PrettyCarEye

Thanks for your friends request! :-)
I love your reasons for loving Asian dramas. Many of them are similar to mine. Hope we'll have some fun discussions now & in the future! :-)

Can I ask where do you download from? I usually stream stuff on gooddrama or dramacrazy, but lately my internet connection has been acting really weird so it's been almost impossible to stream. I've complained to my ISP a thousand times & they seem clueless. So annoying because I used to have the fastest connection in my house. I don't know what happened all of a sudden.

I checked out that movie. Looks intriguing. Were you able to sleep last night? :-)
Have you seen Salaryman? If yes, what did you think of it?
Since I have a whole week off from formal work I started Unexpected You, 58 episodes long. It's a bit much, but I like family dramas so I decided to give it a go. It's not too bad so far, but it's still in danger of being dropped. What drew me to it was the fact that the lead couple is already happily married & I wanted to see how they handled their relationship because usually k-dramas are sooooo conservative. The couple so far is quite cute, and their interaction together seem natural & affectionate. I'm also watching Salaryman, but it hasn't quite hooked me yet.

Hehe, I know what you mean about the language. My brain's acclimatized to Korean and Japanese, and when I hear Mandarin (or any variation of the Chinese language) it's like my ears are being abused. So normally what I do is turn off or turn down the sound very low and just read the subtitles. I wouldn't be able to watch any Chinese/Taiwanese movie otherwise. It helped me a great deal when I watched Autumn's Concerto because not only did the language sound a bit strange, the theme music was constantly on repeat and after about 2 episodes it became sooooo annoying! Anyway, the show itself was fine. It's not a fav, but still watchable. It's a romance, though. Funnily enough, I watched Lust, Caution the other day & the language didn't bother me. Maybe because I was so caught up in the story. It was a really good movie.

I've been looking forward to watching Smile, You but when I found out she's in it I pushed it down on my priority list. I just finished watching her in Bad Couple, and gosh she made me wanna scream. Hhehe. I only watched that show for Ryu Soo Young, who I love. Yeah, you're not the first person to complain about the actress in Mary. Guess I won't be watching that drama anytime soon! I haven't yet come across any Japanese actors that I dislike. In general I find them less annoying than the Koreans although I am a Koreaphile. Do you watch Chinese/Taiwanese dramas? Any favourites? What about your fav/least fav actors from these countries? I've so only watched 1 Taiwanese drama (Autumn's Concerto), no Chinese.

OMG, that has got to be Choi Jung Yoon, closely followed by Kim Na Heul and Ha Ji Won. I know the latter two are very popular, but they annnnnoy me! I haven't come across a male actor that I can't stand as yet, but I'm sure in time I will. What about your most annoying actor? Who is your favourite?

Haha, I watched it twice for him too. He's a real cutie!

Well, if you've been to one you've been to them all. Even the languages are similar. I understand Swedish quite well, but I can't speak it.
The worse drama I've seen so far? Hmm ... good question.
Well, from those that I have seen I have to say Save the Last Dance for Me. It was the second K-drama I saw after Padam Padam & I wish I could get back the time I wasted watching it. This drama was so crazy and melodramatic. I didn't really care for Loving You A Thousand Times either, but that was mainly due to the heroine who I really wanted to shoot with a shotgun. She was soooooooo annoying. OMG, I wouldn't wish this woman on anyone! lol
What about you?

If you can think of any, that'll be awesome! :-)
And since you love comedy have you seen Brother Beat? I don't know if it's your cup of tea, but it was so much fun for me! lol
Hey, have you ever been to any of the nordic countries?

I thought season 1 was the best of the four. I like prison dramas because the prison politics and the constant pressure the inmates face of getting caught. That alone kept me on the edge of my seat, wondering what will happen next.

I watched a couple episodes of Lost from pretty much every season, but could never really get into this series because the story seemed aimless and nonsensical. The first season was the most suspenseful, but I soon lost interest toward the end of it.
I've heard of all the dramas you mentioned, but I don't know if they're for me. I don't really care for (Asian) dramas that are set in high school. They tend to annoy me.

No idea. More than six feet it looks like. He clearly towered over the average Japanese person when he was walking aimlessly around the street. I didn't care for Isao's slackness throughout the first half of the film, but I think he changed for the better by the end. What touched my heart was their journey together. At the beginning I thought why the heck does this woman put up with this guy? Then I understood, he was the only one who loved her at her worst -- now she had to love him back at his worst. The layers underlining this film was just magnificent. I loved it.

You can download it with english subs from fenopy.se. I couldn't find it on iTunes so I went looking for it elsewhere & that's where I found it.

Good that you liked Always. You're welcome.

