Jun 20, 2015
26 of 26 episódios vistos
Completados 0
No geral 6.5
História 6.5
Acting/Cast 7.0
Musical 5.0
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Sometimes, when in a desperate search for that one drama, you can slip and fall down the stairs. And no, I will not cover it up and pretend it didn't hurt and instead just share with you all exactly how hard I fell and how much it hurt. Putting it simple, I fell down the Kdrama stairs and I got really hurt by it. For you that don't get the little symbolism i'm using, I'll just say this. I was looking for a drama that had one special actor. I had to watch a series that satisfied me and didn't make me dislike him more. I thought that I had found that drama, or perhaps a drama that could change my mind. It did however change my mind, sadly not in the way I wanted and not for the better. What may this drama be you may wonder. Its Wild Chives and Soybean Soup.
And why?

Firstly, the story:
I knew for a fact that many people out there watching these dramas have a tendency to not like flashbacks, more often than not, I disagree. To a certain point. When said flashback is ongoing for to long or take over the main story, then I can't help but feel the same as my fellow watchers. But still, even during those times and I still shut up and wait for that flashback to be over. However this time I have to utter my feelings, 'cause the flashback that's used in this little drama doesn't just take over the show and go on for to long, it totally messes up my feelings for the rest of the show. Sure the flashback is essential, kind of, to understand why some characters act the way they do. I personally still feel that they are idiots either way.
What do I mean exactly tho?
The story is just...there. It doesn't feel amazing but it doesn't suck either, it's just there. This feeling does not, however, appear until after we have a 6 episode long flashback of our main characters fate and history. The flashback, that I felt annoyed at in the beginning became somewhat good after a while. Sure I wanted the story to move on so that I could see the reason to why I even watched the show from the start, but I did find the flashback to have a rather good feeling to it. I liked the characters and so on, sadly after a while, some things happened and the snooze fest began. Then it all ended. The main story had arrived. I was excited for approximately 10 minutes into the real thing. After that I started to miss the younger version of the main characters and the setting they where in. The whole thing just fell right on it's face and couldn't stand up again! Everything that happened onscreen ended up going into one ear and out the other, while my eyes forgot what had been shown to them. That is how I would explain my feelings anyway.

Secondly, the cast:
Reason to why I found this drama and the reason to why I watched it was, again and once more, because of the actor Nam Gung Min. Twice I've seen him in a drama, first time I hated his character but believed that I would like him in something else, when he wasn't the love rival. I watched Unemployed Romance, where I found him to be around Meh and Maybe. After blaming these feelings on the bad script and pacing, I started my hunt again. Believing, still, that I would find him likable. I've finally come to understand something. My hunt will end here, the possibility that I will find something I'll like with him as one of the mains is close to zero. I can only say that I tried. When watching him play the character that I already in the flashback found to be just alright, it just came falling down. The whole way he carried the character just .... It was hard to watch. I got so irritated just looking at his smug face and for the majority of the series, I wanted him to stay quiet and out of sight, this sadly can't happen when the aforementioned person is the male lead. The female lead, Lee So Yeon as Jang Kook is ...better but still not good enough. The change from the young version and the adult one is way to drastic. It doesn't feel like the same person. I never found myself convinced that the girl I had watched earlier was the new woman in front of me. When that happens it's anything else than a good thing. The story feels less whole and feels less real then it should. It's just an unattractive thing to have when the person we're talking about is in fact the main female lead. I've only seen her in one other drama, I did love the drama and I liked the her character, but I think that's also the only series with her that I'll like, at least for the time being. If we take a look at all the other characters that is part of this little mess, there can be a lot of things said. The brother of the female lead and the drama around him is the one thing that, after the main story, is the most annoying to fallow. The girl that is in focus in that specific sidestory is one of the worst characters here, for me at least. The mother and the conflicts that arise between her and the grandmother is uninteresting. The other side of the series, meaning the male leads family is not any better. The uncle is likable and one of the few characters that I can stand. And for the first time I have absolutely nothing to say about the love rivals, Mind blown!
Now someone out there is thinking "Oh no! Is there not a single person in this series that actually is a good character?" To answer that, yes there is one character that I felt really attached to. He was, of course, best when in the flashback but he keeps on being the best when moving into the main story. The character I'm talking about is Park Moo Chul! He was enjoyable and felt real. He felt to be in good balance when between the young and older version, and that they could have been the same person. We got enough backstory about him to understand what and how everything in his life played out. His relationship with our mains is rather cute and was the better part of the story. If you ask me he and Jang Dal Rea/ Jang Kook made such a cuter and better couple then the one we got. Sadly that didn't happen. That is it in a nutshell.

