Friday, March 07, 2008

Coffee Prince/커피프린스 1호점 /咖啡王子一號店



I promised to write a review since a couple days ago. And WHA-LA! Here it is(my version):

Coffee Prince is a very relaxing drama. It's not I-Like-You-You-Like-Me, He-Likes-You-And-I'm-Jealous, vice versa. It's pretty much a drama without antagonists. Instead, it covers other people's story. For instance, the Coffee Prince: Ha Rim, Min Yeop, Sun Ki, and Manager Hong. It doesn't leave stories hanging and makes you absolutely LOVE the Coffee Prince no matter how much you/I hated Ha Rim in the first place. I mean, I really didn't like Ha Rim. He was such a...nevermind. But now, his personality seems really funny to me.

Character Check:

~Go Eun Chan~
A girl that works hard to pay off her family's debts. Ever since her dad passed away, she was always the head of the family. So when Han Kyul said he'd pay her for his "lover" job, she had no choice but to accept. (NOTE: Eun Chan is forced to give up her girl appearance because she works so hard and never has time to "look" like a girl. So Han Kyul thought she was a guy- BIG MISTAKE!!!!!!!!)

~Choi Han Kyul~
A guy that is the son of a huge food company. But instead of working at it, he runs to America and creates blog templates- I think. So his Grandma thinks it's inappropriate for such an important heir(he's the ONLY heir) and sends for his return. When he returns, his Grandma tells him to go on a bunch of blind dates. So that is when Eun Chan comes in. (NOTE: not exactly your typical snobby mob boss)

~Choi Han Sung~
Han Kyul's cousin and friend. He's a song producer, and WAS dating Han Yoo Joo, b4 she ran off with DK (her new boyfriend). He meets Eun Chan (he knows she's a girl) because she delivers milk there. An incredibly nice, friendly, and warm guy. ^_^ (NOTE: he finds himself more and more attracted to Eun Chan....)

~Han Yoo Joo~
Han Kyul's secret "habit". Han Kyul once liked her, but since she liked Han Seong, he gave up. But Yoo Joo once said that if Han Kyul really liked her, he would whisk her away without thought of his cousin. So..kinda confusing. Back to Yoo Joo's personality. Personally, she's pretty cheeky in the first part. She broke up with Han Seong, ran with DK, and had the guts to come back to Han Seong after...3 years? Not so sure. Will check on that. But she becomes sweeter in the end. :)

~Jin Ha Rim~
Read the first paragraph!

~No Sun Ki~
A japanese guy that came to Korea to find his old girlfriend. Searching for a long time already, he works in popular but illegal waffle stand. When Han Kyul is recruiting members for Coffee Prince, he sees Sun Ki and asks him to join. Sun Ki may seem cold and resentful at the front, but when you watch on, he's really a very wonderful person.

~Hwang Min Yeop~
Eun Chan's sister, Eun Sae's crush. Eun Sae once called for Eun Chan to help her out because a gangster was harassing her. Min Yeop mistook Eun Chan for a boy and thought she was Eun Sae's boyfriend. So they decided to have a contest to see who could the most noodles in the least time. The setting is coincidently in the old unremodeled Coffee Prince. Eun Chan wins, and Min Yeop sets off to see her to have another contest when she's working at Coffee Prince. Eun Chan tricks Min Yeop that when he helps her finish the work, then they'll fight. Mi Yeop agrees, and he becomes a hired member of the Coffee Prince when Han Kyul sees what a hard worker he is. A stupid, but soft hearted fellow, is sure to make you smile when you see him.

~Manager Hong~
Before Coffee Prince, Manager Hong always seemed so far away from the actual world. His Coffee Shop never had many customers, even though his coffee was delicious. Basically a disgusting person, but he has his points.

DRAMA WIKI SYPNOPSIS:
The life of Go Eun Chan (Yoon Eun Hye) is not easy; she works many jobs to pay off debts and even gave up her feminine image. Choi Han Kyul (Gong Yoo) is the heir of a big food company, but his grandmother wants him to settle down, so she arranged many dates for him. After Eun Chan bumped into Han Kyul and was mistaken for a boy, Han Kyul decided to hire Eun Chan to be his gay lover in order to avoid the arranged dates. Desperately in need of money, Eun Chan had no choice but to accept. Han Kyul's grandmother also made Han Kyul in charge of a filthy coffee shop in danger of being bankrupt. Eun Chan begged to work at the coffee shop, and not long after, feelings start to spark, except, how would Han Kyul accept his "homosexuality"?

CAST:

Extended Cast

I don't really understand the ratings for Korea, but here they are anyways:
Date Episode Nationwide Seoul
2007-07-02 1 14.4 (7th) 15.5 (7th)
2007-07-03 2 15.3 (7th) 16.2 (7th)
2007-07-09 3 18.1 (6th) 18.6 (5th)
2007-07-10 4 19.0 (4th) 19.8 (4th)
2007-07-16 5 19.3 (3rd) 20.1 (2nd)
2007-07-17 6 23.2 (2nd) 23.9 (2nd)
2007-07-23 7 25.2 (2nd) 25.3 (2nd)
2007-07-24 8 26.8 (2nd) 28.1 (2nd)
2007-07-30 9 25.2 (2nd) 26.2 (2nd)
2007-07-31 10 25.9 (2nd) 27.3 (2nd)
2007-08-06 11 28.4 (2nd) 30.8 (1st)
2007-08-07 12 29.9 (2nd) 31.4 (2nd)
2007-08-13 13 29.3 (2nd) 32.1 (2nd)
2007-08-14 14 28.1 (2nd) 30.5 (2nd)
2007-08-20 15 27.1 (2nd) 29.0 (2nd)
2007-08-21 16 28.5 (2nd) 30.8 (1st)
2007-08-27 17 27.7 (2nd) 29.5 (2nd)
Average 24.2 25.6


Hee Hee. Enjoy watching!

Coffee Prince(English Subs)
Coffee Prince(original version)

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

cool coffee prince i saw it all.thanks for putting them here so i can watch it again