Short Reviews Of The Kdramas I've Watched - Part 1

-

Just sharing a few 1-2 line reviews of the dramas I have watched since Jan 2022. If the series was mindblowing, I would have probably written a full blog reviewing it, if it didn't make the cut, it would be here, lol. So here goes...

Images from the internet

While You Were Sleeping

Quite an okay series. I am not a big fan of Lee-Jong Suk. Watched it for Suzy and Jung Hae-In. Legal series, moderately exciting. 

Oh My Venus

You have So Ji-sub and Shin Min-ah - what more can you ask for! I like how Shin Min-ah takes it in her stride to lose the extra pounds. I believe body shaming is wrong but being overweight and doing nothing about it is also wrong. Feminists, please stay away. 

Like all KDramas, there are secrets and past connections. A good one to watch.

Crash Landing On You

Well, everyone must have already watched this classic. Watch it for the lead pair, beautiful story, the shooting spots are too good. To be honest, it gave me an insight into what it may be like inside North Korean territory. How can I forget the second pair and my other favourite Kim Jung-hyun! Undoubtedly one of the best KDramas of all time. 

Strong Girl Bong-Soon

Cute lead pair, female-centric story, engaging too. Watched it for the cuteness overload of both leads and the second lead. 

She Was Pretty

Romcom, watch it for Park Seo-joon (Oh his smile is so .... making me melt over and over again), Hwang Jung-eum, and Choi Si-won... I particularly loved the chemistry between Jung-eum and Si-won. And I liked the OST, especially the song Boom Boom Boom.

Healer

It is JCW's series, need I say more? Thriller, might drag at some points but worth a watch.

Suspicious Partner


Yet another JCW romantic comedy legal drama with some mystery moments. One of my favourite heroines, Nam Ji-hyun... It has JCW in it, and with him wearing suits and those sexy spectacles, uff, enough now!

Heirs

I think I do not want to watch another high school romance with spoiled brats and rich boy poor girl love stories. Watched it for Lee Min-ho but it has started getting irritating for me seeing him in the same role over and over again, might have to watch Pachinko to cleanse my head. The only positive thing that came out of this was I got introduced to Kim Woo-bin who led me to watch Our Blues. Thank God for that!

Boys Over Flowers

How can anyone write such a stupid story!! I know this is one of the older KDramas but the female lead is one of the most irritating ones I have ever seen. Only positive - the OST. 

My Shy Boss

Yeon Woo-jin all the way! The story is just ok, unnecessary I felt at times. Passable.

School 2017

My first Kim Jung-hyun drama, a big fan of how he walks, very peculiar. It also has Jang Dong-yoon for whom I started watching this after Nokdu. The story is okay, maybe it is my age that I do not connect with the high school romance stories. Can watch it once.

What's Wrong With Secretary Kim 

My first ever KDrama, Park Seo-joon oh yes... Typical story, long-lost connection and all that jazz. Watch it for the lead pair's chemistry, the hero yes!!

So this was part 1 of my short review for each of the KDramas I have seen. Will post Part 2 and subsequent parts shortly.


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

May I Help You - Heartwarming Kdrama Series - Hyeri Is The Best - Review

-
Image
This series is yet another heartwarming one from Hyeri. I love how she chooses her scripts. I watched it purely for her. Warning - this one covers death, bereavement, and funerals so if you will get triggered pls exercise caution. Hyeri or Dong baek lands a job as a funeral director and discovers that she has a special power - the dead talk to her just before they depart to the other world - she is able to get to know their final wishes and she has to do it, if she doesn't, she keeps getting hurt, involved in small accidents that remind her of her duty. She runs away after she meets the first "spirit", a little boy. But after all those reminders, she comes back to her job only to be shunned by her boyfriend (namchin) and other people around her just because she touches dead bodies and they deem it unlucky. Hyeri continues working in the job inspite of her father forbidding her from doing it. So she moves to a rented place owned by Vincent who runs an errand startup, A Dim...
Read more

The Veil - Underrated Action Thriller KDrama - Review

-
Image
I had finished One dollar lawyer - a feel-good, funny, and warm legal series and was impressed by Namkoong Min's acting. The way he smiled, frowned, laughed, and walked, so like all fangirls, I googled him, and wow. The wonder of wonders, he is a multi-talented personality! 2021's The Veil came up in the search and when I read the reviews I had to watch it. Trigger warning - this series has a lot (I mean a lottt) of blood, violence, and gore, so please use your discretion to watch. The opening scene itself turned my insides so much that I decided to drop the series. Watched a little bit of Little Women again and then came back to this series once again. Every episode in this series has a mind-blowing beginning and closing scenes. When you think, oh god this must be it for Namkoong Min, he just surprises you, my goodness, out of this world experience, you are left with your mouth open - like what just hit me! Every single episode is packed with action, I thought Again My Life ...
Read more

Alchemy of Souls S1&S2 - Must Must Watch - Review!

-
Image
Well, one of the best series of 2022 - lots of magic and action. It took me a while, at least till episode 4 of S1 to understand who each of the names corresponded to, what alchemy of souls meant, why someone does it, what or who mages are, and all that jazz. Till the 4th episode, things go slow but once you start understanding things, there's no looking back. Jang Uk played by Lee Jae-wook is fantastic, he is the black sheep in the family and has no powers or skills but with the help of his maid Mu Deok-i, he goes on a quick learner mode and picks up most of the skills that take years to master. He is also lucky in many ways and seems like the stars are aligning to help him out. Loved the chemistry between all the stars, Mu Deok-i played by Jung So-min whom I first saw in Because It Is My First Life, is pretty and smart as ever. The story gets interesting and intriguing with each episode. We get to understand why Jang Uk was not taught anything and why he did not develop any skill...
Read more