[Drama 2009] Boys Over Flowers / Hana Yori Dango 꽃보다 남자

[Guest starlight tears]

I think it's just sad and it's ruining BOF story to please KHJ fans! I hope that not the case though i feel a little bit of that.

[Guest xiaomaii]

anyone know what kind of car f4 drives?

the sports car are lotus..

joon hee's sports car is ferrari

ji hoo's mini car looks like a mini cooper s convertible, but I'm not sure he got the same one. JH's side mirror is white that was suppose to be black. there should be a signal light on the hood tires. so all in all they just look similar. but it really looks like one..

That is the very reason why I don't like JiHoo. Because he IS perfect. He is NOT "Rui" the way he is suppose to be. Rui is not suppose to be perfect. He has very blatant faults.

The writers come across as JiHoo fangirls. The more perfect JiHoo is, the more I want to watch him drive his scooter off a cliff.

Rui in the manga is actually perfect. It was Tsukasa (Joon Pyo) who has blatant faults as you called. He was the one who is indecisive, and that was

one if his flaws. The reason that makes you like Rui's character even more.

I think them adding up JH/JD scenes has some good possible reasons.

If some of us didn't even had a hinch of what the story possible ending would be, I guess by now, and all through the series we had our heart and mind puzzled on which guy we want the heroine to end up with. But sadly, we know the story based on the manga. That's why retaliation sets in. All I can say is that though I pity Ji Hoo's character just like Jae Kyung, might end up broken hearted.

At least the writer, showing Ji Hoo and Jan Di's scene for now, is a good chance to able to have a good closure. Just like the episodes we had for Jae Kyung and Jun Pyo. It's been long, but it has a good closure.

I just feel bad for Jae Kyung and Ji Hoo. For me after this series, they are the self-less characters as a whole. Giving up and letting go for their love one's happiness.

[Guest ml_87]

oh, guys , i dont think that JH-JD's moment lasts half of episode 22. it's just less than 10 minutes. i guess we fans have expected that episode 22 is fuull of JoonDi, so when there're some JH-JD , we get angried. the scriptwriter jsut wants BOF is still hot to us even when we know it's JoonDi ending. thus, she adds some JH-JD to make us confused. and furthermore, i doubt our angel has anything to do other than follow JD (really hate the scriptwriter)

i myself feel very safe when JD has never showed anything called love towards JH. . do u guys notice the flashback when Jh remembers his memory with JD? he rescued her in macau, he piggybacked her-> becauz she's heartbroken due to JP. she held his hands overnight -> it's becauz of his grandfa. she never phones or comes to meet Jh becauz she misses him. they have never talked straightly about their relationship.

i really wanna see Jh's proposal in today episode, but it may not happen. too many things left.

and i agree with u guys about JoonDi's night. when i saw episode 22, i wondered about it too. maybe, it's not sth "adult" (it's korean film, right?) ^^, but they actually shared the bed. Jp hugged JD overnight. ha ha

[deka_if]

Boys Before Flowers: Episode 22

March 23rd, 2009 // by javabeans

You can tell we're in the home stretch of the series because today gave us several flashback montages summarizing storylines from the course of this drama, as though to say, "Remember this? Look how far we've come."

I'll admit my Boys Before Flowers fatigue kicked in about eight episodes ago — that's when it started being more fun writing about the drama than actually watching, and let's face it, it's always more fun the other way around (the balance did swing back in the other direction in the past couple episodes, so yay!). The flashback montages brought back some nostalgia, and made me feel the tiniest twinge of sadness to be saying goodbye to this drama soon, craziness and all.

EPISODE 22 RECAP

Jun-pyo pleads for Jan-di to tell him not to get married. She doesn't respond and is called away by an usher saying Jae-kyung is asking for Jan-di, so she leaves without a word. However, from her expression — upset, frustrated — we can see she's not going to beg Jun-pyo to call the wedding off. He registers this too, to his disappointment.

Jan-di's (non)response here confuses me a little. I understand her conflict and why she feels she can't ask him to give up everything for her — but what I don't get is why she looks pissed, as though she's mad that he asked. (In my mind, she should have played this scene as being torn and anguished, and instead it comes off vaguely bean pie.)

F3 share Jun-pyo's letdown — from their chagrin here and the way they were willing to let him break his own arm, it's obvious they hoped Jan-di could put a stop to this. Meanwhile, the guests wait outside, growing fidgety the longer they are kept waiting, while Jae-kyung sits in her bridal chamber nervously.

