Firstly. the story was the main thing wrong with this drama. We were given exactly what the synopsis told us, which is great, but I feel like the series focused too much on Cha Ji An and Lee Hyun's relationship. There were quite a few unnecessary scenes between the two, and if they were taken out, I'm pretty sure the ending would have still been the same. A lot of people may disagree with me on this, but I just think that the writer should have given more scenes with Hyun and Min (Jung Seon Ho). They felt like the more important relationship to focus on, but those scenes were only given from the thirteenth episode onward. It was too lacking. Going back to Ji An and Hyun's relationship, I couldn't actually see the two as a couple. When they got together in the last episode, I didn't fangirl or squeal, or jump up and down in my room. I just sat there, unfazed. I never saw any spark in their connection. It simply looked like a normal friendship. Last thing, the writer didn't explain the ending with Min that well. I know a lot of people were confused as to what his decision was, whether he chose to continue being Hyun's brother and hand himself to the police, or live as someone else with a new identity. That should have been explained a little better.
Despite some of my complaints about I Remember You, the acting and cast in this were absolutely perfect. I cannot express how much I was amazed by the acting in this. I'm going to start with Park Bo Gum (played Jung Seon Ho). I had never really heard of him until I watched this, but I absolutely love him now. His acting was brilliant, and his character was definitely my favourite, especially after the thirteenth episode. And he was so cute when he was smiling because of Hyun, or when he had this fringe down. Next is Seo In Guk as Lee Hyun. He has definitely grabbed my attention with his acting. It was flawless, and I actually fangirlled when he did a cameo in Oh My Ghost. I just love him even more when he is suited up, so hot. Third, Jang Na Ra as Cha Ji An. Although her character was quite annoying, she has been a great influence on this drama - in a good way. She did an amazing job and can't wait to see her again in the future. Lastly, is Choi Won Young as Lee Joon Ho. I have previously noticed him in Kill Me, Heal Me and he did have some hilarious moments in that, but now I have also seen a serious side to him. Won Young can do anything, he's a brilliant actor.
I can definitely remember watching through I Remember You, and paying attention to the music more than the actual story. But now that I have also gone through the soundtrack, I can't pick out a noticeable one that I can recall massively. It seems a little vague, and the only song that I properly like is Remember by Dear Cloud.
To be honest, I can't see myself watching this again. I would watch this again if the time came round, but I didn't enjoy it enough to actually want to rewatch it. The story is the main thing I pay attention to if I want to rewatch it again, and out of everything, that failed the most. So, I will not be watching I Remember You again.
Having the story become pretty much a disappointment and the soundtrack not being all that interesting or noticeable, that brought this drama down. But I know it could have been so much better.
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Nature of Nurture? The Ultimate Question of What Creates A Monster...
It is a debate which has puzzled, confused and bemused psychologists, philosophists and ethicists for centuries; is it our environment or innate what make us tick as human beings ?Why is it two children raised in different environments and circumstances end up as criminals?Suspenseful as it is thought-provoking, screenwriter Kwon Ki Young ( Suspicious Partner,Protect the Boss) helps to bring this question to life through the focus us upon selective amnesic and genius criminal profiler Lee Hyun ( Seo-In guk). A sudden return back to South-Korea after years studying in the United States, opens up new wounds when he meets Detective Cha Ji-an ( Jang Na-Ra) in search also of the missing, calculative psychopath Lee Joon Young who both took something precious from them in their pasts. In addition to uncovering this old case again ,mysterious prosecutor Jung Sun Ho ( Park Bo-Min) 's sudden involvement in Lee Hyun's case will uncover some dark truths that perhaps would have been better left uncovered...
With a surprising cameo of D.O. as the younger Joon Young (our surprisingly captivating psychopathic killer), there's little to actually fault about our main cast's delivered performances .Jang Na-Ra and Seo-In Guk were brilliant within captivating the humanity and angst of our individual characters and undeniably Park Bo-gum was captivating within his role as the calculative and mysterious prosecutor with a dark past.
