Reviews

Well, this was my first C-drama and i was really affraid to not like this type of drama because i was accustumed to k and J dramas so yeaaah... i watched to give the story a chance AND i really loved it AND i really hope for a 2nd season to be annouced! I heard some rumors for a second season but i think that nothing is confirmed yet... so i'll wait. I really loved Tian jing Zhi (Wu Janice) and prob watch more C-dramas!
I realy recomend this Drama for you, even if you didnt exprienced to watch C-dramas! Really it was really an amazing surprise for me too.

About my rating? It absolutly a 10 of 10! You should really watch this. With no spoilers is all i have to say!

Leia Mais

A police crisis negotiation team try to solve hostage situations and the likes. On one such crisis, a business crisis negotiator Joo sung chan was targeted by a unique identity called the pied piper asking him to confess the crimes that he committed as a business negotiator. Things take another turn when that fails and the team leader of the crisis negotiation team dies on spot. Also Joo sung chan's girlfriend dies there and media withheld his confession tape. Joo sung chan along with the media's new anchorman Son Hee sung and the police crisis negotiation team tries to catch the Pied Piper. Each episode will keep you on your toes and yes this drama is worth all your valuable time!

Leia Mais

[As a fan of Nagase Tomoya, I I recommended 'My Boss My Hero' to a lot of my friends. But I will not do the same for 'Kurokouchi'. Of course the genre here is more dark and serious. But this is not about the genre.I watched this drama because I found the real life incident that took place back in 1968, to be interesting and unique. So I wanted to see what this drama want to portray that incident. (their hypothesis that is) ]

Review :
First two to three episodes was nice, with introduction to our hero and his colleagues, the way he works, and his primary target and all.

However, from episode 4/5, it started to become dull. Plot is the same, flat and too predictable.

The worst part is the ending. I definitely did not see it coming, but it surely was disappointing. :(

You waste your time if you watch this. That's all from me.

Leia Mais

I don't know how to say it but it took me until I watched half of the drama to become really interested. However, I think it was because I followed the previews and waited until it was nearly done airing before watching it. And thus, I recommend you to not watch/see/hear about ANY spoilers. That way, I think you'll be much more interested in this drama since the plot is pretty unpredictable.

That said, there are dramas that are still like crack even when I know what happens. So there is something that is missing, a spark, an attraction in this drama for me. Set in 1989, I liked the retro vibe; the production did a good job at making sure everything was authentic-from the bb caller things to the attire. The drama also explored some delicate issues and in my opinion, it was done very well. This is my first time traveling drama and yeah, it's surprisingly kind of believably done, not extremely far-fetched.

Most of the actors are pretty new or have only been in a few dramas. Marcus Chang is cute but his acting is fresh. It makes it hard for me to become extremely invested in his character's dilemma when I feel like he is trying really hard to show his anguish. And frankly, Ivy Shao's character, Zhen Zhen got on my nerves quite a lot. She is very, very naive but at least through it all she has a lot of heart. Her character did contrast well with Chen Che so it was cutely done, just not the most innovative one out there in dramaland. There are quite a bit 'Romeo and Juliet' love line aspects so I guess that was another one of the reasons I didn't just love this show.

Negatives aside, I did like the family love shown throughout this drama more than anything. It was raw, shown especially well through the hardships the families had to face together. The drama also demonstrates that the simplest choices can result in something drastically different, which forces us- as viewers- to really think about the choices we make in our own lives and if we're making the correct choices-for both ourselves and our loved ones.

OST is nice, catchy, but not my favorite.

I don't think I would re-watch. It was a decent one-time watch but ultimately, I didn't fall in love with it. Would I recommend it though? Yeah, sure if
-you like retro vibes (the clothing, the music, the atmosphere)
-you like 'forbidden'/denial from family love lines

(7.5, 8.5)

Leia Mais

Ever watch a drama, realize you hate it, but for some reason you still can't stop watching it? Ever watch episodes and think to yourself "why are you torturing yourself by sitting through this???!!!" Well, That's how I feel about Mary Stayed Out All Night.