Jan-di is led away by the attendant to meet Jae-kyung, but finds herself kidnapped instead — she's grabbed by one guy and shoved into an elevator with several more. Mama Kang then sends Jun-pyo — still wrestling with his dilemma in the waiting room — a text message with a simple warning: a photo of Jan-di being restrained is accompanied by the words, "The groom is taking too long." Her implication is clear: If Jun-pyo doesn't go through with the wedding, Jan-di will come to some kind of harm.

Therefore, she smiles smugly when the groomsmen enter the chapel, followed by (a very tense) Jun-pyo. Next comes the bride, who takes her place by Jun-pyo at the altar.

The minister begins the ceremony, breezing through the opening. When he gets to the part where he asks for any objectors to speak now or forever hold their peace, he isn't expecting a response and is therefore startled when Jae-kyung raises a hand to get his attention.

The parents are stunned; her father tries to hiss out a warning to her, but Jae-kyung says that she has an objection. She looks around and guesses that there must be others who also have objections, at which point Ji-hoo stands up, followed immediately by Yi-jung, Woo-bin, and Ga-eul.

Jae-kyung

: "I cannot marry Gu Jun-pyo. No matter how I look at it, I don't think I'm suited for marriage right now. I'm sorry to cause so much trouble with my fickleness. Dad, everything is my fault, so please carry on your business with Shinhwa Group. President Kang and Gu Jun-pyo, I'm truly sorry. Please forgive me."

Tamping down her anger, Madam Kang walks out, followed by the rest of the guests. Confused, Jun-pyo asks Jae-kyung what she's doing, which she answers with a simple explanation: "I've always been a pretty cool person." Jae-kyung calls her bodyguard Chen to check in on Jan-di, who has been liberated from her kidnappers and is taken to a yacht.

Freed from his obligation, Jun-pyo dashes out of the chapel to the yacht, where he finds a surprised Jan-di waiting alone.

He grabs her in a relieved hug, and I can't help thinking she doesn't deserve this, seeing as how she put up no fight and hasn't really earned his devotion. Still, the key to enjoying what follows is to accept their happy reunion, so I'm doing my best to let this point go.

The yacht sets sail, and from a distance (her hotel room, perhaps), Jun-hee watches, pleased at this turnout.

Yi-jung drives Ga-eul out to the shoreline, amused at her uncontrollable sobbing — Ga-eul has been overwhelmed with emotion at Jae-kyung's lovely gesture.

After she stops crying, Yi-jung broaches the topic she'd brought up the day before, about how he'd failed to meet Eun-jae three years ago. He tells her, by way of explanation, "I don't believe in happy endings."

This spins us into a flashback: Three years ago, he had walked into his studio, flirting with a couple girls, and found Eun-jae waiting. Much like Ga-eul had reacted in a similar scenario (and the similarity must be intentional), Eun-jae had been flustered, accidentally breaking a pot and cutting her finger in her haste to leave.

Yi-jung had chased her outside and asked what she had to say. She'd said, "I have a favor to ask" — but we don't get to see the rest of this scene so we'll have to wait to find out.

Meanwhile, more continuity fail (or extravagant waste of resources win?) as Ji-hoo takes out his white horse for a ride — did he ship Rui over to Jeju along with the cars? Ji-hoo thinks back to punching Jun-pyo the night before, and we now see the tail end of that conversation, after Jun-pyo admitted that he couldn't let Jan-di go:

Jun-pyo

: "I'd thought that it might be better to send her to you rather than stay with her when I make things so difficult for her. I didn't even want to imagine it, but if I had to, I thought the other person must be you, that you were the only one it could be. But still, I can't do it."

He returns from his ride to see Jae-kyung waiting to talk to him. Asked whether she regrets letting Jun-pyo go, Jae-kyung answers with her usual cheerfulness, "The moment I let him go, I've been regretting it to death."

Ruefully, she tells him, "I was rooting for you, but I'd hate to have given up for nothing, so I can't do that anymore." She mentions how she'd asked Jun-pyo whether he would choose friendship or love, and he had answered that he wouldn't give up either. Ji-hoo smiles a bit at that, because it's a reminder that Jun-pyo is still committed to being his friend.

Jae-kyung says philosophically that there's a saying that people generally get as much as they strive for. She and Ji-hoo didn't get their way because they weren't ambitious enough — they didn't exert their wills and backed off. (By the way, it's not a negative or positive thing to be ambitious in this sense — it just means that Jan-di and Jun-pyo's True Wuv trumped the other factors.)

