La Dolce Vita Episode 5
ay_link May 18th, 2008
Episode 5 was obviously a showcase for Jeong Bo Seok’s character (sorry, I think I messed up on his name before. His name is Ha Dong Won, not Dong Wook, so it’ll be corrected from now onwards.) And though I have never seen him in any drama before this one — apparently he was in the KBS2 historical drama “Dae Jo Young”, after episode 5, I’m really quite impressed at his acting. Playing as a scumbag husband, a loving father, yet very rich and successful in his career, usually tends to make me despise the character no matter what. But Dong Won is actually an interesting character, and the most important thing is that he’s smart and manipulative. He seems to know what he’s doing and him playing with ‘fire’ is not that he did it recklessly.
In short, Ha Dong Won rocked this episode, and his sleazy character is getting more and more interesting. This episode brought us even more closer to each character, and especially zooming in more to his character as a husband, a father and a man.
Thumbs up, episode 5 is such a great one that I was pretty much intrigued again to keep on following this series. (despite of the low ratings it’s been getting every week. Sigh. I guess ahjumma dramas are still the #1 watched TV drama in Korea. Though I’m glad, SBS weekend drama “Happiness” which I’ve been watching all this while is placed second to KBS2 weekend killer ratings “Angry Mom”)
