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Story: Well the basic story was interesting and different, but the writer didnt add much substance to it, I mean how can you stretch a story line which is good for about 10 episodes to 16, it kept going round and round endlessly. The main story was mild but the side stories were quite boring.
Acting: Park Shi Hoo was perfect as always, like most of his other dramas he does steal the show. Probably if it wasnt for his acting this drama would have been a disaster. He plays the cute and nutty character wonderfully as does he with the more serious role of the same character. The female lead I felt was not the right choice. I didnt much care for her acting, and mosty she has a blank and bland expression. Sadly another basic thing which was lacking was the chemistry. That was very lukewarm, rather cold actually.
Verdict: Nothing addictive about this one. If you are a PSH fan, then I guess you have to watch it. Others if you have time and nothing else to watch then give it a go but dont expect it to be like other PSH dramas.
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It really has a refreshing and entertaining story. It starts off in our fav. drama world, and you really feel you are part of this world. There is the competition, intrigues, rivalries and of course loyalties. All in all you get a general idea what the dramaworld is all about.
Somewhere in between a sutle romance starts to develop between the leads, and yes they really grow on you, both the actors have done a wonderful job, especially the girl, I really liked her character and she has played it really well, and their romance is natural and really cute and goes well with their characters.
Although I liked the first half, I was totally hooked by the middle and really loved the second half.
Verdict: Its definately a good one to watch, it is entertaining, romantic and full of challanges, so even if you are not a great fan of the actors, this one is not to be missed.
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Well it did start off interestingly, the story developed when the characters were young. The child actors did a wonderful job and as they grew up the story started dragging, and getting from bad to worse, finally they ddnt have anything else to say so they kept repeating flashbacks to flashbacks.... so annoying.
Like previaouly stated by other viewers, the crying was a major part of this drama. By that I mean all the actors were made to cry and cry for no valid reason, any random diagloge and the tears were flowing...what was worse absollutely nothing made you feel emotional enough to cry and seeing the actors be cry babies was really not a pleaent sight. I guess they were just testing the limits of their crying abilities.
All rants aside, I did watch the whole drama (just skipped 18 n 19 ep and ff the last one and some of the previous ones, although I didnt miss much) I guess I started it so I wanted to finish it like a loyal fan of all the actors. The best part were the three main actors who are amongst my fav ones. Crying apart it was nice to watch them even with this boring story.
Verdict: Very mediocre drama, I would only recommend to ppl who are fans of the actors, have high tolarence for pointless crying and dont mind the endle ss flashbacks, but if you skip it, you wont miss much.
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The story is nice and you dont get bored. The character of Jungdo is very cute and likeable. The romance is luke warm but even then you enjoy it. There are a lot of cliches as well and the "kdrama signature of the love triangle" is there but not annoying or frustrating.
The best is defintely Kim Nam Gil. His character as well as acting is good. both the females did a good job too.
Overall it was a good show, although not a great one. Cant really say its a show not to be missed, but its not bad either.
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Ji Hoon was excellent, funny and cute.
The story basically focuses on the switch and how they live each others lives, which is the entertaining part. There is no romance and entrigues etc. unlike historical movies or dramas.
overall it was a fun ride, quite light and entertaining, and never a dull moment.
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This was quite a mediocre watch for me. There was hardly any story, although it had a few laughs it was not something that keeps you hooked.
Apart from that, like nearly everyone else the hairstyles and outfits of all the main actors were really wierd and distracting.
The main lead was such a cool guy in my girfriend is a gumiho, here he looks more like a girl than a guy. He had too much makeup and his clothes (especially the skinny tights type pants) were really funny, besides he was really really skinny himself, it looked horrible.
the girl with the nasal voice......ufff annoying but Ok i guess.
The blond was the best out of the lot, and if you look past the blondie, it gets better.
Finally the kiss at the end....hahahahhaha, really the worst kiss ever...the girls has a really wierd expression...I couldnt believe they okayed it.
what can i say, if you have nothing else to watch, give it a go otherwise skip it.
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But as I did I got more and more involved in the plot. It revloves around a normal family, when one of the sons realizes hes gay, it shows us his prospective of how painful and frustrating it is for him to deal with it living in this society, how his family deal with it and finally how he accepts it.
the guys playing gay have done a wonderful job, although it must be difficult to play their part especially if they are straight.
the side stories are quite interesting too. well if you have liberal views and dont mind a gay romance, give it a try, it actually is really good. Im glad I did.
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I basically wanted to watch because of J Hoon, who I really liked in Goong, and also I wanted to support him as he went thru a tough time with his scandal and all (after all everyone makes mistakes when young) Well he did a brilliant job in potraying his character, along with the second lead. The bromance (or brohate) is quite good between them.
The story is quite interesting as I like revenge type melos, although not one of the best. It mostly deals with emotions between parent and child and siblings. Sometimes its quite painful to watch but at the same time quite addicting that you cant stop.
Its a little long and tends to have repititions and my opinions is that it could have been a wonderful drama if it was 16 or 20 episodes max. The latter part of the drama is much more interesting than the first as there are lots of twists to keep you engrossed.
The romance is absolutely cold...not even luke warm, with no chemistry between the leads. Im sorry to say but the girl cant act.
The mother is played amazingly and definatly steels the show even though she is an evil character.
the ending.....well I didnt like it. I think they could have thought out a better end for that family, it felt a bit unsatisfactory.
