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My Fellow Citizens!
38 people found this review helpful
May 29, 2019
36 of 36 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 9.0
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 7.0

BEST OF DARK HUMOR

My Fellow Citizen is got to be one of the best drama of 2019 .
A hidden gem .
Why ?
If you read the synopsis , it's about a con man who's forced to run for assemblyman elections .
Hilarious right ?
Pretty Ironic , Con man and assemblyman in a same sentence .
This drama has the best satire and humour out of all the one I've ever seen.
There are situations which are lame but that's just to build up the plot.
The first 2 episodes are nothing special, it might seem cliche' but that just changes significantly to the point that you can't seem to say this was the very drama you started.
I think the situation build-up to the synopsis point took 2 episode which is why it felt a bit cliche'
but woahhh after that it sky-high .
Everything is just on fire.
It's your loss to miss this golden gem.

The casting and acting is above the clouds . As for the plot , you rarely get to witness such different and interesting plots, moreover if they have the plot, the execution is shit on all those.
This goose has laid all the eggs at the right time.

Don't miss this one.

PS : Just came to know Kim Min Jung won the Bakesang Award for this, shows how truly phenomenal this was.^^

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The Bride of Habaek
40 people found this review helpful
Jun 15, 2018
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 3
Overall 9.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 6.0

Perfectly Imperfect Romance

MUST READ REVIEW IF YOU'RE HESITANT TO START THIS DRAMA :

This drama is based on a spin off ( original side plot ) from the manhwa(Korean comic) with the same name .
The original manhwa has a total different plot .
If you're here to watch a fantasy drama with God's fighting , or expecting fantasy things like power and more . Sorry to disappoint you there's no such plot as that .
Morelike the central plot of this drama is empty . It's the romance which has the main focus on . I don't believe you always need some quirky
twists to build up romance . The more the natural , the better it is

This drama is the maturest romance drama . This drama is what you call
" CANDID " . It has a new way of direction and plot writing which many people are unable to digest as they are used to watch bullshit . Those who demand unnecessary twists , a begginning and a ending .
It's slow initially but picks up the pace after episode 4 .
This drama is based on the interaction of a god and a human .
Their romance , fights , moods , jealousy , and somewhat comedy .
It was about the romance and love of a god and a human in the most human way ever . I mean how often do you come across a romance plot was has the power to continue itself with just focus solely on 2 leads .
It's tempting in that way . Slow , but worth it .

When people hear supernatural they always expect more ,
If you have watched My love from another star , that's it .
This drama has the same romance but without any powers or much of a fantasy .
As simple as that .
I always decide to watch a drama based on it's poster .
And it always pays off , this drama has a tempting poster . And mind you posters never lie .
Coming back ,
What surprised me was the interactions , the cinematography , the dialogues , the satire .
Both the leads do have a chemistry . I am a romance maniac and I don't watch things which don't connect .
This one did , and so I did .
I hesitated so much to watch this drama after reading such mean comments . But finally I did after 8 months . All the comments here are BULLSHIT which are criticizing this drama .
This isn't perfect , Yeah I accept that . But this isn't that bad .

They could have had made this drama a 100 or a 1000% times better ,
It's just like that irritating feeling that when you have such a great plot why not try to make it better . But I'm not disappointed with what I watched . Rather i enjoyed it to the fullest coz it was interesting .
THIS IS WORTH A WATCH . ONE OF THE BEST ROMANTIC DRAMA'S I HAVE EVER WATCHED MOREOVER THIS HAS THE BEST ROMANTIC SCENES . The scenes aren't copied . They are surreal , something that you could connect with .

Plot 8/10
Cinematography 10/10
Dialogues 10/10
Soundtrack 10/10
Acting 9/10

Overall 9/10

P.S : Somehow after reading the comments I felt people nowdays don't like mature romance . Maybe the audience who are watching this are teenage girls or boys . --_-- to make such abrupt bullshit statement about this drama .

