OMG hyperventilating here. I’m on a plane (last minute business trip this time, sigh) and when these stills flashed across the K-news sources, I literally yelped out loud. Rather like Da Ran did on the bus, but sadly there was no Kyung Joon around to look at me smoldery and smirky. I didn’t win a pressure cooker, but I feel … Continue reading →
At this point, I have watched the first two episodes of Big so many times I’ve lost count. Best part is that this drama gets better and better on rewatch. The problems are there, but the story rises to the forefront and smooths over the rough edges. I’m loving the fact that there are so many unknowns to figure out … Continue reading →
Okay, as much as we all love/want/are gaga over Kyung Jae-Da Ran, that’s pretty much an impossible end game for Big. Imagine our Kyung Joon skipping over twelve years of his life and living the rest of it as a thirty year old. Yeah, so not ideal. And even if Yoon Jae is a cheating mc-cheaterson (which I don’t believe … Continue reading →
I wonder if I got with a Big heatstroke some time between last night and tonight, otherwise I simply have no explanation why I’m this taken with this drama. I’m probably one of only a handful of the non-Gong Yoo fangirls in existence (everyone’s weird fixation on his body leaves me amused), and Lee Min Jung I adore for her … Continue reading →
It’s official. I love Big. Completely and totally fallen for it. The passable directing and wonky editing is still making the drama rather herky jerky at times, but a good use of music smoothes over the rough edges. What’s amazing is seeing how the Hong Sisters tone down their penchant for situational comedy to drive character development and allows the … Continue reading →
Big is sorta gnawing away at me tonight. I was at a baseball game but my mind stayed with the drama. Hasn’t happened in awhile so early on, even The King 2 Hearts took a few episodes to crawl inside my skin. I kept thinking that there is more to Big than meets the eye, and the awkward episode 1 … Continue reading →
There are so many things about Big that turned out to be completely unexpected, in both good and bad ways. This is the least spastic Hong Sisters episode 1 of any of their dramas I’ve ever seen. Other than Lee Min Jung mugging it up as required by her character, everything and everyone else was uncharacteristically mellow and restrained. This … Continue reading →
So before Big started I was all geared to love the doctor-teacher OTP played by Gong Yoo and Lee Min Jung. I figured once Gong Yoo’s doctor swapped souls with his fiancee Gil Da Ran’s high school student Kang Kyung Joon played by Shin Won Ho, it would just be funny hijinks and the romance of the jokey variety until … Continue reading →
The more teasers and stills released by Big, the more it turns me into a kid in a candy store. Or a more apt analogy would be that it turns me into Tom Hanks in Big dancing on the floor sized piano strip on the floor of F.A.O. Schwartz. I revert back to being giggly and giddy, which is exactly … Continue reading →
It’s here! The first trailer for the upcoming Hong Sisters soul-swapping rom-com Big is here! I’ve already watched it three times in a row, and only stopped so I can post it. It strikes the right vibe for a drama filled with swapped identities and hijinks galore. Plus shirtless Gong Yoo wrapped in a low slung towel? I am so … Continue reading →
Am I setting myself up for inevitable disappointment by being THIS interested in Big before even seeing the first trailer for this sucker? Probably, especially considering the Hong Sisters tendency for second-half flame-outs in their dramas. Nevertheless, I can’t control my squealing over every new still from this drama, and this is even before I get my first glimpse of … Continue reading →
Okay, the number of potential crack K-drama is actually expanding exponentially. My list went from 1 to 2, and then overnight from 2 to 4. What is this, did anyone feed the Gremlins after midnight? I was iffy on Big after seeing just the individual stills of Lee Min Jung and Gong Yoo, but like an overeager puppy, the second … Continue reading →
The upcoming Hong Sisters-penned rom-com Big is one of those K-dramas where everything interests me but nothing excites me. I like, but not love, all the leads actors, and same goes for the Hong Sisters duo who has yet to make a drama that wins me over from beginning-to-end. But seeing the first stills of Gong Yoo being both a … Continue reading →