A Outra Oh Hae Young (2016)

My review system 8/10 Another Ms Oh: Ac2, CD1, Pl2, Mu0, Rf1(Cr, MC, C, SC)

Acting
• 0 cringy
• 1 just ok
• 2 fantastic: even the cheesy roles were acted out well
Plot
• 0 skipfest
• 1 sufficiently engaging: i didnt find myself skipping out of boredome
• 2 Refreshingly Different
Cohesion & Development
• 0 none, just garbage
• 1 not satisfied with beginning/middle/end the push and pull in the middle of the seriesannoyed me
• 2 Just perfect! From beginning to end
Music
• 0 forgetable: i cant even remember the music
• 1 earworm
• 2 bought the OST
Rewatch factor
• -1 dropped
• 0 did not go outta my way to rewatch
• 1 went outta my way to rewatch scenes: id rewatch scenes
• 2 rewatched eps in entirety
Petpeves
• Cringe factor +/-½ the giod kind of cringe
• Main characters +/- ½ the main actors psychologydoesnt make sense to me
• Chemistry +/- ½ their chemistry was perfect
• Supporting characters +/- i enjoyed following their stories...with the exception of the higher-ups,theyre always boring

Leia Mais

It was ok, liked Ugly Ploy more

1. Very lacking in who they had in the lead actor and actress categories
2. Watch this before you watch Unlucky Ploy the new version, other wise this one will make you disappointed. They actors and actresses pop more in the 2nd version, just more chemistry.... Felt this was pushed to fast and wanted to bring in up and coming's. Where with Unlucky Ploy they spent more time on casting the right actors.
3. I love the older actors who are in the support roles, they add a strong force to the movies, do to the strength of their acting skills. They really make the shows work.
4. Learning new things in life is what makes the world go around, there is a huge cultural difference between what I am use to in everyday life and what is seen in the Asian Culture. LOOKS and MONEY, play a huge roll in almost all these shows.
5. Until 2018 American Shows where what I watched, now I look to see the who, what, why's and when? Oh lets not forget the HOW? The ones I have seen thus far are very innocent based to an extent, no nudity, no major violence (until last week) most of the time, it leave most things to the imagination.
6. Korean shows have a lot going for them, and have been drawing me in more and more.....
7. Work on the endings, most feel rushed in the last 2 episodes just to get things wrapped up. There is a need to leave them wanting more, or a vision there could be a spin off to more seasons.

Leia Mais

Unsettling feelings!!!

Oh my god I don't know how to start.

if you haven't watched this drama and you are reading this review. Let me guide you how to watch it.

First go to some website, read the plot of 1 to 12 episodes at least, and make sure you wanna watch it. Don't go for the details. Read it just to familiaries with the characters and story.

And then start to watch it from ep 13. DO NOT WATCH IT FROM EP 1. Because it is so frustrating and disappointing to watch it from the beginning.

The actors are great of a choice. They made it so real and so good so that we will come to hate the characters. I mean how can someone create these kinda characters.

The FL is too pathetic. Without self respect. I hate that character towards the end. There wasn't a single point where I could feel connected to or emapathetic towards her. There was no justification to any of her actions. It was so frustrating to watch her in the whole series and that's the only... only drawback of this series. it was so disturbing and frustrating just to watch her.

The ML was annoying but understandable considering his situation. One of the good part of the story.

secondary couples were the best part. I enjoyed them. They made me smile. So it was good.


If you are a person who likes to watch pathetic FL dramas. This is for you.

Leia Mais

A perfect K-drama

My first review on MDL. This is a pretty darn perfect K-drama, thanks to brilliant writing, direction, and acting. What skill it takes as a writer to combine in one drama hysterically funny moments, heartbreak and trauma, and heartwarming moments ! One of the two writers, Park Hae Young, went on to write My Mister and then My Liberation Notes. What a line-up of awesome scripts ! Thank you Park Hae Young. My favorite actress in this series, in spite of the perfection of the FL and others, is Oh Hae Young’s mother played by Kim Mi Kyung. Wow. I’ve never seen someone play how deep mother-love can be, and mother-frustration, like how she does here. And SOOOO funny too. Park Do Kyung’s loss of his father as a child is one of the most heartbreaking scenes I’ve ever seen. No second-rate acting in the whole series. Loved the OST also; I’m playing it on a CD in my car as I rewatch the series for about the 5th time. Jung Seung Hwan was only about 18 or 19 when he recorded “If It Were You” about unrequited love. Hard to believe. Nobody does LONGING like K-Dramas.

Leia Mais

So Many Feels!!!

This Kdrama made it to my top 10 all time faves.
This is just so good. It made me feel so much in every episode. The story is unique and very heartwarming, not just for the romance but for the other aspects of the drama as well. The relationship of the FL with her parents especially her mom is very relatable, the side characters and their stories are not annoying and enriches the drama and the ending was very well done as well. For me, they were able to close the show happily for all the characters and their issues resolved satisfactorily.
The acting was on point and the entire cast was amazing.
The soundtrack was also very good. I watched this a few years ago but up to now I still listen to their songs.
All in all a very great drama and very highly recommended.