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The Wind Blows
15 people found this review helpful
Feb 10, 2020
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 1
Overall 9.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 5.0

The criminally underrated drama of 2019

REVIEW :
' You remember the thing with your head but cherish memories in your heart. '

This drama starts off so casually, Once that brink of sadness starts, it feels inescapable.
From the synopsis, as you may have read, It starts on the fun part of a divorce.

You'll love this drama when you're in search for something profound, with proper depth, realistic and most above that if you're a mature person.
This drama is strictly for mature people.

The initial plot is a bit messed up but the execution is brilliant.
The transition from a couple struggling to a divorce situation and the comeback years later.
Phenomenal!
There are moments in your life when you feel empty, tired of watching your regular dramas and movies, this is where this drama strikes. It's simply breathtaking!
It's sad but in the most positive way.
That maturity of never giving up, never losing hope!

I didn't have the courage to complete this drama as I found myself stuck, currently on episode 12.
Even the characters are breathtaking, true to themselves.
Especially the leads, Kim Ha Neul's choice of drama speaks for itself.
She never disappoints me.
Controversial and daring topics but she pays off every time.
One of my fav actresses.
A brave decision to play such a part on such a plot.
It isn't easy!
And Kam Woo Sung, this was my first drama of his. What a legendary actor he is!
His voice reflected the toughness required to play the character, the mentality, the transition of an Alzheimer's patient.
There's nothing better than a Slice of Life category.
The warmth and the cold striking you like nothing has ever.
Drama's like this make you feel tender, And since I haven't seen much of such, I find them profound.
I'll complete this when I find my strength back xD

I decided to
A perfect 9 for this one. ^^

HOW ALZHEIMERS AFFECT YOUR LIFE : SOURCE QUORA ( I found this answer on quora and sharing it for the sole purpose of awareness how it affects our lives .)

First, it depends upon the stage of dementia: mild, moderate or severe.

In mild dementia, it seems to be like being a functional alcoholic's day, as far as cognition goes. You're able to do what you need to do, but some little things get missed, such as your T-shirt is on backwards, but you don't notice, or you can't find the sugar bowl so you start taking apart cupboards and end up going without coffee and the kitchen is a mess. Later, you swear you did not do that. You have no memory of doing it, and the more another person argues you did, indeed, make that mess, the angrier you get. You did not. They are lying.

The whole day goes like this- close to normal, but not quite. Routines are easy, anything new is... more difficult. And, if asked about someone or thing from earlier in the day, you may or may not remember the event. By the end of the day, you're tired of thinking, but your brain keeps throwing up odd thoughts and ideas- things like, "I can't find the car keys. Someone must have stolen them! I need the car keys" and you may wander, rummage, pull things out of drawers for a couple hours, at the end of which you may be unable to tell anyone for what it was you were searching. Even more telling, you may not have driven a car for the past five years.

During moderate dementia, each day is more moment to moment, and routine is your friend. Anything which is routine is easier for you to experience. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, that's how your day is scheduled. But something out of the ordinary- like a doctor's appointment- can throw you. You may balk at going, at getting dressed and getting in the car and going; there's so much mental stimulation involved in such a non-routine event, you prefer to stick to what you know: Breakfast, lunch, dinner- and maybe sitting in the sun, watching the world go by.

Activities like taking a shower can become difficult for you; if you think about it, a shower is an event which is very high in stimulation of all sorts: The bathroom is very separate from your normal living space- usually hard-edged and cold-seeming. Then you must take all your clothing off- naked- that's just a lot of stimulation itself, and the memories loosely associated with naked are also fraught with stimulation. The shower makes noise, the temperature difference is apparent, there's soap and shampoo and the scrunchie thing, water in your eyes, your ears, the space is confined, and, by this time, someone is usually in there with you, "helping", which is just weird, no matter how much you understand and accept you need help. It's one sign diagnostic of moderate dementia: You may start to not like to be washed and clean- shower or bath.

