Reviews

Marry My Husband started out a bitter sad tale of Kiss, Marry, or Kill and never got much better. The FL was such a push over it was hard to get in her corner later. Her "best" friend is an awful person, as is her boyfriend and his mother!! Later in the story, so is her long lost mother. Can't find any redeeming qualities to any of them. Her 2 work friends are better people, as is her boss and new love interest! But those 3 people are not enough to outweigh all the awful side characters. The story went very wrong in episode 12! We already had a good storyline going of all the people in her new life affected by the Fl altering her destiny. Ep 12 introduces the boss' ex, a vicious, ugly woman, who can't get over the fact she's not his ex-finace and of course, she plots lots of revenge. This character bored me to death, a waste of screen time. If your ex doesn't want you, what are you doing pursuing them, going behind their back doing these devious horrible things. So delusional to think it will make them want you back?! Nope. It's just icky. Unfortunately, I had higher hopes than the show delivered.

The storytelling in Trolley is good. Most of the characters are well written. But two things killed my joy in the series: The male lead is quick to give in, take blame and apologize publicly without investigating, worrying more about his reputation than the truth. He is so busy trying to manipulate every situation, also accepting the blame of a man's suicide. I found this very frustrating. Get a backbone! The female lead drove me nuts. She can't kill anybody. She allows a family to put the blame of their son's suicide on her instead of on him where it belonged. She allows people to manipulate her, slander her, and wilts like a flower in hot heat anytime something happens due to guilt she's put on herself. Buck up buttercup! This is not a series I would sit through again.

Given the cast, I thought that this series would be a lot different. The storyline there's so many holes it becomes uninteresting and shallow. The story could've been summarized in a few episodes but it was stretched out ridiculously to 20. Supposedly these two lead characters have been in love with each other for 9-10 years and yet they treat each other with such disrespect and disregard we're supposed to believe that that's true?! The men in this series are all loud, mean, and exhausting. The lead male character Joon Young could've been so much more... But never became anyone you care about. The only redeeming male character is Eul's little brother Jik. The female lead character Eul is so annoying and immature. Joon Young's mom is beyond cruel. None of the female characters were truly likable, same as the male characters. When there was a hint that you might develop an attachment to a character, they suddenly shifted gears again and became unlikable. The story is sad and drags on beyond necessary to a point where Loss of interest is the results. I found it to be more frustrating and boring than enjoyable!

Watched Love Alarm for one reason, Song Kang! Didn't know the other two main actors, who were a disappointment. The weak story has so many holes in it, kept me saying, "wait, what?" What a mess this turned out to be! Song Kang was rightfully the lead male in season 1! Then after a long wait for season 2, he gets pushed to second male, "wait, what?!" Pushed behind an actor that is not lead level. Did not understand what was so attractive about Kim JoJo, no one seemed to like her! She is weird, cold, secretive, lies and boring. With friends like Kim JoJo and Lee Hye Yeong, Hwang Sun Oh doesn't need enemies! While her boyfriend, Sun Oh was good to JoJo, really caring and loving but she turned on him with such ice and no explanation, "wait, what?!" Hye Yeong basically stalked her through high school, worked with her, never made an effort to talk to her, but once his best friend is strangely dumped by her, he's brave now to go after her, "wait, what?!" Hey Yeong is no better a person than JoJo, he turns on his life-long friend for Sun-Oh's disloyal ex, "wait, what?!" At first, I was disappointed that JoJo and Sun Oh didn't end up together. But in hindsight, not so much! Sun Oh deserved a better girl in his life, one that would treat him respectfully and truly love him. Happy he moved on to a career and a better girlfriend! Don't waste your time on this awful series! There are way too many good Kdramas on Netflix to waste time on this one!

