8/10
some very wacky visual which i liked. But for me it got more interesting around episode 4, when it settled down. Although the humour doesn't disappear completly.
I did think the second male lead was a bit too pretty for his own good.
I guess I'll have to get used to the two guys in love with one girl. Although this
time, there is two girls attracted to one guy. Actually it could be three girls.
The four leads are all likeable, although they don't all like each other.
My favourite characters were the tarot reader and her friend.
The lead actress has beautiful eyes.
8/10
I enjoyed this comedy. The character of kotoko is one, i wouldn't be surprised if some people found her annoying. But I loved her energy. episode 8 is probably the best and is very funny.
7 days in life 8/10
It concerns a hotel in quarrantine, jewel thieves, kidnappers, cops. Many of the characters pretend to be something other than what they are. The production values seem rather cheap compared to korean and japanese dramas. The last episode is probably what would be described as rather cheesy. But it's a very enjoyable series.
8/10
I haven't read all the reviews, but I read most of them. So I would say I'm in the minority, when I say that Iprefer this to Iris.
The main reasons being, I think it has better characters, and to use words the director of nts uses, it has more light and shade in storyline and acting, The best acting came came from Kim Min-Jong and the actor who the aforementioned employs
after in a very funny scene hitting him in the face a number of times. There is a delightful scene between the two of them where they try to gain information by pretending to be who they are not.
i also lliked Oh Yoon-Ah. This is the third thing I've seen her in, and the more I see her, the more I like her. She is not a great actress. But she is game, and wiling to try different things. She seems to like characters more than lead roles. She reminds me a bit of Cameron Diaz.
Looking at her picture on Asianwiki, she looks a lot different.
In Iris, a lot of the performances were rather one note. In this drama, at least some of the actors are given a chance to show they can do more than look very very serious.
I thought there were some terrific gunfights
Yes it has it's faults. There were too many people being saved in the nick of time.
who the hell was oh yoon ha talking to on the phone after she had been out drinking with Soo-Ae's character.
A major theme of this drama is redemption.
Some viewers might not like the fact that a character who they would probably prefer to be killed isn't, and another character who it would have been nice if they had lived doesn't.
As regards the plot about the north Korean agent from Iris.
There are also some very funny lines in this, mostly coming from the characters i said i like. The director of Nts also said something i found amusing.He says says something about NTs upholding justice, and then says "you may find that cheesy and boring" You would never hear the director of homeland security in 24 says something like that.
Regarding the special. It reminded me of the what was to me the best action scene, the one between the main villain, and another guy. in the first episode in the bathroom.
8/10
Well, i finally got around to finishing this.
Although it wasn't my favourite drama, it did have my favourite cast of characters.
I chose it after seeing oh yoon ah in Kingdom of the winds, where I thought she was sexy as hell. But I wasn't sure if she could really act or not. In this drama, it took me a while to see that she could.
Although she was probably the weakest in it. Her acting was acceptible, but not up to the standards of the other cast members.
But once again I found her character to be my favourite. She also has one the warmest smiles I've seen.
The best performances came from kim ji young as the main character Nam Jung Im
and as her father and mother in law
Baek Il Sub and Go Doo Shim.
There are some beautiful relations in particular between kim ji young's character and Go Doo Shim's.
my favourite moment was when
Lee Da In as Yoo Da Hye tries to get
Baek Il Sub's character to do some vacumming.
You like characters and then start disliking
them, and vice versa.
I should also thank this drama for introducing me to Susan Boyle. I had never heard of her.
Was the drama overlong. I would say yes. But that doesm't mean, I didn't enjoy it.
7/10
Terrific storyline. Well there was one part near the end where i was thinking, why is he doing that, if he wants that to be done. I also thought that in the final sequence, the two leads looked like two drunks more than what they were supposed to be.
The acting was fine. Nobody really stood out. Although it was only in the final episode or two, that i saw that the actor playing the title roll could act.
so if i was to say acting =6
story=8
total 14
divided by 2=7
Well 24 hangs a big shadow over this. But in 24 as far i recall, you never saw Kiefer Sutherland crying. This has some great action sequences. It also spends more time on the romance angle than 24 would.
