to once more roam the blessed earth

i knew going in tat watching the king and the clown was gonna be bad... bad in the sense tat i would be bawling at the end of the movie, tat i would be totally wrecked for lee jun ki, tat i'd be moping over the tragic beauty of it long after the final scene has faded to black.

jus a few things, cuz there are other ppl, like coldcrab, who can say it so much better, and with pictures too ;) lolz! and while trawling for more pics of the movie and his bishounen-ness, i came across this article in english (finally!) analysing the success of the movie.

ok, now, the only reason i can think of for NOT SEEING THIS MOVIE UNTIL NOW was cuz i was ensconced far away down under, apart from decent asian civilisation for an entire year, otherwise my yaoi-loving soul could not possibly stand for it.

( from here on out, it's jus mad ravings, random rantings and way too much swooning and drooling ;p )

孔吉(李俊基)——开在尘埃里的花

yes, evidently i'm still on my 'king and clown' kick - to the extent tat i spent the whole morning reading tiny chinese characters on the screen.

( 天地大杂亭，千古浮生都是客。 芙蓉空艳色，百年人事皆如花。 )

plus more praise for lee joon ki.

一片伤心欲画难——关于《王的男人》

and kudos to the person who wrote this.

excerpt... 人生若只如初见，这大概是这部戏中所有角色的愿望吧。影片结尾处二人高高跃起，画面定格，仿佛在场所有人都隐去了，天地间只剩下二人，再也不去想曾经的伤，曾将的痛，以及曾经给与他们伤痛的人，宫廷外的喧嚣渐渐隐去，轻快的鼓声从田间传来，孔吉和张生以及他们的伙伴们，自由的敲鼓吟唱，这对于他们来说，就是美丽人生。而对于我们观众来说，这一幕却带来如决堤泛滥河水般的哀伤，这伤感不是来自于戏中不可捉摸的爱情，而是一种对于追求自由人生的共鸣。哀伤之余，却又有一分隐隐的期待，就像是香消梦冷，残花落尽之时，仍然肯信来年别有春色，这一种哀而不伤的感情，最是美丽，也最是幽幽绵长。这也是这部影片赚得许多眼泪的缘故罢.