I remember a gentleman in the Facility I worked in in Washington State; he was new, and hadn't been showered at the hospital, so on his first full day, the aides gave him a shower. He spent the rest of the afternoon in tears because, "They threw me in the corner and pelted me with rocks like a piece of trash!" That's what he felt like. Another woman would walk, up and down the corridors, but stay far away from windows, saying "There's Indians out there! They're going to attack!" It took a long time to figure this one out; she would pace and pace, and could not sit still, always talking about Indians shooting arrows at us. Finally a nurse asked her if she had been hit by an arrow? Yes. Where'd they get you? Right here, and she clutched her low back, arrggghhhh! It hurt so much! Going through her medical history a bit closer, we discovered she had been in a car accident years before and suffered a low back injury. She'd been telling us for weeks what was happening to her, but not in a way which made sense to us; to her, it made perfect sense: It felt like an arrow in her back. And who used arrows? Indians!

You are losing words, but it doesn't matter much since those around you ignore that loss and fill in the blanks. Sometimes, you cannot understand what someone else said, like they are speaking a foreign language, and this can make you automatically refuse whatever is being spoken about- that, too, makes a certain amount of sense. Someone babbling to you in a foreign language and making "Come with me" motions is someone to view with suspicion, don't you think? Moderate dementia is the longest part of the disease, usually, which is why I'm spending so much time on it.

The slow slide into severe dementia is sometimes difficult to spot as far as an actual line of demarcation, but one sign is sleeping more and more often. Even during formerly pleasurable activities, such as familiar and enjoyed music, the damage to your brain is so profound, the stimulation is not enough to keep you awake. You sleep, perchance to dream, but we don't know; what we know is damage to the areas which are usually lit up like a Christmas tree during dreaming is profound, but, since we don't really understand sleep or dreaming, and it seems rather cruel to take someone who doesn't do well in new situations into a sleep lab and wire their brains for sound and colour, stick them in a tube and say, "Don't move", we don't know. But that is one of the things I've always wondered about; it seems to me by the time you are in severe dementia, the difference between awake and dreaming is invisible.

Speech is limited, you may have a full thought in your head, but only one or two words come out, if any. Caregivers learn to listen for the first two or so words and try to discern what the thought is from there, because that's usually all we get. Eyesight is odd; you don't know what it is you are seeing. My current "farthest along in Alzheimer's" Resident today did not recognize a puppy. She saw it, she gazed at it, I placed her hand on it, but she looked then at her hand, not the puppy, and there was absolutely no engagement between her and the stimulation provided. She no longer hears music, which is a shame, because she loved music her whole life long, We still play it for her, we still put on her favorite musicals, but there's no engagement anymore. She does not hear or see any of it other than perhaps a fleeting spark of memory, now gone.

In severe dementia, everything is moment to moment, routine means nothing anymore, because there is no past or future, only now.

And then you start your last slide into end-stage dementia; you sleep 20.5 hours out of 24, and when you are awake, you may as well be dreaming. You do not meet anyone's eyes, you do not react in any manner to much beyond very painful stimulation, you are almost gone. We try to feed you, but you don't seem to know what to do with the food in your mouth, and you may choke, which could result in aspiration pneumonia- never a good thing. Your urine output drops, peristalsis decreases, your body temperature may rise. And as your organs start to shut down, you sleep, and sleep, and sleep, and slip away, very peacefully. You're gone.

That's what Alzheimer's type dementia is like.



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Chief of Staff
22 people found this review helpful
Aug 8, 2019
10 of 10 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 8.0

THE REAL THING , STRICTLY FOR ADULTS

Don't watch this if you're an idealist .
You can't pretend to live in a La La Land forever .
This drama is an absolute depiction of how politics work .
It's cruel , sweet but most of all overwhelming to most extent .

We all start by thinking
' I will change the world '
How ?
' By my sense of justice and righteousness '
It all starts with such self belief and shit !

Everything comes at a cost .
And that includes power too .
This is the first season so it's a cliffhanger right now .
But always remember
' You don't cling to the wrong to climb up else you're bound to fall and there's no standing after that '

This is it . It's not a review but an explanation of what to expect in the drama .
It's not a plot to please you , but to depict how things work .
Enjoy !

