Casa Cheia (2004)

Full House is the second Korean drama I ever watched, one of the first dramas that got me addicted to Korean dramas for life!
Story: A girl who gets her home stolen behind her back by her best friends while she has been sent off on an overseas "trip". Along the way she meets a famous actor and low and behold when she gets back home she finds everything changed including the owner - who she had just recently met *surprise* lol
Cast: Bi Rain was so adorable on this drama (it's the first drama I saw him in). His expressions are priceless, you really get to see his "adorable" side in this drama (it's one of my favorite things about Rain), he can act so adorable in such a natural way and of course he can always yank the tears from my eyes when he gets emotional :'( Song Hye Kyo (also the first drama I saw her in) I became a fan of both her and Rain after watching this drama. She is a great actress, I really felt for her in this drama & totally shipped her with Rain <3
Music: Excellent - you'll be singing along in no time ;)
Re-watch Value: 10/10 b/c I have watched this drama at least 3+ times already lol

Leia Mais

Never again!

Okay I saw the description of this drama and thought it was gonna be great cause it’s a plot that I love personally (contract marriage dramas etc…) but boy oh boy was I wrong!! The beginning was cool, nothing too special about it but as I keep watching I start to get more and more irritated and frustrated with everything!! Starting off with the FL’s AWFUL “friends” they literally screwed her life over and she didn’t send them to prison!?! They also made a credit card in HER name and she didn’t do anything about it!? Anyway that’s when I started to get mad but since it was only the beginning I decided to just keep watching. Now the ML and FL are living together and “married” but all they do is yell, and scream, and shout at each other!! But the most frustrating part was how they should have been in a real relationship by like episode 11 AT LEAST! but their ego’s and their pride got in the way every time one of them tried to confess!! At this point I can’t stop watching cause I spent wayyyy too much time invested in this and it would have been a waste to stop watching now. I have NEVER been soooo disappointed in a drama ending before in my life!! All that for the ML to confess in a tent in their backyard while he’s sick btw! And then the kiss was horrid! We only see the two mains as a couple on screen for about 7 minutes in total and then the last 8 minutes of the drama is a recap of the ENTIRE drama like we didn’t just watch the whole thing!! I REFUSE to watch this drama again!! I’m gonna see if Full House 2 is any good but based on the first one I don’t have high hopes!!

Leia Mais

As a child, this was one of the very first korean drama that i have watched and i grew up watching ang loving this drama... Although this drama is very old it is a classic and after i just finish rewatching this film for the tenth time,,, i still love the film.... This korean drama also was the reason that i fell inlove with korean dramas in the first place and their actors :)..... I recommend this to anyone looking for something funny to watch and love korean dramas as much as i do.... If you are thinking of watching this.... DOn't THink... JUST WATCH... Dont worry You'll Thank me :) EnJOYYYY!!!!!

Leia Mais

If you like watching two attractive people constantly bickering, and teasing each other, while being in total denial about the fact that they are falling in love, this is for you! If you are looking for a complicated plot that's unpredictable, realistic, and original, you've ended up in the wrong place. This is 100% pure cheesy rom com, and I ate it up!

Rain is incredibly cute, and often shirtless, as the stubbornly childish Lee Young Jae. Song Hye Kyo is endearing as the unbelievably naive, and ditzy Han Ji Eun. The first two episodes are filled with totally unrealistic, but pretty amusing, situations that end in a false marriage, and the two leads having to learn to live together. Full House paves the way for many future K-drama clichés, since they work so well in this one (like "Personal Taste", which Is my first K-drama love).

Everything is basically straight from the K-drama RomCom handbook (unrealistic chance encounters, unbelievable coincidence, nursing people back to health, rich vs broke, OCD vs slob, frustrating misunderstandings, running through airports, Hallyu star scandals, love squares... ) and most of it works. The cast is what makes it work so well, and kept the sometimes repetitive moments entertaining. I also think the leads, & their romantic rivals, do show some depth. I loved to hate Han Eun Jung as needy Kang Hye Won. Kim Sung Soo as Yoo Min Hyuk was a little one-note throughout, but still made for an appealing 2nd lead (but those eyebrows???!!!). I really disliked Han Ji Eun's two "best friends" who's audacity was hard to believe, and watch, but I think that is the fault of the writers, not the actors. One of my favorite supporting characters was the grandmother, and I thought the family scenes were really cute.

