Shopping King Louie (2016)

Sadly this drama didn't continue it's lightweight feeling through out the whole drama. Instead, it took the same path as many dramas do nowadays. Maybe I'm to harsh in my conclusions but I was hoping that it would stand out in this genre, sadly, it did not.
I got bored in the second part of the drama since it didn't live up to my expectations. It's a shame, I do think it got potential.
Most of the characters were cute and I liked Bok Shil's and Luis's relationship. Though I have to say that their kisses were awkward, like, always. I felt like they were selfconsious and made it so obvious that they were on a set, surrounded by the productionteam...

A minor plothole that irritated me was in a recordning from the mid 90's. In the video it was very noticable that the recording wasn't from 96, they looked way modern. I know this is something not many high producing networks are very particular about but it takes away from the quality.

All in all, it was cute but nothing more.

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Pour une fois je vais écrire une review sur un drama que je viens juste de finir de regarder. Tout est encore frais dans ma tête. J'ai aimé ce drama comme c'est le cas de la grande majorité des dramas dont j'écris des reviews. Parce que j'écris (pour l'instant) des reviews sur les dramas qui m'ont marqué. Quand j'aurais fini je vous écrirai sur les autres. Bref à propos de Shopping King Louie (SKL) ou aussi appelé Shopaholic Louis voici ce que j'ai à dire :

Scénario : un gars riche a un accident de voiture et devient amnésique, alors qu'il mendie dans la rue il rencontre une fille qui vient d'arriver en ville et qui a toujours vécu en dehors du temps et voilà l'histoire est lancée.
Pour une fois j'ai l'impression de regarder quelque chose qui change un peu de ce à quoi on a été habitués dans les dramas. Je ne sais pas si il y a d'autres dramas qui s'appuient sur ce genre d'idée du riche qui devient pauvre. GROS POINT POSITIF : il n'y a pas 50 000 rebondissements. On est pas perdus. Chaque intrigue est bien traitée et aboutie, l'histoire n'est pas bâclée. On ne nous rajoute pas des événements au fur et à mesure pour faire durer -où du moins je n'en ai pas eu l'impression-. Gros coup de coeur pour le plot final qui est vraiment un moment de douceur et qui a été parfaitement réalisé : pas trop dégoulinant, juste pudique comme il faut, c'était vraiment parfait. Au fil du drama il est possible de voir les rebondissements arriver, chaque évènement est légèrement teasé mais ça reste subtil alors c'est agréable. Dans SKL il y a un bon équilibre entre l'intrigue et la romance, entre les indices et les rebondissements. Le scénario n'en fait pas trop. Le drama ne traine pas trop en longueur (contraire à Boys Over Flowers le champion du genre qui traine). J'ai trouvé le scénario bien construit : il y a rien de trop et rien de manquant.

Personnages : Bon moi il y a un truc qui m'a gêné sur les visages des deux acteurs principaux. Impossible de savoir ce que c'est mais y a un truc qui me titille. Néanmoins c'est largement possible de faire abstraction. Les deux personnages ils fonctionnent vraiment bien ensemble. Le personnage de Louie est ultra touchant -mais vraiment- et très juste. Il n'en fait pas trop. Il est juste pile poil comme il faut. Merci Seo In Guk . Le personnage est hyper attachant, maladroit, touchant et émouvant. C'est beau de voir comme il essaie vraiment de toujours bien faire. Il fait vraiment de son mieux. Il est d'une sincérité et d'une naïveté bouleversantes. Bref je vous laisse le découvrir mais pour moi personnage le plus attachant d'un drama depuis aussi loin que je me souvienne. Bok Shil elle est un personnage qui déborde de douceur, de patience et de gentillesse. Ce personnage aime les gens et est profondément humaniste. Elle est tellement douce, sincère et aimante. Elle est parfaite elle aussi. Du coup les deux ensembles se marche vraiment bien, y a pas de doutes possibles. Leurs interactions sont pures, sans chichis, sans fioriture. On prend le meilleur des sentiments humains : on le mélange et ça donne ça. Ce drama est léger. Il est simple. Les choses coulent de source. Y a rien de compliqué il suffit de se laisser porter. Et du coup c'est vraiment agréable à regarder. Les choses ne trainent pas trop en longueur, il avance à leur rythme de façon régulière et ils ne reculent pas. C'est tellement satisfaisant.

Bon bien sur y a des choses que j'ai pas bien compris dans ce drama du style l'une des intrigues secondaires complètement à dormir debout et qui tombait dans l'absurde (si je vous dit voiture rouge + un homme + une femme) dont j'ai trouvé qu'elle n'apportait rien au drama. J'ai aussi trouvé que l'opposition entre le personnage de Louie et Joong Won était parfois un peu caricatural, mais ça passe parce que c'est en accord avec le personnage de Louie. Mais la fin pour le personnage de Joong Won m'a aussi pleinement satisfait. Je ne sais pas comment ça s'appelle mais par moment on surimpose à la vidéo des "effets" genre comme ceux qu'on trouve dans les animes. Honnêtement ça n'ajoute rien à l'histoire, mais c'est attendrissant aussi en un sens.

