A drama that I still can't forget!!
I've watched this drama 3 or 4 times and I never get tired of it!!Bong Soon's story is so captivating that it's stuck in your memory forever. The acting, the OST's and the whole scenario is so perfect that it makes the story of mystery and lots, lots of romance just PERFECT.
It is, without a doubt, one of my favorite dramas of all time and I highly recommend it.
In addition, all the events that happen throughout the drama make the characters grow a lot, which further improves the story and makes it not tiring to watch.
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Hot and Spicey Cotton Candy...
This drama is like just like I view Park Bo Young so sweet, spicy, cute, sweet, cute, fun,...Bong Soon is the ultimate Hot and Spicy Cotton Candy. and this is one of my all time favorite dramas. who happens to have the scene that inspired my username. to be honest some of the humor is a bit low, there are some scenes that on their own may be questionable but if you try to look at this dram as a whole you may just find it quite progressive and that the humor you may have found slightly questionable at times when put in to the context of the whole drama is actually not that bad and does get addressed in one way or another depending on what you look at, and how you understand it...
Sorry If I sound vague and complicate things but once you watch it,you may understand what I am trying to say..
What I love about this drama is the chemistry between the leads and the way this couple interacts and shows respect towards each other giving us some of Dramalands sweetest scenes. I also love the many, many contrasts shown in this drama, soft hard, sweet strong, funny-serious issue... The fighting scenes here are just so cute and bad ass at the same time. And I love how they show how society's norm restrict women from showing strength but also how the many, many men in this drama are portrayed differently making way for both macho, evil, vulnerable, understanding and kind..
I love this drama so much that few articles feel complete without it... It may not actually be that great if looked upon with an objective eye To be honest there are some scenes that are ok to skip and should probably lesson the score but those two leads make up for every one of those scenes making this a dram I would gladly rate higher if I could, yest the main couple is just that adorable...And it just makes me feel all fuzzy inside (even though it has some pretty dark scenes)... Making it one of the most memorable dramas in Dreamland and the second most popular k-drama for a reason, if you ask me it is a lot more entertaining them the number one drama...
So if you by chance have not watched it yet then just go for it... And if you have already seen it why not watch it again?
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I liked that there was a romance part that wasn't particularly complicated or up and down but was sweet and organic. I liked that the love triangle didn't crush my soul at the end. I thought the OST was really well done and well timed (mostly). The story is a bit all over the place and several loose ends are never really tidied up which is unfortunate. The "thriller" part of the show feels a little too scary for such a lighthearted story but it is necessary to drive the plot and give it weight. It could be triggering to someone who has suffered trauma so be aware of that.
The best part of the show though is the comedy. Laughing out loud happens rarely to a jaded old timer like me but I definitely laughed out loud. There's a lot of silly slapstick and fun in this show which was refreshing. Who couldn't love a pint sized super hero who is oblivious to her charms. Bong Soon is my hero, too!
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The Good: The acting in the drama is top notch and it is easy to relate the romantic situations to real life. Both male leads are really good looking but I was quite taken aback by how incredibly cute Min Hyuk was. He is probably the most playful male lead I have seen. I could really relate to how he felt when he called Bong Soon a cutie pie or his reaction when she sent him the Min Min emoji, even the caress of the hair he liked to give Bong Soon, these details on him falling for her made it so enjoyable! The height difference with Bo Young is very obvious but she overcomes it with cuteness. The first time, I was not too impressed by Bo Young but this time I realized that her poker face or deer in the headlights reactions in certain situations is exactly how some girls act and she is quite sensational when she acts happy, confused or sad; her expressions are often worth replaying.
The OST is excellent and apt for a romcom. I particularly liked Double trouble Couple and Heartbeat but the whole OST is a good listen with a peppy and fun, youthfhul vibe. I even liked the action music they brought on in the thriller scenes.
The thriller element in this show was actually good. The villain felt dangerous but was not so horrific as to make this unsuitable for adolescents. He was smart and a worthy adversary talking less and doing more. I have had enough of dramas where the villain makes baseless and empty threats. Here, the villain was genuinely ahead all the time and would have probably won if not for the supernatural element.
Overall the humour in this show was very good and I mostly liked the slapstick nature of the comedy. The supporting characters were quite involved in the storyline and came together quite well. Kyung Shim as the girl who preemptively understood certain things or the secretary and even the Development Team doppelganger of the gangster were enjoyable characters.
The Bad: The main story of Bong Soon and her powers is hopelessly underdeveloped. That was why the first time I felt the drama was a drag. The writers call for an absolute suspension of disbelief. Ok, just roll with it. However, it is hard to take messages about weak girls and the strong preying on the weak seriously on such flimsy premises of unearned strength. Frankly, I found those lines irritating and preachy. The journal on the family's use of strength and Bong Soon's plans on what to with her superpowers, there was almost no detailing. The drama gets all the subtle elements of the lovable romance right: the smile, the teary eyes, the cute laugh, the rising tone of the voice showing ecstacy and completely messes up the detailing in the story. It is so frustrating.
