purtysunshine

Cutting right to the chase: this drama sucked. It should be called "Why Does Tae San Cry Today?" instead of "Two Weeks." Seriously.

The plot was weak and at times flat out dumb. I know that sounds mean but I've watched a few of this writer's other dramas and I honestly can't believe it's the same person. She is capable of so much more than this.

You know your story is flawed when the smartest character in the entire drama is the 8-year-old girl. I've watched this with my friend and we decided logic does not exist in Two Weeks Land.

Actually, I'm not even sure why we finished. I suppose if you don't like a drama you don't have to watch it, right? I think we were just so mind blown that it could be so bad and though it HAD to get better.

If you're looking for some tight writing, action, and intriguing plots look elsewhere. If you just want to watch Lee Jun Ki be the biggest self-pitying crybaby ever, this is for you.

Cute and sweet...by far my favorite drama of Eric's, although his character was a little bland. This show has THE BEST parents ever. The scenes with Hae Young and her mom are all priceless....and her dad, omg. So adorable. Plus, this drama gets my vote for the cutest, most-awkward supporting couple. I haven't laughed so much in a long time.

Some of my favorite things here were Hae Young's reactions, and how she so vividly expressed her feelings throughout the show. In particular I remember a scene when she was in the bathroom, chanting to herself that what she did wasn't embarrassing and such...only to break down and whine "It's sooo~ embarrassing." Because let's be real...love is full of embarrassment, acting childish, and just being miserable at times...and we've all been there. But despite that, Hae Young never hesitates to toss her pride aside in following her heart and I admire that so much. Great show!

I don't know when it happened, exactly, but somewhere down the line my initial love for this drama dwindled to mere interest.

Don't get me wrong, I thought the acting and plot were both pretty amazing. There is also some great editing and music to throw into the mix. And I also felt the plot did fairly well balancing action, humor, and romance. I just. I don't know.

When talking to my friend (a fellow drama viewer) she described her own detachment from this drama being when it shifted and instead of focusing on the relationship between our leads, it focused on Getting The Bad Guy. Granted, both were present during the entire series, but the central focus of this drama seemed veer more on the side of 'how-the-king-becomes-a-good-king' and not 'how-the-king-fell-in-love'. I don't really know how to explain it but it's like the romantic tension was so on fire and then someone just threw water on it. And that made the otherwise really interesting and exciting plot just dull in comparison (anyone else feel the chemistry just fizzle and die?). It simply couldn't live up to it's earlier episodes.

I do think that the plot had some obvious flaws (and some over-the-top dramatic moments) but was otherwise really well crafted. I love how the core issue behind the series was the North/South conflict. This worked great because it is really an issue in Korea and provides lots of meaty material for a drama series, especially when you throw in a fictional monarchy and, oh yeah, Lee Seung Gi.

So I really did enjoy the story. I just wish I had been more in love with it in the end.

Yup. And some other supporting characters make it to the end, too.

Hahaha right? That second time they they tried to make us think he died I was like "You won't fool me again!" Third time might a charm though...

Also, I'm not sad that Eugene died because I was totally expecting it...but man, he did NOT have to die the way he did. He could have shot the bolt loose of the train but still stayed in the same car as Ae Sin. The Japanese might have still shot at him (though he could have used the other guy as a shield) but at least he would have stood a chance. I dunno, it seemed like they could have done that better and it was all just for emotional impact with very little logic.....

ZOMG LOVE. At this point I'm fairly certain that Park Seo Jun can do no wrong. Gawd *fans face*

To be honest I put off watching this since for some reason I thought it was going to be boring and riddled with angst. I have no idea what gave me that impression...maybe a bad synopsis I read somewhere. Finally I caved though and I'm so glad I did. While parts of the story are a little eye-roll worthy, for the most part this drama was genuine and sweet, full of characters worth rooting for and falling in love with. Gonna miss it dearly!

This gets my vote for most ridiculous k-drama of 2011...possibly ever. No wonder the lead actress quit and left the country mid-way, she probably heard the writers talking about what was going to happen and freaked out. I would too! Well, I'm glad that she did return and I am so proud of the rest of the cast for soldiering on (especially poor Erik) despite the crazy loops this plot went through.

