Kwon Sang Woo 권상우

[Guest Azura]

The flowers arrangement send by fans from overseas to congrat on Sangwoo's new move "THE FATE"

There were more but i'm too lazy to upload....

credit CSWS

[moi]

Woooah, two of the most droolicious namjas in k-entertainment! Hmmm, if only I can bump off that girl and be the one to stand between my oppas instead...

she's just a wallflower dear ...... hee hee hee ..... moi can just visualize you between them hyperventilating with your oxygen mask on!

i guess.. Sangwoo is the one who received the most of florist arrangment, right? if not the ONLY ONE RECEIVER!

wonder was there an orchid from Singapore

unchanged ! dear! my plan is still valid.. as long as i m not a "volunteer victim" for his boxing or kungfu! aya! i know you could be the ideal one for your oppa! ahhah

who are u plotting to be d volunteer victim dear? let moi guess -- must be KHS!!

[Guest TY_KSW]

who are u plotting to be d volunteer victim dear? let moi guess -- must be KHS!!

Betchay is willingly and heartfully to be his victim on the kungfu and boxing scenes!

i dun mind if KHS include.. she may replace Betchay in the hardest scenes!

The flowers arrangement send by fans from overseas to congrat on Sangwoo's new move "THE FATE"

There were more but i'm too lazy to upload....

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/7392/flowerug9.jpg

credit CSWS

to make Singapore FC distinguished.. like Moi said.. you should send orchid !

Just kidding...

All flower arrangement sent to him is the valuable support.. We are proud of him and proud of our sisters in Seoul too ! They are doing the good job!!!

[Guest ny2002]

Thanks for the photos... He does look tired... But still SOOO Cute!!! Aawww... Big Hug!

[Guest mrs han]

Betchay is willingly and heartfully to be his victim on the kungfu and boxing scenes!

i dun mind if KHS include.. she may replace Betchay in the hardest scenes!

I am also willingly and whole-heartedly volunteering myself to be his victim, dear TY, for as long as I get to french kiss him after being beaten up. And KHS can be included, and no need for Sangwoo to lift a finger - I'll do the punching and kicking myself!

[Guest TY_KSW]

I am also willingly and whole-heartedly volunteering myself to be his victim, dear TY, for as long as I get to french kiss him after being beaten up. And KHS can be included, and no need for Sangwoo to lift a finger - I'll do the punching and kicking myself!

ayooo! Dear Mrs Han...

Hats off

Betchay dear.. Here is your partner in the violent scenes.. you both, Betchay and Mrs Han could be beaten by him or punching and boxing yourselves!

tsk tsk.. so loyalful fans!

[moi]

I am also willingly and whole-heartedly volunteering myself to be his victim, dear TY, for as long as I get to french kiss him after being beaten up. And KHS can be included, and no need for Sangwoo to lift a finger - I'll do the punching and kicking myself!

ayooo! Dear Mrs Han...

Hats off

Betchay dear.. Here is your partner in the violent scenes.. you both, Betchay and Mrs Han could be beaten by him or punching and boxing yourselves!

tsk tsk.. so loyalful fans!

tsk tsk tsk ..... look at these gals, sooooooooo violent n evil! ..... unlike sweet n innocent moi!

[Guest camella]

wonder why nowadays a lot of korean male stars like/prefer older leading women??? [/b

I heard an answer to that in one scene from Entertainment Weekly program of KBS World. The male ( do not know his name) star answered, "the older actresses are more technically sophisticated and more challenging"

[Guest kdramafanusa]

March 19, 2008

[Movie Review]'Fate' a tale of two gangsters

"Fate (Sukmyeong)" packs plenty of heart-pumping action sequences on the strength of high-profile Korean Wave stars but its heavy reliance on stylized images without offering background details stops short of expectations. In the movie, we see the downfall of a handsome and kind-hearted gangster Woo-min (Song Seung-heon) who attempts to hit it big by attacking a casino along with his close friends including Cheol-jung (Kwon Sang-woo).

Somehow, they manage to escape with bags of cash, but it turns out that Cheol-jung, a short-tempered, foul-mouthed money-will-solve-everything villain, has sold them out for a reward in a secret contract that he hopes will land him a comfortable life.

After all, Cheol-jung's unwavering belief about life is that money talks the loudest and nothing else, even lifetime friendship, counts.

Playing a scapegoat, Woo-min serves a two-year prison term, showcasing his willingness to sacrifice for his friends. Once out of prison, however, he realizes that something is amiss.

His closet buddy Do-wan (Kim In-kwon) has become a drug addict, his girlfriend is stuck in a shady trap, and his friend-turned-enemy Cheol-jung is cruising at high speed as a ringleader who commands numerous thugs and juggles up cash to get a construction project done. (In Korean cinema, gangsters are often depicted to have been involved with construction projects in addition to their time-honored sources of cash such as adult clubs, bars and prostitution.)

