Marry Him If You Dare Review

Title: Marry Him If You Dare

AKA: Future Choice

Genre: Romance, Comedy

Episodes: 16

Broadcast period: 2013-Oct to 2013-Dec

Cast: Yoon Eun Hye, Lee Dong Gun, Jung Yong Hwa, Han Chae Ah and Choi Myung Gil.

Na Mi Rae (Yoon Eun Hye) is a call center agent who takes calls from people every day. Without ambition or any confidence to do anything in her life she convinces herself that she is happy and lives every day cowardly. Everything changes when she one day meets a woman (Choi Myung Gil) who tells her that she is her but in the future. Freaked out at first she runs away, but when one warning she receives about a car accident comes true, she gets confused. Shortly after the woman stops by at Mi Rae’s house and convinces her, telling her that she has to whatever she can and not meet announcer Kim Shin (Lee Dong Gun) who is the reason for the woman’s return in time. After making her win a contest and winning a trip, the woman tries to convince Mi Rae to change her occupation, and find Park Se Joo (Jung Yong Hwa) a rich grandson of a CEO in order to get married to him, though she fails finding him, Se Joo notices Mi Rae. Mi Rae wakes up from her so called “happy life” by deciding to follow her dream: to become a broadcast writer. But you cannot avoid fate, not matter how ill-fated it is… 

Putting aside the fact that I had to spend so long time finishing this drama, I have to say I couldn’t be more annoyed with the half assed ending. I am not saying that these kinds of endings work in dramas, but when you make a drama based on one girl choosing one of two’s, even returning back in time in order to fix the actual result, and not telling the viewers what her choice was, is like having a drama with a random name. Like in Korean the drama is called “Mirae’s Choice”, but surprisingly no choice was made, or maybe it was but we weren’t told what it was. Sorry for the spoil, but I would not recommend people to watch this unless they like that kind of dramas. To say something nicely about this Lee Dong Gun is the star here, no one else. I was disappointed in both Eun Hye and Yong Hwa for such random and boring characters that I couldn’t care less for their relationship. BUT to say something nicely the first part (6 first episodes) are quite amazing, just ruined it later on.

So here are my ratings, and I hope you get anything out of it.

☆☆☆ / 3 out of 5 stars

♥♥½ / 2½ out of 5 hearts

Missing You Review

Title: Missing You

AKA: Bogoshipda / I Miss You

Genre: Melodrama, Romance

Episodes: 21

Broadcast period: 2012-Noc to 2013-Jan

Cast: Park Yoochun, Yoon Eun Hye, Yoo Seung Ho, Jang Mi In Ae, Yeo Jin Goo, Kim So Hyun, Ahn Do Gyu and Yoo Yeon Mi.

Lee Soo Yeon (Kim So Hyun) has lived her life in fear of her abusive father. To top that he is arrested for a murder, which automatically marks her as “a murders daughter”, and becomes a victim of bullying. She and her mother try to live as quietly as possible, but the family of the murdered victims take it out on the two by harassing and blaming them. When her father is executed, the detective in charge Kim Seung Ho (Jung Kwang Pyul) discovers that Soo Yeons father in fact is innocent, but is forced to keep quite by the higher ups to maintain the reputation of the police force. When he can’t cope with it anymore he tells it to Soo Yeons mother, who decides to go to his door step and move in with him and his daughter.

At the same time Han Jung Woo (Yeo Jin Goo) returns from America after hearing that his father, Han Tae Joon (Han Jin Hee) a wealthy CEO, has become ill. But when he returns he is met with rejection from his father, so he walks outside and meets Lee Soo Yeon. Unaware about her background he starts to like her. At first Soo Yeon tries to ignore him, but when he persists, they agree to meet the next day. Unfortunately the next day, Jung Woo’s grandfather, whom Jung Woo never met, had died, and he is to attend the funeral.  Some time back, Jung Woo’s father Han Tae Joon had made sure that his father had died, in order to get his money, but his stepmother hid the money aware of Tae Joon's greed. So Tae Joon tried to kill his much younger stepbrother Kang Hyung Joon (Ahn Do Gyu), but Hyung Joon had managed to run away with his nanny. All this in secret.

When Jung Woo starts in school, he finds out about Soo Yeon, thus tries to ignore her however they become friends in the end. But due to a traumatic event the two get separated and Soo Yeon disappears.

