Gosto Pessoal (2010)

Ahh... Personal Taste... where do I start?
The story was really interesting at the beginning. The minute I read the description, I thought to myself, 'A good looking straight guy pretending to be gay? Why not?' The show started off really well, with nice, refreshing humour. I haven't seen Son Ye Jin in too many dramas, but I found her acting really well done, and her character came out really cute. I really enjoyed Lee Min ho's acting as well.
If a show makes me ship the heroine and hero really quickly, I tend to stick until the end. The "villains" weren't exactly lovable, but that was easily over looked. For the first half, I mean.
After the sort of "climax" halfway through the show, I was expecting them to resolve the really small issues that were left (i.e Jin Ho's mother, the Dam Project thing, etc.) But of course the writers thought that that wasn't enough! This show could've ended at around 13-14 episodes, but they just decided to pile more problems on top of more problems. I'm not exactly a big fan of cliches, and this show took it too far. The two villains were like black smudges on a mirror. Just plain annoying. The little scenarios that In Hee came up with to separate the main couple were just stupid, and Chang Ryul just acted like some dumb puppy who listened to everything she said without having second thoughts about it, whilst acting like he "loved" Kae In more than anything. And don't even get me started with Na Hye Mi. I had to force myself to watch the show. In all honesty, it's actually on hold for me right now, because I really don't have the patience for them to resolve such petty problems in 4 entire episodes. This show just became homework for me, and I NEVER want to feel that way when watching something.

Still, I don't want to just spew hate all over this show. I really enjoyed the side characters Yeong Seon and Sang Joon. Especially Yeong Seon, she was my favourite character. She was probably the only character that didn't bother me. The drama between Jin Ho and Director Choi was really well done. I predicted Director Choi's... secret, I guess, pretty early, but it was still really entertaining when it was finally revealed. I'll also admit that Jin Ho and Kae In's little romance moments were really cute, and were probably the only reason why I've bared to watch this series.
I really loved the soundtrack. One of the songs were a bit overused, but the soundtrack was one of the things that I really liked about the show.
I don't think I'll ever re-watch this show. It's a good watch if you just want to watch it to take a break from another show, just watching a couple of episodes whenever you're bored.
Overall, I give this a 6. This show passes for me, but don't expect me to watch something like this in the future. I'm not blaming the actors, it's just that the writers decided to put a little "too much" drama into the show. I understand that this is a drama, but there's a still a limit, you know?

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I really don't understand the low ratings for this Drama. To me this was my first Korean rom-com. I understand the flow was slow, and Ga In seemed a pushover, but that is what her character was all about. Her character's strength lies in the fact that she doesn't hold grudges and forgives everyone. Obviously she needed to grow some back bone, but she had always been empathetic to others. Her endearing and soft nature is what made people like.

I loved the "game over" kiss. That is one of the best ones I have seen in my K-drama watching history. I also eagerly waited for our hero to fall for our heroine. The wait did not disappoint me. I was rewarded with angst filled episodes and a "game-over" kiss.

The story could be argued to be weak. Why didn't Ga In further question Jin Ho about his motivations? Anyways Director Choi was my favourite. It is rare in dramas to portray someone like his character in such a mature light. Overall this drama gave me a really happy feeling for a long time.

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I know a lot of you have been into City Hunter, for the sole reason of: Lee Min Ho.

Yes! The eye candy, the smile, the tallness, the oozing hotness and fashion sense… that’s all Lee Min Ho in this drama which he pretends to be GAY.

This is a really hilarious drama with conflicting emotions to watch. Why? It’s so hard to believe that he’s gay and that an older man likes him with the thought of him being gay. Anyways, putting that aside, there’s another reason that made me watch this: Son Ye Jin.

Yes… the epic melodrama actress.

I really wanted to know how she’s going to be in a comedy. I’ve always seen her in melodramatic movies and this one she nailed! Though she’s gotten older and her prettiness pretty much disappeared in this drama, I still love her to bits.

The series was quite hilarious due to it's main concept: guy pretends to be gay, girl accepts guy whole heartedly because of his sexual orientation but ends up falling for him and having mixed feelings because she believes he is gay. With this as your core plot, there are a LOT of things that could happen and eventually it did.

The only downer side of this is when we get to the last 3 episodes and this becomes too serious for my taste. I was sort of disappointed on how they inserted additional conflict to the story along with a twist, when the main conflict - guy pretending to be a gay - was already interesting enough. The twist wasn't even strong enough to make an impact in the whole story line. Just to say.

All in all, setting that disappointing factor aside, I still end up loving the drama :)

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Personal Taste is no new drama, but I happened to have the urge to re-watch it, which I did and I can confidently tell you, that I did not regret re-watching it :p

It's no different from it's synposis, a clean freak-arrogant-proud-always- get- what- he- wants guy meets an untidy-impulsive-stupidly-kind hearted girl and the God of love pulled a fast one on both of them. And of course, there are characters that don't want both of them to be together. Actually the storyline might not be any difference, but the plot was well-laid.