Globalement Shopping King Louie est une histoire douce, légère et sans prise de tête qui dépeint des sentiments purs et sincères et qui fait vraiment chaud au coeur.

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This was very sweet. And funny. This was genuinely hilarious for the most part. Ko Bok Shil and Louis are two wildly naive characters who know nothing of the harsh world around them and they protect each other through trust and honesty. Now that's a warning relationship to witness. Louis is a sheltered baby, but he's loyal to a fault and Bok Shil is a hard worker who is nice and appreciative of the small things. The obstacles they overcome involve amnesia, kidnappings and petty spats and they do it together with a little help via friends and co-workers. King Shopping Louis is a simple show, but it's worth watching and super underrated in terms of getting you invested in the characters and their goals.

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What a refreshing and light-hearted drama series! Honestly, it surpassed my expectations and proved once again how you can't judge a tv show based on the written plot.

Personally, I started watching this for 2 main reasons. First of all, Seo In Guk is the male lead and he definitely played a completely different character than usual. Second, this drama had a very high rating in the romance category. However, it was not as good as suggested but not as shabby as described in the storyline. If I had to describe the drama in short terms, I'd say that this is a "filler drama". You know, it's one of those daily dramas that you watch as you're waiting for an epic drama to drop. Yes, it's filled with many cliches that are known to the every Kdrama fan's core. Yes, the whole story and characters seem absurd and unrealistic. But we shouldn't forget that this was made for entertainment purposes and we shouldn't judge it so harshly. To be clear, this had sad scenes as well as amazing comedy and fluffy romance scenes - a bit of everything to create an unforgettable drama. The actors did an amazing job as well. So many recognizable faces too like Nam Ji Hyun, Uhm Hyo Sub. Just as I mentioned before, it was super weird seeing Seo In Guk turning into a complete scatterbrain, but it weirdly fit him. Nothing special about the OST nor have I found anything to add about rewatch the series. There are just so many episodes and in my opinion, the last couple of episodes were completely unnecessary, so I started losing interest at the end.

All in all, if you're a fan of good acting and light romcom series, this drama is definitely for you!

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Typical amnesia drama

If you have watched the actress's "100 Days My Prince" then it is almost the same. Rich kid loses memory, ends up with poor girl who takes care of him, and the rich kid is incapable of doing anything other then spending money and sometime does some cool dude things, which steal the girl's heart. This drama's got a less serious tone to it but the basic premise is almost the same.

The best part of this drama was the music and that's all. I didn't see anything that I haven't already seen somewhere else. The acting was sub-par, the story was so-so and the comedy was ok. I didn't like the boring character of the female lead. The male lead didn't really have any charms either. The villains were jokes.

All things said the story was somewhat well paced and not too draggy. Showed minimal flashbacks. The general vibe of the drama was cute.

It's an ok watch if you have nothing else to watch and need to kill time. Not a masterpiece, but it's ok.

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This was fairly entertaining, it did not feel like time wasted. That said there were some cliche moments & some unnecessary plot developments. The second male lead definitely overstayed his welcome, the actor had the exact same character in I Can Hear Your Voice, but here he had a LOT more screen time.(I hate forced triangles) This feels like the same sub genre of romantic comedy that Secretary Kim & Oh My Venus belong to, but the writing is definitely inferior. For example I was anticipating the moment of Rui returning to work after his identity is known to everyone, but they completely messed up the timing with the "OH noez Bok Nam is dead, let's separate for life" plotline , so the comedy of that anticipated moment was completely destroyed for no conceivable reason what so ever. The ending is a bit of a mess too, it is supposed to be one of those 3 hour long happy endings, where everyone is getting the happiness they deserve, but then the focus has shifted to some side characters that I did not much care about and even for them I was like WHAAAT is happening at times, like how Mari's story ended on a sour note, or how that SooBin cameo has turned out.

I listed many negatives, none the less this is still a great show. There were about 4-5 truly outstanding episodes & they did not drag out the stupid shit too much. I'm also surprised how I did not figure out the obvious meaning of Kobashi, I was embarrassed about my mind being blown in that big reveal scene at end, which was a pretty great way to end the show too.
Kim Byung Chul surprised me, at first I couldn't even recognize him being the same actor that played the main villain in Goblin. Such a great supporting actor! I'm suspecting that the gene that makes certain Koreans look like rock fishes, or blow fishes help them with acting somehow.

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first of all, this drama had the cutest fluffy romance ever. The couple both Louis and ko bok sil (as characters) are so soft and innocent. This drama is not something that will shook you or make you wonder about love. This drama is something really different. though, this drama does have many clichés like amnesia (memory loss), car crash, blah, blah & blah. BUT, this drama has so much perfection and beauty, like it's a simple and easy going drama but its not at all boring. Initially, I was like I would not like this drama or couple but still it works!!

I was so impressed with the acting of the characters and their roles were amazing. And omg!! Louis does speak English s well, that made me fall for him even more. The way he speaks English is just so adorable.

