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| Friday, December 23, 2005 |
| Just Love review |
English Title: Just Love
Chinese Title: Lo Por Dai Yan (My wife, your honor)
Producer: Chong Wai Kin
Chinese Release: May 2005
Episodes: 20
Casts: Jessica Hsuan
Sunny Chan
Dave Wong
Patrick Tang
Johnson Lee
Selena Li
Fiona Yuen
Natalie Tong
Chan Hoi Yee
Helena Lo
Lo Hoi Pan
Rosanna Lui
The basis of the story is rather simple, A modern couple who’s roles are reversed. In traditional society, Husband goes to work and the wife stays home and takes care of the kids. Gou Hei Man (Jessica Hsuan) is a fair and righteous judge who takes her career very seriously. On a vacation skiing, she gets in an accident with Kot Kwok Kwong (Sunny Chan) and they get trapped inside by a fated blizzard. They spend time together resulting in Hei Man becoming pregnant. Kwok Kwong follows Hei Man back to Hong Kong and proposes to her after finding out that she is pregnant. Hei Man, unfortunately doesn’t believe in marriage and doesn’t trust men after what her father did to her family.
Hei Man rejects his proposal, but he doesn’t give up. To scare him away she makes an unreasonable and very strict prenuptial agreement not expecting him to sign it. unexpectedly, he signs it and she is moved and they get married and starts a family, the three of them.
But in this family, the wife goes to work, making the money and further advancing her career. The husband stays home and takes care of the kid. When things seemed to be all well for the couple things soon goes downhill. Everytime Kwok Kwong goes back to the village, he becomes the assertive husband, like a village man should. Hei Man plays along with it even though it’s killing her. Kwok Guang’s father finds out that is is Hei Man that is wearing the “Pants” of the story and then makes Kwok Guang break the agreement by getting a job.
Though many other misunderstandings one after another seriously hurts their relationship. Hei Man finds herself in a situation were she could have signed the divorce papers because she thinks Kwok Guang has a mistress but decides to try to salvage her relationship. She reverts to the traditional role of the wife and even takes time off from work and even thinking of quitting her job, but in the end because of an unresolved misunderstanding causes a rift between them. Adding to the mix is Tai Chi Hung (Dave Wong) who is Hei Man’s ex-boyfriend who still has feelings for Hei Man and is part of most of the misunderstandings.
In the end they get a divorce but not for the reason that you might think it would be. Hei Man gets in trouble with the law and if convicted loses her career as judge. Kwok Guang sacrifices his marriage to save Hei Man.
There is even on more big misunderstanding but will they eventually get them back together?
Characters/Actors-
Gou Hei Man (Jessica Hsaun)-
I liked how they developed her character. There were reasons for who she became the person she is today. Great character development. You have to feel bad her character. With an unfaithful father, she does not trust men in the world. As a wife she knows nothing about being a traditional wife including how to take care of her baby and how to cook, she leaves all these task to her husband. She can be mean and extremely pushy at times, and takes charge of everything. Yet despite all this I loved her character.
Jessica has always played the strong career women since the DIF IV era. She nails this role as always. She is perfect as a judge. Though I do want her to deviate from this kind of role. I felt that her one crying scene could have been better. Her dramatic scenes had always been her one of her strong point but this one is a little below par. But this role is perfect for her! She plays a Judge perfectly. And did I mention how beautiful she was in this series?
Kot Kwok Kwong (Sunny Chan)
First off what is with the name? Kot Kwok Kwong? A bit hard to say.
I disliked his character yet loved it, weird yeah. I disliked how wimpy his character was! What happened to the cool calm collective Chi San? But one thing he retains from that character us how caring and loving he is! It was so sweet the thing he would do for his wife, and even cuter how the littlest things she did made him happy. He gets push around by just about everyone! Poor Sunny. But I liked his Chi San better this guy was too wimpy for my liking. There was no character development on how he became so umm… pathetic. I vaguely remember that AK, his friend said that he used to not take anything from no one, so how does he become like this? Yet is pathetic, wimpy side does appeal to me in a way!
I haven’t seen Sunny in such a long time! Though not a fan of his I enjoyed his return to TVB. His overacting in this series fit perfectly in this series.
ok didn't finsh writing it, but I recently found it looking though my documents... well I decided to post it up... its not complete.. I'll finsh it later
Ratings
Episodes 01-05: 32 pts (peaking at 37 pts)
Episodes 06-10: 31 pts
Episodes 11-15: 32 pts (peaking at 37 pts)
Episodes 16-20: 32 pts (peaking at 36 pts) |
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best regards, nice info
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Cool blog, interesting information... Keep it UP » »
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That's a great story. Waiting for more. » »
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