PKsuperfan
United States of America
The acting was so awesome and I just love Jisung as always. Despite a lot of them being new actors I enjoyed and felt with all of them. I definitely need to see L.Joe, Gong Myung, and Lee Tae-Sun in more dramas! Not to mention, Ahn Hyo-Seop, he was barely in this I just needed more.
The drama was extened for two episodes than it was originally going for, but, I feel like it still did not waste the time it had with flash backs, instead, I enjoyed the plot as it took twists and turns. Every arc was a good part of the drama. It was lighthearted at times, but serious when it needed to be. It even gave redemption to all but one character. I enjoyed all these aspects, I need more dramas like this.
The romance in this drama is a little lacking but, the bromance is awesome! I just love Jisung and Kang Minhyuk!
The music is some of the best! I can't stop listening to these osts! The osts themselves should be enough to make you watch the drama!
This kdrama deals with some of the problems and issues of the kpop world and it does it very well. Plus, Seo Kang-joon has a cameo appearance, who does not want to see this drama?
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Having watched almost all the Itazura na Kiss adaptions up till now, I was not worried really about the adaption instead, I just wished to see if this story could play out well in a 2 hour long movie since up till now I had not seen any of the movie adaptions and only the tv adaptions. And I can honestly say that for the movie version, they did pretty well. As for spoilers in the general story line, it is clear to the audience that the ML has some feelings for the FL athough, they do not seem to affect what he does in general. He still teases her, he still insults her and he still carries on with the arrogant attitude. But, the audience sees a great number of his emotions on his face unlike the anime or most of the adaptions were they try to keep the ML from smiling ever till the very end. As for the events that occur, most of them follow events in the orignial, with the exception of the ending and a couple of events in the middle. It is clear that most of this was done because of the lack of time and so, they spent time making the audience believe the romance.
ML is not as stoic as he is in other remakes, but I found him to be trying to play the same character overall, just his arc is speed up a bit for times' sake.
The ending for they got together is quite a bit different than the anime but, they tried to keep it in the feel of the story and they have a magificent kiss even if it does not follow the same events or the same conversation. The side characters are less well developed and the SML is only there for jealousy and laughs. He does not get his own girl at the end or grow. Mostly, the story only focuses on the two leads, and somewhat ignores everyone else.
But, as a movie version of this story, I throughly enjoyed it and I would recommend it to anyone who likes the anime.
But, the best adaption of this story is still the Japanese Love in Toyko one.
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Although, I did enjoy the kdrama overall, I found something was missing. I am not sure why it was missing from this drama, or why they choose to do this, but, I found it disapointing. The story and the plot line were good, and I think a number of fans would love this story and enjoy watching this, but for me, there is some missing elements from this kdrama. The story was pretty good although, the ending kinda was not as good or as epic as I wanted it to be. I felt like the story died around episode 9 or 10, and was really dragging by the end. Thank goodness, they did not make this 16 episodes, I would have really felt the drag. The girl did seem to care about Holo quite a bit more than our ML, so, I understand why he thought she would be happier with Holo than with him. There was a really cool part where Holo and him were fighting against the bad guys, but, that was short lived when I wanted more episodes on that and what a great team they would make together. I did like the sweet ending with the wedding, but, I found I never thought Holo was ever truly dead to it made it hard for me understand what the characters were feeling at the end when Holo was deleted. I always knew he was coming back. But, they couldn't have done anything else, so, I don't blame them too much for this. I will say this, this drama needs to be watched all at one time, binge all the way, this is not a drama to be watched week by week.
The acting was awesome! I loved all the actors. I know I have seen a lot of them in other things and Chansung was awesome here, I bet this was an introduction for some to 2PM and if so, this was a great introduction. It was obvious, they were going to redeem him when they introduced he was behind the car crash/chase early on.
Frankly, I do not remember any of the music for this drama, infact, I do not remember any points where the music took to make the scene any different if they had no sound in the background. And I found this really sad, although, they may have had some songs, I will not be looking any of them up, because I do not remember them in the drama. This made the drama feel so souless to me. In fact, the music is always something I look forward to in kdramas as standing out and being memorable, or breaking your heart, or giving you nostaglia for the time you were watching that kdrama.
Rewatch value for me is very little. I found that I might want to watch certain parts over, but, the kdrama as a whole is lacking that extra something to make this kdrama a classic one for the ages. I feel like in a decade people will forget this kdrama happened. It really feels like a webdrama in terms of feeling and soul. I don't know something was missing. This kdrama felt less epic and more like a webdrama in certain aspects I cannot comprehend. I figured out after watching this drama that there was hardly any romance between ML and the FL. The story was more about Holo developing as a hologram AI and how Magic Mirror wants to steal Holo from the ML then, the romance between the two leads which was quite sad. The romance is drama was sidelined for other plotlines that were less interesting.