This drama could have easily been cut a little shorter. They made sure to drag out the banter & bickering to the last possible moments, because they know it's what people like to see from the leads. It's clear, during the last two episodes, that they ran out of story, and that they had to rely heavily on flashbacks to fill the time. The leads do a good job of keeping the chemistry going, so the final moments still have some entertainment value, and I did really like the final moments with the 4 main characters.

If you're in the mood for a love story without any frills, give this one a try. I have already rewatched it, and it doesn't lose it's charm with the 2nd viewing, nor does it feel too dated (just the phones). The soundtrack is also incredibly catchy. For better or worse, I found myself humming the songs to myself.

The key to liking this drama is knowing what to expect. It's a lighthearted innocent romance that's fun to watch if you're in a romcom mood. It's still converting people into drama-addicts for a reason.

Aja, Aja, Fighting!

Leia Mais

This drama had a good looking cast and a pretty good soundtrack. But I didn't like the relationship between the two leads. The male lead is a good looking celebrity but that still doesn't make up for the fact that he is an absolute jerk towards the female lead. The female protagonist is a little too naive and more forgiving than she should be. This makes you feel sorry for her but frustrated with her at the same time. The only person who is nice to her is the second lead. But he's the second lead and that's a shame. Though Song Hye Ko and Rain had amazing onscreen chemistry the writer messed up what could have been a swoonworthy romance. All the time it's the male lead bickering with the female and there are hardly any romantic moments between the couple. Watch if you like male leads who are extremely cruel towards the female lead. Or dramas where the female lead suffers from Stockholm Syndrome. Or if you are just feeling masochistic.

Leia Mais

Granted this drama is old (it Aired 14 years ago) but its hype got the better of me and I caved in: Full house, here I go.
The plot is very simplistic, so simplistic in fact that it becomes repetitive.
Boy does whatever he can to annoy girl, in a very immature way.
They bicker constantly, they fight, shout at each other and this leaves me, the viewer, in quite an unamused and/or uncomfortable position. Am I not supposed to be entertained by a show?
If the show wanted me to sympathize with this couple constantly on each other’s case, and ultimately buy into the fact that they fall in love, they failed miserably.
I came out of this show frustrated and rather annoyed.
I’d rather go to the dentist than watch it again a second time.

Leia Mais

Oh boy who said this was a classic?

I would say that this drama is the perfect contender for explaining just how much nostalgia can blind us to the quality of our entertainment. And I`m extremely glad that I didn`t get to watch this in my childhood because now I might be one of those people who herald this drama as a classic. It`s not. A drama I can consider a true classic is "Coffee Prince" for example. A classic for me is supposed to signify something that will never get old, whose message will always beat the concept of time and won`t fall victim to changing tides. This on the other hand... yikes.

I think, again, that this would have no chance with me, in retrospect, even if it wasn`t held up at such a high standard. I just hate every trope this drama decides to utilize. From immature leads who cannot stand each other to the point of acting like actual five year olds (at times I felt like I was in charge of kindergarteners), a douchey second lead who only looks out for his own benefit, a male lead who can`t get over a girl from his past...Yup, it`s all here. And, in this concept, you need your main characters to be likeable. They are NOT. And this is rare, but I would say that they both got on my nerves in the same amount. And it`s a shame because chemistry is there. The soundtrack is crazy good. But you need some kind of meat on the bones of your plot OR interesting characters who mature and change over time. Unfortunately, neither was achieved here.

When both of the characters had the opportunity of a turning point on the porch, they just reverted to their old selves and it was all for naught. All that time, all that dragging, only to wrap it up quickly and nonsensically. It`s a real shame that this pairing ended up in this project because I feel like they could`ve done something. But this ain`t it.

Leia Mais