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The OST of this feel-good rom-com still lingers in my veins, I memorized every details (I am not Korean) haha!
I even bought a pig-rabbit plush toy because of my obsession. ((:
I was depressed and felt helpless before I watched this and I am thankful for this KDrama for pulling me back on track in life.
Moral-lesson that I learned from this drama: Love is something to be enjoyed at the moment and chased at the right time.
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Be careful, this drama is ADDICTIVE
I don’t write reviews, but this one is exceptional; I specially created an account only for the drama.Where can I start?
I fell for the male lead- Jan Keun-Suk, who had the second male lead syndrome, and Jeremy. They were funny bubbly, and Park Shin Hye did a terrific job. I wouldn’t say I like her roles, except this one. Both ML and FL had great chemistry, and it’s visible. And all soundtracks are chefs kiss.
If A.N. Jell were an honest group, I’d buy their album. You will laugh, cry and scream during the show. Oh boy, it’s not for teenagers; it’s for everyone who has young hearts. I became their fan. And the ending was satisfying and eye candy. ML has similar pride to me 😅 overall, I highly recommend this to watch! OST songs are on my playlist.
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If you haven't watched this series, what are you waiting for?
This is one of my feel-good series, will never get tired watching and revisiting my beloved characters, Tae Kyung and Go Mi Nam and the rest of A.N JELL. I've watched this ever since it was showed, which was year 2009! (My Gosh! I'm an a certified auntie of watching Korean dramas, LOL!) I am a huge fan of JGS and been waiting for a long time for him to have a drama wherein he will be the main lead and alas, HONG sisters fulfilled my wish come true.The story is one of my interest, the gender-bender theme, plus my main guy, JGS and my favorite HONG sisters, so I really followed through with this drama.
Everything is HILARIOUS and interesting in this drama, from the story, OST, characters and my favorite DWEJITOKI stuff toy.
This is a not complicated drama, and you'll just simply enjoy watching them. So if you are still hesitating watching this, please, try watching it and enjoy it.
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The series with moodiest ML in Kdrama history!!!
This is perhaps one of those standout kdramas that are so wrong and so right at the same time. I love everything about it, the cringe, the hilarity… everything just crazy great!!! Everyone is simply fantastic; the leads, the supporting actors, gosh even the extras are great. Definitely one of the most memorable watches ever! I don’t think i’m exaggerating when I say that this one is perhaps better than Boys Over Flowers and that one is hilarious as well.This is the finest example of how to pull off the cold exterior with warm interior man trope to perfection. I don’t think that I have ever seen another actor besides Jang Geun Suk pull it off so endearingly well. I know that in all great dramas the main leads go through a transformation, but not in this one. The 2FL is rotten to the core from start to finish and the same goes for everyone else in the show, no one goes through a character arc. The main leads fall in love but the FL remains nice and apologetic to the end and the ML is moody all the way to its last scene.
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Park Shin Hye has always been one of those actresses that has a lot to go one when it comes down to acting, but even then I really liked it and I had actually hoped for her to end up with one of the other guys in the show.
However, this is a guilty pleasure and you just have to watch it to get it out of your system, and for those that haven't done so yet, just do it. Your not gonna regret it any time soon!
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A special gem that remains funny, fresh, and sweet
I watched this just now, 12 years after the show has originally aired, and I was surprised by how much I like it. I rarely watch older dramas and the very few ones I do, I usually fast-forward through most of the side plots to get to the core story (like 2005's Biscuit Teacher).Having watched most of the Hong Sisters' dramas, I thought I've seen it all and wasn't paying attention in the first 2 or 3 episodes. But the show kept managing to surprise me and the characters are so endearing and well-written that I think this might end up among my all-time favorites.
As a side note, You're Beautiful was eclipsed in ratings by the blockbuster IRIS back in 2009 but interestingly enough, I don't see IRIS getting recommended anywhere anymore while You're Beautiful remains just as loved by k-drama watchers.
Jang Geun Suk and the rest of the cast were simply awesome. Glad they got this project to look fondly back at such a fun time in their lives.
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i was in high school, relying on livejournal communities for torrents to watch dramas when i watched YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL for the first time. i am now almost 30. rewatching this on a whim has been such a trip down memory lane. in a lot of ways this drama holds up, though i do think there are a number of cracks that are more apparent than i initially perceived (i mean, obviously, i was like 14 when i watched this for the first time). while not the worst offender considering the time this was airing, shin-woo's behavior in this bordered on creepy at times and full on Nice Guy (he improves but, like, kinda just want my secondary romantic interest to be a normal dude who catches Intense But Unfortunately Unrequited Feelings). it was a little jarring! it's also incredibly tropey in a way that, like, i absolutely see where people can or would turn away from this. the lead is absolutely, absurdly unintelligent--i mean, the cast is composed of not the brightest, in true hong sisters fashion--but naive, sweet, and sincere. park shin hye really shines in selling this and she is truly such a fantastic comedic actress. the romance builds and while it has its bumps, it sucks you in and....genuinely......i'm almost 30 & my hearts still fluttering from the Feels. a straight shot of serotonin, honestly. Was this review helpful to you?