In conclusion, the story idea was great, and I really liked the acting and production value, but the OSTS were lacking and I found the whole piece souless.
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The modern story has less of a draw for me, I just found it mostly just the same as the other school kdramas out. But, the Joseon time period episodes in 5-9 were just what I wanted. I found that story intriguing and fun, plus, I felt like I could have watched 16-20 episodes of that story. The boys are best friends, and in the end it ended in a tragic love story with awesome bromance.
That is why this drama for me is really a mixed bag. I really loved some of it, and other parts were boring and tiresome, like for instance when all the kids at school were afraid of vampires. Especially, a hot hunk vampire who they had been gushing over how hot he was just a few days earlier. My response to a hot vampire dude would have been the same that those fangirls of his had near the end. He is just a hot dude who eats strange food and medicine, he is still a hunk.
The romance was not exactly lacking in this drama, but there could have been more romance for the vampire guy. All in all, I didn't hate it overall, but I would loved to see more of the Joseon time period episodes, and less school issues.
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If you want a story that only loosely follows the original story but is not the Japanese 1996 version, this Thai one is for you.
It was good because it was different and the second lead guy was so much better than his previous versions, not to mention the main guy was much nicer.
They changed the story quite a bit, and many of us found that we had no clue when they were going to get together.
Despite him being nicer however, it still took them forever to get married, which I felt was really annoying. In the anime, they get married pretty early on and then we spend the rest of the story looking at their married life.
It took them so long, that I grew really tired of it near the end and even though, I love Mike and Aom I really think that this version missed the mark. The comedy was really lost in this one. It was not all that funny.
They spent a lot of time on side characters and delayed the main romance. Also, I feel a marathon for this show is the way to go and the best way to enjoy it.
But, do not get me wrong I did enjoy this version, but, it missed some of what I loved about the original story line. In those cases, I just think of it as a different story. But, I must say I love the chemistry between the two, and I want more. We ended on really a bitter sweet ending for some of the characters.
I did enjoy the relationship between his mom and him better in this version, but, I needed more brother bonding time. I also was very disappointed that our main character who is a happy go luck girl most of the time had to be depressed for at least 5 or 6 episodes at the end.
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They have different feels to them and different types of humor so, it was hard to make a decision on which I like better. EXO Next Door gave me the feeling that a fan girl wrote it, but Dream Knight although it had a lot of fan service as well, did not feel the same way.
It is very hard to talk about Dream Knight just by it self, but I will try to do that for a little bit. Dream Knight is sweet and has two romantic lines running in it. Although, I felt like it did not come through with the second romance at the end.
For I Got7 fans, this drama was a real treat and we enjoyed hearing the Got7 songs the entire drama, except for the occasional 2 PM song. There is a cameo appearance from one 2PM member as well. The fan service from Got7 includes references to Roommate, their music videos and just the members themselves in general. There is even a reference to Big Byung.
My siblings enjoyed this web drama just as much as EXO Next Door, even at times more. But, my family is great fans of Jackson from Got7.
The acting in this drama is awesome, Jinyoung shows off his acting skills and so does JB. There are cute moments by the rest of them.
The plot in general though was more interesting than EXO Next Door. So, you might want to keep that in mind. Bromance in this drama was through the roof as always with Got7.
I encourage you to watch this drama!
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Time travel is at time a hard thing to get right. Sometimes, if you use time travel too much in a drama it will end up not being even suspenseful and the audience will get very tired of the fact that all situations can be solved with time travel. If on the other hand you use a lack of time travel it will become only the backdrop of the story and your story could have easily gone without that backdrop. Instead, you need to make sure that your story could not work without time travel but not everything can be solved by time travel. Make rules and stick to them. Do not change them at the last minute.
This story got time travel right. Plus, it had a creative way to put in certain elements that left us intrigued on what was happening next. The casting although at first I didn't understand grew on me and loved the romance. Overall, this is a drama I would watch again and again and never get bored. It's sweet romantic and has the element of time travel!
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All the guys are in love with the half vampire
It is very interesting to note that the ML in our story did not seem to have any agency or the any way to seemingly say no to anything. I found it odd that every time a character took blood from him even without his permission he said it was fine or okay to the FL who tried to stop them. Maybe it was the vampire charm, but, we will never know.I did find it quite funny that the most vampire looking guy ever (Second male lead) was thinking that a half vampire(FL) who said she was trying to blend in as a human would like a guy who looks so much like a vampire.
Spoilers for the end:
Was the werewolf guy actually a vampire? Do werewolves drink human blood in this world? Is he a half vampire half werewolf? We will never know.
I recommend instead of watching this to go watch Orange Marmalade instead. That was a much better school sort of vampire plot than this and I understood the ending and the plot much better.