Woo-min and Cheol-jung stand at the opposite end of the emotional spectrum. Woo-main remains calm throughout the film, rarely revealing his real emotions.

In contrast, Cheol-jung keeps talking and shouting, almost a broken radio whose sound is almost always four-letter words.

Like many Korean gangster flicks, "Fate" zooms in on the action scenes where main characters led by Woo-min square off against countless and nameless thugs brandishing iron sticks and Japanese knives.

Amid a series of fighting scenes, director Kim Hae-gon intermittently sheds some hints about the past relationships involving Woo-min, Cheol-jung and Do-wan.

But their shared past remains largely sealed, and it's up to the audience to keep their imagination wheeling as to how they bonded with each other in the first place.

Until the final big-stakes drug deal gets started, the camera lingers around Woo-min and Cheol-jung at a pace that may test the patience of even the good-hearted audiences.

Even if such takes are designed to highlight the personal charms of Song Seung-heon, who makes a high-profile comeback after his military service, and a transformative image of Kwon Sang-woo, who takes up a baddie's role for the first time in his career, the running time devoted to capturing their cool images seems overdone.

"Fate" has been made with a careful consideration for the strengths of two main characters. But the portraits of Woo-min and Cheol-jung never go beyond admiration of their contrasting styles and panache for violence, and one comes away with such sour questions as "Why are Korean filmmakers so obsessed with a gangster genre for depicting friendship?"

Despite the longer-than-necessary running time of 123 minutes, Song Seung-heon seems at ease with himself, showcasing his "telling eyes" that express various emotions with subtlety and maturity.

But true show-stealing gigs come from Kwon Sang-woo who seems in perfect sync with his own character. All the low-life slang spitting out from Cheol-jung sound natural and even ironically insightful.

Kwon, from now on, should consider taking the role of a hot-tempered villain because, at least in "Fate," he seems more realistic and believable than ever.

"Fate," shot in Busan and on Jeju Island, is an MKDK Pictures production and will be released nationwide on March 20.

By Yang Sung-jin (insight@heraldm.com)

Source: Korea Herald

[Guest betchay]

Chingu, thanks for the wallie....love the "Heavenly Couple"

Welcome chingu, i love the couple too.

Thanks for another batch of Sangwoo's pix.

http://img.news.yahoo.co.kr/picture/2008/3...34_135513_5.jpg

http://img.news.yahoo.co.kr/picture/2008/4...47_100949_0.jpg

http://img.news.yahoo.co.kr/picture/2008/4...47_100957_0.jpg

for sharing the pix.

The flowers arrangement send by fans from overseas to congrat on Sangwoo's new move "THE FATE"

There were more but i'm too lazy to upload....

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/7392/flowerug9.jpg

Wow.. lots of beautiful flowers arrangement!

I'm sure our man was pleased to see all those remembrance from fans.

Wonder.. why all arrangement looked the same,

did all the fans club ordered in one flower shop?

Betchay is willingly and heartfully to be his victim on the kungfu and boxing scenes!

i dun mind if KHS include.. she may replace Betchay in the hardest scenes!

ha ha dear, thats's so sweet of u. I'm glad u're thinking

of me not to be beaten up too much.

I am also willingly and whole-heartedly volunteering myself to be his victim, dear TY, for as long as I get to french kiss him after being beaten up. And KHS can be included, and no need for Sangwoo to lift a finger - I'll do the punching and kicking myself!

Dear mrs han, now that u said u're willing too, we should divide the beating time & french kissing time equally.

Hope u don't mind if i'll go 1st. ha ha

Betchay dear.. Here is your partner in the violent scenes.. you both, Betchay and Mrs Han could be beaten by him or punching and boxing yourselves!

tsk tsk.. so loyalful fans!

Chingu.. just be sure u won't get jealous once we recieved our hard worked prize.

[Guest Azura]

Wow.. lots of beautiful flowers arrangement!

I'm sure our man was pleased to see all those remembrance from fans.

Wonder.. why all arrangement looked the same,

did all the fans club ordered in one flower shop?

Yup...those flowers were ordered thru the same shop with the help of CSWS staff

[Guest docirene]

wow, kwon is really very good looking these days. and he has always been in tiptop shape, sexy as ever.

[Guest Azura]

What was he looking at??

[Guest betchay]

Yup...those flowers were ordered thru the same shop with the help of CSWS staff

Oh i see..

wow, kwon is really very good looking these days. and he has always been in tiptop shape, sexy as ever.

Hello docirene, ya.. sexy as ever.

What was he looking at??

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/2364/whatav6.jpg

Maybe he trying to look if u fly from ur place to his event.

seriously.. those spotlights are no good to our man's eyes.