The majority of the drama centralises upon the intriguing cat and mouse games between Lee Hyun and our killer with surprising twists and turns along the way. However, the oddest and probably most out-of-place subgenre within the show of thrilling mind games and traumatic pasts, has to be the romantic element of the show evidently between Cha Ji-an and Lee Hyun. Whilst it did attempt to relieve these more ''noir'' elements by adding the light-hearted edge of romance, the pairing between the characters soon became a little over-centralised in the show. This didn't necessarily take away from the intrigue, but it lessened the impact of the events in particular of the more suspenseful elements of the drama as well as Ji-an's past for viewers. In addition to this, there were some notable plot inconsistencies around procedures and in particular the slightly ambiguous ending . ( It is difficult to say whether this was merely an intelligent attempt relieve Lee Hyun's trauma, or just simply lazy story-writing .)
Overall whilst Hello Monster was flawed by its questionable pairing choices, some inconsistencies and ending, the drama was certainly an intriguing and captivating suspense story with a decent story premise, intriguing characters as well as good performances from our cast. Certainly worth a watch if you are looking for a suspense story with more ethical questions, in particular the belief of ''nature and nurture'' and what makes us human.
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I watched the drama in only three days. I came home from work and just started to watch the next episodes. Even while working (I work in a hospital as a nurse) I was thinking about the drama... It was so thrilling and exciting.. Actually I can't describe in words how good this drama was.
The story was at the beginning a little bit...strange? But this was just in the first episode. The story developed quite interesting and I couldn't stop watching the next episode. I was fascinated by the feelings between the main characters. Really you should watch it, I just can't describe it. I often had a strange feeling while I watched the drama, but it wasn't a negative strange feeling..
And I also liked the ending. It wasn't a ending like: "Hey lets marry and have kids and be happy forever, no one can ever hurt us." It was an open end, so that you had to ask yourself, what would I (!) do in this situation.. You had to think about this drama not just while you watch the drama but even after you finished it.
So like I actually just said before, the acting was perfect. Really I FELT IT. I was so in this drama because the actors just played their roles so good, that it was almost unsettling. You know what I mean? There were times I really thought everything was real.
The music was good too, it fits always.
SO: I would watch it again and again, because the drama was just so perfect, so thrilling and because it felt so real. And today I have a new drama on my "favorite dramas" list.
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The first half of this drama is so ridiculously bad. And the second half is ridiculously good. The things that brothers will do to protect each other. *sob. I think the second half gets better because Hyeon starts talking like a normal person instead of a god-like character who is better than everyone else.
Also the mind games between the gents really starts and I always appreciate a well-timed stand off. It's a nice change to have males being platonically possessive over each other rather than fighting over a girl. As for the theme of nature vs. nurture, I wasn't so impressed. But the other theme of craving bro-ship from the heart vs. the mind was really good.
There are so many intense conversations where they are talking abstractly about mundane things but everyone in the room knows that they're talking about something else entirely different. I appreciate those moments a lot. Even Ji An gets in on it when she finds out.
Hyeon
“Please stop saying psychopathic things.”
This is my first Seo In Guk drama and I wasn't quite sold on his looks but he became more handsome as the drama went along. I'm not sure if I've ever disliked a personality as much as this guy. I think he'd be an okay character if there wasn't a pathetic Ji An for him to bully and act all superior like too. It's way too over the top.
I wasn't quite in the mood for his stereotypical brand of arrogance especially after seeing Healer's classy condescension. But I stayed on because I wanted to see how smart he really was and see how his talent and his tale unfolded. Those kid flashbacks sucked me right in.
I liked the idea of him having a Sherlock Holmes memory and intuition but him having amnesia in some areas of his life.
He is a neat freak.
His best moments are concerning his brother. Those are intense.
Ji An
Ji An is the type of heroine I hate. She's clumsy, slow on the uptake, and presumptuous. She embarrasses herself constantly, can't string a sentence and is put in a badass job position for her to disgrace. But I believe in Kdramas and their character development so I persevered. She's not a very good personality for Hyeon to bounce off.
Her pluses include that she works hard, that she can shoot a gun and she gets less annoying as the drama goes on.
There's a pretty good spoiler about Ji An that comes out in Episode 5.
Later on she gets some moments to shine which is great.
Romance
Basically every thing and everyone in this drama had chemistry except for the romance.
As per usual, Hyeon acts like he's so much better than Ji An and looks at her like she is a dirt on his shoe.