Jae-kyung is leaving for New York tomorrow, so she asks him to deliver something to Jan-di — the star-moon necklace. Jae-kyung muses, "You don't know how much I'd hoped that the JJ stood for Ji-hoo and Jan-di."

She wishes him luck, and leaves.

Jan-di and Jun-pyo arrive at a villa, which has been lavishly decked out in a romantic display — candles, fancy food, rose petals arranged in a heart configuration. (I believe Jae-kyung has handled the arrangements.) Their initial reaction is to sneak looks at each other uncomfortably, as though embarrassed with the overt romanticism.

But never fear, they get over that soon enough! They sit down to eat, flashing happy smiles at each other every other moment. It's adorable. Jun-pyo rises to pull Jan-di to her feet for a dance, and Jan-di asks the question I've been wondering:

Jan-di

: "I've been wanting to ask you something… Why me? I'm not pretty, and I don't have money, a distinguished name, or anything. Why did you like me?"

Jun-pyo

: "Because I have all that."

Jan-di

: "What?"

Jun-pyo

: "Money, name, looks — I have all that. I don't need that from you. All you have to be is Geum Jan-di."

As Jan-di looks through a telescope at the stars, Jun-pyo points out Sirius, known as Orion's dog (part of the Canis Major constellation) and the brightest star in the night sky. He jokes that it's like him in that respect, so Jan-di laughs and claims a star for her own. Jun-pyo identifies it as Procyon, the brightest star in Canis Minor.

Jan-di asks how he came to like astronomy, at which he suddenly grows quieter. When he had been younger, his father had sent him a telescope with a card telling him to study the stars, so that they could watch them together later.

Jan-di guesses that his interest stemmed from father-son star-watching dates, but he says no — they never went. Believing that promise, Young Jun-pyo had studied his hardest.

Jun-pyo

: "But do you know what I got for Christmas a few years later? A telescope. That's when I realized that he didn't send his gifts and cards, but that his secretary did."

Jan-di senses his hurt, her smile fading in sympathy. But when he asks, "Do you know what my dream is?" she manages to answer lightly: "Going to watch the stars with your son."

Jun-pyo laughs, "You're so simple-minded," before he says solemnly, "To not make promises I won't keep. Jan-di. I'm sorry for hurting you." And then, "I love you."

You know, all the lovey-doveyness is pretty much expected stuff, but the whole thing really brings a smile to my face. I'm just so glad to see everyone looking happy for once (even if the actors, poor things, look visibly exhausted).

This giddy vibe continues the next day, when our happy couple relaxes together. They're visited by their friends, who are likewise relieved to see that all is well in the land of Jun-di love.

Ji-hoo is glad that Jan-di is once again able to laugh, and tells her so. He also hands over her the lost star-moon necklace, and although it's crossed his mind that it's suspicious that Jae-kyung had it all this time, that's all moot now.

Instead, Jan-di is alarmed that Jae-kyung is about to depart any minute now and rushes off for the airport. Although Jae-kyung more or less steamrollered Jan-di into their friendship, Jan-di has developed an affection for Jae-kyung, and a part of her does feel guilty for taking away the man Jae-kyung loved.

They make it just in time to catch Jae-kyung before she boards — who, by the way, is looking around with a heavy heart, as though half-hoping that they would come to see her off even though she purposely didn't tell them she was leaving.

Jan-di's scolds her for trying to go without saying goodbye, and Jae-kyung admits that she doesn't handle them very well. With some affection, Jun-pyo tells Jae-kyung to take care, and thanks her.

Jae-kyung

:"If you two break up, I'm going to feel so wronged I'll die. So if you want to split up, you have to report to me and get my approval."

The two ladies hug, Jan-di openly crying and Jae-kyung holding her tears back. She rushes off before she succumbs to tears, and boards the plane.

Once seated, Jae-kyung takes out the shoes she'd found in the Macau airport, which remind her (flashback montage!) of her first encounter with Jun-pyo. She thinks wistfully, "I know this was originally Jan-di's. But let me have just this one thing. I should have a memory to cherish for myself, shouldn't I?"

to be continue...

[Guest cinderella1511]

That is the very reason why I don't like JiHoo. Because he IS perfect. He is NOT "Rui" the way he is suppose to be. Rui is not suppose to be perfect. He has very blatant faults.

The writers come across as JiHoo fangirls. The more perfect JiHoo is, the more I want to watch him drive his scooter off a cliff.

totally agree with you . his perfection make me feel bored . The more I watch BOF , the more i think writer is HJ's fan hehe

I love our hilarious JP :

[deka_if]

Boys Before Flowers: Episode 22

March 23rd, 2009 // by javabeans

EPISODE 22 RECAP

continuation...part 2

And then, everyone's back home.

