Drinking Solo Review

Title: Drinking Solo

AKA: Let's Drink

Genre: Drama, Romance, Comedy

Episodes: 16

Broadcast Period: Sep-2016 to Oct-2016

Cast: Ha Suk Jin, Park Ha Sun, Hwang Woo Seul Hye, Min Jin Woong, Kim Won Hae, Gong Myung, Key, Kim Dong Young, Jung Chae Yun,

Background of the drama is set around a private institute for people preparing for their civil service examinations in Noryangjin, Seoul, South Korea. Story depicts people drinking alcohol alone for different reasons and the romance between Jung Suk (Ha Seok Jin) and Shin Ib (Park Ha Sun). Jung Suk is an arrogant, but popular instructor and Shin Ib is a rookie instructor. She struggles to survive in the private institute world.

The best thing that happened in this drama is the chemistry between the trio students, that are attending the institute. The way they act really makes me want to be in their circle. Also, oh boy, the way I related to their problems. Being a student is hard these days :'D The main leads problem was the lack of chemistry. This drama had a slow start, but it gets better towards the end. Though, there are some parts i had to skip because it was kind of boring and irrelevant to me. In the beginning the title did concern me, was it only about drinking? or did it have more to it. Well, half of the drama is just repeatings, even if you skip it you won’t miss much. Overall this drama is a good one if you don't focus on the leads love story and the alcohol, but the trio: Lonelyboy, Dumb and dumber. 

☆☆☆ / 3 out of 5 stars

♥♥.5 / 2.5 out of 5 hearts

Three Days Review

Title: Three Days

AKA: 3 Days

Genre:  Action, Thriller, Political, Crime, Mystery, Melodrama, Romance

Episodes: 16

Broadcast period: 2014-Mar to 2014-May

Cast: Park Yoo Chun (Mickey), Son Hyun Joo, Park Ha Sun, So Yi Hyun, Yoon Je Moon, Choi Won Jung and Jang Hyun Sung.

After being suspended for loosing focus while protecting the President (Son Hyun Joo), Han Tae Kyung (Park Yoo Chun) holds a funeral service for his father who had passed on that very day, which was also the reason for his loss of focus.  There he meets Yoon Bo Won (Park Ha Sun) a country police woman, who showed up to ask some follow –up questions on his father’s death. At first the questions seem normal, but as she continues, Tae Kyung notices that the ‘accident’ that resulted in his father’s death wasn’t as accidental as he thought.

As the evening continues he is involved in several weird situations which lead him to finding out about the most shocking fact: an attempt of assassination on the president. Hurrying to convey this news to his chief (Jang Hyun Sung.), he is caught up in a situation with the president missing and is accused of being responsible for it.

Now, on the run, he has to find the president before the end of the 72 hours since he went missing in order to not cause havoc amongst the public of South Korea, but also save him from the assassinator after him…

Sorry about the review being confusing, but you’ll have to watch it in order to understand it. And to be honest the story is much more than what I have written.

To start with I get why it’s called 3 days, but the story expands to much more than that. The general story is about the three days in which the assassination is planned – or in the three days where they are looking for the president – but it really is much more. I guess that is why I like it so much. It reminds me of the period dramas where the king is to be assassinated and he is confused at who to trust, except of course it is much harder to actually kill him (not just run into his room and kill him). And I love that the question that everyone else wonders is answered (this one: If you are the president, why are you so weak).

Besides that I like Yoo Chun and his acting – though I am not used to this kind of Yoo Chun. And I am in love with Park Ha Sun, which is tough work for a female actress to do (I really really really like her).

The storyline is also confusing and keeps you on your toes – kind of is nice to watch something that you are unsure how it’ll end.

To sum up: good drama with a good storyline.

☆☆☆☆ / 4 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥ / 4 out of 5 hearts

Kamji’s Verdict: 
Okay, lots of action, just too bad it was badly executed. I guess the budget were a little tight, because somehow I were mostly annoyed by those scenes than excited. it continues throughout the drama, I just keep noticing the errors. There were too many of those errors, for example, you see a person walking on a carpet, and another person inside a room in the other end of the corridor can hear his footsteps, which sound like he is walking on marble. On the one hand, it delivered what I needed it to and wrapped everything up with a happy ending without feeling unrealistic, so it definitely wasn’t unsuccessful.

☆☆☆ / 3 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥ / 3 out of 5 hearts

Two Weeks Review

Title: Two Weeks

Genre: Melodrama, mystery, crime, action, thriller, romance, family

Episodes: 16

Broadcast period: 2013-Aug to 2013-Sept

Cast: Lee Jun Ki, Park Ha Sun, Kim Jae Kyung and Ryu Soo Young.