I'm not going to say anything about the music, it's not anything magical or special in my point of view. I'm sure that there will be some person out there that will disagree with we, as there always is.

Are you really asking me about the rewatch value? The one and only reason to why I finished it was so that I could review it! So that I could warn people. Yes I liked Moo Chul, but remember I liked him the best in the flashback episodes and therefor disappeared way to long ago.

Overall and lastly. I'm not saying that you won't like this one. I'm sure that some of you will. However I don't and that is what I've presented to you. The show got destroyed by the flashback, if it had not been better than the main story, I would never have seen how bad the story really was. Most of all, this series have finally given me the rest of not looking for more dramas with Nam Gung Min. He's not going to surprise me with a topnotch role as of yet. No more looking for me,however if he comes across a shockingly perfect role for himself, I hope it comes falling into my lap so that I'll be proven wrong, however until then his labeled as an unliked actor.

It's all up to you, dear reader. As I always say, the choice of watching is all up the the person that is going to. If you find it interesting then watch if not then don't. Whom am I to decide that. All I do is say what I think and that's it.


Happy Watching!


Mivaaa!

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Jun 20, 2015
28 of 28 episódios vistos
Completados 4
No geral 2.5
História 1.5
Acting/Cast 4.0
Musical 8.0
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Do you know that moment when you expect something amazing because the premise sounds good, the historical period is rarely touched, there's a pressumed amazing cast, amazing costumes, a story pretty much Asian Zorro/Robin Hood themed and then, when you start it and as further and futher in you go, you just realize everything is crumbling right before your eyes? That is exactly what I feel about this drama.

Storywise, it started off intriguing, no use denying it. In the adverse setting of the Korean Annexation to Japan, there's a Korean man working for the Japanese police force, against all odds, a Japanese man that wished to be a teacher for the Koreans, a Korean woman that tried to do everything in her powers to make a difference and, finally, Bridal Mask, the supposed-central image of the rebellion. I was excited, I was pumped up for what there was to come...then episodes 3-5 came, which quickly managed to shatter the show's own originality and any type of logical sense and consistency of the characters with it. The plot turned sloppy, full of plot holes, full of plot conveniences, only for two main reasons: fanservice and melodrama. Characters kept being forced to turn conveniently stupid and conveniently "intelligent" (sometimes there was no way for a character to connect one event with another, they just randomly did) to keep the plot dragging or moving depending of the situation; some other characters had no point whatsoever and were there just for the sole purpose of pretending the plot was more complex than what it really is (or just be decoration to distract us fangirls... Yes, I'm looking at you, Katsuyama), only so these so-said characters to either get completely forgotten or ignored, in the end, when it was more convenient, or just simply remain decoration. Main characters even forgot things they were supposed to know only for the "omg, I'm so shocked" moments later on, where I seriously started questioning if they were being serious or came to hope that I was wrong and remembered things wrong...Well, nope. Unfortunately, I wasn't wrong. The plot also likes to go in circle a lot, all revolved around the capturing and releasing of ONE single character and that goes on for the first 10 or so episodes continously or them just pretending to do something, going back and forth different locations, when in the end it rarely even matters. Also, the characters are rarely careful, even Bridal Mask himself; I still question how the rebellion managed to go on through 28 episodes without being destroyed by their superficiality (going in and out of a secret camp without any control, bringing inside the camp whoever without any control, Bridal Mask revealing his identity to people without thinking if that person can by any chance turn into a traitor etc.). The lack of details is horrible as well and the sense of time and space felt simply broken. I feel justified to say that Bridal Mask's plot has turned into a running gag by the end.

