Not earthshattering, but very enjoyable

The Veronica Park character, very annoying - but she really redeemed herself and was so amusing. The storyline, initially not too interesting. Once the storyline really got started, lots of twists! The main characters? Great chemistry and they were both lovely to watch. I found myself smiling, a lot, they were just so cute together. He did a wonderful job of portraying loneliness in his life. He also had the cutest pout. And yes, I did some crying, oh, and laughing too! I don’t like when there aren’t consequences for evil (uncle). Mistaken identity went on longer than I would have liked, but overall this show gave me all the feels. Lovely happy ending.

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What endearing characters!

This show reminded me of a rich, sweet dessert. It was so delicious, but I wanted to take small bites in order to savor it and enjoy every bit of it. This is a show about the families we are born into, and the families we create for ourselves. There were so many sweet moments when I found myself smiling like a lunatic, as well as the heartbreaking moments where I kept reaching for tissues. All of the actors did a terrific job with a wonderful script. I didn't feel that there was anything extraneous in this show, nothing that felt like filler just to have more episodes. Each character had strengths on their own merit. Woo Seo Ri has been in a coma for 13 years. There are so many ways the writers could have gone wrong with this - by turning it slapstick/silly, by making her behave in an immature way throughout - thankfully they didn't do that. She suffered, sure, but she had a strength of character that allowed her to keep forging forward. She had a lovely, positive attitude. Gong Woo Gin had a tragedy in his past that changed him - he cut himself off from human contact. Yang Se Jong, who played him, was exceptional. Watching him unfold like a flower, opening up to those around him was such a special thing to watch. And when something happened and he started to close up around himself again, my heart broke. I also loved Mr. Gong's nephew and his friends, and Jennifer? She was astounding! How someone can convey so much emotion while being emotionless is amazing. I thought they were going to use one of the standard (overused) ideas for the ending, and I was so happy when they didn't! The chemistry between all the cast was just wonderful. I feel like I don't want to move on to something else yet, and start this whole thing over again tomorrow. I put off watching this for a long time because I thought it was going to be filled with cliches, but the writers took the high road and turned this into something unique and wonderful.

I also have to say that I LOVED that there wasn't the evil love rival in this. Jung Eugene as win Joo's boss was terrific, and it was a joy to see a strong woman in her own right, being friends with a man for years. They, too, had sort of a familial relationship. I felt that each relationship was so special, and because of this, I have enjoyed watching this drama numerous times.

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Serious melodrama

This review is based upon my reaction ONLY to the show. I'm a romance/happy ending kind of girl, and this was WAAAYYY on the other end of the spectrum. This is a serious melodrama.

If you want to see some awesome acting by Seo In Guk, watch this. He was amazing. Here he plays completely opposite to anything we've seen him in to date. I had a hard time seeing him as anything other than the hero of a show, but he was chillingly believable.

I felt that the female lead's character was severely lacking in self esteem and came across as needy. This was a woman that should not be let to make her own choices, because she chooses wrong every time.

The music was perfect and carried the mood well.

I have to say that I was depressed after watching this show. Too much angst, too much deception, too much melodrama.

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Light, fluffy, no angst

What I liked:
1) Fewer episodes.
2) Shorter episodes.
3) ML and FL were beautiful to watch and oh, so cute together.
4) FL wasn't an idiot
5) Okay kisses (see below)
6) I smiled a lot while watching this
7) Flashbacks weren't overdone
8) Second couple wasn't too annoying
9) Potential triangles were resolved quickly
10) Voices were okay
11) I love when the ML falls first, and I'm a sucker for the destiny trope
12) Cute flashback that explained their whole past relationship. However, see #6 below.

Not so much:
1) What was with the editing? There seemed to be a big chunk missing, and suddenly they were married!
2) The potential triangle (both male and female) felt like add-ins and didn't bring anything to the story.
3) More time spent on the 2nd couple than the mains!
4) Some bad attempts at kisses. Their mouths weren't even in the same vicinity.
5) Even with the shorter duration of the show, it felt like there was time wasted. I'm usually disappointed in the editing (or lack thereof) in Chinese shows.
6) Lack of dramatic reveal of feelings. It's like they kept them all bottled up throughout the show and then just had a brief conversation about being in love. Lots of emotion missing from the scene.
7) Wasn't feeling chemistry between the mains.

