Should be called Umbrella!

This movie starts off with a beautiful fight scene followed by the female lead covering the male lead with a red umbrella and giving him a honey drink. This, was a pretty great umbrella scene and I dare say that the umbrella made way more impact than that honey drink therefore I declare this should be called Umbrella and not Honey!

Other than that is pretty cliche but they are sweet lovable cliches and you know what even though the Male lead is not always true to his understanding of consent he is actually not the least bit in need of a lesson about consent because this guy actually gets this more than any guy I remember seeing on screen to this day! So kudos!

There are some parts in this movie that do feel a bit different and they do touch on men's violence against women with some not greatly done scenes but one heck of a dialog:

Girl: Am I the only girl you hit?
Guy: Of Course you are my number one gal, and the only one I hit !
(maybe not those exact words but... )

Can you just feel the romance! I definitely can...

Jokes aside, that is actually reality for many women and it is NOT their fault and it is complicated, however I did like that the writers included this in the movie.


The male lead and the friendships hera are really good, the female lead has her good parts and bad parts but I am not really convinced by her acting skills at time (sometimes they are good so it could be the directing.

There is also one part that just seems odd and unnecessary, about an uncle.

Definitely fun to watch and entertaining but maybe not a masterpiece...

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Painfull, touching, beautifully made... but pain, pain and pain

This was such a painful story so well written, so well preformed not very entertaining so a typical high score for well made touching story that needed to be told and not so much for it´s entertainment value...


So if you are looking for something fun to watch this is probably not it!

However if you are in need of cleansing your eyes for protection or other reasons, and want to see a movie that deals with loss, terminal illness, parent-teen relationships, different sided to the same story, pain, pain, more pain... in a colorful sometimes even fun way look no further this is the perfect eye cleanser!

I loved how they portray the different characters way of dealing with grief thru the eyes of a teen with (not so) colorful sketches.

I loved the way this is edited with flashbacks done well and perfectly fitted.

The pace is good, the colour scheme fits in so well but what makes this brilliant is all the realism and the small details... a book, a ring tone, a medical device in the bathroom all there like nails right thru the heart.

The added cheerful music and the colourful theatre are such great contrast and mood setters making this movie one of those few you are sure to remember for a long time.

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Fluff, fluffier, fluffiest...

This movie is really touching and sweet showing a palette of fluffy pets and the stories attached to them and their owners. Truly exploring the meaning of ownership mixing humour, cuteness, suspense, love as well as the very painful loss... And in a way how we all are connected in one way or another.

The different relationships shown are very touching and feel real (except foe one with a ghost). I decided to watch this with my 9 year old as the first asian movie I watch with her and she was truly touched by it. Loving the fluff and brought to tears more than once when reminded of our own story of loss of our pet a few years back.

I personally loved the fluff, the people, the animals and how simple this movie is... it does not dig to deep and truly does show how pets affect humans lives. Also this did not help with my long time dream of owning a pig...

All in all definitely a movie I recommend, just do not forget the tissues.

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Unpredictable, odd and will probably help you experience you a whole range of emotions...

To tell you the truth, yes it did bother me to see a 25 year old woman fall in love with a 15 year old, however this drama is good that way it does not in any way tell us the viewers that it is okay for a 25 year old to act upon her feelings for her 15 year old student, and actually shows some pretty realistic turns of events as well as keeps viewers on their toes.

This drama had me feeling a whole range of emotions,no heart fluttering cuteness but rage, disappointment and the occasional come on... it did have me at odds with myself feeling conflicting emotions and hopes... But also had me thinking damn that woman is cool, not the female lead she was not cool at any moment of the show but the second female lead was slightly eccentric and though I did not always agree with her I loved her coolness.

The female lead is portrayed as the complete appifanny of goodness with just that one pretty big flaw of falling in love with her student. If it weren't for that she would easyslie have been a candidate for citizen/teacher of the year... or maybe dubbed a saint of some sort.

The male lead is a stubborn, lost soul and a teenager as teenager are... but actually sweet and pretty cute. His mom is one of those people who only sees fault in others and fails completely to take responsibility for her own actions. I loved her in the beginning but grew to hate her as the story went on.

I liked how they portrayed the harm of gossip, neglekt, bad parenting and all together the love children often have for even the most abusive parents when they are kids. I also liked the lack of predictability most of the time.

All in all pretty ok...

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Touching, deep, fishy.... and oddly emotional oh and funny too.