I watched it because a friend of mine kept recommending it. She is a Geun Suk fan, so I should have known that she is super biased. Still, it took me a long time to finally watch it, because it just seemed like a dumb concept... I should have trusted my instincts.

I gave the story an official 1, because it was too ridiculous for me. The reason why the parents wanted her to get married, her plan to get out of it, their 100 day resolution... all of it was dumb to me. The only slightly interesting part was the dramaception (drama within a drama) concept, but that wasn't done well either. Most of the episodes are Mary trying not to get caught, which gets old quick. Instead the show relies heavily on the cast, which is decent, but I still didn't like them enough.

First, Moon Geun Young as Mae Ri is super annoying. I honestly didn't get her appeal, nor did I find her cute. I know she represents late blooomer/socially awkward girls, but she was often so selfish that I could not stand her. Her acting was good though, not amazing, but believable. I'm only realizing now that I've not only seen her before in The Village: Achiara's Secret, but she's also in one my of my favorite movies "A Tale of Two Sisters". I guess I didn't recognize her because of her epic hair. Speaking of hair..

Hair is clearly the star of this drama!

The hair MVP in this drama is Geun Suk. I could tell he's in his element in this role. He looked good, he was charming, his outfits were killer... he loses some appeal towards the end, but his performance was solid. He's also the main reason why the love story works at all. I assuming many fans of this show are imagining themselves as his "Merry Christmas". His music performances however start to get super annoying. you have to be a true fangirl to tolerate the amount of times "my preeeeeeecious..." is sung.

Kim Jae Wook's hair is less impressive, and so is his performance. I still empathized with his character the most. He was just so chillaxed all the time that he was borderline boring. I thought there were many cute moments between Mae Ri & Moo Kyul , and a few between Mae Ri & Jung In, but I will admit that there were many times when I thought Jung In had better chemistry with Moo Kyul. There are definitely some ambiguously gay moments, that could have made the story MUCH more interesting, but I doubt a KDrama is going to go there... especially in 2010.

The rest of the cast is pretty cheesy. Kim Hyo Jin was great, and the crew of bffs were great, but they just didn't have enough interesting things to do besides meddle, and sulk, and drink a lot. The Hallyu star and the manager were pretty useless. Then there are the parents... *deep sigh* This show has the most irresponsible, irrational, dysfunctional, abusive, unfit parents ever. Jung In's dad is a psychopath. I wanted to strangle Moo Kyul's mom. I also could not stand Mae Ri's dad, even though he was the only one who's motivation made even the slightest bit of sense.

Rewatch value? Never. I still really don't understand why I didn't drop it.

The OST? Well, music is a huge theme of this show, so there's a lot of it, it's repeated often, and it's still haunting my nightmares. The smeagol ballad "my precious" is probably the most annoying. The "hello" song was cute the first few times, and then it started driving me slowly insane. If you are a Geun Suk fan girl I could totally see this OSTs appeal. The OST is just a method for you to love him more.

Overall, this drama taught me a valuable lesson about needing to drop dramas I don't like. The ending did resolve things, but it didn't bring me any sense of relief. I was so frustrated that I stopped caring anyway, so what's the point? One of the themes the characters keep referring to is loyalty, and maybe that made me feel guilty about dropping it. Who knows. After forcing myself through this process I can only recommend that you not do the same, unless you really REALLY love Jang Geun Suk. Even then, maybe just look at a slide show of stills from the show while playing the OST instead. I would have probably found that much more entertaining.

Leia Mais

YOU MUST WATCH THIS ONE! The best FAMILY drama I have ever seen! From episode 1 to the end the drama does NOT disappoint! Very realistic plot, wonderful acting, power of family and values and much more! The screenwriters did a great job and the actors made me laugh, cry and ever cheer many times. Honestly a roller coaster of emotions!!!! There was not a single person I have disliked. I loved all of them, from dad to kids, in-laws and extended family and non family members all were spectacular!
I wish there was more dramas made such as this one!
For younger generations I would recommended it because they would value and appreciate things that they might not even think of, for older generations, it's a confirmation of what family really should be or is.
I have watched this drama within 3 weeks. I did episode per day, sometimes more because the plot of the story was so good I did not want to stop and finish. Of course other duties of life prevented me from marathon it fast, but perhaps that was better because I "digested" each episode well and made me reflect on the drama that much more.
Please don't quit. IF you start watching it, keep till the end. This drama is like green grape that ripens with time to a purple color. You would love it, and at the end you would say - I have not wasted my time, I have been not only entertained, but learned from it so much it would last me a lifetime!!!

