Story- Yes there are an abundance of episodes but each one is not even a half hour long and they feel so short because the writers did a great job of giving each main character a story line of their own, which fills the time nicely. What I liked about the writing is not only are most eps truly funny but some eps deal with serious stuff so you also get to feel for the characters. Really though the writing was phenomenal cause it kept me watching all the eps without getting bored. In fact they could have continued after ep 123 and I would have kept watching cause I felt like they had so much more story to tell. As for the ending, while not bad like High Kick S2, I would of liked different outcomes for some of the characters.
Acting/Characters- Whats funny is that I came into this not knowing most of the actors, and even if I did know them, there’s no way I would want to watch a 123 ep sitcom just for them. However, after watching a couple eps I realized that the casting was perfect. Every actor whether main or supporting, made his or her characters stand out. I was rooting for everyone to find their success. The main featured family really did feel like they were a family as they had good chemistry. The only loveline that managed to turn into something (Ji Suk & Ha Sun) had really good chemistry and their relationship was just so cute/funny. My favorite character though happened to be Sung Yoon (Joon Sook’s best friend) because he was just so odd but really cute/sweet/innocent. And surprisingly a character that I was completely annoyed by in the beginning (Krystal) became one of my favorites by the end (really good character development for her). There were a couple of characters I just did not ever manage to like (Dr. Yoon Gye Sang, Bak Jin Hee, and Ji Won) their personalities were awful and i even had to start fast-forwarding through their scenes).
Music- Each episode had its own OST, that being said there were too many songs to remember but I remember liking a lot of the songs within various eps.
Rewatch- While the drama is entertaining enough to watch the entire series again, my favorite part of the drama is the second half so I’ll probably stick to watching those eps over and over whenever I feel like a good laugh.
Overall if your like me and had never seen a Korean sitcom, do try this one out because it’s a lot of fun and you get attached to the characters.
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The first thing you should know about this show is that it's a sitcom. It's basis is humor. Different types of humor don't apply to everyone so its really a hit-or-miss with each individual. I myself wasn't sure about it in the first couple of episodes. However, as I continued to watch, I found myself liking it more and more as the characters and plots developed. The story follows the paths of many characters who all intersect with each other dealing with a variety of things like school, work, family, and romance. I thought it was great it all aspects including the music, acting, and story line. Though I love it to pieces, I gave it a five for rewatch value. Not to say it isn't good though. I gave it a five because of the amount of episodes. I wouldn't sit down and rewatch all 123 episodes, but I would catch an episode or two if it came on. That's the great thing about sitcoms, if you're familiar with the characters and story line, you can technically pick up anywhere to rewatch!
I haven't seen "Unstoppable High Kick" or "High Kick Through the Roof!" yet so I'm not sure how it compares to them. However, if you're a fan of comedies/sitcoms, I'd definitely recommend giving this show a go. :D
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Best Comedy, Romance, Drama, Family, Sitcom
I really don't like old dramas, old means made more than a decade ago. Unless the drama is recommended to me and has a very high score. And especially don't like dramas with a large number of episodes, a lot, that is, more than 20 episodesBut this drama has some outstanding features. It's hard to find them all in one drama
First excellent characterization of each of the characters✅
The second excellent Acting on a legendary level of actors✅
Third is the great harmony of the character with the mood and appearance and the way the actors play. Which makes it very believable. bringing together all these very, very cute and talented actors in one drama. None of them are inconsistent with the drama and the story and with the other actors. It is as if they were born for this role. So the third prominent feature is the choice of actors✅
Fourth, the amount of jokes, laughter, and romantic or sad scenes is very appropriate✅
Fifth, I don't watch any movie or series twice, except "Train to Busan"
But this series when I watch parts of it again with friends
still makes me laugh, And unknowingly without realizing the passage of time. I see that I have looked at some episodes of it again. So it is definitely worth watching again.✅
The music for this Drama, for a sitcom Genre, is good
Especially the final music of each episode✅
The point I have to make is the excellent Park Ha Sun acting
This is the first drama I see from this actress and her great talent can be recognized immediately, By far the best actress in this series.✅
The result is by far the best drama in its genre and one of the best in Korean dramas.
Problems in normal life and family style, a Genre that does not focus on one particular character and all the characters are the main role with a comedy theme. I like such dramas and as I said, it is the best work in its genre so far, which after a decade has not only not lost its charm, but is one of the best.✅
And finally, if my Review had shortcomings
In the words of Crystal "Sorry, Sorry"
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If you're scouting right now, I'd like you to consider this humble piece of advice (or plea). Jebal...hajimayo! Watch something else if you can.
High Kick 3 is a story of two neighboring households; a family sitcom that goes through love and rejection, conflict,and growing up. But then instead of bringing out the heartwarming from a comedic narration, it buries them in the 123 episodes and repeatedly brings out instead the irritating habits of its characters with too many annoying instances.
There were two reasons why I kept watching 'til the end: (1)the episodes were very short; on the average, they're 22 minutes, and(2) there are about four people in the drama that I liked to follow (or at least their stories were worth following), while the rest of the cast were just unbelievable to the point of hateful. And then even when there were likable characters in the drama they still have their dis-likable moments.
Honestly, I wouldn't recommend High Kick 3 to anybody UNLESS they have extreme patience for childish characters or if they easily laugh at toilet humor and slapstick. If I could, I'd extract Ji Suk and Ha Sun out of this drama and make their story a separate one. But to have to rewatch it again--out of the question.