Something in the Rain is a good series, it has many high points and some very low ones. The High points are Jung Hae- in! He is a brilliant actor! Son Ye-Ah, a fantastic actress, is the other high point. Love them both in every movie or series they've done! The rest of the cast is wonderful too. The story is a telling of the challenges for young people to grow up, assume responsibilities, the battle for young adults to honor parents demands and traditions but at the same time wanting to live their own lives, how society is changing, and how hard it is for some older people to accept those changes. The relationships of the characters seem real and authentic. Jin-a and Jun-hui are dynamic, at times frustrating, joyful, romantic, and real, they way falling in love is in reality. Jin-a and her dad's relationship is sweet, he is kind and patient with his children. The Low points almost ruin this series. Jin-a is so submissive, indecisive, and in trying to please her bosses, parents, and friends, she fails. Her lies are her downfall regardless of why she tells lies. Perhaps she lies so much because she was raised by a very domineering mother, it was her survival tacit, but it annoying. Jun-hui deserves better! He gives her the love and support she needs to become a stronger person. The worst element of this series is the mother of Jin-a. She is violent, overbearing, bullying, mean, demanding, hateful, outrageous, and horrible. It was hard to get through her scenes, and honestly most are skipped in additional viewings. The forced breakup was disappointing, again Jin-a fails. The ending felt rushed and clumsy. Lastly, the music was difficult and overplayed!! Stand by your Man is an old country song long past it's prime! Doubt a couple today would pick it as "their song!" It almost ruined some scenes between Jin-a and Jun-hui with its sappy lyrics. Although not sure why people love this more than other dramas, this series is good because of Jung Hae-in and Son Ye-Ah.

Mr. Sunshine is a tale of a country in turmoil with amazing people in its path fighting for it. The story of Eugene Choi, the beautiful cinematography, costumes, and history that make up this tale are rich, full, deep, and important. The talented actors Lee Byung-hun, Kim Tae-ri, Yoo Yeon-Seok, Yo-Han Byun, and Min-Jung Kim bring intense life to each character. The writers weaved an intriguing tale, building layer after layer of subsistence with deep and poetic storytelling. As you root for the underdogs fighting for their heritage and land, you curse those trying to rob and destroy them. "Greensleeves" is forever to be heard a little differently from now on. This series left a stunning impression.

SPOILER: The poignant ending is emotional, in addition to those characters that perish, devastating losses as they lived in our heart, but also the precious heirlooms left behind that were so descriptive of each one. Each piece held important value in their lives and were emblems of what their lives meant. The cast is superb. They made you laugh, cry, gasp, wonder, sometimes angry, confused, and in the end in awe of their being. This series plays like an epic movie that will be with you for quite a long time!

The show started out pretty slow, it picked up in the middle, but got weird at the end. I resisted watching this drama, but gave in and started the series. I liked some of it very much, but toward the end I became very disappointed.

The music in the show was amazing. Not sure all of the characters being able to play the piano as well as they did was very realistic but regardless the music was really good. The main characters were well developed and were easy for the viewer to connect. I liked the main character, Ra Ra. She had a lot of charm and positivity, she held her smile even as her life was falling apart. No hate but I did not find the main character of Jun attractive but he was a very caring and thoughtful person. Really liked a lot of the supporting characters: Eun Seok, Man Bok and the women of the salon were funny and engaging.

And then SPOILERS: The writers failed us viewers! Something happened around episode 9. I feel like maybe there was a crisis with the writers. Perhaps the writers were split on how they wanted the series to go, or how the characters should develop, seems while they were trying to work those issues out, they decided to go goofy with the story. Lots of flashback to tell supporting character stories. When we get to episode 14, it went haywire! Most of it didn't make sense. Characters that have been developed to be a certain way suddenly went a different way. Completely inconsistent. It was as if a new team of writers came in and didn't bother to read the character development. Characters were acting "out of character." Made the series hard to connect to and care. And then at the end of the series, suddenly a main character suddenly appears with basically a one line explanation and not a good one. It felt rushed, like the riders didn't care about the storyline, and the consistency of character and storyline was gone. It was insulting to the viewers intelligence. Real disappointment in the way the series turned out!!