JUST. PERFECT.

This movie has the right amount of each and every genre, you get a handful amount of action, but you also get the perfect amount of romance and comedy. This movie is beyond my expectations!!! I never expected it to be THIS. GOOD. and I’m not even overreacting :P

I’ve never really seen Uhm Jung Hwa as an actress before, but I’m amazed by her acting skills. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a movie with this much popular actors. There’s Kim Nam Gil as a cameo, there’s Lee Sang Yoon, Lee Sun Bin, Park Sung Woong, Jung Man Sik, and many more familiar faces in the movie! And they all acted excellently throughout the film.

What I loved about the storyline here is that all side characters became useful eventually. All the characters in the movie (even the most unimportant characters, like the stewardess or the airplane passanhers) didn’t really shout for help, but instead they helped the main characters take down the antagonist. There’s a loooot of plot twists and it wasn’t too much. All the comedic plot twists are exactly what I needed, unexpected, but resolved in a super excellent way.

Overall, an excellent family-comedy-action-romance film I totally recommend all of you! 10/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Wow, I just can’t describe this movie in words. It’s incredibly amazing, and it’s just super nervewracking in a way that could make you sit up from your bed just to know what’s coming next.

The acting WOWED me so much, and of course the story was also as incredible! Loved every second of it! The moral was quite nice too, tho. Of course, money is important, but what’s more important is honesty. You can’t live with all this peace you want if you’re just living in all these lies. Remember, honesty above all lies.

*SPOILER* Lynn decides to tell her father, then make a recorded testimony about the STIC cheating controversy. She decides to stop from all this cheating, and focuses on her dream to be a teacher like her father.

I don’t think I would ever rewatch this movie again from this beginning. It’s like very uncomfortable with all those nervewracking scenes. Like those scenes were very very realistic, it makes you feel like you’re inside the movie.

Overall, a 9/10 ⭐️

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Great season, I’m totally satisfied!

I’ve been a fan of Busted since the first season came out, and it never disappointed me. People said that this show became more and more scripted, but I don’t think that’s the case. This show is getting more and more epic in my opinion. There were more unpredictable episodes, there were more awesome guests and most importantly, more victories! I was quite disappointed at the second season since almost all of the episodes ended rather unclear, and the detective team always ends up losing, but this season brought back my spirit!

I really really hope there would be another season. Please make my wish come true, Mr. Director! I need to see more of the team. Overall, a great and entertaining watch, *SPOILER* Tae Hang Ho is my all time favorite character, thank you for bringing him back!

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Once upon a time, a super hilarious zombie movie exists...

A cute movie! What I like this movie is how simple but entertaining it is. You don’t need to think, you don’t need to prepare any tissues because you would just laugh out loud for 1 hour 50 minutes straight!

The fact that this movie has the same effects with serious zombie movies such as Train to Busan and #Alive deserves an applaud. At first, I thought the zombie were going to be not serious, or maybe turn back into human into the end, just wrapped up easily, since it was comedy. But, the writers managed to write an excellent climax and ending. Eventhough the “happy ending” seemed a little forced, it was good overall.

The music made it feel nostalgic. ‘Rebirth’ by Yoon Jong Shin fits the vibe of Jjom Bi and Hae Gul’s scene where they were running around having fun in the cabbage farm!

Kim Nam Gil, Jung Jae Young, Lee Soo Kyung, Uhm Ji Won and Jung Ga Ram did a great job in their acting! I’ve only seen Jung Jae Young once in super dark, mysterious film Confession of Murder, and I was surprised at how funny he was in comedies! I’m no longer surprised with Kim Nam Gil’s comedy acting after watching The Fiery Priest... he’s a comedy legend. Despite not having any lines, Jung Ga Ram acted the role of a handsome zombie perfectly! I love the female characters in the movie, Lee Soo Kyung and Uhm Ji Won are a total girl crush!

Overall, a nice comedy movie to cheer you up after a long day I definitely recommend! 9/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Excellent work, Shin Hye Sun!

I’m immediately interested in watching the movie just by knowing Shin Hye Sun would be the main character acting as a lawyer. I loved her acting ever since Legend of the Blue Sea, I loved her even more after watching Secret Forest! And trust me, this movie definitely didn’t disappoint!

The story is clear right from the very start. You know where the storyline is going to take you, and you can already feel the thrill even in the beginning. Eventhough it’s purely a law and mystery film, you can still feel tears at the tip of your eye watching the mother-daughter relationship. The ending scene really catches my eye and it would definitely be a scene I’ll always remember.