As punishment for the broken engagement, Madam Kang has ordered her men to keep Jun-pyo confined to his room, where he sees the news reports speculating on the uncertain future of Shinhwa's merger with JK Group.

As for Jan-di, she's once again homeless, knowing that she'd better get out of Gu Manor ASAP, before Madam Kang acts. Once again, Witch Mom beats Jan-di to the punch, arriving at the restaurant to deliver Jan-di's luggage.

She is in a high temper, and accuses Jan-di of being even more sneaky than she'd given her credit for, acting innocent and then pulling off a sly move behind everyone's back. Even for Madam Kang, the accusations are pretty strong, but we see why: she shows Jan-di a newspaper announcing that the merger, like the engagement, is off.

Mama Kang's voice drips vitriol as she tells Jan-di that she doesn't realize just how much damage she's done, or on what scale. She threatens, "It's best you not expect me to let this go easily. I will make you realize exactly who you messed with, and make sure you regret it to its fullest."

This scene is interrupted by Grandpa Yoon, who rebukes Madam Kang for going too far. Although I doubt she feels sorry for her actions, Dr. Yoon's presence has a chastening effect, and Mama Kang bows her head out of respect for him.

And then, her temper is mollified entirely when Dr. Yoon announces that Jan-di's business is his business because "she's my grandson's wife-to-be." This is news to everyone, including Jan-di, but most of all Madam Kang. Ever the shrewd woman, however, she contains her surprise, and quickly guesses that she need not interfere if Dr. Yoon's words are true. Perhaps this is one battle she can win without even trying.

Thus Grandpa Yoon brings Jan-di home with him, turning the tables this time by pressuring her into staying. She and Ji-hoo both feel the awkwardness of the setup, but are overridden by Grandpa's insistence that Jan-di remain with them.

However! I do like this next turn, because Grandpa Yoon sits down with Ji-hoo to explain that Jan-di has nowhere to turn, and he wants to help her. Ji-hoo is about to explain that Jan-di might be uncomfortable here, but Grandpa pre-empts his argument. He says that Jan-di's presence doesn't have to mean anything. In fact, he's opposed to Jan-di and Ji-hoo being together (I don't think it's a classist statement, but more that he thinks they're not suitable together).

Ji-hoo is startled, but smiles to himself — well, that potential problem worked itself out nicely.

Now we see the rest of Yi-jung's flashback explanation of why he never met up with Eun-jae. She'd handed him a letter and asked him to meet her the next morning, leaving with a hopeful smile.

Yi-jung had walked back inside and put the letter on the counter to read later, but a phone call from his distraught mother had distracted him. He'd grown annoyed at her familiar histrionics and urged her to give up on his father, and when he ended the call and turned to serving his guests tea, his irritation caused him to spill tea on the counter. He'd tossed the papers that had gotten soaked, accidentally including Eun-jae's unopened letter with the pile.

Mr. Jung approaches Jan-di with a puzzling request, which Jan-di accepts sympathetically, happy to oblige. This is a favor he asks of her personally, which has nothing to do with Madam Kang or Jun-pyo — he'd like her to act as companion for a man in a coma. He'll pay her for her sitting with the man and talking to him occasionally, as a part-time job.

The man is described merely as someone "like family" to him. Jan-di is unsure why he'd ask this of her, but Mr. Jung explains that what the man needs is a warm spirit, and she's the warmest person he knows.

Jun-pyo hears from Mr. Jung that Jan-dis staying with Ji-hoo, and while that's not an ideal resolution, he understands that it's the safest place for her at the moment. He texts Ji-hoo (on Mr. Jung's phone, since his has been confiscated): "I'm relieved that she's staying at your house."

Ji-hoo, however, can't shake an ominous feeling. After reading the message, Ji-hoo wonders aloud in his empty house, "Jun-pyo, then why am I feeling so uneasy? I feel afraid."

to be continue...

[Guest Banana Peel]

You know what I noticed? That almost all of the JP&JD's scenes are fast forwarded with music the past few..no, many episodes!

And the JH&JD scenes seem to take more time! Gah, I wish they would stop doing that!

The zoo scene could've been extended with more lines to say, instead of adding JH&JD scene in the middle.