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Big Issue
12 people found this review helpful
May 3, 2019
32 of 32 episodes seen
Completed 1
Overall 7.5
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 6.0

PURE ENTERTAINMENT

Big issue is a good drama . The one which keeps you wanting for more .
A totally new outlook from the perspective of paparazzi media , with retro vintage music combined .
In short Big Issue is a complete package of enjoyment.
Everything makes sense.
Greed, power, money, nothing's much overhyped here like all K dramas do .

It's all within the limits of the person's capability .
The difficulties they face , I mean even being that to is not easy .
Each and every relevant fact have been factored out .
In short
This drama is a masterpiece .

ACTING :
You know many actors and actress play certain roles but in this drama they have this Aura of the character they're playing .
They have one of the best chemistry .
Specially Han Ye seul , What a gorgeous beauty .
She has the talent of acting with her eyes and expressions .
I was just mesmerized by her throughout this .

ROMANCE :
Are you a fan of cold romance ?
Then welcome to the club .
This drama will make you crave for it .
But you'll get really nothing except little niggles in b/w .
This has one of the coldest romance ( If you've seen K2 you know what I'm talking bout ).

PS : The biggest hidden lesson is the social media outlook .
Photos , how dangerous can they be ?
I mean just think of the fact that if you're being monitored everytime . How would that feel ?Even thinking bout that makes you cringe , right ?
Now what if it gets leaked to the world .
That's it I will leave you here to wonder .

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Heartbeat
12 people found this review helpful
Aug 15, 2023
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 1.5
Story 1.0
Acting/Cast 6.0
Music 1.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
This review may contain spoilers

THRASH OF 2023

Writer: Producer-nim we have an interesting concept to make the drama on .

Producer : Okay Ms. Writer, let's proceed .

Writer after 2 months: Sir , I forgot to write the ending or any explanation regarding vampires plus the ML dies in the last episode.

Producer: Somebody bring me my shotgun.

Writer :Sir , before you shoot me , how about adding some thrash side characters , they would keep the gag in check ?

Producer: Good idea, now someone bring me a katana . ?

WHAT A JOKE This drama was .
I skipped it post-episode 10 .
The worst drama of 2023 so far.
Zero chemistry b/w the leads.
Zero character development.

Wasting the talent of great actors like Ok Tec Yeon, Amazon should be ashamed of producing such dramas.



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A Piece of Your Mind
15 people found this review helpful
Apr 29, 2020
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.0
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 4.0

INSERT TRAGEDY - VOILA GREAT DRAMA

This drama is a perfect example of what a perfect start but terrible writing can do.
They made it a game of depression.
People aren't that lost after all.
A single word to describe this drama is the ' Titanic '
Starts gracefully and then crashes. Crumbling down all the love it received. --_--
The writing in the last two episodes is so terrible that the drama lost its meaning.

The writer seemed lost somewhere.
To me a drama's first and foremost priority is the plot, everything else comes after.
When your plot does down the hill, it doesn't matter how good the actors are or how good the direction and cinematography have been if the plot turns ridiculous.

Anybody giving this above 7 doesn't understand the difference.
These days I see a lot of people giving high scores to every drama irrespective of what it gave you.

Only watch this if you want to see a form of depression. I had so many expectations from this and I'm hugely disappointed.

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Healer
21 people found this review helpful
Oct 3, 2018
20 of 20 episodes seen
Completed 1
Overall 1.0
Story 4.0
Acting/Cast 4.0
Music 4.0
Rewatch Value 1.0

THE MOST OVERHYPED & BULLS**T DRAMA

This could be the most controversial and honest review of the most over hyped and overrated K drama
I can't seems to find a single reason why Healer has such a high rating . I mean this whole drama is flawed and inconsistent , it's knowingly stretched to keep it mysterious . I found it uninteresting . Even suspicious partner is better than this .

