when i first read the plot, “man meets a single mother”,
i thought, “oh no, don’t tell me it’s the same plot as Thank You.”
but now i think otherwise because of the trailers that i’ve seen.
it makes me really hyped for this drama,
especially since LDH is one of my fave actresses.
yes, i do admit that she does act very cutesy, but i also thought that she needed to do that since her characters WERE cutesy.

Read with rapt interest the comments said and done. To me, LDH is purely on the journey to discover the range of her acting potential. She has indeed attempted a no. of role characters. Check her website for the repetoire of dramas she was cast in. ‘My Girl’ is undeniably my all-time favourite. Her perfect tandem with Lee Dong Wook must have chalked up her popularity and her male leads. I would not straight away ‘shut-down’ my watch of ‘Robbers’ just because she didn’t live up to my expectations in Hello! Miss. Romantic comedies cannot stay and hold the rage all the time so to speak. The taste buds of watching audience will invariably change. A return to period dramas on TV screen seems to have a gaining-momentum following these days. So let’s give LDH a break!
Bye!

It is too much to hope for when I’m wishing to see another refreshing Korean drama like Soulmate?

tealeaf wrote: “But if that turns out to be another typical bad-boy-reformed-by-the-love-of-a-good-woman, I think that the person I’ll feel most badly for is actually Jang Hyuk”

I agree. I hope the writers have planned something better. Jang Hyuk’s so capable – please don’t stick him in another cliche melodrama.

Ouch. I fear for what you might say about Sung Yuri in the near future. Not an avid fan of LDH, but i thought that she was fine in My Girl. Like many have commented, I accepted her exaggerated performance there because her role was similar to Jae Hee in DGCH.

It’s interesting to see if she continues to exhibit the same saccharine-ness that we’ve come to identify her with. I’d think that most actors would want to dissociate themselves from any character as soon as the work is done for fear of stereotyping. And the “serious” actors tend to pick future roles at least somewhat different from previous ones to stretch their acting abilities. So i don’t get the reason for the cutesy image that she wants to cultivate. I agree that it could be tiresome if that’s all she’s capable of years from now.

The way i see it, could this possibly be due to (1) lack of quality scripts, (2) poor career choices or (3) the desire to stay within her comfort zone? I mean she’s young so i’ll give her the benefit of time and hope that she’ll eventually maximize her acting potential. I guess we’ll have to watch Bandits to see. But if that turns out to be another typical bad-boy-reformed-by-the-love-of-a-good-woman, I think that the person I’ll feel most badly for is actually Jang Hyuk.

I thought her over-acty status went well with My Girl… just because that’s what her character was supposed to be. I loved her from beginning to end in that drama.

HOWEVER, overacty all the time is terrible, and I think ripgal is right in saying that after My Girl people tried to stereotype her into that role.

I don’t know if this one catches my attention, but I guess we’ll see. =]

Thank you for the compliment La Plume.. ^_^
I do get into a defensive mode when ppl start criticising my fav actors and actresses.. but most of them are constructive comments, so it’s no big deal. I do rant about other actors whom ppl think are great and excellent, but not to me…therefore I just take it easily. If I was younger..a few years back..I’d lash out at them..but now, it’s just yeah..it all goes back to what I see of her, and if they don’t see it, nvm I don’t really care.

About Da Hae being pretentious, I think I’ve read a similar comment saying that Da Hae’s not what we always see on screen..and she’s just faking it. I don’t know what to say about that.. It’s probably true or probably not, cos I don’t know her personally. But based on my observations (well just from news and stuff..), she’s not the pretentious type and in fact it’s the other way round, she’s just the way she is on screen and off screen. But again, even if she is really as what your friend’s described..I guess I still can live with it. hehehe.. cos what, we’re humans eh?