Fated to Love You (2014)

Esse provavelmente é o título que mais me levou tempo para terminar. Quando comecei, estava conhecendo alguns dos projetos em que a Jang Nara fez parte, e gostei bastante da ideia proposta nele. O enredo é bem surreal e "de novela", mesmo, e a comédia é uma das coisas que mais me fez ver até o fim. É um drama engraçado, com alguns momentos um tanto tristes, mas que prende a atenção. Parei de ver por um tempo assim que o Gun decide cortar relações com a Mi Young, pois achei extremamente desnecessária a forma como ele a tratou para afastá-la e evitar que sofresse com sua doença. Isso me deixou muito desanimada, pois é uma das coisas que mais me dão preguiça em dramas, mas acabei voltando a ver para entender o desfecho.
A evolução da Mi Young é incrível, e devo dizer que uma das mais realistas e adequadas que vi em uma personagem com características altruístas e auto-estima baixa (pelo que se podia perceber no começo). Ela adquiriu confiança, conseguiu realizar feitos enormes, mas não mudou sua essência. E o mais incrível é que tanto o first como o second lead contribuíram para isso, sem favoritismos. Tanto o Gun como o Daniel têm pontos a se elogiar, e principalmente o Daniel, que poderia ter sido egoísta quanto ao que sentia pela Mi Young, mas preferiu vê-la feliz com quem ela realmente ama. Praticamente tudo nesse triângulo amoroso me fez ficar com o coração quentinho, pois ele não prejudicou ninguém e nem demonizou.
Segundo, e não menos importante, o bebê que Mi Young perdeu é o ponto mais complexo desse drama. O assunto foi abordado de forma bem realista, e consegui sentir a dor dos personagens à medida que eles iam lidando com o luto. Ver um assunto tão difícil como esse ser abordado em um drama é muito gratificante, pois mostra que há espaço para enredos de todos os tipos, basta os autores saberem colocar na história.

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I'm new in the whole K-drama world. I mean: this is the first Drama I've seen. But I have to say: I'm glad this is my first Drama. It was so beautiful and moving!

Some might say that the storyline is cheesy. (Which kind of is, that's why I love it) But that doesn't mean that the Drama is boring to watch.
The chemestry between the actors is perfect and that makes it believable. On top of that, the cast is just great. I can't wait to watch more Dramas and Movies of Jang Hyuk! (and of course Jang Na Ra)

The music is beautiful, too. The only thing about it is that they play it over and over. Even at moments where they don't really match the story. (By that I mean that the lyrics of the songs don't match with some situations of the drama) Other than that I think that the songs are beautiful.

Over all I really loved to watch it and I'm sure I will watch it again, some other time. This drama is really romantic. It made me laugh, and it made me cry.

I really recommend it!

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If you compare to the original Taiwanese version the plot is actually better. They retain the gist of the story, improve things that work and omit what didnt. It is also shorter in episodes which is a good thing.
The characters are on the extreme end. A rich successful and prideful Lee Gun and poor normal office worker with big heart but pushover Kim Mi young. Lee Gun character is supoose to push the limits of theatrical and over the top n hence the trademark laugh which you either love or hate. What really works is casting Jang Hyuk and Jang Na ra. I almost couldnt imagine anyone else. They reunite and showcased brilliant chemistry and ooze feelings both spoken and unspoken. In fact Jang Hyuk said his character was hard to potray and it wouldnt have worked if he didnt stare opposite to Na Ra.
Back to the story the middle parts meander into melodrama territory. Again i never really like the noble high roads male otps take to spare their heroine and ended up giving more heartache and noone is happy. Ep 17 to 20 picks back up and gives me all the good feels.
I really love the press conference scene. It is my favorite. It also showcased how much growth Mi young have to be brave and speak in front of the world. If you watch it you will know what i mean.
Again i pity the second male lead. But i also love when they are not selfish. I dont care about the second female lead and am thankful her scenes arebt too much like the Taiwanese version.
Song wise the ost of the taiwanese one is actually better. Here the korean one is ok. But not as addictive or emotional.
When i have time i may rewatch the good bits but not high on my list.

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Rich Man/Poor girl story with hilarious moments

Likes: Jang Hyuk's eccentric portrayal of the character that made me burst into laughter. Jang Nara's natural acting. One specific prenatal class that had me ROFL.

Dislikes: Jang Hyuk's middle hair part about midway through the drama. It drove me CRAZY. I just wanted to push his hair to the side.

So this story will feel familiar as it's been remade in so many countries and is similar to a lot of marriage contract rich man/poor girl dramas with the exception of 1 thing...Jang Hyuk's weirdness. hahaha. His eccentric take on this character was so interesting and funny that I would burst into laughter at his weird laughter. He's so weird and a bit awkward..but I liked it. It made me laugh and brought interesting layers to his character.

Jang Nara brought the heart to the story. She plays meek and kind very well. When she cried, I cried. The odd pairing works and the roller coaster that these two go through will bring laughter and tears. I have to confess though, I did speed through some of the side stories to get back to the OTP.

