Kdrama: I Have a Lover

It's been two months since I've been away from blogger sphere but I'm back now to give a review on the Kdrama that took 50 hours of my viewing time, I Have a Lover. So I want to show how much this Kdrama took over my life. But of course, I only watched this on my free time so I'm excited to recommend this to you.

Disclaimer: I am not a huge fan of Kdramas but there are forces that draw me into watching and one of them is that every Kdrama and actors that portray a role are special. In that sense, I feel that there has to be a connection between me and a Kdrama in order for me to like it. My second confession would be, I am not a huge fan of 50 episodes Kdrama, I avoid them even when the actors are the ones that impress me. So, I have been reluctant on this but since I realized after reading a book called "The Girl Who Played with Fire" which took me one month to finish, then I could do it to a Kdrama as well. Before jumping into this addiction, I was into Japanese movies first and I watched quite plenty of them like Anohana Live Action which is my most favorite, 5cm per second (anime), The Girl Who Leapt through Time, The Black Devil and The White Prince and No Longer Heroine to mention some. So I guess, it’s fate that I watched I Have A Lover because I am not jumping into melodrama but I dived into this which is quite amazing actually. I really liked it.

Plot: This drama is a romantic, family melodrama with a bit of comedy that revolves around Do Hae Kang (Kim Hyun Joo) and her husband Choi Jin Eun (Ji Jin Hee). Then there is a backstory to their families in which Do Hae Kang has a twin sister, DokKo Yong Gi (Kim Hyun Joo) and they met after 30 years.

First Impression: Triangle

                                       

Genre: Action, Family, Melodrama

This drama first caught me at Kim Jaejoong and Lee Bum Soo working together again even though I haven't seen their first project together which is Dr. Jin. Im Si Wan's casting probably became one of my reasons too to keep an eye on the showing date and such. This drama has only become a candidate out of so many interesting dramas I've had in my mind, but I really wasn't so sure whether I'm really gonna make time for it or not. Nonetheless, I've had my first impression with the trailer and that's when I decided give it a try.

What was about the trailer? Even though it was only a clip and there was just a few seconds shown, I've seen a matured Jaejoong (Heo Yeong Dal) as an actor in a role of a gangster and I had the gut feel this is going to be different from the past projects he's done. So please don't disappoint me.

Drama Recommendation: Angel Eyes

Characters:

·         Lee Sang Yoon – Park Dong Joo / Dylan Park

·         Kang Ha Neul – young Park Dong Joo

·         Goo Hye Sun – Yoon Soo Wan

·         Nam Ji Hyun – as young Yoon Soo Wan

·         Kim Ji Suk – Kang Ji Won

·         Seungri – Teddy

In a nutshell: This is a melodrama about Yoon Soo Wan (Goo Hye Sun) and Park Dong Joo’s (Lee Sang Yoon) love for each other in the past 12 years,  and the fate that they have to face after so many years that passed by.

Halftime Report: I'm Sorry I Love You

Casts:

So Ji Sub as Cha Moo Hyuk (Memories of Bali)
Im Soo Jung as Song Eun Chae
Jung Kyung Ho as Choi Yun (Heartless City)

I just caught up with watching this drama and I know that I'm a decade late for it but it's better than never. I think that this is one of the classic K-dramas out there that you shouldn't miss regardless of its age. However, you couldn't help but compare its cinematography to today's k-dramas since it was a bit lacking in the scenes yet we can still appreciate its touch. Yes or Yes? Nonetheless, I think that overall, it was well delivered in the acting department through the intensity of the emotions by the actors. Moreover, the fashion is not visually appealing as well but that's a given anyway. However, you couldn't help but to be really distracted of it sometimes. You couldn't imagine how these clothes made it to the trend few years ago. Even I myself thinks it's impossible - with all the baggy elements and the loose pants that So Ji Sub (Moo Hyuk) was sporting, I can only shake my head. But to further discuss the more important things, I think that I would focus my review on the story, on the actors and on why this has become phenomenal in Korea during those times. Also, I won't be missing it's lapses in the story as well.

Review: A Moment to Remember

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Korean Version DVD

Release Date: November 5, 2004
Genre: Romance, Melodrama

Casts:
Jung Woo Sung - Cheol Su
Son Ye Jin - Su Jin

Synopsis: 

Probably dying is not the most fearful thing in the world, neither is fear of suffering; as it was portrayed in this movie, it is losing yourself and the world through your own sense of being. Not that it's just as simple as acquiring a sickness but it is the elimination of your precious memories throughout your life. Though there are cases wherein we also need to clear our minds from pollutants in order to give ourselves a momentary rest from the world. However, this case is the worst because you gradually forget the person that you are and the people whom you love as the disease takes its power over your life. 

Review: Secret Garden

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Genre: Romance, Comedy, Fantasy, Melodrama
Release Date: November 13, 2010

Review: Nice Guy

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

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Release Date: September 12, 2012
Genre: Melodrama, Romance
Casts:

Song Joong Ki - Kang Maru
Moon Chae Won - Seo Eun Gi
Park Shi Yeon - Han Jee Hee