For the first time, I rated a drama this low. And I thought I wasn't stingy with scores, but with this, I can't rate it any higher. Mianhae. :(
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Finally, I started it, trust me you will never drop unless you have much more important work to do that will make you not watch any other dramas too.
I started because of Lee Jong Suk, since I binge watched all his dramas. But after watching this one, I fall in love with all the characters.
This drama shows various characters, they have their own cuteness, charm, positives as well as negatives just like how you see people in the world.
There is no good character or bad character. Like a slice of life story.
I usually watch romance or thriller kind of stories, but this one was totally different from all I have watched.
It shows how a family could support each other at any time and there are lot of moments in the drama that you could relate with your life.
No drama made me laugh like this one. It was totally fun and also there are some emotional moments which was sweet instead tragedy.
At the end of the drama I don’t want it to finish and I didn’t know what am going to do next. I felt like I missed them. It’s all thanks to the actors who lived like the characters instead acting. The casting was totally good.
Then finally that monumental Brother and Sister bickering was so lovely and funny.
It was totally worth watching.
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Really fun!!!! so radiantly vital and healthy - great communication, healthy look ppl, FUN!
I am watching 3 first bc I learned about it first and since it is a good experience, I will then watch 2 and 1.I love 3, it is so funny lmao and the characters are so realistic and the plots are realistic (well to some point, lmao everything but the tunnel)
And I love watching the actors!!!! The style of filming, acting, and overall vibe is SO RADIANTLY HEALTHY!!!!! Everyone looks so healthy and energetic, they communicate, they smile, it is lovely!!!!! And there is no tons of white powder on their faces, tons of plastic surgery, skinny skeleton bodies. People have nice normal fit healthy bodies.
E.g. Mr Yoon the taecher has crow feet wrinkles on this face when he smiles, but he is omg aLOT more handsome than any of the modern actors!!!! he just glows!!!! he is 100% beautiful healthy radiant energetic man, no modern actors can even compare with that look. The modern male actors are pale and kinda lifeless, they cannot move much, and the drama makes them act poker faced, which is sooo boring.
And the women in this drama actually look sexy in their mini skirts, they got nice legs. Modern actresses literally look like skeletons, their leg bones like chopsticks in X shape clunking under the mini skirt, it is terrifyingly ugly.
Too many modern actors and actresses look *ill* ***anorexic*** pale poker-faced tired exhausted malnourished depressed non-expressive lethargic stagnant non-moving
So I TOTALLY LOVE this drama for the overal look and vibe of RADIANT HEALTH AND ENERGY AND VITALITY! SOOOOOOO NICE TO WATCH HEALTHY PEOPLE!!!!!!!!
Yeah the series is long so Ms Park's dumbness is getting stale. Ms Park is so cringe, such cliche dumb damsel in distress REALLY dumb woman, to the point of being mentally disabled. Yet she is pretty and kind and socially aware, so she is treated as "desirable" when in reality, her IQ is about 100 and her mental capacity is like 6 yr old child - so her guy has to keep taking care of her. This is a major sexism in this drama. However, her guy is also rather mentally disabled too, he is not smart or rich either, and she is successful at work as a teacher, she is functional and socially respected, so in this drama sexism is not overdone to the cringe point like in modern kdramas.
So it is interesting how this "dumb woman requiring constant assistance of a man" concept has evolved in modern kdramas to make the woman a total loser and the man rich, controlling. and smart, i.e. the dumb damsel in distress concept is taken to extremely humiliating levels, obvious sexism and putting women down and exalting men. This imbalance leads to super boring 1-dimensional acting... yawn....
Luckily in this drama Mr. Yoon actor is very good at acting, and Ms. Park actress made the best out of her role too, so it is ok, she had smart twists and he is very expressive.
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Nang was too hyperactive obnoxious, the acting was ... hm... a little too over the top at the start of the drama. Luckily he is kinda in the background the more you go into the drama and even acts as a mature wise kind compassionate guy
and the plot and the characters are so realistic, it is painful to watch the young TOTALLY immature dude buy like 10 hair pins... . but also that gives the drama the charm.... bc he finally bought her a Xmass gift and told her it is for her. It is nice to see progress :)
There should be season 4, that continues season 3... Bc I want to see what happened next...
I bet that ScooterGirl went to Rwanda and had a good time witih the Doctor, but also... I bet they broke up /never hooked up bc she is 16 yrs younger than him and not mature enough for him, and so I would think the best solution is that she came back to Korea to LongLegs, who, by then, will be an adult and a man.
Ms. Park and Mr. Yoon should have like 10kids, and I wonder if he still behaves crazy with that bat
The actress who is the freeloader female character that eventually works for Dr. Yoon is the weakest acting in the drama and that shows in all her future dramas
it was impressive to have a Caucasian actor in there and it is sad that modern kdramas do not use that
Dr. Yoon actor is phenomenal actor and it shows in his future dramas
Most recently, Heroes Next Door
ScooterGirl actress did a great job, as well as LongLegs actor -
Also Mom actress did a great job. It is strange that this is one of her last "nice" roles, when I saw her in Beauty and Mr Romantic and other dramas, her roles and acting were too.... cringe
Crystal actress did not have to act much, just go crazy. Her suitor is inrelatively similar category but he actually acted more complex stuff and did a good job
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