It held together for much better and longer than I thought it was going to. There are some really trope-y characters, but at least I wasn't able to guess what was going to happen in the last 30 minutes. It made me laugh and Jaejoong is not only great eye candy but I find him a genuinely good actor from what I've seen in other things, it just might not be as obvious with this script since playing a popstar when you're a popstar is not as challenging.
It's surface level and sweetly light, dissolving as fast as cotton candy. It doesn't feel like a movie but it doesn't feel like a drama either, more like if a daydream could be directly taken from the head, satisfying like fan fiction, but even a plot like this could've been interpreted with more feeling and realistic direction. Oh, well. At least the leads had great chemistry.
That's because all female leads in these kinds of dramas have the same personality. They are cute, clumsy and…
See people should know what they're getting into by the genre & the trailers. It's really no excuse to keep expecting a character that is so clearly defined to be the opposite. It's like eating cheeseburgers but judging them for not tasting like pizza. She's not supposed to be any different. My advice is to watch dramas with older characters or dramas that are more romance subplot, then people might get the serious, melancholic, women characters they keep desiring. It's one thing to call out the drama stereotype of a clumsy, optimistic, woman, but no one has a problem with the stoic, nonchalant, man that's used just as much.
(Don't take this as personal offense, I'm making a general observation. I've been watching Asian dramas seven years now and still see the same old complaints like people were forced to pick these shows.)
I liked both the actors, but the story fell apart after the first hour. It felt like a waste of the cohabitation trope since they were barely at home and the characterization of the girl was so pitiful towards the end. I get that love can change us and I really did feel her hurt, but it's hard to watch someone that stood up for her friend become absolutely nothing but waiting for a guy. He didn't even fix his relationship with Satsuki? Which is what was holding him back the whole time. And the last firework was too much... I watched because I'm interested in watching L-DK: Two Lovers Under One Roof and I'm already sure that one should be much better.
Reading the other comments here and, like usual, so many people have a problem with the female lead. Typical drama watchers. Males always fine, females always a bother.
Super enjoyable! It is a bit similar to Itazura Na Kiss, but with less family hassle and less hassle in general since there are only 10 episodes. I love how some parts start off as a drama cliché but right at the end, there'll be a surprise twist. It's like refreshing all my usual favorite drama moments.
I found the main couple surprisingly bland. However, I loved everything about being die-hard fans. They really nailed the passion of being a teenager, whether it be being in love with a boy group or with your best friend.
Strong start, strong middle, began to lose a little bit of charm towards the end because too many instances of Sam Shik doing dumb things that made me start to think "do I even want him and Sam Soon together anymore?" It's sad that I almost began to feel more invested in Henry and Heejin at one point.
Wow, this movie is offensively bland. It hurts to see Kotoko played with no heart or soul. I looked up the director to see if I could compare any of their other work with this and turns out, this movie series is their first directing job. Whose idea was it to put this iconic story into the hands of someone with zero experience? I don't understanding how anyone could give this even 5/10 stars, much less close to 10.
This story doesn't fit for a movie format at all. The best part of Itazura Na Kiss is the slow burn of Naoki realizing his feelings, but the pace here is too fast. There's no time to breathe and enjoy any moments or have the characters BE characters. I don't understand why they made this. Especially since there's two additional movies, it might as well be a short drama then? I like the actor that plays Naoki, the actress that plays his mom, and the soundtrack songs but that's it.
This movie is basically emotionally manipulative with a cliche use of a pretty disabled person attracting a love with complications, but it hits the tearjerk-romcom spot if you have a craving.
I think he can, it's just he hadn't talked in a long time so his voice was probably sore and then he didn't want to talk because Junghwa would've recognized his voice.
I was so proud of this for picking up after ep 8 and it remained good just up until this week's episodes... I know there was an episode number change and it made sense because we didn't really have any plot left, but those episodes weren't executed well. I liked that the engagements were drawn out for a real sense of urgency and mistake and Yue Qin's faint was a nice touch but the rain scene itself felt off on Dino Lee's part. Esther is a great crying actress so I could feel her love and pain through every scene but Dino was lacking that Naoki spark... Then we breezed through Ah-jin's grief and I didn't care much for the wedding setup. Not to say I didn't watch the rain, proposal, and wedding scenes several times, but to have over 30 episodes building momentum to this moment that just didn't land as touching as it should've? I will, of course, watch season 2, if it comes out but this is on par with Kiss Me, for me, thanks to the ending and Kiss Me is my 2nd to last favorite.
Starts picking up around ep 8. Thank god. I was only watching obligatory and even doubted my commitment like "I'm not even having fun watching this..." but now I'm enjoying myself.
(Don't take this as personal offense, I'm making a general observation. I've been watching Asian dramas seven years now and still see the same old complaints like people were forced to pick these shows.)