O Amor Maior (2011)

funny, great dialogue

The Hong Sisters' 7th script, 2011, 16eps at 1hrea. The first of 3 directed by Park Hong Kyun (Warm and Cozy; Hwayugi).

An excellent classic tearjerker kdrama romedy, a real feast, with several dramatic climaxes and my all-time favourite of relaxed last episodes. The ML has heart problems both medical and emotional. Set in the world of celebrity, it still pretty much exhausted every expression to do with the heart, especially pounding the heck out of heartbreak. The HSs also got quite a bit of mileage out of roses, azaleas, camellias and potato flowers.

Cha Seung Won was genius as Dokgo Jin, a truly self-involved movie star, and Gong Hyo jin put in a great performance as his true love, the unlucky Gu Ae Jung. These two do not so much have misunderstandings as verbal brawls every time they meet. Their interactions have a realistic edge at the same time as being larger than life.

Warning to the sensitive: at about the 10th episode the FL's noble self-effacing, self-sacrificing nature drove me insane. I had to quickly view the first episode of the 2018 Encounter (when Bo Gum meets Hye Kyo in Havana) to recharge my romantic mojo.

All the supporting cast were uniformly excellent. This was really popular in its day. I would re-watch it in a group for its throwback value, or to compare and contrast with other celebrity-life dramas. It is a truly indelible classic, but oddly enough, too real for me. I cried a lot, too.

first posted sept 2024 on Viki

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I really liked this drama, no doubt. Since it was shown on our local television network GMA before, I was not into it because of the dubbing. I did watch this one after a year from the release date since I watched The Master's Sun first before this. Gong Hyojin really chose a role or character that suits her since her acting in this drama is great. This drama is quite the basic, especially if a beginner in the Korean drama world. This drama made me happy and excitement especially in the romance parts of the drama. Both the main leads are not your typical handsome beautiful pair but it does not matter for me since they are both so good in their respective roles. It was a total hit in Korean, which I think is pretty obvious since it's a great drama.

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A toddler in love with Atlas.

The Story
The series is another take on that classic nobody and somebody pairing plus a few jealous, money-hungry foils on the side. The nobody who has been through a lot and the somebody who has lived a sheltered life resulting in a stunted emotional development. A love quadrangle.

Execution
The comedy in this drama are of its time - Gen Z and Alpha may not appreciate unless they have a really good grasp of what was considered funny and cute in 2011. The visuals are also from that era when the Hallyu Wave was just peaking with worthwhile stories and passable acting before the public started to obsess with good looks resulting in the current compositions in kdramas.

Characters
The characters in this drama takes after the templates of the time:
- An ML with the emotional and intelligence quotient of a toddler - all the rage back then. There's something disgusting with a guy in his late 30's sulking and bratting around. It will really take the greatest type of love to tolerate his existence - that of a mother's.
- An FL who carried the earth in a quiet long suffering way - a really absorbent character to all the tantrum of the ML and the spite around her.
- The antagonist rival whose character will reappear played by the same actress in My Love from the Star
- The usual 2ML whose character and fate has not changed much until now.

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questo drama mi è strapiaciutoooooooooooooooooooooooooo è molto comico le risate mi perdevo dalla casa a parte la fighaggine di lui assoluta anche se è grande (potete vedere anche i segni della sua giovinezza appassire nel suo volto)ma fisicamente che cosèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèèè uno dei fisici più virili della corea e sii mie care giovincelle beata la protagonista che se l’è spupazzato per beninoooooooooooo XD ahahahhahahaha cmq la puntata più bella???? La 14 MERAVIGLIOSA e il finale bellissimo credetemi soddisfatta poiché i protagonisti in questo drama erano pienamente presenti (applausooo) Un personaggio come Dok Go Jin non lo incontrerete più così sopra le righe, folle, egocentrico, infantile... ma alla fine un vero supereroe e affettuoso anzi devo ammettere che mi sa un po’ di So Ji-Sub (il protagonista di The Master’s sun) ahahaha non so il perché mentre la nostra protagonista è sempre lei non cambia di una virgola

Devo aggiungere però che a mia insaputa iniziando questo drama non mi ero accorta che i sottotitoli in italiano erano incompleti, quindi, per virtù dello spirito santo, dopo la decima puntata mi è toccato vederlo senza sottotitoli, fortunatamente noi dramiste sfegatate, bene o male, qualcosa la capiamo, per lo meno io il 70% quindi in drama l’ho capito solo per il 70/80% il restante lo lascio alla lingua originale, ma dai ragazze non lo potevo mica stoppare dopo averlo visto la metà mentre mi pinnavo le ditaaaaaaa , non sono il tipo da lasciare in sospeso le cose ma per fortuna l’ho finito e sono stata più che soddisfatta

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