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Sweet movie. Worth watching just because Cha Tae Hyun is in it and NSM is actually bearable! (sorry, NOT my favorite actress by a mile) :( Not a great movie, cliche plot, adding a small quirk about the magic eyesight thing to draw you in. But not a total waste of time either. Just a nice sweet movie about some nice people doing not much of anything but being nice to each other and ending nicely.

Cute romantic movie. Enjoyed it as a nice break. Of course more realistic than your average drama with plenty of kissing and hints of sex. Nothing offensive, just fun and nicely done. Crammed a bit too much story into it though, but that may just be me because I am used to dramas. 2 couples' stories would have been nice for more character development, or even 3, but 4 meant short shrift for everyone. It just felt a little hectic.

State of the art thriller, filled with high tech gadgetry and futuristic police procedures that belie the traditional low tech bumbling that the traditional kdrama police activity normally portrays. From the the first moment to the very last, this film rockets at high speed with never a moment of let up. Deserving of every accolade and all the praise heaped on it. However, this is not a movie for those who don't appreciate all of the aforementioned as the primary focus of their movies. If you want emotional attachment to your characters that is developed by personal histories and romantic interludes, this is not your movie. It is pure, out and out, heart pounding action at a furious pace. I was just in the perfect mood for it. Terrific casting, outstanding direction and camera work. 10/10 for me!

excellent! Heart pounding action that lives up to the best Korean action noir films have to offer. The tension and excitement don't let up for a moment. Acting, writing. direction, stunts, cinematography are all top notch I loved every minute of it. Reminiscent of the great film with Uhm Tae Woong, Handphone,

Yes, who is Ji Soo? Try to google him and nothing but lots of OTHER Ji Soo's. Asian wiki doesn't even show his birthdate. Here's some great pics of him with this article: http://koalasplayground.com/2015/04/01/newbie-actor-ji-soo-makes-an-impressive-scene-stealing-drama-debut-in-angry-mom/

None of the other wiki seem to have anything on him either, but, I did find that koreandrama.org links his name to a new boy band by the name of BTL (Beyond The Limit) set to debut in May. However the name on that site is shown as JiSu and it's difficult finding pics where they are not covering their faces. Check google images for BTL and here: http://omonatheydidnt.livejournal.com/13200219.html?thread=1193949787
They also have a YT video out with their first song....seems they really liked JJ's Mine! And I think they like BAP a lot too! Anyway... if it's the same JiSoo/JiSu I'm not sure.

This show is far darker than I thought it would be. It also contains elements of farce and Action Hero antics. Yet, amazingly, all of this is so well balanced that none of it dilutes any of the darkness, nor the comedy, nor the action scene thrills. To me, this is just amazing! So far, really enjoying it! I just don't want it to go any darker. There needs to be some righteous justice happening soon. There is an overload of bad guys and some of them need to start toppling. I start losing interest when the drama becomes too much about countless times of the good guys being defeated by the bad guys. I like it when they have a few victories for the good guys as things go along.

This won't be a movie for everyone. It is quiet and very very slow to start and to go on. Not a lot really happens, but a lot changes in the lives of the 2 people at the center of this movie. I guess what I will say is that the journey this movie takes you on, though slow and seemingly uneventful, is worth the ride. Life isn't always about drama and heartbreak and overwhelming passion. Sometimes it's about growing, and letting go, and opening yourself to someone new or someone who has been there all along without you realizing it, and that the past is the past, and that giving it up doesn't necessarily mean you are losing something by letting go of it, but recognizing that life has given you something new and precious and worth holding on to instead. It was absolutely lovely to see the 15 year younger versions of this cast. This may be the best thing Kim Hee Sun ever did also!

Great choices...so many....you could go on and on with this segment! I 'd like to see that movie Bicheonmu...finding it will be a problem. You MUST watch History of A Salesman...for Bum Soo and just because it's a GREAT drama!

Loved King and the Clown, but never got around to watching Woo Sung's other dramas/movies for some reason and then Spring Days came. I had no idea. What a surprise he was in this. I struggled with about the first 5 or 6 episodes of Alone in Love...could not connect with those 2. Really didn't care about either of them nor where they were or weren't going. But I hope to catch more of him one day. I hope he does more dramas or movies soon.