Talking about the main characters, I remotely liked them for the first few episodes, then their personalities started to get twisted and contorted for some reasons that I did not see. Usually, when there's a plot twist, a character takes a certain decision or reacts in a certain way, the questions that I first ask myself while watching are: who? why? how?. In Bridal Mask, I barely managed to answer one of those questions to make all three have some type of cohesive logic, unless I was either generally biased and ignored the parts that didn't fit or assumed things that I had no reason to believe. Starting with Kang To's detective skills going up and down and his general insensitivity to the death of two people that the drama wanted to make us believe he was close with, continuing with Shunji presumably "confused" (to me he was simply one of the worst written characters I have ever seen in a media), Mok Dan's conversion to damsel in distress with the sole main purpose of writing 100 Ways On How To Get Captured guide for future damsels in distress (forgive my sarcasm, but try to understand) and ending with the rest of the side characters which were completely one-dimensional (safe from maybe Rara, but she has as many issues as Kang To and Mok Dan have combined, even though she's more likeable than Mok Dan). The number of characters, that besides being one-dimensional were at least consistent,even though also conveniently stupid/ignorant/cheesy/decoration, can be counted on the fingers of one hand: Abe, Goiso, Katsuyama, Konno, and they had almost to none development, but maybe that was good, I'm scared that if they had any, Goiso would have ended up turning into a monk and Abe into a serial killer.

The show also had romance, something inbetween a love triangle and a love square, but I'm not really certain that I can consider it as such. I was hyped up by what was supposed to be the main pairing, but then that died and got burried when I realized that it was all false. Mok Dan only loved Bridal Mask because he was Bridal Mask, stubbornly clinging to the ideal of "prince charming on white horse that would bring justice";, combined with the fantasms of her own past. Something was definitely missing. Genuinity. Not Mok Dan and none of the people involved in the romance had genuine feelings, but just loved an image from their past that they remembered, or an ideal, or both, but not what they saw in the present. It was too much fanservice. They ignored the present and avoided at all costs to make questions, as well as refused to develop. As for the side romances, most of them had as little essence as the main romance, but I give credits to Katsuyama and Rara's relationship, as the only one that I cared for in the end.

Acting wise, you might have noted how I didn't give it a high rating either. This is not me hating on everything related to this drama, it's the truth that I only remotely liked Joo Won (Kang To), Han Chae Ah (Rara) and Shin Hyun Joon's (Kang San) acting. As for the rest of the cast, they were completely forgettable, even though I recognize Park Ki Woong (Shunji) and Jin Se Yeon (Mok Dan) for some moments of brillance. It might not have even been their fault, their characters were just bad and they had to somehow make it look legit, but it was impossible even for them. Nice try though. I have to also condemn some of the acting and scenography/make-up work when it came to the torture scenes and after effects. They were cringily bad: the whip looked broken (clothes didn't rip, whipping wounds appeared in places they weren't even hit on,only to change position when the scene changed again), they generally still looked way too pretty and clean for having been tortured the way the drama suggests (unless they were unimportant characters that didn't have to look pretty and surprisingly, those made it look actually more realistic in reactions too), wounds randomly disappeared ( ex. Mok Dan's naked back was flawless despite her clothes being full of blood), the nail cage looked as light as a feather and the burning iron only left out steam and nothing else. Bombing, stabbing, blood and shooting effects were also cringely bad, almost looked done by an amateur. Another thing I have to give credit for, though, is that Kinpei and Katsuyama actually had some very good martial and swordmanship skills, they almost looked professional.

The OST gets the highest rating for me. There's more diversity than what I heard in any Korean drama I have watched and all tracks are fairly beautiful; if it's one thing I'll remember of Bridal Mask, it will be the Bridal mask theme. Definitely.