14 years later, Han Jung Woo (Park Yoo Chun) now a detective, has spent all years looking for Soo Yeon and has been taking care of Soo Yeons mother and detective Kim’s daughter who had lost her father, after trying to find Soo Yeon. Lee Soo Yeon now Zoey Lou (Yoon Eun Hye) has become a famous designer living with Kang Hyung Joon (Yoo Seung Hoon) now Harry Borrison.

After the death of Hyung Joon’s nanny, who had been living with them as Michelle Kim, Jung Woo is assigned to the case. Here he meets Zoey, who has the same smile and voice as Soo Yeon, but denies everything. So he tries to get close, and Zoey tries to get revenge. Harry on the other hand has another agenda: he wants to get revenge on his stepbrother… and the stepbrother’s son.

This drama just beats all melodramas out there, I mean wow... This really is one cruel drama, and heart wrecking on top of that, and all that without being draggy. Well I didn’t feel it was draggy, I just felt it was sad, really sad - cried, me! The kids that acted in the first part were brilliant, and I Yoo Chun blew me away (kind of expected it to like the way he acted in Rooftop - but it was way better!) Though, I’m biting my tongue saying this, I am disappointed in Eun Hye’s acting. She was just so-so, even though she tries really hard, and I mean she does a decent job, but if I compare with everyone else, it becomes dull you know - but it doesn’t ruin the all in all drama. The storyline is brilliant, and all the detailes are amazing, and the choice of actors and making of characters was perfect! Like I find Yoo Seung Ho’s smile scary now :( (:P)

My reason for the 4 heart rating is just because I did feel some parts typical - yes bit more modern, but still could’ve avoided them altogether - but that’s me.

I really recommend this drama, really good, and defiantly worth your time!

☆☆☆☆½ / 4½ out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥ / 4 out of 5 hearts

Lie To Me Review

Title: Try Lying To Me
AKA: Lie To Me
Previously known as: Sweet Scandal
Genre: Romance, comedy
Episodes: 16
Broadcast period: 2011-May to 2011-Jun
Cast: Yoon Eun Hye, Kang Ji Hwan, Sung Joon and Jo Yoon Hee.

What was supposed to be a little white lie, ended up as a huge scandal. Gong Ah Jung (Yoon Eun Hye) was betrayed by one of her friends, Yoo So Ran, by getting her first love taken, and for the past three years she has been tortured with patronization.
When she one day is ’fired’ from her job, she goes to a nightclub, gets wasted and meets Hyun Sang Hee (Sung Joon) who finds an interests in her. Shortly after Hyun Ki Joon (Kang Ji Hwan), a Hotel Chaebol (successor) and the big brother of Sang Hee, enters the nightclub, making Sang Hee run for I, which ends with Ki Joon having to take Ah Jung to the hospital
After the eventful night, Ah Jung, with a hangover, goes to the hairdressers and happens to meet Yoo So Ran, and in order to shut her up she says she is married, but not to whom.
Ah Jung decides to pay back the money Ki Joon used in the hospital on her, so she goes to the hotel where Ki Joon is the Chief, only to set the ’marriage-lie’ in motion. Now everyone thinks Ah Jung and Ki Joon got married in secret…

This is the first time I’m left without words for a drama. It’s not bad, nothing like that, but somehow just ‘like that’. Lol, doesn’t make sense… Anyhow, if you want a decent love story, loads of laughs and an amazing actor + actress, this is it. Even though I’m a Yoon Eun Hye fan, I have to admit the star of the drama most defiantly was Kang Ji Hwan. I’ve never seen him act before, well I don’t think I have, but damn he’s a superb actor, already googling his dramas.
The drama as a whole a bit disappointing, but the main actors make it all worth it. And if these two can’t get the ratings up, they should at least date. They make a great couple! Chemistry kaboom!

☆☆☆½ / 3½ out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥ / 4 out of 5 hearts

Coffee Prince Review

Title: Coffee Prince
Aka: The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince
Genre: Romance, comedy
Episodes: 17
Broadcast period: 2007-Jul-02 to 2007-Aug-27
Theme song: Lalala, its Love, by The Melody
Cast: Yoon Eun Hye, Gong Yoo, Lee Sun Gyun, Chae Jung Ahn, Kim Ja Ok, Choi Il Hwa, Kim Young Ok, Park Won Sook, Kim Chang Wan, Kim Jae Wook, Kim Dong Wook, Lee Un..