Oh and Ailee's OST is awesome!

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Incredible!

This is the greatest series I ever watched, I fell in love with the main character easily due to his acting, I was completely involved from the first episode. I actually have returned to watch this series 5 time already! Incredible story and the music was also fantastic, I regularly enjoy the music and think about this series. It was definitely the acting plus story that hooked me from the start. I watched on Netflix with English subtitles, would strongly recommend. Lots of laughing, crying, and you will be emotionally moved.

I must say again, the main male lead was fantastic, excellent acting and got me completely involved and caring about his character. Female was also very good.

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Overall, this has been my most favorite k-drama to date.
I'll admit, the first episode I wasn't automatically gripped, but by the 3rd, I was so absorbed! The story in its entirety has everything I have been so badly searching for in a k-drama. I love how it ended as well. You know how when shows end, a lot of the time it seems really abrupt and you'd like to know more about what happens? Well this one left me fulfilled.
I laughed at this show, a k-drama first for me. While other shows Ive seen are silly and cute, this one made me crack up sometimes.
This show also made me cry and cry hysterically, and so genuinely.
I love these characters in this show so much. I almost don't know if I'll be able to find one to top this, and it makes me scared ha.

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From gold to bronze.

While watching I initially had this at an 8/8.5. The first half was so much fun & very enjoyable/likeable in every aspect. But the second half completely flips to a different story and vibe (the simplest way to describe the shift is that it went from a romcom to a melodrama). It didn't become bad, but I definitely started to lose interest and was just waiting for the end. For this I had to bring the rating down a bit. If I was rating just the first 10 episodes alone it would stay as high as I initially thought. Logically it should be a 5.0 rating since half was good and half not so much but I feel like that would be a disservice to the great first half. It was genuinely good so it would be a shame to seemingly hide that with a poor rating.

Jang Hyuk & Jang Nara are lovely together in that first half. I understand why they've been casted together 4 times now. While Family (2023) let me down quite a bit, here I did get a good chunk of enjoyment and am glad to have watched (despite finding watching the second half to be a tedious task).


Bonus notes:
Choi Jin Hyuk's character's sister storyline was kinda dumb but I understand they probably wanted something for him to do besides be in love with Miyoung.

Also, I loved the music. Jang Hyuk's theme in particular was great!


That's about it.

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I decided to watch it because not long ago I had read the manga and it was funny.
We could say this is an ok drama you’ll see several times (as me) when you need some moments of comedy full of clichés. It has a lot of flaws but at the same time, some good things.
+ THINGS
* some moments are really funny.
* I like very much the main actors. This one was my first time watching them. And since then, I’m a fan. Both are amazing in everything they do.
* I appreciated the fact that there is a good profesional development in the female lead’s life.
- THINGS so so
* Why couldn’t they use the manga in the fullest? Why did they have to add all the kdrama’s clichés (illness, amnesia, piggy ride...)?
* if they would have done as in the manga, the length couldn’t have been more than 12 episodes. Twenty episodes were two many and it dragged so much, overall the last 4.
I haven’t seen the original nor the remakes, but I think if you want to watch a fluffy romance drama with some angst moments not too serious, you could watch this one.

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I really really liked this drama enough for a 10 but I am giving it an 9.5, why? the drama started strong but lost its momentum during the last 4 or 5 episodes. This drama must have been so popular back in 2014 that the producers extended the episodes to 20 instead of the common 16 episodes for K-dramas so the writers somehow could only come up with a bunch of fillers for the extended episodes. That is just my guess. With that said, one can always fast forward the draggy parts towards the last few episodes just be careful not to skip the good parts. The leads have good chemistry and the supporting cast also did a good job with their characters. I have laughed and cried watching this drama. Overall, just do it, this drama is worth watching!!

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On dit que les contraires s'attirent...

Ce que j’en pense :

Le drama est d’abord une galerie de portrait dont le plus « décoiffant » (sans jeu de mot) est sans conteste Lee Gun, Gunnie, au comportement assez farfelu et au rire tonitruant. Mi Young est la jeune fille discrète, douce et gentille, trop gentille d’ailleurs, qui va se trouver dans une situation totalement imprévue (par elle, parce que nous, non ! on ne doute pas une seconde de comment ça va finir ! ) Daniel, avec lui nous retombons dans les personnages classiques des dramas, (l'ami parfait, beau et toujours là quand il faut )et si là je le supporte bien, c'est que les deux personnages principaux ne sont pas du tout classiques, eux !! Malgré tout c'est plutôt bien fait, car au fil des épisodes, Daniel prend moins de place, tout au moins jusqu'au 12, parce qu’après...
Ensuite c’est l’histoire de la naissance d’un amour, de son évolution, de sa brisure et de sa renaissance…

Les acteurs sont tous excellents, entraînés par le couple vedette, Jang Hyuk et Jang Na Ra vraiment très bien entourés (mention à la mère de Mi Young, à la grand-mère de Gunnie, et à son secrétaire !! On avance le cœur battant, le sourire aux lèvre, ou les larmes aux yeux… Dommage que les deux derniers épisodes soient si inutiles !