Leia Mais

The drama started off heavy on comedic relief, funny antics to the point of childish and typical cliches of boy meets girl, start off on wrong foot and girl adopts someone else's identity. But suprisingly the storyline keeps evolving and kept my interest.
Qian bao bao is perhaps one of the better drama heroines. Shes beautiful, quick witted, brave, treasures friendships and strong sense of chivalry making her a unique and special female and its no wonder both male leads. Xiang hao and Shen Wen Tao both falls in love with hee. The good thing of the plot is that although its a love triangle, their love mostly was honest, no wishy washy and most of the time selfless, particularly Wen Tao. He really gives you second lead syndrome from supporting Baobao when she needs it and relegated to being good friends. Furthermore even though the two males are rivals on field and in love, there was never any malicious actions between them.
Most C dramas suffers mid series stump of draggy plotlines and over inflated drama. Suprisingly here although present it was still tolerable. Ep 26 to 35 were the less fav episodes due to reemergence of the second female lead who caused all the angst.
I appreciate Baobao's character being quite consistent. She has principles and although initially try to run off without telling Xiang Hao, she reliasd that was selfish of her and chose to stay at the risk of being found out and subjected to death. Xiang Hao's character has the most growth because he started off very immature and arrogant. His childish antics and really over action and expression sometimes makes it hard to stomach. In stark contrast with the cool and serious Wen Tao.
Theres also friendships and bromance. I appreciate the brother in arms take.
Acting wise. Ive alwayd love Joe Chen. Her eyes speaks when she acts. Its my first time seeing Jia Nai Liang. I find him abit forced and over the top in some scenes but his onscreen character quite similar to his off screen personality that i see on his reality show. Bosco ive seen alot of his HK drama n hes good but chemistry worse for him is a hit and miss depending on who hes paired with. In this case he has good chemistry with Joe.
If not for the ending, i would have given this a 9/10. I watch about 70% or more of total running time and thats vert high considering its a C drama of more than 30 episodes.
Im glad i didnt give up aft watchin the first episode.

Leia Mais

If you like TVN dramas then don't skip out on this gem because of the rating. When this drama first aired I couldn't get past two episodes, after picking it up again it took me less than 2 days to finish. This is has the lightness of a romcom and the realness of a family drama, I wouldn't categorize this a melodramatic. After the first two episodes the pace picks up with a decent amount of plot and not a lot of filler. The acting was real and spot on for all actors. They are all individuals with their own thoughts and don't feel like carbon copied personas. This is hands down my favorite role i've seen Lee Dong Wook in, he really captured the emotions of his chracters. This is also one of the first dramas that I've watched where there really is no antagonist. There are definitely characters put in place to be road blocks for the main couple, but none of them are evil everything they did was surprisingly human and matched to their chracters. I'm a sucker for a best friend turned lovers story and this one is going in my favorites list. I recommend you give this drama a go for at least 4 episodes before dropping it really is worth the watch.

Leia Mais

I started watching this drama with no expectation. I'm not a fan of movie with classical music concept, maybe if it is rock band I might considered it. But because Kim So Hyun and Ji Soo is here and it's only 3 episodes, just like watching a movie, I tried it. And I didnt regret it.

This drama special is heartwarming, on point and a total slice of life. It tackles about hope, dreams, talent and family. As I said before, I watched it because of the KSH and JS, but it turned out that I'm more dwell on the stories rather than the actors itself. I liked how the story kinda realistic, the way it tackles how one person loses hope and how most important people around us will discouraged us and at the same time put burden to us. I really like the inclusion of music in this drama and I'm quite surprised that I enjoyed it.