Overall, Bridal Mask is inbetween a Horrible and Very Bad Show, but not really categorizing in any of the two grades. So that's why 2,5. I realize how my opinion won't be in the least popular considering Bridal Mask's positive ratings, but I can just theorize that the show simply managed to trick most number of people into believing that it's something more than just a mess, or you probably just liked to assume what it could have been, while the drama plays heavily ambiguous and doesn't give you a "yes" and neither a "no". I am aware of what Bridal mask was supposed to be, I can assume it as well as anybody else, but as I said above, I, personally, have not enough of a reason or proof to reach that assumed conclusion, unless I covered my eyes and pretended that everything that I really saw was a lie. And that's impossible, since I just continued it in order to see what level of bad it could have reached and it was entertaining to point out the sins till the last 6 or so episodes when I started to hope it would just finally END.

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de Myd
Jun 20, 2015
21 of 21 episódios vistos
Completados 0
No geral 8.0
História 9.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Musical 8.0
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Well as you may all know , this is actually the male ver. of Temptation Of Wife (2008) but when It comes to comparing , I like this one much better !
First of all , the story is more SENSIBLE ! I mean , I can never accept that you can get some (or lots of) make up , wear some sexy clothes , change your hairstyle and then go to the people who know you and expect them to believe you're a different person ! (which happened in Temptation Of Wife )
But , YES ! You CAN get some plastic surgery (specially in Korea! lol) , change your identity profile , and then pretend you're a brand new person !
Second , I think the Episodes number in this drama are chosen much better ! It's not like that I hate the dramas with 100 Episodes or more , But I think for this story plot 20 until 30 episodes are ENOUGH !
In other words , in this drama you see less cliche and unecessary scenes !
Characters development is much greater in this drama ! actually you can see a whole new world in each character's mind ! I liked the fact that you can't completely hate the first female role as you get to know about her life and the things she's been through ! No one has been born as a vilian after all !
The acting was great , actually I believe it's the best drama of Bae Su Bin ! As well as Lee So Yeon !
Some say the ending was not good but I say It was bitter but not bad at all ! Actually If the ending was as fantasy as a fairytale , I think it would ruin the whole story ! ( I wanted to explain more about my point but I'm not gonna write any spoiler!!!)
The only thing I can mention about this drama as a negative point , is that I wish I could see more personality features of Shin Hyun Woo in Ahn Jae Sung after his plastic surgery ! Sometimes I felt there wasn't any Shin Hyun Woo from the first . I think it's more the screenwriter's fault than Bae Su Bin's!
OST was really good ! I think there was a song named (Broken Heart) which still is one of my favorites.
I think I'll rewatch it If these new dramas let me , lol !

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The Romance of the Condor Heroes
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Jun 20, 2015
54 of 54 episódios vistos
Completados 9
No geral 10
História 10
Acting/Cast 10
Musical 8.0
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I finished this series a while back, and I loved it!! I really don't understand why people didn't like it or thought it was a failure. It was a great series in my opinion. I've also seen Legends of the Condor Heroes (2008), but I haven't watched any other versions.
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de Janey
Jun 20, 2015
10 of 10 episódios vistos
Completados 0
No geral 8.5
História 8.5
Acting/Cast 8.0
Musical 8.0
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First of all, Im a big fan of FTISLAND. Im also Jonghoon's biased. At first, when I watched the 1st teaser, even though Im a Jonghoon's biased i dont have any plans watching this drama. Lol. Bcos I find the 1st teaser awkward. Then when they released the 2nd teaser, I saw that there's something between Jonghoon and Yoonho lol. Im really curious about the drama that I even read the webtoon for the sake of the drama.

I gave the story 8.5 out of 10. Because i find it unique. All episodes are hilarious. That you even want to ship Park Sihyun and Lee Mongryong XD I really think that this drama will be having a season two because of the ending! Looks like they are giving a hint for the next season!

For the acting/cast, I gave it 8/10 because they are great. For Jonghoon, who just debuted on this drama. He did well on this drama. Though of course some scenes are quite awkward but its good for a rookie actor like him. As for Yoonho, he just debuted last 2013(am i right?) He also did well. Sometimes i find his acting was quite stiff but he still did great. All the cast did well. They delivered it well :)

For the music, I also gave it 8/10. I love their OST. They didnt released the hiphop song that i heard on the firsts episodes. But it still nice. Because of the low budget, they only have two songs for the drama.

