Crash Landing on You (2019)

I resisted the urge to watch this drama because I did not want to wait too much for the next episode. Oh well I failed.miserably because there is no stopping once you start.

Quite a unique plot for a love story. It is funny and profound. The characters are lovable. Great acting all around.

It made me curious on how people actually live in North Korea.

There is a sense of simplicity and order in the North compared to Seri's life in South Korea. Seri was a breath of fresh air to the people she encountered. She was the odd one that definitely stood out.

So looking forward to what happens next.....

Love it!

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After watching from the first episode, I am addicted with this storyline. Based on my previous experience from watching the two other dramas that Ms. Park Ji-eun had written, both "my love from another star" and "legend of blue sea" contained similar storyline which was "fate" bring the main actors and actresses together. The main actors and actresses in the above dramas did not just meet each other coincidently and fell in love yet, they were meant to be through many lives.

Turning to our CLOY drama, fate also brings Ri Jeong Hyeok and Yoon Se-ri together as from their first coincidence in Switzerland to DPRK and continue to South Korea. If Se-ri did not plan to commit suicide on the bridge in Switzerland, she did not get a chance to meet our Captain Ri. Moreover, if she did not go paragliding, she could not have a chance to meet and get to know Ri Jeong Hyeok again in DPRK too. Everything in this drama was meant to be accordingly and little by little, both of them started to realize about it.

From my perspective, I believe that CLOY's ending will be similar to "my love from another star" and "legend of blue sea" since the three were written by the same person and the storylines matched. I am guessing that Ri Jeong Hyeok and Yoon Se-ri will live happily together in S.Korea like what Ri Jeong Hyeok's wishes in episode 12.

I am looking forward to the final episode.

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I don't get the hype

I just don't get the hype. The ML and FL act like teenagers when they're pushing 40 (not charming, no chemistry)... they can't even look one another in the eyes after a normal display of affection.

The way the ML is risking his life here is insane. Their tangled web of lies only gets more complex and it's stressful to watch it all go down. They are reckless!
I also hate the back and forth, like she's gonna leave for real this time... sike!!! The plot doesn't hold up if you think about it critically even a little and it's just a bit boring. Sorry, I don't mean to be a total hater, I like all the actors and they do well in their respective roles, but I don't see how people rate this a 9 or 10 out of 10 consistently.

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JUST GO WATCH IT!

It got me hooked from the very beginning. The cast, the OST, the plot and even the cinematography are perfect. I personally enjoyed watching the side characters too! Some of them are funny and relatable in a lot of ways. The relationship of everyone involved seemed very real too, not shallow. I was able to get to know the characters well as we watch.

This drama just sets the standard so high - can't wait to watch more dramas like this in the future! AMAZING! I love it so much!

btw I never write reviews here, but I did just for this drama hahaha

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What can I say about this KDrama I loved every episode! Hyun Bin's excellence in being an actor is over the top! He has a gift to make people fall in love with him in the way he takes a role and puts all of him in that role. Amazing isn't it? I can hardly wait to go to bed so I can hear him sing me to sleep with his beautiful voice! Son Ye Jin as always did her part as well. I love her! She surely wears those dresses like a champ! The chemistry between HB and SYJ was on point! Kim Jung Hyun, what a cutie, he did great! I didn't believe the romantic chemistry between him and Seo Ji Hye but I would love to see more KJH. The four actors who played HB's men had me rolling on the floor laughing even though Lee Shin Young was in the scenes but didn't have a big script for sure. I would love to see more of him. He looks young and may surprise all of us.

The visual of Switzerland is awesome, just think I was almost in that country. The visuals, the music scores, the costumes (of course Hyun Bin looks great in anything he wears even that dang sparkled sweatsuit), always the team of a KDrama makes it all the better. The storyline, I loved it. Thank You for making me laugh, cry, and not one time did I curse anyone out. lol If you don't know, you will know if you see it... you must see this!

What happened to the marriage?????????? oh well, I still rated it a 10!

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CLOY is amazing. This drama just shows how creative and talented the South Korean entertainment is. One of the greatest and important thing about Korean dramas is that they never forget to incorporate their culture and history in each drama. I have likened this series as it made me wonder and astonished, after each episode. It was not the typical love story of a kdrama, it was more than that. It’s about sacrifice, happiness, and bravery. Each character made me fall on love with their personality. Also, I loves Se-ri’s outfits. Her confidence, independence and intelligence made me also want to be like her. Indeed, this series is a must watch!!!

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So normally I never write reviews and I also do not watch a lot of Kdramas. But this was exceptional and I felt that I need to share my feelings about this drama with someone. I have never seen a drama like this, I even do not know where to start this review.