The main characters had issues from their past, that they've lived with and they have to challenge their present, in other to be able to solve (let go) the past. Most of the characters also underwent some changes as the drama unfolds i.e they had a better and clearer perspective towards life and...... The acting and the characters were wonderfully portrayed, mixing the characters up would be impossible.

The OSTs were really good, I for one have no complaints whatsoever about the OSTs.

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Aqui estoy 10 años después del estreno de este drama, ¿Por qué lo vi? Come he escrito en otras reseñas, ando en la búsqueda de una buena actuación de Lee Min Ho. Ya vi: Boys Over Flowers, City Hunter, Herederos, La Leyenda del Mar Azul y The King. Nunca creí que esta serie de 10 años atrás iba a ser la que me gustara su actuación. Se que me faltan otras, pero ya estoy casi convencida de que le pasa a su actuación. Le falta espontaneidad, aqui es la única serie que he visto que se ridiculiza a si mismo, un poco, pero lo hace, en el resto nooooo. Espero que sus próximo proyectos sea mas arriesgado. The King le quedo como anillo al dedo. Quiero verlo en cosas diferentes.
Volviendo a la serie, les diré que esta es la típica comedia romántica. Y como soy arquitecto me entusiasmo el área en que se mueve la historia. Reconozco que en el primer capitulo donde ella le rompe la maqueta, para de ver, dije si esta chica va ser asi, la voy a odiar así que no la voy a poder ver. Al final ella actuá muy bien, su torpeza era adorable.
Los malos son muy buenos actores, porque realmente los odiaba, casi que paraba la escena para respirar, porque entraba en furia, jajajaja. En especial con Kim In Hee. Será que alguna vez tuve amigas asi y por eso reaccionaba? La verdad no, pero sus descaros fueron fuertes para mi. Los amigos torpes y metiches, guaoooo, casi que los golpeaba, pero quien no a tenido amigos asi?
El guión para mi estuvo bien armado, el romance no lo sentí forzado, los malos hicieron maldades y no siempre se salieron con las suyas, eso es un buen equilibrio, la personalidad de la protagonista como dije fue fácil para mi de solidarizarme con ella, no como la de Boys Over Flowers, que no me entro por ningún lado.
Esta claro que no es una historia profunda, igual me enamore de esa casa. Conociendo el rubro nunca les compre la limpieza y orden de las oficinas de arquitectos, y menos lo poco estresados antes de una entrega, jajaja.
Primera vez que veo en una serie que tocan el tema gay, claro muuuuuy por encima. También es difícil ver en esta series el tema de la necesidad sexual entre las parejas. Esos dos puntos fueron interesantes de ver.
Si la volvería a ver, no pronto, un día que quiera algo light, por supuesto que adelantando las escenas crueles, jajaja.
Recomendada para disfrutar un rato, igual Min Ho tiene ropa extraña, como siempre. Igual se ve super. e verdad me gusto su actuación, gracias por leer, saludos

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1. Great acting from both leads as well as supporting roles.

2. Great plot, yes there were some cliche moments and etc. but wasn't it enjoyable?
I mean come on, Lee Minho had to pretend to be gay... YES, GAY!!! He also had to act as a love/makeover/dating expert for the female lead, let's just say... I learned quite a lot in those scenes... and you would too if you join the bandwagon!

3. I think this is quite subjective but I found this drama to be extremely rewatchable, Idk why but yeah... for me this drama is kinda like a classic, something I would watch repeatedly without getting tired of the drama.

I've watched some other dramas acted by Lee Minho before stumbling upon this treasure but I never actually like those dramas, like for example, the one and only "Boys over Flowers". Yes, I know, it's kinda like a classic as well and probably a lot of people's first-ever dramas (it was mine), and maybe that drama was the start of people's deep infatuation with Lee Minho. But for me, this was the drama that Lee Minho truly shone his versatility in acting, even though he acted in this drama quite early on in his career, he managed to portray the male lead perfectly, he manages to capture the maturity that is needed to be able to portray the male lead properly, all the while still at the start of his career. It was from this drama, that truly showcased to me how much potential Lee Minho has in the field of acting.

I don't really understand why the ratings of this drama in this platform seem to be so low but I don't care, this for me is the best K-Drama. Sorry, not sorry. So, hopefully, for people who've been planning to watch this drama now for quite a while or for people who have given up on watching this drama because of the low ratings and have returned to this because you're bored or something, please don't just look at the ratings, look at the other reviews made as well. I really recommend this to anyone and everyone, so please watch this and rate this drama higher. LOL.

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