You're Beautiful Review
Fun, lighthearted drama. The comedy might be outdated as it was originally televised more than 10 years ago from today, but it's still easy to enjoy. Episodes 1-5 were super cringey/funny for me during rewatch, it was only around episode 5 or 6 when I started taking things seriously.The story involves some K-Pop culture references, so it may add to your enjoyment if you're into those things. The main cast is loveable-it's amusing to see their interactions/dynamics, and they're easy to remember. Shin Hye was so adorable and Yong Hwa as second lead was just perfect.
The soundtrack is really good and catchy. The fact that most of the songs were sang by the actors themselves makes you feel like they really are a boyband.
『 Why I liked it: light tone / Park Shin Hye / charismatic cast / good music 』
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Perfect
I know I'm late on this, but wow...after watching, this is by far my favorite kdrama yet. I loved every single character, every one of them. I like that none of the relationships felt forced or thrown in, everything just felt organic and real. I honestly don't even know how I'd never even heard of this one before and I'm pretty sad I missed out on it for so many years. Without giving anything away, I'll just say the way they wrapped it up was satisfying enough that it didn't need more but definitely left you wanting more. I know there are other versions, but the casting for this was so perfect I really can't see the others having even close to the same feel. I also want to throw in that I was having major gender envy the entire time, the main character really did pull off both better than I thought she would.Was this review helpful to you?
This is has been a cult show for years. Smooth as silk kdrama, laughter and tears regularly provided. Essentially a teen love story about a teen band, mostly situated in their "dorm", an utter pop 60's fantasy piece of architecture, but all organic curves (what is this building??).
First hook-- a separated-twin story and a twin-masquerade story (in the West, 12th Night and The Menaechmi likewise floated to the frothy top of their respective cultural scenes).) The opening scenes have a mediterranean feel, is it the "technicoloring", the nun costumes , the naked marble statues or the scooter jokes? Thereafter the show is about the emotional interactions of a small cast. So deceptively simple.
Second hook -- missing parents and other relatives provide the nec. structural mystery, and they and the antagonists swoop in and out of the 2 main sets as if they are making stage entrances. In an HS script, look for what the HS do better, those places where their absolute bravura breaks through; not essentially in original plots or characters , but in how well they do them.
In this production, the use of what is essentially a chorus in ancient classical comedy/tragedy is wonderful. The fangirls who camp outside the company (afterschool?) wail and beat their breasts astoundingly and comment upon the action in silly ways. In the countryside visit the three old women are incredible, not only does their performance have perfect comic rhythm, but HS weaves in references to trot singers and specialized tv shows where the other half of Korea gets its impressions of entertainment. A quick meta to the history of music in SK, in an idol drama!!!
The recognition-of-the-lovers section comes a little later than expected, but when it does the carefully built-up system of metaphors and puns explodes as the characters deploy them in the service of conversations practically in code. The light of the "star" (and awfully, the moon as reflector of it/the sun) versus the light of the sun which blots out the recognition of others, darkness and light, hiding and paying attention, seeing and not seeing, showing and not showing. The ML has night-blindness, oh yes he does. The pleasure of the final tensions being resolved in poetic language is so intensely the HS' territory.
Here is a question, are the Hong sisters basically insanely lucky in casting and directors so that their intelligent, flippant and tightly constructed scripts are thus given that HS stratospheric oomph? You're Beautiful is a show on par with Hwayugi in characters who are almost instantly recognizable after just the 1st episode. I loved Lee Hong Ki there as the unforgettable PK (and his zombie friend Richie!) and I love him here as Jeremy, a character who reflects a prototype love-is-love theme. Jang Geun Suk rises from the ashes of Hong GilDong as a Heathcliff-ian ML.
Park Shin Hye is one of those heroic kdrama actresses who started working at the age of 13 and is still going strong 33 dramas later. Although her trippy little dove-of-christ characterization made my teeth grind, I can believe that that sort of naivete existed somewhere before my own era--nowadays most nuns and novitiates after Vatican II are amazingly truehearted, practical and energetic persons. And of course, PSH's performance is a perfect, absolutely perfect, foil to the comedy (the term 'straight man' in reference to comic pairs is now unusable or I would use it).
ps. I think it is not useful to trace influence in a hectic renaissance time like this one where dramas run only for 2 months, performers and writers work for cheap for companies which have state monies to spend, and where many of the behind the scenes creatives have one of the excellent university degrees in theatre and film available in SK. The consequence of the hurly-burly is that any successful show is instantly imitated piecemeal by competitors looking for that secret sauce. Only those on the scene have any memories of what went into that creative process.
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