Can you hear my heart?

Rating: ****


Genre: Drama, Romance
Episodes: 30
Cast: Hwang Jung Eum, Go Joon Hee, Kim Jae Won, Kim Yeo Jin, Nam Goong Min


SYNOPSIS:
"The love story of Cha Dong Joo, man who's been rendered deaf after an accident but pretends he can hear, and Bong Woo Ri, a woman who's intelligent but pretends she's dim-witted to protect the dignity of her mentally handicapped father."




REVIEW:
In retrospect, I don't really have much to say about the drama in itself.  The drama was fun and enjoyable, with few (if any) errors.  The episodes were steady and it never really got boring.  Although this is definitely a drama that is worth watching, I don't really have anything too positive or too negative about this series.  Nothing really stood out to me too much.

I do think the biggest problem, though, was Kim Jae Won.  Jae Won is a decent actor, but he kept forgetting that he was playing a deaf character when he was acting. T.T  Did the director not notice that he wasn't even facing the female lead when she said some lines that the character was supposed to understand?  Although it wasn't very often, sometimes the storyline would obviously suggest that the character had seen the other character say something, yet in the actual film the character wasn't looking at the secondary character's lips or face.

One I found really scary was when the character Cha Dong Joo was driving while holding a conversation.  I seriously have to wonder how he didn't get into a car accident.  It's one thing to glance in the rear view mirror once in a while, but there was way too much time spent reading the passengers lips.


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She is Nineteen

Rating: ***.5

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Episodes: 16
Cast: Jung Da Bin, Kim Jae Won, Kim Min Hee, Seo Ji Hye, Yoo Kye Sang

"This series is about a 19 year old girl, Yoo Min who was being abandoned after the death of her mother. She lives alone with her adopted brother, Kang-Pyo. She accidentally meets Seung-Jae, the younger brother of Min-Jae. By chance, Yoo Min actually had a crush with Min-Jae, a doctor who treats her brother illness for a long time. To fight off his mother demand, Min Jae gets in an engagement contract with Yoo Min and they all end up living at Min-Jae's house. Unexpectedly, Yoo Min and Seung-Jae are going to the same high school. From there, Seung-Jae secretly loves Yoo Min. On the other hand, Yoo Min's father who got amnesia from a car accident is looking for her again after 15 years old she had been abandoned by her neighbors. The conflict comes when the people who living in Min Jae's house are actually related to Yoo Min's abandonment. They are the neighbors who stole the inheritance and abandoned her when she was four year old."

 This drama is one of those dramas that you watch when you're bored.  I mean, it's not bad, but it's not a drama that you'd watch over and over again.  The genre states that it's comedy, but I have to disagree.  Although it has a few cute moments, it is definitely a drama.  You might be asking why I look down on this drama.  Well, the fact is simple.  A television series is a marathon, not a sprint.  Writers that choose to use all their tricks in the first few episodes end up losing half of their viewership in the middle of the drama because it starts to lag.  When a drama starts out hilarious, viewers tend to think that the pattern will continue.  However, in this drama, the hilarity eventually disappears altogether and never comes back.  It's a fine drama for when you have nothing else to do, but it gets really slow toward the end.

The first thing I have to pick on is the music.  What in the world is up with the background music?  Can't they find anything else?  They'll show an extremely sad scene, yet they'll have upbeat classical music to it.  The classical music is that one song that dramas add to scenes were something just happened or something is in the works.  It's fine to use the music for most of the drama, but sometimes it just didn't work.  Also, they really only had two musical selections.  It got kind of annoying by the end of the series.

Although there's nothing wrong with the series itself, I have to pick on an actor.  It has nothing to do with the drama, but Kim Jae Won has the hugest smile I've ever seen.  It almost reminds me of Monkey D. Luffy from One Piece lol.  Whenever he smiles, his mouth takes up like a quarter of his face XD

100 Days with Mr. Arrogant

Rating: ****
MOVIE!

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Cast: Ha Ji Won, Han Min, Kim Jae Won, Kim Tae Hyun, Lee Eung Kyung

"After being dumped by her boyfriend just before their 100 day anniversary, Ha-Young (Ha Ji-Won) meets a college guy named Hyung-Joon when she accidentally kicks a can that hits him in the face and causes him to scratch his Lexus. He demands she pay him $3000 on the spot. She escapes from him, leaving her wallet behind. Hyung-Joon stalks her, demanding money to pay for his car. Since she is a poor high school student Hyung-Joon writes up a "Enslavement Agreement" for Ha-Young in order to pay for the damage to his car. Ha-Young is thrown into a nightmarish slave life for 100 days, cleaning his house, running his errands, doing his homework and cleaning his car. By accident she finds out that the damage to Hyung-Joon's car only costs $10! She then takes her revenge. However, before she knows it Hyung-Joon shows up at her house as her new tutor! He once again takes advantage of her, but soon Ha-Young finds herself falling head over heels for Hyung-Joon. But what happens when he drops out of her life just when she needs him most? The original Korean title can be literally translated as "my love, the asshole," or, more roughly, as "my love, the no-manners"."

Wonderful Life

Rating: *****

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Episodes: 16
Cast: Eugene, Han Eun Jung, Kim Jae Won, Lee Ji Hoon

"Han Seung-wan (Kim Jae Won) leaves for Singapore to surprise his girlfried on her birthday, and Jung Se-jin (Eugene) is on the same flight to say farewell to her deceased "first love" who died in Singapore. When literally bumping into each other at the airport, they accidentally take each other's passports. They meet again and Seung-wan and Se-jin end up spending the day together. Se-jin knows about his girlfriend, who is two timing Seung-Wan with Min Do-Hyuk (Lee Ji Hoon). Partially to help Seung-Wan avoid from discovering the truth, Se-Jin spends the rest of her time with him. They both get drunk out of sadness of their loves, and end up sleeping together. Back in Korea, Se-jin discovers she is pregnant. She leaves to have the baby alone. A series of events happens for about a year, and Se-Jin's clueless sister ends up spilling the secret to Seung-Wan at this engagement party, showing up with Han Shin-Bi (Jung Da Bin), his daughter, without Se-Jin. Seung-wan's life is forced to face fatherhood and the anger of his two-timing girlfriend - Lee Chae-young (Han Eun Jung). Se-jin reappears as they are forced to marry by their respective families. Complicated love takes place, as Do-Hyuk starts to fall for Se-Jin, and so does Seung-Wan, though Se-Jin is more focused on her loving daughter, as something surprising happens to her. The rest of the story revolves around the family's journey in learning to take responsibility, and learning to love each other."

TISSUE ALERT!(Note: if you watch this, buy a box of tissues @.@ A great drama, and really funny, but there are really sad parts in it from what I can remember)