I've seen Su Ro in so many movies, I've lost count, but I'd guess about a dozen. Usually the bad guy. Whatever he does, he does well.

JJM...Definitely for me it is Frozen Flower and Better Tomorrow. I've seen him in other things but other than being beautiful, he didn't have the power of the performances he gave in those, for me.

KHH is like Su Ro for me. That ever present guy that inhabits whatever role he plays. They both are fully immersed in their characters. Which is such a pleasure...because I detest those ever present actors who are always just themselves in every single drama they play in, be it modern or sageuk...and we already know of whom I speak!!! ;)

got to!

where oh where oh WHERE is she? And WHY has she disappeared for so long? My curiosity is killing me. I worry there is something wrong. I worry no one is offering her roles because she is approaching that dreaded age of obsoletism in our youth dominated dramas. I Do I Do will always be my favorite...I loved her in it and lusted after her body, clothes and shoes, and fell for Lee Jang Woo hard!....Oh to have them all! Scent of a Woman was More than a typical melodrama of a dying woman. I loved how hard she worked to make her life mean something, and laughed in joy watching her. I also loved how they ended that show...beautifully and unexpectedly well done...and I cried my heart out at the beautiful monologue at the end of that show. S Diary had me in stitches. Watched it 3 times and lmao. I have not seen any of those older ones but She's on Duty and Girl Scouts, neither of which I liked. And yeah Night was just awful...it's like she and LDG just dialed in their performances. Maybe they didn't like each other???

She is so different in everything she does. I have not seen The Five and must soon. This, I know will be a completely different Sun-a and I don't know why I have been putting it off. Maybe because I love her so much in rom com subconsciously I don't want to see this side of her? But I will...soon. I hope HOPE for news of her soon. Fingers and toes are crossed.

http://netizenbuzz.blogspot.com/2014/12/pann-movie-han-gong-ju-scandal-based.html

Actually of the 20 or so articles I read (all those referenced in the wiki articles on the rape case this was originally based on, plus many of the articles on google search about that case, not one mentions suicide. There was a Supreme court settlement for her and her sister and her mom in 2008 and the above article (although I have NO idea if it is factual) is one I found again, but there were also a couple others I would need to spend more time to dig out.

Many of the articles I read seemed to indicate there was a broad local knowledge of the perpetrators' names. They even mentioned which universities or careers some of them were working in so I just surmised there must be some public knowledge of at least some of the names of these guys. Honestly, it's just my own wishful vindictiveness over the horror of that case that made me rant on in such a nasty way! The articles I read were so horrifying to me that I just couldn't control my anger and upset. I probably shouldn't use this as a forum for that sort of thing....I am shaking again just by talking with you about all of this again!

I rephrased my too wrong statement about my reaction to this movie. Sorry, I didn't word that very well, and I am very obviously in a minority about how the movie was made as it is very highly regarded and has received many many awards and I SERIOUSLY admire it for exposing that old case as well as others that they said this was based on to public view and censure. Like I said, it may just be my mood as I was watching, or just ME! It's obvious the story in this movie caused me to have some pretty serious emotional upset. It's just that, FOR ME ONLY!, HOW the movie is put together was what I didn't particularly like. It's hard to explain and I feel terrible even being critical of such an important movie. It is only ME though and maybe I shouldn't have said anything. because this movie should be watched just because of the subject matter and so people will know about these terrible happenings. So I think I will probably delete my review just because of that!

