As Memórias do Homem (2020)

The last bit of the drama was boring but I would still recommend!

Ok so this drama was nice.
It started out pretty strong in my opinion. I was totally invested in the story, the characters, etc. I loved the main characters, and I thought they were cute. They formed a really nice couple.The male lead was nice and composed. Not your mean, typical ML. Same goes for the female lead.Although the FL felt a bi dumb sometimes. But she was a genuinely nice lady anyway.
Loved the whole "mystery" elements of the drama. Not sure if mentioning exactly what I'm talking about is too much of a spoiler. So, I'll leave it out, just in case.
The illness of the ML was interesting and added value to the story in my opinion.
HOWEVER.
That second part...It got sooo boring so quick. I don't know what happened. The FL learned something big, and I was expecting that to happen during the entire show. I wanted to see how she would react, how it affected their relationship and all of that. But when came the moment I was waiting for it felt flat and boring.
They could've reduced the drama to 14 episodes, and it would have been fine.
The ending needed one last line to be perfect...
I would still recommend the drama, nonetheless. Because it was cute and entertaining. But I can't give it a better grade than 7.5.
Side note: I had my doubts about the actor playing the ML and how well they would look good with the FL. But it turned out great in my opinion and they had a lot of chemistry together. So cute.

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Good story, stupid decisions of characters

There're those series where a story itself is great, characters have a lot of potential but their extremely stupid, unrealistic decisions make it a strange mixture in the end. I always have a feeling that the series is both good and bad. I love it and I want to drop it at the same time getting so frustrated with the stupid, stupid, stupid behavior of characters.

Here they break up a couple of times in extremely unrealistic and idiotic way. Characters do not behave like they should because they believe in shit that it would be "selfish" etc. Typical melodrama rubbish. So the story is great - yes - but it's full of Korean stupid age respect and hierarchy (a psychiatrist son should basically punch his father in the face a couple of times and respond to him that he's the one who doesn't have any right to speak and that he should stop being such a trash) but also - just stupid, stupid, stupid, passive behaviors instead of kicking through the door when the situation basically screams for it. The ML should stop the FL when she always tries breaking up with him - it's so obvious she does it for some stupid, bullshit reason she doesn't want herself but only plays strong. There were thousands of things, which could be solved by simple conversation - even responding in a normal, realistic way instead of standing like a mute tree or saying some bullshit that no one should ever say in such a situation!

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Everyone is a stalker!

First of all, I agree with everyone who rated this show a 6.0 or less. I agree with their observations, so I won't rehash what they have said.

As mentioned in my headline, this show depicts almost everyone as a stalker. It starts with the ex-boyfriend stalking the Male Lead's first girlfriend, then killing her. Years later, the Female Lead meets the ML at his work and begins obsessing, stalking and harassing him. Meanwhile, the FL's film director is obsessed with FL and stalks and kidnaps her. When ML discovers that he finally likes FL, but she has regained her memory and avoids him, ML begins stalking her. Lastly, the ex-boyfriend killer escapes from prison and stalks both ML and FL with plans to kill him. This movie should have been named "Obsession".

Some reviewers mentioned the age gap between the ML and FL. As a news anchor, I believe the ML is around late 30's at the earliest. The FL is a young diva actress who seems to be around mid-20's and very immature. Their relationship due to the huge difference in age and emotional intelligence are unrealistic, in my opinion.

The FL is played by Moon Ga-young, who was excellent in True Beauty. However, this show did nothing to exhibit her acting skills. Also, I feel that Moon Ga-young has cornered the market on crying female lead roles.

I would not re-watch this show and would not recommend it to my friends.

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this drama is soo underrated compared to other so-called "Big dramas", people who are not watching this are missing out so damn much I feel sorry for them. With very strong,interesting characters for BOTH male and female lead, the lead couple's AMAZING chemistry as well as OUTSTANDING acting performance, and the storyline that constantly keeps the viewer on edge while presenting the story of a man with his unique conditions and one of the best love stories, not to mention the excellent production and directing. After so many years I've became quite jaded with dramas and they could rarely hold my genuine interest towards the latter parts but this drama kept me excited and worked up with each new episode until the very end. I hope more people will discover this drama and appreciate it for the gem that it is like I enjoyed it, I feel so blessed to know that I was able to follow this drama while it was airing, every seconds of the swooning, tears and waiting for each episode was sooo worth it, I'm gonna miss it so much when it's over. Best Kdrama of 2020 for me.

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So far, one of the best dramas in 2020!

There are 2 aspects I adore the most from Find Me In Your Memory: the charisma of the main leads and the OST.

Like seriously, Kim Dong Wook as Lee Jung Hoon doesn't need to be handsome to be that charismatic. I'm in awe on how him being a news anchor can be that captivating. His image is like a mature man who speaks little but acts much. My first thumb up goes to Kim Dong Wook. Moon Ga Young with her beauty is also no joke. I salute the fashion team on this drama for dressing her that pretty. She's an actress who can wear anything and still look amazing.