9/10 for the rewatch value! If you are stressed, you can watch this always.

Overall, its a nice webdrama. That you are wanting for more :))) WOrth watching for! It feels like you only watched a 2 episode drama XD Lets wait for the Season 2! (Jonghoon is giving out a hint for the drama. But I dont want to expect ><)

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de Tonera
Jun 20, 2015
20 of 20 episódios vistos
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No geral 8.0
História 6.0
Acting/Cast 7.5
Musical 5.0
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Being a newbie in the scene of Asian dramas, please take my review with a grain of salt. To date, 'The Heirs' is my 2nd completed drama with the first being 'Boys Over Flowers'.

Story : 6.0

I hear that the plot of a poor girl meeting a rich guy falling in love is pretty common among the romance genre. Nothing too unique, but I'm not saying that this wasn't done well. The drama itself can be called identical, yet completely different to something like Boys Over Flowers. Yes, the plot is the same, but they're done in completely different ways and it's easy to see that they stand apart from each other. If you're biased thinking you're just going to be re-watching 'Boys Over Flowers' again, you're wrong. The cliché plot was executed in an entertaining manner, thus it isn't rated as low as others have rated it in the past. Sadly, the last two or three episodes were very hard to get through as I felt they dragged along. The ending, however, was what saved the show for me. The ending has received mixed reviews, but I for one was a fan of it.

Acting/Cast : 7.5

Oh, MAN. Both of the dramas I've seen now have had Lee Min Ho playing one of the lead characters. I wasn't disappointed. I felt all of the were played nicely. Looking back I don't know how I got used to Geum Jan Di and her overly exaggerated expressions.. (Bleh..) Nevertheless, Kim Woo Bin has gained another fangirl with his bad-boy-with-a-kind-heart persona in this drama! Yes, the lead Cha Eun Sang, had very little to no character development, but I suppose this ties into the story. Their poverty keeps them strong and stubborn in the lands of change! I also developed feelings for Rachel and pretty much all of the characters as the drama went on as their characters were very enticing and snagged you in. This drama had some really great scenes that can't be ignored!

Music : 5.0

Oh.. Oh my god..

The first couple times the various songs played throughout the drama were okay. I thought they went along well with the scene and it was all good and fun. By the end of the drama these songs were so overused I'm just sitting there with a blank expression on my face. "GOD, JUST LET THIS SCENE BE DONE!" Good song choice. I wish there were more soundtracks in dramas period so they aren't forced to be using the same couple songs over and over and over again.

Rewatch Value : 7.0

Despite all of the flaws and faults this drama may have, I'd certainly rewatch it. Yes, it's a little long, but I felt that it was good enough to deserve to be rewatched later on in the future. I hope you find the drama good enough to reach that standard as well.

Overall : 8.0 / 10.00

I hope you found my first review helpful. Please enjoy the drama!

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Batendo Novamente
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Jun 20, 2015
16 of 16 episódios vistos
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No geral 9.0
História 9.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Musical 9.0
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To be honest I started watching this because of Min Ho's hair. I love the style and colour and it goes so well with a suit but then I found out that they changed it half way through the series which kinda made me lost interest at one point. BUT I kept watching and it was GREAT! When I started this I thought it the plot would be very heavy because of all the business deals and company competitions but surprisingly it's well balanced. It's light and funny just when you feel like the tension in the series is escalating. Yep it balances well.

The thing I really love most is the character development. Min ho's character development to be exact. Jung Kyung Ho's acting is brilliant! He makes you fall in love with the character even though you might really really hate him in the beginning.They planned it all well and you just cant help giggling to his antics and how he tries to figure himself out after the surgery.

The chemistry between the leads is just great especially towards the end! While there r no sexual scenes that many drama use to validate their character's love for each other, the romantic side of this drama just focuses purely on love, and just that feeling of being in love. Its extremely sweet and warm and funny and just brilliant.

