It is rare to find drama for online watching but if you can watch Dramafever. Crunchroll or kdrama.com - then they have it.
Other option is if you undersrand russian then many russian streaming sites have it but with dub / mainly poor ones/ or searching Veoh / but there you can find only parts of it, not whole drama / or torrents / but there is problem with seeds and it might take even month if you are out of luck /
It gives me creeps if i read that someone hates some actor bc of some character whom he/she played. Not how he/she acted but whom she/he played. brrrrr!
This drama was really great for the first half , then the writers went CRAZY ,to please the audience who wanted…
ummm....this is drama about empress Ki and in history was kings role in her life cut down even more than in drama. Even if it wasnt JCW, whom characterisation of emperor is amazing, even then would have been role of empereor bigger than kings. This has nothing to do with what audience wanted. Even if they used parts of novel for filling gaps in history scripts and making story more romantic and intense - main base is still what happened in history.
If it was drama about royals/dynasties in two country, then maybe complaining about too less of king made sence but here are only important his actions what involve or have impact to future empress directly.
Most part of her life is tied with Yuan emperor, so him appearing more in drama is just natural.Yuan emperor wasnt classical hero from romcoms, he was weak ruler and messed up man if believe what history books are writing. But i think we must take it with grain of salt bc he was last emperor of this dynasty and it is usual that next dynasty doesnt want show him in good light. Still if look events from that time then his weak skills in ruling are reason for what happened next. Other thing is about his personality....we just dont know.
I hope you get what i want to say, mine eng isnt good and this makes me write usually looong posts in hopes that i can then make mine thoughts more clear :D
there are many kmovies with sexy or/and hot scenes.
So this movie isnt something extraordinary.
It would be if it was kdrama in some big companys tv-channel.
Its more like : Finally you watched one kmovie with sexy scenes in it :D
This movie makes nice pair with "Miss Granny". They arent linked by story wise but they are different sides of same theme and way to tell story.
If watch Miss Change fist and then continue with Miss Granny - you get nice movie night for weekend.
Story is old but given a bit differently in first two episodes. But i fear that from now it goes down to clishee situations and starts use unnessesary kind and amount jokes to make story more "youthful" and similar to usual shoujo dramas.
Seems that they want try mix between family drama and girlydrama. It is interesting to see does they succeed.
Acting isnt good but not bad egihter, from main couple girls actor seems to have more confidence and understanding of her character, she already started with some development, lets hope that directors doesnt ruin it and make her play some miserable heroine to pity.
Male side of main couple is still to busy with himself and tends to owerplay. If he doesnt change acting style now ...he becomes weakest side of main couple by acting vise.
Lets wait and see how it goes.
umm...i cant see it, LJ's acting is kinda raw and clumsy....JCW is high class actor, even their acting styles isnt similar / giving details, developing character, facial expressions, body language, humour a.s.o./
This drama is not overrated at all. People wouldn't be so willing to give 10/10 if this show wasn't that enjoyable…
It is very simple - the rateing becomes more accurate if there is high amount people who rate it. It is simple statistical average.
It might feel overrated/underrated on level of one person but in general by oppinion of majority level, if amount of raters is critically big enough - it isnt never under- or overrated.
ummm....i hope you understand what i mean..
With all due respect to everyone's opinion, I think many here are making too much of a drama out of the sex part.…
Yes, there is tiny ray of hope but i have been disappinted so many times with jdrama in the end. To be successful drama in Japan...creators who have pursued kinda progressive ideas on last episode take U-turn. Sometimes it is just main couple breaking up and going different ways but there are illness and death like usual solution too. If female starts relationship what isnt acceptabel by sosciety and/or family - it cant have happy ending or drama is failure bc they dont have sponsors, no sponsors means no budget and support.
But lets look and see, jdramas are short, so we get to know soon :D
p.s. One reason what made Kimi wo Petto so iconical was that creators keeped ending what manga had - they watered it down alot but still, it was different and not traditional.
I think i bit get why HJEs acting is owerplayed, in the beginning it was very clearly out of place but...i think it is something what director demanded or they all decided to make background for JS many personalities. This way he can play bit more boldly and draw characters out more sharply, so we could see clear difference between them and he would not come out awckward. If you look closely then every actor from cast have portrayed some exaggerated personlality trait of their character.
Sad that this plan didnt worked so well from the start and few first episodes were "out of tune" what made most of supousedly fun moments to fell flat but for now teamwork between cast has greatly improved and seems that director have found that right balance.
All this allows funny moments to be funny and not creepy and sad/emotional moments to be powerful and not embarrassing.
Also storytelling tempo is now quicker and keeps you focused. Now we need to pray that if drama theme grows more serious they doesnt make it drag and that writer comes out with really smart solution for mystery and ending doesnt ruin all this effort.
....just few random thoughts after watching ep. 13.
With all due respect to everyone's opinion, I think many here are making too much of a drama out of the sex part.…
I agree, this is more about breaking out from...whatever it is but it is depressing, crushing and hopeless. It is about fighting this but we are weak alone, so we need partner in this fight, partner who understands us and accepts us.
Now becomes question - what is stronger....
In classical jdrama female mostly gives in to pressure and falls down bc society, traditions, family, coworkers...there are so many reasons and she gives up personal happiness and sacrifices herself, all of it: future and freedom bc of family and responcibilities and traditions - this is how japanese society wants view female, this is picture of good selfless woman.
