Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin success or failure in 2020?
With “Crash Landing on You“, Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin mainly achieved coverage and attracted viewers. They still have other setbacks with this movie.
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Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin are the two names that cause Asia’s small screen storm in the first half of 2020, when Crash Landing on You became one of the most popular dramas. The duo’s dedication is gradually recognized at the annual awards ceremonies at the end of the year.
However, Hyun Bin, Son Ye Jin mainly achieved achievements in favor of popularity, instead of acting. Crash Landing on You itself only holds awards for popularity, not for content. Therefore, the really impressive achievements in this year’s television segment did not belong to Crash Landing on You with Hyun Bin, Son Ye Jin.
Completed airing at the end of February, less than 3 months later, Crash Landing on You appeared in the 56th Baeksang Arts Awards nomination list. Excellent Script, Best Actress / Actor (Son Ye Jin, Hyun Bin), Best Female / Supporting Actor …
However, the final result, Crash Landing on You was almost empty-handed in important categories, except for the Best Supporting Actress award for veteran artist Kim Seo Young. Instead, two stars were honored for the sub-award for popularity.
With the record of the last episode of 21.6%, the average viewership rate of 12.4% and the ability to spread widely in countries such as Japan, China, Vietnam … Crash Landing on You easily finishes. in the popularity category at the year-end awards ceremonies. The 15th Seoul International Drama Awards named the work for the Most Outstanding Movie category.
It can be seen that most of the awards that Crash Landing on You won were focused on popularity, not much related to the script content and acting of the main star.
In other words, tvN’s TV works have been a huge success in terms of ratings and widespread spread. Not only was it warmly received at home, Crash Landing on You is also a hit movie on the Netflix platform.
In the first months of 2020, the work dominates the top 10 most prominent movies on Netflix in Japan, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Thailand … The media of the cherry blossoms says that Crash Landing on You has re-established the history of Winter Sonata 18 years ago – one of the first films to bring Hallyu wave to penetrate many Asian countries. In addition, Crash Landing on You also reached the list of 10 most worth watching Korean movies voted by Time magazine.
However, the core thing that makes the aforementioned work the phenomenon is not the great script. The plot still has many holes. Newsen newspaper said that the film was feverish thanks to factors such as beautiful fashion, romantic cross-border love motifs and the looks too matched by Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin.
With Crash Landing on You, Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin have not had the opportunity to show their best. The familiar fateful love motif, character image including military man Ri Jung Hyeok and tycoon Yoon Se Ri are not complicated, easy to express compared to the power of the duo actors.
Perhaps that is why the awards given to the two stars are mainly related to the audience’s popularity and popularity. The proof is that Hyun Bin, Son Ye Jin only received the most famous Male / Actress award, to miss the professional award at the Baeksang Arts Awards 2020 that took place in June. In fact, until now. Now, Hyun Bin has only won one award.
Hyun Bin, Son Ye Jin lost the professional award, the achievement was mainly in favor of popularity and popularity. Considering Son Ye Jin alone, she is more lucrative than her close colleague, but most of it is her achievement in popularity.
At the Seoul Drama Awards 2020, Son Ye Jin was named for the Outstanding Korean Actress category. Meanwhile, the professional award – Best Actress – goes to Gong Hyo Jin, star of the movie When the Camellia Blooms . Next, at the APAN Star Awards 2020, Son Ye Jin won the trophy in the Seezn Star Award category voted by fans. Thanks to Crash Landing on You, Son Ye Jin has a growing fan base in Asia, especially Southeast Asia and Japan. However, this unintentionally entails trouble for her.
Son Ye Jin was controversial when Starmometer – a famous Philippine entertainment news site – honored her as the most beautiful woman in the world in 2020. The results were given based on votes at 6 social networking sites. varies between 4/4 and 22/5. The 38-year-old chimpanzee surpasses many other names such as Lisa (Black Pink), Urassaya Sperbund, Liza Soberano, Sina Deinert … with a total of 4.4 million points.
A part of the Korean audience said that the achievement was more related to popularity than beauty: “Son Ye Jin is also pretty, but looking at the other ranks in the chart, I guess fans voted. “Crash Landing on You is extremely popular in Southeast Asia and Japan, so Son Ye Jin is at the top thanks to her post-movie reputation”, “This result just happened. because Son Ye Jin is being loved passionately thanks to Crash Landing on You “…
Which actress beat Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin?
In the television segment (only the works broadcast in 2020), Crash Landing on You’s rating (last episode 21.6%) was an impressive number. However, the film still had to give up on The World of the Married.
The World of the Married not only beat Crash Landing on You in terms of viewer ratings, but also shined in professional awards. The average rating of the work is 18.8%, while the highest rating is 28.3% (last episode). This is the movie with the best rating in the history of cable stations in Korea.
The married world beat Crash Landing on You for ratings and professional awards.
In June, The World of the Married took over many important categories in the 2020 Baeksang Arts Awards nomination list and then won the Best Director category ((Mo Wan Il) and Actress. (Kim Hee Ae) Kim Hee Ae surpassed many heavyweight candidates, including Son Ye Jin of Crash Landing on to be crowned Queen Baeksang.
The World of the Married is one of the two leading works this year in the list of best dramas, besides Doctor’s Life, according to Joynews 24. The film has received positive feedback from many critics. when building a plot that focuses on the complex aspects of married life, “closely portrays the psychology of the characters in each situation” as critic Gong Hee Jung commented in an interview with Yonhap News, instead of getting caught up in superficial revenge.
Through a conversation with Ilgan Sport newspaper, critic Jung Deok Hyun said that The World of the Married holds great meaning when paving the way for a series containing daring, mature content rather than “attacking” the small screen. At the same time, it is rare for any Korean drama with the 19+ mark to achieve similar success.
Kim Hee Ae is an actress with the most impressive achievement in Korean TV 2020.
Not only Korean media, foreign newspapers also participated in “decoding” The World of the Married. South China Morning Post’s author Edmund Lee scored his 4.5 out of 5 star work and called it “one of the best Korean films of years”. The Guardian newspaper highly appreciated the realism, metaphorical meaning and disruptive direction of character building of The World of the Married.
The World of the Married production crew, especially actress Kim Hee Ae, received many winged compliments. According to Edaily, her strong acting, her emotional outbursts contributed significantly to the film’s success.
