Romantic Doctor, Teacher Kim Review

Title: Romantic Doctor, Teacher Kim
AKA: Romantic Doctor Kim
Genre: Medical, Melodrama, romance
Episodes: 20 + 1 SP
Broadcast Period: Nov-2016 to Jan-2017
Cast: Han Suk Kyu, Yoo Yeon Seok, Seo Hyun Jin,  Jin Kyung, Im Won Hee, Yang Se Jong, Choi Jin Ho,

Boo Yong Joo (Han Suk Kyu) is a genius and triple-board certified surgeon, who was once at the top of his field and used to work at Seoul’s top hospital, Geodae. After a traumatic incident, he disappears and changes his name to Kim Sa Bu (Teacher Kim) to work at a small hospital named Doldam, which is located at Gangwon Province. He guides Kang Dong Joo (Yoo Yeon Seok) and Yoon Seo Jeong (Seo Hyun Jin) to become great doctors there, teaches them to fight against power and money for the sake of patients.

I think this is the best medical drama I've ever watched. The ethical issues portrayed are excellent. Well, some are not that realistic but the story line itself is daebak! I loved how real everything felt, and how all the cases were at least somehow realistic. Medical dramas are my favorite genre, so for a change I actually looked every medical term up, so i learned alot, I could be a doctor and work alongside them. I love the character developement in this drama. Every single character had something to do in the drama, and the harmony between them was so good. The main couple was no joke either, they aced it. Yoo Yeon Seok and Seo Hyun Jin should stay in the medical field, and together! To sum it up, it had a little of everything, easy drama to fall in love with.

☆☆☆☆ / 4 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥½ / 4 ½ out of 5 hearts

You're Surrounded Review

Title: You’re surrounded
AKA: You are all Surrounded
Genre: Drama, Romance, crime
Episodes: 20
Broadcast period: May-2014 to Jul-2014
Cast: Lee Seung Ki, Go Ah Ra, Ahn Jae Hyun, Park Jung Min, Cha Seung Won, Seung Ji Roo, Oh Yoon Ah, Im Won Hee

Eun Dae Gu (Lee Seung Ki), Uh Soo Sun (Go Ah Ra), Park Tae Il (Ahn Jae Hyun) and Ji Gook (Park Jung Min), are the new recruits at Gangnam Plice Station, otherwise known as the P4. Only trained detectives get to work at the speciel violent crime unit at the station, but because of a new proposal, they want to train new rookies. These four rookies were chosen, despite their lack of enthusiast nor passionate of their job, they all joined the crime squad of various reasons. Eun Dae Gus one and solely reason to join the police force was to revenge his mother whom was killed right in front of his eyes. The target is the teams leader, the erratic and hot headed Seo Pan Suk (Cha Seung Won), who wants nothing more than to wash his hands off of the incompetent new recruits.

I’m so glad I finally watched this drama, it’s been on my To-Watch list since it came out, and it bugged me so much that I still haven’t watched it. You know, those kind of dramas when you missed the WATCH sign, they go back to your list and stay there foreeeever. So recently I saw a drama MV about it, and it was really cute and I already had it on my pc, so I just started it right away. Two days after I was done! It felt like a stone fell from my heart, although I definitely enjoyed the drama, but just the fact that I’m done with it was more overwhelming. Well, now to the drama itself, it was very entertaining, and the rookie foursome was so lovable and great together that I feel like the show sort of locked into that group chemistry. Ahn Jae-hyun had a great rapport with Park Jung-min and they had the most endearing bromance of the show. I love the kinds of roles Go Ara is taking on now, and she’s proving herself to be lively at comedy and drama alike. Although her  character Soo-sun didn’t get as much development as Dae-gu did, but their relationship was so sweetly giving and supportive. I loved that their relationship grew very naturally out of being partners, and that they were always equals who respected each other. Cha Seung-won and Lee Seung-gi had such great chemistry with each other and with the cast, that they made me keep watching despite a very obvious plot. Cha Seung-won is truly gifted at turning on a dime from comedy to heartfelt drama, and there’s so much emotion he plays in silent looks that goes beyond what’s written on the page. I don’t know how he does it, but he says nothing, and I can read regret and sorrow and longing and gratitude and pride in his eyes. All in all a drama that should be watched because of the actors, not the plot.

☆☆☆/ 3 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥ / 3 out of 5 hearts

Bunji's Verdict

Like Kamji this drama was sitting on my computer for a very long time, after I had watched episode 1, and I had noticed that this drama was way too typical. After finally finishing it, it really is one of those typically long and quite dragged dramas, in which you do follow and understand most of it, but when thinking back you really don’t remember all the twist and turns. And the fact that there are about 2 lead stories following one another makes it complicated, but also the several sub stories that come along too.

The actors are quite good, even the newbie actors, but I have to be honest they were a bit lacking, though that might be because I was completely infatuated by Seung Wons acting, so the bar was kind of high.

The screen play was kind of dragged as said before, but a bit unnaturally since there were so many twists, and also the entire feud with the prosecutors made the story slow down to the point where I just felt I should stop right there. On the other hand everything else was okay, it was really an enjoyable story.

So do I recommend it? Yes, I do as it is a pretty nice police drama, even though it isn’t an OCN drama.