What is really sad is that it started out so good. Despite the fact that many viewers may argue the plot had issues to begin with (and I won't say it didn't) the story was still enjoyable. It was funny and entertaining with great chemistry from the leads. And then...it was like the writers ran out of ideas and just wen't crazy. That's the only thing I can think of. In the end, Spy Myung Wol would of made a much better movie than a drama. You can pretty much fit anything important that happened in this show into and hour and a half and throw away the rest.

The final verdict: don't bother. It's not worth your time, even if you love and adore Erik (as I do).

And what was up with the ending, anyway? Uge. I don't even want to know.

This drama is like a piece of candy: it looks good, it tastes good, you can't really stop at just one piece...but you regret consuming all those extra calories when it's over.

Although the cast is amazing and the plot was moderately entertaining, I don't feel like I came away from this drama with anything. In fact, it is mostly forgettable at best. And although I wouldn't call Sengyoushufu Tantei a "bad" drama I can't necessarily deem it "good" either; hence the 7 rating. What it all boils down to is that I sorta want all the time I spend watching it back. Please?

This is one of those dramas where I rated it higher than it probably deserves simply because I love it despite all of its flaws. The story is lovely and moving, though and times it draaaaaagged (I suppose that’s to be expected due to its length). To be fair, for such a long drama it did manage to stay interesting throughout. I would say the interesting-to-drag ratio remained consistent as opposed to some shows that start off with a bag and Peter out later on (not the case here).

I loved how the layers of stories all fit in together. It was interesting to have a heroin who was both strong and powerful and at the same time timid and somewhat of a push-over (made it all the more satisfying when she came back as herself to kick ass). The soundtrack was great and so fitting. The scene where Su Su walks to the tower with the song playing in the background still gives me goosebumps (SUCH a well done scene). The graphics were alright…pretty good for a TV show but definitely fake-looking most of the time. I do feel like a lot of the characters did not get a satisfying conclusion (in particular: Mo Yuan) but it was just SO sweet I don’t know how you could watch this drama and not fall in love with it.

I was finally able to finish this...what started out as a nice, breezy, good-feeling drama quickly turned sour about half way through. Instead of 20, this should of been 16 episodes. I really wish it hadn't become such a train wreck because I would of loved it otherwise. The characters deteriorate into unlikable people, and there was way to many "WTH" moments later on for me to even look past certain flaws. Well, anyway, there ARE worse drama but I still don't recommend watching this one, either.

This drama was super cute! This was only my second time watching a Thai drama so I’m still getting used to the language and the style but I really enjoyed it…such a sweet story! Also, Push is unreal…his acting was fantastic and Suea felt like a genuine person as opposed to how these stories typically portray their male leads (beautiful and perfect). Suea WAS beautiful and perfect but he also had a personality. I loved how he teased and played with Junior and how their relationship developed so naturally. The last two episodes or so left me feeling a little annoyed, mostly because I did not understand why Junior kept turning Suea away. At first it was because she wasn’t sure he was serious and I get that, but after a while I was kinda more on Suea’s side when he got angry with her. If the writer was using the excuse that Suea was “poor” as the reason Junior choose to let him go then I don’t really buy it…that’s totally out of character for her and makes her no better than anyone else. She did kind of mention thinking that they were just “too different” as well but again—that only goes so far. Anyway, other than that flaw in the writing this drama was short and sweet…totally worth the watch!

This drama is like Tokyo DOGS clashed with IRIS...it is exciting and at times funny...with lots of action, plot twists, and (best of all) bromance!

I wasn't able to be as invested in it as I would of liked, however because I've seen other similar dramas before so I was able to pick out most of the twists and turns which ruined a lot of the tension and suspense I imagine other viewers feel (or, felt). Having said that, it is still a fantastic drama that has a wonderful cast! I think you could argue that this is one of the best Taiwanese dramas ever as far as quality is concerned, the directing is great and it was all pre-filmed so the editing is also very nice. Plus, it has a really good soundtrack.

I gave it a "8" instead of "10" just because of my personal issues with the plot but I think it is otherwise a high quality drama that everyone should watch!