What I disliked in this drama is the part where Seo Jin Meok pray to God for bad thing and it happened. It's as if God granted wishes even if it's wrong. But anyways, that accident turned up to be a lesson to both of them. But I wish, they shouldnt just use God concept in that way or at least Jin Meok repent and have more faith to God after that incident.

But in totality, it was a good drama. I cried a lot and really enjoyed it.. Honestly I'm considering listening to classical music and watching some drama with same concept because of it.

Leia Mais

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S OVER. I WAS SO ATTACHED TO THIS SHOW AND I WISHED IT WAS LONGER!

The story is very simple, yet unique. It holds many typical aspects of a rom-com, like cute romance, a dreadful love triangle, amazing side characters. an adorable main couple, and some great eye-candies. I found that the pacing (up until the last two episodes) were done amazingly. While each episode felt like it took a long time to end, I was never bored or tired of watched. It was fun and made me laugh and fangirl to my heart's delight. The ending was a bit rushed to me, especially since I felt so annoyed with the main characters!!

I loved all the characters and their development! The casting was done fairly well, and though some people didn't like Joo's acting, I thought she did a pretty good job. You could definitely see her improvement throughout the drama, which was a nice touch. All the characters brought some light into the drama and made it even more adducing.

At first, I didn't really care for the music. Nothing stood out and I didn't feel the need to buy them on iTunes or to download them. However, after 2 days of watching, I found myself humming the songs at school and realized how much i loved the soundtrack. The background music was always a nice touch, BUT MAN I LOVE JOO'S AND BEE'S RINGTONE! Excuse me while I go hunt these songs down on YouTube now, haha.

Again, I don't typically rewatch dramas, but i might go back and watch my favourite scenes again.

Yah, I had a fun time watching it, so I would definitely recommend checking it out. :)

Leia Mais

Story 9/10 - The story is good there's always something new coming up every episode. But the thing that makes it a 9 is that the format is sort of repetitive, there's a problem, kei/toru helps her, speech, and then something is solved.

Acting/Cast 9/10 - I'd say it's a pretty good cast. As always Kamiki is good with the psychological roles. It's my first time watching Hirose Suzu so I didn't know what to expect, but she did give a pretty good performance.

Music 8/10 - The music is good but I feel like there's something missing.

Rewatch value 8/10 - I'd definitely recommend this to a friend who would want to watch a jdrama, but it wouldn't be one of my first suggestions. For me personally I don't like re-watching dramas cause then it would take away the excitement I had when I first watched it, but I would still watch it.

Overall 8.5/10

Leia Mais

As always I was out for a hunt to get my daily dose of fluff and cute romance. I don't know why but recently I have watched quiet a few Taiwanese dramas and all of them were good to a certain extent. They all had some little details that were very pleasant but overall the dramas weren't fantastic and ToGetHer is no exception.

The STORY is really cliche. Hot, popular guy falls in love with our plain heroine. Love triangles, ex girlfriends, evil mothers this drama has it all. But what I noticed is that for the most part Taiwanese dramas don't like to prolong these plot lines, to the extent where they get super annoying and everything is resolved relatively quickly except ToGetHer had one misunderstanding or indecisiveness in the second half wich ruined the whole drama for me.

The CHARACTERS were what made the drama shine. Mars's character development was an amazing sight. I went from hating him to loving him and the most important part is that it all felt so natural, not forced at all. Chen Mo Mo...*sight*...I really wanted to like her and I did, I freaking loved her cool attitude at first but during the second half I wouldn't say that I started disliking her but lets just say that a lot of drama happened just because she had no back bone. Of course I understand that the decisions she was forced to make were really hard but girl you have to stand up for yourself, it's okay to be selfish sometimes! Jia Sen's character was an interesting choice by the writers and at first I thought that it will be interesting but his placement between Mo Mo and Mars was a poor decision because it was really hard to like him when he was just an obstacle for their love. Jia Sen's mother is the worst, a devil in diguise. I could recite all the characters but besides Mars all of them were two dimensional at best. For example the bullys at Mo Mo's college...so one dimentional, they did things just because the writers wanted them to.

OVERALL even though it was fun while it lasted the drama is skippable but if you like fluff then this might do.

Leia Mais