Reviews

Okay it's simple, this is the best variety show I've ever watched.
I've gotten into lots of long running variety shows but this is the first that that I didn't get annoyed of or bored of after a period of time.

Once they changed to the school concept, the show was only going up from there. (Although I do enjoy the old eps as a fan of the show).
Every single person in this cast is CRUCIAL to what knowing bros is. At first I didn't like a good number of the members, but then I realized they are all extremely funny in different ways and they all make jokes off of each other which is why having the seven of them is so important.
This the ONLY show I have seen that can make the show extremely entertaining even when the guests they have are boring. They also have no limits on this show which makes it much more fun to watch. The jokes they make are jokes that definitely would not fly on other shows, and their use of informal language also makes the show much more fun for both the viewers and for the people on the show (as they've said themselves).
The games they play with guests are always extremely entertaining and fun as well.
The occasional skits are always great too. Some of the members are extremely good at ad-libbing and it makes the skits extremely fun to watch.
Even when you don't know who the guests are, the cast does a great job at promoting them and making the episode funny.  (I've learned so much through this show it's insane).
The producers are also very funny and enjoy filming the show with the cast, which once again makes the show more entertaining.
The editing team also does an amazing job with editing in really weird animations for certain things that happen in the show.

Overall, the combination of the concept, the cast, and the staff, is genuinely amazing and results in episodes that are extremely memorable and still funny when watching them over and over again.

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I  feel somewhat confused by what I just finished watching.

On a basic level this drama has it all, friendship, family, romance, character development, time travel, humour, music, it really has it all. But this isn't necessarily a good thing. With all of that come the responsibility to maintain all these and sadly, Hit the Top fails at this. I am unsure if this is because it is a 30min episodic drama, which gives the element of moving onto something new in the next episode, or how the story is shared. To me, there is too much focus on some characters at times that are not propelling the story forward, or not enough focus on the relevant parts of the story.

This is very evident with the time travel factor. Yoon Shi Yoon's character in the beginning is led through some physically challenging tasks to return to the past. However, once they don't work, it's like this old rerun of a saying "go back to where you belong" is said, but no work is achieved. This also relates to his lost money and again there is no true emphasis on either after awhile.. it's just left until towards the end where SO MUCH wrapping up occurs. Speaking of, when Yoo Hyun Jae is finally able to return to his past, it makes little sense. What makes him suddenly feel the need to make this a mission? How does he know he needs to return, and what happens to old Hyun Jae? So many questions that are simply flicked off in the present as "I don't know what happened." That doesn't sit with me and puts a huge dent in this being an enjoyable, believable experience of time travelling that any of the other characters seem to accept.

The romance is shaky, and very up and down. I am a huge Yoon Shi Yoon fan, and when it comes to romance, he usually knows what he's doing given any role he's undertaken in the past. For some reason this doesn't occur as naturally as it has in other dramas. Again, Lee Se Young has also proven herself as a formidable actress to me in Introverted Boss/Age of Youth, and was expecting her to shine as Da Bong's lover. But it just seemed forced. Again much like other 30min dramas, I feel they skip over many steps in their relationship once it's occurred. I guess I like to be led down the path with the characters as they fall in love, not told it's happened.

This drama has a lot of actors who I normally expect a lot from, and so perhaps that is why it failed in my eyes when their performances weren't as strong. I put this down to the busy nature of this drama, the multiple lives we are following about, and the lack of growth in several areas. I honestly found my interest in some of the stories shared to drop around episode 12, and never return. I didn't care for some of the characters, no matter how vital they were made to be to the story. Others could have been more utilised as well, but they weren't and it made it rather messy.

If you are looking for something uncomplicated that is great to watch whilst doing something else, then this might be enjoyable for you. For me, I feel like even though it wrapped up the lives of all with a nicely tied off ribbon, many loose threads leave me questioning what went wrong in this, and how it could have been executed better.

