Personally I don't think this is everyone's cup of tea. The plot is on a simple matter; "Why I'm getting Married". This simple plot may make people bored with it, however it's on an amazing topic and goes about exploring and answering it in a great manner.
The main character, Jiwon, is about to get married but she ends up meeting someone from her past. She is already questioning why her husband-to-be is marrying her and as the drama special progresses we find out why. It also teaches some, which i think are valuable lessons in why you should get married to someone or more so what are the right reasons for marrying someone.
personally I really enjoyed this drama special and the cast was great, however I am indecisive about how they presented Joonki. I just don't think they left him off in a good place as if he suddenly wasn't there anymore but all in all the acting was great and I think the characters were really realistic and something that people could relate to, specially the question "why am I getting married?" for the older audience ^^
I recommend this drama on weekends when you want an hour or two to relax, something lighthearted but enjoyable at the same time. There's something weird about this drama but without giving it away, you'll be like "is this drama sightly in that fantasy genre or something?" it might ruin the pace for some people but I think it was what really complete the story line, plus you get to see her relationship with her dad, which is really sweet.
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I like the content of this drama. Before the wedding, the girls wonder why her fiance loved her. They also fight because she wants to have big wedding while her fiance wants to have warm, cozy and simple wedding. She does not know why she wants to get married with him.
Two guys in this drama are good in their way but she just can choose one.
I agree and understand the ending. But for me, I still like the guy who cannot get the girl.
Maybe I should watch again and be more understandable.
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Every Couple Wanting to Marry Should Watch This!
This was a fantastic movie, in my opinion...I saw this years ago, but didn't know that you could rate movies on sites like MDL...
The cinematograhy was very good for this time period; music and shot angles greatly supported the scenes in which they were played (I am getting to where I notice the music more in films now!) and the support characters greatly enhanced the main cast's roles and made the film more believable.
I especially want to mention the performance of Yoon Joo Sang, who played Kim Soon Goo, the father of Kim Ji Won (Park Hee Bon, main female lead). He put 'emotion' into his lecture to his future [character] son-in-law, Han Seung Wook ( Song Jong Ho).
The father could have given him a long list of do's and don't's to his future son-in-law but his advice was so touching that I felt as if he was giving his advice from his heart, rather than a script (you know an actor/actress is GREAT is he/she can make you forget that you are watching a scripted movie!)...
Smoking has been big in SE Asia ever since American tobacco companies started targeting the people in the developing SE Asian countires (Thailand, S Korea, Hong Kong/China, Vietnams, et al) in the mid-1970s. her father is about the age of a man who could have been initially hooked in Big Tobaccos' push in the region using bikini-clad models, free give-aways, glitzy advertisement, etc., to hook the unsuspecting Asians into what started in this time period as an epic anti-smoking movement in America.
Seung Wook knew that his future father-in-law would not make it out of the hospital, so he to the initiative to go see him while he was still alive. Father Soon Goo told his future son-in-law to feed her, live at least one day longer than his daughter, and to quit smoking so that he could keep the other two promises to her.
Also, since her father died earlier in the film, the mother Yoon Hye Ja (Sung Byung Sook) expressed to her daughter that if she had know he would die in such a short time, she would have loved him more...this and other memories have an effect on Ji Won; but the most important info about her late dad was flashbacks, all thanks to a winter snow scene crystal ball, presented by her fiance Seung Wook to her dad while visiting her father on his death bed. The magic crystal ball starts working its magic on Ji Won as she is looking through her late father's stuff saved by his wife/her mother.
Most couples marry for the wrong reasons today, and it is sad that we have left behind people dating long enough to really get to know each other. However, divorces are so cheap and lawyers so over-abundant today that many ignore getting to know each other the way they used to.
Seung Wook is a BORING man, in many ways, but his love for Ji Won cannot be disputed if you watch the film closely. Ji Won realizes this at the end and makes the right decision.
Every couple thinking about getting marreid should watch this film; I beleive this would be seconded by the KBS Drama Special team!
I would rate this "a half of a box of Kleenex" movie.
RE-WATCH: yes!
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