(not that I hate their scenes. I thought it was adorable )

Is it just me, or is JP&JD scenes just not as interesting as before? It's all so depressing now. I mean, yes, some of the scenes are very touching.. but I miss their playful arguments and JP being a jerk Today's scenes were cute, but it somehow did not make me get super happily satisfied. I hope tomorrow's scenes will be better

Oh and another thing. I absolutely loved Mama Kang's assistant this episode.

It was very touching to me when he told JD that she's the most kind hearted person he has ever known.

Aww! He's just so unhatable! I'm glad that he's supportive to JD--too bad he has to follow JP's mom

Maybe one of the episode, he'll just break out of Mama Kang's evil doings and do his thing!

For tomorrow's episode, I wish that Gaeul faints of tiredness and Yi Jung saves her!

That would be so romantic! And then the kiss that we're expecting!

(I just really hope that it isn't one of her imaginations..but I think it's forreals this time. Her expressions aren't exaggerated in the scene)

[LolliDoAlittle]

People let's stop with the extra long posts with the extra long screen shots. I don't want the BBF forum to shut down, do you?

[dramalovers26]

alicejaanga, I've noticed that too, I feel like Joondi moments are being fast forwarded, the PD needs to slow down and let us enjoy JP and JD being together. I like the JH-JD scene too, but some of the car washing time and hair cutting time could be use for JP and JD kiss! All I'm asking for is a few seconds more^_^ wondering if they're trying to compare and contrast the two relationship? Fast with JP and slow with JH? LOL. I'm just glad that we had some JoonDi moments despite it being so fast paced.

[Guest hbrad1977]

Rui in the manga is actually perfect. It was Tsukasa (Joon Pyo) who has blatant faults as you called. He was the one who is indecisive, and that was

one if his flaws. The reason that makes you like Rui's character even more.

Is this a spoiler?

Anywho...Rui in the manga is often callous and curt, even cold at times. Not perfect at all.

[Guest toocutedoggy]

whew, finally have time to posted ...so busy all day @_@

= the wedding ...... ahh~ i was surprise why JunHee wasn't there...... she should be

= i guess Grandpa doesn't know JD likes JP? ..... he always see JD hangs out with JH ...... so that's why....he said that infront of jP's mom .....

the room with JD + JH + grandpa...HALIRIOUS....xD

..... WooBin just talks about his SKIN ....ROFL .....

wow, JH's the stylist = PRO ..just by watching his action....hahhaa

ok, you know the scene GE is trying to find something ........ and then they is a guy blocking GE from entering the building....i swear i thought that guy was JK's dad .....xD

lmao the boy = excess baggage.......ROFL (but i was a cute scene though <3<3)

[Guest allywally]

i TOTALLY think that mr. jung (assistant) is going to be the key to bringing jp and jd together for good. he's a hot ajusshi. =)

i love jh's character~ and LOVED that scene with the poem... although it WAS a bit passive aggressive. jk was right~ both jk and jh aren't selfish enough in love.

and... REALLY? the thread can be closed because ppl post long pictures to their posts? i like the pictures. COME ON.

i feel major bof withdrawal coming on...

[Guest V-ni@star]

i really like the part when jihoo cut jandi's bang.. owww... he is so good looking..

i want jd n jp together, but jd n jh make a cute couple too..

Helmet worn by Kim Hyun Joong in Boys Over Flowers costs 15 million KRW

now we know why he never took off the helmet.. hahaha....

btw sayuri is the scriptwriter or someone look like sayuri??

i dont think so... cos they will talk about it at the global beauty show..

[Guest ainne92]

MY THEORY....

- all these scenes with JP/JD and the transitions to JH/JD is just to create more craze and to satisfy both fans of JoonDi shippers and JH/JP before the series actually ends.

- I agree with most you guys that they're using KHJ's popularity to heighten their ratings and bring more peole to watch it...

- Plus I bet that they're doing these "confusing" scenes to also see which relationship the masses respond to: JH/JD or JP/JD, and probably have the staff which consists of director, writer, and producer 5 days before shooting the actual main last episode to determine who ends up with who... I bet they are way cluless as we are right now..HAHA!! just thinking about the idea is funny... X] I mean they've shot scenes that were supposed to air 2 days later.

-As for my other fav couple...YJ/GE, *sigh* what can I say?...the almost kiss made me have an almost heart attack!! (lol that was a cheesy joke...) but just hearing GE say :" You need to throw the idea that all good girls want good boys," just made me smile even more and got me scremaing at the top of my lungs!!

If anyone dos not mind..give me feedback coz I really want to hear a comment on my theory...haha!!

