I watched this movie after reading the review of Life is good and it really deserves a recognition.

It is a beautiful story about growing up, about how teenagers have to deal with family problems, friendship, anger and frustration. All this is told in a beautiful way, because the movie shows in perfect harmony the carelessness of school years, teenage love, violence in family, self-destruction and sweet friendship.
This film among the other Chinese movie I like the most. It has a wonderful visual side, shots and filming are excellent. The director portrayed the complicated emotional life of a girl and a boy. The story is captivating. And there is almost no communist propaganda.
I highly recommend! And you have to watch it to the very end!

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This Drama has a STORY.

It’s written very well and makes you watching with intense attention. Kim Myung Min is great, his character has two faces, before and after amnesia, and well, it isn’t the only amnesia in this show :)

It’s a classic law drama and there are some difficult and complicated cases with financiers, but also some murders for ‘normal’ viewers. The second half of the drama it’s hard to follow because of heavy financial and economical slang. But we also have some funny moments with Oh Jung Se and then we can breathe a little.

There are two women: Park Min Young—supposed to be a main lead, and fiancee (Chae Jung An). The fiancee is obviously a deeper and more interesting character. The director wants to rescue Park Min Young giving her more screen time, but I think it isn't effective.
Judge Jeon Ji Won (played by Kim Ji Han, loved by everyone Tal Tal) is enigmatic, is he good or bad? You don’t know and you have to wait to the end.

Trying to solve sophisticated financial vocabulary, you can wonder if the screenwriter plays with us and gives us the recipe to create a huge fiscal scam..., but it is not true, right?
I recommend this drama for everyone who loves justice, law, court and handsome judges.

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This is a very, very short drama, probably it’s the shortest drama ever.

But surprisingly there are many things to talk about. First of all it’s an artistic project, with unrestricted and free directing (and very small budget), and that’s why this mini-drama is original and sophisticated. The main motive is…a bottle recycling with a fantasy idea of jinn in the bottle.

The plot is rather complicated: we can watch the romance, moral dilemma, supernatural being, comedy and irony, the theme of reusing bottles… what can we not find in 8 min. episode?

I really like this plenty of contents and light, ironical style of the drama.

I can rewatch it anytime, because it’s only 8 minutes long for each episode.
I give 10/10, because it isn’t a classic and serious drama, but rather an experimental one which shows the ability of the director Kim Jung Hoon and I like the result.

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The story is about unemployed young man Do Hyeon (played by Im Ji Kyu) who unexpectedly becomes a taekwondo teacher at the school. I like the stories written by Yoo Bo Ra (“Just Between Lovers”, “Youth”, “Yeonu’s Summer”), they show complicated emotional life of her characters, and at the same time they give us a hope that comes from within a human being, from his power of life and rationality. This is the same here.

The narration has a subtle humor, particularly in Do Hyeon’s philosophy of avoiding beating and hitting. He isn’t tall and that’s why there is no chance for him to win in taekwondo. Also the way of filming shows the funny side of the story. The director doesn’t follow the stereotypes so we are not boring of cliché.

I like the acting, especially short scenes with Choi Min Soo and the kid, the actor has really amazing skills to seduce the audience. Also Im Ji Kyu very well portrayed funny, amusing main lead.
It’s optimistic story with positive message build with small pieces of life. I highly recommend.

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It is intriguing and entertaining. And a little bit odd. Because this is about love for books in Joseon, but it looks simply as a madness about them.

There are bookworms, a bookwolf and a bookpig. There are authors of their books, but also there is a book without the author, because he denied his book. There is also a living book. And bookthieves, and reading under the blanket in the night. All of this is a background for the strange story including murders, sword fights, bromance and of course books.

Scholar Jang investigates the murder case and tries to find the book. In the end will he love and protect the girl or the book?

I love this short drama, it is funny, intelligent and original. The places of filming are really beautiful. Han Joo Wan as a scholar Jang is lovable.
If you love books you must watch it :)

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This is not a drama for good girls. This is battlefield of marriage!

The script is outstanding, intelligent and dialogs are true. To say that it presents the problems of couples is not enough. It is definitely not a sweet romance, but a picture of fight between families, greed, ambition, disappointment, love and desire. The pace is super fast, faster than in action movies, you don't get bored even for a moment.

There are no supporting characters, all stories are presented in detail, but the most interesting are mothers, who are well written and even better played.
Mother of him, played by Seon Woo Eun Suk, is pretentious, hypocrite, childish and selfish.
Mother of her, played by Lee Mi-Sook, is vulgar, furious and greedy, she is also a strong mother, who will do everything for her daughters. In fact she is the main character of this drama.
Sung Joon once again plays a character much older than himself, but as always is OK and Jung So Min the same.

There is no cliche, so this is the original drama, sadistically precise and true.

Music is ambitious.

I love everything in this drama. Do I recommend to anyone to watch it again? Only if you want to go through this battlefield again.

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Drama is very average. The first episodes were intriguing and well filmed, e.g. scenes under the water, with good pace, but now it seems to be a cheap, slow romance.
Characters: The most interesting and mysterious character is the traveler brother played by Jung Moon Sung. I would like to follow his history and maybe love, but he hardly appears on the screen. The Mother - well played with the animus. The fiancee - yes, well played. The friend and the director - there is nothing to watch. Do Ha - I wonder what his character does and what he wants? It`s boring to watch him as amorous chebol. Mika - Lee Sung Kyung mainly plays with her eyes and lips and she MUST sing all the time. Nothing special. The main theme of time and clocks seems to be not important any more. I liked this drama because of pinch of fantasy, but now I`m disappointed. The storyline has lost its freshness. Still I will watch to the end to see the solution of time problem.
The music is good enough.
It`s good drama for everyone who wants light and little boring romance. And you do not have to stop the episode to go and make a cup of coffee in the kitchen.

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Drama starts well and the idea of fantastic items was good, but… there are too many lacks to be a good drama.

Good actors play in a bad way, the script and dialogues are lazy and slow, the interactions between characters are stiff and unnatural. There is almost no direct confrontation between the protagonist and the antagonist, which should be the main theme of the scenario. There are too many characters and too many plots.

The pace is so sloooow. It may be confusing, because it seems to be drama of action. But no, action is too big word here.

I do recommend this drama only if you do not expect anything exciting and original. Just to watch handsome and talented Joo Ji Hoon, Jin Se Yeon – better than usual, evil Kim Kang Woo and sweet Shin Rin A.

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