Go Eun Chan (Yoon Eun Hye) is a girl who lost her father at young age and has been working ever since so that her mother doesnt have to work and her sister can go to school. While she has been working so much since she was young she has lost her femininity and is often mistaken for a boy, which is sometimes good because then it is easier to find a job. One day as she has to deliver some food to a costumer she witnesses a purse being snatched away from a young lady, she immediately sets after the thief but then notices that it is the guy who likes her younger sister, so she lets him go. The man who was with the young lady who got robbed (Choi Han Kyul played by Gong Yoo) then accuses her for being a part of it and just trying to get money out of them. Eun Chan denies several times and then gives up leaving the place. When she returns to her workplace her boss makes her responsible for the damage done at the scooter she used and tells her that she has to pay for the reparation. She then has no choice but to ask Choi Han Kyul for money. After much pursuing and discussing she ends up working for him, she has to play his boy-lover so that he doesnt has to go for match-making. He still believes that she is a man and so he gets closer and closer to each other, and even become buddies. Choi Han Kyul is put in a dilemma where he has to start up a café for his grandmother and even triple the income within the time he has to return to the USA. Eun Chan supports him and encourages him to do the job and so he does and she also starts working with him, the only problem is that he thinks she is a boy and the café even only hires men. He starts to develop feelings for her while still thinking she is a boy and so he goes mad trying to solve his feelings.

In the review i chose to focus on the relationship between the two lead actors because it is really hard for me to write a review without exposing the whole story. At first i really loved the drama, wondered why i hadnt seen it earlier. Its alot of fun even though its again that typical girl-disguised-as-boy-and-boy-thinking-he-gay-story. It had a lot of humor at start but at some point in the middle it loses that and even becomes tiring as its those GAH!-problems that are so annoying. Its not a love drama you watch for love but a romance comedy. A thing i really liked though is that there is no mean mother, thank God for that!. And the "in-laws" arent that bad even though they are from another social class.. u know.. so it was more the development between the two of them.. And also i thought that the side-love-story between the other actors was cute and "bearable" (LOL!). And lol the actress is the same as the one from Vineyard man which surprised me. She's a really good actress i didnt even recognize her at first because she looked so different in this drama. Did i forget to mention anything? -.-'

☆☆☆½ / 3.5 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥½ 4.5 of 5 hearts

Bunji's Verdict
This is one of the few brilliant dramas ever made, even though we’ve heard the story a million times, this one is defiantly a winner. Of all ‘girl-dressed-as-a-boy dramas’, it’s THE best, beating MANY great dramas (You're Beautiful, Hana Kimi JP, Hana Kimi TW, Sungkyunkwan Scandal). Okay, now you’re reading this, probably protesting, but different from those ‘teenage-crushes’ and ‘horrible-parents-being-mean’, Coffee Prince brings much more fun and is more relatable than the other dramas. And to be honest, probably the first time I didn’t want to punch the female lead in the end, like in all those other dramas. Eun Hye is magnificent, so is the only actor who able to shine as much as she is, Gong Yoo. I’m a BIG fan of his, because of his acting in CP, I had to watch Hello My Teacher.
To be frank, and simple a definite recommendation! (I have no idea how Jenji’s brain works, but THAT rating is just ridicules!)

☆☆☆½ / 4½ stars out of 5

♥♥♥♥½ / 4½ hearts out of 5

The Vineyard Man Review

Title: The Vineyard Man
AKA: The Man in the Vineyard
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Family
Episodes: 16
Broadcast period: 2006-Jul to 2006-Sep
Cast: Oh Man Suk, Yoon Eun Hye, Lee Soon Jae, Kang Eun Bi, Kim Ji Suk and Jung So Young.

Lee Jin Hyun (Yoon Eun Hye) is a spoilt, snobby girl, who has been pampered all her life. She is an aspiring designer, and has talent for it, but hasn’t had the chance to show it yet. One day she makes an “expensive-looking” dress, and wears it for a party, so that she can show it of tomorrow at a fashion show. As she is inside the bathroom, she is robbed the dress, so she calls the police. By pure coincidence, Jang Taek Gi (Oh Man Suk) enters the bathroom, and she tries to strip him (she thought he was a police officer and mainly to get some cloths), all gets messed up and he is accused of trying to rape her. After a night on the station, they get out, and she runs to the fashion show to find out that her manager (boss) had taken her dress, and taken the credit for it.
When she returns home, she is told that her grandfather, Lee Byung Dal (Lee Soon Jae) owner of a vineyard, a plantation of grape-bearing vines, has come to give Ji Hyun the 2 billion $ worth vineyard, BUT she has to stay there a year and learn how to farm. Having a lot of debt, she agrees, and is immediately hit by nature, as she arrives. Not alone does she not have a shower, toilet or time to sleep, Park Hong Yi (Kan Eun Bi), a girl that is in love with Taek Gi, wants to make life hard on her.
At one point she is fed up, so she leaves the vineyard, and is about to board the train, she meets with her long time crush Kum Gyung Min (Kim Ji Suk), a sunbae in her school time, who has become a doctor. Then she decides that in order to get his heart, she is going to inherit her grandfather’s vineyard and work hard to learn farming. As she is learning farming, she bumps into Kang Su Jin (Jung So Yung) the ex-girlfriend of Taek Gi, whom he doesn’t want to talk about.