All in all, it was a cute, easy show to watch.

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Wow, I can't even...

This review is ONLY so I can remember this show. Since I'm one of the only people in existence that didn't love this drama, please don't attack me.
It goes against everything I believe in to drop a show. I think in my years of watching K-dramas, I've only dropped two shows, and this was one of them. Maybe if the stories were told in a different order, I would have been able to continue, but heavens, what a bunch of unhappy, loser people!
I love Lee Jung Eun (and I LOVED her hair in this!!) and Kim Woo Bin, but even they couldn't help me like the people in this show.

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My rating was all over the place as I watched

Overall, I really liked this drama, with the assistance of my fast forward button. I had to skip over her terrible brother and his entire family (other than the cousin). They were all simply terrible, and they were jarring compared to the rest of the drama.

Yoon Kye Sang was wonderful. I've not seen him in anything else (now I'll be on the lookout!) but I loved his characterization of Lee Kang. The despair, the loneliness, the invisible wall built around himself keeping others at bay. He's got such a great face, his vulnerability shone through. It was a treat to watch him slowly open up and watching him not able to control or figure out what his feelings were, taking advice from a child, acting out of character. My only problem came when he lied to ChaYoung about his mother. I think that was an important part of the healing process for both of them.

Ha Ji Won as Cha Young was good, I just had a problem with her character. She reminded me of Eeyore, carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders.

Jang Seung Jo as Lee Joon was terrific as Lee Kang's cousin. I loved watching their relationship progress (If you've not seen them, he was great in The Good Detective 1&2).

The pace throughout was slow and calm. I, personally, liked all of the hospice cases. We got to see our ML and FL be changed by those they encountered. Through sadness, my takeaway was to live fully and completely every day, cherishing the time you have and those that you love.

The OST was wonderful.

All of the cooking/eating scenes were a feast for the senses.

It was beautifully filmed, the locales as well as the lighting, camera angles, etc.

I think I would have given this drama at least an eight, but the time skip and her leaving out of the blue just made no sense. She'd finally gotten closure on things, was with the man she loved and said, "Give me some time, don't wait for me." What the heck!?!?! It was a cop-out to say the least. We could have gotten a lot of lovely scenes with the leads, a happy ending, some closure, but no...she continued to be depressed and morose even toward the end! It was a happy ending, just poorly done.

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Short on romance, but some very laugh out loud moments

Liked:
1) Lee Jung Eun as Im Sun made this show for me. I've always loved her as an actor, but wow, she totally shone in this role! Her comedic timing is brilliant and she's very good at physical comedy. She was strong when needed, and vulnerable when necessary. If I WERE to watch it again, I'd probably just watch the scenes with her in it.
2) The Im Sun/Ko Won relationship. I loved it. I appreciated that the writers showed a little bit of what is required of an idol, and I liked how he learned her secret early on. Their scenes were wonderful, and I liked how they showed him most with Im Sun rather than Mi Jin.
3) Choi Jin Hyuk. Always.
4) Mi Jin's best friend. I loved her supportiveness, and they had some emotional scenes together.
5) Mi Jin's parents. At times they were irritatingly over the top, but in the end, I enjoyed watching them. Lee Hak Chan as Mi Jin's father, this may sound strange, but I love his face.
6) The mystery and the red herrings. I was surprised by the culprit, and that doesn't often happen.
7) The OST, especially Jung Eun Ji's Stay. She has a hauntingly beautiful singing voice.

Not so much:
1) Jung Eun Ji as Lee Mi Jin. Her pursed lip talking got on my nerves. Was she trying to be cute? Pitiful?
2) The relationship between Mi Jin's best friend and the ML's office mate. He was WAY too old for her!
3) The lack of romance. Literally the last few minutes of the last episode. I'll include lack of chemistry between leads. I couldn't even root for them to get together; I just wanted the show to be over by that time.
4) The styling. ML - all I could focus on was his ridiculously pointy sideburns. 2FL - terrible haircut, possibly achieved by using hedge trimmers. Mi Jin's mom - her red lipstick was absolutely caked on.
5) The female prosecutor served no purpose.
6) WAY too many flashbacks! The show could have been shortened if they'd left most of them out.