Overall I'd say that this is a really great drama to watch if you're looking for something not overly heavy, or you're looking for a nice love story with funny moments but also wants a bit of seriousness. It's great that its only 16 episodes long too. The shortness of it really is just refreshing. Totally worth watching!

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Jun 19, 2015
16 of 16 episódios vistos
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No geral 9.0
História 8.5
Acting/Cast 9.0
Musical 7.0
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Jung Kyung Ho is enough to watch this drama. May have cliches, but it was very entertaining to watch.
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de lhisa
Jun 19, 2015
16 of 16 episódios vistos
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No geral 10
História 9.0
Acting/Cast 10
Musical 9.0
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Great drama! Looking forward to see more dramas and movies from this three young actors and actress. Good luck and more power to all of you!
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Mother Game
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Jun 19, 2015
10 of 10 episódios vistos
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No geral 8.0
História 8.0
Acting/Cast 10
Musical 6.0
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The title doesn't fit very well in my opinion, because it makes you expect a different kind of show. When I first read the title I thought there would be a mystery aspect to it or someone who is pulling some strings in the background or at least some kind of game. Like the title Kazoku Game fits so perfectly for that show. In Mother game, there's nothing even remotely resembling a game. Nobody is playing or messing around, nobody is taking any of the covered issues lightly. Just so that you can adjust your expectations...
If you're looking for a mystery or family-suspense drama, this is not the one. But if you're in the mood for a feel-good, heartwarming family drama with a pinch of humor this might be for you.

The concept is not actually fresh and I'm pretty sure I've seen some of the conflicts play out before, but this drama manages to do many things right that can easily annoy you if done wrong.

The heroine is set up to be a typical meddler character. I've seen many dramas were there is a problem, then the heroine goes way overboard to get involved, says something and the problem is solved. Those kinds of girls would totally get on your nerves in real life. Kiko is different in that I never felt she pushed too hard. She speaks up when she sees abuse or wrongs but still respects the others' privacy. She's someone you'd like to have as a friend in real life. I really appreciate that she doesn't make everything alright through some magic speech but gives the others the chance to solve their problems themselves. This way all solutions feel earned and more natural.

As you you know from the description there's lots of characters with problems. All of those problems are interesting and feel real enough to relate. I really like how this show is structured in that it doesn't go episodic and restricts one episode to one character and problem. Instead we see parts of all problems in all episodes. It does feature one character a little more each ep, but as I mentioned before problems are not solved magically. So you're able to see how all of the characters gradually work through their problems.

This show wants to teach a few life lessons about marriage, parentage and education, but it mostly doesn't come off as preachy.

The kids are super cute. I was especially impressed with Yamamoto Ayumo, who plays Kiko's son Haruto. In all of his scenes he felt so real and never like he was just acting.
All of the mother's were lovely acted as well and Seto Koji is really cute as the reluctantly kind teacher.

I already don't remember any of the music.

This is not the best show out there, but it's satisfying and it does put you in a pretty good mood, so I'd recommend it =)

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de ShEy
Jun 19, 2015
12 of 12 episódios vistos
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No geral 8.5
História 8.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Musical 8.0
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The story and setting is okay. All characters are well thought. The downside is that there were characters, issues and complications that was unable to put emphasis on. The writers started of great with giving each character a story but it wasn't emphasized. This could have given more chance for the series to grow and be recognized.

The cast are great too. Although their characters have been used for almost all musical drama that I've watched, all of them was able to perform their roles well.

The music sound great. It created a bit of thump in my heart but just for that moment. I mean it didn't give me the feel of researching their OST.

All in all, compared to heartstrings, you're beautiful, dream high and shut up flower boy band, this drama is lacking. BUT its worth the try :)

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de Mivaaa
Jun 19, 2015
124 of 124 episódios vistos
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No geral 6.0
História 6.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Musical 5.0
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If you ask me, everyday dramas tend to be too long. Meaning that during the time it runs the pacing, the story line and the characters end up being either boring or dull. Of course that is just my own opinion on the matter. This is the reason to why I have a hard time finishing such shows. However when I do finish them I have many things to say about it. So of course this rule also applies to this drama here. Cheer up Mr. Kim is one of the few series that I've actually finished, that being a long drama that i finished. And with that said, I must admit that I now wonder what made me want to watch it til the end.
And why?