Shin Hye Sun did a really really great job portraying her character. Her acting never disappoint! Bae Jong Ok as a elder with dementia, Hong Kyung as a teenager with autism, Heo Joon Ho as a antagonist and Tae Hang Ho as the friendly policeman also did an excellent job portraying each of their characters! 2 thumbs up for the acting!!!

Overall, a 9/10! If you’re looking for a crime, law, mystery, family drama with an awesome plot twist... this is definitely for you! ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Starting off the movie, for me, it went pretty good. With Ma Dong Seok and Lee Dong Hwi showing “comedy” which I think was very successful because it made me laugh pretty hard.

I was hoping for Lee Ha Nee to show up, but she doesn’t show up that often unfortunately. And I came up with the conclusion that she was their mother (when younger) when they immediately realize that no one can see her except them.

When it reaches the part where Ma Dong Seok reads his father’s letter, it brought me to tears. Who would think that someone like Ma Dong Seok could bring so much feels in the movie, right?

And for the last parts, Lee Ha Nee and Ji Chang Wook, the perfect couple, I guess. I wish I could see more of Ji Chang Wook in the movie, tho. But, overall, the movie shows a great brotherly bond.

Definitely a 9 out of 10 ⭐️

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This movie has an awesome thrill, top notch camera and movie effects but the storyline was a let down for me.

The storyline started off really good, and in the middle it gets very thrilling and enjoyable, but sadly, the last 30 minutes was just a major let down. The last 30 minutes were confusing, everything became the opposite to what the storyline mainly explained in the first half. The plot twists were just too much.

On the other hand, the acting were very very good. Shin Min Ah’s acting were realistic and excellent as expected, same goes for Lee Yoo Young and Lee Kyu Hyung. It’s just disappointing to see good actors and actresses in a movie that’s ruined by the ending.

Overall, an 7/10 for me. The 6 points are mainly because of the thrilling first half! An okay movie, but I wish the storyline could be done better. ⭐️

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⚠️ WARNING: There would be a lot of comparisons between Reply 1997 and Reply 1988 ⚠️

I was so eager to watch Reply 1997 after finishing with Reply 1988. 1988 left me with a bit of heartache, and a bucket full of tears, so why don’t I try watching the ‘fluffy’ prequel that has so many good reviews? Sung Dong Il and Lee Il Hwa was the biggest reason why I decided to watch this drama, and I was satisfied with their acting. But yes, this drama is so much lighter than 1988.

I would classify this as the cons, but I don’t really care that much about the love line watching this. I didn’t get that chemistry from the MLs and the FL. And I don’t really feel the chemistry in the friendship as well. I believe friendship is one of the main focus of the Reply series, and I know many K-dramas showed the perfectly unrealistic best friends, but deep down I loved them. Reply 1997 showed me a not-so-great kind of friendship. They showed me that even best friends don’t know their friends’ family members, and that best friends are really selfish sometimes. I know this is the realistic version of friendship, but the point of watching a K-drama sometimes is to see that perfect life the characters are living. As for the love line, they tried so hard to make us confused about the love triangle kinda thing. I’m a little uncomfortable with the age gap between the SML and the FL, and it seemed forced too. As I said before, I loved Sung Dong Il and Lee Il Hwa, but I don’t like how suggestive almost every scene with them became, and some other scenes of the ML and the FL too.

The acting was okay. I don’t really like Hoya and Ji Won’s acting at first, but as the drama goes on, they improved! I’m sorry I had a lot to say of this drama, but I really really don’t like Shi Won’s character. Compared to Sung Bora, or even Deok Sun, she’s definitely still the most annoying for me. She’s impolite, loud, selfish, and annoying, her character develops more later in the end, but still, I don’t like her character that much. There isn’t any character I really like from this series, but I guess it’s just that I’m picky hehe. What really differs this drama from 1988 is that they don’t focus on all of the characters in depth, and unlike 1988, they focused more on the love part instead of the friendship part.

For the music…… I really really loved All For You, the version sang by Eun Ji and In Guk! I was waiting for so long for the OST to come on, but it only came later in the last few episodes. I managed to sing along with some of the oldies K-Pop songs here too and I really loved it: Lovable by Kim Jong Kook, Hug by TVXQ, Couple by SECHSKIES (Oh gosh I love this song!!!), Good Person by Toy.