This drama is the best Korean drama (next to God of Study) that I’ve seen. Yes, the story is typical, but its way more heart pleasing and fun, and not to mention meaningful. This drama has a lot of heart, and deals with today’s society’s view on people with less known degrees. Like if you were to choose between a doctor and a farmer, which would you choose? Isn’t hard, huh...
I love the storyline, the dialogues and not to mention humour (finally some I can understand). There is ONE thing that I didn’t like: the main actor’s way of reacting. It feels like he’s a bad actor, even though he all the way through is pretty favourable. I like Yoon Eun Hye, always did, and she didn’t let me down this time. All in all, love it 

☆☆☆☆½ / 4,5 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥½ / 4½ out of 5 hearts

Jenji's Verdict
Aaaahhh nice . I thought it would be one of those typical korean dramas with an annoying spoiled city girl and all but actually it was really nice.. I liked the story a lot and i liked that there werent too many people involved in the love story. The actors were great to , i really liked the girl she was lots of fun and cute too.. and the guy hehehe he was great too. And i loved that the last episode showed their life AFTER everything was settled like them getting married and all cause most dramas just end with a.. kiss or something. But here we also get to see how their life gonna be and all.. I enjoyed the drama much more than i thought i would. and omo haha the grandfather he was like come wht u waiting for get married!

☆☆☆☆/ 4 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥♥/ 5 out of 5 hearts

Lady Castle Review

Title: Lady Castle
AKA: Take Care of the Young Lady, Take Care of Agassi and My Fair Lady.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Episodes: 16
Broadcast period: 2009-Aug to 2009-Oct
Insert song: Hot Stuff by Davichi
Cast: Yoon Eun Hye , Yoon Sang Hyun, Jung Il Woo, Moon Chae Won and Lee Jung Gil.

The story revolves around two completely different people, Seo Dong Chan(Yoon Sang Hyun); a poor man and ex giggalo, who works three jobs in order to make a living. He lives with his aunt and childhood friend, Eun Jio(Moon Chae Won ), who secretly loves him. And Hae Na(Yoon Eun Hye); an international celebrity, who grew up with everything, getting everything she ever wanted. She lives with her granfather, and is EXREMELY spoilt: has never apoligized or used the words "thank you". She has a problem, by firering all her maids and butlers, if they do the smallest mistake.
The story takes a start, as she fires her last butler, and is taken to a marriage-proposal, where she acts up and leaves. At the same time, Dong Chan leaves the flower shop to do a delivery, where he ends up being hit by Hae Na. Dong Chan wants to hear an apology, whereas Hae Na wants to pay herself out of it, and get it overwith. It ends with Dong Chan taking it to court, and making Hae Na do 150 houres of community service.
The two bump heads again, where Hae Na wants to make Dong Chan pay, and alot happens, like Hae Na faking a kidnap, making Dong Chan being arrested. As Hae Na's garnfather finds out about these happenings, Hae Na tries to leave the country, but is stopped by Dong Chan, who fakes a kidnap, taking her home again. As she arrives home, confused, her granfather greets her, telling her that Ding Chan is hre new butler.

Fun, fun and extra fun! I really had fun in this one. Its "human/ordinary" fun, meaning none of those extreme with supernatural powers or supernatural wounds. I mean when the actors are good, anything MEANT to be funny, IS funny.. Lols, but really, I tend to laugh at bad acting, or stupid dialogs, but this is really good! Eun Hye is great a spoilt rich brat, suits her, and she looks amazing. Sang Hyun I've never seen before, and I was sceptical, concidering age difference, but he is ADORABLE!! iiih!! The other actors where passable (hihi).
The negative would be the focus. I mean the story is fun, and its good the first 12 episodes, but after that, it sort a looses focus. Too much confusion, and unnessecary scenes (Im not taking about the Hae Na & Dong Chan scenes, but the others). Its kind of sad, since I was hyper the first 12 eps, than the last 4 were not as interesting, but the 4 that were still on my mind as I recall the series..

☆☆☆☆ / 4 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥ / 3 out of 5 hearts