Firstly, the story:
The story is, in it's own way, quite different from our generic Korean drama. However it doesn't stop it from having as much drama as them all. Sure Cheer up Mr. Kim tackles problems and things that's not usually there. The story, if you just look at the bigger picture isn't bad. It's more interesting than bad. A man that takes care of different children for different reasons, even tho he himself has a hard time in life. He teaches them to be proud of who they are and to go after their dreams. He also cares for them and has a hard time in letting them be hurt in any way. He has an inability (Kind of) to think of himself and focus on his own well being. It's not a bad story. However when you go off track and dive into things that really has no reason to be there, and then pushing it all over 100+ episodes, then the story and characters suffer. So many things happen and by the middle (in my own personal experience) felt it to be annoying and way to much. When you spend the majority of a series being annoyed at someone or a situation... or in the worst case, both. Than it's not a good sign. I feel that if the drama had stuck to the main story about Mr. Kim and his good heart for his family, then the story and series would have been much better. The show really didn't need all the romance drama and side plots (that long running Kdramas tend to love) that takes over and lead us into a f:ed up mace. I also wished that there were more focus on the kids and their individual stories and love. It would have kept it more fresh.

Secondly, the cast:
Here is were the drama suffers the most. I'm not saying that the actors suck or that they have no idea how to act out the characters they're portraying. Nope, the actors and actresses did a rather good job, no, my blame is all on the characters we're fallowing throughout these 100+ episodes. How come? Cause' of them all being annoying or disgustingly in your face all the way thru. When you go with that many episodes, you must at least have one character that you feel is good all the time. Sure I may be clouded by the dislike that I feel for this show, so I say that non of the characters are good. But no, there are some that I did like and enjoy nearly the whole time. Mr. Kim's niece is one. Some would say that she has an attitude and should have respect more often, however I know after all these episodes that she had all the right to say what she did. The other character that I enjoyed a lot was Go Juu Sung. Yes I was one of the people that hated him the first episodes that he was in, however with his character development I came to really love him. He was a easy going character that really, after his own arc, was the only dramafree person, and trust me, that was well needed. Sadly the focus wasn't put enough on the kids and therefor toke away alot of my favorites.
Moving on to the love rivals I can only say this. THESE ARE THE WORST RIVALS EVER! People that have read my other reviews know by now, that I have a deep problem with rivals in love. These two take the price. In combination with our main leads this was a catastrophe. If I didn't want to hit one couple, then I wanted to hit the other one. Our main leads, that were not that bad on their own, became close to intolerable when with the individual &quot;lover&quot;.
I've come to understand that I will never like the actor of Yang Jin Woo. He will always look like the manipulative, in your face jerk for me. Sorry but that is one thing I know.

Even if the music had been woulderful, good, cool, perfect and fitting. It would still not be able to save this show for me. Not even good music could cover up the mess.

As we all can guess by now. I will, most probably, never ever watch this show again. It's a rear chance for any long running show that I would watch it all again, however with Cheer up Mr. Kim I would say no way.

Overall and lastly. When I was done with it and looked back at this show i couldn't understand why i was stubborn enough to watch it. Now I know the answer. I wanted to see a happy ending for this guy. And without spoiling anything I will just say that for all the time spent I was so not happy with how it all ended. I felt it to be unwell and unfinished. Bad endings are one of the worst things, but it gets even worse when the whole series made you detest it as well.

As I always say, the choice of watching is all up the the person that is going to. If you find it interesting then watch if not then don't. Whom am I to decide that. All I do is say what I think and that's it.

Sadly this show didn't make it, but to be truthful, I most oftenly don't like them long dramas anyway.

Happy watching! ¨


Mivaaa

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Drama Special Series Season 1: White Christmas
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Jun 19, 2015
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Musical 5.0
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--> In one line <-- : If you've never been confronted to this genre before, it's a way like another to discover it, though not exactly the best start."