Thanks for responding! I did need to rethink this....just because of how important the final message of this movie was I'll wait until you have a chance to see this before I delete!!! :)

This is a big blow to the drama world. I'm sure many of us are wearing virtual black. But the fact remains that all the illegal sites like gooddrama live on the edge of extinction on a daily basis. They steal the videos from other sites, both legal and illegal. So it was only a matter of time until this happened...just like dramacrazy and mysoju. It's such a bummer because they had such an enormous library of shows and so many older ones that you cannot find with subs anywhere! One of my friends wondered if it wasn't that horrid pirated version of Gangnam Blues they posted that finally did them in. Dramafever had paid good money to get the rights to broadcast it. While Dramafever has been known to go after illegal sites and been responsible for shutting many of them down, Google has also announced they will be carrying Gangnam Blues on Google Play. They certainly have the power and the money to go after any competition and fast. I wonder if we will ever know the 'real story' of what happened. Whatever, I am very sad today. I had a huge list of dramas and movies that were only available on GD. :(

I suppose it could be. Anything is possible and every report is suspect. I just have a tendency, after all this time of seeing so many contradictory reports about what did or did not happen, and reading netizen comments about what they say 'really' happened (like they were there?!) to err on the side of 'maybe there was a reason or maybe this person is actually innocent'. The Korean media is so messed up on what they report as facts. Just their basic concept of what constitutes a SCANDAL leaves me laughing in horror. Being any kind of a public figure there has to be a nightmare. And gods forbid you slip up on showing proper respect I remember reading about a bitchfest between 2 idol girls about which was a sunbae/hoobae because the younger had been performing longer than the older and both were demanding sunbae treatment! They've shown that in dramas too. It's messed up. I just hope they are keeping a close watch on her in case this is a mental health issue. No matter what, her career is probably over and we don't need yet another suicide among these young stars.

I'm really bummed about this. It's finally starting to get good! The only salvation is the possibility that the ratings soar and they add episodes....maybe? IDK. Viki just put up a notification about it too. And I thought of Chives also. I don't understand the additional 4 episode cut. There is more behind that, I'm sure. Darn, Only 8 more episodes! I too am really feeling for the cast and crew. Imagine how upset they all are!

this just in...it just keeps getting more depressing. We can only hope for a Passionate Love scenario where they suddenly change their minds and ADD more episodes...but dropping 20 and now 4 MORE????
According to a press release put out by Samwha Productions on the afternoon of March 17, "MHTT was originally planned to have 50 episodes, but after intensive discussions between the broadcasting station and the production company over the past two weeks, it has been decided to end the show, which has so far reached episode 18, earlier than planned with episode 26 on April 12."

The statement continued "We ask for your understanding that in the interim we have been busy working out a natural development of the plot line, and determining the starting date of the following show in the same slot, but we can now finally confirm the dates."

The rest is the usual guff about everyone doing their best with the rest of the show despite their disappointment etc etc

oh my aching list! I rally prefer your reviews when I've already seen all of them! ;) <3

Perfect perfect perfect. You have captured it all. I have never seen a kdrama where such a loving couple were so perfectly portrayed. With all their quirks and problems, these two damaged souls found each other and were each other's healing spirits. And yes. For the first time ever in the history of kdrama, words were SPOKEN, feelings were SHARED, HONESTY ruled the conversations. Please please drama writers...take note of the beauty and hope this kind of love story gives your audience. I could (and have) watch this drama over again and again.

Great article as usual. Your addiction shows well!

It's really too bad this thing tanked so badly in the ratings. It was a perfectly good drama, well written plot, very interesting, moved at a good pace, and the cast was excellent. I don't understand, with Jaejoong's immense popularity, why it could not pull in a larger audience. The episodes were short and that actually helped with pace of the drama. It wasn't a great drama, nor was it awful. Jaejoong continues to improve with his acting skills. I hope he does well with his military time and uses it to strengthen himself and comes out even more powerful at the end of it. Military service can be a huge turning point for a man. I wish him good luck and hope he is successful and happy with the time he spends there.

Lovely drama. Lovely Cast. Lovely message that a family is made from people who love and care for one another and not necessarily blood. Minus one point for the makjang scenario they invented because of the added episodes. Damn all extensions to dramas! Hated it. But, for a makjang drama it did not go as overboard as so many of them do. The acting was not too ott but for the 2 characters they had to have that are always necessary to these kinds of dramas. The Evildoer was not overly evil and the good guys had plenty of screen time to be happy and to win throughout the show instead of every single episode being a constant downer. I loved how they let the women (for the most part) be strong and fight back and actually win once in a while. It was very refreshing.

only seen one, but the other 2 have been on My List! Time oh Time where art thou!