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OMG!!! This drama goes way overboard...really how naive can EunSoo & Kang Jung Hoon be!!! I don't know if the actual meaning of their words gets lost in translation, but they both need to more realistic and face the facts with what's happening...fricken grow a pair!!! Do something...stop always being soooo nice, even when they're trying to be mean they're nice...and then they get played for fools and trampled all over ALL THE TIME.

And now Se Yeon (EVIL "B") I REALLY wish a car would run over her already. She is by far the MOST evil, conniving, 'crazy eyes' character I have ever seen, even in the American Soap Opera's. Unbelievable...She kdinaps Joon Hee, he's in the hospital bc of her, she sleeps with another man and gets Joon Hoon drunk and drugged out so now he believe it's his ... and Seyeon and her psychopath brother (btw runs in the family) Deong get away with EVERYTHING!!!

And KangJoonHoon's parents...unbelievable...are the more wealthy people (parents) in Korea really like that?

When...and I'm really hoping SOMETIME SOON, something good will happen for EunSoo, KangJoonHoon, NaJingu and NaJingu's Brother....but ESPECIALLY for EunSoo.

I love this show, but c'mon writers you gotta give us something...bc at this point it's becoming ridiculously negative...if there's no hope than what's the point of watching!!!!!!

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You know there are times in your life when you can't help but miss people you've lost. Those people that didn't even deserve to leave this world. Having lost a mother like figure three years ago, this movie brought back a lot of pain and memories. It also made me realise that nothing lasts forever. I feel like I'm being biased because I gave everything 10/10, but I will tell you right now, you won't regret watching it. I saw a comment stating that a person cried as much as the Han River's size and I kid you not, it's true.
I knew about Ryu Seung Ryong and how famous he was, but I had never seen him in work. After this movie, I won't miss a single one of his works. I'm mind blown by how he played the role of Yong Goo. The same goes for the child actress, Kal So Won.
I would like to point out how deeply I loved the cellmates. Like you guys don't even know how much I love them. The way their characters developed was crazy. Their loyalty came out and out shadowed every little flaw they had in the past.
Miracle in Cell No.7, a movie you can't miss out on! (My eyes are still so sore from all the bawling ;;)

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This drama is perfect! All in this drama is amazing.
I really love the story, the acting, the music... I really give rarely 10, but for this drama I've need to put this!
The story was really original, and the couple was so cute and lovely.
This is one of the best drama with a couple where the girl is older than the boy.
Lee Jong-Suk is a great young actor! I really love is character.
Lee Bo-Young the same. Really a amazing actress! I really want an another drama with them as couple!
I really ship them!
The music... wow! I really love the ost... I can't stop to listen it.
You really need to watch it!

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Wow! That movie was just bad all around. I watched it for ZE:A. I thought "hummmm maybe it will be 1/2 way decent." No it was bad. There's just too much that I could talk about that didn't work. So I will limit myself to just a few things. The cinematography was supposed to make it feel like a graphic novel, but it was a little off. I don't think they did the coloring correctly. The pieces that should have been drastic & stand out weren't prominent enough to make a difference. Another thing; I thought this was a Japanese movie...So, y did every1 speak Korean? I have a good thing to say about that! If they had dubbed it in Japanese then this would have been 100 x's worse. OMG to watch them speak in another language & the voice be all messed up would have this an epic bomb. So, I totally thought that

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I really love school dramas. I'm always on the lookout for good ones with essence of life, cute romance and friendship. It's hard to find all of that in a single drama but I was able to watch it all in Adolescence Medley. The synopsis sounded interesting to me and 4 episodes wasn't so long so I gave it a shot.

I think a lot of this drama was cute. The leads are good-looking and I thought they did a good job with the acting. I really haven't seen the main actors in anything before, even then I thought they did a good job.
I really like the guys in this drama. There was a lot of eye candy.

The story wasn't that original because I felt like it had a lot of borrowed elements from various movies and melodramas. However, it was told with the nostalgia kind of feeling which I loved. The cinematography was nice and the background score and songs were great too.

Overall, I'd say this drama is good for a one-time watch. If you like stories on school, first love and things like that you'll enjoy this one. I at least do not regret watching it for 4 hours straight.