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This is going to be one that you either love or hate. With the majority of 2017 being dedicated to dramas involving the prosecution/legal/detective genre, it's hard to find a gem in among all the others. And at the beginning, I thought I had found one. I liked the way we are brought into this intertwined world where our mains are connected through dreams, past and present time, and continue to have others align with them. I liked the dynamic of family between the main cast, both within the neighbourhood, and through their work lives... it was a show where a lot of characters grew together, and shared parts of themselves as the story progressed. However, once established, it felt as though the focus on what was proceeding in the courtroom or their jobs took precedence over the continuation of character development. I swear I must have blinked and suddenly Lee Jong Suk and Suzy's characters are completely lovey dovey and skipped some vital steps in their dating.  Dreams or not, their chemistry was missing despite their relationship progressing.  I felt no true connection between them, and this was vastly obvious to me during the ending where I found their confessions to each other a bore. Normally a Lee Jong Suk kiss scene or confession would have my full interest.

The dreams in itself is what propelled me to delve into yet another prosecution/reporter drama in the beginning. I enjoyed the contrasting scenes that the three would have and how they would resolve. I liked how there was always more than one variable for how things would go, and the consequences that followed. But somewhere along the way, although the dreams mostly did relate to Jung Jae Chan, Nam Hong Joo and Han Woo Tak, they seemed to become solely focused on benefiting their lives (mostly Jae Chan's), and less focused on how they were in the beginning, saving others. This was a shame as there was some amazing storylines that came from those dreams, and not focused on the pure outcome of a court case.

As it continued and drove through a heavy course of judicial, and frankly not of my interest, roads, I found my love for minor characters to be far more intriguing. Whilst my love for Woo Tak (and we'll get to that in a moment), was still remaining strong throughout, the characters Choi Dam Dong, Lee Ji Gwang and  Son Woo Joo helped me continue through this drama. Choi in particular is a strong character who evoked a lot of thought and interest throughout.  And speaking of Han Woo Tak, if any reason is needed to sit through all 32 episodes, it's this character here. He is a breath of fresh air as the "second guy" and I have to hand it to writer Park Hye Ryun for not botching his ending at all, and giving him his own identity throughout. He is a formidable friend, who captures the heart of many within this world and mine as well. Jung Hae In is an actor that should be on more drama watchers' radars, his acting has never failed to captivate me yet.

The ending is always a key point for me, most amazing dramas usually have a less than stellar closing point, but since my expectations and interest had dropped by episodes 18-21, I don't feel as though it failed to meet what I was expecting. Those who needed to face their crimes did, those who needed to learn lessons experienced those, and were closed off with everyone in the world having somewhat of a happy ending.  

I would recommend this to others to watch if they enjoy this currently everywhere genre, or enjoy watching the minor characters take over the story like I did. If you're only coming in for romance between Jong Suk and Suzy, you will be poorly let down.

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I gave such a high rating due to me simply falling in love with this series.

I’m not big on details, I like the most basics, I like the plot being just straightforward, not complicated or boring. This series brought forth what a seemly boring stand point to actually making it super entertaining, interesting and kept you on the edge of your seat several times.

I was surprised because at first, I watched 2 Episodes and I was like “ehh nothing exciting just lame love cliches” but I decided to give it another shot because I’ve seen scenes on YouTube of the main couple beforehand and literally couldn’t stop laughing, so I’m like “lets go!”

I’m so glad I did because I binged it within 2 days, I just finished it and it was such a great ending, while watching the series I noticed some things here and there were random or didn’t seem to fit well, but it wasn’t like “oh it’s so noticeable” the main cast it was drew me in, I loved their friendship and relationship, it was so realistic and relatable, I connected easily with all of them, as I’ve had similar struggles before.

