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Jun 24, 2012 1 of 1 episodes seen 8 of 11 people found this review helpful

Lovesick

by never2muchcoffee
- Overall 8
- Story 8
- Acting/Cast 8
- Music 8
- Rewatch Value 7
Loved Ariel Lin and Berlin Chen in In Time With You, so I watched this movie specifically for them. It was a cute movie and an easy way to spend an hour and a half. My only complaint is that they didn't have near enough screen time together.

Just when you think it's over and they're showing NG clips, it cuts back to extra scenes, so keep watching until the credits start rolling.
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Jun 22, 2012 1 of 0 episodes seen 8 of 11 people found this review helpful

You're My Pet

by never2muchcoffee
- Overall 3
- Story 6
- Acting/Cast 8
- Music 7
- Rewatch Value 3
Not even Jang Geun Suk's cute self could save this movie. About halfway through it I realized that it had become nothing more than a vehicle to promote him as some kind of multi-talented actor/musician/dancer/whatever.

I adore Jang Geun Suk and I was really looking forward to this movie. And I usually try hard not to compare remakes to originals, so that I can better appreciate each one on their own merit. But this movie was an absolute mess.

Sometimes a movie/drama is vastly different from the original source material and I'm glad of it - Paradise Kiss is one example. Didn't like the original story, loved the movie (just my opinion, don't slay me). But You're My Pet is not one of those situations. The manga is awesome. The Jdrama was great, even though it didn't feel complete. The movie? Totally lost sight of the original story and the motivation behind the characters' behavior. It was shallow, trite, and farcical.

I know there's only so much that can be done in the short time given to a movie, and that was part of the problem. If there was going to be a Korean remake of this manga, it should've been a drama, not a movie. I think, given a different writer and director, the same actors could've done a much better job in a drama setting where the story and the characters could've been fleshed out and so much important stuff wouldn't have to be skipped for the sake of time. So I don't blame JGS or Kim Ha Neul, I blame the writer and director and whoever thought it was better to make a movie and not a drama. read more
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