Strong Woman Do Bong Soon - a strong story

This drama was a huge success recently, a lot of people were commenting about it, so I watched it. At first I thought it would be just a silly and sweet drama, but I was surprised because the story wasn’t that bad.

The story goes around Do Bong Soon (Park Bo Young), a woman with super strength that hide her powers, but she fails because she is always helping others. One day Ahn Min Hyuk (Park Hyung Sik), the CEO of a game company hires her as his bodyguard, because somehow she reminds him of a mysterious girl that saved the bus he was inside. Do Bong Soon has a crush on In Gook Doo (Ji Soo), a childhood friend that is a policeman.

Several kidnappings of defenseless girls start occurring in Do Bong Soon’s neighborhood and Ahn Min Hyuk and In Gook Doo will try to catch the culprit before the culprit catches her.

Park Bo Young was great in this drama, she was so amall and cute that is impossible don’t like her. She was navigating between silly and serious all the time, making her a fantastic actress. I look forward more dramas with her.

Park Hyung Sik was as good as Park Bo Young, he was versatile and could express several emotions all the time. And of course he was very handsome… I do not recall other dramas with him, but I must keep one eye on him for more good material like this.

Ji Soo was really good at this drama and his place was as important as the main characters. He was part of a triangle love and even knowing they wouldn’t be together I was somehow cheering for him too. He is talented and good-looking, and in this drama he was a good cop.

What else could I say? This drama is labeled as sweet and silly, but it’s very good. One more time I am forced to admit that I would change the end of it, I would chose a more romantic and dramatic way to end it… But it was ok.

Who Are You – a scary mystery

This is a story full of mysteries, at first I didn’t give much credit to it, but to be honest I ended enjoying it a lot. You have real crime cases and supernatural powers, how can you resist it?

The story goes around Detective Yang Si Ohn (So Yi Hyun) that is involved in a criminal incident where her boyfriend lost his life and she was seriously injured and was in coma for a long time. When she wakes up she was sent to the Lost and Found Center where she has to work with an incredulous cop Cha Gun Woo (Ok Taecyeon).

They start working together solving murder cases related with the belongs in the lost and found center. Now Yang Si Ohn must use her supernatural ability to solve the cases while tries to convince Cha Gun Woo of her powers. But will they just solve the cases?

So Yi Hyun was great at this drama, she is very athetic and beautiful. I must say that is not easy be a detective with supernatural powers and a tragic past, but she did it. I do not remember her from other dramas, but I liked her.

That’s the second supernatural drama staring Ok Taecyeon that I have watched, he was great at Let’s Fight Ghost too. He was nice at it but there is something about him that I don’t like… he is great but I can’t love him as I normally do with other actors.

That’s my suggestion for you, if you haven’t watch it yet, please, give it a chance. It’s a surprising drama.

K2 – an action/spy drama

I’m a girl and I must confess that there are just few action dramas and movies that caught my interest, K2 is officially in this list. It is a political drama with a lot of punches and kicks, blood and bullets, and finally a cute love story.

The story is really complex, but just to make it simple to you there is a hot ex-agent of the secret service Kim Je Ha (Ji Chang Wook) that by accident meets Go An Na (Im Yoon Ah), he didn’t help her at the time and many years later her paths cross again when he tries to kill Choi Yoo Jin (Song Yoon Ah), the wife of the candidate to Presidente of Korea. He starts working with Choi Yoo Jin (Song Yoon Ah) because he is looking for revenge and the things get more and more complicated and romantic too…

It is interesting how politics are portrayed in this drama, they do not try to smooth this or make it more cute to the audience, they show how some politicians are rotten and corrupt. And of course there are a lot of fight scenes and shirtless parts that make it even better.

Another interesting fact is that Kim Je Ha is made of indestructible steal, because nothing can stop him! Bullets, knifes, puches or bombs are not enough, but to be honest, with a handsome face like his, nothing can get to him. He is like 007, but a Korean version (a better version in some people’s opinion).

The first time I saw Ji Chang Wook was in another action drama called Healer, he was fantastic there and it didn’t change in this particular drama, he is awesome! He can fight very well or maybe the editions in the episodes are really good, the fact is that he is really good in action scenes (and in shirtless scenes too). I’m not kidding, in this drama there are some “stronge” scenes where you can see great abs (or just close your eyes if you have a weak heart like me).

I have never seen Im Yoon Ah in another drama, she was pretty good in this one, interpret a person with many traumatic issues can be very hard, but she was more than perfect. I hope I can see her in more dramas like that.

So, if you like the mix of romance and drama, happiness and sadness, welcome to one of the best action dramas I have ever seen (actually I just watched 2 or 3 action dramas, it’s not that much). So, have fun with that.

Scarlet Heart: Ryeo - a historical drama

Historical dramas are so nice, the first one I have watched was “Moonlight Drawn by Clouds” and then “Splash, Splash Love”, this drama is the third drama I’m watching.

There are two kinds of Historical dramas, the ones based in facts and really dramatic (with a lot of blood and entrails) and the ones based in facts and with more romance. If you have read something I wrote before you know that I’m the romantic kind that prefer the second kind of historical dramas.

