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I am half way through and am finding that I am increasingly annoyed with Na In Woo's acting. He has only one expression, and he speaks his lines so slowly that I think that each episode would be ten minutes shorter if the director could have gotten him to talk at a normal rhythm.

I agree with everything that you wrote. I don't understand the emotional gushing over this drama. I only finished it because my interest in how it ended overcame my desire to drop it due to the boredom I was feeling. During the last few weeks, I nearly forgot to check to see if it had been downloaded.

I enjoyed this so much that I went out and bought the book that it was based on, only to find that this is one of those rare cases in which the movie is better than the book. I miss Lee Sun Kyun. Kim Min Hee is a strange actress, but fits perfectly here.

Agree, especially your last sentence.

I never did really understand why the ML fell in love with the FL. She was not exactly warm and fuzzy. Only started to improve very late. Much of the plot made me cringe. "Why don't they do this?" "Why don't they do that?" I favor dramas that make me stay up too late because I want to see what happens next. With QOT, I didn't really care very much. By the time that I wanted to quit, I thought, "There are only a few more episodes. I may as well finish it." A generous 7.5. Park Ji Eun is not my favorite writer.

I mostly agree with you. JJH is one of the world's elite. I wonder what happened to Park Ji Eun. The writing quality in the last several episodes has really fallen off.

While waiting for Tears to wrap up, I have been re-watching My Love From The Star (Kim So Hyun and same writer). What stands out the most to me is how much better at acting Jun Ji Hyun is than Kim Ji Won. It is as if JJH has ten speeds, while KJW has only two. I am not being mean. They are both better than I would be.

Thank goodness for the fast-forward function. I am using it more with each episode.

You are right, of course. The writing seems to be getting worse with each episode. The only reason that I am not dropping it is that there are only two to go.

God, I wish that someone would remove those hairs from Na Young Hee's forehead.

Agree. I have been tempted to drop it. I have been watching much of it a 1.5. They have been stretching it to get to 16 episodes.

I just finished episode 6. I have found that I am watching most of it at 1.5. I enjoy the overall story and the acting, but I wonder if it should have been 8-12 episodes in length.

lesle, have a heart. I watched this five years ago. I have found that if I rate a movie, or drama, 7 or less, I barely remember it a year later. BTW, I'm 76. I think that makes me the oldest person in the world. Or is that the dementia talking?

Scroll down a bit, and you will find my availability update from a few weeks ago.

Can Kim Seo Hyung smile? OK, she tried a couple of times. While she is charismatic, over the years I have grown tired of her inability to emote.

The drama kept reminding me of Secret Love Affair, except that SLA was so much better, not just because of Kim Hee Ae and Yoo Ah-in.

I just discovered this excellent YouTube review of SLA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMOkPkk-ALU

Serious disappointment. I expected it to be at least as good as the original. Instead, I found myself switching from 1.25 and 1.5. Ken Watanabe sleep-walked through the entire film. The director should be ashamed of himself. The editor too.

Availability update: I found it on dramanice.la and kissasian.lu. It may be elsewhere as well, but I stopped looking.

I just checked on Ebay. Several vendors have it, both in DVD and Blue-ray. I bought it from megamoviebazaar because it is in about 400 miles from where I live. About $40-45 for DVD.

For years I have been surprised that he has not become a "A-List" star. I wonder if the problem is with his agency.