I was very skeptical about watching this,but once I started looking in to it I got more and more cureus... When you read about this movie you will probably think it is some odd quirky comedy or at least I thought it would be but besides having a man dressed as a fish (sorry who had turned in to a fish) as a lead it is actually pretty deep, not only the water (but the water is deep too). The social satire is pretty much in your face and they do not sugar coat the issues the least bit. Who owns the truth... and in the struggle between profit and life, profit, they mean ambition will win..

Park Bo Young is great as usual delivering cold an raw lines as if they where just the most natural thing to say... Yet again showing depth and versatility. I would have wanted more of her, but what I got was pretty good. So was mr fish, he managed to deliver and be oddly sweet and touching at the same time. I honestly did feel a whole range of emotions...

All in all definitely worth watching, not only for Park Bo Young

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Hello gender conventions

This drama has a whole lot of stuff that where sweet, colorful and fluffy, a bunch of interesting characters, varied pace and shows quite a few interesting ways to handle awkward situations. To be honest I liked the characters more than their cells but the cells where a very interesting and important touch for this show.

The cells are these adorable small Inside out meets smurfs combination that do a great job showing the complexity to a persons thoughts as well as what stress can do to ones mind. However they also did one h*** of a job showing how strong gender conventions as well as the man as norm are rooted in our society without making it to obvious. Either that or this was an attempt of showing a person who is non binary without telling us, since Yumis cells where both masculine and feminine while Woongs cells where all masculine or AI. It was lovely to see that Umie was allowed to have a naughty cell, but put up against the dinosaur in Woongs head, Yumies little slightly annoying naughty cell is way easyer to control. So again Men you should probably speak up and ask them to tame the beasts in next season. This reflects well on the conventions we meet in society so I can not complain about it too much but will say that it does not have to be that way...

All in all it was an okay watch, some parts where more predictable than others and they did make me feel for them...

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Fun and pretty to watch

Another potentially great movie dragged down by a annoyingly written lead... If it was not for that this would definitely have gotten a 9.5. The story is nothing new really but it is well executed, fun to watch and keeps the viewers guessing right till the end.

Lee Jong Suks character is lovable, well written fun, gorgeous from start to finish so I have no complaints what so ever about him while Seo In Guks character is portrayed as an annoying gluttonous airhead a role he does well and is not his fault but does drag down the score. However he does go thru some development and becomes a cute lovable puppy by the end of the drama.

Best part of this drama is the suspense, the friendship, the countless scenes of swimming men... and well Seo In Guk and Lee Jong Suk do make a great looking team (if I am to be superficial).

The side characters all play their roles well, and there are many familiar faces making you go oh there is that guy... Including a very young Nam Da Reum doing what he does best (playing a younger version of someone).

All in all definitely worth watching.

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Feels like an oldie but a goodie...

This movie has this whole rebel without a cause feel to it (not that I have actually seen that) but there is this whole old movie feel to this, by old I mean like 70s and not the 80s it is supposed to represent with disco, bell pants and perms to die for (without the perms). It takes a while to get used to the dialect in this movie but the dialog is fun the acting great and the plot pretty humorous yet maybe a bit slow.

Lee Jong Suk plays this so called playboy, ok he is kind of e jerk at first but it is all explained and he does develop a whole lot so I forgive him... He also has this whole gender reverse theme to him being a bit of a whose compared to Park Bo Young's role who is this fierce gang leader who can kill you with a look as well as her fists,.. Bad to the bone throughout the whole movie on the outside, yet is a fluffy marshmallow when it comes to the man she loves... just kidding she is pretty fierce thru and thru and only has a few moments of sensitivity but not enough to e a marshmallow, and yes she rocks this role.

While some parts may be a bit draggy, the ending made up for it, so all in all an enjoyable watch for those who can enjoy some nostalgic moments... like seeing a walkman and a swiss army knife and such songs as Nothing's gonna stop us now...

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I need courage more than I need romance but cute

This is sweet, not easy to watch easy to binge and a lovely bunch of cliches we have seen before that reminded me a lot of the c-drama My Fated Boy,

The male lead is an adorable cup of hot coco about 90% of the time he is honest, straight forward but a bit to klingey and in need of a lesson in consent even if he does seem to be pretty honest and seem to get what love is, unlike every other person in this show. The female lead is an oblivious icicle scaredy cat about 90% of the time and may need a lesson or two in relaxation.

The side characters are lovely both friendship wise and with their own issues and stories, I did however get slight 3ed couple second male syndrome... That story was way underdeveloped and that guy was the hottest guy in the whole drama... I also liked the second female lead about 70% of the time which is pretty good even though her character was a bit oddly written and not very consistent...

