Horas de Princesa (2006)

Watched it the 3rd time and no plans to rewatch it all over again.

Soooo, when it was aired on Philippine TV some years ago, I will definitely give this a 10. I thought the main leads and the 2nd leads were great from visuals to acting.
But... if you have grown and matured 10 years later, and after several kdramas under your belt, from my POV of 3rd time seeing this, I have come to realize that both main leads acting are so cringe and lackluster.
However, my admiration for their costumes will remain the same, especially YEH's outfit when she became the princess was so cute and fashionable.
The love triangle as usual remains cliché and nothing new.
I have also loved the OST. One of my faves actually.

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Fofo

Esse foi o drama mais antigo que assisti até agora e foi uma experiência muito agradável. Tive uma sensação de nostalgia, apesar de viver do outro lado do mundo, usava algumas roupas que eram moda no drama. Haha

Sobre a história em si, achei bem divertida, não é o melhor drama que existe, mas tem muitas coisas legais. A relação entre a contemporaneidade e o tradicional, reflexões sobre a vida no palácio, o amor nascendo entre os protagonistas...

Se você gosta de series antigas, que poderá ser arrastada, vida no palácio e um romance fofinho entre um príncipe e uma plebeia acho que vale assistir.

Gostei bastante da segunda protagonista, achei todas as escolhas dela bem modernas, poderia ser em uma serie feita hoje (no final de 2022). Gosto da relação dela com a protagonista principal, pois elas não brigam pelo protagonista masculino, a segunda protagonista simplesmente quer priorizar as suas escolhas e seguir a sua vida. Acho isso bem maduro e legal de ver em um drama que já tem os seus anos.

Já o segundo Protagonista masculino é bem insuportável. No início até gostava dele, no final queria que ele se ferrasse.

Gosto das relações familiares, dos pais e dos filhos, achei tudo bem bonitinho e ao mesmo tempo bem contrastante com uma pitada de vergonha alheia (por parte da família da protagonista feminina) que é ótima.

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TRIGGERS PTSD

19yo HS student forced to marry a 19yo crowned prince. She was isolated from her family, from society and forced to live within prison-like rules within the palace. She developed affinity towards a narcissistic crowned prince who does not accept faults and finds a way to blame everything to the FL. I find it inconsistent for the FL to fall for a mean guy. She lived in a harmonious family and she has many friends. Unlikely that this kind of personality would want to have the high drama a narcissist brings.
All throughout the show, she wants to feel accepted by the ML. She gears towards an abusive relationship with ML's detached and self-centered personality.
I know she's making a great mistake and totally understandable because she's a child. If there will be a season 2 where they are middle aged person, I know for sure FL and ML would have already separated and high hopes that the FL finally learned what's good for her.

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Kinda disappointed

Usually i'm easy to please when it comes to watching dramas, but i got so bored of this plotline. I watched to the end thinking maybe the storyline would fall into place but it was way too messy. Literally half of story could've been solved if the characters were honest with each other. also the love hate relationship between the main leads was so confusing one minute they like each other and then the next they hate each others guts.
Another key part of the story that confused me is when the scandal about the crowned princess was out and the family find out that it was Yool she was with that night, why did she not tell the truth and say that it was one-sided when the king ha asked her whether she had feeling or not it literally makes no sense.
I get that this is an older drama and a lot of things were excused back then but the relationship between the main leads were so toxic, especially the way the crowned prince treated the crowned princess.
However it is a classic loved by many and there were also many parts that i did enjoy. One of these being when the main leads did get along, their relationship was really cute and i wish that their was more of that because they never really held that for longer than an episode to which something would get in the way of it and they dislike each other again. Another one is one of the characters being the great late queen, in my opinion she had to be one of the best characters in the story. She was the only one true to herself throughout the show and never really drastically change her character. I also like how she wasn't displayed as a clique of the bad grandmother and was more of a lighthearted character who tried to see the good of all the characters.

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Top of its genre, classic young love story

I watched this drama YEARS ago when I myself was closer to the age of the characters. Let's just say this drama had me by the chokehold when I was 16 and it was one of those dramas that kept me up thinking about the characters and the couple's love story. I haven't rewatched this drama is years but I feel that it doesn't warrant an entire rewatch for me to write a review of it.

This drama is in my opinion top of its genre meaning that if you are a sucker for a teenage/high school, cinderella love story, this show is for you. The charm of Chaekyung is timeless to me (can't believe I still remember the FL name 10 years later). Yoon Eunhye also does a great job bringing her energy and sorrow onto the screen- my teenage self was so charmed by her! This drama had funny parts, heartwarming parts, and parts that made me cry. It's a very straightforward cinderella love story. The chemistry between Chaekyung and Shin could be felt through the screen as well and the OST is a classic! It has classic Korean ballads that we associate with Kdramas pre 2010.

