Ballad of Suh Dong

Rating: ****


Genre: Drama, Period Drama, Historical
Episodes: 55
Cast: Han In Soo, Jo Hyun Jae, Koo Hye Sun, Lee Bo Young, Ryu Jin


SYNOPSIS:
""Sodongyo" is said to be one of Korea's oldest folk songs. According to Samgukyusa (The Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms) from the Silla Kingdom, the song was written by Sodong, a commoner from the Paekche Kingdom. Hearing that Princess Sonhwa, a daughter of King Chinpyong of the Silla Kingdom was beautiful, he writes a song saying that the princess visits Sodong's room every night and spreads the song around. When her father hears the song, he condemns the princess to exile. Sodong picks her up and takes her to Paekche, and they become the royal couple of the country."


REVIEW:
Just hearing the synopsis of this drama really made me want to watch it.  The thought of a guy spreading around that song made me laugh pretty hard.  However, a viewer should remember that the actual story isn't always as wonderful as the synopsis.  The synopsis kind of makes it seem more silly than the actual story, but you mustn't be disappointed.  Although 55 episodes is a bit of a hard watch, it's definitely worthwhile.

Again, this review has been on the back burner for about a month so I kind of forgot about it for a while.  That being said, I kind of forgot some of the details by now.  However, this post will be updated if I can remember what I was going to say about it. >.<

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Loving You A Thousand Times

Rating: Not Rated


Genre: Melodrama, Romance
Episodes: 55
Cast: Go Eun Mi, Jung Gyu Woon, Kim Hee Chul, Lee Soo Kyung Ryu Jin


SYNOPSIS:
"Eun-nim Ko (Lee Su-Kyeong) is a young woman preparing for her teacher certification test. She comes from a poor family with her father being chronically sick. Eun-nim then comes across a chance to make money for herself and her family. She opts to become a surrogate mother for a man named Se-hun Baek (Ryu Jin). Through fate and odd luck Eun-nim meets Se-hun's younger brother, Kang-ho Baek (Jeong Kyeo-Woon) and they fall in love."


REVIEW:
I wish I could say that I paid enough attention to it to see all the errors, but I really wasn't all that interested in it.  It was interesting, but I think I enjoyed playing Sudoku more than I did watching the show.  (Yes, I played a lot of Sudoku while watching this series.)  I know that if I'm going to be reviewing a drama, I should at least pay attention to the screen, but I haven't had much of an attention span this week.  I don't think it helped that I find most melodramas boring.

All in all, it's a nice series to watch if you have a lot of time on your hands, but it is just not for me.

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