As of now I'd just finished watching Coffee Prince. I know... I know.... Some of you might think why did it took me so long to watch it since the drama was thought to be one of the best Kdrama in 2007. FYI, I had it with me for quite sometime now. It had been nicely tugged in my CD storage collecting might I say some dust already.
First of all for those who haven't watch it, let me just give you some insight on this drama. It started of as a story about Go Eun Chan played by none other, rising star actress Yoon Eun Hye. Btw, she was the leading role in Goong and Vineyard Man. Eun Chan is a tomboy who had to give up her feminine image due to her being the breadwinner of her family. Eun Chan stumble upon Choi Han Kyul played by Gong Yoo and was mistakenly took Eun Chan as a man by Han Kyul. Han Kyul who is an heir to a company was kept pressured by his grandmother to settle down by being forced in going to arranged blind dates. Out of Han Kyul's desperation to avoid those arranged blind dates and Eun Chan's pressing monetary problems, Eun Chan was hired by Han Kyul to be his gay lover. Later, Eun Chan managed to beg for work in Han Kyul's coffee shop. Eventually feelings between Eun Chan and Han Kyul start to spark making Han Kyul question about his own 'sexual orientation'.
Yoon Eun Hye did played her role brilliantly and so does Gong Yoo. They both do have on screen chemistry. Right from the 1st episode I'm pretty confident that YEH is going to be brilliant in that role because starting from Goong to Vineyard Man and to Coffee Prince, she practically had the same characters of which she managed to pull off easily. It's always the 'happy go lucky - not a care in the world' characters.
As for YEH co-star, Gong Yoo which I have little knowledge of.... I was quite skeptical at first. He didn't seem to be a really... really drop dead gorgeous guy to be playing opposite YEH. I wasn't really convinced whether he could pull off Han Kyul character. Although I think there are a lot more drop dead gorgeous actors out there, Gong Yoo managed to intrigued me with his drop dead gorgeous charms. Which is more important that drop dead gorgeous faces, I might say. His charms made me view him with a different light or angle. His charms outshine his looks. I am soo.... looking forward for his next drama.
Now lets get straight to the point. Was it as great as people been talking about? Herm.... my personal opinion, Coffee Prince was good but it wasn't great. You might be thinking why does she says that when I've been praising the leading roles. Well.... I do admit that Coffee Prince do have great leading and supporting actors and actresses, brilliant insert music and a good basic story plot. What make me say it was just a good drama but not a great one? To tell you there truth I was slightly disappointed which the developing plot. What? WTH is she talking about? Am I confusing you? Let me straight it out for you. I said it had a GOOD BASIC STORY PLOT but they didn't really have a strong developing plot. Everything was great up until the 12th or 13th episode but afterward it seems to be going down hill from there. It seems that the drama suddenly lost its momentum. In the end, I was like.... huh?! Is that it?
So.... Coffee Prince turn out to be a rather good but not great tasting coffee despite it was brewed from the best coffee beans. If only the barista had brewed it better, Coffee Prince would have been a very pleasurable drink so that I would have the taste implanted in my taste bud for a very long time.... (>.<)
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