All in all nothing special but entertaining and fun to watch.

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Slow, depressing, sad and beautiful

This drama is so very, very ,very slow paced, some parts could be watched in double speed without one noticing it was in double speed. I will admit some parts where plain boring (especially in the beginning) but there was something beautiful about this drama that kept me on it despite the slight boredom at times.

The cinematography, the styling the umbrellas are just so very beautiful, the veeery slow-mo snowfall that covers the ground, the slow pacing while balancing an old umbrella with beautiful patterns is just so breathtaking gorgeous I could not help but watch. Beautiful fight sceneries and chiffon twirling in the wind.

The drama conveyed longing, holding back and sorrow in the most beautiful ways with all they had. I was extremely impressed over the leads ability to hold back yet still convey their emotions without saying a word, frustrating at times but so touching and true in a way. Yet still so very, very depressing, this drama was just sad and hopeless from start to finish...

I loved the way this drama showed the evil characters, true evil from so many angels it was truly impressive. I also loved how a person who was terminally ill had that as just one of many traits sticking to his evil, selfish, self, no self sacrificing here, what is mine is mine and I do not care who I hurt or how long I will have it, it is mine and I shall have it, period! Adorable, obsessive and fun to yell att.

All in all I do not regret for a moment that I watched it but I do warn you it was veeeeeeery slow paced at times and is probably one of the most depressing I dramas I have seen lately, not to be confused with tear jerker (though this does have that affect too) this one had a depressing feel to it as a whole not just a tear provoking scene here and there.

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Probably the most fitting title for a drama ever

Brace yourselves this is going to be personal, it may be long, it may not and I will start off with the main points before I get personal, and have the one potential spoiler...

This drama is one of the dramas that made me cry the most tears, making me understand why so many still mention it whenever people ask for tear-jerkers. The drama i s touching, most of the characters are lovable and if not always lovable they are most definitely relatable or just realistic showing a whole spectrum of ways to act around people with disabilities. It is touching it is sweet, it is frustrating and it is the type of drama that will make you both cry and get pissed off at the world.
There where several things that did bother me, among them where how little most of the grown ups believed in their children as well as how many parents acted. I hope this was embellished, and that people are not like that in real life but well you never know, however I will just say that it bothered me and leave it at that, was one thing that bothered me that I want to write about before I move over to the even more personal thoughts I want to just put it out there that I honestly wish people would stop feeling inspired by others handle their misfortunes or use that as an excuse or whatever to think over their lives choices. I am not saying not to get inspiration from others, but the reason should not be despite (insert whatever word) it should be wow that is great writing... I wish people who watch this type of dramas would just skip the inspiration and find the relation instead. Asking you to focus on finding common ground and something that you can relate too. From focusing on the inspiration to focusing on being able to relate or try to understand what people are going thru... when I got a recycled heart I got a (matching )necklace with the words "Not your inspiration" from one of my BFFs who also had her share of time in hospitals. Being able to relate is not the same as finding inspiration, relate we are equal, inspiration may have a positive tone to it but it creates distance between us.

But anyway if you are looking for something painful that you most probably can relate to, this drama is definitely worth a try.

Here to the more personal stuff
The drama shows clearly many of the struggles and honest thoughts a person may have when being diagnosed with an incurable disease at an early age. This brought back allot of memories, I more or less buried with my old heart. I got my first diagnosis for an incurable disease when I was 7, and had a cardiac arrest when I was 12. Not att all the same disease and in all fairness other than having to get revived (meds, restrictions, nose bleeds, and a bunch of scars) my disease was just there, nothing I was ashamed of, if someone asked id tell them but not much more.

However when I got older, my heart started to fail and even though I was in my 20s and was already a mom (to a 6 month old), and aware of having a heart disease I thought it was under control and that I would be fine… as a teen I never thought I'd live past 40 but in my 20s I had a job I loved, a family, I was very active and remodeling an old house etc. Life was far from perfect but It was pretty average. Until I started to witness how my body starting to fail me, just like her, in the beginning it was not that serious (I am not going to go in to every detail) but about allot of medical exams, and a year later the word “ heart failure” showed up for the first time on my sick leave note… the words you will probably never be able to work with your job and we can only slow down the progression that is going faster than we planned… to be honest it was just my heart and the heart is just a pump, a pretty important one that effects every single part of the body but essentially it is just a pump.