Finally, what I love about this drama…… is that every feelings are resolved, even the hidden feelings are resolved, and everyone was shown together again at the end! I loved that kind of happy ending! Everyone lived each of their own happily ever after! Overall, it was a nice watch, an 8/10! ⭐️

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Dear friends, life is beautiful, after all.

I didn’t expect myself to be emotionally attached to this drama. I was addicted, with a drama about old mules. I spent hours watching the lives of grandparents in their 70s and 80s. But oddly enough, I loved it. I really really loved it. I enjoyed it, more than I did with a few of my recent dramas that I watch.

Unlike most of the watchers here, I didn’t come here because of a recommendation from Nam Joon, I came here of pure curiosity, after finding this title one day here on MDL. I put this on my PTW list for too long, because I’m still not in the mood of watching something I thought was going to be ‘boring’. But, I decided to watch this spontaneously, and dang, I was intrigued. It didn’t usually happen to me, but this drama made me want to watch more.

Let me start by saying that the story, the acting, the music, the cinematography, and everything here was 101% perfect. It was beyond perfect. The acting was so real, the feelings they portray to the viewers were so clear, it made you feel like you were in that scene/position yourself. Go Hyun Jung and all the actresses and all the actors did a super duper excellent job here! Don’t get fooled by the casts, you may think that watching this is pointless, since you still haven’t reach the golden age, but this drama is for anyone, for everyone, for those of you who needs some healing and some self reflection. Have we treated our parents well? Are we selfish children? Am I living life correctly? You’ll instantly fall in love with all the characters here. They each have their own personal traits and characters, one time you’ll hate them for what they did, but other times you’ll relate with them and you’ll totally adore their characters.

The life lessons in this drama was so deep. It was quite hard for me to watch the last episodes, since a cry baby like me, couldn’t stop crying watching dramas like these. Being old doesn’t always mean you’ve matured fully, it’s never too late to love, to learn, to enjoy life, and to mend broken relationships with anyone. This drama inspired me to live happily, and to live life to the fullest. Live life while you still can, and make sure the life you live right now is happy. Love and cherish your family and friends, because they’re your forever treasures.

I personally loved loved loved this drama. Everything was spot on, and I really enjoyed every episode, especially the last! Overall, I’ll totally give this drama more than a full mark if I can, 15/10. It was per-fect *chef’s kiss* ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Extremely funny, but also heartwarming at times

Ra Mi Ran, Kim Mu Yeol, Na Moon Hee, Yoon Gyung Ho has undoubtedly EXCELLENT acting skills. I’ve only seen Kim Mu Yeol once in an action movie, ‘The Gangster, The Cop and The Devil’ and I’m surprised at how funny he can be. He totally fits comedic roles too! Ra Mi Ran is incredibly funny, and I loooove her! She never acts over the top, but always acts with the perfectly. The acting here deserves a full mark in my opinion.

The story isn’t really new for me, and it especially reminded me of a Hollywood movie, “A Thousand Words”. Despite the excellent comedy, this movie made me tear up with Na Moon Hee and Ra Mi Ran’s scenes. You could cry, then laugh again in just split seconds. The producer and screenwriter did a great job in balancing the comedy and the heartwarming scenes.

Overall, a 9/10! A movie for you to relax and laugh that I definitely recommend ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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This movie is one of the most thrilling Korean movie I’ve ever watched honestly. Most action movies end up absurdly and not clear, but this movie ended with a happy one, that’s one of the thing I like about this movie.

The story and the acting is excellent! If you’re planning to watch this for Jung Woo-sung, don’t. He’s not the main character and just showed up in not much of the scenes. But don’t get me wrong, the movie is still super fun to watch and you’ll not regret spending a 2 hour-ish watching this ;)

Overall, the movie is great and it’s a 9.5/10 for me⭐️

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The start was pretty good actually, I’ve always liked a swindler-themed movie. It was pretty entertaining watching how they got in, how they steal, and especially Yenicall’s part.

But unfortunately, the middle-end part was quite boring for me. There were too many kiss scenes that were quite absurd. And the part which I hate most, too many betrayals in one group. The ending seems to blurry, the “main group” eventually doesn’t get the diamond, and most of the members went to jail.

I never even once try to skip the action part in a movie, but this one made me skip the whole action part because it was too long. To summarize, I wouldn’t recommend this movie if you’re not in to action very much.