Scarlet Heart:Ryeo is part of the first group, with a well written plot, nice clothes and beautiful and talented actors. The story has a romantic touch, but it’s mixed in a lot of violence, betrayal, facts, it’s not a light drama that will make your heart flys, it’s the kind of drama that will make your heart beats so fast and you will be always surprised and afraid of something. This drama it's like the Korean verison of "Game of Thrones", when you start liking a character, it will die!    :/

However it doesn’t mean that it’s bad, actually it’s is really good, it’s so real that when you realize you are addicted to it.

The story goes around Hae Soo (Lee Ji Eun), a girl that is transported to the past during an eclipse, she gets into a princess’ body and met the princes in that time. The whole drama is about their fight for the throne and for her heart, it’s incredible what some of them can do for the power.

Lee Joon Ki is so good being so bad, he is so evil and sweet at the same time that I was confused between love and hate… He plays the 4^th prince Wang So, someone with a terrible scar in his face but that in my opinion is handsome anyway. He is fantastic as an actor, maybe because he is very mature…

Lee Ji Eun is one of the most beautiful actresses I have ever seen, as Hae Soo she is perfect even I would fall in love with her (and I am a girl). Her expressions are so realistic that for a second I’m transported to the story and when I realize I’m crying and laughing with her (people around me think I’m crazy… it’s her fault).

Kang Ha Neul is the 8^th Prince, a charming type that will melt your heart in the beginning, as an actor I don’t have anything to say, I am speechless with his incredible abilities and his beautiful lips. lol

Hong Jong Hyun played the 3^rd Prince Wang Yo, the vilan of the whole story! But I must be honest and admit that he is talented and handsome, he is so good acting that I hate him for real (I’m a bit crazy and can’t separate  reality and fiction sometimes).

There are more princes of course, and they are as handsome as their brother I mentioned before, but you must watch this drama to know them all.

If you like Historical Dramas just like me, it’s a great option of drama… A lot of people are watching it right now and if you are not one of them, hurry up and start it as soon as possible.

To the Beautiful You (아름다운 그대에게)

My weekend project was this school drama called “To the beautiful you”, it has 16 episodes with one hour each.

The story goes around an Olympic golden medal boy, Kang Tae Joon (Choi Min Ho) that after some problems had decided to stop jumping and there is a Korean girls, Goo Jae Hee (Choi Seol Ri) that lives in the USA since she was 5 that watched his competition and was inspired by it to start running. So, Goo Jae Hee decided to move to Korea and study in his school disguised as a boy, because it's not permitted girls in this school.

Her dream is to watch Kang Tae Joon jumping again and she tries to help out… they share a room, but Kang Tae Joon isn't that easy to live with.

Actually they turned a creepy stalking story in a romantic one… if someone came from a country so far as the USA just to stay with me, I would be very scary and would call the police! But it worked well… another thing is that the antagonists  (the villains) here are not bad, you start hating them but turn out that at the end they change and you get to know their background… when you realize you forgave them and start loving them too. It's terrible,  I need someone to hate and scream with!!! LOL

Choi Min Ho was fantastic in this drama because he is an athlete indeed, I couldn’t count how many times he workout there, just to remember it make me feel tired! His body is awesome too, what helps to believe in the story.

Choi Seol Ri is fantastic too, she played a boy and it was very credible, she is pretty of course but her lips are just too big, Angelina Jolie would feel jealous about them… Maybe I’m a bit jealous too. She is young but I would like to watch more dramas with her.

It’s a cute drama, I would totally recommend it… especially with you like Olympic sports or just hot guy without shirts (there were many scenes with shirtless boys).

Let's Fight Ghost - it won't just scary you but surprise you!

Let's Fight Ghost (싸우자 귀신아) is a drama about ghosts that can be scary and cute at the same time! A lot of people were watching it and I confess I was curious about it, how they would make a ghost drama romantic and scary. By the way, I love horror movies but I don't believe  ghosts or eveil spirits...

The plot is well written, it goes around a boy, Bong Pal (Ok Taec Yeon), that can see ghosts and makes money using his power, he has no consideration with the spirits and the only thing that matters is the payment after the work is done. So one day he receives a new hint about a ghost girl in a school and from that moment on his life changes. The female ghost, Hyun Ji (Kim So Hyun), isn't easy to take down and she beat him, beside the humiliation they surprisilly become friends and you start wishing that they could become something more... Several mysterious events surround them and he uses her ghost abilities to solve the problems they face.

 In this drama Ok Taec Yeon was good, however his acting skills lack in some points, maybe after getting some experience he can become an excellent actor, right now he is just good. It's important express certain emotions and involve the audience that is watching it... but I must say that he is really good in the action scenes!

This is one of the few times where I liked more the actress than the actor, as a ghost Kim So Hyun was fantastic, I cried and laughed with here several times and her ability with martial arts was satisfatory, I liked her acting in this drama! And she is cute too!

Movies and dramas with ghosts are the best to watch with your boyfriend or gilrfriend, this way during the scary parts you have an excuse to hug each other! lol

So, tell me... Do you believe in ghosts?