I got a twitter account while I was at the hospital and much like her I wrote my thoughts, I went to physical therapy 1 hour away from home in a cab because it was the only place i felt safe enough to exercise having my doctor in the same hospital in case my condition got worse (which It did, several times), until I got so ill I couldn't continue. I thought similar thoughts as her, that my loved ones would live better lives if I was not there,I felt like I was useless, but I also kept writing for some reason, nothing inspirational but more uninspirational. I could relate to the lack of understanding when the disability was not visible yet. I could relate to the showing a positive attitude while feeling that it sucked, the looks after I got my wheelchair… There was so much relatable content that i just could not help but cry a lot. I also got so sick that I could hardly eat or speak but I kept writing.. .And did my best, I really did but my heart just kept getting worse...

A part of me was so fed up that I honestly wanted to die, but I kept on living. It was not because I was strong, or possessed some super power… Even if I used a lot of humor and would say I was a fun patient. But it was not like I would have died if I handled it otherwise. As a sick person you are in need of help, active or not the illness does not give a **** about how much you want to live or die. I honestly wanted to toss all my meds in trash at one point. But I got put on the waiting list instead. To be honest towards the end I was just passing the time waiting to die or get a heart, bored (I had not discovered dramas yet) and just waiting for a change… Any change (and at times it felt pretty near).

Yes I could really relate to her but at the same time the ending pissed the hell out of me. Here we had had a portrayal of a human with hopes, dreams and loved the way she is. A person struggling, allowed to cry, allowed to laugh, shown to have a whole range of emotions. And they end it with look how many people you inspired. So it pissed me off. Many people probably cried here, I just got mad and felt like it ruined it for me. She inspired so many to love their lives, I am gonna live for her bla bla bla.. Just no people. Live your own lives you only have one (okay I got a bunch, but still it is your life). Being kind and trying your best should not depend on if you got inspired by a pooor, poor person who did not get to live the life they wanted…. you are you, that person is that person etc… able bodied or not you are a person worthy of an average life, with material needs, relationships, hopes, interests etc. You able bodied person I am sure you too can find strength within to live your life I believe in you!

Okay that is enough for now… Just remember that people with illness are people too...

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A short film can be good this one is not...

This veeeeery short film, has potential to be good, but honestly the very short dialog sounds like it was taken out of a 1970s porno, or what I think a 1970 porno would sound like from how it has been referenced to in movies... it feels cheep, 0 chemistry, o emotion just raw lets get down to business.

I am not saying lesbians should not feel lust, I´m all for lust and attraction but this shot film just seems to show girl on girl action and not much more.

But hey it is only 4 minutes so you may judge for yourself, all potential nudity is also covered up, for those who are worried about that.

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Cute, Cringe, Cinderella with a twist...

This drama starts of as a combination of Boys over Flowers and Cinderella and turns in to some kind of High school sports drama with a dash of murder mystery... Reminding me a bit of Clueless mixed with a K-drama that i can not remember at the moment (other than Bof). For those of you who are in it for the fluffy cliches this is definitely a fun to watch, easy to binge kind of drama that ill have you cringing, laughing, oohhing and ahhhing, and oh no you didn't.. .

The female lead is sweet, smart, sophisticated and pretty sensible... if I where to just stick to adjectives starting with an S, but honestly she is bad ass cool and I love her. The male lead is very typical broken guy turned good and hits all the right spots for those of you who happen like that trope whether you are ashamed to admit it or not. The found families and friendships here are great but I do feel that I should have waited until the second season was released because I am aching to see how the story unfolds, it ends with a hint of a (predictable) cliffhanger.

So entertainment wise this is a 9 or even a 9.5 quality, message and other stuff a 7 so I settled for 8,5 stars. Again this is for those who like fluff and cliches If you hated The heirs or Cinderella and her 4 knights you will probably hate this too.

Best of luck!

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Less religion more drama

The series has allot less of a jesus loves you vibe to it and allot more drama with some loving, wonderful adults and a bunch of adults that made me yet again ashamed to be part of the adult community. While Dominic is this super patient sweetheart in the movie in the drama we get to see other not so nice sides to him reminding us that this is a real person living a complicated life than many gay teens probably can relate too.

There where a few scenes that broke my heart, some that made my heart flutter and some that made me laugh but there where also some scenes that just felt unnecessary which brought down the score abit. Some parts where also more predictable than others...

All in all definitely worth watching but be where there is pain and suffering to come. Also Luke's mom rocks!

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