[kitty99]

Hmm..haven't really watched the episode yet because I had to download it first and for some reason, my internet connection was taking forever.

I read the last few pages of this thread and it is so sad to hear that so many people are commenting on the actor's acting. We went from hating the PD to bashing the actors acting too. Before it was JK that was being complained about and now, it is JH. If the writer is writing according to the needs of the korean fans, sorry to say, but I think korean fans are really weird on their tastes. Why is it so fun to watch your favorite actor suffer on screen? I mean, they must just really stare at his face and not anything else. I am a total KHJ fan and I don't want to see him suffer. I don't like to see the character that he portrays suffer in the show. I would rather see less of him so that I don't have to watch him depressed. I really don't understand. I know everyone is depressed at why there are so many JH and JD scenes and so less of JD and JP scenes, so that's why the attack ends up on JH. Even though there are so many scenes with JH and JD, they aren't romantic with each other. I just don't know why JH is being hated so much. He didn't outwardly chase after JD, he always tried to put JP and JD together. Just because he didn't tell JD that JP left, he is branded the person that selfishly wants JD. I think if he was going to get disliked so much, I think it would have been better to see him chase after her. Then, this dislike would mean something.

If there was something that I really want to ask the PD, I would want to know what is the main point in putting more JD and JH scenes over JD and JP. Is he outwardly trying to destroy JH's character? Or, is he really just satisfying KHJ's fans? Either one of those answers would make me want to kill the PD. He just messed up the perfect story, and my perfect character for that matter, just because of his selfish thinking. I love Rui/Lei/Jh and I really hate to see the audience dislike his character. Sorry for the rant.

Edit: Oh forgot to add something...what if the story ends with JD and JH and then when she wakes up, she is actually with JP? Oh...I think at this time, the story is really messed up. It just came to mind.

[Guest hbrad1977]

MY THEORY....

- all these scenes with JP/JD and the transitions to JH/JD is just to create more craze and to satisfy both fans of JoonDi shippers and JH/JP before the series actually ends.

- I agree with most you guys that they're using KHJ's popularity to heighten their ratings and bring more peole to watch it...

- Plus I bet that they're doing these "confusing" scenes to also see which relationship the masses respond to: JH/JD or JP/JD, and probably have the staff which consists of director, writer, and producer 5 days before shooting the actual main last episode to determine who ends up with who... I bet they are way cluless as we are right now..HAHA!! just thinking about the idea is funny... X] I mean they've shot scenes that were supposed to air 2 days later.

-As for my other fav couple...YJ/GE, *sigh* what can I say?...the almost kiss made me have an almost heart attack!! (lol that was a cheesy joke...) but just hearing GE say :" You need to throw the idea that all good girls want good boys," just made me smile even more and got me scremaing at the top of my lungs!!

If anyone dos not mind..give me feedback coz I really want to hear a comment on my theory...haha!!

I don't know. I would think they already know how it is going to end up. Perhaps not ALL the details, but definitely who the endgame couple is.

Plus....and correct me if I'm wrong, but don't they need the mangaka's okay if they were to change something as important as who ends up with who? I mean, Hana Yori Dango IS about the Makino/Domyouji relationship. It seems a little (okay, a lot) presumpuous to change the ending without the permission of the creator. I'm also assuming she would probably say no to that idea.

[Guest lilnahnah]

Quiet and private doesn't mean expressionless, as many here would like to think. Please get rid of that notion. KHJ does a one-dimensional portrayal of his supposedly autistic character JH, which is COMPLETELY unconvincing. Autistic people have a myriad of emotions that are undercurrents in their behavior.

My main gripe about KHJ's acting is that it is SOOO OBVIOUS that he's trying to act. It esp. annoys me when he has a lot of "thinking" sequences, where it's like, "Look at me! I'm so handsome! Am I not like Prince Charming! Look how romantic I look playing the violin! Look, I'm walking my horse and thinking deep thoughts!" Then there are the equally bad anger scenes, "Look I'm angry - so I'm going to make my eyes pop out and make veins bulge!"

This was actually posted a long time ago...That in the manga, technically it's a mistranslation and that the Rui character doesn't actually have autism. He has Asperger's Syndrome. Just thought I'd mention again...

And I don't wanna go into KHJ's acting again cuz that went on for so long several hundred pages ago...

I'll just say...mm...people take it for what it is. If you like it, cool. If not, oh well.

Let's have PEACE for now!!! because there's still many more senseless & meaningless Ji Hoo & Jandi scenes to enjoy. A drama without these moments, isn't really a great drama. In fact we need more. Bring it on. Get it out of your system Miss BOF Writer.