But it also has moments of which didn't cut it with me
(1) When Kim Sun Hwa is shooting at Kim Hyun Joon she's not really a very good shot is she.
As a matter of fact, a lot of people who tried to kill him are very bad shots
(2) the reason for the main character to gang up with the terrorists and attack NSS seemed weak. They had nothing to do with what happened to him. That was IRIS.
Is there something I've forgotten.
(3) The final confrontion between Vick and Kim Hyun Joon, More should have made on how Kim got into the place. As a matter of fact, i thought that Vick would have made sure that no one was following him. Assuming that Kim was just too smart for him, you would imagine Vick have had lots of alarms in his place. So there should have been a sequence showing Kim getting into the building. Then when he has the opportunity to kill him, or take him in, he decides to throw his gun away and kick the you know what out of him. Not only that, he leaves the gun conviently near for Vick to attempt to kill him.
(4) The confrontation where the s.w,a.t team leader pulls a gun on Kim. That was just too silly.
(5) The hostages disguised as terrorists. Well kim, and san wee were plainly being fired at. So unless a quick bit of hypnotism was done on the hostages to make them believe they really were terrorists, I don't understand why they would fire on them.
my favourite character was the north korean female agent Kim Sun Hwa.
She was serious mode most of the time. But on the few occassions, she did smile, it was lovely to see.
My least favourite was the section chief. Where all of the other acting was minimilist, he went in the other direction. I liked him at first, but then his over the top expressions weren't to my liking.
So why after all my complaints, do i rate the series so highly.
Well, it's compelling. it keeps you on your toes. you want to know what's gonna happen. That's a big plus.
I would like to see some of these actors (i include the ladies) in other stuff, because i found it hard to gauge just how well they can act.
my favourite scene is where the section chief and others come to Choi Seung Hee's house on her birthday. But they find her in a very bad way. I just liked the way it changed from light to dark
Scent of a woman 8/10
Lovely drama with some beautiful performances especially from the lead actress and the lady playing her mother. What a wonderful relationship. Sometimes it was loving, sometimes they got on each other's nerves.
I love the fact of the toupee wearing tango teacher wasn't made a figure of fun, and that the toupee is never used for comedy purposes.
There were some lovely moments. My favourite was the dance on the beach with the elderly gentleman.
The last drama i watched was 49 days, which was very good too. but i think i preferred scent . because unlike 49, it had a good balance between great looking people, and others.
The ending was spot on
love of the agean sea
7/10
On the plus side, this drama is one of the best acted I've seen. Often I will say that it's the older performances that deliver. But the acting from leads and secondary leads imcluding
Alec Su as Lu En Qi
Chae Rim as Guan Xiao Tong
Peter Ho as Li Yao Xiang
Chen Zi Ying as Hui Wen
is excellent
I waas more interested in the relationship between peter ho's character, and
Chae rim's, than in leading couple Chae rim and Alec su. They had many nice romantic scenes, but the story perked up for me more when she was with the other guy, you might say. Perhaps unrequited love is more interesting to watch than two people
being lovey dovey with each other.
I would like to have seen more of Chen Ziying. But it's not the first time a character is forgotten about.
My favourite character was probably li li played by Chi Hua Qiong.
The dialogue for the most part is pretty good, but there are cheesy bits as well.
On the minus side. It's somewhat drawn out, The characters are okay, but don't have that dynamism, you find in the best korean dramas for instance. To repeat myself, the main couple needed to have some arguments or something to make their relationship more interesting.
Well i guess it was in the relationship between Guan Xiao Tong and Li Yao Xiang. I suppose The storyline isn't really that intersting, I would say that it's the acting that keeps it going. Tighter pacing, and perhaps lopping off at least ten episodes would have been of help, i think.
NOTE Peter Ho was around 31 in this.
Shi Da Sheng who plays his father was about 39.
Spoler for last.
As for Bao Yi Lin. Perhaps she overdoes it a bit when she is acting cuckoo, but there are other times when she is very good too.