Bong Soon's aim of joining Ainsoft is not to create games but create a game centered on herself, the height of narcissism. There is little in terms of further details on this game and it is kinda important since she has nothing else on her resume worth joining a corporate firm.
The villain's reasons for kidnapping are not really well specified. He wants to marry them and then what? The police's handling of security protocol was really awful. i couldn't understand how lockdown of facilities was not initiated even once even when the guy made repeated similar attempts at the same hospital.
The funny baddie of Tak Baek development was played too long without adequate character development; the amount of screentime given to that segue was too much. The segue needed better writing to funnier or could be edited to a fraction.
One last thing, I feel a bit worried for Bong Soon's fiance. She can be a bit of a bully at times and her mother is a particularly bad example. I wonder how he would stand ground in an argument against her when all she has to say is that I don't like it and you might get hurt but well..let's assume a happily forever after.
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Above my expectations
Okay so to begin with I myself don't know how many times I skipped this title because1) I thought it was just hyped
2) didn't get attracted to synopsis
3) didn't like poster as well
4) thought it would be typical push and pull love triangle
Now coming to the main point
I am so happy was wrong. I was out of drama so I thought of watching just 1 episode atleast to judge it (since it was always popping in my feed)
And OohMmyyGoddd
This was such a great watch. I binged watched it. The story has different concept which i loved.
Their actings are so natural everyone not just main leads everyone
The male lead
I blushed everytime I saw him.. He was so cute and adorable in his role.
The female lead
She is so sweet and cute as well.
Their chemistry was *swoon worthy *
Okay so the review may be never ending
But in conclusion
It is cute, fluffy, soft, emotional ( yeah the emotions arr potrayed so well) and all those good adjectives.
It is a must watch for me
And definitely gonna re-watch it when I want something heart warming light story.
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It all ends the way it started. With grown men getting a beating from a tiny little woman, but this time around there’s two of them and the mobsters still run in fear and tears. Also, they were their babysitters.Personally, I through-fully enjoyed the mobsters storyline from beginning to end, and it’s so like them to get conned and end up in embarrassment yet again. In their defense, they are like a phoenix that keeps on rising from the ashes, again and again. And despite their ways, they were kind of good guys once you got to know them and kept them in line.
Another incredibly funny storyline were the neighborhood kids, who I was sorry to not see at Bong-soon’s wedding, and just kept brining laugher with every scene they were at. Their journey was equally enjoyable as the mobsters, sometimes even more because theirs was a love story with their Noonim. And I love how they went to have a little talk with Min-hyuk to know more about his intentions with their boss. I love even more than he had no idea Bong-soon had this group of high-school kids patrolling the neighborhood too. HAHAHAHA!
Also, it was good that the show clarified that Mom didn’t use physical violence against Dad *that* time around. I still believe that the show didn’t portray this woman in the right way and that her journey wasn’t all that. She’s still the bully she was at 19, the only difference is that she doesn’t use her fists. Should I be applauding this? And I would have like for Dad to make an stand other than to leave the house, for example, how about a real talk between them? He was such an endearing, honest and good character thorough out the show that I grew to love him as I love our leads. He is precious. It gives me hope that the last scene between him and Mom was much more peaceful than usually when Gook-doo’s mom was involved.
I’m also happy awesome bro Bong-ki got some screen time too. This was such a good character, just like Dad, and I was sorry we didn’t get to see more of him. I also think his storyline with Hee-ji was a little rushed at the end. And it doesn’t seem like it because Bong-ki spent a lot of time healing broken bones (thanks to his sis) but this relationship was really put to a test: Gook-doo found out not only that he had been lying through out their entire lives by keeping Bong-soon’s secret but also that his girlfriend was attracted to his best friend. So I appreciate how their friendship remained strong even after everything they went through.
As for other characters like Secretary Gong and Mr. Oh, they were another great comedy act. Especially when they were together and I love how their bromance was born by getting to know each other better through their shared experiences with Bong-soon’s abilities. Pffft!
Finally, Min-kyuk really changed through the story: started as a lonely guy looking for protection from his own family and ending up as a man with a family to protect. He was smart, honest and assertive from day one, and not once he tried to change Bong-soon into something she wasn’t. The greatest attribute Min-hyuk had was that he never made Bong-soon feel that she had to hide from the world, what’s more he even encouraged and helped her to be more like her true self and come into her powers. He always tried to be there for his girl but was more than willing to be a proud onlooker when the time called for it and let Bong-soon do what she had to do.
Bong-soon’s journey was also something to witness. When we first met her she was hiding from the world, afraid of her powers and by extention herself. These abilities she was born with had made her an outcast despite her spunk and outgoing personality, she was confident but had insecurities. Some of them born out of crush and others from the idea society holds on how a woman should be and behave.