[Guest TY_KSW]

What was he looking at??

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/2364/whatav6.jpg

Maybe he trying to look if u fly from ur place to his event.

The truth is Sangwoo tried to look for anyone sweet n demure there or not? he need to hide rightaway if seeing her!

[Guest ripgal]

March 19, 2008

[Movie Review]'Fate' a tale of two gangsters

"Fate (Sukmyeong)" packs plenty of heart-pumping action sequences on the strength of high-profile Korean Wave stars but its heavy reliance on stylized images without offering background details stops short of expectations. In the movie, we see the downfall of a handsome and kind-hearted gangster Woo-min (Song Seung-heon) who attempts to hit it big by attacking a casino along with his close friends including Cheol-jung (Kwon Sang-woo).

Somehow, they manage to escape with bags of cash, but it turns out that Cheol-jung, a short-tempered, foul-mouthed money-will-solve-everything villain, has sold them out for a reward in a secret contract that he hopes will land him a comfortable life.

After all, Cheol-jung's unwavering belief about life is that money talks the loudest and nothing else, even lifetime friendship, counts.

Playing a scapegoat, Woo-min serves a two-year prison term, showcasing his willingness to sacrifice for his friends. Once out of prison, however, he realizes that something is amiss.

His closet buddy Do-wan (Kim In-kwon) has become a drug addict, his girlfriend is stuck in a shady trap, and his friend-turned-enemy Cheol-jung is cruising at high speed as a ringleader who commands numerous thugs and juggles up cash to get a construction project done. (In Korean cinema, gangsters are often depicted to have been involved with construction projects in addition to their time-honored sources of cash such as adult clubs, bars and prostitution.)

Woo-min and Cheol-jung stand at the opposite end of the emotional spectrum. Woo-main remains calm throughout the film, rarely revealing his real emotions.

In contrast, Cheol-jung keeps talking and shouting, almost a broken radio whose sound is almost always four-letter words.

Like many Korean gangster flicks, "Fate" zooms in on the action scenes where main characters led by Woo-min square off against countless and nameless thugs brandishing iron sticks and Japanese knives.

Amid a series of fighting scenes, director Kim Hae-gon intermittently sheds some hints about the past relationships involving Woo-min, Cheol-jung and Do-wan.

But their shared past remains largely sealed, and it's up to the audience to keep their imagination wheeling as to how they bonded with each other in the first place.

Until the final big-stakes drug deal gets started, the camera lingers around Woo-min and Cheol-jung at a pace that may test the patience of even the good-hearted audiences.

Even if such takes are designed to highlight the personal charms of Song Seung-heon, who makes a high-profile comeback after his military service, and a transformative image of Kwon Sang-woo, who takes up a baddie's role for the first time in his career, the running time devoted to capturing their cool images seems overdone.

"Fate" has been made with a careful consideration for the strengths of two main characters. But the portraits of Woo-min and Cheol-jung never go beyond admiration of their contrasting styles and panache for violence, and one comes away with such sour questions as "Why are Korean filmmakers so obsessed with a gangster genre for depicting friendship?"

Despite the longer-than-necessary running time of 123 minutes, Song Seung-heon seems at ease with himself, showcasing his "telling eyes" that express various emotions with subtlety and maturity.

But true show-stealing gigs come from Kwon Sang-woo who seems in perfect sync with his own character. All the low-life slang spitting out from Cheol-jung sound natural and even ironically insightful.

Kwon, from now on, should consider taking the role of a hot-tempered villain because, at least in "Fate," he seems more realistic and believable than ever.

"Fate," shot in Busan and on Jeju Island, is an MKDK Pictures production and will be released nationwide on March 20.

By Yang Sung-jin (insight@heraldm.com)

Source: Korea Herald

Image: Edaily

I'm glad that altho the movie review wasn't great.. it praised KSW for his perfect portrayal of the villain in the drama..

Notice wordings "perfect sync"

[Guest TY_KSW]

I'm glad that altho the movie review wasn't great.. it praised KSW for his perfect portrayal of the villain in the drama..

Notice wordings "perfect sync"

m not surprised dear... very happy! SAngwoo made it big!

[Guest TY_KSW]

March 18, 2008

Actors Kwon, Song Get Rough in 'Fate'

By Lee Hyo-won

Staff Reporter

The main cast of 'The Fate' by actor and director Kim Hae-gon appears

before the press in a Seoul theater, Monday. From left, actors Kwon Sang-woo,

Park Han-byul, Song Seung-heon and Kim In-kwon

smile for the camera. / Yonhap

"The Fate" is the talk of the town as actor-turned director Kim Hae-gon brings together not just one but four of the hottest Korean actors in his second feature film: hallyu stars Kwon Sang-woo (2003 SBS drama "Stairway to Heaven") and Seung-heon ('Autumn Fairytale" 2000 KBS2), heartthrob Ji Sung ("All In," 2003 SBS) and bona-fide actor Kim In-kwon ("My Father,'' 2007).

