Hyun bin is amazing in this drama... His pain melts your heart and his love blew your head... His expressions are remarkable... He is playing a character teen age to a mature man... In first episodes you will feel he is not doing something extra ordinary due to some lose ends of the story... In the beginning writer tried to tell us about the background of characters and clear the concept of title the snow queen... Hyun bin did his best in later episodes...
Main lead girl is lil off beat but in last two episodes she finally catched her her flight and led us to a nice melodramatic journey... Still I felt she could have done far better as hyun bin gave his all... Second lead is good looking guy with innocent face so him being an ass like other second leads was out of question... You will definitely sympathies him as he was victim...
Scenes are well connected even though some characters were missing like main leads moms were suddenly out of scene and never appeared again... Then hyun bin class fellow who approached him first was missing after everything was opened...so it looked lil untidy...over all cinematography is amazing... Snow, flowers, mountains, and beautiful landscape are worth mentioned...everything feels so warming and thought provoking...
Storyline is quite interesting and heart touching... Sometimes we punish ourselves for something that has nothing to do with us... If any of our closed one gets hurt and we won't able to help them we start regretting it and make our life miserable... And that is the point where we need just one person to hold us and tell us that's not our fault... Even if it is miserable...even if you are living in hell...even if you feel death is better than living still live...force yourself to live even if you lost all your hopes and love... Living is better than dying... Live like a human not like an insect... Everyone is responsible for their act nobody's act is your fault... Don't put yourself in misery as people who love you who are your family your friends will feel more miserable than you... Hats off to the massage and storyline portrayed by actors...
This drama is only about hyun bin and just cherish your heart seeing him... Yes there is no happy ending but there is hope to live and that's enough for us... One doesn't need happy need
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A marvelous story of indissoluble love
A poignant drama, permeated with a deeply felt melancholy that accompanies us from beginning to end, The Snow Queen continues to be, in my opinion, a marvelous story of indissoluble love, capable of transcending any barrier, pushing (in all senses) towards extreme borders (not only figuratively speaking) thanks to the sincere romanticism of a practically perfect script and an excellent direction (the author is the same director of 'Winter Sonata', to be clear)As always, love, chance and destiny are preponderant elements that drive the story forward, but compared to similar cases, one does not turn one's nose up at any inconsistency, illogic or magnanimous demands for complete suspension of disbelief, since everything manages to be coordinated in a balanced and 'realistic' structure that also guarantees a sentimental identification with the beautiful characters of the drama...
The composite screenplay manages to overcome a linear storyline with a concentric structure, full of randomness and coincidences, alternating points of view, even narrative variations on the same theme, as well as subplots and geometrical plotlines that enrich the construction of the story, where even a few symbols or simple objects such as a pager, a music tape and a couple of photographs have the strength to release sincere emotion without trespassing on the pathetic.
It is achieved without falling into the baroque or exaggerated mannerism (typical of many contemporary dramas) that sometimes makes us raise an eyebrow or roll our eyes, thanks to skillful and never ordinary dialogue of obvious literary derivation, capable of arousing equal passion for two apparently antithetical subjects such as mathematics and boxing, and this is also possible thanks to a perfect cast in an absolute state of grace.
Hyun Bin renders his character's torment and remorse very well, with a truly calibrated, touching and involving performance, a prisoner of his own secret and bearer of an inner suffering bordering on self-destruction, almost Catholic in nature, even though the religious references (much more marked in other dramas of the same period) remain confined to a desperate prayer/invocation towards the end of the drama. Yu-ri -very gorgeous! -is absolutely perfect, capable of operating a sort of progressive transformation and dramatic growth that is functional to the narrative development of the story; the bumptious and spoilt little girl of the beginning of the story, ends up evolving and becoming a mature (young) woman, consciously resigned, in spite of herself, to her own fate.
The remaining cast is perfectly integrated in their roles without any pedantic backstory that in this case would frankly be considered pleonastic, with the exception of the excellent portrayal of Tae Woong's mother, who is absolutely decisive in further accentuating the protagonist's torments, and Bo Ra's father, capable of confirming once again that founding principle of dramas whereby the faults of parents end up falling on their children (in fact, he is responsible for the tragic fate of his eldest son)
Much has been written, and rightly so, about the extraordinary venues of the story, and the skillful use of the locations really deserves a separate mention, starting with the extraordinary landscapes in the opening, later reproposed in the last episode, to continue with the gymnasium, a sort of perfect microcosm populated by a group of marginalized people with a warm heart, which restores to us all the sense of sadness that lingers in the (icy!?) heart of the protagonist; Bo Ra's house, almost a gilded prison, up to the basketball court that returns also in the heartbreaking finale...
