tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112304003547823348.post7539381430155227571..comments2023-10-10T10:00:57.219-05:00Comments on Words: KDrama Review: Dae Jang GeumAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06466541409658692770noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112304003547823348.post-86985180425515763312009-02-03T00:27:00.000-05:002009-02-03T00:27:00.000-05:00Well, for someone who starts a review with "I like...Well, for someone who starts a review with "I liked it!", the rest of your review was awfully negative. One thing, at least, we can agree on: 'the little girl who played "Little Jang Geum" was adorable and a marvelous little actress.' <BR/><BR/>One of your criticisms was that Jang Geum, and Min Jeong Ho, and the King --- all faced constant struggles. Have you ever read a story in which the protagonists did not face struggles? If there is no struggle, there is no story. As soon as the struggles end, the story ends. The more struggle a story contains, the better the story is.<BR/><BR/>As for the love story, it wasn't too slow for me. The longer the period of courtship, the greater the joy when it comes to fruition. And the courtship itself is probably the most intensely emotional time in anyone's life. Surely it is better than meeting a man one week, marrying him the next, and divorcing him two years later.<BR/><BR/>Love triangles are common to all literature everywhere. It isn't just a K-Drama cliche. It's one of the most effective conflicts any story can be built upon, which is why it is used so often. <BR/><BR/>Your summary of the story was not meant seriously, I'm sure. If you liked the story, as you say, you cannot think of the story in the terms in which you summarized it. As for the King's health problems, I quote the physician lady, Jang Duk: "a physician doesn't have the right to be disgusted." We're dealing with the medical profession, this is what they deal with. Don't look for feet of clay in heroes! <BR/><BR/>Did the grand themes of the story mean nothing to you? Justice vs. revenge? Scientific inquiry vs. following the methods of the past, right or wrong? A mother's love for her daughter, and vice versa? Principled behavior vs. pragmatism and machiavellian power lust? <BR/><BR/>Maybe you fast forwarded a bit too much on this one. Watch it again.<BR/><BR/>ChuckChuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10247793194755887700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112304003547823348.post-87724855153680975272007-07-07T07:40:00.000-05:002007-07-07T07:40:00.000-05:00haha funny review. i agree. the cooking got tireso...haha funny review. i agree. the cooking got tiresome. the lovestory got too slow.. but at least this was a bright and inspirational especially since this was a korean period drama.. usually everyone dies and no love ever fulfilled but DJG left you with a smile in the end.. and i read it as 'anals' anyway.dramaokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01623452587218524339noreply@blogger.com