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First, I want to talk about what this story was to me and why I love it so much! This drama may have been played off as a medical drama, but, to me the medical stuff was only a backdrop for the real heartwarming story! This story was about a Romance that never died, even if Song Jae-Hee had died, I am convinced that Park Hoon would have never loved anyone his entire life. She was the only girl for him, and I loved that! I can't help it, a guy loving a girl no matter what whether she is dead or alive is my kryponite. This is why I loved this drama so much, the love spoke to me. To me, I can always get behind a romance if the guy is head over heels for a girl. The Heartbeat Couple withstood all the obstacles thrown in their way and got together. There were so many things trying to stop them from ending up together, other people who fell for Park Hoon, and also North and South Korean leaders.
I heard that this drama was based on a book, and believe me I wish to read that book. Although, I heard that the ending wasn't as good for our Heartbeat couple as this ending was.
Second, I wish to talk about the Cast/Acting. I loved it, all the actors played their parts well and I loved really believed that they were made for these parts. I can't really see any other actors playing these characters. Lee Jong Suk and Jin Se-Yun of course as our Heatbeat couple stand out! Also, just to let you know there are some really good kiss scenes in this drama! (I guess that is to be expected though, it is Lee Jong Suk after all.).
Lastly, I want to talk about the music in this drama and the rewatch value. The music still brings tears to my eyes when I hear it because I can see the tragedy of our Heartbeat couple so clearly playing out before they got a happy ending. For the rewatch value, although, parts of this drama were clearly about medical operations and surgery, I would not rewatch those parts because I like my family am not into medical dramas. I prefer romance, friendship, action, and family over medical. But, I would rewatch the romance and the funny scenes. They were the core of this drama to me.
Anyway, despite all the other reviews you read, I suggest you give this drama a try, because you might find that you love this drama like I did when everyone else gave it a bad review. I say it is well worth the time.
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I watched all ten episodes in one day, which I haven't done with a drama in a while.
I literally started to cry by episode 9. I did not think I would love this drama so much. The bromance in this drama is enough to get you fan girling forever.
I do not care if any romance happens at all in this drama and I am a huge romantic. I started watching this drama for Woo bin and he was definitely worth it. Even the boring parts are not as bad because we have him in this drama. He definitely needs to be in more dramas. I am waiting for the day when he is the main lead. Even in this drama he does not show up till the third episode, so, if you are watching for him keep that in mind. Lee Jong Suk is a pleasure watching, and knowing that they are best friends in real life made the drama ten times better.
I will have to post later after I finish this drama, but I wish I had watched this earlier. Because this drama has a lot to do with school and problems in school, I think teachers and people planning to be teachers should really watch this drama.
If you guys ever have to teach in a troubled school or even a normal school, some of these problems might come up.
Now, that have finished the drama, better title for this drama would have been: Bromance level: Kim Woo Bin and Lee Jong Suk.
This is a great drama and everyone should watch it. I love rewatching this drama!
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Hwarang for the most part is a light hearted fun bromance filled drama. If you want a drama with tons of eye candy this is definitely a good choice. But, understand that you may not end up caring at all about the main romance.
My favorite romance was not even the main romance, so that was depressing for me. Now, unlike others who got second lead syndrome I didn't it's just that the main romance did not have the same appeal as the secondary romance couple.
The casting was awesome and the actors they picked seemed to really fit with those characters. Also, since most the main actors are kpop idols it was hard to disconnect them from their characters as kpop idols. But, the drama rolled with that, and that is why I definitely love this drama. The music was awesome, as well, as it should be since it has so many singers in the show. The plot for the romance was the only thing that really lacked but for the most part that could be ignored. The plot for the rest of the story though ignoring the romance was interesting and intriguing. I loved this drama and would definitely watch it again!
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I think that problem most people saw with this drama is that they compared it to Dream High. It is similarly what happen to Full House Take 2. If you can take this separately apart from Dream High 1 I think you can enjoy much better than most people did. Of course, Dream High was better but,this was not a bad drama. I enjoyed JB and Jr of Got7 in this drama, and if you wish to see them more you should really watch this.
The ending was weak, but, not that bad. I recommend if you can watch this drama before Dream High so that you can enjoy it without Dream High being compared to it. There are some references to Dream High but you should be good in general. Then go watch Dream High.
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I mean, we still had the same problem with the main character girl. She seemed to go through a character arc and then, she went back to how she was in the 2nd to last episode. I still don't know if she really changed. Her stoic face was enough to scare anyone, and she went overboard when you least expected it, and when you most expected her to go overboard she didn't.
It's very hard to say that this was a bad drama, I so wanted it to be good and end well. I mean, the acting wasn't bad, the music wasn't bad and the plot wasn't bad.
Well, I did start this drama for Kim Bum, and I must say, he was the reason I kept watching. He is really good at acting in this drama, and he almost made the whole drama worth it. So, if you are watching it for Kim Bum, you can get a long way. And you might even enjoy the ending.
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