Comments on: City Hall: Episode 13

By: kdfan

kdfan — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:56:42 +0000

absolutely loving this drama. the chemistry between MR and JG is electrifying!

By: lover

lover — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:43:51 +0000

i love you kimsun ah

By: Kelela

Kelela — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:05:01 +0000

This show has taken me by surprise. I’m late to the game, but I’m seriously in love with it.

By: serendipity

serendipity — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:37:43 +0000

OK, don’t kill me everyone. But I wasn’t melted away by Jo Gook’s “why aren’t you answering your phone” thing. I found it too jarring. Isn’t he a cool customer? Haven’t they already been separated for days at a stretch? Aren’t they both adults who have more-than full lives? Doesn’t he know she has her hands full in city hall? I thought that scene was gratuitous.

Having said which, I should add that I have totally fallen for Jo Gook. And the thing is – I don’t even find him physically attractive. I still can’t abide the facial hair, and I abhor his round shoulders and the way his clothes hang badly off him (what a waste of a tall man!) But, if I ever met him, I would fall to pieces. I would be thrilled and frightened at the same time. If he looked right at me, I might spontaneously combust. What a charismatic character, and what a compelling actor! It’s the writing and acting that are doing it for me, to their credit, because the looks aren’t. (Soo In, on the other hand, hmm… nom nom…)

And how much I admire Mi Rae. Would I take on Jo Gook, in real life? Interesting to speculate, but I think on balance I would be too scared to. I might simper and smile for a bit, but after a while I think I would back off hurriedly.

Now to watch the next episode!

By: mei

mei — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:56:29 +0000

I have to say “City Hall” is at the top of my favorite dramas list. In the beginning Cha Seung-won didn’t really leave a lasting impression with me – I felt indifferent to his cold, emotionless character. Was he purposely trying to portray this distant man with mysterious intentions, or was it his lack in acting skills that just made him seem distant in character? But in retrospect, I really liked the way CSW played Joh Gook. As the drama progressed it seemed CSW’s acting progressed as well, and little by little you can catch a glimpse of what Joh Gook is really like. CSW displayed some great acting power throughout the series.

I wasn’t sure if I fell in love with CSW or Joh Gook by the end of the drama. Was it the character I loved or CSW’s very convincing acting? Both, probably. His voice, too, really got to me. And I have to admit, once i finished watching the series I felt totally lost. What am I supposed to watch now?! Every time I try to start something new, I get bored because it doesn’t beat City Hall! And like everybody says, Cha Seung-won and Kim Sun-ah have beautiful chemistry in the series. I was kind of hoping they’d open to the public about their secret relationship that bloomed on the set. Alas, I’m only dreaming.

By: sueyip

sueyip — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:06:26 +0000

Yes, KSA is just so naturally natural and with CSW, that’s just awesome,
They just sizzle on screen and you’ll just want to hear their dialogues again and again. AND, the scenes when they just look at each other …. gosh … no dialogue is needed …. such superb acting ….. wow … is that REAL?

By: ockoala

ockoala — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:19:55 +0000

@ frac

How I could have forgotten the decisive line in episode 8, and then he ruffled her hair. 1-2-3-cue-awwwwww…….I melts. MR was a goner after that pretty much.

When I re-read the recaps and re-visit awesome scenes, I’m really taken anew each time with the wonderful dialogue in CH. The writer’s dialogue in LIP never really struck me, I was too immersed into the “Oh, it’s Prince Charming over there” to see anything special about the dialogue.

And the dailogue in On Air, what episodes I have seen, are sharp, but too razor sharp, making it straddle too close to the line where the actors are not speaking naturally but becoming mouthpieces for the writer’s exceptionally witty dialogue – it doesn’t flow naturally.

But in CH, the dialogue is exquisite, but darn it if KSA and CSW are just that million shades of awesome that they take the hard dialogue and just deliver it like they own it. And it’s like lightning in a bottle – sheer magic to see and hear.

By: skelly

skelly — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:02:27 +0000

Samsooki,
My husband agrees with you – at first he disliked Jo Guk, as one of those guys who thinks he’s “all that,” then he distrusted him, and in the end he grudgingly respected him, but he never felt that Jo Guk was good enough for Mi Rae, even with the over-the-top ending.

By: Ariel

Ariel — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:58:17 +0000

@40 ockoala

It is not a matter of self-restraint, believe me I have none, it’s because I have no more vacation leave left, argh!!! Its a known fact in our office that when I take a leave I would not be saving the world (or doing anything constructive) but would be glued on to the TV watching my current addiction.
The way City Hall is disturbing my psych I would need around 6 days to finish watching ep. 11 onwards, then going back over all my favorite parts, memorizing favorite lines, swooning over JG, crying with MR, squeeling, screaming and general lunatic behaviour that could get me into an insane asylum.
Reading the recaps keeps me sane and employed, thanks a million to all recappers.

By: mzpakipot

mzpakipot — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:57:58 +0000

cleown, you go girl!!!
Thank you Samsooki Team for a wonderful recap.
I simply love their little date! The writer really knows how to touch a woman’s heart and CSW delivered those lines with sincerity that made me fell off my chair! LOL He’s the MAN!