Midas - A quick take.

I have been up catching up on Midas - the korean drama featuring our Hottie Fox catcher No Min Woo from [My Gf s a Guminho] drama.

I didnt know what to watch so I caught this purely randomly by chance, and also for shallower intent of watching Min Woo again in here.

The drama plot is ok revolving around the in-and outs of a financial market and how some companies will bend the rules to play the game. Family dirty secrets, betrayal and revenge. I wont bother to talk about the plot since you can google this from dramawiki directly.

Starting off randomly with the nurse.

I kinda like the lead actress Lee Ming Jung starring as the gf nurse. It wasnt much later in the epsiodes that her concerns about her bf was more understandable. Initially, she came across as someone who seemed bent on in opposing her bf getting ahead, to the point that she was willing to break off her engagement to a man she loved. It was only later on that it became clearer that she had a bad premonition that things will be bad, and not because solely that she felt her bf had changed to another person or that he didnt have enough time for her. Later when Minwoo's character offered her a chance to take revenge on his sister through using him, she turned it down as it was pointless and I kinda like that because it felt more real, and consistent with her sweet down to earth nature.

MinWoo looked cuter here than in My gf is a Guminho. In fact he looked mostly damn good here. I suppose the slightly wavy hair and definitely LESSER eye makeup helps, so he doesnt come across as so sissy. The later episodes where he was sick, I thought he was even cuter there, esp when he smile...awww...such a smile to die for. I think his acting skills still need some major polishing up but he will get there. Hopefully they will put him in a meatier role soon. As for his character here, I dont really get how he wanted to use the nurse to "help" his sister change. Ok i get the idea that he didnt want his sister to carry on behaving as if she has the world under her feet and that everything must go her way. It's kinda strange thinking. Also, it was never quite explained the sister brother dynamics as to why he become the way he was as a rich playboy at the start, and why he and his sister wasnt on good terms. And suddenly, things just changed for the better after the visit to the mum's grave. Ok...a little too quick there.

Min Woo's character's sister In Hye...I am still trying to figure out if she was so cold hearted and ruthless because she was trying to take revenge on her siblings, her father or just to prove her competency? Maybe its everything. Did she ever like Kim Do Hyun or was it just purely business..?

As for Kim Do Hyun...I must first declare that he is at a very unconvincing age to portray himself as undergrad student with that mature look. Seriously, he looked too old to play the part of a uni student...he basically look older than everyone else on the show apart from In Hye, including Strephen who is suppose to be his senior. That aside, I think he played this role rather well, as an avenger of the betrayed. From the unexpected quick rise on the seemingly innocent path to richness, to the ruthless money minded lawyer working for In Hye, to the pitiful lost crying abandoned fugitive, to the released convicted man bent on revenge with his burning rage. The transformation was pretty good, and he blended the soft patch for his ex and his cold hard scheming pretty well!

I am waiting to see if his revenge succeed and if yes, at what cost. It isnt a drama which I would particularly say it's a must watch or that I will go crazy if I miss one episode. It's nice to watch minus the silly parts with Do Hyun's dad and gis silly frens. There are of course parts I dont understand. Like In Hye's brother found the ex-convict guy who was able to see through Do Hyun's game in the stock market, so i assume that ex-convict is also a financial genius. But instead of using that talent, In Hye's brother used him as a crook to hunt down Do Hyun to try to beat him up instead? Dont quite get it...

Also, Do hyun saw In Hye's assistant or secretary at one of the crime scene in the "murder" of the bank vice manager, and having worked with In Hye for 3 years, wont he know the importance and role of the assistant? And yet, Do Hyun seem completely unaware and unconcerned about the secretary existence to track him down? Alot of of inconsistency in this aspect but its minor if you just focus on the big players.  

Am going to hunt around to see if there are anymore worthy show to watch. Stay tight and have a great hols ahead. I am sooo heading to phuket