Monday, January 7, 2008

Perfect for Each Other, Never Find Another

AUTUMN IN MY HEART

8 years late. That's how late i am in catching up with trends. Being the ultimate romance addict, I had to catch this classic Korean Love drama. And i have to say this, i've never been hooked onto a show for so long since Meteor Garden (Yes, i love MG. Disclaimer: because of Shan Cai). Furthermore, it makes logical sense to watch it than waste my time on sappy, uncreative Mediacorp dramas based on over-used story lines and dialogues. Below are my LOVES and HATES of this drama. Next Up, Winter Sonata. haha.

LOVES

1. Feasting my eyes on how beautiful and handsome the lead actresses and actors are.

With looks like that, they could really kill. It's their fault i look like some washed-out country bumpkin standing next to them. Even after eight freaking years, they show no signs of ageing - no wrinkles, dreary eyes and discoloured skin. Sometimes, life is SO unfair. At least there's a possibility than the actresses' looks might be surgically enhanced.

2. Being envious of the close bond the pair of sibling shared.

The brother would look out for his sister like a guardian angel while the sister would throw sweet kisses and girly fits at her ever-compromising brother. Although i don't wish to be "showered" by love by my siblings, it would be real sweet if i had siblings that i could share my laughters and sorrow with.

3. Their ability to cry SO MUCH

Wonder if they've ever gotten dehydration just by crying so much. This bunch of budding actors can really over-work their tear glands to create the extremely EMO-fying feel for this drama. Except the first episode, you can find crying in all other 17 and each crying scene is at leat 5 minutes long. I'm utterly amazed by their ability to let their tears flow like tapwater. Fortunately i'm cynical enough. If not i'll die of depression and i won't even know why.

4. Charm of Actor WON BIN

The boyish charm that WON BIN exudes in the show is infatuating, even to me. WON BIN plays a spoilt illiegitimate rich man son who decided to change his bossy behaviour to get into the good books of En Xi. He goes to great and VERY ROMANTIC lengths to profess his love to EnXi, who stupidly and repeatedly refuses his proposal. He says VERY SWEET words (and very sincerely too) and continued to care for En Xi even after knowing she doesn't love him ONE BIT. How good a guy can he be? How good an actor can he be? I must work towards being him haha... jk

5. Strong Will of EnXi (Lead Female Character)

She is so pitiful. So went from Glamour Girl to Trailer Trash (and it's not even her fault), got bullied by her bastard blood brother, picked on by her twist-of-fate "sister" at work and in the family and had to die of cancer. That many bad things can happen to one person? Yes, the scriptwriters are cruel enough to do so. But the same reason i like Shan Cai (of Meteor Garden) is that she persevered through all the bad times (except death) and still remained as human as she was when most of us (or characters) would have turned into cold-blooded animals, devoid of emotions to immune ourselves from those painful experiences.

6. Not Hating the Blood Daughter for being "EVIL"

Although scriptwriters for the drama tried to "EVIL-lise" her by making her pick on EnXi (the FAKE daughter switched by accident), i still felt sorry for her. She was the victim throughout the whole show (although not as sad as EnXi) and the thing is SHE DIDN"T DESERVE ALL THOSE SADNESS. She didn't choose to be the rich man's daughter who got switched to be a poor widow's baby. Just because of that, her own blood FAMILY (esp the mother) ostracised her and she practically never felt LOVE throughout her whole life. Who are we to blame her for being selfish and "EVIL"? I would do the same if i was her.

7. The Love Story

DUH!

HATES

1. LACK of Kisses

Yups. That was one of the only TWO lip kisses throughout the 18-episode drama series. FYI, The other lip kiss is forced. WON BIN's character forced-kiss EnXi. So by right, there's only ONE REAL KISS in the entire show. So much for a GREAT Romance story! I know Koreans might be embarrassed of showing their affections on national television but ONE KISS is really CMI lah! You think it's a fairytale meh? ONE TRUE LOVE"S KISS. No wonder birth rates falling there too...

2. SUPER CLINGY Girlfriend YOU-MEI

She is so desperate! Even after knowing her boyfriend feelings for her are super-imposed from his strong affections for Enxi, SHE DOESN"T GIVE UP. She attempted to commit suicide, she lied to him (the ULTIMATE BETRAYAL!!!) and KEEPS on falling sick, all just to get him to remain by her side. Avoid her AT ALL COSTS.

3. The slightly INCENTOUS love affair

They were "siblings" when they were young. Then, they found out they're not blood-related. So by right, nothing incentous. But EnXi, throughout the whole show, kept calling JunXi (the male lead character) KOR. Even when they were hugging and kissing, she STILL called him KOR. So disgusting! HE"S YOUR LOVER! Call him by name PLEASE!!!

4. The Fickle-minded-ness

I know love makes people blind. But after watching the show, i conclude that love makes people indecisive also. Many a times in the show, i got quite annoyed when either the boyfriend or girlfriend would say one thing and change his/her decision the next second. Sometimes, they're not even influenced by anyone - they're just idiotically fickle-minded. Like in one scene, clingy EX-girlfriend YouMei tells Junxi to forget her. But after just walking TWO SMALL STEPS, she turns back and says she regrets. Now, she wants him to remember her - if not her efforts will go wasted. LAME!

5. HOW DEPRESSIVE THE SHOW IS

IT'S HONESTLY SUPER-EMO.

Moral of the story: Happy Moments Never Last

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