All the JP & JD sweet time together, makes all bad things great.

(hell ... I was starting to forget the meaning of HYD ... silly me.)

Amen

[Guest hbrad1977]

Hmm..haven't really watched the episode yet because I had to download it first and for some reason, my internet connection was taking forever.

I read the last few pages of this thread and it is so sad to hear that so many people are commenting on the actor's acting. We went from hating the PD to bashing the actors acting too. Before it was JK that was being complained about and now, it is JH. If the writer is writing according to the needs of the korean fans, sorry to say, but I think korean fans are really weird on their tastes. Why is it so fun to watch your favorite actor suffer on screen? I mean, they must just really stare at his face and not anything else. I am a total KHJ fan and I don't want to see him suffer. I don't like to see the character that he portrays suffer in the show. I would rather see less of him so that I don't have to watch him depressed. I really don't understand. I know everyone is depressed at why there are so many JH and JD scenes and so less of JD and JP scenes, so that's why the attack ends up on JH. Even though there are so many scenes with JH and JD, they aren't romantic with each other. I just don't know why JH is being hated so much. He didn't outwardly chase after JD, he always tried to put JP and JD together. Just because he didn't tell JD that JP left, he is branded the person that selfishly wants JD. I think if he was going to get disliked so much, I think it would have been better to see him chase after her. Then, this dislike would mean something.

If there was something that I really want to ask the PD, I would want to know what is the main point in putting more JD and JH scenes over JD and JP. Is he outwardly trying to destroy JH's character? Or, is he really just satisfying KHJ's fans? Either one of those answers would make me want to kill the PD. He just messed up the perfect story, and my perfect character for that matter, just because of his selfish thinking. I love Rui/Lei/Jh and I really hate to see the audience dislike his character. Sorry for the rant.

Edit: Oh forgot to add something...what if the story ends with JD and JH and then when she wakes up, she is actually with JP? Oh...I think at this time, the story is really messed up. It just came to mind.

Actors, in general, want to display the various range of their acting abilities. Most actors are happier when their characters are sadder because it allows them to show their acting range. They want to act depressed, angry, crazy, joyful, etc... Sad character=happy actor.

As a fan of LMH, I absolutely love and am totally in awe of his acting. Especially the scenes where JP is absolutely crushed because he is so good at it that it makes me happy for him as an actor.

[deka_if]

Boys Before Flowers: Episode 22

22March 23rd, 2009 // by javabeans

EPISODE 22 RECAP

continuation...(the last part of 3)

As Jun-pyo is currently under house arrest, he's cut off from the outside world, and namely Jan-di. Woo-bin runs into her at school, and sighs over the rough patch they're all going through right now — Yi-jung is still unable to use his right arm, and Jun-pyo's locked up. Perhaps he's even referencing the actors' real-life haggard expressions, because he points to himself and says his face is suffering from all the worry.

Still, Woo-bin assures Jan-di not to worry too much about Jun-pyo. He tells her to hang in there, and also thanks her for helping Ji-hoo: "I've never seen him looking as relaxed as he has these days. Thanks to you, he found his grandfather."

Jan-di approaches her new companion position with enthusiasm, caring for the unconscious man and reading aloud to him. One particular passage strikes a chord in her:

Jan-di

: "The most unfortunate encounters are like those with fish bones. The longer the encounter, the more the fishy smell sticks with you. The encounters to be most careful with are with an open bloom, because while it's open it brings cheers of joy, but as it wilts, it gets thrown away. The most beautiful encounters are like those with handkerchiefs. They wipe away your sweat when you are tired, and your tears when you are sad."

That last example makes her think of Ji-hoo (flashback montage!), who'd always been there for her in her times of need, whether to lend her support or wipe away her tears. Jan-di smiles at her patient, saying she hopes to be a handkerchief type of person for him, too — and Mr. Jung watches from the doorway, pleased.

This scene is a bit random, but at this point I'm just rollin' with it. Jan-di struggles to cut her bangs satisfactorily, which is when Ji-hoo walks by and offers his assistance. Naturally he is a master of this skill — ain't nothing he can't do, is there? — and he finishes the job successfully.

Jan-di returns the favor by volunteering to help wash his car (which, of course, eventually degenerates into a water fight).

Afterwards, they sit outside and relax, while Ji-hoo reads from a book of poetry. One poem catches his attention, and he starts to read aloud: "I wanted to tell you…"

He pauses there, hesitating for a long moment, trying to decide whether to continue. Finally he decides to go for it, and keeps reading: "…that I love you. I wanted to shout it aloud. That's all."

