Slice Of Life - KDrama Addict

  Source: Internet Since I am on a Lee Joon Gi marathon when I was reading up about him, this one movie kept cropping up over and over again - the movie that was responsible for the rising popularity of the young man that he was in 2005.  Set in 15th/16th century Korea, this period drama touches upon several aspects in the subtlest of ways. There are hints of homosexuality, they talk about the tyrant king, freedom of expression, and of course the traditional arts that are used to showcase these.  In Tamil Nadu, the street plays are referred to as Theru Koothu and it is refreshing to see them in other parts of the world too.  This film had pretty much lesser known "stars" but the output is simply outstanding. Be it King Yeonsan, the tightrope walker Jang-sang or my new favourite, Lee Joon Gi who plays Gong-gil.  These tightrope walkers/minstrels, street performers mock the King and are jailed but get a chance to escape punishment if they make the King laugh, and ...

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 Nor...

*May have spoilers My Dramalist So this K Drama was released sometime in May 2022. Somehow I never came across any influencers recommending this series. Since I had watched Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo (basically for IU) and fell in love with Lee Joon-Gi's acting, I started watching this series.  To those that love legal/political dramas, this is a must-watch. Slick acting, solid characterisation, a storyline that keeps you guessing, and an edge-of-the-seat thriller of sorts, Again My Life has it all.  I found the storyline riveting, kept me hungry for me that I binge watched this fairly intense series.  While romcoms are nice, I am glad that this legal/political drama had less/almost nil romance, more action, and a strong story. Loved all the characters and how they build up too.  LJG who plays Kim Hee Woo, a rookie prosecutor who takes on the political bigwigs, dies at the hands of one such Assemblyman (his henchman). He is given another chance at life by the Gr...

  Warning - there may be spoilers While I know it might not be right to compare two Kdramas that were being telecast almost alongside, I cannot help but do that. After all the hype about My Liberation Notes, I started watching that series and yes, I binged.  I follow a few Kdrama influencer handles and one such is  Noona's Noonchi . Being a mental health expert she shared a lot of videos about this series and I kept waiting every episode for something to happen. But it was all very bland. I tried very hard to connect but couldn't. I still cannot wrap my head around the hype. Anyone out there who share my thoughts?  Nevertheless, I jumped on to Our Blues as I saw the ensemble cast and the imagery reminded me of Hometown Cha Cha Cha. What more, Shin Min Ah and Kim Woo Bin were also among the cast. To be honest, I developed a bit of liking for Kim Woo Bin after I watched The Heirs. He had transformed so much and his understated acting (as much as I could see in the trai...

Continuing with my obsession for the Korean Drama series, let me share what I watched and liked among those series since the beginning of January this year. Coffee Prince, Guardian: The Lonely & Great God, StartUp, Nok-Du, Marriage Contract, Something In The Rain, One Spring Night. I started watching a few others Oh My Venus, Touch Your Heart, Hometown Cha-Cha, Love ft Marriage & Divorce but left them halfway because the first episode did not grab my attention like the others did. Maybe I will get back to these some other day.  So  Coffee Prince  was hilarious, tear-jerky, I also found the male lead, Gong Yoo's character to be very a male chauvinist and rough. There seemed to be shades of narcissism but maybe I am wrong. The female lead was very cute and shown to be extremely hardworking. I watched it for her and slowly started liking the male lead too.  That took me to  Guardian  aka Goblin series.  While the premise can be cliched, it was ref...

 Photo by  Yuri Yuhara  from  Pexels                                                 Sharing this image here because these cherry blossoms keep appearing in every KDrama that I have seen. I came across this genre of TV/web series about 2 years back in a mommies group on Facebook. I had fleetingly watched some series on NBK during my stay in Malaysia but it wasn't so appealing. I just noted down the popular series names to check out later. So sometime in 2019, I watched the first of many - What's Wrong With Secretary Kim? I found it to be mildly funny, moderately entertaining and the words Appa/Amma (for Father/Mother) seemed to catch my attention because those are words we Tamilians also use to address our parents.  The show however did not catch my fantasy and I did not watch another one for the next 2 years. Come January 2022, I decided to gi...