As is common in other productions, the role of nature is central, both in the snowy sequences and in those where it is the sea that increasingly, almost overwhelmingly, emphasizes the lyricism of the drama; for example, the sequences at the grave of the friend/brother, which personally have always made me think of my favorite Murakami Haruki book, 'Norwegian Wood' ...
Touching and melancholic without ever being intrusive, the soundtrack is the further strength of this extraordinary drama, a kind of contemporary fairy tale that is a truly perfect transposition of Andersen's sadly melancholic universe...
I decided to re-watch this gem a distance of a few years, after, what an irony for a drama-fan such myself! Fate has stripped me, in a short space of time, of some of the most beloved people who have accompanied my life... When one loses, affections, loves, friendships, beyond the pain and inner wounding, one questions oneself and seeks answers as to why things happen...
Just like the characters in the drama, we are constantly asking ourselves many questions, and the reflection on the differences between mathematics, which is always able to provide answers, and life, which acts by chance and very often does not provide answers, is perhaps the best possible metaphor or the perfect theorem to sum up not only this drama, but the lives of many people...
10/10
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29/02/2024This is a 2006 production which I actually liked regardless of its age.
If you want to know what it is about - read the Synopsis.
It is a sad drama with a bittersweet ending, but one with no regrets, closure where it was needed most and ultimately being able to forgive, move on and to have known true love.
It isn't perfect and does have its flaws, also, if there was less of a love story and more on just the main male character's math genius I wouldn't have minded whatsoever.
I probably would have appreciated it more!
What can be taken away from this drama is that life should still be lived regardless of someone committing suicide or whatever it might be that is the cause of a person's death.
Some mentioned (other sites) that they weren't invested in the male lead after some point and thought Bora's character evolved to be a better person.
I don't agree.
She didn't really change that much - she just toned down her outbursts and stroppy behaviour plus she has no choice but to resign to the fact that her fate was out of her hands.
It would have been better had she not just given back the words he gave to her - but also to encourage him to live guilt free, live life to the fullest and to find love again so he would never be alone or lonely.
It is worth the watch and even being re-watched.
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The Snow Queen, conta a história de, Han Tae-Wook, nascido em uma família humilde, criado por uma mãe aguerrida que trabalha em uma barraca de comida no centro de Seul e faz tudo para que seu filho possa estuda, para não passar dificuldades. Ha Deuk Goo é um excelente aluno, principalmente na matéria de matemática, com a ajuda do seu professor de matemática, ele consegue entra em uma das melhores escolas da Coreia, porém as coisas não seram tão simples. Jung-Gyu nascido em família rica, e o aluno gênio com QI de 180 e o maior prestígio da escola. Depois de uma pergunta referente a copa do mundo de 2002 e Han Tae-Wook simplesmente sobre julgar a resposta do Jung-Gyu, ele então começa uma rivalidade solitária do Jung-Gyu contra o Han Tae-Wook, querendo mostra que ele e superior, mas depois de vários conflitos, reviravoltas entre os dois e até acusação sobre cópia do Han Tae-Wook, ambos viram amigos, mas de novo depois do Jung-Gyu perde a medalha de ouro nas olimpíadas de matemática para o Han Tae-Wook. Jung-Gyu totalmente frustado e com as piadinhas da escola e obviamente por ter uma mentalidade fraca, se suicída, deixando uma carta para o Han Tae-Wook o parabenizando pela medalha de ouro.