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I wasn't entirely sure what to expect from Jejoongwon going in. Despite its lack of popularity, I have to say it was an outstanding drama that did not disappoint.

Story: 8/10

One of the things that I loved most about this drama is how much I learned from it--all of the historical events were incorporated very well into the story. I'm sure the show took liberties with some details, but the majority of the characters and events were real (based on my research while watching it). It gave a wonderful insight into the introduction of Western medicine, Joseon era social classes, and the international relations of Korea at the time.

The story's progression felt very natural throughout and moved at a good pace. All of the main characters had intriguing stories that converged in their efforts to become doctors. Hwang Jung struggled with hiding that he was born into the "untouchable" class of butchers, Yoo Seok Ran struggled with sexism and the limitations of being a woman in 19th century Korea, and Baek Do Yang struggled mostly with himself.

Near the end of the drama the focus started to turn more and more to events with Japan, and less on medicine. This is the main thing I didn't like so much about the drama--I wish they had kept the politics a secondary theme through to the end. Because of this I became a little disenchanted with the final episodes and while I wouldn't say the last episode ended with a whimper, it certainly didn't end with a bang either. The most climactic events in my opinion came some episodes earlier.


Acting + Characters: 10/10

Quality acting all around in my opinion, Park Yong-woo in particular. In the beginning episodes I wasn't a huge fan of how Baek's character was done (so much sneering!), but that quickly changed and he ended up being my favorite character.

One thing I have to say I really appreciated was that they found white people who could act well, since that seems to be a rarity in Korean dramas. Dr. Allen in particular was a very memorable character. While I found it a bit odd that a man born in Ohio in the 1850s looked clearly half Asian, I still find that preferable to white actors with little acting ability.

While Hwang and Yoo were interesting for their stories, the characters themselves were more straightforward: they were both good-hearted, strong-willed, and progressively minded. Baek, on the other hand, I found to be a much more complex and interesting character, not to mention the one that undergoes the most development on a personal level.

At times I hated him, and at other times I loved him. Baek was a character that took a long time to figure out, and once you think you understand him, he does something to turn that upside down. He's driven by jealousy and rivalry, but at the same time he's driven by a desire to save people through medicine and to modernize his country. He struggles with his feelings of inadequacy and jealousy when he's constantly sidelined as "second best". His ruling class status more than once proves to be an obstacle during his medical training, which causes him to be conflicted between maintaining his superior position in society and fulfilling his ultimate goal of becoming the best doctor in Korea. He is enigmatic and unpredictable, and in my opinion it's his character that doesn't make Jejoongwon simply a good drama, but rather an outstanding drama.

Jejoongwon has its faults, but the rest of it is so well done that I can happily ignore the imperfections. It's a superb drama that deserves far more recognition than it ever got.

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Kisarazu Cat's Eye is an "ordinary" story about everyday life in an everyday town, complete with a bizarre set of characters, life, death, and crime. The humor in it is, in my opinion, a little deceptive, as it might make you believe you are watching a crack comedy. The show is filled with humor, for sure, but even more it is full of human feelings, emotions, and human experiences, especially as the main characters ponder how to live in light of the reality of impending death.

The only thing I found that really bugged me about this show is that there was a little more than a plethora of innuendo. I enjoyed the characters and the story, but the excess of sexual content did get old to me pretty quickly. That being said, the show has a large number of really great points and is generally enjoyable. I would recommend it to anyone looking for a light comedy with serious undertones. If nothing else, it is certainly a show which shines an extraordinary light on the incredible value that is the gift of a very ordinary life.

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Story (3):
This drama starts off strong right out of the gate but it steadily fizzles and loses steam halfway through. The ending falls completely flat as it tries to make you sympathize with characters that don't deserve it, and support couples who have no chemistry between them. On the positive side, there is closure and no loose ends.

