Reviews

After my second time watching it, I'm making a review. This first time I saw it was when it originally aired and it got a 10/10 for me. It was one of the first doramas I saw so I thought I'd rewatch it again now, seen as I've watched over 200 doramas since, and my god it's stood up. 10/10!
The story is amazing and touching.
The music is cryable (every dang time that theme tune comes on I wail like whale!).
The interactive between both characters and the actual actors themselves is so amazing and their friendship both on and off screen can be see and is so tight knit!
The tumbling is amazeballs of course!
You just can't not watch this drama and not feel like crying from sadness or from utter joy!

As you can tell; this is the dorama I cry at every 10 minutes!!

It is truelly an amazing and touching story <3

Leia Mais

Rom-coms with mistaken identities are hilarious and especially when characters play along out of whatever emotion: friendship, love or just being plain mischievous, the ensuing circumstances are hilarious. Watching the characters concoct stories, build up scenarios and get into all kinds of predicaments was a hoot to watch. But at the center of it, ran a love story and the cutest bromance possible with all their trial and tribulations.
This is the first time, I have seen the second leads get their show going and then the mains come in after the fact. interesting in a good way. The second leads are the life of the drama, crackling with good-natured energy and enthusiasm. The second lead male is like a boy who never grew up, you want to scold him but smile instead, in that way the actor fit the character to a T. The main leads are GORGEOUS to look at. WOW his smile! and she is very charming too. The supporting cast is well-built up too. The main parents and Aunt are hilarious, so many meta references to their real-life accomplishments was a sneaky humor. The Main's Dad was so lovable, Best Dad Ever!.
The reasons why some act as they do is all made obvious to the viewer. No screechy females, no over the top villains, no deathly melodrama either, which is good. The music sits well with the situations. Every thing was going sooooo well, then why did I suddenly began to skip......... for the simple reason it...began...to.....draaag. So many good points and then so many let downs. Oh my disappointment! But I still watched it to the end hoping for it to pick up tempo and thankfully it did, towards then end.Not a lot, but enough to make me feel my time wasn't all lost.
So watch it with a smile, my advice: when progress becomes slow, reach for the forward button but don't miss out on the ending.

Leia Mais

Let me start off by saying that I loved this drama!
At times it made me cry, it made me laugh, and the whole way through it was enjoyable. So now to try to give a review without spoiling anything.

Now, the drama isn't anything incredible or special, but it does have it's charm and it is underappreciated in my opinion. The show starts following the common mold of the two main protagonists, Sun Wu Di and Mei Shan Bao, as enemies who soon develop a friendship and even something more. Fortunately, in the case of this drama, that doesn't stagger longer than necessary, and the development of their interactions are reasonably paced and not too forced.

The acting was pretty good, although at certain moments I feel certain actors were overdoing it (though it may have been for comedic effect). I feel that although the drama overall can be considered light and comedic, there were quite a number of dark and melodramatic situations. I'd rate the acting for the leads at about an 8.5. I also really found it interesting to see Roy Chiu play the character he did. I haven't seen him play an antagonist role prior to this drama, and I feel that he did a fantastic job. What's best is that his character isn't some jealous antagonistic a-hole for the sake of it. This character's psychological status and doings were all as a result of valid reasoning against the protagonist.

The music was alright, although I really only enjoyed about 2 of the songs I've heard. One of them being the theme song. I'd rate the music at about a 6.

Would I rewatch this drama? I *personally* wouldn't, but that's mainly because I personally have a tendency to put shows off longer than intended and I already have enough shows (Asian drama or not) that I plan to watch. For other people however, I'd say I'd rate the rewatch value at about a 6-7.

I'd give the storyline an 8 and the overall rating a 7.5, maybe 8.

Leia Mais

So this is basically like a Romeo and Juliet story of China as this is apparently a very famous wuxia tale there (I didn’t know this when I first watched it. If only someone had warned me I would have avoided it since I don’t like Romeo and Juliet either due to its tragic nature). Contrast to Romeo and Juliet though, it ends on a happy note. This drama is an adaptation of one of Jin Young's famous tales (probably his most tragic one with pitch fork tragic events that I cant stand and a major plot point that is dragged on to frustrating levels).

There have been various adaptations in anime, movies and tv series but this drama has the best quality so far production wise, and follows this interestingly addictive pitch fork tragic tale closely. Personally this isnt a story/drama Id recommend to anyone (unless its someone youd like to torture >:] ) because although it an awesome martial arts story and ends on a somewhat happy note, the journey through so many tragic plots was just too depressingly unbearable for me. The show is filled exceptional actors making it even harder not to take things too personally/seriously. Perhaps if your already familiar with the story you might be able to stand it but I still wouldn’t recommend that you watch it.

Consider this a disclaimer/ warning that I only wish someone gave me saying, watch this at your own risk. This drama is comparable to the drama Chuno so if you could watch and enjoy that then you might enjoy this as my sentiments in this mirror almost exacly my sentiments in Chuno.

Leia Mais

Complete disappointment after the amazing first season to which I gave a 9/10.
I think this season just had way too many story lines and plots and there wasn't one amazing main story/plot to follow =/
The acting and the actors definitely weren't given great roles this season and I actually got rather bored of Kuraki - probably due to him being so robotic this season and having no character development or extra back story or anything, he was just a 'find the truth' smoking all the time machine. There was only really two major character moments where I thought the acting/character was actually doing well! And Higashi's actor was by far the most used and well acted this time.

Nevertheless I am looking forward to the film because y'know Ikematsu FTW! The ending of this season was good though, we finally saw Human Kuraki.