Pros. The series looks wonderful. The set and costume design are great. Other things i liked in were the rehersal…
third try to reply. browser lkeps frrezing. Lee pil imho okay actor, had very good role in l+s which he didn't mess up. thought him better suited to role in 4 sons.
love Shin Da Eun. delighted to see her finlly getting a lead role in the return of la bla bla. Is it subbed yet? Thought she was terrific in family's honour. Surprisingly other roles, I saw her in, she was the complete opposite to the
quiet character she played in that one. I don't think other females were bland just the lead actress. But I'm willing to give her another chance and watch her in something else.
Pros.
The series looks wonderful. The set and costume design are great.
Other things i liked in were the rehersal scenes, and you will have fun catching the movie posters. I do wonder why they are all from hollywood films, except for films made within the story. Does it reflect the state of the korean film industry at the time.
The performances of the two main protoganists Ahn Jae-Wook and Jeon Kwang-Leol are excellent.
The latter really going to town with the facual expressions and gestures
My favourites (outside of Shin Da Eun, of course)were Lee Ah Lee. I'm not quite sure of her acting ability, but she had a certain spark to her I also liked the actress playing the servant girl, Sunduok. I thought she gave a really nice natural performance. But I couldn't find any information on her.
Then there was Kim Roe-Ha as Jo Tae-Soo, whose performance crept up on me.
Of the other females, Son Dam-bi is pretty good. She made a better impression on me, than Nam Sang-mi .
I found the most interesting character was that played by Lee Pil-mo, even if I think he's somewhat miscast in his role.
Overall, the men in the cast impressed more than the females
Cons
I would have liked Shin Da Eun to have a bigger role.
She is the best of the younger actresess in it.
There is no real spark between Ahn Jae-Wook, and Nam Sang-mi. I would say my interest in whether or not, they stayed together was quiet low,
The resolution is a bit quick. I believe The drama was extended because of it's popularity.
Perhaps the makers were getting bored with it.
Overall, I found lead actress Nam Sang-mi was pretty bland. Although There were a few moments where I thought that maybe if she had something more substantial, she would have impressed me more. So I'm not quiet sure, if it was her, or the role.
I gew somewhat tired of Sung Ji Roo performance. He always seemed to be overacting, or perhaps I should just say, shouting.
I have seen excellent dramas. But this is the only one I would consider a masterpiece.
There is not one false moment throughout. Many scenes pack an emotional wallop. Although the overall tone is heavy, there are also some light moments. The performances are excellent. If I had tp pick a standout, it would be Shinobu Otake,
a lovely drama about team spirit, and friendship.
Suzuki Anne is wonderful in the lead role.
some very wacky visual which i liked. But for me it got more interesting around episode 4, when it settled down. Although the humour doesn't disappear completly.
I did think the second male lead was a bit too pretty for his own good.
I guess I'll have to get used to the two guys in love with one girl. Although this
time, there is two girls attracted to one guy. Actually it could be three girls.
The four leads are all likeable, although they don't all like each other.
My favourite characters were the tarot reader and her friend.
The lead actress has beautiful eyes.
powerful drama with some fine acting. Vicki or Vicky zhaao is excellent in the lead role.
I enjoyed this comedy. The character of kotoko is one, i wouldn't be surprised if some people found her annoying. But I loved her energy. episode 8 is probably the best and is very funny.
It concerns a hotel in quarrantine, jewel thieves, kidnappers, cops. Many of the characters pretend to be something other than what they are. The production values seem rather cheap compared to korean and japanese dramas. The last episode is probably what would be described as rather cheesy. But it's a very enjoyable series.
I haven't read all the reviews, but I read most of them. So I would say I'm in the minority, when I say that Iprefer this to Iris.
The main reasons being, I think it has better characters, and to use words the director of nts uses, it has more light and shade in storyline and acting, The best acting came came from Kim Min-Jong and the actor who the aforementioned employs
after in a very funny scene hitting him in the face a number of times. There is a delightful scene between the two of them where they try to gain information by pretending to be who they are not.
i also lliked Oh Yoon-Ah. This is the third thing I've seen her in, and the more I see her, the more I like her. She is not a great actress. But she is game, and wiling to try different things. She seems to like characters more than lead roles. She reminds me a bit of Cameron Diaz.
Looking at her picture on Asianwiki, she looks a lot different.
In Iris, a lot of the performances were rather one note. In this drama, at least some of the actors are given a chance to show they can do more than look very very serious.