I liked how the show connected her personal life with the city’s problems, because in a way they are one and the same, by having her best friend being kidnapped by the resident psycho. It was a good move since she was already gaining the confidence to do more with her powers by watching the news, her interactions with the mobsters and the neighborhood’s kids and Min-hyuk, who knew from day one about her powers and didn’t rejected her. He thought she was sexy! All of these factors made Bong-soon want to become the heroine of her life (beyond a video game) and I really loved to see her grow into a truly strong woman ready to take on the world.
Strong Woman Do Bong Soon wasn’t a perfect show but it was really entertaining and sweet, made me swoon and laugh out loud more than twice per episode, and I’m going to miss these characters and their shenanigans!!
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STORY: The story is of Do Bong Soon who doesn’t have much to recommend herself except for exceptional strength that is passed through the female line of her family. Now if you are looking for Bong Soon to be a superwoman who fights for the downtrodden, she does get there….just not very quickly. Admittedly she whines her way through many episodes but comes into her own around episode twelve.
She is helped along the way by Ahn Min Hyuk (played by Park Hyung Shik) and In Gook Doo (another cutie..Ji Soo). There is a serial kidnapper and some very interesting Korean mafia type people that provide much of the groans and comedic situations. Her parents are more of a hindrance than help but they also provide more groans and laughs.
CHARACTERS: I did love the characters, mainly because each and everyone of them made me cringe at least once during the sixteen episodes. I prefer to notice someone is on the screen rather than have them disappear into the background like a piece of furniture. Park Bo Young did a great job of making Bong Soon likeable, even when she whined. She had the character really changing in the last three episodes and we really saw what a TRULY strong woman Bong Soon was (I adore the scene with the walnuts and the kidnapper).
I can see why my nieces love Park Hyung Shik. He was completely lovable as Min Hyuk and I’ve said it before, those smiles are deadly. I would have watched it until the bitter end with just him smiling in every episode. He is a difficult man to despise.
The rest of the characters were well done and mostly obnoxious which adds to the fun of the show. I did like the story arc of the mafia people. At the end with that rag tag group, it was very funny and touching all at once.
MUSIC: The music was so so but not totally annoying. I didn’t rush out to download any songs and didn’t endlessly search for YouTube videos of the music so I could relive the experience.
Overall, this wasn’t a bad show. It wasn’t my favorite, but it definitely is a good watch to detox from binging on intense c-dramas. Don’t be discouraged if Do Bong Soon isn’t the super hero you are looking for in the beginning. By the end, she definitely comes into her own and shows us what a strong woman can really achieve.
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The cast carried this show
the plot and the story it self is not that new. the playful attiude and acting of the MCs is def def what made me watch this . I liked their chemistery and their acting made me feel like they improvised 90% of the scenes lol . Also many many memes can be taken from this . ahh writing this brings back memories ( im trying to remember every drama i watched to include on my list i just made this account lol) . now bare with me i need to hit the words limit to post this review so i’ll be writing some nonsenseWas this review helpful to you?
A fantastic drama, fully of joy and laughter!
I really loved this drama. When I first started this drama, I had no idea I would fall in love with the characters and the storyline. I had one started this drama before and then quit, but I am so happy that I started this drama again. The chemistry between the main characters is the best. Park Hyun Shik and Ji soo are both very handsome and lovely (I really love Park Hyun Shik with all my heart). I recommend this to anyone who wants to watch the funniest and cutest drama ever. And the last thing that caught my attention is that usually the dramas show the happiness of the female lead when the two main characters fall in love, but in this drama, Park Hyun Shik is the God of Cuteness to me and the drama shows how he gets excited when the female lead pays attention to him.
Last words: just watch it!
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without Park Hyungsik this would have been a total flop
the concept was nice, there were some good jokes in there, and the chemistry between Park Hyungsik and Park Bo young was out of this world.HOWEVER some jokes were way too disrespectful and I think without these I would have enjoyed the show so much more. also the plot was all over the place, I kind of decided to act like some characters weren't there and completely dismissed their storylines on purpose for selfcare (the whole gang, monk, and gay stereotypes plotlines to name a few) only to find out they weren't useful for the main plot anyway.
tbh Park Hyungsik's acting made it bearable let's be real, and if it weren't for the good mood he sets everytime he's on screen I would have probably not even given episode 2 a chance.
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This drama is really lovely, short and sweet. You have Ahn Min Hyuk, CEO of a gaming company who acts very uncaring, and Do Bong Soon, who has power of strength but who is very sweet and caring to towards people she cares about. Both actors were great in this show, and I really enjoyed watching how they both developed both in their personality and in their relationship. It is not a fast moving drama, at least not in the romance department so if that is what you are wanting you have to wait for it since it develops slowly. Highly recommend you watch this drama and decide if it is right for you. I truly enjoyed it. Was this review helpful to you?
