Hi My Sweetheart (2009)

My review in a nutshell: Starts out cute and then proceeds to hit every cliche until it hits rock bottom. Then it proceeds to dig.

Seriously, the acting was fine. The characters were fine (although I found the oldest sister beyond annoying.) The main girl is pretty awesome, and the love rival is so much cooler than the main guy. Characters, no problem.

First 8 eps are a little on the silly side but still overall cute and I enjoyed them well enough. And then we got into the meat of the story--or lack of story. It got progressively more over the top, dramatic, and full of stupidity. I blame the script writer for this as it took perfectly good premise and characters and ruined the whole thing.

I'm usually pretty forgiving with Taiwanese dramas, I understand their idea of pacing and humor is different than the other Asian countries, but I really got mad at this show because it seemed to milk all the cliches for all they're worth. I ended up skipping through the last four eps just because I was at my wit's end.

I don't really recommend this. If you're looking for ugly duckling to swan transformation, there's better shows out there. Pinocchio, for instance.

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The ultimate Nerd revenge movie. A bad a** girl with a kind heart falls in love with a sheltered rich nerd, who eventually disappears when he believes shes told him she doesn\'\'t love him. Fast forward, hes changed his look and she\'\'s looking for him.
I liked this drama because its a sweet story about changing who you are to be someone else only to find out that all the fancy clothes and money wasn\'\'t needed. the girl in the story truly loved the nerd in all his weirdness.
This drama doesn\'\'t take itself seriously and the majority is comedy, but there are some \'\'crying in the rain scenes\'\'.
I liked rainie yang in this drama and she had great chemistry with Show. Show played this well because you wouldnt have guessed it was him a first.

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I love this drama simply because of how the actors presented their characters and the story was just a second for me because I find it common. What I like or kept me from finishing the drama was the characters/actors/actresses especially the main leads which are Show Luo and Rainie Yang. I'm really not the type that goes for serious dramas so I decided to watch this one and I'm glad I did. I like the chemistry between Show Luo and Rainie Yang here. I'm looking forward for more team ups. I'm glad to see Rainie Yang playing a bad girl for a change and Show Luo to be a geeky, awkward one as well. I can re-watch it again whether alone or with other people. I also like the presentation of the drama because it's comical and funny enough which fits the whole atmosphere of the drama.

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This review may contain spoilers. MAY. Subjective. Depends on what each person views as a spoiler.

> There basically is two parts to this drama, the first part is where the male protagonist is a mushroom head (Da Lang) and the drama is viewed in his POV, and the second part is where the male protagonist turns into a revengeful, super idiotic Hunkabaloonka (Xue Hai)~ this part is shown in the female lead, Bao Zue's POV.


> I believe this drama isn't one that you should watch with a serious mind. It's not a drama that you should seriously analyse and try to rationalise. You should come to this drama with zero expectations of it being a normal rationalised drama. It isn't. The characters will do some things when they shouldn't. And they won't do some things when they should. Things that would otherwise be so impactful and tangent changing won't be a big deal in this drama as well. You just have to keep your mind open to being carefree and detached. That way, you'll be able to enjoy this drama to its full potential.


> This was an extremely funny but weird drama. The First 6 mins into the first episode, I couldn't help but think, "Oh my God, what the hell am I watching? " But by the end of the first episode I was like, "Oh my God this is the funniest thing ever!"

> The role reversal was also strong in this one. The guy is the weird, innocent one and the girl is a total badass. I didn't ever wonder about a reversal as such but it's refreshing to see such a change nonetheless.


> At first I didn't like the girl as much as I liked the guy because I thought all her physical abuse towards the guy (she hits his head and kicks him in the arse a lot) and her screaming all the time was not necessary. It was a little too much. But then I realised the male lead was an even bigger idiot~ he never trusted the female lead and always conceded to everyone else on their views on the female lead.

> I think the main thing I found irritating in this drama was the main leads' weak personality traits. For instance, for the female lead ~ she doesn't care to defend herself. When someone thinks she's at fault, she lets them think what they want. It's the basic "They don't trust me enough and they doubt me, then why should I explain myself?" scenario with her. As for the male lead~ he's a moron. He believes just about anyone and is so naive and unchanging in his thoughts. Especially when half the things are so obvious~ and yet he makes up another excuse just to justify that what he thinks (which is incorrect, mind you) is correct!