Quelques réflexions au fil de la découverte du drama…

Pour l'instant, la relation Mi Young/Gun est si forte, si bien écrite, si bien interprétée et si originale que le reste passe très nettement au second plan, et Daniel n'est pour le moment qu'un bel ornement (très bel ornement    ) et le moyen d'amener l'héroïne à une certaine évolution... Quant à l'adoption et la sœur disparue... eh bien, nous verrons, hein ? Mais j'ai mon idée... Ce serait bien qu'il la retrouve tout de suite, ce serait autant de fait et on en serait débarrassées...    
En fait c'est un cliché sur patte, et son personnage lui-même est un cliché : l'ami-parfait-le-seul-qui-voit-la-valeur-de-la-pauvre-héroïne......mais-qui-ne-l'aura-jamais-parce-qu'il-n'est-qu'un-faire-valoir.....    mais c'est la loi du genre, comme la mère venue du Peuple, le héros riche et la fille pauvre, les comiques de service etc etc... Mais dans FTLY la différence c'est que c'est bien foutu , bien équilibré et que le couple phare est hors norme, lui, et qu'il entraîne le tout au dessus du niveau du drama moyen...

Bon je dis n'importe quoi, mais j'adore ce drama !!!    et JH, je ne l'aime pas, je l'idolâtre...         

Cependant il y a une fausse note dans la belle musique de ce drama au niveau de la relation Daniel/MY. Les scénaristes sont restés le cul entre deux chaises, si j'ose dire : ils veulent créer une ambiguïté pour donner du suspens (alors que personne ne doute de la fin, enfin pas moi en tous cas)  Tout ce qu'ils auraient dû montrer, c'est la difficile reconquête de MY par Gun, il n'y avait pas besoin de cette rivalité ridicule dont on sait qu'elle ne mènera à rien.  

Quant à la "dureté" de MY, elle est tout à fait légitime, car même si nous nous savons que cela a brisé le cœur de Gun de rompre, et qu'il pensait avoir de bonnes raisons, cela n'en a pas moins été terrible pour elle, avec les conséquences que l'on sait !   Plus que de la rancune contre lui (bien sûr qu'elle l'aime toujours, !!   ) elle veut se protéger, ne pas revivre un autre déchirement, elle met des barrières et elle a tout à fait raison!! le contraire serait stupide, et pire, invraisemblable !!   

Ah ! Se Ra doit se mordre amèrement les doigts de ne pas être allée à Macao (mais elle n'est pas comme nous, elle ne sait pas qu'il y a toujours des trucs qui se passent à Macao !!   )et elle voit une occasion de rectifier le tir de remettre les choses en places, en quelque sorte, elle saute dessus, sans compter que durant des années Gunnie lui a dit qu'il n'aimait qu'elle, elle se dit qu'il doit bien en rester quelque chose !! Mais elle me tape sur les nerfs parce que je déteste les crampons, pots de colle et autres arapèdes qui ne décrochent jamais sans un vrai coup de pied quelque part !!
Et Daniel commence sérieusement à m'encombrer moi, !! Je commence vraiment à le voir comme un pot de colle et ça je déteste ! Et j'aimerais qu'il ne se coiffe plus en Playmobil (on dirait un échappé de Boysband    )
Et quand est-ce qu'il va commencer sérieusement à s'intéresser à sa sœur, ça nous ferait des vacances, et ça l'occuperait, elle-aussi !!     

(épisode 18 : Bou diou la conférence de presse !!! L’émotion est au maximum !! ) .... mais il reste quand même deux épisodes, j'espère qu'on ne va pas tomber dans un océan de guimauve avec deux heures de roucoulades non stop... et encore heureusement que Gun a toujours son côté blagueur et fantaisiste, sinon ça pourrait être indigeste !

je viens de voir le 19/20 de FTLY... et c'est exactement ce à quoi je m'attendais, hélas, l'avantage c'est que ça m'évitera de me sentir en manque du drama comme ça m'arrive parfois... parce que là j'ai une légère indigestion de guimauve... Heureusement qu'il y a deux ou trois moments assez drôles, mais dommage pour Se Ra et Daniel, pauvrement expédiés sans grande émotion ni intensité.

Pour FTLY, je suis sûre que je le reverrai, à ma façon, c'est à dire dans quelques temps, pour "redécouvrir", mais simplement je ferai les deux derniers en accéléré ou même pas du tout, qui sait... parce que les 18 premiers épisodes sont quand même vraiment très très bons !!! Ce n'est pas si courant un drama coréen qui allie si bien la comédie, l'émotion et une touche de mélodrame avec un si bel équilibre ! Et puis Jang Hyuk.... Et tiens ! je reverrais bien Robbers, moi, voilà une fin comme je les aime !!!

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