So it was nice seeing that instead of the normal plot of “oh handsome mean guy hates the main girl and then randomly develops feelings and bam” so the take of the best friends for 20 years was a refresher. All in all this story was sweet and simple, gave you the look into real life relationships from one side a 6 year relationship loosing its flame to best friends becoming something more. I laughed, cried, felt pissed, wanted to throw my tablet out the door but it was worth it, it’s not a soap opera and Aera is such a crybaby but I thought it was adorable XD

Anyways, to end this chaotic review, WATCH IT! If you like sweet romance and friendship I bet you’ll love this, it’s in my top 3 next to “Kill Me, Heal Me” and “It’s Okay, That’s Love”


P.S I CAN’T STAND THE MAIN COUPLE THEY ARE SERIOUSLY THE CUTESTTTTTTT.

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Amazing Show, really one of the best ever shows . similar to Liar Games, with lots of Original Games and smart people.

The Cast gets friendly but they were a bit off this season, Lee Sang Min is one of the smartest and controlling guy ever , he can manipulate them easily. Hong Jin Ho  do a pretty good job too as well as Yohwan ( a gamer and friend of Jin Ho) as they team up together to win the games.

Music and Opening is awesome, and lots of metallic style songs are used, the music touches your heart real well when the eliminators are decided and say their last words usually accompanied by a sad music...I still can't get enough of the songs and listen to them on my smartphone every once in a while.

3rd season and 4th season are much more enjoyable than the 2nd season , but it was still a really good season.  recommend it highly . a Must-Watch Series and an amazing as always production. really well done.

Hope we get more of it Someday

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This is my first time to watch a Korean drama full of unexpected events and a lot of suspense. I must say, this is the best drama plot-wise so far that I've watched. <3

Let me start with the plot. This is the best paced plot that I saw so far. The pacing of the plot is so smooth and normal that I can know the background of all characters very well. The transitioning is so good. The prosecuting/law genres and the supernatural power to dream about the future really complimented each other very well and there are a lot of plot twists that I love. I thought the ending would be disappointing but I think everything ended well for me. ALMOST everything was well explained. Almost? Why the word "almost"? Well, it's because there are just little things that I wanted to know about the plot in order for it to be perfect. For example, they didn't explained how Hong Joo got that power to dream possible futures in the first place. I don't know. I really wanted the kind of drama to explain everything which were the plot and the characters (really strict when it comes to those things). But a big salute to the director(s) for this kind of drama. Very unique indeed. 9.5!

Ugh let me just say the characters did so well at acting. They really showed their expertise and experience in acting to this drama. Their sadness and struggles really made me cry and also did so well when it comes to comedy. Let me just say that Hong Joo and Jae Chan had such great chemistry but why do I feel butterflies in my stomach whenever I see Hong Joo and Woo Tak's scenes? I don't know what's wrong with me. I hope for a RomCom drama with Suzy and Hae In SO BADLY (PLEASE PLEASE). Anyways, A perfect 10 for the marvelous acting skills!~

The music, nothing to say. Really fits with the scenes. Perfect 10!~

It's really rare for me to re-watch because I keep on watching new dramas after another but I would watch this again (and Hae In's hot body and handsome face AHH :D)

Overall? Giving it a 10, despite of a little hiccup on the plot because it's just based on my perspective. I loved it. One of the best dramas that I've watched. Wishing for another season since it focuses on crime cases. ;) BRAVO!

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I think I was a little generous with this rating but I can't even be bothered. It was cute and short and emotional.

I think my overall favorite thing about this drama is that each character was SO believable as a real person. I could believe Baek Se was real and how she dealt with her illness felt real. Some people don't want to dwell to deeply on it and would rather live life and I think she portrayed that kind of person perfectly. The only character that wasn't all that believable was Ji Seol Woo and honestly, he was in it so little as a character that it didn't matter.

The story itself was somehow both heartwarming and heartbreaking.

I can't say too much more without spoiling but overall for a webdrama that will take about 2 hours to watch the whole thing it was definitely worth it. It's obviously not going to be the best drama out there but I'd say it's one of the best webdramas I've seen.

