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Plus points:
- DalJa is the first female lead to pull off stunning curly hair. For some reason most Kdramas give the female lead the most ridiculous hair and dressing sense. DalJa was indeed an a cool lead- well educated and strong and has the ability to dress!!
- Usually, all leads start as a 'strong-independent' woman and then breakdown and become the opposite by the end of the series. But here they were all strong, till the very end.
- It was good to see DalJa and Seon Joo, actually become friends. Instead of back-stabbing bit*$£& [pardon my language] that they would become in other dramas, they stand by and support each other in all circumstances.
- All the characters are well written. They bring out the good and bad in every single one of them and you come to like the whole team. It gives you a feeling of being a part of them.
- Although, DalJa is a trouble magnet she faces her obstacles in a mature way, including that of the 'second lead'.
- The evil ex's, mother-in-laws, family, second leads and others all give you very surprising turn of events.
Bonus point: Kim Jae Wook is in the drama!! Gaaah, my heart raced and I fan-girled like a teenager!!
Negative points:
- Some of the episodes were a bit dragging. They could have shortened and edited out some episodes.
- I like Lee Min Ki but I found his acting a bit bad in this series :( He seemed to have no expressions or emotions.
Overall, a drama where you actually find it difficult to predict the next move. Entertaining and fun to watch. [Besides you can skip the boring parts and you wouldn't have missed the story much;p]
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It is a youth drama that has a few good songs and music. That's it. I enjoyed about 5 episodes, after that it dragged on. I suppose it's trying to connect to age groups that are going through confusing times in love and friendship, teenage trouble with parents etc. I didn't connect to it and I don't think the story had a sense of direction or any decent plots.
The final music competition was a bore. There was a huge hype about the PD, All For One and Colour Bar. In the end it doesn't live up to your expectations.
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It has been a very long time since I enjoyed a drama so much. It made me wait eagerly every week so as to find out what could happen next. The romance is absolutely cute and the story, brilliant.
It is usually annoying when the leads lack chemistry especially, if they female lead is older. Here Park Soo Ha and Lawyer Jang make you gush, blush and want to hide in embarrassment. There are times when I wished they would get longer screen time instead of being cut into the next scene, but never-mind that. Even Lawyer Cha has a charm that will leave you in moments of awwww.
The main story with Min Joong Gok continues as other court cases carry on and climaxes in the best possible way. His motive may have been silly but I can forgive that as the plot is established well.
I Hear Your Voice is one the first dramas (in a long time) where the ending hasn't been disappointing. It wasn't hurried but written and directed carefully which gave the series a smooth finish. I can only remember one episode dragging a little bit. Just a teeny tiny bit.
The series does not disappoint in terms of chemistry, story, plot, music, characters, directing, acting, dialogues or anything else. Watch it, enjoy it, cry and blush with it. You will miss its voice and long wish to hear it again.
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It's a simple storyline which we all would have seen in some form or another. This hurt. I was hurt when Suni left him and was hurt when she left him again for a second time.
The acting is excellent and the movie, well done. I wish you could do away with bad guys in movies because they cause so much trouble to prospective lovers and people. Yoo Yeon Seok plays such a horrible villain you'd want to stop watching. Cheol-su and Suni's innocence and love are well portrayed by Song Joong Ki and Park Bo Young.
I'd like to give it a high re-watch value but it hurt me enough not to watch it again. Watch it when you are not having a bad/ sad day.
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Entirely different to most dramas and brings in a sense of nostalgia to those who grew up during the 90's. I could relate to the characters as I could see my friends in them. I remembered getting told off by my father when I watched TV and sang instead of studying.
Initially, I kept getting confused as to what was happening and then figured out how the episodes were laid out. It was crafted beautifully without missing the story.
What I loved the most was how realistic the drama was. The audience would have gone through a few or more of the depicted events in real life. Best of all it didn't have the 'near misses', the annoying misunderstanding which gets cleared only god knows when, the frustrating promises of 'I can't tell you because I made a promise to this evil friend of mine who is sabotaging our relationship'.
All in all well worth the watch! I'm going to miss watching this drama and afraid I'm not going to get to watch a good one in a long time :(
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It starts off dramatically so you know that this is going to continue that way for the rest of the episodes and it does! Not a single episode is sober. There are affairs, back stabbing, evil plotting, kidnappings, murders, jealousy, a few forced-on kisses [odd how it works, as it does in Kdramas], crying, deaths, more crying and most of all baking.
Be prepared for a lot of baking!!! Sometimes they take bread making way too seriously. A fellow MDL user pointed out saying it's like Master Chef in a few episodes. You just want to say 'It's bread for crying out loud!!' Nevertheless, it's based on baking and it's done well as you'll end up craving bread for the next few days :p
I found a common relation to Naruto with this series. Everything that can go wrong will go wrong to Kim Tak Gu but his persistence, determination and good heart will change the others around him and the situation.
The couples you expect to establish don't. x You won't be disappointed with the choices they make though :)You will learn to love Fallen Soyabeans, Ma jun and Yoo Kyung. It was good to see dramas not follow usual norms for relationship.
All in all the drama is well written and directed. It has flaws but those can be overlooked as without those flaws there wouldn't be this drama. Also, no cellphones. O.o how did they manage? I give it extra points just for that.