But when he looks over to see Jan-di's reaction, he sighs because she's fallen asleep and therefore hasn't registered his indirect confession.

Meanwhile, Ga-eul is busy with a new project, spurred by her last encounter with Yi-jung. It looks like his cast is off, but for whatever reason, he hasn't regained the use of his arm. (I'm guessing that it's a case of paralysis stemming from a psychological block, rather than a medical reason.)

He's packing away his pottery items; she thinks it's cowardly of him to quit so easily. He says in a dull monotone, "It doesn't matter anymore." She fires back, "It matters to me!" Ga-eul recites his own words back to him, harking back to his analogy likening a person's heart to the clay-firing process. The clay, like people's life experiences, is supposed to be strengthened by the fire.

He dismisses it, saying, "I must've been talking crap." Ga-eul isn't willing to give up on him, though, and announces her intention to return to him the use of his paralyzed hand. In pursuit of that goal — like I said, it must have a psychological basis — over the next several nights, Ga-eul spends all her time going from building (apartment?) to building, working to the point of exhaustion.

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Woo-bin and Jun-pyo put their heads (and fists) together to devise a plan for him to slip away from his bodyguards. First, Jun-pyo heads out, feigning a careless attitude when he tells the bodyguards he doesn't care if they follow him outside — he's just going to be hanging out with Woo-bin.

Of course they follow behind Woo-bin's car, but they don't count on Woo-bin's mafia underlings cutting in out of nowhere, barricading the road to make it impossible for them to follow.

And so, Jun-pyo earns an afternoon of freedom, and calls Jan-di out for a date. Unfortunately, she's just assured a mother at the clinic that she'll watch her young boy for the afternoon, and finds herself in a bind.

So she brings the boy along on the date. Jun-pyo is surprised ("What is that thing?") and disgruntled that their precious time together is going to be usurped by this kid, and it's adorable to see him try to deal with being left out. He pushes the boy aside a few times, wriggling his way between Jan-di and the kid to claim her attention (which is all done in fun).

Eventually, he warms up to the kid as they spend the afternoon at the zoo.

Credits : Dramabeans

[Guest xx-outsider-xx]

APOLOGIES IN ADVANCE IF MY POST IS OFFENSIVE OR DISAGREEABLE WITH MOST.

Overall, I found myself really confuse throughout the whole episode last night. I kept asking out loud (my housemate probably thought i was annoying and loud the whole hour lol - she didn't watch BBF by the way) "Who are the main couple here?". It's really weird and out of norm how the supposedly main couple screen time are so carelessly done, seemingly rushed, fast-forwarded all the time, when the side couples/characters and/or the supposedly supporting roles' screen time are being captured with extreme care, sometimes unnecessarily long. In fact, last night's episode was not the first, but actually a continuation of faulty (in my opinion) execution of the story. It makes me think the PD and the scriptwriter are going bonkers. The storyline itself is not the issue, but it's maddening how blatantly careless and rushed the JD-JP scenes that give me the LMH-is-gonna-go-off-somewhere-that-the-scriptwriter-just-cant-wait-to-kill-off-his-character kinda feeling, if you know what i mean.

Having said that, i did smile like an idiot seeing JP-JD together. They always makes me feel giddy. I just wish the PD take more care of their scenes like he did with JH-JD (always beautifully shot and given a good pace, if not excessively at times)and YJ-GE (their scenes are draggy though in my opinion). If they were to make this an F4-oriented drama where all F4 are male leads thus the effort to seemingly equally distribute the screentime between them, then why is no main story for Woobin? Never in any drama, let it be a loong daily series or miniseries like this have i ever wondered who the main characters that tie the whole story together are. Even when the are so many couple/individual stories to cover (especially in daily dramas), i never lost that sense, no matter how subtle the differentiation is or how equally distributed their screentimes are. So it's really my first time feeling all confuse and i'm not liking this coz for me, that's an indication of poor production. I feel like the production team (of course the major player is the director) has lost their touch as they go along. While the story and the premise is still interesting enough for me to keep watching, the execution and direction as a whole is getting poorer and poorer (i don't want to start talking about the wedding scene that doesn't make sense from the ambience to the people to the attire and a whole lot more. It doesn't look right, even for a PRIVATE high-class wedding - something you would expect coming from Madam Kang - that makes me go wat der hek?) and that they have gone into complete complacency due to consistently high ratings. What a shame.