"The Fate" tells the story of a group of close friends who rule the underworld of Seoul. One day they scheme to steal casino money, so they leave their mob. They almost succeed ― until Cheol-jung (Kwon) betrays them. While Wu-min (Song) is forced to go to prison on behalf of the gang, everyone's lives are torn apart by lustful desires and other mishaps. After serving his two-year term, Wu-min tries to rectify things, including reclaiming his beautiful girlfriend (Park Han-byul). But unfortunate twists of fate set off one misunderstanding after another, and best friends become the worst of foes.

Like his character, Wu-min, Song is making a comeback after a two-year hiatus. "It took a lot of deliberation to choose between a TV drama or movie. Movies are risky and also require a long post-production process. People suggested that I reappear as another `good guy' in a TV series, which would also please (my fans)," he told reporters following the film's press preview at a Seoul theater Monday. The large theater was heavily crowded to catch Song's first screen appearance after serving in the army.

"Many actually opposed my starring in 'The Fate,'" he said. "But I wanted to show a new, mature image, as well show a more masculine and tough side. I also decided to star in the film because of (the director). On the surface his work appears rough and brutal, but underneath it all a warm sense of humanity prevails," he said.

While Song portrays a more romantic, "good" gangster, Kwon plays the bad one. But Kwon's character had a comic edge that kept reporters laughing throughout the screening.

"If it were a merciless villain, I wouldn't have played the part ― I have an image to maintain as an actor," Kwon said jokingly. "But in the story, Cheol-jung provides comic relief to keep the drama afloat. Making audiences laugh is a great pleasure, and (comic elements) were intentional. I only hope the audience reacts the same way (reporters) did today. Like (Song) Seung-heon, I also wanted to show off a different shade of acting, which I hope will enable me to pursue more colorful roles in the future," he said.

For Kim In-kwon, "The Fate" also marks a departure from the warm characters he played. For portraying a disturbed drug-addict, he said he was inspired by the movie "Requiem," and modeled his emaciated look after that of Christian Bale in "The Machinist."

Song and Kwon are known to be longtime friends in real life. They appeared together as naughty high school boys in the slapstick comedy "Make It Big." But Song said their friendship did not help their onscreen collaboration.

"While 'Make It Big' was a fun, light piece, this was a serious project. Our amicable feelings were more of a hindrance," he said. "As for feelings of rivalry, I'd be lying if I said they didn't exist, and in fact it's necessary for each of us to better concentrate on our roles. But for me, in terms of working out, we all know Kwon is Korea's 'hot body star.' I would work out at the gym for two hours, but (Kwon) would come in an hour late and leave 30 minutes early. He really didn't work out, and it made me wonder what he eats," he said, drawing laughter from reporters.

While Song sports a disheveled look from beginning to end, all the male leads retain grace in comparison to other stocky, tattooed gang members. To this, the director said, "You can put scar on Kwon and Song's faces, but that won't take away their looks. I considered making them look messier but it's a futile effort. If I wanted ugly characters I wouldn't have cast them in the first place."

Ji Sung, who made a special appearance in the film, did not appear at the press meeting. He played a sophisticated villain, which seems like a continuation of his role in "All In." Starlet Park Han-byul stars as Song's love interest. Like Song and Kwon, Park showed a deviation from her conventional roles. While her part as a bar girl marked a rather provocative turn, she retained an innocent damsel image.

Credits: hyowlee@koreatimes.co.kr

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2.../141_20964.html

Thank you Rubie for the article..

[Guest betchay]

1st.. you changed avie again.

Thank you Rubie for the article..

"If it were a merciless villain, I wouldn't have played the part ― I have an image to maintain as an actor," Kwon said jokingly. "But in the story, Cheol-jung provides comic relief to keep the drama afloat. Making audiences laugh is a great pleasure, and (comic elements) were intentional. I only hope the audience reacts the same way (reporters) did today. Like (Song) Seung-heon, I also wanted to show off a different shade of acting, which I hope will enable me to pursue more colorful roles in the future," he said.

Thanks rubie & my chingu for reposting this interesting article.

Our Sangwoo made a truthful joke..ha ha

I know he found something in the script that made him decided to do that villain role.

Congrats to our oppa.

[Guest TY_KSW]

1st.. you changed avie again.

Thanks rubie & my chingu for reposting this interesting article.

Our Sangwoo made a truthful joke..ha ha

I know he found something in the script that made him decided to do that villain role.

Congrats to our oppa.

heheh.. i change my avie to a merrier big boss Jo to balance the villain mood SIGGY hahah!

Sangwoo has sense o humor .. dear Betchay... I love that kind! so perfect!