Slice Of Life - KDrama Addict

The series starts off on a very engaging note. I think this was LJG's comeback Kdrama series after he went on a break for a few years. As with all LJG series, this one keeps you hooked. Racy, filled with action, this legal drama will keep you entertained all through.  I am biased toward Lee Joon gi but with each drama of his that I watch, I am growing in awe of his skills. He literally owns each role he plays, whether it is Baek Hee-sung / Do Hyun-soo from Flower of Evil or the Magistrate Kim Eun-ho from Arang & the Magistrate, or Wang-so from Moon Lovers or the effeminate Gong-gil from King and the Clown, he ensures each character stands out differently in our minds and shapes the characters so well with his touch. I can go on and on about his action skills - is there someone who specifically choreographs stunts for LJG?  Who would have even imagined such a stunt scene? I was stunned and excited at the same time. Things are well-paced till episode 5, in ep 6 she finds out...

Good job series starts well but soon loses steam. Hero has athletic abilities and is a chaebol, while the heroine has super-vision. Add to this mix a tech-savvy lawyer and his interest who has a good presence of mind.  What starts as a search for il woo's mother's killers somehow loses track of the original high-paced start. They could have tightened the script a little and avoided the romance part too. Why can't two ppl just be partners/friends on a mission, why does everyone have to fall in love, ugh!  Il-woo's acting is the usual that he delivers - the best. His smile and style do stand out, and as his fan, I am biased. The comedy is good, slapstick most of the time but it kind of keeps the story afloat at times. The chemistry between il woo and the lawyer friend is good entertainment. The second pair love story takes up airtime which I thought was unnecessary.  They claim to be good at disguise but what they wear or who they pretend to be doesn't really show, th...

Arang and the magistrate is an underrated Kdrama that literally no one recommends. My LJG marathon continues with this series. Shin Min-ah who plays Arang the ghost, makes for a lovely pair for Eun ho, the magistrate played by LJG.  The story is pretty fast-paced and hilarious for the most part while also keeping you hooked till the end and as the episode ends you're left wanting more. LJG in a comedy/action/romance role makes watching this series worthwhile. I noticed that the old man who plays Lord Choi is one actor I like. The son of Lord Choi turns out to be the "My Shy Boss" lead and also the Jade emperor is so cute. Oh, what a lovely cast. I am floored.  The son of Lord Choi wears robes that every Indian woman will be jealous of ... I love the colour combinations and the patterns he gets to wear, in fact, we Indian women, especially from the Southern part of the country have sarees in those combinations 😁 From the 6th episode or so, the story starts to drag a bit. ...

 Continued from Part 2 , you can read Part 1 here too.  Because This Is My First Life She's so cute, ain't she? I wanted to write a full blog for this but restricting myself here. Cute storyline, a man and a woman get into a contract wedding to suit their conveniences - one for a cheaper accommodation and the other to shut up his parents. It is a different take, especially that of youngsters' thoughts about marriage, commitment, parental pressure, societal values, etc. How they become friends and open up to each other forms the rest of the story. The story also traces two other couples' lives in parallel with the main leads. OST is super nice, there is this fat cat that is an integral part of the story. Overall, lovely watch. I was floored by the actors - Jung So-min and Lee Min Ki. Must-watch! Thirty-nine Story of 3 best friends who are single and how they find their better halves while also discovering one of them has a stage 4 terminal illness, all this as they near...

Has Spoilers, read at your own risk! Image from Google The description said family drama and it reminded me of What Happens To My Family KDrama series. The story maintains quite a good pace till about the 20-25th episode after which it starts lagging. The storyline is very predictable but it is those real-life moments that are recreated that make you want to continue watching.  This is the story of Grandfather Lee who is looking for his long-lost daughter and adopts a son. He does a fine job of bringing up this adopted son, Lee Min Ho, has a doting daughter-in-law and 3 handsome grandsons. The eldest son is nearing 40 but hasn't gotten married yet so the in-laws and friends of the daughter-in-law Kyung Ae keep taunting her for not being serious about getting her sons married. Thus starts the marriage project.  So most of the first half of the series goes into how the 3 boys meet their better halves, how one tries to con the parents for the prize which they announce as a house...

 So we continue from Part 1 ... Strongest Deliveryman Watched this after being mesmerised by Kim Seon-Ho's Chief Hong in Hometown Cha Cha Cha and his second lead role in StartUp. Nice story, and has the usual elements, my first Goo Kyung-Pyo drama, and I loved his understated playing of the lead role. Has a strong female lead too. Overall a good story about community, being helpful, and being grateful. It was nice to see how the delivery boys have each other's backs almost all the time.  Itaewon Class This one deserves a separate post but since it has been quite some time since I saw this KDrama, I will stick to a short review. Park Seo-joon all the way! Love his crew-cut hair and how he plays the character to the T. I don't know why but I love him in such roles, I saw one recently (Midnight Runners) and the way he exudes innocence and honesty in the roles he plays is truly worth noting.  It is the story of how the underdog takes on a giant and wins. OST is awesome, espec...

Image from Viki Rakuten When I started watching this series, I had no idea what the theme was but I was surprised to realise it was based on terminal illness and the story was set in a hospice. Everyone who watched the first couple of episodes was either raving about it or saying how heavy it was so out of curiosity, I began. Just a short backstory. Back in 2016 or so, when I was working with a med-tech company, I was a part of a campaign we did to raise funds for a hospice. It was the first time I heard that word and I also wrote a series of blogs about terminal illness, raising awareness about the disease, the struggles of caregivers, and why there is a setup like a hospice. It changed the way I looked at the world.  Coming back to If You Wish Upon Me, well, we have romance king Ji Chang Wook to keep us hooked and so also Mr. Kang Tae Sik, played by Sung Dong-il who I first noticed in Reply 1988 as Doek Sun's dad. He somehow gives off warmth to the character he plays, like an App...