Winter Sonata Ever since I became a K drama fan 13 years ago I've always always heard so much about it and the impact that this drama has brought to the world and how it set off the Hallyu Wave. I always wondered what's so special about it, I had some ideas about the story and some expectations (which weren't promising or exciting) I thought it is just another cliche melodrama and I was always told that it has absolutely no moment of happiness. Therefore I kept postponing it, till I actually came to Korea and went to Nami Island (where they mostly filmed this drama) and when I saw how beautiful the island is and when I saw how ppl from all around the world would go there just to see where the couples filmed their romantic scenes and take pictures and recall all those memories of the drama I realised that this is not just a drama its a beautiful memory to many many ppl and it is still engraved in their memories and heart and that it is something that made them and still makes them so happy so I said to myself I have to watch it!! and FINALLY I DID Story: I finished this drama in one night one day!! from the very 1st ep I got the feeling that it's definitely a special one and it is!! My expectations weren't as close as right this is NOT a cliche story it is not just melo sad story Winter Sonata is more than that its a journey it takes you with it and makes you feel you are living every moment with them you feel their pain and sorrow together and that snow it really remains in your head that whiteness that coldness it's simply just beautiful. Acting: The best part of this drama is the acting performance!! all of the cast the main lead who wouldn't love them I really believed every pain, tear sorrow, touch, longing...etc I believed everything they felt and felt it together with them I actually think that now I won't be able to see those two as actors anymore to me they are Joon Sang and Yu Jin I think it will take time for me to see them as normal ppl again. I understand now why Bae Yong Jun is considered a legendary actor, the character he portrayed the man he presented I've never seen like him. Kang Joon Sang /Lee Min Hyung was a very classy man a true gentleman. When he falls in love he cares for the girl he loves without forcing anything on her, I loved how gentle and understanding he was. If there is a true gentleman this is the man. Music: I fell in love with it from the very 1st ep, it takes so much for me to actually like OST let alone fall in love with it. I came to realise now that all the classic shows really do have different level of music unlike nowadays shows the old ones do remain in my head and I never grow tired of them. WS is no difference it has a BEAUTIFUL OSTs my favourite is From The Beginning Till Now (the song itself makes me tear and I'm really really hard to tear up). Overall? If you are really a true drama fan for the sole purpose of being a drama fan then you know just as much as I do that your list is never complete without watching WS, I doubt that there is anyone there who hasn't heard of it and let me just tell you it DESERVES all the recognition it got it's ONE of a kind. To me it's definitely a REWATCHABLE one I just truly wish that I was from that generation when all the beautiful shows were made.