Nessa mesma época enquanto os conflitos do Tae-Wook e do Jung-Gyu se desenrolar. Tae-Wook depois de ser pedido pelo seu professor um trabalho na biblioteca, ele avista uma menina, que estava discutindo com a bibliotecária tentando comprar um livro, a menina chega a oferece 10 vezes o seu valor, mas a menina frustada por não conseguir sai da biblioteca, em outra cena, mostra ela sendo intimidade e roubada por três meninas, porém quando as coisas iriam ficar piores Tae-Wook chegar e as meninas fogem, levando o dinheiro da menina, então assim ambos se tornam mais próximos e começa a sair juntos, Tae-Wook descobri que a menina tinha fugido de casa e roubado o cartão do pai, depois de uma conversa ele a convence a voltar para casa, quando ela vai pega o táxi, ela fala para ele, que ele nunca chegou a pergunta seu nome, ele estão responde que não próxima vez irá pergunta, juntando então os fatores do suicídio do Jung-Gyu com o fato do próximo encontro se coincidirem, ao fato da menina está no hospital e ter uma cirurgia marcada para o fim de semana, passa 8 anos e a menina cujo o nome nunca chegou a saber e jamais pode perguntar, nunca foi esquecida.
Oitos anos se passaram, Tae-Wook, chamado agora de Deuk Goo, deixou a escola e se tornou um lutado de boxe, acreditando ser o melhor para o espírito de Jung-Gyu. Deuk Goo ainda vive abalado por seu trauma do passado e no boxe é a única forma de busca socorro. Certo dia ao ir visitar o amigo no hospital, Deuk Goo, se depara com uma paciente fazendo um escândalo e tentando se matar, Deuk Goo, vai até a paciente e a impende, mas tarde em um shopping por obra do destino outro encontro dos dois, mas agora Deuk Goo, sabe que a menina, chamada Kim Ba-Bo e filha de um CEO, então ela demiti o amigo do Deuk Goo, que trabalha em uma loja de calçados, Deuk Goo inconformado vai até a casa da Ba-Bo pedi para ela empregar seu amigo de novo, a parti da aí começa vários conflitos entre ambos, inclusive sobre o pai da Ba-Bo.
Ba-Bo, a primeira vista é uma personagem mimada, que tem tudo por ser rica, não ouve os outros e que não ligar para os outros e nem se importa com os sentimentos alheios, porém ao decorrer do drama vemos que isso nada mais é que uma instinto de proteção dela, ela nada mais é do que uma personagem pedido socorro e assustada. Mas tarde no drama descobrimos que a personagem tem uma doença incurável, chamada "miastenia gravis" os sintomas incluem fraqueza nos músculos dos braços e das pernas, visão dupla, dificuldades de fala, mastigação e engoli, queda da pálpebra superior ou fraqueza muscular do rosto. A doença tem tratamento para amenizar, mas não cura e vemos a personagem sofre com isso diariamente no drama.
Com o passar dos episódios vemos a Ba-bo se tomando uma personagem mais amável, isso tudo pelo amor que ela sente pelo Deuk Goo. Inclusive ela e a personagem com o maior crescimento na série, a gente consegue sentir tudo isso gradualmente.
Os personagens de apoio cumprem seu papel no drama, principalmente os personagens do ginásio de box, alguns deles podem até ser louquinhos, mãe são boas pessoas.
O ritmo do drama é sútil e gostoso de se acompanhar, todas as intrigas apesar de superficiais, incrivelmente conseguem manter o telespectador. O últimos 3 episódios do drama tem um drama que realmente consegue passar impacta, apesar de ser óbvio em drama, que quando tá tudo certo e ainda tem episódios pra rolar, vai acontecer algo ruim, ainda mais quando a personagem tem uma doença, meu problema foi que a doença não foi tratada com mais intensidade no drama, só nos momentos finais.
Apesar de todo sofrimento vivido pelo Deuk Goo na série, ao descobrir que a irmã do Jung-Gyu era a Ba-bo, o fato de sua mãe ter desaparecido e no fim a Ba-bo morrer, o drama passa a mensagem de que na vida:
"Existem pessoas que passam em nossa vida e vão embora e nunca mais ouvimos falar. Outras entram e permanecem para sempre. E há aquelas que passam e vão embora, mas jamais as esqueceremos."
A Ba-bo era era pessoa que o Deuk precisava na vida dele, ela passou, deu motivação para ele, fez ele voltar a ser feliz e passou, porém jamais será esquecida por ele, ela se eternizou no seu coração.
A fotografia, paisagens e trilha sonora do dramas são excelentes e compensam demais. O casal é bom, mas faltou uns beijos melhores.
Ps: esse drama vai fica no meu coração, pois eu conseguir sentir a mensagem e toda infelicidade do protagonista, no fim...ele não foi feliz.
PS2: esse nota foi sentimental.
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