TBH I really liked this lakorn. I could sympathize with the female lead although stubborn, sometimes to the point…
CamilaNicole -- yup, that was my main WTF?! moment too. Admittedly I adore Push (my favourite role of his was Ugly Duckling: Perfect Match) but as you say - free pass was deserved whereas with the evil ex, I would've just smiled and then gone looking for a shovel.
This drama wasn't bad but the only thing that I regret was I watched this when I was in an emotional state after…
Zero09 -- My deepest condolences at the loss of your friend. I genuinely mean that - my own mum died just over ten years ago and I still miss her. I wish you peace and healing for the future.
HoneyxHoney - STILL no happy ending? Oh I'm done! I adore Park Hae Jin, but that' s ridiculous. .....as ridiculous…
HoneyxHoney -- EXACTLY. FINALLY someone understands! My husband thinks I'm 'daft' for loving this stuff, but that's why - it's a nice escape from the real world and my heart melting makes me so happy. lol!
Well, they've done it twice now and we know how they like to reboot every few years so we MAY be in with a chance. :)
He's scary when he's emotional and I mean emotional as in crazy.
I watched a drama where he laughed and flirted - and it was, I'm sure, his normal laugh......to me it sounded like a serial killer laughing about his next victim!! I think I'm too used to him as Irie-kun . LOL! He just comes across as crazy, even when I'm sure he's being normal, right? ;$
mind you he acted his socks of as Irie Naoki and was THE most convincing as the character; I truly believed he played him as an Asperger's person as I know someone with Asperger's and they are the same. Even she said he was identical to her. :)
I think the charge was 'corruption of a minor' and I think there were some charges about money but I can't quite recall. .i didn't get the 'corruption of a minor' charge though; i mean he was 20 and hardly a 'minor'. But he did say he'd wait for her and I believed him because he was as much in love with her as she was with him.
I vaguely recall him visiting her in prison and reminding her he was waiting....but it was a while ago I watched this on netflix, so not completely sure on that. It could've been another drama as I was watching a couple with women going to prison at the same time as this one. Hope this info helps about her conviction helps. :)
Just to say it has a HAPPY ending and is a really cute drama. Bit rushed towards the end, but it's really good - well acted by the young leads and no ridiculous over the top dramatics in it.
HoneyxHoney - STILL no happy ending? Oh I'm done! I adore Park Hae Jin, but that' s ridiculous. .....as ridiculous…
HoneyXHoney -- I am actually reading the webtoon....I'm just a sad old romantic that is hoping for a happy ending there at least. lol! Park Hae Jin was BRILLIANT in Man to Man! I think 4 Men is also going to be good. :)
I laughed when I read your comment because I was just as gobsmacked - but then we're in the real world and she's…
No problem - to be fair I had to look up what what being an Ikebana artist was. lol! But do watch it - it really was good (to me at least), hope you like it as much... :)
Thanks! I heard that each version is different with a different cast and ending - so it was nice to see another version (again raw, but this time it wasn't so reliant on dialogue as the other one I saw).
I always give the live actions a certain amount of leeway because, basically, they're constrained by the real world we inhabit and the effects we have at our disposal. Thankfully, our imaginations are not so curtailed and so we can see the mangas and animes in a far freer way. It does mean, negatively, that the live actions will NEVER live up to their manga and/or anime origins.
I can live with that and though this movie, like so many others, did the best it could and I loved it for that there will be failings, but nothing that's too terrible to make it a turkey to me - unless the script is awful. We cannot expect animes and mangas to become completely real with genuine human beings playing the roles - it's just not possible. With that in mind the live actions of mangas/animes like FMA are actually VERY good. Bleach was another one panned because it wasn't the same as the manga and anime and yet I thought it was really good.
Another thing to consider is time constraints - there's no guarantee of another movie/series, so the directors and writers have to cram a lot into the run time. If they leave it open, then fans initially think there will be a sequel - THEN complain if there isn't and say it should've been filmed with a 'proper' ending. If they give it a 'proper' ending fans complain it was too rushed and there's no way a sequel could follow now.
When you consider that some mangas have been going for HUNDREDS of volumes and animes have been running - with series, movies and specials - for years, then you can see the pressure on the writers and directors with the live actions. 90 minutes to cram ALL that in.....or leave an open ending....either way they're damned.
Perhaps a few decades in the future there will be ways around this - holographic stage sets, etc; maybe computer generated versions of the real actors (though wouldn't that just be another form of animation?) will make the live action versions identical to their origins and makers can make sure they get a deal for at least 2 or 3 movies to ensure the stories told as completely as possible.........but for now I think what we're given is often, considering the constraints of Real World limits, exceptionally good. I LOVED FMA. :)
Well, they've done it twice now and we know how they like to reboot every few years so we MAY be in with a chance. :)
It's the sad endings I hate because I end up surrounded by a sea of tissues and chocolate wrappers covered in snot and tears....NOT a good look! lol!
mind you he acted his socks of as Irie Naoki and was THE most convincing as the character; I truly believed he played him as an Asperger's person as I know someone with Asperger's and they are the same. Even she said he was identical to her. :)
I vaguely recall him visiting her in prison and reminding her he was waiting....but it was a while ago I watched this on netflix, so not completely sure on that. It could've been another drama as I was watching a couple with women going to prison at the same time as this one. Hope this info helps about her conviction helps. :)
I can live with that and though this movie, like so many others, did the best it could and I loved it for that there will be failings, but nothing that's too terrible to make it a turkey to me - unless the script is awful. We cannot expect animes and mangas to become completely real with genuine human beings playing the roles - it's just not possible. With that in mind the live actions of mangas/animes like FMA are actually VERY good. Bleach was another one panned because it wasn't the same as the manga and anime and yet I thought it was really good.
Another thing to consider is time constraints - there's no guarantee of another movie/series, so the directors and writers have to cram a lot into the run time. If they leave it open, then fans initially think there will be a sequel - THEN complain if there isn't and say it should've been filmed with a 'proper' ending. If they give it a 'proper' ending fans complain it was too rushed and there's no way a sequel could follow now.
When you consider that some mangas have been going for HUNDREDS of volumes and animes have been running - with series, movies and specials - for years, then you can see the pressure on the writers and directors with the live actions. 90 minutes to cram ALL that in.....or leave an open ending....either way they're damned.
Perhaps a few decades in the future there will be ways around this - holographic stage sets, etc; maybe computer generated versions of the real actors (though wouldn't that just be another form of animation?) will make the live action versions identical to their origins and makers can make sure they get a deal for at least 2 or 3 movies to ensure the stories told as completely as possible.........but for now I think what we're given is often, considering the constraints of Real World limits, exceptionally good. I LOVED FMA. :)