[kdrama] Snow White aka Taste Sweet love aka Baek Seol Gong Ju

[scottishlass]

After Coffee Prince the first Korean dorama in a long time that I thoroughly enjoyed. Usually I skip most of the Angsty middle parts of Korean dramas - e.g. in Delightful Chung-Yang and others because frankly, their Angsty moments go on my nerves as they always seem so artificially drawn out. Normally I want to yell Get over it already at the screen :D
With this drama, it was okay. I enjoyed it very much.

summary:
Snow White is a Korean drama from 2004 and tells the story of hapless, zany and ugly Ma Young-hee (Kim Jung Hwa)). Her best friend is Han Jin-woo (Yeon Jung Hoon) who is her secret love since high school. But it is one-sided and while she watches from the fringes any new girl-friend of Jin-woo's, she stays by his side despite the heart-ache.

When she is on a business trip in Japan she meets a fellow Korean, who takes drunk Young-hee back to his apartment. The next day, she thinks she has slept with him. Back in Korea Jin-woo stops by her place and with him is his younger brother, newly returned from Japan, Han Sun-Woo (Lee Wan). Of course, he is the young man she thinks she had slept with but before she can put her foot down, Jin-woo already has asked her to let his brother move in and she can only agree.
As they are six years apart and Young-hee in no way a beauty, will get along just fine, like brother and sister, or so Jin-woo explains. But from this day onward nothing is as it was before.

While Jin-woo is woed by Jang Hee-won and wants to marry her after a scandal, Sun-woo tries to protect Young-hee from the heart-ache, not realizing that his interest in his nuna is more than just brotherly interest. He gets angry with her when he realizes she has been together with Jin-woo, shopping for his wedding and moves out, he is always drawn back to her.

Little by little, Han Sun-Woo captures pieces of Young-hee's heart and while Jin-woo is still clueless and prepares his own wedding, Young-hee and Sun-woo have problems of their own; from adjusting to live together as flat mates, being together with a much younger/older partner to getting rid of past loves. In Sun-woo's case it is Minako he took care of in Japan but of whom he thinks as nothing as a little sister. Young-hee needs more time to realize that while she pined away for Jin-woo for eight years in the past, her heart already belongs to his much younger brother.

When Jin-woo's wedding falls through and he realizes at last that he probably always was in love with Young-hee, she has to decide ...

review:
In some parts it reminded me of Long Vacation, probably because of the theme of young guy, older woman and all those roof scenes with that billboard on top. All in all, the Angsty moments weren't too drawn out, and that is a plus. Additionally, the cast was pretty good and the eye candy provided by Lee Wan and Yeon Jung Hoon was also very nice to look at.
I liked the fact that the heroine stayed with the glasses and the godawful hair for a few eps longer than I would have guessed, also that the love of Han-woo towards Young-hee was clearly drawn and established BEFORE she got rid of the hideous curls and the glasses. He might not have been more open towards her with his feelings when she was still an ugly duckling, but his interest was definitely peeked before she turned into a beauty (other than his bro). Those thoughtful looks, his concern for her feelings concerning Jin-woo, his anger at her, when he sees her with his brother, all indicate that he has feelings way before she became a beauty. Heck he kisses her twice despite her glasses and hair and no one held a gun to his head. This one is definitely a keeper!


Ditzy Young-hee


Hot Sun-woo


Clueless Jee-won


Ugly turned princess Hee-won


Minako


Hot, hotter, Sun-woo


In Japan - first night, no sex, and still they sleep like a couple.


He's my brother Sun-woo, please take care of him!


It seems they can't keep their hands off each other


Oops, HYUNG!


Eh?


After Young-hee having seen Jee-woo and Hee-won kissing in the elevator, Sun-woo does a little disaster management


And after she complains that was her first ever kiss, he does it again


Settling down


Cozying up


Sun-woo getting fed up with Young-hee & her unrequited love


Pining over a bad hairdo nuna?


During dinner with Jee-woo and Hee-won


Why can't she see me?


Sun-woo, you woobie


That must be love, eating lunch which is overly salted and still smiling


They sure are comfortable with each other


Young-hee-shi you are so clueless!! Look in the mirror!! This guy is JEALOUS!


I told you, he can't keep his hands off her


Awww


She sure is cute


WOAH! Surely with him the penny has dropped


Yup!


At last!!

Comments

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

HEY HEY HEY!!! jdramas are my favorite!

I do not REQUIRE swords and long haired guys...they're just a really nice bonus.

[miss-dian.livejournal.com]

For some reason I think a lot of people in you f-list think that a drama must have swords and long haired guys for you to enjoy :D

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

despite the fact that i post about 3 or more dramas that don't involve them for every one i do...the ones that do just tend to be longer, so it takes longer to watch, so they get more posts...

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

Yep, recently you have been posting about wuxia more than *modern* dramas. In fact, I can't remember if I have seen a single post recently that involved a modern drama. :D

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

I watched spring waltz last week...and made a lot of posts on it...

(but the last drama was a wuxia...several weeks ago, though)