As a big fan of both Park Shin Hye and Lee Jong Suk as separate actors, it was great to see them both work together and create such great chemistry between their characters. The story was well thought-out, fast-paced and wonderfully directed and, unlike most dramas I have watched, there was not a single point at which I felt bored or the need to do pause to do something else.

The character of Choi In Ha (Park Shin Hye) was adorable, especially with her inability to lie yet constant attempts to do so. However, every character used in this drama, not just the leads, were unique and lovable and I found myself getting attached to the supporting roles as well as the main characters. Excluding the two leads, I'd like to make reference especially to Seo Bum Jo (played by Kim Young Kwang) as, not only was he a very likeable character, I found the portrayal of his character development brilliant.

Faults wise, I'm happy to say that after a lot of thinking on my part, I could not think of a single one. Although, this is my own opinion and I'm sure there were some that I missed while being blinded by Lee Jong Suk's and Park Shin Hye's impossibly good looks.

I was afraid that the ending would be bad but Pinocchio kept up its lovable story till the very end and I was sad when I realised there would be no more episodes for me to watch. Within the first episode I was hooked and, after finishing all 20 episodes, I can say this is definitely my favourite drama and I will definitely watch it again.

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With amazing acting from all the cast, great chemistry between the leads and good music, there is very little I can fault with this drama.

The idea of him being an alien with superpowers you have to take with a pinch of salt as it sounds (and is) a little ridiculous, however the rest of the story more than makes up for it with its fast-paced plot and cute romance. Unlike plenty of other dramas which have slower parts to the story (and thus becoming a tad dull) this drama held my attention throughout its 21 episodes.

Apart from that, the only other fault for me was that I found young Chun Song Yi (Kim Hyun Soo)'s acting a little monotonous. However, her part is small and it in no way affected the story for me. Both leads are cute and I loved the humour. I have, and will probably again, rewatch You Who Came From the Stars, and it will continue to be amongst my favourite dramas.

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Good Points:

- The lead Park Hoon is funny and charismatic with Lee Jong Suk demonstrating his amazing acting. Throughout some of the less exciting bits of the drama, I continued to watch happily just for the character of Park Hoon.
- I loved the music and listen to it often even after having finished the drama some time ago.
- The story had me hooked from the beginning of the first episode and although it drags a little in the middle, I was happy with the ending.
- Good, non-cringe-worthy humour.
- Could not fault any of the actor's abilities.

Bad Points:

- I found the character of Oh Soo Hyun (performed by Kang So Ra) to be a tad predictable and actually annoying in some scenes, although Kang So Ra's acting cannot be faulted. I believe her character would have been less of an irritation to me had they not made her such a main character, but that is just my personal opinion.
- The story does flop a little in the middle where it becomes less fast paced and the surgeries seem to end in a predictable way, however the story picks back up and it ends well.

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A waste of time

TL;DR You could change the description to: "A man with amnesia who believes himself to be a God from another world meets a neuropsychiatrist and they fall in love", and it would have been a far more interesting story.

I know writing a review for this show means nothing now, because there will be plenty for everyone to read, and this will just get buried. But in the off-chance someone reads this: don't watch this drama. I'm annoyed I sat through all of it in the hopes that the water-deity plot would actually go somewhere at some point... spoiler: it didn't.

The 'water diety' plot doesn't go anywhere.
The powers he supposedly has? Don't mean a thing.
The characters (played by actors I like) are one dimensional and completely unrelatable.
The FL's tragic money struggles? Only turn up a few times, and don't change a thing.
Want to watch it for the romance? Sorry, it was unbelievable and boring.

PS: I apologise to anyone who actually enjoyed this drama, I just feel that everything this drama did was lazy, and I really hate it when dramas are lazy.

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Enjoyable

I was super excited for this. This is the kind of genre I absolutely love, with that being said this was completely enjoyable, but lacking in many ways too.

The good:

Incredibly interesting, fun, and loveable characters. Each and every one had their own personality, and their banter together was really fun to watch. I really was invested with every character, and would love to see another film just to have more screentime with them.

The world building was also excellent. Not unique - it's been done before - but no one expected something new with this. The future was painted well, and it's a world I could see wanting to explore more in.

The visuals were great. Shakey camera was a bit of a problem, but the cgi was stunning, and that's all you want from a sci-fi movie in my opinion.

The bad (rather not-so-good):

Nothing sinful here, just things that were lacking.

The story. Average, the kind of thing that's been done a hundred times. Everything was predictable, but that didn't make it any less enjoyable, because I think the characters were so well done. Admittedly, they did seem to try and throw a lot of sci-fi tropes in there all at once, and that really did take away from the story.

The music. Completely boring, unimaginative. Forgettable stuff. In a way, this doesn't matter at all. But then I remember movies I watch again and again because the soundtrack is so fun, so minus points for this.

All in all, good movie. Not great. Just good. A sequal would be nice.

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Acting was excellent, music was absolutely incredible - I have it all on my iPod now - and the story, I thought, was mostly well written too. Uncontrollably Fond's only real issue was how utterly depressing and crushing its story was and, unfortunately, that really dropped it's rating for me personally.

The first maybe 10 episodes (I can't remember exactly) are as depressing as you'd expect from your average melodrama, but each episode always gave you a little bit of excitement, love or cuteness to keep you going. And it did keep it going for me - in fact, I raced through the first half of this drama loving it despite how much it hurt me. However, getting into the second half of the drama it became too much for me. It gets to the point where you feel so overwhelmed by how depressing it is that it's a struggle to continue watching due to the heavy depressing weight that sits on your heart while you watch.

A lot of melodramas have this depressing middle where almost everything could be solved by one person saying something instead of keeping secrets (etc.) so believe me I still had hope for this drama right till the final episode; a hope that, like in a lot of melodramas, either everything would work out in the end or, in this case, the satisfaction from things wrapping up would give you a feeling that all the hurt was worth it. It's a melodrama so of course you expect hurt and to cry a lot, but I thought that after they wrapped everything up I'd feel some kind of relief or satisfaction for the characters that everything they went through was worth it... but, alas, the ending, to me, felt just as depressing as the rest of the drama.

I may, at some point, re-watch the first half of the drama for the cute moments that hooked me in, but I don't think I'll ever re-watch the rest of it - it's too depressing.

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