The direction and screenplay are not upto the mark . Pretty much terrible
It's inconsistent and f**ks logic .
I have been watching K dramas for a long time and the only reason is that they live upto their name and have a subtle quality but this one didn't .
The only good thing about this is the acting and yeah it sure has interesting characters .
Healer had all the potential , a kinda superhero plot like Superman , actually it has many similarities with superman superficially .
This is the drama where the plot is ordinary but instead the characters create a charm still I think people left their brains behind while watching this and gave it such a high rating .
This also isn't JCW's best drama , K2 was much much better than this .

I will keep it simple , watch healer only and only if you have nothing to do . It should be your last choice .

P.S : I can expect people jumping onto me for this review but I'll be honest that's it . You people are brainwashing others that it's a best drama out there .

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Love to Hate You
17 people found this review helpful
Feb 17, 2023
10 of 10 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 3.0
Story 3.0
Acting/Cast 5.5
Music 3.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
This review may contain spoilers

WHIMSICAL FEMALE FANTASY TRAP

( Coming to all those who liked this drama, Thi review is not for those who've zero sense of taste and can watch anything ! or the world has lost its taste! Yeah the Euphoria audience, I'm talking about you )
Anyway coming back to the review :

I started this drama with loads of expectations.
The start was good but that's about it.
The main stance is hollow right from the get-go.
The direction is horrible and a mess.
Frequent cut scenes that don't make sense.
Poor screenplay and interaction b/w certain characters.
Poor character development!
The very base this drama is based on is hollow.
It's like watching a horrible US mini-series.

~ Just for the sake of it, Imagine a promiscuous woman who goes around beating men and claiming she's slept with around 100+ men, meets an actor who's blunt and straightforward and is definitely not a simp but suffers psychologically from female touch due to trauma.
They meet and grow from hate to love.
Start dating and the drama ends with she doesn't want to get married despite all this.
WTF is wrong with the world ??
And this script ??
One of the worst dramas I've ever watched and moreover felt compelled to write a review about it.
The writer is on w88d .
The acting was good per se,
Ahhh and the side characters, no depth to them either, random interaction followed by forceful liking and dating.
I mean the 2nd FML didn't even have any character development apart from the fact that she's a flight attendant and is a friend of our FML and that she likes pretty faces and such BS.

~ The 2nd ML was awesome, he carried on this drama equally to the ML and outcasted him on many scenes due to his screen presence.

Either way, this drama is a horrible female fantasy.
What have I watched !!
This is so f88k ed up wish I could go back and unwatch this ./
What disappoints me is so much of funding goes into producing such dramas, the actors put so much effort and despite all this they have the courage to create this sh88t show.
F you all !!!

PS: Forgot about pointing out the direction, this director needs to learn his basics, perhaps this drama was shortcut down to 10 episodes or the writer didn't have the script ready and voila they invested and made an sh9t show !!








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Flower of Evil
23 people found this review helpful
Feb 4, 2021
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 7
Overall 5.0
Story 6.5
Acting/Cast 6.5
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 2.0

Let's try to fit Romance anywhere under False Pretense

As usual, I'm gonna be completely honest,
I started this drama after reading the synopsis thinking it'll be a great thriller, A psychopath husband deceiving his wife and everybody.
Even the initial actions of the protagonist were fun to watch but then bam! *FLUSH*
The writer lost in her mind and converted it to a melodrama.
I'm surprised how so many people liked this drama, do you people don't even care if the writer tries to change the theme in b/w?
The acting was good, the script was terrible and the ending was super cliche'.
Decent enough drama I guess.

For people wondering how to easily describe my basic thought, It's like the writer started from Stranger from Hell and made it a melodrama xD
Absolutely Disgusting, right? xD

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Graceful Friends
17 people found this review helpful
Sep 8, 2020
17 of 17 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 5.0
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 1.0

MEGA FAILURE CARRIED OUT BY A LEGENDARY CASTING

Watch this drama only for the legendary casting!
I gave it a 5 only due to the actors otherwise the writer was on weed and meth , and if it was a young cast it would've been a 1/10.
The first half of this drama had such potential and intensity, it went from Mystery and Suspense to the worst Melodrama you can ever imagine.
They made a 12 episode drama and stretch it to 17 episodes.
Kinda reminds me of Return (2018 ) but here the friendship was kinda cool.

