Let's Fight Ghost Review

Title: Let’s Fight Ghost

AKA: Bring it on! Ghost

Genre: Fantasy, Comedy, Romance

Episodes: 16

Broadcast Period: Jul-2016 to Aug-2016

Cast: Ok Taec Yeon, Kim So Hyun, Kwon Yool, Kim Sang Ho, Lee Do Yun, Kang Ki Young, Lee David, Baek Seo Yi

Park Bong Pal (Ok Taec Yeon) has grown up with the ability to see ghosts and uses it to work as an exorcist, banishing weak ghosts, in order to make enough money for an operation. Called to a haunted school he encounters Kim Hyun Ji (Kim So Hyun) a high school student who, because of a traffic accident, became a wandering spirit, on the day before her college entrance exams. Hyun Ji discovers that Bong Pal holds the secret as to why she is a spirit. In order to be freed from endlessly wandering the earth as a ghost and to ascend to the next life, Hyun Ji convinces Bong Pal to allow her to live with him, and the two become ghost fighting partners.

I loved this drama more than I thought I would, it was such a pleasant surprise!
While watching, it kept reminding me of "Oh My Ghost" and "The Master's Sun". However, don't worry, it's not meant in a negative way. It just has the same vibe. Also, so far Tvn's dramas have never disappointed me yet. So, neither has this one. The story went smoothly, and I liked the exorcism aspect of it, stuff like that scares me easily and this were no joke, but somehow they kept a light feeling over the drama, so it became very enjoyable. As for the acting Teac Yeon was solid, convincing and also charming at some points. The fights were really good, enjoyable and even funny. They did a pretty good job on those. The chemistry between the leads were suprisingly okay. Kim So Hyun is starting to make a really good actress, and I’m looking forward to see her next project. All in all, a recommendable drama. 

☆☆☆☆ / 4 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥ ½ / 3 ½ out of 5 hearts

Bunjis verdict

First of all, I am being VERY generous of the rating – just FYI.

This drama is cute, though I kind of felt the love story became unnecessary later on – as well as the entire ‘revelation’ about the lead actress: way too typical. When you watch a ghost story drama, you better have a good and firm story EXPECIALLY with love story, but this was like, I don’t know… neither. I can’t say I didn’t enjoy the drama, I just was left with yawn at the end – I mean, it WAS predictable.

Taec and Soo Hyun are an odd pair, even though they look okay together, and Taec looks a lot like a college student, I felt Soo Hyun was a bit off – maybe because I keep seeing her as a kid? She is one of those kid actresses that is in almost every drama, and suddenly she becomes an actress with her own drama – and you can’t shake that ‘kid persona’ off her. Well at least I can’t. So the romance was good, but sometimes just off.

Taec is quite good in this, though he is a better actor than this drama gives him credit for/lets him shine.

As a comedy the comic relief was with the two fellas from the supernatural club: they occasionally missed, but when they hit, I laughed quite a bit.

So all in all: a good drama, with a weak plot.

☆☆☆½ / 3½ out 5 stars

♥♥♥½ / 3½ out of 5 hearts

Let's Eat Review

Title: Let’s Eat
AKA: Siksyareul Habsida
Genre:  Food, Comedy, Romance
Episodes: 16
Broadcast Period: Nov-2013 to Mar-2014
Cast: Yoon Do Jeon, Lee Soo Kyung, Yoon So Hee, Shim Hyung Tak, Lee Do Yun, Jang Won Young, Jung Soo Young,

The drama focuses on the home and work life of our heroine Lee Soo Kyung (Lee Soo Kyung), a divorced woman in her early thirties who is content to live alone. The one thing she can’t quite reconcile is her abiding love of delicious food, and her inability to eat out alone. She’s a foodie who enjoys trying every new restaurant under the sun, and avidly follows food blogs to feed her ever-growing appetite. Her favorite is a strange blog called ‘Let’s Eat’ that only uploads photos of empty dishes—a sign that a place has to be scrape-your-plate-clean delicious in order to be worthy of a post. Her next-door neighbor to the left is Gu Dae Young (Yoon Doo Joon), a smooth-talking man in his late twenties who tramps around in sweats most of the time, and can be overheard telling a different girl each day that he’s two minutes away from wherever he’s supposed to meet her, even though he’s still standing in his hallway. Basically, Soo Kyung’s first impression of him is that he’s a liar and a playboy.

Warning: Do not watch this drama while hungry, DO NOT! It’s torturing if you’re hungry, and it will make you hungry if you’re full. Solution: watch while eating. You could mostly call Let’s Eat a slice-of-life drama about our heroine, and by extension the three neighbors who share a hallway. You could also call the show a commercial in drama clothing. The food sequences that were featured in every episode were highly indulgent, and often felt like we were taking a legitimate commercial break. What keeps it then, from becoming an extended food commercial, is a thoughtful tone and an earnest portrayal of characters who are consistent and well-rounded. I was pleasantly surprised by Yoon Doo-joon in this role. I think it helps that Dae Young is a quirky character, and a guy with a sunny disposition and a quick comeback for everything. He really has a lot of fun with the Angry Foodie segments—basically once every episode. He totally goes for the comedy, which made me like him. The romance wasn’t one that had scorching chemistry or even a great deal of development, but it was squarely in cute and fun territory.

☆☆☆½ / 3½ out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥ / 4 out of 5 hearts