> In the first part of the drama, I was really feeling the chemistry between the male and female lead, but during the second part my SLS (Second Lead Syndrome) rose and began going crazy on me. He basically gives her a home, brings food to eat with her because she has no money yet, gives her a job, looks after her when she's sick, and even went out searching with her for the male lead~ for three years!~ I couldn't find myself to blame her when she decides to forget the male lead and let the second lead in.

>The male lead's entry in the second portion of the drama comes right after the female lead decides to give up looking for him and move on. I have to admit though, his entry was hilarious! Purple pants, hot pink shirt and a very pale pink jacket to boot... I was so shook!

> At first when I had read the synopsis and done some research on this drama before watching it~ I had thought the main male lead would turn into a completely cold, ruthless player in the second half— he doesn't. He's still nice. Just completely, insufferably confused and misguided.

> I believe in the second part of the drama; what fuelled his stupidity was the fact that he believed the main female lead only dated rich guys, and so with his 'woe her until she wants to marry and then dump her' plan he thinks, "Oh I'm super rich, all I have to do is flaunt my money and buy her diamond necklaces and she'll come running right into my trap!"

Obviously, the female lead isn't money minded and this only pisses her off more. Over and over the main male lead tried to show off his wealth and compete with the second male lead, and over and over again the girl gets irritated and pushes him aside. It was such a sad cycle of events to witness tbh.

> By the end of the drama, I almost wanted to extend my hands and go, "Come here, Yan Feng (2nd male lead), just come here! You won't ever get her. It's so obvious. But you're so nice and oh what the hell, I'll keep you!"

> I also believe this drama could have ended in 19 episodes. I don't know if they wanted to keep a slow and steady pace, but I really wanted the leads to just figure it out and get back together or something already.

> I also really really disliked the male lead's two sisters. I have to admit though, I hated the player sister more than the grandma sister. This was because she was the stupid mind behind all the revenge plot and all his other actions that completely messed things up. Then, even when she witnesses what actually happened with the main lead and everything was explained ~ she still acted as if the boy's reason for being so melancholy was not justified and that he was hurt because of the female lead. He wasn't hurt because of her. He was hurt because of misunderstanding her. Honestly~ I don't see how anything was the main female lead's fault. _._

> Another character I absolutely couldn't stand was this tiny girl who worked in the ice cream shop and threatened to hate the main female lead if she didn't like the second male lead back. I wanted to reach into my screen and smack her head. Ha ha, I'm kidding. Okay, I'm not.

> Ah, that aside~ a lot of things happen in the second half, the first bit of the second half is funnier than the last phase of the show, which made me cry a lot. There was a fire, memory loss and kidnapping. There was also lots of tears. But I'm glad I was about to stick through!

> The ending made me realise how much I loved the female lead's character. Although she was rough and tough and refused to defend herself and let people believe what they wanted ~ she was, in her heart, absolutely devoted to the main lead. Yes, there were times when she felt like giving up, honestly, anyone would too, there is so much one can take. But she was completely devoted nonetheless.

> Some folks may dislike her for not refusing the second lead till the last episodes of the show but honestly ~ she tried to give him a chance and forget the main male lead, but every time she tried the main male lead did something and BAMN! Mission unsuccessful! So don't take that equation too seriously.


> ENDING: Happy. Very happy. :)



[[Little Notes]]

> This dude gets so many hits on his head by the girl. I'm thankful in every moment that he doesn't get any more stupid than he was. I just wish she would stop hitting him on the head all the time. Especially in public. Although — I really appreciate this actor's acting skills. Pretty good!

>During their second kiss— I like to call it the transition kiss because they transitioned from 'sort of friends' to 'dating'— I was really shocked because this was the first time I saw a female lead doing all the lip movements and the guy being still and innocent. This is the complete opposite in other dramas. I don't know why but I couldn't help but laugh during this scene. It was like "Oh wow, never thought I'd see this day."


> I felt so bad for the cars in this drama. I really felt like I wanted to shout "Leave the cars alone! Don't drive like you're shook and on weed! Shook and driving is illegal! Give the poor cars a rest!"