Yesterday I have finished this drama and I must say I cried a lot. This drama managed to do a great job in building up a plot storyline. When I first read about this on Netflix, I put it in my watchlist and actually forgot about it. But after some time I decided that I wanted to watch it. The plotline was very interesting because I have never watched anything about a love (forbidden) love story between a North Korean and South Korean. The drama took me on a rollercoast full of emotions of the ML and I really felt as if it happened for real (ofcourse it could never, as if there are could never happen something like "accidentally crashing" in North Korea).

Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin did an amazing job, they had really good chemistry and were made for this role. I just cannot stop thinking about their (on screen) chemistry and about the tears they created for me hahaha. I just loved it!!!!!

As of the SL they were amazing, they were really supportive to the ML, the actors did a great job.
I think this drama gave a good overview of how the people in South Korea think about North Korean people and about their living habits etc etc.

Overall this drama is in one word amazing. I definitely recommend this to all of you, it will give you a fresh view of the typically standard dramas nowadays.

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A must watch.. If you are exhausted, bored, want to laugh, want to watch an amazing drama.. This one is the best!! I just loved this drama. The plot was great. The main leads were just soo cute and perfect at the same time. Their chemistry was on the top. Hyun Bin being my favorite ajusshi nailed it. The other cast was great too. Especially Those North Korean comrades! They were hilarious!! And the way they filmed alll the most important scenes in snow falling was like icing on the cake. I just loved those slomo snow falling scenes. A great drama to watch wth amazing cast and especially the main leads! ^^

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How to write a review for your favorite drama? And the reason I feel challenged is not because I feel I will write biased commentary, but because I wonder how to be truthful and accurate about such quality material? I just highly recommend this drama. Just go for it. Don’t read any more reviews or spoilers, just dive in a beautiful and tender love-story. It’s just... intense.

Crash Landing on You main leads are Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin. That’s a perfectly heart-throbbing choice for itself, but their looks and acting look the best here. Both their characters - Captain Ri and Yoon Se-ri - are unforgettable, interesting and leading people in their fields, while also sharing a soft and very funny side underneath. They are so protective of each other, it’s just too touching. Actually, most characters and their human connections in this drama are very richly developed and the second main leads - Kim Jung-hyun and Seo Hi-jye - are a great example of that. Their character development in the second half of the story were surprisingly moving and heart-warming, which almost made me fell like the writing on the main leads was getting behind it.

About the writing - it’s the most skilled drama writing I’ve watched so far. There are so many profound moments, the humor is spontaneously funny - get ready to have lots of laughs with so many characters, specially the ducklings, the love details are so gently created. I did felt there was an overuse of the flashbacks and a sort of artificial insistence on some fate lines though.

I chose to let the political aspects as only background as I believe it was intended, but it took me some time to get used to the way North Korea was portrayed. We are mostly uninformed about the country’s situation and people’s lives there, so I felt the storyline had hints of propaganda at times - NK as a land of oppression, starvation and corruption, with its citizens sometimes being portrayed as clueless and behind schedule. Opposed to that, we see the freedom and wealth in SK. I was surprised to hear it was accused of romanticizing life in NK - I wasn’t surprised when I read who said it though. On the other hand, we also see such a sensible portrayal of the human relationships there, carefully researched aesthetics and life blossoming in a very human way - the opposite of everything I mentioned before.

That being said, I can tell you that this drama is just a basket of special fond memories you will delight yourself gaining if you watch. The music, the landscapes, the characters, the plot. I know I will rewrite this one day, by now, I just want to endorse the love so everyone is aware of how amazing this drama is ❤️

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This is a drama that lives up to the hype. I think around episode 5 or 6 was where I started crying every episode, but in a good way. I felt so attached to all the characters and I felt personally invested in their stories.

The character development in this drama is top notch. And I don't just mean the leads and the second couple, I mean every side character got at least a little development too. There were some tropes in the story (that I didn't mind), but when it came to tropes in characterization, there was pretty much nothing. I was especially impressed by the female characters, since they often get shafted in favor of the female lead, but there were no one dimensional evil exes or MILs. All the characters had realistic and understandable motivations. There were a couple I wish we got to learn a little more about, but even the villain's motivations were touched on in a way that made me feel very sad for them.

There are only a couple songs in the OST that I would recognize and listen to again, which is why I took a half point off, but overall the music complemented the show well and I have friends who would give it a perfect 10.

In some ways, it's a typical melodrama romance, but it's also practically perfectly executed, so I would still recommend it to anyone who might not usually like romance or melodrama.

The setting is also very interesting and even though I don't know personally, I've read that North Korean defectors were very impressed by the show's accuracy (except the romance but we should all know that level of romance is kind of unrealistic anywhere lol). The most interesting thing about the show for me was that it made me realize that I don't really think about the people of North Korea very often, I just think about the country's government. I think it did a great job of humanizing the North Korean characters while still not glossing over hardships that face people there.

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