☆☆☆☆ / 4 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥ / 4 out of 5 hearts

Salamander Guru and the Gang Review

Title: Salamander Guru and the Gang

AKA: Salamander Guru and the Shadow Operation Team / Salamander Guru

Genre: Sitcom 

Episodes: 10

Broadcast period: 2012-Jan to 2012-Mar

Cast: Oh Dal Soo, Im Won Hee, Choi Min Ho, Ryu Hyun Kyung, Lee Byung Joon, Kim Gyu Sun and a crazy amount of cameos from A LOT of celebs. 

This short sitcom is about two petty thieves, Seon Dal (Oh Dal Soo) and Won Sam (Im Won Hee) known as the “Mapo Lupang” burglars with the trademark of not stealing anything and leaving a toilet full with poop. After managing to run away from their latest ‘crime’, to a house owned by a Guru/Priest (Lee Byung Joon ) known to do precise fortune telling’s. They break in the Gurus house and by accident shock the Guru so he chokes on his food. Thinking he has died, and pressed by the next clients they dress up as the fortune teller.

At the same time police woman Kyung Ja (Ryu Hyun Kyung) who has a bad day - and stomach ache, is called for work at the “Mapo Lupang” case, so she runs in and uses the bathroom in the burgled house, thus getting cut of the case for flushing down the criminals poop and DNA.

The news about the “Mapo Lupang” thieves spreads and reaches Min Hyuk (Choi Min Ho), a genius hacker, who immediately finds their location and starts to stake them out. The two thieves bring the Guru in the basement and take his place, to make money, by just talking about the obvious to every client arriving.

After begging for a sometime Kyung Ja gets back on the case, and is determined to find the thieves and ends up on Salamander Gurus door step. At the same time Min Hyuk confronts the two and asks for the whereabouts of the real Guru - he has his personal reasons for finding the real one. They refuse, but when he observes a client they strike him a deal: if he helps them, they’ll tell him the location of the real Guru.

Kyung Ja enters and talks about Mapo Lupang - the fake Guru tries to confuse her with fake info. When another crime happens fitting the Mapo Lupang M.O. with the pooping, except this time a murder has occurred. The three decide to solve this mystery, but are suspected by Kyung Ja who finds a coin matching to the Gurus, which the fake Guru mistakenly dropped at the crime scene…

Honestly? After the first episode I really wanted to cast away this drama, mainly because it made no sense, and damn bad acting! But after the first one, and numerous laughing occurrences, it grows on you. This trio really is fun, and they actually gradually become better at acting, at least Min Ho is (I wanted to cry seeing him at the beginning man!) There isn’t that much else than ridiculous comedy, and loads of cameos by idols, celebs and comedians. The storyline gets you interested, because you really want to know what the hell is going on in that place, but it’s not worth it if you aren’t into random humor, or a fan of Min Ho.

To sum up, not really worth your time, if you don’t have anything to do, but on the other hand a good break from melodramas and yeah, only 10 episodes.

☆☆ / 2 out of 5 stars

♥♥½ / 2½ out 5 hearts

Mr. Idol Movie Review

Title: Mr. Idol
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Origin: Korea
Release date: 03 November 2011
Cast: Park Ye Jin, Kim So Ro, Ji Hyun Woo, Jay Park and Im Won Hee.

After the live suicide of the main vocalist, Mr. Children had been forgotten for years. The group dissolved and the PD Oh Goo Joo (Park Ye Jin) alienated herself from the world. Three years later she returns in the hopes of bringing Mr. Children back to the lime light. She assembles the group consisting, Ji Oh (Jay Park), Hyun Ie(Jang Seo Won) and Ricky (Kim Randy) but has one issue: no vocalist. After an audition she finds the one she wants, Lee Yoo Jin (Ji Hyun Woo) a working fella, who loves music, but also loyal to his band, which is the reason he refuses. Later that evening, two band members leave due to personal reasons. Goo Joo tries to change his mind by following him everywhere, and finally manages to make him join, by paying for a hospital bill, and telling him to pay her back.
This is the beginning of the rebirth of Mr. Children…

I watched this movie mainly because of Jay Park and because the trailer looked neat, honestly trailer is better than the movie. It’s not bad, it’s just not great. I felt that there should have been more about the group bonding, instead of the PD and leader bond. It’s unnecessary, and honestly, not that interesting. Though I liked the overall theme, I found myself confused a lot of times, and I still can’t figure it out.
On the other hand, the storyline is good, pretty typical, seen it a couple of times, but not bad because of it.
All in all, an okay movie…

☆☆☆½ / 3½ out of 5 stars

♥♥♥ / 3 out of 5 hearts

Jenji's verdict
This is a very "thin"(?) movie. I get the story and all, but it's a bit ridiculous because this is almost just about the PD and her mistakes and so on. Yeah we get to see(kinda) the band bonding and stuff and I think it tries to show that it's important to have those specials bond when you chose to sing in a band/group.  But then again I felt like I was watching a movie about two different bands twice with just a different ending, I get it if thats the purpose but then it was quite badly done. In my opinion. I didnt learn much. I was just watching Jay Park and others lol. And this is probably my problem but I had a hard time concentrating because of Park Ye Jin and Kim So Ro because I kept thinking of Family Outing and other variety. The movie could have been better with some better focus on other things, there was too much waste-movie. I feel like I'm dissing this movie a bit too much, but I've seen much better movies. Then again this is all MY opinion HAH!

☆☆☆ / 3 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥ / 3 out of 5 hearts