They had better chemistry as forensic partners or in a student/teacher dynamic. The way they could understand each other well without using words on the job was pretty cool.
For most of the drama it's all about Hyeon and his problems and why his poor manners gets to be excused because of his miserable life. I liked it towards the end of the drama where he starts to show compassion for Ji An and what she has experienced because of a serial killer.
Attorney Jeung
His baby face....gaah! He was definitely one of the motivating factors of keeping up with this drama. The way he so deftly portrayed sinister evil and heart-breaking sadness at the same time was pretty amazing.
Investigation Team
I liked the dynamic of this bunch. They made me smile with their enthusiasm. They're a quirky group and there's just something about them that entertained me. They are like a rag-tag crowd of siblings. They all have their individual “roles” (the analytical one, the grump, the braggart, etc.) but nobody is a stereotype. The most grumpy one is also the most compassionate. I like that. They bicker, fight, and wax philosophical about the criminals that they catch. And they're noisy. I loved them.
Also, while all of them are not that bright, they're always ready to throw down.
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The cast was boring and no one really stood out. I'm going to blame the writing for that because Choi Won Young is a chameleon when it comes to the roles he portrays and in this even he fell flat. I've seen a couple dramas with Jan Na Ra and to me she is not really a memorable actress- plain white rice boring. Seo In Guk and Park Bo Gum... so bland... no words. The amount of hype Bo Gum gets in this drama is straight up hilarious because his acting is so dull here; safe to say I'm not impressed...
The music... omg they played the same songs over and over that it got to the point that I would just mute my tv whenever it would start. The also used this weird screeching sound effect whenever there was tension of some sort or something bad may or may not happen- I wanted to punch my tv screen it was so annoying. I wouldn't recommend this as I found it to be a complete waste of time.
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Overall,this drama had a great potential but it ended like a typical drama with a lot of cliches.I don't recommend it.
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Story: About a criminal profiler who works as an adviser to a team of investigator cops, they solve crimes together - but there is also a bigger mystery that ties Cha Ji Ahn and Lee Hyeon together.
Cast: Seo In Guk as Lee Hyeon did such an outstanding job that he has now worked his way into my favorite actors list! The stoic expressions and serious tone of Lee Hyeon's personality was so perfect I'm amazed! I loved every single expression (his eyes told most of the story), his blunt ways of saying things always had me laughing. He is trying to find pieces of his past that are missing in his memory. Jang Nara as Cha Ji Ahn was a strong-willed, stubborn and fun girl to watch - her "stalkerish" ways of following Lee Hyeon around were almost embarrassingly amusing :P I have to say her character in this drama is my favorite of all her characters. D.O's brief scenes were seriously good. Lee Joon Ho (Choi Won Young) - I was constantly wondering what was running through his mind, how his brain worked - his thoughts were such a mystery to me! One look could say a thousand different things. Seon Ho (Park Bo Gum) was at times creepy and at times adorably cute^^ The child actors were amazing - you could really believe they were the younger-selves of the older actors - in both looks and personality/acting abilities. Lee Chun Hee was such an adorkable character^^ Loved him, he could be clumsy, funny, sweet, and brave! Such an admirable man! The rest of the investigation team were great, I particularly liked: Kim Jae Yeong (The cute detective - my first time seeing him) & Min Seung Wook the silly dork - I couldn't help but laugh at his reactions to "Dave" lol :P I was glad to see Seo Young Joo appear on here for one of the cases - love this younger actor ^-^
Music: 'I Remember You' by Dear Cloud (my absolute favorite song), and 'I See You' by Shin Yong Jae (my second favorite song on the latter part of the drama).
Re-watch Value: 10/10 - I will be re-watching this drama soon! and I highly recommend it to detective/crime drama lovers! :D <3
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At beginning, the drama started a bit weak, but when half of the drama arrived, it started to have a lot of tension every episode. It really doesn't have many romance, but you can see how the main actor & actress feel about each otherSeo In Guk surprised me, I always watched his other dramas/movies but he was unexpected in this one. He did it very good! I think he can be even better with time.
About Jang Na Ra, she's still the best, she didn't disappointed me.
Park Bo Gum was the best of all the cast, he's acting is simply perfect! It was my first time seeing him acting, and I turned his fan, I will search for other dramas he did. His role was essential, I think nobody than him could do this role.
