I enjoyed reading about your struggle because I struggled too while watching it, the difference is I pushed myself to finish it. I love how you described Hwang Jung Eum acting!! She needs to read that -__-
You don't drop dramas? I checked your completed list, it makes sense it's too early for you to start dropping dramas.
I really was surprised at how bad Ki Tae Young acted in this series. I read that Eugene's current drama coupling…
I found this drama rather funny, not the best but it was really funny one (and I'm someone who doesn't really laugh easily) I was surprised that Kim Da Som is actually an idol! She certainly can act that was my surprise (usually idols can't act).
I watched Ki Tae Young in creating destiny, never saw him as good or bad actor just an average one, it came to my surprise that he would take in such a minor role. Eugene never failed me though she is one of the actresses that I appreciate and would watch a 50 eps long drama for her.
I just finished watching this drama (and I am glad that i've seen it) and I really don't see why people are hating…
You should give KMHM a chance, I watched it thinking it was just another overrated hyped drama but it turned out much more than that. Ji Sung did a phenomenal job if you guys don't watch it you denied yourselves the pleasure of watching one of K dramas best performance (Ji Sung's acting).
Should I watch this or not I'm really confused... I want to give it a try because I love HB and it's been 5 years since I saw him in a drama... but I was told if I love I should stay away from this... Is it that bad??
You guys are really exaggerating. She wasn't annoying. I really like her character. Honestly speaking, this was…
Yes I mean that typical storyline where the guy is chaebol and most of the times mean, his family is bad, the girl is struggling with life, the 2nd guy is charming and 2nd girl is evil crazy and clingy...etc many dramas with that storyline have proven their worth :)
The only thing I liked about this drama is the relationship between the two girls (I wish they'd make more of that) I also loved the 2nd actress character, but eventually they ruined everything with making them rivals (went back from to zero).
Yoo Ah In is a worst actor. Anyone like this acting need to check their head. He just rushes everything because…
I didn't like the drama but I found his acting quite amazing, even though I dropped this drama I'm really very much interested in watching something for this guy. What exactly made you say that he is worst actor? I could think of tons of names who can be labeled as that but not Yoo Ah In.
People who got a problem with this show, you can go ahead express your opinions it doesn't have to be nice, but at least do it in nice manner. Using cursing bad words isn't a way to state one's opinion. Also don't insult people who love this show this is not nice, you can think of it whatever you want just don't insult those who love it.
You guys have no idea the true value of this drama and how much it's worth, probably for new drama lovers this is not their cup of tea. Believe it or not this drama is a classic one and one of the most famous rom-com in K dramas history.
So we're to believed that she never dated anyone all those years until they met again?That was the most unrealistic…
You're reading my long comments too :)
By playing the "nice person" I meant she was trying too hard to be nice person. Yes pretending but not the "pretending" that you thought I was implying. I don't mean that she is not nice but pretending to be nice No, what I meant is that even if she is nice she overdid it by pretending to be TOO nice and caring (The nicest wife) I could say. Pretending is not necessary bad act it all depends on what kind of agenda intention you have within you. Hers was (being a good, reliable, nice wife). She couldn't say NO she couldn't stop, she couldn't speak up and say that she is unhappy and can't do it because she thought it would turn her from the loving caring nice person to the selfish irresponsible bad person. This is exactly what "playing the nice person role" means. Once you start feeling the things you are doing is making you unhappy and suffocating you then they are no longer nice things are they? If you insist on doing them then you are obsessed with being nice (you can call it loving her husband and his family) but the way I see it once "these love acts" turn into poisonous acts that are suffocating her then they can't be "act of love" anymore now can they? I'm not sure if I explained my thoughts well this is a tough one.
I agree with you about Kim Jun, but I'm guessing they had to make his character like that so she can figure out her place easier. If he was the person you wished he was then she may have never figured it out.
I agree about everything you said about Hee Tae as a character, but I highly doubt it exists. You see I believe in that once a trust is betrayed it can never be regained back like the saying (what's broken can't be restored the way it was).
Thanks for understanding that point and appreciating it
You guys are really exaggerating. She wasn't annoying. I really like her character. Honestly speaking, this was…
"There were no evil Moms, nor were there any rich, chaebol ahjussis taking over the whole plot" There are many dramas like that.
