Comments on: Cain & Abel ends [Open Thread]

By: mamah

mamah — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 15:09:53 +0000

Vera, agree with you.
i actually expected a lot frm this drama, not to mention SJS comeback one, but the first few epi were slow and full of complicated hospital language beyond understanding.
everything was to slow for me, and i would have liked it better if the two brothers (choin and sunwoo) has been more honest to each other.

and about the mother, i dont feel its entirely her fault. The scriptwriter just seemed to eager to put her as the antagonist and and sunwoo and choin to live up to the name of the drama Cain andAbel.

i have to say he failed miserably.

i love sojisup’s acting scenes in the desert though, but he running away frm the explosions and the bullets just seemed to fake.
jisup’s character frm kind hearted doctor Choin to fugitive Gangho was to fast, without much emotion.
i just didnt find it refreshing, nor sad, or ANYTHING!!!

i havent watched the ending yet, but i dont think ill be expecting much of it, since the first few epi i have already watched is too boring for me.
Plus i hate the blood scenes.

By: Emuttynit

Emuttynit — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:18:29 +0000

I’ve looked a trailer for the “2012″. I was interested in this theme.
Please advise me a good site on this topic.
And what do you think about the end of the world 2012.

Thanks.

By: christelyn davis

christelyn davis — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 04:37:41 +0000

i am an african american single mother of four boys this show came into my life when all i could think of was my hearts pain coming from being with a man who was the father if my children who had beat,raped and hurt me as i fought to be free from him i watched this story of what i feel was the truest lesson and ended as the truest meaning of love although the storyline was peculiarly unpredictable i found the strenght to believe in what is good and to to be that always because love is so beautiful and storng when it means well thankyou for this brilliant portrayal of a lesson i neede to learn when i think about the story it makes me cry but in a good way the kind of tears i have longed to shed those of passion and memories of moost of all me thankyou love christelyn davis

By: Lumi

Lumi — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:55:54 +0000

I finally finished watching this drama after months of having started watching it (long story). Good cast. Loved the Han Ji Min (lucky girl, she gets to work with a lot of talented and attractive guys).-SJS pairing. I think HJM did a good job and can’t imagine anyone else in that role (certainly not the actress who was originally cast to play that role and went on to lead a Saeguk that got axed because of low ratings). Since MISA, SJS’s acting has improved so much that I now actually enjoy watching him on screen.

Shin Hyun Joon is a good dramatic actor, but I prefer him in comedies. All through the series I felt that he had been miscast because he did not looked (physically) like his parents, and that bothered me. I felt that the last words by LCI, on the final scene, sounded a little preachy.

I wouldn’t give this drama an A or10, but I liked it and enjoyed the romance between SJY and HJM’s characters a lot. I would definitely recommend this drama.

By: cercledestine

cercledestine — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:30:41 +0000

yiiiiiiiiiiiiikes.

mmmkay. it was good and also not good.

acting? wonderful, awesome, i dunno how they put up with their lines and the long hours of staring at each other hatefully. the evil characters really knew how to make you hate them and wanna hit them (but then you remember your computer screen would probably break) and the good characters just made you wanna get up and cheer them on.

story? RIDICULOUS, as in ridiculously unbelievable, not ridiculously good. it’s extremely melodramatic. while i was watching the drama, i knew that none of the story would and could ever happen in real life, but secretly, i was enjoying (for the most part) the drama of brotherly strife, memory loss, and people hiding their sicknesses to “protect their loved ones”

in my honest opinion, it’s only worth it to watch the 1st episode, maybe 3-4 in between, and the last couple episodes. the drama definitely lost it’s momentum everytime the story went back to the meetings where the Vice President (aka the queen b, as in biatch) would make her evil plans. in my mind, if i have to use the fast forward button, it’s not a drama worth watching. but as i started to fast forward, i discovered some of the episodes were really good.

SPOILER ALERT: you know, when Cho In went back to Seoul and methodically and fairly recovered everything that belonged to him as well as revealing the wrongdoings of the people who tried to hurt him. i’d have to say these episodes were my favorite.

this drama isn’t too bad. i saw some people had listed surgeon bong dal hee as one of the good dramas. and to be honest, i couldn’t get past the 3rd episode of surgeon bong dal hee cause i had felt it was JUST a hospital drama. but i really liked watching the medical aspects of this drama. maybe because i was watching So Ji Sub, and maybe because there was such an evil vs. good plot going on as well.

By: Lily_13

Lily_13 — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:18:32 +0000

i really really wanted to love this drama, but as others have mentioned above, it was kind of a mess. whats really sad is that it had such potental, and i caught a glimpse or two here and there of brilliance, but mostly it fell short of the mark.
my favorite scenes were those when he’d returned to the hospital and no one knew if he remembered everything or not. i think it would have been a better drama if they’ed played that angle more and revealed slowly, a little at a time, the extent of his memory as he worked to undermine what they were doing.
I don’t agree that this is so ji subs best work, he did better in u-turn, rough cut, and (pre-military) MISA. he was good, he’s a very talented actor, but over all i was dissapointed.
i’m not sure i would list this a strictly a revenge drama, there were strong catholic overtones in its themes and seemed, in the end, to be more about turning the other cheek and about forgiveness. most revenge dramas are all about the damage the main character causes to himself and the innocents around him and his target. revenge turns us all into monsters and most revenge dramas show that to one degree or another, before redeeming the main character (if there is a redemption).
cain and abel just isn’t strong enough to hold its own in a catagory that contains ressurection, i’m sorry i love you (MISA), the devil, and now Story of a Man. (i would recomend all of those before i’d recomend cain and abel)
its watchable but highly overrated.

By: coachdms

coachdms — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:31:28 +0000

one of the masterpiece for Kdrama , i’ve been watching these drama for more than a decade ( non-korean, living in the US) , i love this drama so much , it covers everything for me , love hate revenge forgiveness hope , so ji sub and han ji min are the best in here their love was slowly and deeply . I was having cain and abel withdraw when the series ended..lol !! the best drama for 2009 with East of Eden leading the pack .

By: yankumiko

yankumiko — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:53:27 +0000

i like this drama very much.. it looks real for me.. erm .. you can watch in mysoju with engsub.. huhuhuhuu

By: cathy

cathy — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:41:13 +0000

Hi Ginger , i will try to explain all your questions .
For my understanding ,CI did not want to believe his brother and his mom , ironically both of them are doctors, had tried to murder him but YJ has no clue
because CI didn’t wish her to know . Anyway CI still want to protect his family name , to forgive their sins , to solve their problems within the family. SY knew SW evil plot but she is too naive to let SW manipulating her .Later on CI knew his brother using Choi guy to murder two chinese gangsters and himself , likely police would know too , SW and his mom would be in jail but they didn’t show in the drama .
CI was working on sponsoring YJ parent as he kept mention few times that he wanted to meet them.
And the meaning of only human being can save human being is very clear , simple as it is ,
who else can save us ? We totally are responsible for our actions .
I hope i can answer your questions properly .

lf .

By: ginger

ginger — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:08:13 +0000

edit:
Why didn’t Choi Chi Soo reveal Sun Won was the one who gave order to kill the 2 gangsters? (mum)

Sorry.