Sunnyelf's blog review of Asian Dramas and Movies.
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One * = Didn't like it, Don't recommend. Two ** = Typical. Worth seeing at least once. Three *** = I enjoyed it! Worth seeing more then once. Four **** = It's great! Add it to your all-time favorites list! Five ***** = Epic! Highly Recommended. A totally memorable drama/film.
Short and not really sweet. light romance. Good acting. Made you feel just a bit for the guilty party after the fact. Slightly depressing. Favorite scene(s): mutual screaming.
Guy walks into a car accident and comes down with amnesia. As he tries to sort out the pieces of the life he doesn't remember, he encounters a ghost girl who wants him to remember who she was. With a bit of memory jogging, and some delivery jobs, he begins to remember how his involvement with her began... and ended.
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I Hear Your Voice/ I Can Hear Your Voice/ 너의 목소리가 들려/ Neoui Moksoriga Deulryeo **\ (Korean)
18 episodes
Kim So Hyun as a young Hye Sung
Kim Hae Sook as Hye Sung's mom
Before you think it, having read other drama reviews for this one, (if you have). It -is- a Courtroom drama type, and yes, the lawyers do take on cases that seem practically hopeless. But, that's not even half of what this drama is made of. All of the character's are well-rounded and expertly acted out, and the storyline/plot is well woven throughout the whole thing, including the many seemingly unrelated cases they take on.
Favorite scene(s): So Ha's determined love and all-encompassing desire to protect Hye Sung... Someone who stood with him when no other would, even under certain threat of death and.. the poop-on-the-car incident that had two lawyers dashing madly around a pub table and yelling.
Hye Sung, the daughter of a Judge's housekeeper, is accused of setting a firework off in the face of the lawyer's daughter. After school, she set to prove to Do Yun the error in accusing her, when they see a terrible car crash and murder. A frightened Hye Sung shows up in court as witness for the only surviving victim, a young boy claiming to be able to hear peoples thoughts just by looking at their eyes. Several years later, she has become a jaded defense lawyer, and is called on to defend against the murderer from the past.. but she is not alone this time. She has the help, and sometimes hindrance, of fellow lawyer and love interest, Kwan Woo and a set of cops looking to do right by keeping a watchful eye on them. There is also Soo Ha, now just out of high school, who has once more appeared on the scene and is quickly of invaluable help. Will Min Joon Gook, now free from prison, be returning to fulfill his words of revenge on them?
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Hear Me/ 听说/ Ting Shuo **\ (Taiwanese)
Movie 109mins
Eddie Peng as Tian-kuo
Nice movie. Loved the guy's perseverance, Loved his parent's acceptance. Favorite scene(s): Meeting the girl at her job.
Tian kuo, while delivering lunches to a swimming meet, falls for the younger sister of a deaf competitor called Yang yang. Her dedication and support of her older sister doesn't make getting to know her easy though. One evening, while they are off to the show, older sis, falls asleep at home, unaware the building has caught fire. Out of a sense of guilt, Yang yang breaks it off with Tian kuo.
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Ad Genius Lee Tae Baek/ 광고천재 이태백/ Gwanggocheonjae Lee Tae Baek ** (Korean)
16 episodes
Jang Yong as Chairman Baek
Not a bad tale.. for being heavy-handed with the ad spiel. For a romance, I was a little.. disappointed although.. Certainly the two leads made for terrific partners for putting their heads together.. but beyond that fondness.. I wasn't feeling it between them at all. Not that her pairing with Addie Kang was any better. Favorite character(s): Director Ma
A guy failed at making a name for himself, one day discovers the girl he was waiting for, has left him for loser and climbed the corporate ladder of her dreams without him. He meets an intern copywriter who helps him get acquainted with an ad genius who has seen better days. But a corp higher-up and his backer interfere with his climb into success and makes life difficult for all of them.
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The Grand Heist/ Gone With The Wind/ 바람과 함께 사라지다/
Baramgwa Hamjje Sarajida ** (Korean)
Movie 121 min
Cha Tae-Hyun as Duk-Moo
Rather funny movie, even if it did have a torturous tragedy involved. Favorite character(s): The demolitions expert
After some rather nasty events involving his noble father's losing position, and the death of a dear friend, a bookseller develops a plan and assembles various experts and specialists to steal the ice hoard of a local tyrant.
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