Choi Won Young did a perfect perfomance as Lee Jun Ho, he was creppy but it was so good.
I personally recommend the drama, even if the beginning is a bit slow and obvious, you won't know what will happen.
What I will say can be considered a Spoiler....
****(SPOILER)****
The end was opened but somehow you realize how it ends, I liked the opened ending, but I still would like to request a 2nd season ***(BIG SPOILER)*** (specially because they still didn't catch Lee Jun Yeong, and we don't really know which was the decision of Min).
***(END BIG AND NOT BIG SPOILER)***
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Ahem. It was completely well constructed, enticing, well written and carries the right levels of comedy to lighten up the theme. When I first read the synopsis I thought this would be another ID crisis show and though the pilot didn`t fully deny my theory I was still excited to see what was truly going to happen.
Another thing I loved about this show is the lack of irrelevant scenes such as the side romance. I really really love how they didn`t give that too much focus or it would spoil the plot imo. Oh... the bromance though.... that was beautiful!
On the other hand... all that soft side of psycho-killers... that`s pretty much scy-fi. However, I won`t judge it for how real it was. The impression we get is that Korean laws are ridiculously weak and don`t work at all if you give it a closer look not only on this drama but many others. I haven`t watched anything where it`s further explored so I can`t say for sure but I can say for sure that the law isn`t that easy around here...
Anyway... the acting wasn`t brilliant by some, the lack of chemistry between them didn`t bother me since it wasn`t important anyway, you won`t see worse cops ever!, everyone seemed to be too willing to forgive serial murders - me included, i must admit... they worked hard on this - but these are minimal flaws compared to how great and entertaining this show was. The actions scenes are very smooth, the supporting cast stole the spotlight with great performances and should I even mention Kyungsoo? Nah... I don`t think it`s necessary. #satansoo was made for this role.
And the OST.... God. It`s flawless! Remember had me shivering.
In the end I was surprised by the events. It wasn`t as I thought and it I was not disappointed though things didn`t go the way I wanted here and there.
I can only hope for a sequel: I still remember you, maybe?
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Story:
Almost flawless, if I had to put it simply. Many crimes are related to an overarching theme and while the later cases are not as police procedural in nature as the previous ones, this shift of focus makes sense. There's nothing I like more than a good ol' police procedural and this sure gave me a nice bit of it! The way each character's story intertwined was nice, to me. Though at some points I felt it was predictable - it wasn't as much of a 'whodunnit' as I would've expected. For example, I thought it was pretty easy to pinpoint out who Min and Lee Joon Young were - but on the flip side, I feel like the focus on the psychological battles of the characters was more crucial than a whodunnit. The characters are 'real' - there's no other way to put it! Especially Cha Ji An and Son Myeong Woo, whose characters I absolutely adored! Also, as mentioned before by many others - this has an open ending, which I don't like as a principle but I can see why it was done as so. One more episode would've helped, however since the last episode was very choppy. Many also talk about the weak romance plot but I thought it was very realistic? Especially with Hyeon's personality, I think witnessing his growth was essential before any sort of romance happened. Kudos to the writers for an extremely believable romance!
Acting/Cast:
This was really flawless! I've always liked Seo Inguk but to see him in this type of a role was a delight! Jang Nara is amazing, she really gives the depth to Ji An's character. Portraying strength and vulnerability easily, her performance could be second to none. The first surprise was Choi Wonyoung - my God, he's amazing beyond reason! Actors that can act through their eyes are a rare breed and Wonyoung does that with ease, emoting easily with his gaze! Park Bogum was easily the other surprise - I was used to seeing him be the MC of Music Bank but he's good at acting, too! Looking forward to so much more from him, especially as one of the leads in Reply 1988 - you have a new fan, Bogummy (I know it's a bad nickname but it's his Twitter handle, I'm not kidding)! The support cast was fantastic, everyone acted well! The casting was beyond fabulous, especially as the child actors and their adult counterparts were most believable - even down to little mannerisms!
Music:
The BGM sounded a bit BBC's Sherlock-y near the beginning but the actual OST is fantastic and fits the mood of the drama well!
Rewatch Value:
Ready to watch it over and over again!
Overall:
Slam dunk. That's all.
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