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I can't even beginning with this movie. It wasn't exactly what I was expecting, but in a good way. From previews I've seen, I was expecting that typical oh a werewolf meets a cute girl love story but it was so much better than that.

Most of the film is focused through a flashback. It was extremely easy to follow, you knew exactly what was going on and why. The beginning seemed a little bit boring to me but that lasted for 10 or so minutes.

The cast, oh my god the cast. This is the first work I've seen from Joong ki (well completed anyways) and I am completely blown away by his acting in this. He barely had any dialogue but seemed to be acting just as well as everyone else. He really embraced his role. His eyes and facial expressions can say A LOT, literally killing me heart.

This is also my first time watching something with Bo Young in it & wow. I've watched countless movies and dramas were actresses cry and it's just like, oh wow that's so fake it hurts. But Bo Young's crying scenes were great. Everything felt so real. I give her so much credit for her A+ acting. The supporting cast was amazing too. The bad guy, the parents, the children etc. I loved everyones role.

Music was perfect in the sense that they played the right kind of music at the right time.

Overall, such an amazing movie. bawled my eyes at towards the end. The ending left a sort of lump in my throat. (watch and you'll understand). Also would like to add that this movie had some extremely cute parts to where I had to keep rewinding because I couldn't handle Joong Ki's cuteness.

I don't know if i can handle watching this again, but I would definitely recommend this to anyone that's debating on this. Stop, just watch & enjoy.

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Live in Style is pretty much a generic 50+ episode Korean family drama.

It focuses on 4 siblings raised by their mother and focuses on all their stories and relationships with others. At times it is funny, sad, heart-warming and frustrating in equal measures.

I enjoyed the romance and relationship stories of all of the siblings to varying degrees. I disliked both of the mothers depicted in this drama. One was a selfish attention seeking manipulative shrew and the other a self-sacrificing martyr. Both got on my nerves and I had the least sympathy for the mothers even though one of them was playing a “sympathetic “role I didn't really care about her by the end of the drama.

The best character for me was Na No Ra at the beginning of the drama I loathed her & by the end she was my favourite. Her character development was wonderful to watch.

I have seen better family dramas than Live In Style (Smile You/Ojakgyo Brothers/My Daughter Seoyoung) saying that this is still well worth a watch. The characters and the story were engaging enough to hold my attention.

I tend not to re-watch dramas so that mark is always low for me.

The music/score wasn't really memorable.

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Overall:

The drama is very fun in the beginning and begins to get more and more heart touching. It is very beautifully done, events spaced out well. Actors are great :) Many people fall for the looks, which is very eye pleasing.

Story:

It is based on the battle between the two territories, but not overly based on action scenes. Having a magical spark added to a historical dramas always makes things more fun. As a result, it becomes more of a legend rather than realistic portrayal of the history. Very calm and steady storyline, no heartache until the ending. Can't say if it's totally tragic, but tears were shed.

Cast:

Again...eye pleasing. Although sometimes the long hair really bothers me. The main characters were into their characters, especially the bad ones. Totally feel the rage to kill them. Details were portrayed very well. As well, we have two great main actors.

Music:

I must say that the music itself makes me remember the scenes from the drama. Everytime I listen I have flashbacks. Ost totally match up to the mood of the drama.

Rewatch:

It's not a heavy drama, which will set you to a depression or something. It is a drama you can watch to just relax yourself and to release yourself. The ending is worth watching over and over again. For those who wants to cry, but have no specific reason why the ending is a very good start.

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First: this is a brilliant series and I wished I could give it a 10/10 because it was that good. But sadly not good enough. I would have given it a 10 until the 12th episode (or was it the 13th?). But then the drama lost a bit of its quality. Episode 13 to 16 I would rate between 8 and 9 and episode 17 would be a 10 again. I don't mean that episodes 13-16 are bad, but they aren't as good as the other ones. You could feel that something changed and this change wasn't much to my liking. Other people might have liked this change, but not me. I still enjoyed watching this drama, because it's just fabulous with great actors, good music and heart-warming scenes.

