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You're All Surrounded (crime, humour, romance). Tried to add the tag, let's see.

Yes, it's very painful, that speech. But I appreciate for that very reason, it's so real. how our background and experiences influence our reception of a series is def a factor.

This is a psychological thriller with hitchcockian undertones. I'm stunned by how original and interesting this is. Capturing. The writer and director have achieved an amazing series. I guess pychological dramas are not everyone's piece of cake (comparing to likewise low ratings of Cheese In the Trap) but this is definitely amongst all time top serious k-dramas for me. It's offering a lot of food for thought. I don't think the descriptions the drama or its themes do any justice to it - jealousy and vengeance are too superficial ideas/drivers and this drama is much more deep and layered to be described in those terms. If something, it tells that some people just don't seem to have the gift for happiness. Looking for another person to deliver all the goods things in life is a doomed mission. Happiness is a choice as much as anything else. The writer would deserve the award this year, that much is already clear. All the actors are great in their roles. There is no overacting . I was always wondering why didn't we hear more of the Leo in "Black". Here he is now, maybe still starting but starting good. Poor Kim Bo Yun always has these roles as the obnoxious mother - she's good but I'd like to see her in the "good mother" role for a change :)

Real Christmas feeling from this Junho song & vid ("Believe") https://youtu.be/xKPRkpcawL4

K-drama and raunchy scenes never belong to the same sentence. Luckily.

I agree, that was a masterpiece of acting from Jung.

Her Private Life. Wok of Love.

My Only Love Song. Man to Man.

The first 10 episodes were sort of funny. It was more about the friendship and the baby. I laughed aloud several times. The humour in the second half got cheaper and kind of cringey. Mostly I experienced second-hand embarrassment. They set the bar really low (=fart and poop humour), I prefer more intelligent and absurd types of humour. I started from 8.5 and ended giving it 7.5.

This was actually quite entertaining until episode 20. It's more liberal than most would be ready to accept, exploring the possibility to love more than one person and other less discussed topics (asexuality). JJS makes his best role, he's in fire here. Whatever clear or implicit interesting themes there were, are sort of completely lost in the 4 final episodes. I guess they lost courage. For more open-minded viewers, this drama still manages to invite thoughts on what are the best foundations for a successful marriage. I just wish the whole crew, especially writer & director, would have been more on board with their idea of what the key themes are and not watered it down.

Amazing double roles are also worth mentioning: Lee Junho in the Rose and the Tulip, Song Joong Ki in Arthdal Chronicles, Yeo Jin Goo in Crowned Clown.

Such a beautiful drama. Sad but healing. The background research about catastrophe survivors impeccable. The overall atmosphere and theme was so solid all through, extremely good pacing. Kudos to both the writer and director. This drama wouldn't have been what it is without Lee Junho, we really feel what he is feeling. Unique achievement in a unique role. All other actors give impressive performances too. This is only the 4th k-drama that got full 10 points from me (the others being Mr. Sunshine, IOTNBO, CLOY) and I've watched 130+ k-dramas so far. I'm so happy Netflix showed this.

I wonder why he's always cast as a villain. Such a good actor. Hope that a more multidimensional role will come his way soon. Was particularly memorable in Man to Man, and Life.

If only I could learn to drop dramas after 10 episodes when it becomes clear that the show has used up its ideas. This one became particularly dreary on the second half. The first episodes very really and truly funny.

anything with higher than 8.3 rating should be taken off for this list to reflect what it was meant to reflect. Everybody likes Good Manager/Chief Kim (8.6.) - it's iconic - and if a drama has achieved a rating as high as Arthdal Chronicles (8.7) it's very high on the all time the highest rated list of MDL ("Top shows"). I do understand that people aren't fluent in English, but.

Mostly venting anger about the messiness. I don't choose dramas mainly bc of actors. But didn't drop Secret Garden bc of Oska being so legendary there so that supports the rationale of the list. Also I don't think Bride of Habaek is actually messy but rather good (it's on the "underrated dramas" list like Cheese In the Trap which I found great). And yep, great acting in Habaek as well as Cheese in the Trap from all main leads.

The drama was funny and imaginative at the start, but after some 6-7 episodes, it turned a to be a vast disappointment. The plot turns got loopy and repetitive and messy. I completed the series (I have a hard time dropping dramas halfway) and ended up really hating it. There was no way to keep up with the characters being dead and dying one minute and carelessly driving in a car the next. In the end I didn't even care what happened to the characters, just fast forwarded it to the finish. It wasn't worthwhile to try watching since there were no deeper themes. It was sad to watch the FL slowly loose faith and just go through the motions. I'll make sure I'll never watch anything by these scriptwriters again, this could be used as a lesson for how a drama should not be written.

This is a small and lighthearted indie (?) film. It's an easy and nice watch. (I've always preferred this type of smaller films rather than big productions). Junho is great in the double role as the world weary disillusioned artist Nero and the boyish naive student. There's criticism, even satire, of the artworld. The characters all face major challenges which makes this work well as a drama but luckily the way the stories are told is not too depressing and the ending is optimistic. The female characters are left rather shallow but since this is not primarily about romance, that's fitting.

on youtube with eng subs

Extremely fine-tuned low-key drama. Romance, family issues, workplace (women's) reality in a perfect blend. This is probably for adults, since appreciating the slow pace and nuanced acting takes patience but is very rewarding. Watched twice already. Jung Hae In and Son Ye Jin are so extremely good in their roles, they can express what the characters are thinking and feeling even without words. Kudos to the director and writer, what a great work this is. Really, a gem of a drama. But, if you've watched this first, you'll probably not be able to like One Spring Night, because the two dramas are too similar and the FL is much weaker in the latter one.