> Okay so this drama also had a scene with skin colour shaming (the main lead was the one who commented on it). Just a note to all you girls who are of colour. Please do not find it offensive (I held myself by the wire trying not to) Not everyone is open minded about melanin differences. :) Let us also keep in mind that this drama was made in 2009, completely 8 years ago and the mindset must have changed from then and now, right?

> Honestly I think the location for the male lead's home wasn't actually a mansion but a resort or hotel! It's hard to explain, but you'll know when/if you watch the drama.

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I enjoyed the concept of the story but for me it was rough to watch. There were some funny moments and lots of cuteness and eye candy. But the over acting and exaggerations I did not care for. There were so many cliches(crazy stalker, crazy misunderstandings, meddling mother and mother types & the list goes on and on) happening here I couldn't tell what genre I was watching part of the time. I would have enjoyed the drama way better without the over the top, OVERACTING AND Silliness, or even if it wasn't through out the first 7 episodes. Don't get me wrong I like comedy and the cute stuff but I think it was just so much here. I loved the actors which is why I gave it a shot but for me it was hard to watch. Still love the actors. The end wraps up things but I still did not like the aspect of it and what happened. Some may be happy but I didn't care for it, think the ending could have been wrapped up much better. I preferred Luo Show in Corner with Love which is where I saw him act last. He still was hysterical at times in this drama but it was too much comedic crazy for me. Still enjoyed Yang Rainie also but her character here was a little much for me as well. Lee Wei I actually enjoyed his character, he wasn't over the top and was very likable. For some a great watch but I'll pas on the re-watching.

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Was a really funny show and gave me a lot of genuine laughs. I really loved those funny special effects and pink panther music bgm! I binge watched it and I can happily say that it was interesting almost towards the end even though the last few episodes seemed dragged and unnecessarily convoluted. Overall I would give it a 7.5/10 for its humour. Do check it out for some light hearted fun!

Acting was ok but I keep wondering how painful it would have been for the ML actor to act as if he had an underbite during the shooting duration... It must have caused really bad jaw pains... Kudos for his commitment! And I really liked his acting in funny scenes! Going to check out his other shows now!

FL' acting was good but her hair style annoyed me very much as her face could be hardly seen beneath that hideous wig!

The 2nd lead character was good and his acting was ok but that cake shop group was a total unnecessary bunch of irritating characters.

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Súper divertida

La vi por primera vez en 2014, y hace un mes la repetí. Fue mi primer drama asiático, en ese entonces no sabía nada de lo que se producia en ese lado del mundo a no ser por bruce Lee o Jackie Chan :)

Es un drama super ligero, fácil de seguir, con algunos giros inesperados, un romance en toda regla.

Amo su OST ! Me gusto la actuación del elenco, sin embargo destacó al prota por su doble papel de personalidad: dos personajes inmaduros con la gran diferencia de que uno era más infantil e ingenuo y el otro un supuesto adulto con un niño interior herido, y la prota, que demostró que nunca perdió su esencia, a pesar de verse más calmada.

El personaje de las hermana mayor del prota llega a ser aveces exasperante, al igual que las amigas de la universidad.

Me gusta el personaje de la hermana menor entre las mujeres del prota: hermosa actríz y un rol que equilibra la trama.

Para mi un drama que roza un poco lo fantasioso por su alocado personaje masculino, muy divertido, no se sintió forzado.

No me gusto el final, ya que vuelve a ser el niño, hubiera esperado que siga siendo el adulto con un yo más sano a raíz de sus experiencias, pero bueno, que más se puede pedir por la historia en si.

Le guardo cariño a este drama y lo recomiendo para maratonear.

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feels drag after eps 15...typical chinese/taiwanese drama. dear script writer/producer...please dont do that...dont add additional episode, just make it original because a lot of chinese/taiwanese drama i watch give the same vibe...

it's good at the beginning and boring in the end...please just end it if it has to end. it will be better to make sequel like hana yori dango or itazura na kiss or liar game if you can maintain a good storyline. if not, just end it because adding a few more episode usually make whats good become boring, its a waste.

rainy yang is very beautiful, show luo act so funny...lee wai was HANDSOME, Oh My God...how can he love someone for 10 years?!! actually, i wanna see Lee Wai find his love one in this series ;(( with the way he treat rainy, if he find his own lover, i think it will be soooo sweet...hahaha

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