Crazy over Princess Hours
I have just finished watching Princess Hours <宫：野蛮王妃> and i am crazily in love with it! Not only the drama, the songs, but also the lead actor, Joo Ji Hoon! Ok, i know i already have Kwon Sang Woo, Rain and Hyun Bin...but Joo Ji Hoon is real cute too! Anyway, i shall tell you more about the story first.
The setting is in modern South Korea, with an imagined existence of monarchy. Crown Prince Lee Shin (Joo Ji Hoon) is lovingly adored by all the gals in South Korea, especially in the college where he studies. With the Emperor's health deterioriating, the imperial palace decides to arrange an early marriage for the seemingly arrogant and insensitive Crown Prince Lee Shin. And the Crown Princess in question is Shin Chae-Gyung (Yoon Eun Hye), an average high school gal that happens to be Lee Shin's school mate. The story unfolds to tell how the 2 young persons belonging to different worlds eventually falls in love with each other...
Every love story must have some twists and turns to make it 刻骨铭心 and for the audience to feel for the characters. In Princess Hours, Crown Prince Lee Shin had an aspiring ballerina girlfriend, Min Hyo Rin (Sung Ji Hyo). She is the school belle, elegant and poised, the almost complete opposite of Chae-Gyung, who's a muddle-head. It was after a failed proposal to Hyo Rin that Lee Shin agreed to marry Chae-Gyung. However, seeing Lee Shin marry Chae-Gyung and she becoming the centre of everyone's attention, Hyo Rin regrets her decision and tries to find ways and means to make Lee Shin return to her.
On the other hand, Lee Yul, Lee Shin's cousin, returns from England after 14 years. He was supposed to be the Crown Prince, but was forced to leave the country with his mother when his father, the successor to the throne, died. Lee Shin's father, being the second son, thus became the Emperor. Initially not interested in being the Crown Prince, he decides to compete with Lee Shin when he discovers that he has slowly fallen in love with Chae-Gyung.
All in all, the storyline is not anything out of the ordinary, but the imagined existence of a royal family in modern Korea renders a refreshing perspective. The songs in particular, really melts my heart! Perhaps Love, the theme song, is just so sweet and romantic! I am listening to it everyday and even before i sleep, that is the power of the song! Am even memorising the lyrics, hee... =P
Anyway, this drama has made me fall in love with Joo Ji Hoon. Maybe i should say Lee Shin, as i really like his character in the story. Initially seemingly aloof and arrogant, he is actually a lonely character misunderstood by all. Until he meets Chae-Gyung, he starts to open up and you realise he's actually a very sweet and thoughtful guy.
Okie i shall stop here and shower you all with some nice nice pictures...enjoy!
posted by itoshiiyun @ 9:56 PM
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