This drama also tells us various life lessons like if something is meant for you, it will come to you eventually. AND destiny is so powerful, believe in it and it will help you meet with the right person at the rightest time and another thing which is depicted in every drama is the significance of karma.

Overall, watch this show if you like
- cute fluffy soft innocent romance
- rich people things
- easy going light drama

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Interesting Story & Good Performance by Seo In-guk

Love the fact that they use American and European songs in the soundtrack in addition to Korean songs: She by Elvis Costello, 2 songs by Bruno Mars, A Whole New World from Disney's Aladdin movie, Be My Baby by the Ronettes, Can't Smile Without You by Barry Manilow, Memory by Barbra Streisand, The Winner Takes It All by Abba, My Way by Frank Sinatra, When You Wish Upon a Star from Disney's Pinocchio movie, and even All You Need Is Love (but not sung by the Beatles). The music director of the series must be a Baby Boomer ?
(Fun fact: the song She by Elvis Costello was also played in SML Yoon Sang-hyun's prior show in 2010, Secret Garden, in which Hyun Bin was the ML)

Predictable rom-com plot: Rich boy, poor girl, heir to a conglomerate, love triangle, initial parental interference, ML appears out of nowhere with an umbrella to cover FL in unexpected rainy weather, villain confesses and/or goes to jail at the end, FL and ML unbeknownst to them had met when they were children (plot also seen in What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim, 100 Days My Prince, Cinderella and the Four Knights, Moon Embracing the Sun, Hometown Cha Cha Cha). Nothing is outstanding or unique in this show, but enjoyable nonetheless.

This is the first time I've watched Seo In-guk and conclude that his acting skills demonstrated in this 2016 show have potential. I will watch him in his latest show, Cafe Minamdang (2022) next to see if his acting has improved.

I have previously seen FL Nam Ji-hyun in 100 Days My Prince and feel that she has grown in her acting abilities.

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Despite its flaws in the storyline, I found myself loving this drama. The amnesia thing was very cliche but there were some points that made it unique.

The characterization of Louis was fine but it was annoying me sometimes because what he had was amnesia but he was acting like he went bonkers.

I LOVED THE OST EVEN THE INSTRUMENTALS AHHHH A+

I will definitely watch this again because it is such a feel good series. It made me feel warm and I loved every moment Bok Sil and Louis made.

BONUS POINTS FOR FRAMING AND COLOR GRADING!!! I am such a sucker for nice views and pastel colors.

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It was OK

This was such an odd series. I struggled to get past the first 4 episodes, when they are either getting beaten, robbed, scammed, etc. In fact, I think I skipped Ep 3 as it was getting to be too much. But once it hit its stride around Ep 5/6 it was cute and worth watching. Has one of the most eclectic OSTs ever, whoever curated the music was either crazy or a genius or both. I didn't care much for the ML or his character, but to each his own. And the FL character seemed forced and unrealistic. But the supporting cast was great with many familiar faces: Kim Gyu Chul is a standard in Historical Dramas and delivers another standout performance as the greedy Mr. Baek. "National Grandma" Kim Young Ok does her thing with aplomb (seeing her in heels was odd, to me, though). And the utter shock of seeing Chae Soo Bin in a cameo role at the end was wonderful (one of my fave actresses). What's funny is I'm also watching "Once Again" and many of these actors are in that show too, LOL. When they tied up all the loose ends (oddly in Ep 15 and not the finale) I wish they had addressed MaRi & InSung. The lead's ending was not unsatisfying without a wedding and seemed fitting. Rewatchability? I dont' think so, but I don't regret watching it.

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Unpopular opinion: Seo In Guk is terrible

My first moments with the drama were very positive. I thought to myself "wow there are such a crazy characters here that my cheeks will soon hurt from laughing". Yes .... the beginnings were good, but unfortunately it finished here. Till it's half, the drama was pretty cool, refreshing and had an interesting concept, but the weirdness and crazines of the characters started to bother me and I ended up disliking the drama.

Characters are the biggest problem here - not the story. Most of them are weird to the far extend, from clothes to behavior. A little weirdness in the show is never a bad thing, but when we have 5 or 6 characters who are constantly doing something out of this world - Hudson we have a problem ? The problem of repetition that ceases to be funny. This goes also to the dumb-silly faces that Louis presents throughout the series, 2-3 episodes with the occasional expressive facial expression? OK .... But 16 and it goes more and more per episode? Sorry but I can't take it.

Louis was too childish, Bok Shil was too pathetic, Cha Joong-Won was too weird, Baek Ma-Ri was too self absorbed. Only grandma Choi (holy Kim Young-Ok) was acceptable and nice to watch. I had never seen a drama where I didn't like any of leads or almost all secondary characters. It was my first drama with Seo In Guk and he was so bad that I will never come back to his performances. People praise him for doing an amazing job in the drama which I completly don't understand.

Shopacholic Louis isn't the best and in general I wouldn't recommend it. There are much better dramas out there.

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