All in all not bad, but not great either..watch if you like revenge melos, but there are much better ones out there.
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What I liked and made me stick with this drama was the interesting plot. The story is really good and the actors have played a wonderful role. Ji Sub is simply superb apart from the fact that he was an eye candy as well. The female lead had done a great job of potraying a naive loyal girl. The second lead does a good job too in playing an innocent childish and selfish character, who want to have everything.
What I didnt like were the many many many flashbacks...they were way too many of them and it gets annoying. The other thing was all the scenes moved so sloooowwww. if someone is walking they showed it for two minutes....and there were many scenes like that, you had to ff them to get to see what was happening.
Rewatch value for me is nil because I like to rewatch sweet happy romantic heartwarming dramas. Id rather not watch tragadies again and again, once is enough for me.
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This is a melodrama which has great depth. All the characters are brilliantly potrayed and played. The actors have delivered excellently as you love the main leads and hate all the characters to be hated.
The writing and direction is brilliant, the dialogues so intense they give you shivers at times and butterflies at others. There are times you are frustrated at the hero for being so helpless in his love, and times when the romance is so touching you get a lump in your throat, and times when you burn with hatred at the vamp, how low and disgusting you can get to attain your obsession.(sometimes it got too much and I would just ff her scenes, i cant stand too much heartburn)
The stories about the side characters was really good and well played. They provided the needed lightness to the otherwise heavy drama.
The songs are really well suited to scenes, and very touching. the background music is also really wonderful.
Now why I gave it a 9 instead of a 10: the ending was a bit rushed, I would have preferred if they had reduced some of the flash backs and given more time to the story at the end of the drama. Although all resolved, there were many questions how things were resolved. It was a happy ending (thank god, I would not have had it any other way) although lots of melo lovers would have loved a tragic one.
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It started out really good. The story might be cliche, as so many fantasy type time travel dramas happening now, but it was good (for this genre you have to forgo many unnatural things and just go with the fantasy flow) The cinematography was beautiful, the music was good, the actors did a good job.
Even though I loved all the charactors, from the cool and aloof general to the bubbly and vivacious doctor and their loyal and lovable comrades, I really got bored with the repetition of the story during the latter half of the show. This would have been a better 16 episode drama, actually I would have given it an 8 or 9 certainly then, but they dragged their issues endlessly (I dont want to mention which issues as I dont want to spoil whoever is watching, but youll get my meaning after you watch it) till it gets quite annoying and you say "on with it now and lets end it now".
The story and romance of the king and queen was quite cute, wish they had more romantic scenes together.
Even though we get our happy ending, it was not really satisfying and quite confusing. I was like 'Huh? what happened here' and took me a while to figure it out.
As for rewatching value, I usually like to rewatch romantic touching type drama, so maybe I might not rewatch it.
Well I do recommend to watch it first time, especially all the Lee Min Ho fans, he has done a good job here.
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I have seen Jun ki in other dramas and he had done a great job, here too he was good but not great (or maybe its his character here thats not so great)
Min Ah, I think was a better gumiho than the ghost Arang, although I liked her as a fiesty rebellous ghost in the begining, she got quite boring in the latter episodes.
The story was different but not gripping. The begining episodes were good and then as the drama progresses, the story slows down to a crawling pace making it slightly boring.
The love story is there but was quite mild and the chemistry quite lukewarm. So dont expect too much on that front. The romance of the other couple was more interesting than the leads.
The ending episodes are slightly better as the story picks up some pace and ties up all the loose ends, but sadly there is not much story there to carry it for 20 episodes.
Finally on an ending note, watch it if you are a Jun ki/Min Ah fan. They look great even if their characters are not that great, and dont expect too much, then you will be fine.
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I did watch Hana Kimi, and I think that was better (although I am a die hard Kdrama fan)
I think like someone mentioned earlier, this caters to the teenage audience and I agree, probably they will give it a 9 or 10 because of the cute actors and sweet romance.
For me it was a filler for my more serious dramas like Gaksital and Rebirth, cause they tend to get heavy at times and you need a breather and relaxer in between.
The acting was so so and the best character and actor was Lee Hyun Woo, he is really an up and coming actor, Ive seen him in other dramas and hes great and improving. Im sorry to say I was not impressed with Minho, his character was so so and so was his acting. The female lead was relatively better but still nothing to write back home about.
The best thing was the music which was quite good.
Finally I have to say, it wasnt addicting that you must see what happens next nor were the characters so endearing that you want to see what happens to them, nor was there any excitment or thrill, (as this is a sports related drama) but still I watched this forgettable drama for what it was.
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This drama deals with the normal kdrama cliches of lost children, parents being killed and then sons taking revenge, but for some reason I found it interesting and addicting.
There is a love story but it starts off in the begining and everyone stays firm with their emotions, the love triangle (yes ofcourse there is one here too) is there but its not too dominating and annoying.
The acting is very good, especially UTW is simply great as always. The leading lady was good too, but for some reason the sad watery eyed look doesnt appeal to me too much, so I found her miserable state a bit annoying (although it was appropriate according to the script, so I guess its not her fault) I would have been happier if she was shown a bit happy at times too, she had the same look through out. I like the second lead girl much better.
Now the negative point was that the drama was really really slow moving. I dont know why they have 24 episodes of a good drama, when it can be a great drama at 16.
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