The OST is superb. From the first hear, I'm in love with Suran's version of Two People. Even until today, that song is still on repeat.

What's more beautiful is the main idea of this drama which is love between two people: the man is someone who can remember everything and the woman is someone who's very easy to forget. Two conditions that 180 degrees different right? But it's so true that who's best for us to love is not someone who's hundred percent similar, but the one who's in a total opposite with us.

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I really want to write a review for this drama, but I don't know how to do it without mentioning Lee Jin Hyuk in every sentence.
I started watching it only because of him, but the drama really surprised me (very positively). Main couple has a big age gap, but honestly I like them and I think they're a great match.
I didn't expect to get so emotionally attached to this drama. Acting is great, crime parts are really intense, romance is cute but serious... It's everything I want in a drama.
But let's get back to Lee Jin Hyuk and Kim Seul Gi. Are they the sweetest side couple I've ever seen in Korean drama? Very possible. They are cute, crazy, they act like Tom & Jerry and I want them to have their own drama. I really want to see Jin Hyuk in more dramas. He's a great actor, not only the rapper and the dancer.

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One of the Best Makjang's I've watched

The overall energy, aura, and vibe of this drama, along with the OST really moved me a lot, even to the end. This is MAKJANG genre, so I think it's best to watch this drama and mind that fact. I rated this accordingly.

Let me say that this one of the most calming, sane, makjang dramas I have watched, despite all the nonsense, thrills, and suspense.

Contrary to a LOT of comments, the OTP's situations weren't really dragged out. There wasn't just one way this couple was "attacked" or "struggled" over their relationship. And each "attack" was addressed, handled, and taken care of in a matter of a few episodes, and then the next "event" would happen. That's not dragging it out...for a makjang to handle its OTP this way was actually delightful because it meant that the pacing and story moved along at a good speed.

Even better is that this OTP never hated each other, blamed each other, fought with each other. There were no TRUE triangles or parent, friends, family interference. They weren't overly obsessed with each other. They respected each other's space and choices, yet, remained true to themselves, and their lives. They were independent, yet shared each other's life. They made choices they felt was for the best for everyone, but not rash or without thought and meaning. They never fell out of love either.

For a makjang, this OTP was extraordinarily loving and compassionate to each other. Jeong Hoon is an extraordinary character. It's hard to find such a balanced and caring ML like him, who has issues and flaws. Ha Na was just pure joy, cheer, and happiness walking in an innocent suit of armor. No, she wasn't childish. She was dealing with immense pain in the best way she knew how, and that she did it with a smile made me love her too. That these two always brought out the best in each other AND those around them made me just love this OTP from start to finish. Their situation wasn't easy, and they worked through it in such beautiful ways. And it's because of all this that I willingly set aside the Jumping the Shark moments of this MAKJANG because it's one of the best MELOdramas I've ever watched, in that it made me forget, most of the time, this was what I was watching... seriously....

If you've never looked up the definition of MAKJANG let me give it to you now:

~per DramaBeans website definition posted circa 2010:

"makjang :: a sylistic, tonal, or narrative element in dramas that chooses to play up outrageous storylines to keep viewers hooked despite how ridiculous the stories become (adultery, revenge, rape, birth secrets, fatal illnesses, and flirting with incest possibilities are some makjang favorites). Shows can be part of a makjang class of dramas (Wife’s Temptation is a makjang series), or they can have makjang tendencies (Mary Stayed Out All Night went makjang toward the end)."

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A little too focused on the main couple but that's okay still loved

This drama never really got my attention, to be honest, I kept seeing the trailers but it was just boring for me. But oh god that changed, manly because currently I'm watching ga young's true beauty and wanted to watch another one with her and chose this one. Some things I would like to point out: how the male lead learned to deal with his memories and the cute secondary couple (altought they could've explored them a little more).
If you like suffering leads then you're in the right place because wow. (Spoiler alert) - man I don't wish the male lead life even for my worst enemy. First he lost his girlfriend to a psychopath, than her bff fell in love with him and another stalker apeared, then when he finally started to move on and fell for the bff she remenbers everything and doesn't want to be with him anymore like??? man go to a church u have too many bad energies. -
But overall the events were well distributed throughout the drama and nothing seemed rushed.

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It's a semi slow-paced drama that slowly builds up throughout the story. There's nothing special in the story; it's a common story in a way, but I really don't mind watching drama with the same themes or similar stories as long as it holds my interest. There's something the main leads both struggle with and they both end up having a connection with each other. I thought the drama was predictable with some parts with all the flashbacks they were revealing in the start, but they did throw me off and I turned out to be wrong so at least that part was not boring. They did a good job of resolving the main leads conflicts and tying up the story together without leaving any major mysteries behind. A part of this drama seems to also lowkey shed light onto the lives of Korean celebrities in a way and how the media goes crazy regarding them and their personal lives. The romance between the main leads was very sweet and not cringe surprisingly. I found them very adorable in their scenes together. The slow pace didn't seem to bother me till the very end where most things were wrapping up and I wished they would tie things in together quickly.