Master's sun was the first horror-drama I've watched and I thought that it was pretty cool (although the horror decreased in the further episodes a lot).

One of the most important things for me to like a drama are the supporting characters and I have to say that hey were really awesome in this drama. I mean, how could one dislike Secretary Kim or Kang Woo? Even Tae Yi-Ryung was adorable.

And about the main couple .. I honestly don't know what to say. I liked them big time! Gong Sil was such a cute person and it really surprised me that I liked her character. I tend to dislike such simple-minded characters, but there was no way I would dislike Gong Sil (thumbs up, Gong Hyo Jin!). And Joong Won, our little master was also a great character. I couldn't help but fall in love with him, despite his somehow rotten character. He made me laugh everytime he told Gong Sil to "get lost" with his epic characteristic gesticulation. Although it was really mean I couldn't help but laugh my ass off. Haha.

All in all it was a really great drama. With probably on of the best endings ever. You must know that I'm pretty much hooked on happy endings. And I say it was great. Although I hoped so much that Gong Sil and Joong Won would marry .. but I can't help it. Drama-makers apparently dislike marriages *shrug

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Story : It's a different kind of story about reincarnation and fate, 4 people that have been bound to a string of fate even though they already being reincarnated several time, this kind of story doesn't exist anymore in Korean Drama Genre
Acting / Cast : a good acting, though some of the actors exageratted a bit when portraying their character
Music : typical music of korean drama, nothing special but not so bad either
Rewatch value : It's a good Story and have an unusual plot about reincarnation, but it is just like the detective drama, once you already know the main event it makes you not so much want to watch it anymore

Overall : good and unusual storyline, a good cast and characters, not so boring music, and it have a rewatch value, though not so much..

a much reccomended for me. ^^

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Overall, I give this drama a 9 out of 10. I took off the one point because the last ep didn't feel rushed, but I felt like more time could have been spent on Ayame and Kawamura in the last three eps. I mean, why not? Everything that was an obstacle had been resolved (very well too). So while I liked the ending, I was kinda mad that we didn't get more. I'd love it if they did a special for this one.

Other than that, I loved it. The cast was great, everyone's acting was excellent. I enjoyed all of the characters and appreciated their complexity. I loved that this drama was such a great mix of drama, romance, and education.

At first, I wasn't going to watch because I thought Kabuki (which I knew nothing about) being the center of the story would bore me. I'm glad I decided to watch in the end because I found the Kabuki aspect very interesting and well done. I can honestly say there wasn't anything that I didn't like about this drama. I recommend that anyone tired of the same old detective/mystery dramas give this a chance. You won't be disappointed. Overall, this drama left me feeling happy and satisfied.

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A little bit about myself of writing this review:

> Dream High was my first KDrama and Dream High 2 my second.

> I mainly watch Anime but enjoy Dramas as well.

With that in mind, here's my personal review of Dream High 2 (With NO SPOILERS).

Many people have said to NOT compare the first season with this. However, it's rather silly because this is a SEQUEL and you probably have watched Dream High and wondering if you should watch this one.

Story - With a similar plot to Dream High, I was really hoping for an improvement in order to make up for repetitive themes. It failed to meet my expectations and overall was fairly dull. "A very slow start and pick up speed later on but never reaches a sprint" would be a suitable metaphor to describe the pace.

Acting/Cast - I have only recently starting engrossing myself within the Korean culture but even I have heard of "T-ara", "Ailee" and "Sistar". If you're fans of the actors themselves then I'm sure that you'll tend to enjoy the Dream High 2 more than the usual viewers. In terms of acting, it was very cheesy and inferior compared to Dream High. However, this seemed to fit the theme of this series fairly well.