This drama still has the charm it had in 2006 even though its target audience has grown into full adults. If you are an adult above the age of 25 watching this drama, don't expect any earth-shattering soul stirring love-- it is a high school love story that touches on your teenage heart that is timeless and pure.

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DRAAAAAGGGGS but I still enjoyed it

I'm late to the game on this, by 17 years. But in case anyone else is ready to watch this in 2023 here are my thoughts.

First off, the movie poster makes it look like a light-hearted comedy. It is not. FL actress is loveable in her portrayal of a charming lively girl pressed down by what she believes to be a loveless arranged marriage. It will make you think of Princess Diana a lot. Ther are many references and comparisons to Camilla and Prince Charles. 2ML actor does an excellent job portraying his heartbreak and longing. I could feel his pain and anguish in every scene. Even though many of the scenes were excessively repetitive and I fast forward some of them, I watched every single scene of 2ML's -- sometimes twice. He was riveting. The ML's mother is very well done, as a strict seemingly heartless queen, who is carrying pain and loss but trying to hold it all in.

I felt the heartbreak and hope of all the characters. I felt empathy for even the "villains". They are fleshed out and you can see the motivation for their feelings and actions. No one is all good or all bad.

the music is absolutely gorgeous. Perfect. I could listen to it every day.

Parts I hated:
Completely and utterly repetitive. Completely and utterly repetitive. Completely and utterly repetitive. You get where I'm going with this....Maybe even 4, 5, or 6 of the same scene would work. But there were dozens of repetitive scenes. We get the point. Move on, already. Could have cut at least 3 hours out of it by an editor tightening up the script.

The ML. I know it's from 2006, and the stiff, unfeeling, cold and heartless prince was probably in fashion at the time. Does he like her? Doesn't he? I totally get why he likes her. But not why she likes him. Since this is what they were going for, ML actor does a wonderful job. But back to the perplexity of why she likes him. Yes, he's attractive. She says grows to love him because she watches him and starts to understand him, and it makes her love him more. But so far (on episode 20) there is little character growth from him. You can see he cares about her, but mostly while she's sleeping. So, very little basis for her growing to care about him. And the FL reaction to his many insults: holding her tongue and taking it. Late into episode 18, 19 and 20, they could have cut 3 episodes out just by her telling him what he did to upset her. And why is he meeting with the 2FL ALL the time if he doesn't like her anymore and cares for his wife? And it doesn't make sense that he is so giddy happy with his sister, but does not let his affection show with his wife, who he has clearly grown to care for. EDIT: ML was rigid, cold and lifeless, but when his emotions finally broke free near the end, I could see how well the actor did in his portrayal. It was writing I had disliked, and not the actor's portrayal.

TINY SPOILER: and you don't have to give your old photos of your EX back to them! You can just toss them! That's another hour and misunderstanding that we didn't need. We get the idea. END SPOILER.

Overall, I'm glad I watched it. But be prepared to fast forward after the 8th time the scene repeats.

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Drama aired in the year 2006 and watched in the year 2019 a big span so many things has changed so it might be the reason that why I felt this drama is little boring .
Drama start with a good note how unexpectedly two destiny connected with each other and then eventually fall for each other but all the time they faced misunderstanding and either of them clear it and their dialogues make the situation worse ..So both of them fight till end to get together and at last they meet..That's it .There were some funny scenes ,some cute romantic scenes but their misunderstanding spoil it ....I think they stretched the drama too much and last scene I found like it was incomplete , I think if they had make 24 episodes so they can add one more episode that shows ,they lived happily ever after with their kids.

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Это, конечно, любовный роман. Голимый. Но до чего же милый На протяжении всех серий, ловила себя на девчачьем поведении - глупо хихикала над тем, что видела на экране. Пару слов вякну насчет церемоний королевского дома. О май год... Я, конечно, понимаю, всю эту блабла бла ... ты наследник, лицо нации, но таких шор и ограничений - спасибо, не надо. Церемонии как смысл существования просто убивают.
Во второй половине дорамы любовный треугольник довел ангст до состояния зашкаливания. Хотя треугольник хорош, очень жалко было девочку - два принца на одну - это вам не хухры-мухры. Оба эгоистичны, оба стараются победить и поэтому часто не замечают, что делаю больно объекту своей привязанности. Да еще и начали оба то не из-за любви, а из-за интриг. И что мне понравилось то, как показали как любовь может вползти в душу и изменить тебя. Давненько не видела это так проникновенно.
А еще в конце каждой серии были сценки с плюшевыми мишками. Такая прелесть. Думается, что продажи этих мишек после выхода сериала вознеслись до недосягаемых вершин.

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