[Discussion] Secret Garden

Abs and I watched Secret Garden over Christmas. For her it was her second viewing but I hadn’t seen it. When she told me about the storyline I didn’t really get the whole swapping bodies thing and I can’t say that I was that impressed. It wasn’t like…..YEAH LETS WATCH IT!!! Especially since it didn’t have Lee Min Ho in it either. It was more like O…..k…..a…..y l…e…t…s w…a…t…c…h i… t… t….h…e…n, said with as much enthusiasm as going to the dentist. (Sorry to any dentists who might be reading this.) But boy did I have a change of heart! The characters were sooooo lovely with Hyun Bin – his acting was brilliant especially in the elevator scene – and Gil Ra Im - Ha Ji Won in her scenes with Kim Joo Wons mother (Snarl – Snarl – Hiss – Snarl) so I really got won over and I loved it. Yes it had plenty of tears attached to it but there were also lots of Ahhhhh moments to. Oh how lovely was that!!! We decided that it needs to become an annual Christmas watch for sure.

Orange Panda wrote: The main guy was soooooooo cute and the main lead girl could be annoying at times. This is just my opinion, after thinking alot, the ending was crap =( But overall the drama was good 8.5/10

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Secret Garden Chosen as #1 Drama Among Oversees Fans

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Last Month, Arirang TV’s “Showbiz Korea,” which airs in 188 countries, opened up a three-week poll on its homepage, asking netizens to vote for their favorite kdrama. 2,024 international netizens participated in the poll and voted SBS’s “Secret Garden” as their all-time favorite.

“Secret Garden” took home the number one spot with 16.1% of the votes, while “Boys Over Flowers,” “You’re Beautiful,” “Coffee Prince,” “Goong” (aka “Princess Hours”), “Sungkyunkwan Scandal,” and “Full House” followed, beating hallyu classics like “Daejanggeum,” “Winter Sonata,” “Autumn in my Heart,” and “All In.”


When asked which male character they would like as their boyfriend, 15.3% of the voters chose “Secret Garden’s” Kim Joo Won (Hyun Bin). 13.9% of the voters then chose “Secret Garden’s” Gil Raim (Ha Ji Won) as the female character they would like to be reborn as.

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Seriously , one of my most favourite dramas of all time, it literally keeps you on toes all 20 eps through. Loved every second of it ^^

cityhunter83 wrote: i really like this one too, but i'm a freak, i thought the whole body switching thing was pointless and really nothng more than shtick. it didnt add anything meaningful to the story line, except to give Joo Won an avenue to SPOILERS-->sacrifice himself for Ra Im, which could have been achieved in a thousand other ways. the rest of the time spent on body switching is just predictable faux pas and an excuse to watch Hyun Bin channel a gay dude (he certainly wasnt portaying Gil Ra Im) which was hilarious. End spoliers

Yes, it could have been made in a thousand other ways (although I personally can't see so many other ways other than physically jumping into that car instead of her) , but it didn't , because that's the story of secret garden. Part of its success - and the reason why I for one loved it to bits - is that it combined so many different genres in a whole which, regardless of to the way you want to interpret the body switch, is consistent. As I see it, the body switch satisfied the comedic as well as the romantic, since it was a way for the two main characters of exploring each other world, which is paramount to a couple so unbalanced in temper, interests, backgrounds, culture and, last but not least, physicality. And although the theme body/soul switch has been explored before and is per se nothing new, the way in which it was used in SG is different thanks to that purpose you say you don't see, something which by the way doesn't make you a freak, imo. :)

*sigh* I want to rewatch it....

Raventhedark wrote: I'm attempting to watch this drama currently... OMG I STILL can't stand Ha Ji Won's short hair... It might as well be burned off seriously wtf -_-

i prefer her SG hair to K2H hair lol