It's Okay, That's Love Review

Title: It’s Okay, That’s Love

AKA: It’s Okay, It’s Love / It’s Alright, It’s Love

Genre: Romance, Comedy, Psychology

Episodes: 16

Broadcast date: 2014-Jul to 2014-Sep

Cast: Jo In Sung, Gong Hyo Jin, Sung Dong Il and Lee Kwang Soo.

On his birthday bestselling author Jang Jae Yeols (Jo In Sung) older brother is released from prison for the murder of their father. While celebrating, Jae Yeol doesn’t notice his brother’s arrival; his brother walks up and stabs him in the shoulder several times. At the trial Jae Yeol begs for a reduced charge as he has forgiven his brother, though his brother swears when he gets out he’ll kill him.

Few years later Jae Yeol started writing crime novels instead of the usual romance novels, which has made one of his loyal fans Ji Hae Soo (Gong Hyo Jin) dislike him. Hae Soo is a physicist at the psychic ward at a hospital, and works with patients from all kinds of mental illnesses. She herself has anxiety: she is afraid of any form of romantic skin ship. The two meet for the first time in a show which discusses the psychological situation in Jae Yeols new crime book. And this makes Jae Yeol interested in Hae Soo, though the interest isn’t requited.

They meet again when Jae Yeol moves into the house where Hae Soo lives, which surprisingly is the house he owns, and the hospital as well. Soon the two start to fall for another, but things are weird with Jae Yeol as he seems to have some issues that go beyond the physical…

Sorry for the crappy summary, it is better than what I make it to be L

This is by far one of the best, if not the best drama, of the year! It has everything a drama from 2014 has to have and much more. The clichés are almost not there and it’s really innovative: from the characters and the storyline all the way to the screenplay. I love it; I think I still can’t get over it.

From the beginning to the end, every single minute is entertaining, and so is every side story. I even liked the OST! Not a single thing is bad, except for the fact that my standards for a good drama has risen by a lot.

All in all not only recommendable, but also a must watch!

☆☆☆☆☆ / 5 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥♥ / 5 out of 5 hearts

Kamji's Verdict

Ah, I still can’t get over this drama. It was perfect in every possible way. It may sound as an exaggeration, but while watching it, you don’t have one negative thought about it, you just silently wish this drama would never end. It had its moments, sometimes you would smile, laugh, cry and even curse, (I curse when I suddenly realize something, I didn’t before, and that happened a lot in this drama, it took me by surprise over and over). So I agree with Bunji, when she called it the best drama of 2014 so far. I'm going to start looking for a man like Jang Jae Yeol. 

☆☆☆☆☆ / 5 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥♥ / 5 out of 5 hearts

That Winter, The Wind Blows Review

Title: That Winter, The Wind Blows

AKA: Wind blows in the Winter

Genre: Melodrama, Romance

Episodes: 16

Broadcast period: 2013-Feb to 2013-Apr

Cast: Jo In Sung, Song Hye Kyo, Kim Bum and Jung Eun Ji.

Having been abandoned as a child Oh Soo (Jo In Sung) has learned not to trust anyone, and also does not believe in love or commitment. Together with his best friend or right hand man Park Jin Sung (Kim Bum) they earn money and live by swindling and gambling from the rich and powerful.

When their fellow roommate, who shares the same name as Oh Soo, tells them about his past, being the long lost son of the chairman of the PL Group, the two just laugh it off. But when a blind woman named Oh Young (Song Hye Kyo) seeks out her brother, Oh Soo reluctantly reads a letter written from her brother.

Shortly after their encounter, Oh Soo is hunted down by the police and by fate runs into his roommate Oh Soo. While running, the friend gets hit by a car, and Oh Soo is arrested.

A year later, Oh Soo finds out about his 7.8mio debt, and the fact that his roommate has passed. Now with no money, no one (except Jin Sung) to trust, he tries to come up with 7.8mio, but without any luck. That is until the attorney of the PL Group comes to find the long lost son of the chairman, called Oh Soo…

This was one of the Korean dramas that without starting I knew I would have a harsh time getting it done. It is draggy and stuffy, and you really just wonder sometimes why on earth you started in the first place, but to tell you the truth, it is so well acted that everything is kind of not important. The cast does an amazing job, and even though the script and screenplay suck pretty much all the time - and not to mention the mean AND ridiculous climax - you sort of enjoy the drama. You get worried, you get sad and you get hyped, though by the end you actually are mostly glad for it to end, or I was at least.

It is a classic, or has become a classic, meaning very Korean, and all that Korean dramas stand for - stuffiness, dragginess, melodrama and occasionally theatrical? Anyways, if Korean dramas are your thing, this is a good watch.

☆☆☆☆ / 4 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥ / 3 out of 5 hearts