Music - I was really pleased with the Music. In-fact, I would say that this is the area that Dream High 2 succeeded the most. There were a variety of songs from popular KPop songs to even a few English ones. This blended with the feel of the show itself really well and I greatly enjoyed the music.

Rewatch value - There plenty of moments that made me go "Daebak" with a huge grin on my face; I would love to see those moments again. However, I wouldn't want to watch the whole series again because of the problems with the Plot.

Overall - The overall feel of this show tends to be a lighter, less serious and doesn't take itself as seriously compared to it's predecessor. Between surprise Cameos (which I'm a huge fan of btw) and great songs, Dream High 2 was been a good experience for me.

That's all this was... "Good".

If you still decide to watch this, I highly recommend that you watch Dream High first. Afterwards, keep your expectations at a reasonable level because Dream High 2 is not the same as it's older, better and more preferable brother.


P.S This was my first Drama review :)

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Tokyo Gore Police is nothing short of one of the goriest, most insanely f#cked up movies ever made. Now, I will get this out of the way now, this is technically not a "good" movie: the plot is flimsy at best, the SFX are low-grade and there is no character development; however, this movie is entertaining and fun.

There is a story, which is set in the future, where criminals called "engineers" mutilate their bodies and transform into half-machine half-human monstrosities to wreck havoc. Ruka (Eihi Shiina, from Audition fame) is an "engineer" hunter who uncovers some hidden secrets involving her past from an engineer which reveal a corrupted police force.

Really, that is the extent of the story, with the rest of the movie the director's way of showcasing some serious messed up mutations and plenty of arteriole spray. This is the only movie I think you will ever see something like a chair made of human flesh which urinates on a group of people into S&M, a man with a penis gun, a woman with a snail shell and a crocodile/vagina fusion. This is all OTT and played for laughs, and I think it works that way. In no way should this be taken seriously, much like The Machine Girl, this is a ridiculous movie that really accomplishes what it sets out to. Although it runs for a good 110 minutes, it feels like its over before it starts (due to its unrelenting pace).

I think this is a candidate for one of the best movies of the 2008, and I believe its guaranteed to be a cult classic! If you enjoy Cronenberg style biological horror and enjoyed Tetsuo: Iron Man then this is right up your alley.

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The beginning was a little cringey (but hang on, it WAS filmed 10 years ago) but I enjoyed the general premise of Ji-hoon being a high-school student, who's repeated his final year 3 times, and therefore our lead heroine is drafted in to "tutor" him.

Lol, this movie taught me something new. I never knew you could stay in high school till you're 21+, usually there's a cut-off age around 19 or something....isn't there?

It's well worth the watch, coz Gong Yoo is in it, and it's funny coz he looks exactly the same 10 years later! (Good genes) It's also interesting to note he stared in Coffee Prince 4 years after this, and in that time he went from playing a crabby high school student, to a magnetic, sexy romantic lead!!!

I laughed, there was lots of funny moments, but at times I did feel like something was missing. Other people have every right to disagree on this, in fact they have, so don't take my word for it. It's up to you to judge^^

But it's a good movie to have saved for a rainy day.

PS: Kwan Sang-Woo is SO hot in this!!!!

Also this was 3rd best-selling Korean of 2003 (source wikipedia) so it deserves a look in, for that fact alone, no? :D

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I really can't figure out why this isn't as popular as it should be.

I was sucked it by the first episode-- watched it all in barely four days. There was really nothing about it I didn't like. I actually tried to find problems with it:

Music= I didn't watch it on mute! Good job music.
Romance (too much/little)= this is how you balance, man.
Action (pointless/thrilling)= :') All interesting and had a purpose
Actors= chemistry was great, I didn't have to cringe at anyone
Comedy (too much/little)= Came just when I needed it. It was sarcastic and witty and wow I'm pretty sure I didn't laugh at anything I wasn't supposed to this time because, y'know, good acting
Ending= the only time I really didn't mind an ambiguous ending.

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