I'm shell shocked how can you destroy something with a potential like this to absolute rubbish. It's insane.
There are parts which I enjoyed but those are solely on the merit of the casting /actors.

The writer was like let's insert every possible topic we can.
Who even approved such a shitty script ?
How can they insult this casting , I'm hell lot pissed seriously .
Ughhhh ! --_--

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Kissing Cousin
8 people found this review helpful
Jan 16, 2022
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 10
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 9.0

FOR THE 1 % ; POETIC JUSTICE

I dunno what compelled me to watch this movie, but perhaps it was the poster.
The name might suggest something of a controversial and absurd to an extent.
But the director's vision was way ahead.
Something so silly yet true for perhaps each and every one of us out there, where things don't proceed since we realize it's wrong at an early stage itself.

The whole movie is an art and reflection of poetic justice :
Falling in love with someone who's your cousin.
Indeed it's controversial but you have to accept that it's a poetic visionary.

It's a universal given that some people's first crush is always their cousin.
But things don't escalate further as you realize the sensitivity.
This movie takes it to a whole new level.
I loved each and every second of it.
The portrayal, the sexual tension, the side gazing, the talks.
It focuses on how things develop, slow and steady.
It's more about why you choose to love rather than who you love, how naturally it develops and how it feels when you realize it.

If you love movies to a true extent, you'll find this movie fascinating.
I'm still in awe, especially with the acting.
It felt so natural, I could literally feel each and everything.
Both the actors did a terrific job.
It's almost like this movie deserves awards, especially the actors.
Commendable acting .
I'm short of words, this needs to be applauded.
A must watch .

SPOILER AHEAD :


~ Maybe the closer you're to the answer the more of a mess you paint.
The irony is that they didn't even show them doing any act, just let the imagination to us.
Damn, it's more effective.
Until they did something, it develops to the point where you can't resist.

My fav scene from the movie is when she asks :
' How did you find me? '
He says ' Feelings '
The way he was nervous and tense while trying to find her but close his eyes, relaxed and tried to focus.
That scene is stuck in my mind.
Beautiful.

The increase in intensity on the last day was at its peak.
I could literally feel it.
That they want each other but can't
That they won't see each other for quite some time now.

And he decides to burst the bubble.
' If there are people who feel distant even after millennia,
there are people you can fall in love with within an instant. '

The ending scene is what makes you emotional, the director's aim to portray how much he loves her while not choosing to smoke and laughing realizing how much he does.

This movie invoked my feelings of how it feels to be in love



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Chief of Staff Season 2
8 people found this review helpful
Dec 10, 2019
10 of 10 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 9.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 8.0

RETALIATION TIME

NON SPOILER :

'I'll be the light in the darkness '
This 2nd season started with such high hopes and for good measure, it has delivered every bit of it.
Outstanding finish to such an elegant drama.
This drama is an ART.
An art of reflection for a power struggle in the most heinous way.
When I first saw the 1st season, It left me with numerous questions in my mind and this season answered all of them graciously.
Politics is a tool, if used in the right way is beneficial for the people.
Ardently, it ends with a dark theme just near the end to give you a little shock.
I'm sure many of you wouldn't have been able to catch it since it was in a mixed tone but the writer saw it through.

ACTING: The whole cast needs to be applauded.
Both Lee Jung Jae ( Tae Jun) and Kim Gab Soo (Mr Song) are the souls of this drama.
Especially Kim Gab Soo, I've seen him numerous times now.
He's a LEGEND ! for playing villains every time. ^^
Phenomenal acting. They deserve awards for this one I'm truly convinced.