As spoilery extension fro my review:

This does NOT have a happy ending for our super duper cute couple. Not at all. I WILL argue that it is bittersweet at best. Realistically (who are we kidding? Realistic? This drama? There is a stone TURTLE that mysteriously turns it's head as the camera zooms in on it ominously before our Josen F4 are magically transported to the future. There is no realism here) it makes sense that things turned out the way they did...within the context of fiction the writer provided. Yi Gak travels to the future to uncover the mystery behind his crown princess' murder. Mission success! Of course he would be transported back to the past. That is where he belongs. Especially since he has a perfectly comatose reincarnation in the future. Why not?

BUT my heart so desperately hoped for a miracle. It is hard to go through an entire drama series rooting and cheering for an OTP only to have them--technically--not end up together in the end. I understand that Tae Young is (pretty much) Yi Gak. And I am convinced that in the end, when he finds Park Ha, he has (if not all) at least some of Yi Gak's memories/personality traits. The way he stands...and what he says...all point to that. But the truth of the matter is that he is NOT Yi Gak. And Yi Gak went back to the past and died (at some point), alone. If I can imagine Tae Young has most of Yi Gak's memories now that he has awoken from his coma, I feel a little better, since that would mean Yi Gak did come back for Park Ha and get his well deserved Happy Ever After but boy does my heart still hurt for these two.

Tight and amazingly plotted story. The characters are so likable and the OTP adorable. Exciting and full of twists. It will leave you pretty blown away.

This drama had moments when it was SO freaking good (mostly because of Feng Shao Feng’s performance as Wu Ju Lan…I just loved his characters gentle mannerisms and sweetness…plus holy molly he is so hawt!) however, overall I wouldn’t necessarily consider it a good show.

The heroin is mostly annoying and Bea Hayden overacted like crazy…which just made Shen Luo seem even more unrealistic and frustrating.

The plot was largely boring. Most of the scenes that didn’t have to do with Wu Ju Lan and Shen Luo I just skipped through.

THE ENDING SUCKED. I’m just going to throw that out there. It was awful and so abrupt (I was like “….that’s it?!”). Uge, I was prepared to write this drama off as decent until the end.

In short: adorably loveable/interesting hero but riddled with annoying (overacted) characters, a weak plot, and a terrible ending.

As a huge fan of Tong Hua’s “Da Mo Yao” I’m really disappointed.

I LOVED this drama. OMG! Seo Kang Joon just came out of nowhere for me and won my heart and soul. His acting was SO good, especially since he was charged with playing two totally different characters…one of them being a robot no less. The story was refreshing and oh.so.entertaining. I go in to dramas featuring robots with a lot of skepticism (looking at you, Zettai Kareshi) but I was very pleasantly surprised with the way this one played out. I loved the characters and everything fit together nicely—the plot, the directing, the music. It was just produced so well. Nam Shin III being so utterly perfect and adorable is just the icing on this delicious cake. So much love. Will watch again!

While nothing will ever be as good as the Japanese version, they did a great job with the casting and the story. It fell short in many ways (not as emotional, for starters) but managed to hold its own. Worth a watch. I will forever be disappointed that we didn’t get a kiss though. Whatever.

This drama is such a joke. I was prepared to give it a decent rating until I watched the last episode, because despite the fact that I believe the whole second half of the series was seriously flawed, I really enjoyed the premise and the beginning. But the last episode? I was shaking my head towards the Drama Gods the whole time asking, "How can this be?" I think "Average" is now more than fair. This was such a waste of some really good talent. And granted, Lie to Me has it's moments, even later on...but mostly those are just Kang Ji Hwan trying to hold the whole thing together with his (sadly) impossibly cliche and boring character. I was really impressed he manage to bring any life into Ki Joon and I'm fairly certain that if anyone else had acted the part, I wouldn't of even bothered finishing this drama. Well, anyway, there's my rant. Watch at your own risk!

Cute, breezy watch. There is a good mystery and a sweet couple. The writing and acting seemed a bit amateurish which is why it only gets a 7 from me, but it’s short and fun so it makes for a nice filler or transition drama.

Uge. Awful. Used every spy-drama cliche in the book. No chemistry between the leads. Acting was mediocre at best. No clue why I bothered finishing other than it had so much potential that just never played out. Don't waste your time!