in high school named Kang-ae (An So-hee from the phenom teen pop group Wondergirls). A bright, optimistic sort of kid, Kang-ae enjoys a strong friendship with Mi-ran who grew up in Brazil, but she worries about her boyfriend of three years Ho-jae. In short, Ho-jae seems more interested in computer games than in getting naughty with her. Kang-ae and Mi-ran draw up a plan to push the relationship along, but this leads in unexpected directions.

Uhhh. This movie was really boring. Again, I held on hoping for some kind of recourse, but it didn't happen. There was just not enough time to strengthen the characters that were given. The main character being Kim Ah-mi wasn't even totally developed and she had more air-time. Ugh. What a waste.

The older sister sort of gets the guy, her daughter is sort of lesbian, and the main character is satisfied? Whatever. I was hoping for more and but got less than what I bargained for. Ehh!

I might post a hottie pic....might not. Too depressed from this crappy movie.

Kim Beom

I had a hard time finding "older" pics of him. He's got such a baby face. I felt like an old lady if I posted too much baby face. *gah!*

Kim Sung Soo

This hunky thing was in Full House with my RAIN!!!!!!!! Rain *shivers with delight as I say his name fondly through my trembling lips* Rain!

I will shut up about "you-kno-who". I've seen Kim Sung Soo in lots of dramas and movies. He is a well-established actor who gets around. I last saw him in The Sweet Sex and Love movie. I didn't review it only because that movie was toooooooooo risque! Holy Moly, it would be considered a porn movie in the States. It was toooo detailed and nothing was left to the imagination. Whew! That movie might get you a wee bit hot and bothered. But in the end, I was more bothered. LOL!