So, all in all, I enjoyed it. It's a fun watch if you want some laughs, but just look for too much romance.

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Chae Jong Hyeop - seriously!

Story - it was a really interesting premise, but wasn't executed as well as it might have been. I loved the idea that he thought in Korean, so she had no idea what he was thinking. However, she's known and worked with Akito for years and never heard his thoughts? She said that she has to look in someone's eyes, but there were times when she was hearing their thoughts and not looking them in the eyes. I really loved her being able to "talk" to her dad - that was very touching. However, the writer of the book showing up in the last two episodes felt like it was just thrown together. The older scientist guy was seriously overacting, the second couple was a wasted of time, and Nikaido Fumi as Yuri often seemed outmatched by Chae Jong Hyeop.

Chae Jong Hyeop is absolutely the star of this show. Open, energy-filled (think puppy on the loose), and innocent, I loved his joie de vivre. Him going back and forth between Japanese and Korean was a feat in itself. He was open about his feelings, not afraid to put himself out there. His smile could seriously power a city.

Nakagawa Tuishi as Akito was very good as 2ML. I adored him in Today's Kira-Kun, and if you haven't seen it, you should.

Though there was something a little off about this show, it was short, low angst and Chae Jong Hyeop made me smile, a lot. Watch it, I think you'll enjoy it.

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Not everyone gets a second chance at life...

I really enjoyed this movie. It has some of my favorite veteran actors in it. I found it heart-warming and heart-breaking at the same time. I'm so glad was a movie and not a series, the length was perfect.

I know the Granny was not supposed to be likeable, but she annoyed the heck out of me. Once she became her younger self, but still retained the same attitudes, it was really funny to watch. I loved the grandson, he seemed to be the only one that cared for Granny.

I would have loved to have seen the family's reaction when she reverted back to her usual self after the blood transfusion, but, for me, that was the only thing that was missing.

The young version of the Granny had the voice, attitude and mannerisms down perfectly. I loved how they modeled her after Audrey Hepburn, her hairstyles and her fashion. And can we talk about the music? The songs were just beautiful.

And I'm sorry, you simply can't go wrong with a cameo by Kim Soo Hyun!

This was a very fun movie, which made me wonder about what choices I would have made in her situation. I'm so glad I finally watched this.

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Excellent acting, but...

This show started out really well. I really liked up to about episode 9 (of 32 half hour episodes). Then, I think the writers went on a vacation, and before leaving, told them to just film episodes repeating episode 9 over and over again, with different clothes and actors. Every episode was the antagonist killing/possessing someone else, and our Scooby gang trying to catch/kill her. It's been a while since I've watch something with so much repetition.

ACTING: Casting was on point and the acting was stellar. Daniel Choi was very controlled and understated as the detective. Park Eun Bin - boy, that woman can act! Kim Won Hae - I love him. He always brings the comedic element to roles, but inevitably is able to wring tears from me. Lee Joo Young - beautiful and smart, great addition to the Scooby gang.

I did really like seeing how the characters met, bonded and began to work together. And the leads had amazing chemistry, which was wonderful to watch, yet sad. I mean, IYKYK. Which brings me to the ending. What the heck!?!?! I'm all for a happy ending (I pretty much insist upon that), but it made no sense! Then to have the big bad show up again after everything they went through just seemed like a cheap ploy, hoping for a season 2.

Actually, if I'd done the smart thing, I would have watched episodes 1-10, skipped to the last episode and watched it. That would have been a good show and would have made the ending make a little more sense as well.

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I'm not getting on a plane anytime soon!

Story: a very timely story, for the world we live in (unfortunately). This movie had action, drama, a speck of humor, as well as shining a light on how strong the survival instinct is for people, often at the expense of others. There were a lot of moments when I got angry at the injustices that these poor people on the plane were facing.

Acting: Very good, especially Siwon, who was the standout. I love seeing actors that I've seen in multiple other works. It feels kind of like getting together with old friends.

Music: Was there music?