Music- There were two OST's that stood out to me and I liked. It was Jooyoung's "Here We Are" & Yangpa's "A Memory in My Heart".

Rewatch&Overall Rating- I wouldn't rewatch this since I personally don't find it enjoyable to watch again since I already know what happens throughout the drama and the suspense wouldn't be there anymore. That's one of the reasons I gave it a 8.5/10 . Another reason was I was tired of seeing the same flashbacks over again. I realize that they want to show that the guy has hyperthymesia and he's recalling a memory from the past, but it was getting a bit on my nerves to have to see the same flashback more than three times.
This drama is nice to watch with a nice ending but I wasn't really attached to this drama or its character enough to be able to rewatch this.

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Straight out the gate it has to be highlighted that the best thing about this show was the chemistry between the cast Kim Dong Wook and Moon Ga Young. They were phenomenal and made me want to believe that they were a real couple. They are definitely in my top 5 chemistry couples.

So here we are again with another memory trope scenario so yes the storyline was unoriginal. But it was executed well enough. The male lead had hyper (whatever) and whilst the doctor and everyone was always warning him, there was never any real portrayal of how his condition was problematic to his life. They just inferred and glossed over that condition a lot that I often forgot that he was supposed to be suffering or struggling or something. For the majority of the show the character Lee Jung Hoon seemed like a normal guy.

This show is all about couple chemistry so don't go looking for any real depth. But unfortunately you have there was the unnecessary break up and separation which dragged the show down towards the end. I personally prefer to see couples fight the world than each other in romance melodramas but for whatever reason in kdramas fights must end in a superficial break up.

Overall I enjoyed the show because despite the flaws I was enthralled with the couple's romance.

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May contain spoilers

Oh wow,where to begin? I have been postponing this drama for a while now. I actually began to gain interest when I saw a clip on twitter,an ARMY had posted it after hearing 00:00. It reminds me of “A piece of your mind” in a way,if you’ve also watched this drama you’ll see the similarities,I don’t wanna spoil it.Okay so onto the review. This drama literally tugged at my heart,it was so amazing,it wasn’t that much different from any of the dramas I’ve watched(and trust me I’ve watched a lot). I’ve lost count of how many times they broke up,I liked their little love story,I didn’t want it to end. I felt sad for Anchor Lee,imagine living your life like that not being able to forget anything? I would have tapped out long time ago,the fact that I sometimes remember my embarrassing moments and I just want the ground to swallow me up is proof enough. I’m glad that 2 years later(towards the end of episode 15) Anchor Lee has something going for him,even though he’s not an anchor. Before I touch base on the ending can we talk about this drama’s OST? The music is so good. Before I get to the good parts(jk every part in this drama is the good part), I wanted to just give my unsolicited opinion on the fact that we as a society are too hard on public figures,we throw stones at them and bring them down for things we also do in our daily lives,the fact that they had to break up and start anew because of the public made it so heavy for me to understand,why do we do this? Why are we making people’s lives hard,because they are celebrities? That’s not an excuse,everyone deserves to be happy and everyone wants love. We’ve seen so many Kdramas or Hollywood movies that depict this,it’s not just in Korea,I wish people would be so understanding.Now the moment you’ve been waiting for,the ending, I kind of sort of predicted this too. I knew she would come back(like every drama). I like how he saw her in that red car and he was happy,I wish she had turned just for a moment and see him,I wanted that for him,his smile is so beautiful. Spoiler alert:(this is redundant because if you’ve made it so far then you’ve read many spoilers) He got his job as an Anchor back!!! Kinda felt cliche didn’t it? Remember that episode where he said the drama Ha Jin was starring in was a cliche because the characters kept missing each other by hairs? Now he was in the same position,seeing her in her car but she didn’t see him,at the bookstore..and finally they meet. The look on their faces gave me goosebumps. I hated how this played out afterwards,how he didn’t see which way she went,and when she went back in to look for him. Devastating. And they meet again. In the most unexpected situation just like the drama Ha Jin was supposed to star in. The clues of the ending was sort of there. That’s their destiny. Beautiful isn’t it? “They’re destined to meet each other and fall in love”. This man is so selfless. The time she met his dad made me so sad thinking about his mom,I liked her character,wish they didn’t kill her so soon. The first time she slept over was so special, the little cute camping “trip”. So glad he finally found out how to channel his memories. They both deserved to be happy. I’m happy with the way it ended. It had a lot of pain but also happy moments. Loved it!!!
I wanted to take time to talk about the supporting actors but I have went over,I think they complimented the drama very well.
I honestly love their relationship,I have nothing to say about this drama but good things. I watched it when I was going through a hard time and it gave me strength,I think I’ll latch onto it forever,it left a very good impression on me. I hope if you decide to watch it,you’ll love it,but I really don’t know why you’re reading reviews when you could be watching and enjoying it then summing up your own opinion. If you have watched it,I hope you loved it as much as I did.

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