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At beginning when I heard the title... what!? pinocchio? I can't help but to imagine this drama is about a character who can't lie, else his/her nose will change its shape or something like unrealistic things would happen. My friend forced (I'd love to call it 'a challenge') me to watch it, and I accepted that challenge. First episode wasn't bad, Choi Dal Po was able to make me fall in love with his character (his CHARACTER, not his appearance, face, or something). So, I decided to watch the next episode, and next, and next. A curiousness made me watch this drama till its end. The story is above the average, even I can say it has more complicated yet entertaining storyline, than While Were You Sleeping (Ups). I love its plot twist too. It's not like I'm a diehard fan of Jung Sook though.

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This drama got me hooked, I mean literary ADDICTED. I watched one of the review videos and she recommended this. I am glad I did. The frustrating thing is the editing, sometimes it felt like they just cut abruptly to the next scenes without any closure or correlation with the last conflicts. Also the soundtrack, they kept playing Brokeback Mountain OST, sometimes it's at the right moment. Sometimes it's just out of place. Though I understand they had budget difficulty.

The story though, very encaptivating. Also the chemistry between the main characters. One thing I hate about this series is how they portray women in general (the exes, the mother) it felt like women are the arch-enemy, the only one who is okay, the vendor lady but she didn't add much to the story.

My heart still aches they got banned and they cannot even on the same screen together anymore.

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I still have a compelling feeling about this series. The music is good, very catchy. I don't really like the main story of the main characters, Wayo's insecurities got my nerves.  I like Ming, well he is a bit self-invested in Wayo's love life but Ming is charming af. I stayed watching for his story, but knowing it wouldn't much after he got together wit Kit, that's a let down.

I didn't know at first about Forth and Beam relationship. In first season they don't even have interaction. But now they seem like the selling point of this drama.

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Now this is what I call a highly watchable movie, with a beautifully crafted plot and a commendable cast. True, the ending could have been different (in other words better) with the two leads living happily after, but that was what everyone was hoping for anyway, but the scriptwriter/director had preferred to deliver something more melancholic, less predictable. Still, we are shown that the younger man was happy, as was the older man, although they 'lost' each other as lovers. It would have been nice if they had used Carlson Cheng's "Love is shaking in the world" in the end scene :)

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Story is OK. The actor who played the painter veered between detachment (for his 'girlfriend') and affection (for the boy). The attention he paid towards the boy as the plot unfolded would indicate beyond a shadow of a doubt that he was in love. Which makes the ending monologue spoken by the painter rather confusing and leaves the viewer guessing whether he loved the boy or he did not? Why the sudden u-turn? I don't understand Mandarin and maybe the subtitles was badly translated, but he said something like "We are not lovers". So what exactly did he mean by that and how did it add to the conclusion? I would have preferred the movie ending either with the two becoming lovers or becoming friends. Yes, life can be simple. It's only in movies when things become unnecessarily muddled.

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I wish movies would give us a real ending, one that is either a good one or a bad one. What I find unacceptable are inconclusive or deliberately confusing endings which maybe only the script writers themselves understand (or maybe not). Good or bad endings need not always be predictable, even if the rest of the story is. They can be cleverly written. The fact that such an ending is absent in this series demonstrates, if nothing else, the ineptness of the script-writing. The storyline is also disconnected in parts, but you tend to overlook these glaring faults, because the first few acts are fun to watch. Stinky ending, followed by a clueless 'post-ending' 11 minute clip. Why did they even bother with the last one?

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At first it seems boring. But as the story goes on, it becomes very interesting. The main story and what will happen next is beyond imagination.

Overall everything is  good. But the romance between the leads is not that much. It's not a heart throbing romance. Still the story is awesome. If you are looking for something romantic, it's not for you. But if your liking is matched with twist and unexpected story then it is totally perfect for you.

You can give it a try. If you feel bored at first and think that 'I am not watching this anymore', don't do this. Keep some patience and watch at least for 40 minutes. You will definitely start to like it. So are you going to give it a try???

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