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He could never win me over in Cunning Single Lady though. The leading girl was very clear in treating him like a younger brother, so later when he became clingy while she never gave him reason to, he really annoyed me. I think that's why I have a slight bias AGAINST him. The only other drama I saw him in is CitT, and I did like him there, but couldn't see his character with the lead. Also the commotion later did not help :P

Dropped @ ep 11

They bombard us from the beginning with POINTLESS fight scenes, and the story goes round and round, and I just don't care. This whole thing is to show off JCW, but it's not even trying to show off his acting abilities. I've seen him do better. And every episode they have to TELL US how good looking he is. I don't know I've seen shallow dramas, but this doesn't even have a story to tell.

Totally agree! Well I dropped at episode 11, and your review made me happy I did so. I have to agree with Yoo Jin's brother, his character really surprised me. But generally all talent was wasted here.

Great watch! I just never get tired of those types of "Noir-50s?-narrated by the hero" type of detective movie. It really felt like one of those detective movies of the wild west :D

ps. that ending scene, I wasn't too sure who I would've rooted for :P

Mostly enjoyed it thanks to Do Kyung Soo, his acting & the character he plays. He's a natural. Otherwise for such a short story it took me so long to finish lol. It felt draggy. It was too slow and we never actually saw them working on the movie or the outcome. I mean they only STARTED working on it by episode 5! Where they were at the beginning of episode 6 should've been at episode 2-3 at most. I don't get the exact aim of this short drama.

Anyways short and sweet, and good acting/genuine characters.

So I wasn't wowed like many who commented, but it was still a good movie.

I did like the direction here, as we kinda start in the middle of the story, then move forward, then backward, then forward again. It sounds confusing but it's really not, it worked much better to tell the tale, and let us see how Koichiro's life unfolded. I also liked the focus and Maki Yoko's character. It felt like a parallel to that of Koichiro. Despite his job being harder and much more desperate, and I don't see her decisions were any less important, and definitely not any less selfless.

And somehow, it felt for me the message of the movie finally hit home at the end of it. It is that we live in one world, that we need to take care of all of it, it all belongs to us. At least that's what I felt. As opposed to "what goes around comes around" it felt more like "we are one" (something explored in the anime FMA:B). Anyways loved that message.

The acting, from Japanese and foreigners was great overall, no complaints there. Some of the English dialog could be considered cheesy at times, but overall it was fine.

My only problem, I guess, is that I couldn't understand Koichiro at all. Most of the film I felt, he probably wasn't the best man for the Job. He was way too emotional. Like what was he intending to do?

Well the lyrics of the song at the end (which are pretty important) managed to clarify a bit. It was actually very smart to have it end this way.

Don't know about this one (yet) but second Gea's recommendation ;)

Well a well edited movie does makes all the difference. Story wise nothing out of the ordinary, but quite a number of funny scenes, specially the handcuffs scene. 2nd leads were caricatures, lead girl was irritating the first half of the movie (she deserved to be fired, but the magazine itself is so unprofessional. What has become with the journalism industry?!?). She becomes much better the second half, but then things go the usual route, which is boring :P

Nice watch overall though

Overall nice watch, but certainly should've been called "God of Crisis" instead. My only issue is, it didn't go the realistic/factual way, with all the invention of countries and companies, and while that would've been fine if it was more entertaining. It took itself too seriously trying to appear all realistic while it wasn't realistic in many ways.

The drama isn't for all that's for sure. Romance make me sleep :P This one kept me on the edge of my seat the seat the whole time.

but it's what makes it good. Those people decent to the deepest of hell, how would they know love?

nop none.

nop none.

Started out promising but writing is lacking in many ways. It has many plot holes, and the character were inconsistent. I get what the overall story wanted to be, but how they got there didn't make much sense. Also I couldn't get over the idiocy or our hero, that is only triumphed by the what a b**** our heroine is. He was just not the man for the job, too dumb and kept falling into traps. She's just an unworthy human being. The rest of the characters were just there to the convenience of those 2 or the story. I guess the most interesting character would be Shin Hyun Joon, up until a certain point...

The acting itself was good in varying degrees. Takenouchi Yutaka & Choi Ji Woo were both great. I really enjoyed their scenes together, and scenes where they were speaking the other's language. It was touching. I thought Hayami Mokomichi was just there to look good, but he did get one strong scene in the end and he did great in it. Hashizume Isao, Shin Hyun Joon, Sato Ryuta... were all doing great, just that not much development was done with the characters.

It's in my long list of drama I have a goal to finish before 2016... it's not going anywhere XD but N no tame ni is a priority once my mood permits.

I needed something short and fluffy, and this fit the bill. It's good for what it is, a commercial for Air Thai. sweet.

I'm only 3 episodes in and don't care much about the romance but what I refuse is that Yoo Jin gets a happy ending. She's evil she deserves a bitter end!

Generally the screen time is divided pretty evenly between the whole cast, which is the beauty of it.

Amazing review! You should do more reviews. I love your comparison to a bowl of candy XD

So much to look forward to! I was dying to watch Tribes and Empires: Storm of Prophecy, but 80 episodes? I don't know If I'll be able to take it. Ode to Joy 2 is a must! I would've been not too optimistic about Nirvana in Fire 2 since it ended to perfectly, but the look they're taking at it is intriguing. Prince Yu was an intriguing character with so many complicated issues despite his evilness, so it's interesting to see how his son will turn out and how being Yu's son will affect him. I hope he doesn't think of revenge.