Living as low paid gangster Jang Tae San (Lee Jun Ki) had given up on life, considering himself as “trash”. Having gone to prison two times for his boss, Tae San was allowed to do whatever he wants to do - and that is basically living from one day to another. One day his ex-girlfriend Seo In Hye (Park Ha Sun) shows up in front of him asking him to be a donor to her daughter. At first Tae San is shocked she would ask him, but then she tell him that the daughter was born 8 years ago, when the two were dating. Now Tae San has a daughter, and she wants him to help her. At first he doesn’t like the idea of him being a father, until he meets her, and falls for her.

At the very moment while finding out that he is a match for the bone marrow transplant; a girl gives Tae San a camera, which Tae San by accident just puts in his pocket. He then leaves to find out that the date is set two weeks from that day on, so he cannot get any blood infection as it might hurt the possibility to transplant. But when his boss murders the girl that had given Tae San the camera, he decides to frame  Tae San for it, and letting him take the fall like he used to.

When Tae San is found at the crime scene with his fingerprints on the murder weapon, he is arrested and almost killed behind bars. So Tae San decides to become a fugitive in order to stay alive till his daughter’s surgery and at the same time clear his name…

After reading the summary I thought it was like the Japanese drama Runaway, so I was not very keen on watching it. But the drama is quite good, and I really like Lee Jun Ki, especially having him as a dad, and the female actress Park Ha Sun was amazing, incredible acting.

The story is very action packed and makes sense throughout the storyline. Even if it becomes a bit draggy in the long run, it is better than most dramas of the same genre and type - pretty great. I really don’t understand why it wasn’t more popular, but also I didn’t like the ending - the annoying idea of a happy ending, but I guess that’s what Koreans see as a happy ending. 

Okay, so do I recommend it? Yes, it is fitting everyone.

☆☆☆☆ / 4 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥ / 4 out of 5 hearts

Kamji's Verdict
I started watching this drama, when half of it already aired, I really wasn’t expecting anything from it so I thought why not just start it. To understand this you have to know that I would rather not start an ongoing drama than not watching it at all, haha that sounded complicated. Nevertheless, I started this, and phew what a roller coaster of emotion I got there… I really loved this drama, everything about it was great, somehow I got blinded by it so I wouldn’t see any fault in it, therefor I have nothing bad to say, only that this is a recommendable drama, and it would be really stupid to leave this out of your to-watch list (if you haven’t already watched it). Honestly, I loved this drama because it showed exceptional character development that I have never seen in any other drama. Action packed from start to finish!! And the love story, so real, so awkward, so painful, but for me the real love story was between the father and the daughter, and that worked out just fine for me. Kurigu.. Can I say how happy I was to see Song Jae Rim as an assassin? I was very pleased ;)

☆☆☆☆☆ / 5 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥♥ / 5 out of 5 hearts

CHAMP Movie Review

Title: CHAMP
Genre: Drama, Sports
Origin: Korea
Release date: September 07, 2011
Cast: Cha Tae Hyun, Kim Soo Jeong, Yoo Oh Seong and Park Ha Sun.

Being a famous and successful jockey Lee Seung Ho (Cha Tae Hyun) aims for the finals. His dream is to win and to finally have a wedding with the mother of his child.
One they, as they are driving home, they end up in an accident, where his wife dies, and to top that he hurts his eyesight. Three years later he is working as a stable cleaner, works occasional jockey jobs, and plays fixed games to support his daughter Ye Seung (Kim Soo Jeong). When he is chased by bookies for a game he lost, he flees with his daughter to Jeju Island, where he meets Horse Trainer Yoon (Yoo Oh Seong), also the man that was involved in the same accident Seung Ho was. In that same accident Horse Trainer Yoon’s best race horse Wu Bak, became crippled, and has trust issues, so it can’t be tamed. In order to save Wu Bak from being sold to a factory, Seung Ho decides to take up the challenge and tame it…

Lol, lousy review, sorry.
I watched this movie mainly because of Tae Hyun, and honestly worth every minute of it. He has a way of choosing a movie, seriously. And daim that horse can act, I mean really. On the other hand it had a lot of silly parts too, but it’s okay, nothing too ridiculous : )
The movie is very inspirational, and makes you totally warm while watching, not to mention the father-daughter moments, CUTE!
Recommendable? Hmm, yeah.. It’s one of the “feel good” movies..

☆☆☆☆ / 4 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥½/ 4½ out of 5 hearts

Jenji's verdict
Wonderful family movie with a great plot, I thought it was a bit long at first I was like "when is this ending" lol but it still was worth it and I like that it is that long anyway because it had a greater story, it might not have been as good if it was shorter. It is really cute and great for horse/animal lovers because its about the relationship between human and animals. I even watched it twice with my family and they loved it too. The actors I think are really great too, even the horse, it was just a great movie I cant really find anything wrong with it. Oh yeah there was a point when I though "oohh no come on" because of some special effects but it didnt ruin the movie. Really lovable movie to watch alone or with family, deff. one of my favorite Cha Tae Hyun movies. Also he fits so perfectly to the role of a father and especially with his little daugther hihih.

☆☆☆☆ / 4 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥½/ 4½ out of 5 hearts