For male it is mostly more easier but usually he doesnt fight against sacrifice, he accepts it and walks away...heart broken but with future full of possibilities.
I so want that this drama finally breaks this ugly clishee and finally there is one male who fights his woman free and gives her future and happiness, shows her that she is important too and that being happy and loved isnt sin.
Maybe i m lucky this time? Maybe i get back faith into jdrama?
I would discard from genres "Melodrama".
It is here very misleading and people who prefer melos get here great disappointment bc Healer does'nt " exaggerate emotion and emphasizes plot or action over characterization".
This drama has few touching moments what doesnt fall under description of melo. There is emotions but thous are all natural and in logical proportions, always have within tiny-tiny drop of hope and/or warmth / remember zombies! / ...and writer is doing good job with characterization .
Now some people, who hope find here ocean of pain, tears and misery, get bored soon and say that it is not so well written and acted drama. Its not their fault, its their preference and personal taste but bc they have thous hopes up by promise of listed genre - rateings for this drama will suffer not fairly.
http://news.asiaone.com/news/showbiz/ji-chang-wook-talks-about-his-nude-scene
Other option is if you undersrand russian then many russian streaming sites have it but with dub / mainly poor ones/ or searching Veoh / but there you can find only parts of it, not whole drama / or torrents / but there is problem with seeds and it might take even month if you are out of luck /
Old Dramacrazy had it too...T.T
It gives me creeps if i read that someone hates some actor bc of some character whom he/she played. Not how he/she acted but whom she/he played. brrrrr!
If it was drama about royals/dynasties in two country, then maybe complaining about too less of king made sence but here are only important his actions what involve or have impact to future empress directly.
Most part of her life is tied with Yuan emperor, so him appearing more in drama is just natural.Yuan emperor wasnt classical hero from romcoms, he was weak ruler and messed up man if believe what history books are writing. But i think we must take it with grain of salt bc he was last emperor of this dynasty and it is usual that next dynasty doesnt want show him in good light. Still if look events from that time then his weak skills in ruling are reason for what happened next. Other thing is about his personality....we just dont know.
I hope you get what i want to say, mine eng isnt good and this makes me write usually looong posts in hopes that i can then make mine thoughts more clear :D
So this movie isnt something extraordinary.
It would be if it was kdrama in some big companys tv-channel.
Its more like : Finally you watched one kmovie with sexy scenes in it :D
If watch Miss Change fist and then continue with Miss Granny - you get nice movie night for weekend.
http://jichangwookkitchen.com/2015/01/12/review-healer-half-time/
http://jichangwookkitchen.com/2015/03/04/review-healer-end-game/
Seems that they want try mix between family drama and girlydrama. It is interesting to see does they succeed.
Acting isnt good but not bad egihter, from main couple girls actor seems to have more confidence and understanding of her character, she already started with some development, lets hope that directors doesnt ruin it and make her play some miserable heroine to pity.
Male side of main couple is still to busy with himself and tends to owerplay. If he doesnt change acting style now ...he becomes weakest side of main couple by acting vise.
Lets wait and see how it goes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqboYEDfugU
It might feel overrated/underrated on level of one person but in general by oppinion of majority level, if amount of raters is critically big enough - it isnt never under- or overrated.
ummm....i hope you understand what i mean..
But lets look and see, jdramas are short, so we get to know soon :D
p.s. One reason what made Kimi wo Petto so iconical was that creators keeped ending what manga had - they watered it down alot but still, it was different and not traditional.
Sad that this plan didnt worked so well from the start and few first episodes were "out of tune" what made most of supousedly fun moments to fell flat but for now teamwork between cast has greatly improved and seems that director have found that right balance.
All this allows funny moments to be funny and not creepy and sad/emotional moments to be powerful and not embarrassing.
Also storytelling tempo is now quicker and keeps you focused. Now we need to pray that if drama theme grows more serious they doesnt make it drag and that writer comes out with really smart solution for mystery and ending doesnt ruin all this effort.
....just few random thoughts after watching ep. 13.
Now becomes question - what is stronger....
In classical jdrama female mostly gives in to pressure and falls down bc society, traditions, family, coworkers...there are so many reasons and she gives up personal happiness and sacrifices herself, all of it: future and freedom bc of family and responcibilities and traditions - this is how japanese society wants view female, this is picture of good selfless woman.
For male it is mostly more easier but usually he doesnt fight against sacrifice, he accepts it and walks away...heart broken but with future full of possibilities.
I so want that this drama finally breaks this ugly clishee and finally there is one male who fights his woman free and gives her future and happiness, shows her that she is important too and that being happy and loved isnt sin.
Maybe i m lucky this time? Maybe i get back faith into jdrama?
It is here very misleading and people who prefer melos get here great disappointment bc Healer does'nt " exaggerate emotion and emphasizes plot or action over characterization".
This drama has few touching moments what doesnt fall under description of melo. There is emotions but thous are all natural and in logical proportions, always have within tiny-tiny drop of hope and/or warmth / remember zombies! / ...and writer is doing good job with characterization .
Now some people, who hope find here ocean of pain, tears and misery, get bored soon and say that it is not so well written and acted drama. Its not their fault, its their preference and personal taste but bc they have thous hopes up by promise of listed genre - rateings for this drama will suffer not fairly.
...just random thought.