Leia Mais

Well, here we go again with issues of communication! And, dysfunction. More than any other kdrama that I’ve watched thus far, there has been more drinking and hitting each other! That is slightly disturbing frankly. Maybe it’s because I’m American but I found it really weird that a mom would be hitting her 31-32 year old daughter. Even when Park Do Kyung and Oh Hae Young have their first kiss, it’s after she starts hitting him with her purse and they tussle one another into a wall! And, that lawyer friend and PDK’s younger brother are constantly at one another too! Park Soo Kyung’s drinking scenes were so OOT I could barely stand to watch them. Hair in front of face, total inebriation, etc. Ugh! Onto to dysfunction and back to PDK—in flashbacks from his relationship with OHY Girlfriend #1, he’s happy and smiling. After she bails on the wedding, he goes into total emotional void. Then, once he’s with OHY 2, he’s able to smile again. That seemed a bit unlikely as a premise although for the sake of the series I suppose it made sense. After reading Episode Guides, I skipped Episodes 10-13 and was glad I did as all that could have been wrapped up in one episode. Even though I was annoyed by the excessive physicality/hitting/drinking, I still was invested in the relationships, particularly of the leads, as they had great chemistry. “Ordinary” OHY was actually not so ordinary because of her bubbly, free-spirited and gritty personality. Here’s something that’s been bothering me for a while…as in all other kdrama series, the female lead never wears the same clothes twice. But their closet space doesn’t seem to accommodate all the clothes they always wear—it’s a perennial mystery to me. And, original OHY was criticized twice for having “poor” clothes. What does that mean? She seemed to dress casually yes, but in Korean culture, does that mean someone’s poor? A bit baffling as in America some real slobs can be really rich so you never know.

Leia Mais

My forever favorite drama

Oh Hae young has a piece in my heart I watched this in 2016 and till this day I still watch it. This drama is not for everybody but it did to me cause I related to Oh Hae Young and the strong hope of atleast once in her life be the first option and have a good life without feeling like an underdog specially since her character is not a push over but a fighter. This drama talks about heartbreak, depression and specially self growth. Even though I agree PDY doesn't deserve Oh Hae Young she in the end loved him fully and that's who she wanted and became first option without feeling like a second option because it was always her for him. The story is messy but well explained and it unravels ep by ep and you understand everything at the end of the drama. So if you have like 100 questions at first ep no worries everything is sorted out and not dragged. Like I said this drama is definetly not for everyone, it's usually for people that can relate to her story which I highly did and once you finish it you feel a sort of warmth because like the drama says " living is winning" I wish the Oh Hae Youngs in this world to keep fighting and keep your head up regardless of how shitty life is. I hope anybody that reads this review gives this drama a chance and sees how special it is.

Leia Mais

It's such a great drama that I rewatched it again. Storyline is wonderful, cast shows their character's emotions really well, and the OST is also wonderful.
The camera work and angles capture the scenes really well, and honestly, it just makes the drama so much better.

While rewatching it, in Episode 11, there's a easter egg (background music wise in a scene-- not the drama's OST). In one of the scenes, i'm pretty sure I heard an OST from Marriage Not Dating (same directors for both these dramas) and the ironic part is that one of the cast members from Marriage Not Dating and Another Oh Hae Young was in the scene when the OST from Marriage Not Dating was playing. I thought I'd share my discovery.

Leia Mais

I just want to share some thoughts I had while watching this drama.

Above all, I really enjoyed watching it, I was longing to watch a romantic comedy with angst at the same time and luckily I was able to find everything I was looking for in this drama. 18 episodes of 1 hour each was nothing for me! I watched so fast bcs it really caught my attention, all the episodes left me with a taste of wanting more.

So first, I want to talk about the main characters. Regular Oh Hae Young was, frankly, a very realistic character. I confess that at times she bothered me, but that was the most attractive thing about her. She is an independent character and could easily exist in real life. I was able to feel very empathetic about her, her insecurity and “trauma” with the beautiful Oh Hae Young may seem silly but in fact I managed to understand her completely. Sometimes she was selfish, as in the scene where she wished all the other women in the world to disappear, because she was feeling frustrated by her non-reciprocal love, and when she felt comfort in ML's pain. Those two scenes made me think a lot, and it made me like her sincerely. These feelings are Real, we all have these "intrusive" thoughts and feelings, and it's completely normal.

Park Do Kyeong was the most relatable to me. He is not an cold man, but an introverted man who is traumatized. His difficulty in expressing his feelings, in saying and acting when necessary, his way of giving up on things out of fear or simply feeling without energy for this, was very real to me. I am just like that - not traumatized with love at all - but quite the same introvert. And that is why his actions made so much sense to me, I could really feel with him and empathize with the character. The plot of how it was necessary for him to see his regrets before he died was also very interesting and made me reflect a lot on.

The romance was very captivating, it was great to see the growth of their feelings for each other and how deep it turned out to be. I confess that at times it was quite stressful, despite the characters being so realistic the romance didn't seem much, but I don't know why. However, I liked it nonetheless.

Here come the disgrace:

I couldn't stand the supporting characters, especially Jin Sang. HE GOT ON MY NERVES. I hated him and everything about him: without charisma, childish and SO BORING. The romance between him and Soo Kyeong was totally forced, meaningless and UNNECESSARY, I hated every moment of it. It was one of the things that ruined the drama for me. I was hoping for better development for Soo Kyeong, who was clearly a character with lost potential. Jin Sang could have had a much better development as well, he didn't return her feelings at any time, that was so clear to me. I HATE IT HERE.

Pretty Oh Hae Young and Tae Jin were okay for me, they were essential for the development and growth of the main characters. I also loved Oh Hae Young's mother and everything she did for her daughter, she is an admirable woman.

Also the use of alcohol to some extent was okay but there is a line that should not be crossed. I understand that it was used as a comic relief, but it was so exaggerated.

Overall, I really enjoyed this drama, it was a nice experience. Some of the conflicts were so real that they made me reflect on my life as well. In spite of everything, I do not recommend this drama for those who are starting in the world of k-dramas. I have this feeling that this drama is not for everyone.

Leia Mais