Acting/Cast (6):
While Kim Jeong Hoon has been great in series like Goong and I Need Romance, such was not the case in Her Legend. He was by no means bad, but his character never develops or grows during the series. He is just as immature in the beginning as he is in the end and at times all but throws tantrums. However, I don't believe it's through any fault of his own. I feel the faults in this drama lie with the writing and directing, as none of the characters really change or grow. It's also likely why there is next to no chemistry between the actors by episode 10. While the acting is good, it's just not enough to make up for the bad writing. Having said that, the first 4-5 episode were very well done and what kept me watching until the end, hoping that the show would bounce back.

Music (6):
The music was fair, there wasn't anything that stood out as being good or bad.

Rewatch Value (2):
I would not watch nor recommend this drama to anyone. The only reason this is rated a two, and not a one, was for the solid first 4-5 episodes.

Overall (3):
Not the worst drama by far, but not good either. It has its moments for sure, but moments here and there do not make for a great satisfying drama. When the writing for a drama starts to stray it's up to the actors to shine through and hold it up until it finds its way back, but unfortunately it doesn't happen here due to lack of chemistry. The beginning was strong and came across as it was well thought out, but the end feels rushed as the major plots are all resolved in the last episode. This drama also spends time telling the viewer how things are, such as who a couple is, but fails to build up to it properly, so it can leave viewers wondering where the romance is coming from all of sudden. A rom-com this is not. Very little romance, very little comedy, a lot of time wasted.

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This movie is just awesome.
The story is not an outstanding one, without any action scene and a plot-twist. It is a brilliant coming-of-age movie and shows perfectly which impact the disappearance of a guy, named Kirishima, on people has, directly and implicitly. The character development was the center of the movie .

I like the cast , these are the most talented young actors I've seen over the last years, especially Kimiki Ryunosuke and Higashide Masahiro. These two stood out. Kimiki Ryunosuke did such an outstanding performance.
Higashide Masahiro did a wonderful job too. His character Hiroki was for me the personification of the movie, he had the biggest development, and the way how Masahiro portrayed this was distinguished . These two young actors have a bright future..
But the rest of the cast was awesome too.
I think it is the best cast in a high-school movie.

The music. I loved the music, the combination of classic music and "alternative"-music was just great. The credit-song "The Sun also Rises" by Takahashi Yu, is very beautiful and the musical interpretation of the movie,

It's not a movie which you can't watch it a second time because you will know what will happen.I think you have to watch the movie many times , it will help you to understand the meaning of the movie and you will discover every time something new .

Overall this movie is just a masterpiece in the Japanese movie industry. Many people don't like it, because it is a bit hard to understand and not everybody's favorite kind of movie.
Although the movie was put in a high school-setting, I think this movie is about life, about the changes in your life and what it means to grow up. Even if you're a adult you can relate to this. If you're having a hard time, this movie is a great help.
And another topic is the social hierarchy in school which is easily found in our society too.
Another reason why I love the movie was the ending scene , when everybody was on the roof. The ending was just awesome and one of the greatest scene I've ever seen.
Great cinematography, screenplay and editing. And the director was brilliant.
A True Masterpiece.

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I have no idea why it took me so long to watch this drama, it was unexpectedly really good.

I'm usually not into crime/detective dramas but there was just something about this drama that kept me hooked.

The story seemed quite unique to me (I know this is the Japanese ver of the Korean one) Everything that happened in the drama was brilliant. I want to describe in detail on what I mean but I don't want to spoil it. I'll just say the way everything turned out made sense. There are always those movies or shows that have confusing parts where you sit there and go"..but how/why?" Everything was pretty much clear.

The cast, Oh how I loved the cast. This was the first drama I've watched with Toma being so serious. Besides the fact that most of the time he was running and screaming lines that probably didn't need to be shouted, I thought he did a great job.
But Ohno. Oh my god Ohno. I knew he could act but I never knew how well he could act. He played off that Angelic/somewhat bad character so well.
Both of their crying scenes always felt so real. A+

The supporting cast was perfect too. Maybe 1 or 2 characters I felt could've had different actors but overall I thought the cast was great.

Music wise, all I can remember is Arashi's song for the theme. Which I felt fit perfectly with the whole story. (I've already liked that song since it came out so that's why I gave music a 10)

As for rewatching, I probably won't be rewatching this drama anytime soon or possibly at all. I feel like dramas with suspense can really only be watched once. But I would definitely recommend this drama to anyone who's considering watching it!