I didn't know that a drama without that "typical context" is an advantage that could guarantee a drama's success because many dramas with that "typical storyline" have proven their worth. It only depends on how creative the writer not how typical or untypical the storyline is.
With all do respect to your opinion, this drama may not have that typical plot but that did not save it neither did Siwon's amazing acting. Compared to the typical dramas (which I'm assuming you think are boring?) to me this one was even more boring and plain than those with typical and repeated storylines.
So we're to believed that she never dated anyone all those years until they met again?That was the most unrealistic…
Thanks for replying back, I wrote you a reply in the first place because I liked your way of explaining this drama (the way you saw it) so I felt the urge of explaining my point of view as well (thanks for reading it btw).
Indeed life isn't black and white that's why it's not simple, no matter how hard we want it to be.
Yes she might just had those two options maybe 3 if we think that the first two don't work then the 3rd one would be leaving him? but she loved him way too much to leave him didn't she? Option 1 is out of the question considering her character which is why I repeatedly said playing the "nice" person role. I don't mean that she is evil bad person who was pretending to be nice No. What I meant is she felt that she had to be nice she couldn't say it's hard she can't take it anymore she can't handle it anymore SHE'S UNHAPPY. She couldn't say that because she felt she HAD to be nice and caring. She truly was too busy playing the "nice person" which resulted in her own misfortune. You can never be nice to people if you weren't nice to yourself first. You can never care for people if you don't take good care of yourself first.
I think there is nothing more the husband could've done more than he did, If I were him I could never ever forgive no matter how my family were to be blamed I could never forgive betrayal. How strong his love for her for him to forgive his wife and couldn't even hurt her back.
I never said she was a slut it's like you said it wasn't "lust" that she was looking for, the way I saw her character "the most selfish person". I'm not mentioning Kim Jun not because I think he is innocent or not to be judged No he is a scum I never even viewed him as a man or acknowledged his "love" for her. By not mentioning him I certainly don't mean he is innocent from all this and she is to be blamed for all. However, he is not essential to me because I'm only talking about her and her husband the whole story was about her and him. I'm blaming her because their story goes more than 14 years back. Kim Jun means nothing to this story like you described it "a window for her to escape and feel free" that was what he was. If we are talking about law yes both to be blamed if we are talking about ethics and morals yes both to be blamed. Here I'm only talking about those two (wife and husband) life, marriage, love not who did she cheat with because whoever that person is doesn't matter (anyone can be Kim Jun) he doesn't matter.
I will ask you this if Kim Jun was married too you think it makes no difference? is it really the same if the guy she cheated with was married as well? Don't you think that him by being single makes it less horrible? Sure cheating in general is horrible but if he was married as well what would that make her? and make him? isn't it more painful? intolerable? I think it certainly make a difference.
The message that this drama is sending (according to the way I see it) is to be true to yourself first, love, care and be nice to yourself first before you try and be all that to someone else. Trying so hard to be nice on the cost of one's own self and life is not fair to the person him/herself and definitely not fair to the people around. Just because I love him I love his family I should be a super woman even if it's not something I can handle IS NOT THE ANSWER. Such people do exist and I wish if they just stop and think for a second that this is really NOT NICE to anyone and mostly to themselves.
So we're to believed that she never dated anyone all those years until they met again?That was the most unrealistic…
I watched 17 ep of this drama in raw then stopped for months and finished it now. Yes it's a good drama with great cast and amazing performance and I would add beautiful dialogue. However, till the end I didn't get why she cheated on him, you say it isn't that simple I agree people always choose to complicate things as long as we have emotions simplifying things won't be easy task.
She loved him when she was a high school student and followed him around then that accident happen and 7 years pass and they meet again and fall in love and get married and again 7 years pass. Now what I understood from this drama is that she was too busy being "nice" taking care of his family without anyone asking her to do so (specially her husband) but she had to be the "nice person" so she by herself trapped herself inside this bubble and felt suffocated. The moment she met the other guy as the dialogue in the drama says "smelled another man's scent" which brings me to that 7 years she wasted waiting for him to come to her life.