I thought there were some terrific gunfights
Yes it has it's faults. There were too many people being saved in the nick of time.
who the hell was oh yoon ha talking to on the phone after she had been out drinking with Soo-Ae's character.
A major theme of this drama is redemption.
Some viewers might not like the fact that a character who they would probably prefer to be killed isn't, and another character who it would have been nice if they had lived doesn't.
As regards the plot about the north Korean agent from Iris.
There are also some very funny lines in this, mostly coming from the characters i said i like. The director of Nts also said something i found amusing.He says says something about NTs upholding justice, and then says "you may find that cheesy and boring" You would never hear the director of homeland security in 24 says something like that.
Regarding the special. It reminded me of the what was to me the best action scene, the one between the main villain, and another guy. in the first episode in the bathroom.
Well, i finally got around to finishing this.
Although it wasn't my favourite drama, it did have my favourite cast of characters.
I chose it after seeing oh yoon ah in Kingdom of the winds, where I thought she was sexy as hell. But I wasn't sure if she could really act or not. In this drama, it took me a while to see that she could.
Although she was probably the weakest in it. Her acting was acceptible, but not up to the standards of the other cast members.
But once again I found her character to be my favourite. She also has one the warmest smiles I've seen.
The best performances came from kim ji young as the main character Nam Jung Im
and as her father and mother in law
Baek Il Sub and Go Doo Shim.
There are some beautiful relations in particular between kim ji young's character and Go Doo Shim's.
my favourite moment was when
Lee Da In as Yoo Da Hye tries to get
Baek Il Sub's character to do some vacumming.
You like characters and then start disliking
them, and vice versa.
I should also thank this drama for introducing me to Susan Boyle. I had never heard of her.
Was the drama overlong. I would say yes. But that doesm't mean, I didn't enjoy it.
Terrific storyline. Well there was one part near the end where i was thinking, why is he doing that, if he wants that to be done. I also thought that in the final sequence, the two leads looked like two drunks more than what they were supposed to be.
The acting was fine. Nobody really stood out. Although it was only in the final episode or two, that i saw that the actor playing the title roll could act.
so if i was to say acting =6
story=8
total 14
divided by 2=7
nice drama. I liked the fact that the lead actress had some meat on her bones.
...............
But it also has moments of which didn't cut it with me
(1) When Kim Sun Hwa is shooting at Kim Hyun Joon she's not really a very good shot is she.
As a matter of fact, a lot of people who tried to kill him are very bad shots
(2) the reason for the main character to gang up with the terrorists and attack NSS seemed weak. They had nothing to do with what happened to him. That was IRIS.
Is there something I've forgotten.
(3) The final confrontion between Vick and Kim Hyun Joon, More should have made on how Kim got into the place. As a matter of fact, i thought that Vick would have made sure that no one was following him. Assuming that Kim was just too smart for him, you would imagine Vick have had lots of alarms in his place. So there should have been a sequence showing Kim getting into the building. Then when he has the opportunity to kill him, or take him in, he decides to throw his gun away and kick the you know what out of him. Not only that, he leaves the gun conviently near for Vick to attempt to kill him.
(4) The confrontation where the s.w,a.t team leader pulls a gun on Kim. That was just too silly.
(5) The hostages disguised as terrorists. Well kim, and san wee were plainly being fired at. So unless a quick bit of hypnotism was done on the hostages to make them believe they really were terrorists, I don't understand why they would fire on them.
my favourite character was the north korean female agent Kim Sun Hwa.
She was serious mode most of the time. But on the few occassions, she did smile, it was lovely to see.
My least favourite was the section chief. Where all of the other acting was minimilist, he went in the other direction. I liked him at first, but then his over the top expressions weren't to my liking.
So why after all my complaints, do i rate the series so highly.
Well, it's compelling. it keeps you on your toes. you want to know what's gonna happen. That's a big plus.
I would like to see some of these actors (i include the ladies) in other stuff, because i found it hard to gauge just how well they can act.
my favourite scene is where the section chief and others come to Choi Seung Hee's house on her birthday. But they find her in a very bad way. I just liked the way it changed from light to dark
Lovely drama with some beautiful performances especially from the lead actress and the lady playing her mother. What a wonderful relationship. Sometimes it was loving, sometimes they got on each other's nerves.