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I was hesitant to watch this at first because I hate watching older shows....but after a long while I decided to finally swallow my pride and give it a shot.

This is one of the funniest shows I've watched in a long time! If you enjoy classical music you will definitely like this, but if you aren't a big fan of classical music you may just want to skip it because the majority of the show is listening to the music.

I did feel that it was a little too music based for my tastes and would of preferred more comedy and a little more detail to the actual story line, but other than that it was great.

This review is based strictly off of episodes 1-11 and not the specials, I'll do a review on those separately.

This is most definitely a show you shouldn't miss out on and I think everyone who watches it can enjoy it, it leaves you with a feel-good feeling after every episode and occasional tears from laughing too hard.

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I'll be right to the point: YOU MUST WATCH THIS ONE!!!

>>Story (9):
The story is just so special and sooo well written, the slice-of-life, the medical, the romance, even the comedy....all aspects were given the utmost care to come out so convincing and at the same time emotionally attaching.
A big point that adds to a good story and script is the character developments, and Good Doctor didn't miss a character however small it was and gave each the motive and the chance to change so beautifully it simply gives you ENERGY and HOPE.
Also, all the characters even the side ones all had their of their own little stories going about, so it feels like they're all breathing life into the main big story and giving it more depth.
Why I gave it a 9 not a 10? It's because there was this side story line progressing all through the drama, at first it didn't really bother when we were still being introduced to the characters and their relation ships progressing, but later on with the drama it just felt like "I honestly don't give a da** about this stupid business war, it's a medical drama for God's Sake!!". It would have been a LOT better if they had settled the whole matter a bit earlier not in the final episode like they did, so we can concentrate on our main characters. But anyway, it's a GREAT story so I honestly feel bad giving it a 9.

>>Acting (10)
A definite OUTSTANDING!! if there we no other actors other than Joo Won it still deserves a firm 10!! It's never easy to bring out a mentally disabled person so convincingly, having to act like a little pure child but at the same time always showing proofs of being a real grown-up man deep inside. From the expressions to the smallest gestures to the posture and body moves, Joo Won was simply PERFECT!
All the other cast also delivered a very firm acting all along *thumbs up*

>>Music (9)
Great OST!! though there were rarely any instrumentals that stuck (I'm a bit into instrumentals rather than vocals) but there were some beautiful songs in this one, and their lyrics was always soooo fitting the story it always manages to put you in the right mood.

>>Re-watch Value (10)
I'm positive I'll be watching this one again, especially coz I can then skip the take-over business fight filler scenes and jump to my favorite scenes to my hearts content ^^

>>Overall (10)
Good Doctor deserves to be watched, deserves to be added on your favorites list too.
come to think of it, Good Doctor might as well be my first medical drama, and though sometimes I was a bit dizzy from all the complicated medical terms, and at times I was never quite sure what was wrong with the patient and what they were supposed to do, or what went wrong with the operation, but it never mattered. In a sense it felt refreshing, I think I'll be watching more medical dramas afterwards.

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Qué guapo es el protagonista, me lo comía con patatas fritas; eso es lo que, supongo, debéis pensar al puntuar esta serie, porque sino es inexplicable que esté tan arriba en el ranking.
Cuando entendáis que con Bad Guy (serie que aquí, inexplicablemente, está perdida en las profundidades del abismo) los coreanos llegaron a lo máximo que pueden aspirar a la hora de realizar una serie sobre la venganza, quizá este top comience a adquirir algo de credibildad.
La historia es una sucesión de capítulos en los que no ocurre nada, hasta que sobre el octavo (no recuerdo bien, terminé hace un par de semanas) los guionistas deciden comenzar con la verdadera trama, pero cómo no tenía que llegar el clímax con el momento pérdida de memoria, sí otra vez, en el que todo vuelve a comenzar, hasta que otra vez se pone en marcha y cuando parece que va a comenzar lo bueno afortunadamente termina.
Abogados por aquí, fiscales por allá, un chico que lee los pensamientos y es la reencarnación a cámara lenta de Bruce Lee y unos actores que sin duda son lo mejor de una serie que sería recomendable bajase en el ranking.

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