Yes like you said it could happen believing in true love and waiting that was HER choice she chose this why is she blaming it on her husband? Yes I see it as blaming because she justified her cheating in this way and you said he is at fault too. This is what I don't understand why is he being blamed for anything? HE was a good husband who really truly loved his wife and even when she cheated on him he couldn't do the same when he tried to. She was the one who chased him she was the one who decided to wait for him and only one man could be in her life that is him, she was the one who wanting to be "nice" by taking care of everything and everyone and she chose to burst that bubble she trapped herself in this way?
I disagree she loved no one but herself I find her character the most selfish one, she even decided by HERSELF not to get pregnant without consulting her husband (no matter what her reasoning was) she had no right to do that without discussing it with her partner in life first. The way I see it she was too busy playing the role of a "nice person" she ended up hurting herself and everyone around her.
This drama got on my nerve many times specially because I hated the fact that she chose to cheat on a person like her husband his character made it impossible for me to try and understand her. However I still think this is a good drama nonetheless, such selfish, too coward to be honest and has "nice person syndrome" kind of people do exist in life.
No word can do Lee Joon brilliant acting any justice! He is the only reason I kept watching this drama till the end and the only reason I'm giving it an 8/10. One of the most FLAWLESS performance I have ever seen an actor could pull.
You don't drop dramas? I checked your completed list, it makes sense it's too early for you to start dropping dramas.
I watched Ki Tae Young in creating destiny, never saw him as good or bad actor just an average one, it came to my surprise that he would take in such a minor role. Eugene never failed me though she is one of the actresses that I appreciate and would watch a 50 eps long drama for her.
Here is some of the interview links regarding her work in this drama (but it's in Korean)
http://m.blog.naver.com/sophia415/70013807610
http://m.blog.daum.net/5snflqks/10865633
Here are some of the interview links about her work in this drama (but it's in Korean)
http://m.blog.naver.com/sophia415/70013807610
http://m.blog.daum.net/5snflqks/10865633
The only thing I liked about this drama is the relationship between the two girls (I wish they'd make more of that) I also loved the 2nd actress character, but eventually they ruined everything with making them rivals (went back from to zero).
You guys have no idea the true value of this drama and how much it's worth, probably for new drama lovers this is not their cup of tea. Believe it or not this drama is a classic one and one of the most famous rom-com in K dramas history.
By playing the "nice person" I meant she was trying too hard to be nice person. Yes pretending but not the "pretending" that you thought I was implying. I don't mean that she is not nice but pretending to be nice No, what I meant is that even if she is nice she overdid it by pretending to be TOO nice and caring (The nicest wife) I could say. Pretending is not necessary bad act it all depends on what kind of agenda intention you have within you. Hers was (being a good, reliable, nice wife). She couldn't say NO she couldn't stop, she couldn't speak up and say that she is unhappy and can't do it because she thought it would turn her from the loving caring nice person to the selfish irresponsible bad person. This is exactly what "playing the nice person role" means. Once you start feeling the things you are doing is making you unhappy and suffocating you then they are no longer nice things are they? If you insist on doing them then you are obsessed with being nice (you can call it loving her husband and his family) but the way I see it once "these love acts" turn into poisonous acts that are suffocating her then they can't be "act of love" anymore now can they? I'm not sure if I explained my thoughts well this is a tough one.
I agree with you about Kim Jun, but I'm guessing they had to make his character like that so she can figure out her place easier. If he was the person you wished he was then she may have never figured it out.
I agree about everything you said about Hee Tae as a character, but I highly doubt it exists. You see I believe in that once a trust is betrayed it can never be regained back like the saying (what's broken can't be restored the way it was).
Thanks for understanding that point and appreciating it
I didn't know that a drama without that "typical context" is an advantage that could guarantee a drama's success because many dramas with that "typical storyline" have proven their worth. It only depends on how creative the writer not how typical or untypical the storyline is.
With all do respect to your opinion, this drama may not have that typical plot but that did not save it neither did Siwon's amazing acting. Compared to the typical dramas (which I'm assuming you think are boring?) to me this one was even more boring and plain than those with typical and repeated storylines.