Rewatch Value: For me, low, since I know the ending. This is a movie that I think can be enjoyed more fully, the less you know about it going in.

Overall: Very good action flick.

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Cool retro-looking show

I enjoyed this show a lot and for numerous reasons:
1) Lee Je Hoon. I really enjoy him as an actor. I liked him better in this than Taxi Driver, because I love when he's a little goofy.
2) The Team 1 detectives. Can we talk about the friendship chemistry they had going on? I really liked that we got to see what brought them into police work. There was no weak link in this group, each brought something special to the show and to the team.
3) Multiple cases. Though, more often than not, the cases were horrific and heartbreaking, I prefer that over one case throughout the whole show. The cases got darker as the episodes went along. I think at about episode 5 there was a warning at the beginning of each episode saying it was for mature audiences.
4) A good ending. This drama wasn't too long or too short. Personally, I like the 10-episode format, less filler. And this show could TOTALLY have multiple seasons!
5) Costuming. Really great job with all of the clothing.
6) Some of the episodes had further information at the end about what happened with the cases, or Korea at the time.
7) A female cop. Good addition.
8) Cute romance. Definitely not the focus, but I didn't feel like it was wasting my time.
9) The music. Very Austin Powers-ish.

Just a couple of shortcomings for me:
1) Team 2 detectives. Every one of them was corrupt, and it went all the way up the ladder. They were blatantly obvious that they were corrupt. To have that many corrupt cops seemed overkill.
2) At the end, when Je Hoon's character got promoted, everyone was celebrating, including Team 2. Why were they celebrating? That would be the end of the way that they do business.
For me, those were the only things that kind of diminished my enjoyment. This was a very well-done drama, with some comedy, lots of drama, a bit of romance, and a team of policemen always fighting for right.

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What a ride!

I'll start by saying that alternate timelines/parallel universe stories always confuse me and give me a headache. Normally, I rate the dramas I watch strictly based on my enjoyment of them (so I can remember which shows I liked and why). So, for me, I can't say generically that I loved the show, but I HAD to give this rating because of the concept and for the acting.

You have to admit, the idea of a serial murderer dumping bodies in an alternate timeline isn't something you see every day! This drama was full of twists and turns, and just when I ventured a guess as to who might be involved, I was proven wrong (multiple times). You know how sometimes you watch a drama, and someone is suspicious from the very beginning, whether they just act shifty, or the looks they give others, etc.? That is not the case in this drama. I continued to be surprised. I also liked how each person was different in the alternate world, sometimes just slightly, sometimes in big ways.

I am not going to single anyone out about their acting, because everyone was excellent, especially the ML. The way they wrote him, upstanding in one world, corrupt in the other, gave him the opportunity to shine as both. Then, the instances of them being together in one frame, in addition to slight physical differences, the mannerisms and behaviors were different. So, that also means that the antagonists did a great job as well.

I don't remember music, per se. I do remember thinking that it was doing a good job of kicking up the tension.

I won't rewatch this, since I know what happened.

For anyone that is curious, there is a slight romance. I'm a romance junkie and don't usually care for romances in any type of thriller, action drama. I thought it was handled excellently. It was VERY understated, and his lines when he was talking to the FL about the FL in the other world, wow, heartbreaking.

There is a happy ending, but I will say I'm confused about there being 2MLs in the same world at the end.

I can't believe it took me this long to watch Train. If you are considering it, I can highly recommend it.

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Very interesting story

I watched this on Apple TV. It's a multilingual story about wine, making wine, drinking wine, family drama, crazy parents, childhood trauma and overcoming it, and friendships that are developed out of adversity.

Yamashita Tomohisa as Issei is his usual stoic, distant, cold self (and that's not a bad thing!). He's fascinating to watch.
Fleur Geffrier as Camille Leger really has to grow on you as a character. She's a mess, but with parents like yours, you can understand why, but by the end I really liked her growth.
Watanabe Makiko as Issei's mother - WOW, what a piece of work! It takes some good acting skill to bring about that kind of hate for a character.

The story was very interesting, and I absolutely loved the ending.

I know this doesn't bother a lot of people, but my enjoyment was REALLY lessened by all the cursing.

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