Leia Mais

I was curious for Pinocchio because of Lee Jong Suk :D And I saw Park Shin Hye a long time ago so I started to this drama :) It was a pleasant experience but it's in the "once-watch-category" on my list. The first 8 episodes and the last 2 were fast and exciting. The middle episodes were slow and too sad for me...I think Jong Suk's character added this melancholy. Dal Po's brain was agitated. But he could give his cute himself too :) He and Shin Hye are a fairly congruous couple.
I laughed a lot of at the YGN's riporter who worn headband :DD And I liked Yoon Yoo Rae in the end. It's not a bad drama, I offer for everybody. Riporters' life in South-Korea is very interesting. Oh...and the music enjoyable for my soul. :)

Leia Mais

When I started this drama i expected something that goes in the star treck or star wars direction. Of course i knew it was a drama based on romance and that it would never be anything like that, but when i heard the word "alien" i expected something scifi-like.
And I'm glad i was wrong, because i hate those things. Thats why i first didn't know if i should watch it and i'm so happy that i did.

This drama is the best i've ever watched since boys over flowers.. at least for me. I cried so much at the end, not because of it's ending but rather since it was over. I'm a huge fan of Kim Soo Hyun since dream high, but compared to this drama .. whoo.. he became soo hot. I've gotta admit that the actress was new to me (i've started watching k-dramas in 2012 so don't blame me please~).
But i loved the chemistry between those two.
At first i kinda disliked her character, because she was so arrogant and full of herself, and dumb. But when the story continued you've got to see her soft side and that she was a kind person, but still she was hilarious from the beginning til the end. I laughed so hard, i almost cried.
And the male lead was kinda hard for me too, because i don't really like those characters that act so mean in the beginning and so play so hard to get, even though he has a pretty good reason.
The minor characters where adorable too. I personally loved Cheon Song Yi's little brother. He was so cute and the bromance with Do Min Joon was great.
Even the evil guy was great. I really really hated him to death, which proves how great the actor was.

The soundtrack was awesome. I loved the song "My Destiny by Lyn", but it was kinda annoying after some time. And because i'm (now) a huge fan of Hyorin from Sistar, i loved the track "Hello Goodbye". Thats the two songs that were stuck in my head, even til now.

I would definitely say it is a drama that is worth watching, even if you don't like alien stuff and such. But for rewatching i would say you should wait a while before restart watching. I waited like half a year and i coudn't remember a little things so i rewatched it.

Leia Mais

The story 's not bad, it was good but none of it was interesting unless Shin Min-a (Mi ho) is on-screen. Everything she does is cute, from her expressions to the way she talks, even in the way she moves.

Casting would've been better if the leading man was a lot more capable. That guy doesn't even know how to be sweet to a really sweet girl. If only Lee Min Ho was the leading man and the ending was better, this could've been the biggest hit.

I REALLY HATE IT WHEN I SEE HER CRY.

Honestly, the only actors that really stand out was Byun Hee Bong (grandpa) and Shin Min-a(Mi ho)..gave all 9.0/10 because of her and only her. Scene from 14-16 wasn't that fun for me and could've been composed to one episode to give way to a more interesting ending. Nonetheless I really had fun watching it from the beginning but ended up disappointed with the ending.

Leia Mais

I read what I wrote below and thought “Omo, I such a fangirl!”, But aren’t we all?

Being a fan of Hong Ki since his brilliant characterization of Jeremy, I have waited for him to shine again, this time on the front stage. Alas, the dramas and movies that he participated in weren't all that bad, but didn’t satisfy me. I was hoping for more. And finally I got it with Modern Farmer.

The main role suits Hong Ki splendidly. He get to use his funny faces, mischievous looks, adorable smiles, and even some manly strength and seriousness. He is able to bring out his village swag very naturally and he nails yet another epic bus scene ^_^.

But Hong Ki is not the only leverage of this drama. Moving the action to the country, gave it a refreshing feeling and let me explore a part of Korean culture, I didn’t know much about. The cast members were able to bring a whole ensemble of colorful and unique characters, that escaped from typical drama cliches.

And the heroine! A beautiful country flower (that’s what I kept calling her in my head), that turned out to be a strong and independent woman. It was she who kept saving the boys, not the other way around. That’s extremely rare in Dramaland, so kudos for that.

I was impressed how well written and sensible the story was. In many ways it reminded of a family drama - usually 50+ episodes- compressed into 20-ep. format with the benefit of cutting out the most annoying, dramatic things and leaving only the fun and heartwarming ones. Focusing on comedy did well for the show. Although it went overboard with peeing jokes at some point, it got me giggling most of the time. The writers didn’t give up on exploring various human relations, however, romantic and other, so it didn’t feel as shallow, as some comedies are.

As for the music, it’s a 10+. Classic rock hits often enforced the humor. The whole concept of the protagonists being hard-rock musicians also fit in nicely. And Hong Ki’s song “When love comes” reminded me why I fell for his voice many years ago. (OK, so I started with fan-girling and ended with fan-girling.. FANGIRL4LIFE ^_^)

If you bored with typical drama schematics, I recommend you to watch this as it is definitely something different.

Leia Mais

Although I was technically a "90's Baby" I couldn't bring myself to watch this drama originally simply because I felt it would be old fashioned and that I wouldn't be able to relate. After finishing the drama I just couldn't believe that I had postponed this drama for so long. This drama is filled with so many different stories and paths of life that I find it hard for anyone to NOT be able to relate to this drama. It's filled with the struggles of young adulthood, the many changes over the years (economical, technology, etc.), as well as little sparks of romance. I loved how "normal" this drama was. There was no pretty little idol always prancing around making it all about the looks. There was surface in this drama.

Leia Mais