I have completed over 80 dramas, and have tried/started over 100. Out of the myriad of dramas that I've watched, Liar Game is by far the most original and ingenious dramas out there. Normally, I don't watch Japanese dramas because of the poor acting and slow storyline, but Liar Game is one of few exceptions.

The story is fresh, innovative, clever, and meticulously planned out. I have never encountered something like the "Liar Game" before, and just the concept of it makes me excited about this drama. The game's description sounds fun in itself, and I can't help but watch it. The several challenges/activities that the people go through are also ingenious. During the whole drama, I felt stupid whenever I couldn't figure out one of the puzzles. The puzzles take brain work to solve and it was extremely fun following along. Seeing the results was interesting. Because Liar Game was full of so many great and original ideas (completely steers away from all drama-centered stereotypes), I thoroughly enjoyed it. Sometimes, Nao's naivete seems annoying, but you get over it.

And, as a random ending note, Fukunaga is hilarious. Maybe it's because of bad acting, maybe it's not, but Fukunaga is awesome and I find his evil laugh amusing.

I put a rewatch value of 7 because, although rewatching Liar Game /can/ be fun, I lose my excitement the second time around since I already know the results and can't relive the enjoyment of trying to figure out all of the puzzles and stuff. :(

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If you prefer happy stuff over heavy, dark stories and can't stand watching bad things happening, then don't watch Miss Ripley. I'm warning you now.

Now that that's out of the way:
First of all, Lee Da Hae is amazing in this drama. She really played out her character perfectly, and throughout the whole drama I kept swaying from oozing with hate to feeling a deep sense of pity for her (character). I didn't care much for her acting in My Girl, but her acting in Miss Ripley is absolutely brilliant. Overall, the casting was pretty nice but I don't think Yoochun really served a purpose in that drama (nor did it seem at all like he truly liked her, so Yoochun's acting in this drama wasn't that great although it was cute), and the other man was good, but I wasn't impressed. I was slightly disappointed by the overall acting of the cast, but Lee Da Hae's acting in this drama really pulled me in. I usually can't take melodramas, but I kept watching anyways.

The story is great, because it holds a good message and also stirs up several psychological/moral questions concerning topics such as corruption, motivation for actions, greed, and misanthropy. I hated what Lee Da Hae's character did in this drama, but I couldn't help but pity her at the same time, because there are some (although a bit overexaggerated) real-life issues that are presented in the drama.

The story's purpose (or at least what I analyzed it to be) is ingenious, but the story itself goes downhill. I admit, I stopped after episode 9. Half because I couldn't take the awful things that were happening, and half because the drama started dragging. The story overall was still pretty good though.

I would not rewatch this though, because although the first time was alright, if I rewatched it I'm sure I would feel like the drama was dragging 10x more than it was the first time, and I don't want to go through suffering from nightmares about it again. Although this isn't my type of drama (Out of the 80+ dramas I've watched, all of my favorites are happy-go-lucky fluffy ones), I still liked it. Not sure why.

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The storyline for Rooftop Prince was ingenious. Rooftop Prince is by far my favorite drama of all time. The story was creative, and it also gave room for a lot of lighthearted humor. I also thought it was ingenious on the writer's part to parallel the past and the present day, and some of the serious scenes left me clinging to the edge of my seat. The casting was great. Taemoo and Sena made me feel really icky and hateful, but then I realized that it was the characters that I hated so much, which proves that the acting was good. The three men who follow Lee Gak to the present are HILARIOUS. There are some serious parts in this drama and some evil parts, but whenever the three "power rangers" appear, they have SUCH funny scenes. I was laughing my head off at so many parts. This drama balances out seriousness and lighthearted mood, the music is pretty great, and I would rewatch this 5 times over if I had the time. Above all, I was very impressed with Micky Yoochun in this drama. I liked him in SKK Scandal, but I LOVED him in Rooftop Prince because he made the character come alive, and at the heavy parts, you could really see the emotion in his eyes. Yoochun's acting overall was mindblowing.

The only thing I would say is the ending. No spoilers, but as the drama nears towards the end, it goes a little downhill. I still love it though.

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First of all, I would like to say that I've watched this drama all the way through FIVE times. I was (and still am) obsessed with this drama, but to write this review I tried to be as unbiased as possible.

The story idea was great. Maybe it's because I have a thing for gender benders, but I really liked the idea. This drama was very lighthearted, fluffy, and cutesy, and I couldn't help but squee the whole way through. Jeremy (played by Lee Hongki), was absolutely adorable. If you need a lighthearted drama to get your mind off of sad stuff (for example, if you just finished watching a drama like Stairway to Heaven and need a quick breather), watch You're Beautiful. The music was amazing, and the story made me smile. There were some funny scenes, and I love the pig rabbit with all my heart.

However, I DO think that this drama is overrated. Personally, I loved the story, but the acting could have been better (UEE was pretty good in this drama though. I was impressed). This drama was fun, but it was amateurish and there were several flaws in the acting and storyline that didn't make sense. Halfway through, the drama really starts dragging and goes downhill. The story starts to fall apart, and at one point I felt like nothing made sense. The ending wasn't all too great either. If you don't like weak characters, You're Beautiful might drive you insane. Go Mi Nyu (Park Shin Hye), who pretends to be Go Mi Nam, is a very weak character who makes extremely stupid decisions and is probably the most dense drama character I've ever encountered in my life. I still love the drama and there were some funny scenes because of her clumsiness, but sometimes her character just made me frustrated.

Still, I gave this a 9 rewatch value because of the ambiance that it creates. Even though there are flaws, the happy and funny scenes are great (and not to mention this is a kdrama that you could watch with the whole family since it doesn't have many-if any- inappropriate parts) and the overall light tone of the drama could lift your spirits when you're feeling down. You're Beautiful is one of those dramas that has some really stupid mistakes, but you can't help but forgive and ignore because you love the adorable-ness of the drama too much to complain about it.

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Usually, I hate Korean movies but this one is an exception. While most Korean movies have bad story lines, scenes that are supposed to be funny but aren't, or mediocre acting, 200 Pound Beauty is the opposite. I watched this movie with my family, and we all loved it. The acting is great, and I'm very happy with the casting. Although the theme that the movie is based around can be considered in a serious light and there are serious scenes (plastic surgery, pressure to conform to the social norms), the movie is hilarious and I was ROFL'ing throughout the whole movie. There are inappropriate innuendos (which I would normally dislike), but they fit into the story line and just add to the overall hilarity of the movie itself. And the music just makes everything that much more perfect. I found myself singing Ave Maria, Beautiful Girl, and Byul over and over again because the songs were so catchy-and not in a bad way. The overall atmosphere that the movie created put me in a bubbly mood.

There are a couple flaws in the storyline and there are a couple scenes where I thought "whaa-?" or "okay, don't really like this scene", and there were a few actors that didn't really act very well (but they scarcely appeared anyways so it doesn't really matter). Still, this is by far the best South Korean romcom in existence and the only one I'd recommend out of the myriad of Korean movies out there. I have watched this movie 10 times already and I'm still not bored yet.

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