Indeed life isn't black and white that's why it's not simple, no matter how hard we want it to be.
Yes she might just had those two options maybe 3 if we think that the first two don't work then the 3rd one would be leaving him? but she loved him way too much to leave him didn't she? Option 1 is out of the question considering her character which is why I repeatedly said playing the "nice" person role. I don't mean that she is evil bad person who was pretending to be nice No. What I meant is she felt that she had to be nice she couldn't say it's hard she can't take it anymore she can't handle it anymore SHE'S UNHAPPY. She couldn't say that because she felt she HAD to be nice and caring. She truly was too busy playing the "nice person" which resulted in her own misfortune. You can never be nice to people if you weren't nice to yourself first. You can never care for people if you don't take good care of yourself first.
I think there is nothing more the husband could've done more than he did, If I were him I could never ever forgive no matter how my family were to be blamed I could never forgive betrayal. How strong his love for her for him to forgive his wife and couldn't even hurt her back.
I never said she was a slut it's like you said it wasn't "lust" that she was looking for, the way I saw her character "the most selfish person". I'm not mentioning Kim Jun not because I think he is innocent or not to be judged No he is a scum I never even viewed him as a man or acknowledged his "love" for her. By not mentioning him I certainly don't mean he is innocent from all this and she is to be blamed for all. However, he is not essential to me because I'm only talking about her and her husband the whole story was about her and him. I'm blaming her because their story goes more than 14 years back. Kim Jun means nothing to this story like you described it "a window for her to escape and feel free" that was what he was. If we are talking about law yes both to be blamed if we are talking about ethics and morals yes both to be blamed. Here I'm only talking about those two (wife and husband) life, marriage, love not who did she cheat with because whoever that person is doesn't matter (anyone can be Kim Jun) he doesn't matter.
I will ask you this if Kim Jun was married too you think it makes no difference? is it really the same if the guy she cheated with was married as well? Don't you think that him by being single makes it less horrible? Sure cheating in general is horrible but if he was married as well what would that make her? and make him? isn't it more painful? intolerable? I think it certainly make a difference.
The message that this drama is sending (according to the way I see it) is to be true to yourself first, love, care and be nice to yourself first before you try and be all that to someone else. Trying so hard to be nice on the cost of one's own self and life is not fair to the person him/herself and definitely not fair to the people around. Just because I love him I love his family I should be a super woman even if it's not something I can handle IS NOT THE ANSWER. Such people do exist and I wish if they just stop and think for a second that this is really NOT NICE to anyone and mostly to themselves.
Thanks I enjoyed reading your reviews :)
She loved him when she was a high school student and followed him around then that accident happen and 7 years pass and they meet again and fall in love and get married and again 7 years pass. Now what I understood from this drama is that she was too busy being "nice" taking care of his family without anyone asking her to do so (specially her husband) but she had to be the "nice person" so she by herself trapped herself inside this bubble and felt suffocated. The moment she met the other guy as the dialogue in the drama says "smelled another man's scent" which brings me to that 7 years she wasted waiting for him to come to her life.
Yes like you said it could happen believing in true love and waiting that was HER choice she chose this why is she blaming it on her husband? Yes I see it as blaming because she justified her cheating in this way and you said he is at fault too. This is what I don't understand why is he being blamed for anything? HE was a good husband who really truly loved his wife and even when she cheated on him he couldn't do the same when he tried to. She was the one who chased him she was the one who decided to wait for him and only one man could be in her life that is him, she was the one who wanting to be "nice" by taking care of everything and everyone and she chose to burst that bubble she trapped herself in this way?
I disagree she loved no one but herself I find her character the most selfish one, she even decided by HERSELF not to get pregnant without consulting her husband (no matter what her reasoning was) she had no right to do that without discussing it with her partner in life first. The way I see it she was too busy playing the role of a "nice person" she ended up hurting herself and everyone around her.
This drama got on my nerve many times specially because I hated the fact that she chose to cheat on a person like her husband his character made it impossible for me to try and understand her. However I still think this is a good drama nonetheless, such selfish, too coward to be honest and has "nice person syndrome" kind of people do exist in life.