I recently watched "Family by Choice". I found it to be quite similar to "Go Ahead", which I thought was amazing.…
I just remembered that after ten years when they meet the FL for the first time, in this version they meet as Haejun was inside FL's bakery and FL thought he was a thief as the face was covered so they fought and they meet the other brother and father in police station. While in Go Ahead it's more embarrassing, I can't put it in words. Too funny!
I recently watched "Family by Choice". I found it to be quite similar to "Go Ahead", which I thought was amazing. I liked how "Family by Choice" condensed the story into 16 episodes compared to the original. However, there were a few differences that I noticed. In "Go Ahead", the half-sister fell while walking with the female lead and was blamed for the accident. The fall was serious enough that she had to go to the hospital. In "Family by Choice", the half-sister fell while running to see her brother, so no one was blamed. Another difference is that in "Family by choice", Hae Jun was adopted right away after the father received a call. In "Go Ahead", the father had to visit the child's grandmother at the farm a couple of times before bringing him home. Many more minor differences are there obviously since it was trimmed down.
It was funny which is great. It had elements of "Ugly Alert, My father is strange, and What happens to my family? " so if you liked any of these u will like this as well as it comes with lots of laughter and the only thing that saddened me was not having one more episode for the ending.
It sort of felt like a cheap knock off of My demon. I was expecting more happy ending instead of open ending. The concept of killing bad guy out of court has been done in so many dramas namely "Lucifer". For those who haven't heard of this masterpiece, It's An American drama which is 100x better.
I watched it again after a year. It is an awesome family drama, without the angst and cunning that is so prevalent in other family dramas. It is so damn Funny especially the relationship between the Grandfather and his three sons
This was a masterpiece! with a Happy Ending. more details in reply below
This Drama reminded me of many other recent dramas like A place in the sun, Father, I’ll Take Care of You, Money Flower, Itaewon Class, and Golden Empire. I can tell after watching this that they were all inspired by this it is such a great story. A long and bumpy revenge journey which really felt exciting to watch. The relationship between the siblings was great. I only resent the writer for Minwoo and Miju relationship that was a abomination. No sibling would ever continue loving a man like Minwoo. Let me remind you that from his childhood he made bad decisions like cheating, attempted murder, he transferred them to work camp where he was repeatedly tortured, he commited Arson by destroying the factory, Sabotage, Espionage, Multiple attempts at Destroying Gangmo, who is Miju brother, also in the end because of him cutting corner during construction a building collapses. In the end all he gets is a 2 year prison sentence and a happy life with Miju!!!!!!!!!! Poor Older brother Sungmo even got shot twice in the head, survived to destroy Minwoo father and died during surgery. We still didn't get to vent all the pent up emotion on the villains. What happened to the remaining cabal of villain who repeatedly kidnapped and tortured innocent people for profit, What happened to that spoilt half brother of FL, who murdered the president of construction company, framed Gangmo for it and together with Minwoo tried to kill him thrice in Jail.
This was freaking Awesome! The first half of ML acting childish was hard to watch but the growth was amazing.…
FL's cousin (Wang Churan) could have chosen not to drink the poison instead escape. Qiu Shui wouldn't have been killed and she would have lived a nice life with Hu qing. I would have paid to see the Qiu sisters and Fl all with their kids having fun reminiscing the past. Sadly drama always have to end with few characters misfortunes. Oh and forgot to mention ML's Tongfang were amazing they actually for the first time showcased harmony in a harem. ML concubine only one that he had turned out to be evil ( might be a strong word) died to quickly, would have liked to see some exchange of arguments or repentance from her.
This was freaking Awesome! The first half of ML acting childish was hard to watch but the growth was amazing. I enjoyed every bit, especially the Grandfather and FL's Nephew scenes. Give it a try you won't regret it. I will say they could have changed some parts in the ending.
The series was good. I saw karma for each bad character except the mother-in-law. FL's stepmother or her father's main wife tortured Fl and her birth mother multiple times. The father was also STUPID and IGNORANT. She forced FL to marry and take the place of her daughter in her husband's family. Karma was her daughter was murdered and her unborn baby killed by a schemer just like how the main wife/stepmother schemed her whole life. Moreover, Concubine Qin of the ML harem was forced to be ML concubine by ML's Mother, and the ML mother killed her child because she didn't want the child to be the firstborn of her family, what a bullshit reason to kill her own grandchild. The ML who was also stupid never raised his voice to his mother, fighting wars all the time but couldn't care less about the women in his home. ML's first wife who at the time was pregnant together with her mother forced a maid to sleep with the ML by threatening her with her younger sister. She killed herself due to depression. Going back to concubine Qin, Ml found a bastard child of his brother, FL advocated for Qin to raise that child but fucked up ML gave it to his sister. I wish I had known all this before starting How I regret watching this!
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Moreover, Concubine Qin of the ML harem was forced to be ML concubine by ML's Mother, and the ML mother killed her child because she didn't want the child to be the firstborn of her family, what a bullshit reason to kill her own grandchild. The ML who was also stupid never raised his voice to his mother, fighting wars all the time but couldn't care less about the women in his home. ML's first wife who at the time was pregnant together with her mother forced a maid to sleep with the ML by threatening her with her younger sister. She killed herself due to depression. Going back to concubine Qin, Ml found a bastard child of his brother, FL advocated for Qin to raise that child but fucked up ML gave it to his sister. I wish I had known all this before starting How I regret watching this!