I love the fact of the toupee wearing tango teacher wasn't made a figure of fun, and that the toupee is never used for comedy purposes.
There were some lovely moments. My favourite was the dance on the beach with the elderly gentleman.
The last drama i watched was 49 days, which was very good too. but i think i preferred scent . because unlike 49, it had a good balance between great looking people, and others.
The ending was spot on
7/10
On the plus side, this drama is one of the best acted I've seen. Often I will say that it's the older performances that deliver. But the acting from leads and secondary leads imcluding
Alec Su as Lu En Qi
Chae Rim as Guan Xiao Tong
Peter Ho as Li Yao Xiang
Chen Zi Ying as Hui Wen
is excellent
I waas more interested in the relationship between peter ho's character, and
Chae rim's, than in leading couple Chae rim and Alec su. They had many nice romantic scenes, but the story perked up for me more when she was with the other guy, you might say. Perhaps unrequited love is more interesting to watch than two people
being lovey dovey with each other.
I would like to have seen more of Chen Ziying. But it's not the first time a character is forgotten about.
My favourite character was probably li li played by Chi Hua Qiong.
The dialogue for the most part is pretty good, but there are cheesy bits as well.
On the minus side. It's somewhat drawn out, The characters are okay, but don't have that dynamism, you find in the best korean dramas for instance. To repeat myself, the main couple needed to have some arguments or something to make their relationship more interesting.
Well i guess it was in the relationship between Guan Xiao Tong and Li Yao Xiang. I suppose The storyline isn't really that intersting, I would say that it's the acting that keeps it going. Tighter pacing, and perhaps lopping off at least ten episodes would have been of help, i think.
NOTE Peter Ho was around 31 in this.
Shi Da Sheng who plays his father was about 39.
Spoler for last.
As for Bao Yi Lin. Perhaps she overdoes it a bit when she is acting cuckoo, but there are other times when she is very good too.
love Shin Da Eun. delighted to see her finlly getting a lead role in the return of la bla bla. Is it subbed yet? Thought she was terrific in family's honour. Surprisingly other roles, I saw her in, she was the complete opposite to the
quiet character she played in that one. I don't think other females were bland just the lead actress. But I'm willing to give her another chance and watch her in something else.
The series looks wonderful. The set and costume design are great.
Other things i liked in were the rehersal scenes, and you will have fun catching the movie posters. I do wonder why they are all from hollywood films, except for films made within the story. Does it reflect the state of the korean film industry at the time.
The performances of the two main protoganists Ahn Jae-Wook and Jeon Kwang-Leol are excellent.
The latter really going to town with the facual expressions and gestures
My favourites (outside of Shin Da Eun, of course)were Lee Ah Lee. I'm not quite sure of her acting ability, but she had a certain spark to her I also liked the actress playing the servant girl, Sunduok. I thought she gave a really nice natural performance. But I couldn't find any information on her.
Then there was Kim Roe-Ha as Jo Tae-Soo, whose performance crept up on me.
Of the other females, Son Dam-bi is pretty good. She made a better impression on me, than Nam Sang-mi .
I found the most interesting character was that played by Lee Pil-mo, even if I think he's somewhat miscast in his role.
Overall, the men in the cast impressed more than the females
Cons
I would have liked Shin Da Eun to have a bigger role.
She is the best of the younger actresess in it.
There is no real spark between Ahn Jae-Wook, and Nam Sang-mi. I would say my interest in whether or not, they stayed together was quiet low,
The resolution is a bit quick. I believe The drama was extended because of it's popularity.
Perhaps the makers were getting bored with it.
Overall, I found lead actress Nam Sang-mi was pretty bland. Although There were a few moments where I thought that maybe if she had something more substantial, she would have impressed me more. So I'm not quiet sure, if it was her, or the role.
I gew somewhat tired of Sung Ji Roo performance. He always seemed to be overacting, or perhaps I should just say, shouting.
There is not one false moment throughout. Many scenes pack an emotional wallop. Although the overall tone is heavy, there are also some light moments. The performances are excellent. If I had tp pick a standout, it would be Shinobu Otake,