Post your comment below!!!

Splash Splash Love (퐁당퐁당 LOVE)

Splash Splash Love surprised me because it was extremely short, just two episodes with about an hour each one! I must be honest here, I'm not a big fan of time travel dramas, because normally the main characters can stay together.

Something that is totally understandable, it's difficult to abandon your famili and life in the future with all the commodities (internet, hot water, a toilet) to stay in the past, even if the love of your life is there. So I'm not interested in stories with no happy endings…

However against all my senses I started watching it… well let me talk about the story first and then I can tell you my impression on it.

The story goes around Dan Bi (Kim Seul Gi), a girl that hates mathematic and has a strange connection with the rain that allows her to travel into time… in the day she's going to make an important test to the university she runs away and jumps into a puddle.

She travels to the the past and meet the king Lee Do (Yoon Doo Joon), he understood she was an eunuch and allows her to assist him with mathematical issues. Time passes and they fall in love, however life in the past it's not easy...

Yoon Doo Joon was good like a prince, I almost didn’t recognize him from other dramas I have seen.

Kim Seul Gi was ok.. however she lacks in so many ways as a person who was transported to the past (maybe the plot wasn'thelpful)… she definitely won't be in my top 10 list! Sorry… But something remarkable about her is the ability of look like a high school girl, I would never imagine she was almost my age, an actress with 25 years old that plays a girl with 18 must be reconized by her acting skills (and good genes).

It's difficult to judge this drama once it's so short, but if you don't have nothing better to do you could give a chance to it… or maybe just take a nap… I don't know...

W - between two worlds

I have seem many comments about this drama, I was quite curious about it so I started watching it… the comments I will make now are just my opinion, but coincidently it's the same of many others I have read online.

The drama takes place in Seoul and in a parallel world from a cartoon. The cartoonist created a famous Web to on called W, but suddenly the cartoonist daughter, Oh Yeon Joo (Han Hyo Joo) is dragged into this world and she saves the male main character, Kang Chul (Lee Jong Suk). From that point on their worlds are connected and the interference can  be crucial to determine the lives of those people who live in the cartoon world. Oh Yeon Joo and Kang Chul fall in love, but the whole drama make you wonder if it's possible a human girl and a fictional character stay together… Watch and confirm it!

Lee Jong Suk was fantastic in this drama, just like in Pinocchio, I'm a big fan  of his expressions, specially his naughty face, happy face, serious face and even his crying face! And in the whole drama there weren't many single shirtless scenes, but it was good anyway, just to prove that to be a good actor you don't need a perfect body and be shirtless in every scene (but he has a perfect body indeed).

Han Hyo Joo was good playing her role, her acting skills are pretty good of course, but maybe because she isn't that famous to me, I wouldn't add her in my top 5 best actresses list (maybe she would be in my top 10 list). The dramatic and you-will-cry-like-a-baby scenes were fantastic,  she showed a high level there, however I would have used someone else to play this role, maybe…. ME! I totally volunteer for that, and I wouldn't ask for payment  (kiss Lee Jong Suk would be enough payment for a life time) LOL!!!!!!

So,  that's it. They got this crazy idea of a real world and a fictional colliding and made a really good drama. Congrats to the actor and to the team, you just did it!!

Healer

Today’s post is about a drama that I finished just 30 seconds ago, it’s called “Healer”. Things are pretty fresh in my mind, so it’s easy to talk about it.

You know that when someone is writing something or making some comments about it they should take in consideration the person who is going to read it and try to be impartial, well… it’s not what is going to happen here. I will be honest but my personal opinion will be clearly expressed in each line.

The thing is, I am not a big fan of action stuff (movies, TV series and doramas), that’s why I was very reluctant in start watching this dorama… Healer wasn’t a choice I’ve made with my heart, but I gave a chance to it anyway.

The story goes around a pretty boy, known as Healer (Ji Chang Wook) that works as a kind of spy, doing almost everything for money, except kill people (very sweet, right?!) and the reporter Chae Young Shin (Park Min Young) from a small web news, now imagine what, their paths cross but it’s not the first time. The life of both is full of secrets, death and love, a crazy mix, but it worked. Should I say that they fall in love or you have got it already?! However love isn’t easy, there are so many things going on with them, just seem impossible know what could happen…

Park Min Young and Ji Chang Wook did well in this drama!

Ji Chang Wook shirtless scenes were pretty good, but his acting skills were a bit more shocking, he is awesome as a spy with a lot of emotional issues.

Park Min Young was good too of course, but unfortunately she won’t be in my “favorite actresses’ list”, I don’t know… she lacks in some points.

Well, to be honest I thought I wouldn’t watch it until the end, the first 5 or 6 episodes are no cute at all, there are too much action to my personal taste, but it surprised me little by little, when they were adding romance with some significance. I must say that in the end I was locked in my room screaming with some characters just like a crazy person would do. It’s impossible don’t get involved with the plot, the bonds between them are so strong that I should have cried once or twice (or more).

It's a good choice of dorama wo watch with your boyfriend or husband, there is action and love, it may suit both tastes!