OMG of all the horrors I've seen The Exorcist, esp the older version, & The Omen are some of the scariest movies I've ever seen. Horror movies that play with mind & deal with the spiritual (demons) or the paranormal (ghosts) are those that scare me the most. I saw both movies in a house full of people & was still terrified. Slasher horrors don't scare me.
I like most genres of dramas, but there has to be some romance in them for me to stay interested. The only TV show I've watched with little or no romance & was able to remain hooked was the western drama Prison Break. There was a bit of romance but I didn't like it because the leads had NO chemistry. I didn't care, however, because the show otherwise was just so awesome. If you haven't seen it, I'd highly recommend it! :-)
Re: video games, I do like them, but I'm no gamer. I think the last time I played one was when I was a kid.

I recently saw a Japanese family drama called Brother Beat. It's an oldie, but oh so good & funny! It's about a mother who lives with 3 sons after her husband passes away. She was not a conventional mother at all, but still a great & wonderful influence on her children nonetheless. I'd highly recommend it!

And thanks for these recs, I love family dramas because with so much more episodes you come to know & love or hate the characters really well!

Awww, this was such a lovely movie! And it has a very sweet ending (which, by the way, comes AFTER the credits roll). I think you'll love this, Winnie!!! :-)
Next to Kimura Takuya, Abe Hiroshi is now my latest Japanese crush! He's one very handsome man and TALL!!! Tallest Japanese man I've ever seen (on screen or in real life!). I'd so date him! Yum! Hahaha

Yeah, just hop over Bad Couple. You won't be missing much.

hehe funny thing is I can only watch horrors when I'm not alone in the house. If my Yobo is around then I don't get scared at all, but if I'm alone my mind plays tricks on me. I watched the first Paranormal Activity movie at the cinema with a friend of mine when I was at Uni in the UK. After the film, he went home to his dorm & I went home to mine and I had to sleep with all the lights on! haha. Even then I still felt scared. Yesterday I watched Chenobyl Diaries. I was alone but thankfully it wasn't all that scary. I slept really well afterwards. Are there any good romance J-dramas you could recommend? Have already seen all the classics: Pride, Buzzer Beat etc. I was just telling Winnie that I'm starting to like J-dramas more than K-dramas, but K-movies more than J-movies.

Well, this is strange. I'm thinking either the show has a happy ending or it doesn't. There shouldn't be any confusion. Happy ending being hero & heroine together at the end, nobody dead or dying. Ah well, whatever. It's actually not the first time people have given me differing versions of how a show ends. LOL! I guess I'll never find out for myself. Speaking of characters that totally sweeps you away. It's Easter holiday here already so I'm taking a break off work for a week (although there's always work I can be doing here at home). Anyway, just started a J-movie called Happily Ever After with Abe Hiroshi. Damn, the man is fine! :-) Haven't formed any opinions yet, but it seems to be a weird love story about a guy who loves turning over tables when he's angry. A few funny scenes so far. Will let you know if the romance is good enough to watch.

That's what I was told by several people who said they watched the show from start to finish (I remember who they are, but won't call any names). I had no reason to doubt what they said. So it's not like I made that up to cover my dislike of Ha Ji Won. LOL, I've publicly declared it on my profile. I'm not ashamed to say I won't watch something because she's in it. I like what I like & that's it. With that said, a number of factors determine whether I watch a drama/movie or not. Ha Ji Won and the other actresses I don't like can be a deterrent, but if I like the other cast members and/or the story I'll watch the show. I also forgot to mention that I don't care for the male lead in K2H either. I find him quite unattractive & the story uninteresting so even if Ji Won didn't star, the show was doomed from the start for me. May be shallow as heck, but there you have it.

She's the main reason why I will not be seeing those dramas (in addition to the fact that K2H is a melo with sad ending ... so I've heard). Everyone keeps saying they're must watch TV, but no, not for me ... not anytime soon. I'd rather spend my time watching shows that give me joy, with actors who don't give me an impulse to murder them. Haha ... <br />I see you have A Gentleman's Dignity on your PTW list. That dreaded woman, Kim Na Heul, stars in it as the male lead's love interest. She almost ruined the show for me, but I gritted my teeth and suffered through because overall I liked the various story arcs.<br />I'm starting to think I like J-dramas slightly more than K-dramas, but k-movies more than j-movies. <br />Hey, from what you know of my taste, if anything, do you think I will like Reply 1997?

Yes, it's pretty popular on here. One of the most recommended films I've seen since I first joined the community. Probably because most MDLers are hardcore fans of the actor. There are probably other 'classics', but I can't recall them now.

Re: my so called 'hate' list ... yah, how come you classify my list as a 'hate' list and yours as a 'dislike' list? LOL ... ok, I may 'hate' these women as actors, but not as people. Their interpretations of characters just annoy me in pretty much every movie I've seen them in. The only exception is perhaps Ha Ji Won in Closer to Heaven. Strangely I didn't mind her as much in that movie, but everything else I've seen her in pissed me off. While I find Choi Jung Yoon in her roles to be whiney and spineless, I find Ji Won & Kim Na Heul to be rather obnoxious and entitled. I don't like characters like that.