DIRECTION: Mind-boggling direction of the year 2019.
Songs: Cool and reflective to the nature of the drama.
Romance: It's pure mature romance, nothing cheesy but in terms of realism you would definitely want to have a relationship like our both leads do.
That kind of understanding and trust, just makes you want to have someone in your life ^^


SPOILER with thoughts on ending :

Seriously Song Hui Seop is the most cunning and sagacious person you'll ever come across which is outstandingly awe-striking.

Hye Won is truly a great woman.
Both Miss Kang and she are examples so strongest female characters I've cross across in dramas.

Noticing Mr Song's driver's face when he got stumbled by the news, said and reflected a lot.
His face screamed :
' It's all over now.
It's been piled up so high, it's gotta fall '

The writer though went for a satisfying and positive ending,
but gave us this line

' Don't think it's over
As long as I'm breathing, you'll see me again in this world.'
This is a truth none can deny.
People forget that the world doesn't end in a day.
It continues, even before you and even after you.

Tae jun resigning tells you a lot. Tells you how he's won the battle but lost the war.
To be that gracious even at the end, I'm just speechless.

He used his situation well and did the best. He knew he no longer belonged there.

That last scene had an abyss hiding.
That call from the blue house to him was a huge troll and sarcasm on the ending that the writer went for.
That ending scene was dark and profound.
And he meant there's only one thing he can do.

' One light can't lighten up the night.
Deepening darkness can sometimes only be fought with darkness.
Yet I must keep my light alive even in the dangerous darkness. '

Penetrate the darkness as he has been.

It will be bliss if they go for a season 3 coz with that ending they can.

PS: The Best drama of 2019.

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Something in the Rain
6 people found this review helpful
Aug 14, 2019
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 2
Overall 9.5
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 8.0

UNDERSTANDING LOVE AT A DEEPER LEVEL

What is love ?
Is unorthodox love accepted ?

We are represented by the people around us and judged for the same .
Whether it's family , work or personal everything holds a view and opinion .

This drama is really wonderful .
You would see lots of people being dissatisfied with the ending .
But the director had the guts to convey what really happens .

Are you the kind of a viewer who watches an idealist romance ?
Everything has it's ups and downs .
This drama portrays the good and the bad with such convenience that it's baffling .

All the moaners in the review are immature to accept the beauty of this drama .
( These are all weak people and not smart . Like you average viewer with the disability to assess and tell diamond from carbon )

This has an indefinite ending .
Coz people really don't have answers for everything .
Life and relationships are stories .
And not all stories have a definite ending .

It does get slow but the director is giving you time to think what you could've done in that situation .
This drama comes with an art of reflection for what to do and what not to do .


PS : Cinematography is one of the key element of this drama . Purely phenomenal !

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Stranger Season 2
9 people found this review helpful
Oct 5, 2020
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 8.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 5.0

SLOW BURN COVERING UP THE DISASTER IT COULD'VE BEEN

First of all, If you've watched Season 1 thoroughly in a consisted manner and thought process, you'll agree to what I'm about to say. I had a hard time writing this review but I will be honest, many people will overrate 2nd season but I'm not gonna do that.

Season 1 was so good that it makes Season 2 look worse in front of it.
The direction was an absolute disaster in the first half of this drama.
It was so slow and inconsistent.
They made a 12 episode drama be stretched to 16 episodes and that's the biggest problem in this drama for me.

There were few episodes where I was awestruck and a few where I was so disappointed by the quality of writing and direction in which the whole plot proceeded.
And this is more disheartening when you've everything, all the cast from season 1, a great plot but what goes wrong?
The direction which is the most important part of any cinematographical scenario.
Perhaps that's why they say that to continue a sequel to a legendary plot is so difficult .

Acting was top notch . No holds barred that was the only thing perfect in this drama.

Elaborating the writing part, the writer tried to touch every controversial aspect of government officials and the issue of investigative rights, What made it fail was the direction.
The damage in the first 8 episodes was so grave that the nothing the writer could do to improvise it in the 2nd half.
All in all , we were left with a half heartened try and rushed the final 2 episodes.


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