The upcoming SBS drama Angel Eyes is poised to take over in less than two weeks after Thrice Married Woman wraps up this weekend. I feel like that time slot for SBS has been a steady stream of painful to watch dramas that are admittedly quality written fare, from Birth Secret to Goddess of Marriage and now to Thrice Married Woman. It’s not incomprehensible makjang like I Summon You, Gold but that drama was considerably more entertaining. Angel Eyes looks and reads like a throwback K-drama, the foremost being a teenage love story portion that recalls the heyday of Winter Sonata. At least leads Gu Hye Sun and Lee Sang Yoon are not playing their teenage counterparts the way Bae Yong Joon and Choi Ji Woo were asked to shave a decade off their real ages and don a school uniform. The younger counterparts are played by charismatic young actors Nam Ji Hyun and Kang Ha Neul as we watch them bicker and fall in love as teenagers before an accident renders the leading lady blind and the couple are forced apart. Later she regains her sight after an operation and decides to become an EMT to save lives. He’s grown up to become an emergency room doctor and they reunite again in their thirties. I really love the PD behind the camera and the visuals in the first two teasers as well as the official stills look lovely. He directed Will It Snow For Christmas, Only You, and What Happened in Bali, all dramas I enjoyed and definitely remember as wonderfully filmed. I actually think Gu Hye Sun looks unexpectedly love in all the promos and Lee Sang Yoon is styled younger and more dashing than his recent turns towards fuddy duddy land. I’m worried the most about the screenwriter who was the hot mess talent behind Operation Proposal and Boys Before Flowers. Let’s hope her reunion with Gu Hye Sun here dials down the slapstick and dials up the mature nuance. Angel Eyes premieres the first week of April if anyone is interested. I’ll definitely sneak a peek and hope to be surprised.
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Sigh, I can cut and paste all of GHS expressions back to all her previous dramas. However she does much prettier and the visuals are much softer here. She needs to make her eyes emote though.
I think I will wait for the last 2 episodes to watch it. Or rather watch the beginning.
ilove you lee sang yoon.
i hope someday you came visit in the phillipines.
she does look pretty here, lets hope she never cuts her hair short again. She may be ok if her character is mature and more soft spoken. I am almost tempted to check this out now.
Will watch first couple of episodes solely for the teenager storyline due to Kang Ha Neul & will continue watching if it surprises me!
i couldn't stand gu hye sun and the writer in BOF although there was lee min ho, kim hyun joong and kim bun i just couldn't finish it but i'm really tempted to try this out, the teasers and gu hye sun looks super gorgeous ( i never thought i will be saying this ) hopefully the writer does a good job though
I genuinely want to like GHS, but so far, her performances have driven me bonkers. It's a miracle my computer survived BOF, so frustrated was I with her portrayal of Jandi. But there's always hope, right? I do think she's looking her best here-- maybe she's a late bloomer? Or perhaps her acting ability is directly proportional to the length of her hair?
Has anyone else noticed that Kirsten Ren (Jia En in In A Good Way) sometimes looks like she could be Lee Sang Yoon's dongsaeng (especially when she raises her eyebrows)?
haha hadn't notice before but now I see the Kirsten Ren resemblance.
Hi Nickie,
No Offense. There is so much bashing for GHS in Boys Over Flower.
Have you read the manga for Boys Over Flower?
Please read the Manga and you will understand GHS portrayed the character very well.
I didn't read the manga but I watched the Taiwanese version and the Japanese version and the female leads did a far better job than GHS so reading the manga has nothing to do with it. GHS did a terrible job there and every drama she did thereafter. The only drama she was good in was Pure 19. Hoping to be surprised in this drama. Crossing my fingers.
Gu Hye Sun looks gorgeous here....
I wonder if she had some work done.
I almost didn't recognize Gu Hye Sun... anyway definitely watching the childhood portion of this drama!
I really wasn't going to bother with this either. I happened upon the cast when watching Running Man and I must say that they had chemistry!
Trivia: I incidentally found that Kim Ji Suk (of Personal Taste, INR2, and Cheongdamdong Alice fame) is in this too. Apparently he's a bit of a closeted airhead, which I thought was really hilarious since it's in no way obvious and became a running tagline on RM. Given that the promos involving him is rather non-existent, I'm not sure how big his role would be. I find him to be a decently versatile actor.
Oppa Lee Sang Yoon is getting more handsome and handsome these days…will definitely sneak peak on this one! :)
Haven't like any of Gu Hye Sun's most recent dramas but considering she was much better in her pre-BOF work, I hope she goes back to that acting style albeit with improvements and steps far away from the slapstick overacting that she has done since BOF. Lee Sang Yoon I simply adore but haven't liked his recent drama choices. Definitely love the actors playing their younger versions so I will give this a try and hope for the best.