By the end of the drama, you'll know the basic ingredients required for making bread, learn how to knead bread, stand and wait for bread to rise, bake and be eaten. You'll also crave for it. Yes, you will.
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What upset me the most was that there were some random scenes thrown in which had no reason to be there expect to fill time. You never know what happens to Min-Ki's brother either >.<
Also, a potential for so many couples to be formed in this series, but nothing happens. I understand they didn't want to digress from the plot but would have been nice to have kisses and a few skinships [pervert in me wanted this, not me of course!! ;D]
Anyway, as you would expect in a school, the cunning-evil-plotters are mostly students spreading rumours, self-centred, rowdies, or not caring for anything else. Misunderstanding, due to vicious rumours, happen between the bromancer couples, between friends instead of the usual boy/girl couples. You would either be experiencing situations similar to that at the moment, or seen it happen when you were in school. These moments were captured very well in the series.
Overall this is a fairly good drama. If I watched this when I was in school I probably would have been motivated to study a little XD Since I'm not, I'm glad I'm out of the whole situation XP
Watch it for the bromance, the girl-friends, the sincerity in the teachers to improve the students life and the sheer joy of feeling young again [but not having to study :p]
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Some good ninja-like moves and a fun martial arts movie. I'm a Shin-Min Ah fan and was amazed by her acting skills. She plays a cute yet physically strong and stunning action star all at once.
Shame though the hockey guy doesn't play much of role apart from being eye candy for us viewers [Not complaining! ^^] His story is completely forgotten after a while.
Overall a fun movie to watch. It's not too serious and has some light tones to it.
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Another reason I'm re-watching is because the music is AMAZING! Pretty much all the songs in this are good, except maybe the song 'The Stupid' play when they are first introduced.
[B]Update:[/B]
I've reached episode 10 and I must say the drama has improved! I wish there were more songs introduced, but that's not a problem. The love story between the two grows and makes me wish I was back in college again!
Full review to follow..
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The episodes based in Tailand are fantastic, it made me fall in love with Lee Min ho's acting and style all over again!
The action scenes and ideas were well choreographed and stunning to watch. I had edge-of-my-seat-jaw dropping moments quite a few times during this series.
Apart from a few disappointment (deaths) in the series, the drama is excellent to watch.
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His trips back in time are pretty much always successful but I guess Yi Seul never seems to be satisfied [like most of girls do, j/k :p] Therefore, is never successful in preventing her marrying Coach-uh on returning to the present.
You're always anticipating the next episode as you want to know the end if he's going to get the girl or not. I stopped an episode half way and went to sleep as I was so mad that he couldn't get the girl, AGAIN! Since it had such a profound effect on me, I LIKE THIS DRAMA. The effect was also probably due to Yoo Seung Ho being the lead ;D
Sometimes there is way too much baseball in the episode but it is a baseball related drama so it can be forgiven.
All in all a fun drama to watch. Enjoy ^^
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I'm not a fan of Man Ok's friend, Han Ga Ryun. Her character does things carelessly/ selfishly and causes trouble pretty much every time she's on screen! Ugh!
The demon LJ director is pure evil and does his role of making you hate him throughout the series. I always wonder are people really that horrible in real life? I haven't come across them *touch-wood* Anyway, he gets what he deserves in the end! *evil grin*
The drama lacks romance scenes and has only a few 'lip-touch' kisses which are, ugh, disappointing.
Despite these most episodes are enjoyable to watch!
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I thoroughly enjoyed this drama! It's off my usual track of Kdrama's but I'm glad I watched it. I started this drama in the evening and couldn't stop until 8 am the next day!
The revenge plot if excellent, there is no-nonsense romance without 'near misses', the 'second banana' misunderstandings, less comic relief and digression.
You have smart and strong, albeit, hot headed female leads that would go to extremes to get what they want.
It was pretty much impossible to guess what could happen the next minute. I came up with nearly 10 different possibilities of how the story would progress as I watched!
I would have liked to have seen more screen time for Kang Maru and Eun-Gi but it worked well either way. For all those who love 'skinship' ;p I would say the kisses worked well on screen, not too many though, but good! Especially the last one in the series. I only wish they didn't cut into a different scene in between!!!
The few things that annoyed me were the excessive bitch-slapping conversations the two female leads had during the earlier episodes and the annoying shaky camera.
All in all, an excellent drama with unexpected plot twists and turns that will keep you on the edge of your seat at all times!
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The movie had no defined story, point or plot. I watched it as I like Yoon Eun Hye's acting but this had nothing to offer.
It revolves around 4 girlfriends - their ambitions, life and love. The writer fails to bring this out in a clear way. It all looks badly organized and poorly played.
DON'T waste your time on this!
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I’m slightly disappointed in this drama. The style and acting in this series is very similar to ‘Something In The Rain’ but lacks a bit on maybe the editing. I solely went for it because I became a fan of Jung Hae In. So far I like the story (SPOILER A young single dad finding love with an unmarried young woman which would be going against traditional views, the main woman also being completely headstrong and against marrying, her sister going through divorce (end SPOILER) but they spend so much time running in and out of their houses/ office or sitting quietly contemplating the difficult love for longer than necessary. Maybe I am getting old and so losing a bit of my patience but the episodes could have been reduced the amount of time spent doing nothing to help progress the story at a faster pace. 8 episodes in and there hasn’t been much change. The side characters are all interesting but again slow progress on their story too.I hope the story picks up.
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