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moofii
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Review: KDrama - My Girl
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My Girl (마이걸)
Number of Episodes:
16
Broadcast Year:
2005-2006
moofii's Rating:
4.8 out of 5
Synopsis:
Ju Yoo Rin (Lee Da Hae) is a gambler's daughter, an intelligent but money-loving swindler proficient in several languages. Seol Gong Chan (Lee Dong Wook) is the honest, hard-working heir of a classy hotel. Added into the mix are Kim Sae Hyun (Park Si Yeon), Gong Chan's tennis-star ex-girlfriend, and Seo Jeong Woo (Lee Joon Ki), his best friend. Because of his grandfather's illness, Gong Chan is forced to ask Yoo Rin to be his long-lost cousin so that his grandfather's last wish can be fullfilled. As a result, they both are bound to a lie that no one in the family knows about. As they grow closer and closer, the relationship between Gong Chan and Sae Hyun becomes strained, and Yoo Rin's deceptions become more and more tangled and emotionally painful, until the lines between lies and truth become nearly indistinguishable.
moofii's Review:
I just finished watching this k-drama, and all I can say is "I love it~~" Like a lot of good Korean cinema, it's got the perfect blend of ab-working hilarity (meaning, you laugh so hard your abdomen hurts) and heart-wrenching drama. I really liked how the theme of appearance-versus-reality gave the series the typical corny-but-hilarious-asian-humor, tearful emotional scenes, AND a moral about how lying is bad. Plus, the scripting was excellent; funny, dramatic, and clever as only (IMO) a korean drama can be.
My Girl also become one of my personal favorites because the acting was simply amazing. Lee Da Hae (who plays Yoo Rin) and Lee Dong Wook (the actor of Gong Chan) were as cute, clever, and intense as the script called for, and I absolutely fell in love with them. The actors rarely got too cheesy (a fault i find often in asian dramas), but they still expressed emotions very well, and I could empathize even with the annoying ex-girlfriend Sae Hyun and the overly persistent Jeong Woo.
Okay, so any drama has to have its bad points... well, I thought a lot of the side characters were too overshadowed by the main characters, and the development of their relationships and personalities could have been more thorough/interesting. Also, Jang Il Doh, this middle-aged guy who lives at Gong Chan's house, was just plain creepy, even when he was playing lovey-dovey scenes with his lover character. And, of course, the drama is annoyingly unrealistic, as most are.
BUT STILL, My Girl was reeally good. Normally when I watch a drama, I'll spread out 15 episodes over a few weeks to make sure I don't waste too much time (so that I have time to do homework and edit BP for you pps XD). But, My Girl was something that I found myself watching in the span of one week because I liked it that much (unfortunately, that week happened to be exams week -_-;; ). So that shows how good it was; go watch it!  _________________ Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.
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Sat 27 May, 2006 04:21 AM |
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desertrose281
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Re: Review: KDrama - My Girl
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@mao_vaj: yea, the cast was really good in this one.. did u see the movie "the king and the clown"? i was like 'hey, thats the dude from my girl!'.. although the movie was kinda ..wierd.. o_0
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Fri 01 Sep, 2006 01:02 AM |
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desertrose281
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Re: Review: KDrama - My Girl
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@mangauniverse: yea its wierd.. i usually can fix the subs no prob.. i've tried the vid on 3 diff players and 3 diff computers too! i think theres a prob with the subs i have.. do u know where i can get just the subs - the vid is perfectly fine..
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Tue 05 Sep, 2006 05:08 AM |
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