MysteryMel-Bookish
Arkansas
Ok - finally completed this intelligent, funny, serious, oh heck - 'one hella of an emotional roller-coaster' drama. Each episode carefully rolls out a tightly interwoven story of intersecting lives of disenfranchised & lonely people unbeknownst to them. This is a story of adults in the workplace facing crappy conditions for contract or non-contract workers in a tight job market,while dealing with all the societal & workplace issues: sexism, agism, office jockey games, and favoritism. Comical to the point of stomach pains and tears to fill a cup full with characters you grow attached via each episode. Romance? Yes-Lite; Conflict? Yes, passive & aggressive; Music? well-suited_spot-on! Watch Again? Yes!
If you like drama that has a strong female lead, adult-issued storyline, no sappy happy endings, & strong writing give this kdrama your time, it will be worth it!
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Found this gem while looking for something else & happy I stopped and watched... This drama puts the M in melodrama without the typical makjang nonsensical acts by focusing on family, loss, change, betrayal and love that swirls around a woman over 50, accompanied by a cast of mature actors. The acting by the two leads was FAB and the onscreen chemistry was smoldering for these over 50 actors. The overall storyline was powerful and insightful how they dealt with numerous "isms" facing families &friends especially the portrayal of the transgender story. Many topics are touched here, however the underlying is the need of love-acceptance by & of family, lovers, men, women, transgender, tall, thick, etc... regardless of age or size.
Why watch? If you are looking for a solidly written storyline with actors who are 50+ this drama will resonate. If you have a large family with lots of drama & characters, this drama will resonate. If you need to see actors not trying to act HS or silly, this story will resonate.
The music was perfectly aligned to the mood and style of drama - nothing special YET it accentuated perfectly.
Would I watch again? Hard to get those 36eps done YET I somehow will miss this drama and the characters. Lastly, have tissues ready. This drama brings tears of sadness & joy thus many tissues-alternatively you will grin for the Mr Kim when he comes home from his first date. In the drama land, youth reigns however this story & actors affirmed that love comes in many shapes, colors, ages and genders. I can only hope that we see more quality drama like this for many of us who are believe in second starts in life.
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The storyline line was easy-breezy, not heavy just right.
The actors perfect. Female lead is a good actress-beauty &brains;. The husband was perfect cast - not drop dead handsome, just like able and real.
Overall, if you're looking something that's just fun, engaging, solid storyline, lots of dancing, laughs & tears, watch DQ.
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Story: not new- another greedy, corrupt chaebols, cops and politicians who kill at random for power & $$. Set that against a justice driven female officer and kick-a@$ team who need to rid Korea of the corruptness. The storyline is full of twist, turns and complexity giving viewers a great ride.
Cast - strong, yet not overbearing. Well selected.
Music - well placed and fit the drama
Watch again? Probably not - nature of crime drama...
Most impressive was finally seeing a drama with a strong mature female lead who was not shackled by candy girl or lost identity or suffering low self confidence. This crime drama was about balance, family, and justice revenge.
side note: this villain was awesome, brilliant and crazy!
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Loved the costumes and scenery the most. This drama was well done for a Cdrama ( which can sometimes be cheesy).
Most stupid ending. Why? Get to marry & sleep with Wallace, wedding nite, you leave to wander for awhile - and tell him via a note???? Really? Tell him you don't know when you will be back, but if he sleeps with another she will neuter him? REALLY? Handsome is laying next to you and get out to wander like a pauper - you silly girl. Oh well, its over and now I'm trying to deprogram my brain from any silly girl scenes. Watch at your own risk...
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Story: Man whose estranged from his marriage, life and family due to his corp stress job is jolted into chaos when it all comes crashing around him by death of his mother leaving the failing sake business to him for closure. Story is about the lives saved, changed while pursing the ultimate sake in a dying yet historic sake brewery as a sake master final masterpiece. Yes, there is competition but only to tighten the story not distract.
Actors: three main characters, son, old master and young man are the chief story drivers but so are the other brewery workers all with compelling lost soul-purpose persons.
Scenery of rural Japan, the intricate steps of brewing sake which is used metaphorically to explain life's chaotic journey made this one my favorite movies. This movie is well paced & well done, is it for you? Now to find and taste more sake.
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Story - emotionally abused family and young girl with talent tossed around work & life
Acting - fair to fair. Female lead could really cry. The male lead is young and had some swagger just not enough to convince me he was not a singer whose trying to act.. Rest of the cast was okay. Of course the gratuitous annoying assistant-friend whose voice & dialog makes cartoons sound good.
Music: jeez folks
RW: NO. not even for snow days
Overall: after watching several strong female - male leads in cdrama this dragged. This is 33ep too long! Yes, skipping is needed. If you want a storyline that seems to drag with an overabundance of wicked-evil women screen time + limp. victim played lead - give this a go. Be warned there are better acted and story's out there!
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Story - not new - really rather overused lately. Arrogant rich boy-man DESIRES poor girl. Girl finally awakens from silly daze, realizing she likes boy-man.
Acting - Male lead was only reason for watching - love his hands and mouth gestures. Female lead was clueless for the entire time, zoned out to silly land, + her acting was "blerg". The other cast of characters were more childish than female lead (really overacting and silly). Funny part was newscasters were still in their roles from previous drama - irony.
Music - not memorable
ReWatch - Oh heck to the NO! Once was enough and skipped half the eps and still got aggravated by all these actors for this "WTH" did I just spend my time doing drama. Oh yeah - male lead....
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Story: Full pageantry, scenery & costumes fit for gods - simply breathtaking. Ok, the story is a complicated love of two gods who are toss about time by any and all other gods-deities' (big-small). Lots of action, dialog, backstabbing, front-stabbing lust and greed. No wonder us mortals are kinda screwy when it comes to love, the gods are in the same boat. Wuxia galore - magically performed.
Acting/Cast: Hands down Mark Chao is mesmerizingly handsome in ALL his roles. He alone is worthy of the watch. The female lead Mi Yang had excellent chemistry with male lead and was cast perfectly as the white-9tail fox, silly, mischievous, cunning and smart. The other host of characters were cast ideally with some more memorable than others.
Music: Well done, nothing exceptional NOR bothersome. Well matched for Wuxia.
Re-watch? Not for awhile and selective eps only. Too long to RW in entirety.
Overall: Solid fantasy, romance, wuxia done well. Mark C is just lovely to watch onscreen. I believe he channeled that role as crown prince, God of War to perfection.
If you enjoyed Nirvana, give this one a try!
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