For over half of the episodes I tried and during the five episodes I've gone through, not once did I feel entertained. But then again, maybe it isn't entirely the drama's fault ; it had been sold to me as a particular genre, and therefore I was waiting to see a story fitting the said genre ; except it had nothing to do with it. Then the question is, would I have enjoyed the show if it had been sold properly to me ? Maybe....but probably not. Whether or not this was sold to me properly shouldn't have been an obstacle to feel entertained, but I wasn't. The question now is why.

Let's start with the plot. For the majority of the seen episodes nothing mattering occurred; if the scenarist's inspiration was Gustave Flaubert, a French writer bragging how he can write about "nothing", then he succeeded, but missing the writing style. One would say it is used to build up the suspense or to get to know the characters better ; I felt none of the two. I simply did not care ; at fault isn't really the story, in itself, it is neither bad nor good, just boring ; the real issue, is the acting performance of the cast.

The cast looks bored, and inevitably, when an actor isn't entertained by his own job, the interest in the performed character is immediately hindered and in this case, it includes close to the entire cast. So if they are bored, why should I, on the opposite, feel entertained ? I am after all the receptor. As for the characters themselves, they are generic and don't leave much of an impression, except one or two. Well, on the other side, it is also the role of the director to guide his/her actors' properly so they can perform at their best and how he/she wants the characters to be. So the actors, even if bored or not, aren't entirely at fault, the director shares the blame.

A second issue, with the story, is linked to the situation they are in : teenagers cut from the rest of the world in a building with one of them being a murderer ; and most of the time, I have absolutly no sense of danger ; the characters are way too calm and composed and only start to react in a more realistic way in episode 5 (if the question is why I didn't continue when it was finally starting to have a ray of entertainement is that I simply forgot about it and couldn't care less anymore) ; even the simulacre of investigation, or the revelation of some pasts and some shades of mystery being solved aren't enough for it to build suspense or entertainment.

The music is very often redundant and the same song used too often per episode, but apart from that, there's no real formal issue with the production ; and then, considering some musics they use, they certainly lost a good amount of money simply to pay rights. Don't expect many asian songs in this, there's a fair amount of older occidental songs. Like, dislike, but do not forget they'll be quite repetitive and sometimes overused.

The rewatch value....well, obviously....when one drops it, it can only be quite low.

Overall....as I said...the show isn't bad, just uninteresting and generic. If you've never seen this kind of story, you might appreciate it, because naturally it'll appear fresh and new like every first time, but then I hope you'll encounter many more stories of this genre in the future, because if it isn't bad, it isn't good either and there's a lot of good fictions with similar stories waiting out there.

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Gokusen - Especial
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de Luly
Jun 19, 2015
1 of 1 episódios vistos
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No geral 7.0
História 7.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Musical 7.0
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There's not much to review on this one, really. As a closing to the series, I thought that the final episode of the drama conveyed more heart and resolution to the first storyline than this special did. It's not bad at all, but I felt the conflicts were not as crucial to the plot as the final episodes of the series were.

Storytelling-wise, the construction of the episode was a bit strange to me, I felt like we had two independent episodes put together, since the first conflict had almost to no relation to the later conflict and to the resolution of the episode. Still, it does provide closure to this class and these characters.

I did really like Matsujun's performance in this one, I'll be saddened not to see his character anymore (I understand that's different in the manga) and Yukie was great once again.

All in all, it's ok, it doesn't add much more to the storyline but it's entretaining to watch.

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Drama Festival 2013: Rebelião
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Jun 19, 2015
1 of 1 episódios vistos
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No geral 9.0
História 9.0
Acting/Cast 10
Musical 8.0
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I personally feel that it's not a waste to watch it because:
1) the quality of the episode is overwelming
2) Even thoogh the plot itself isn't that breathtaking it contains topics and themes which get u to think about life, world and ethics.
3) The actors were great.
4) The scenery is well shot and made me want to be for exxample on these fields in the episode.
Music: I remember that it underlined the scenes well but it wasn't something memorable to me.
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