Overall, a 5/10 ⭐️

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BEAUTIFUL. VERY VERY VERY BEAUTIFUL.

⚠️ SUPER LONG REVIEW AHEAD ⚠️

This drama got so much hype when it aired. There were so many spoilers, so many reviews, so many screenshots circulating around the social media. And I was planning to watch as soon as the last episode aired. However, the plot twist was spoiled to me since there were no spoiler warning on Instagram like here on MDL. My plan to watch got delayed and more delayed since I thought there was no point in watching when I knew the ending already.

But, after months and months after this drama ended, I knew I needed to watch this drama somehow. I was super happy when the news that Seo Ye Ji and Kim Soo Hyun playing in a drama together came out, so I really needed to watch this drama. So... I watched it. And GOSH... it was BEAUTIFUL. It was beyond my expectations. I forgot the fact someone spoiled me the ending, because the plot twist didn’t really matter anymore. The story of Moon Young, Gang Tae, Sang Tae and all the protagonists were all that matters. It was beyond beautiful, it was spectacular, touching, healing, and was perfect. I don’t think I could move on from this drama so easily now. It’s been quite a while since I last saw this kind of romance drama - I think my last favorite was Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo. It’s something quite rare to see dramas with leads that have awesome chemistry like this, like they were meant for each other. Seo Ye Ji and Kim Soo Hyun did that. They were perfect for each other.

The story. Whew, where do I begin? I was super intrigued after finishing Episode 1. It doesn’t normally happen to someone like me. I usually get quite bored on the first four to five episodes, but IOTNBO managed to break my stereotype upon the first half of dramas. I had to admit that I hated Ko Moon Young’s character at the beginning. She was annoying, self-centered and super loud. But I realized that it was the whole point of the title - Psycho, but it’s okay. As I watched the next episodes, I began to understand her. She grew up without love, and her doors to the outside world were shut closed by her mother. Next, onto Gang Tae. He devoted all his life to his autistic brother Sang Tae. He’s never happy, but always tell other he’s fine. But, when he met the psychotic Moon Young, his life changed. He began to feel real happiness, but he’s now stuck in a dilemma between his brother and the now called “destiny”, Moon Young. Every fairy tale book managed to wow me every time, it has the perfect portrayal of each episode. Very inspiring and entertaining.

Each and every character here is super lovable. Even the side characters are all so lovable. Despite being completely normal, I could somehow understand every patient in the psychiatric hospital. Odd, huh? The screenwriter managed to portray every characters beautifully. Their lines were so inspiring, and every scene was just very very memorable. Some dramas would just add in ‘Healing’ as a tag and would fail in healing the viewers, but this drama really healed me. Doctor Oh Ji Wang, Sang Tae, Lee Sang In, Jae Su, Kwon Gi Do, Kang Sun Deok, Nam Ju Ri, Kang Eun Ja, Gan Pil Ong. These are the underrated side characters. I honestly forgot some of their names, but they left me in such a memorable impression. Their scenes were short, but memorable. Weird, but inspiring. Perfect.

What I really love about all the scenes in this drama is the balance. After heartfelt and tear jerking scenes came up, they brought Jae Su, Lee Sang In, Lee Seung Jin into the scene, making the viewers smile and laugh after tearing up. Their comedic side didn’t seem forced, it was natural and was really funny. Eventhough the main genre of this drama isn’t pure comedy, I didn’t expect myself to laugh this hard watching this drama.

The acting. Seo Ye Ji did a really really great job portraying Moon Young. Can the viewers even guess that she’s actually an introvert? She’s deeply immersed the role of Moon Young and as a viewer, I’m impressed. Super impressed. Kim Soo Hyun did a good job as always. I loved him since My Love From The Star, and as always, I’m in love after watching his drama. He’s so dreamy. Oh Jung Se, just WOWED me with his acting. It’s not easy to portray an adult with autism. But he aced the role. He made me cry a bucket of tears and just overall feel inspired. The life lessons I get were so many, I had to replay several scenes just to get a screenshot of the lines. :-P

The music. New, but fits well with the drama. It got the horror vibe, but some also sounds dreamy when it got to Moon Young and Sang Tae’s scenes. Super duper perfect!

Overall, I could give more than 10 out of 10. I would happily give 100 out of 10 because it was that good! If you’re looking for a romcom, with a hint of mystery and loads of life lessons, THIS IS DEFINITELY FOR YOU. Kudos to all the screenwriter, directors, staffs, actors and actresses!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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