Comments on: A Grump Reviews 2008 [Year in Review, Part 2]

By: Treasure Trove (Part 2) – thundie's prattle

Treasure Trove (Part 2) – thundie's prattle — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 00:55:59 +0000

[...] was my pick for second best drama of the year in my 2008 year-end review for Dramabeans. Don’t miss the wonderful Special episode, where you’ll see the leads [...]

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:03:12 +0000

How deeply and strongly I wish you would finish watching The World They Live In and continue recapping for you have such a great appreciating taste and the recaps are done very well. If you could finish the drama,you’ll find it’s a great drama indeed.the actings and plots go better,deeper and more natural in the later episodes,so does the storyline. thanks for your great and detailed recap s for the first several episodes.Wish you pick it up and appreciate it again ,then continue the recaps. it’s an enjoyable thing to read your recaps and it can make me understand the drama better. i was so obsessed with the drama that i have watched for almost ten times. there may be some deficiencies of Song Hyo Gyo’s voice and acting in the first several episodes.but besides her ,all the actors and other workers have done a great job in this drama from a whole point of view. If you finish it ,you will see that your first feeling about this drama is right.it is a great and unique drama.

Thanks a lot if you pick it up and i believe you won’t be disappointed in the end.

By: jasmine239

jasmine239 — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:41:11 +0000

In ‘I am happy’, i loved the main couple joon soo and park but i freaking hated aeda/kang, i skipped almost all the parts with her….aeda is such a naive spoiled little brat, her whole family was suffering because of her and she tried to hold onto her hopeless wish and remain selfish, she doesnt even understand how much people in her family in that drama cared about her and fell in love with a useless man with no education, no job, no money, no drive….as referred to in the drama as “trash”, he should have known his place and stopped others from suffering but all he did was continue to say worthless sorries to everyone and hold on to her. ae da should have been dropped in the river when she was young, i truly despise that character, she doesn’t even have any dreams or ambitions unlike park seon yoo the main character and just “practices” ballet and meets with her joke of a man.

By: J-Pooh

J-Pooh — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:42:03 +0000

Thank you for your reviews for 2008 – After feeling pretty caught up with the 2009 Kdramas I wanted to see, thought I’d hunker down and catch up with other 2008 Kdrama I’ve largely put aside.

Like you I started watching Beethoven Virus (simply loved the Jdrama Nodame Cantabile), but it felt flat for me. There were bits of energy but nothing to excite me. I think I started watching this in 2008 but would wait weeks before I see another ep…I still only at 7.

Then I went to check EOE, you know, the hype and all…even the first ep got me reeling from flashbacks of tired Kdrama plot devices – only by sheer curiosity of seeing Kim Bum in the drama before Boys OVer Flowers will be what’ll keep me going, I hope.

Well, by your recommendations, I am hopeful now that there’ll be some dramas that’ll give me a warm glow from happy watching.^^

By: Eliza

Eliza — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:02:14 +0000

I just finished watching Strongest Chil Woo (Chilwu) and that led me to this place. I love to read serious reviews from experts and the publi,. as I am always looking for a new k-drama to watch.

Firstly, I enjoyed watching Chilwoo, even if it has many flaws. It was fun to watch (if you are not overcritical). I do not consider myself a Eric Mun fan, even though I have seen most of his dramas (Que Sera Sera is my favorite).

I saw most of the 2007 dramas reviewed and enjoyed most of them Here are my two cents,

I dropped East of Eden and Worlds Within after less than 10 episodes, felt they were a waste of my time evethough i like the cast. I watched ON AIR because of Park Yong Ha, but it ruined my viewing of dramas and movies because of all the behind the camera stuff.

My biggest disappointment was GOURMET, as much as I like Kim Rae Won. I had so much anticipated it. I saw the movie before the drama and found many similarities. I did not find it a bit amusing nor the plot engaging and predictable (Was this a big production?). I hope that when KRW comes back from military service he’ll have a worthy project waiting for him.

I actually looked forward to new episodes of Lawyers of The Republic . I enjoyed Three Dads and one Mom (cute and with an attractive cast) and Who Are You?

I liked Beethoven Virus, but the classical music got me hooked more than the plot.

La Dolce Vita is definitely a smartly written drama with a lot of insight. Loved it.

In my opinion, Painter of the Wind was the best drama of 2008. I like historical dramas because they teach me a lot about Korean culture. POTW taught me about the elements of asian painting and how to appreciate it. The story is different , and has many surprising elements such as love between two people of the same sex (not necessarily homosexual); plus the treat of watching Bae Soo Bin as the King (Sight! Girly giggles and drool. He’s the reason I watched Shinning Inheritance).

I Hope IRIS will be as good as it promises to be and I am waiting impatient;y for September ’09 to come.

By: km

km — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:09:10 +0000

i posted a similar comment on dahee fanel’s review, but i just wanted to do the same here to let you know that i completely agree with your ranking of Fight. heck, it might even be the best drama of the year for me!

to start, yoo gun and baek do bin were unbelievably awesome in it! also, the fight sequences were more realistic than those you get from WWF etc. and the actors’ seriously buff bodies just made it more real. i mean, you GET that they have been training, that it’s real stuff we’re talking about, not just empty stunts. the choreography is excellent!

and i’m really squealing so much because of yoo gun. where has that young actor been all my life!? (all my kdrama-watching life at least HAHA)

By: koalabear

koalabear — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:47:42 +0000

thundie, I love reading your review, I found enough courage to explore other genres of K-drama that I haven’t explored but I still appreciate the simpleness to my liking of K-dramas, only La Dolce Vita was the one I’ve seen that topped your list, and Who Are You, some of my fave dramas this year, like Worlds Within, Kingdom of the Wind and Last Scandal were some of the ones you gave up on, hehe, but what I liked the most is how we really differ in our taste and preferences in K-dramas, I must say 2008 was a bad year for K-dramas, so I’m really hopeful to watch more good ones in2009 ^ ^

By: Sevenses

Sevenses — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:59:58 +0000

Heyyyy, super late coming to this since I still have no internet (thank you, local library, for having long-range WiFi).

First, I want to thank you for all that cheering on with BV and our shared fangirling over Kim Myung Min. May the yummy continue into 2009!

Love your reviews, even if I think you have been much kinder than you could have been! From the sounds of it, I should get started on La Dolce Vita, yes? I was put off by Park Si Yeon (decidedly unlikable in My Girl) but you make me want to watch it, all incipient angst nothwithstanding.

By: thunderbolt

thunderbolt — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:55:55 +0000

#80 ginnie, thank you! *muah!!*

By: ginnie

ginnie — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:49:37 +0000

^ I am very impressed and touched that you took the time to reply to everybody. =)
Happy New Year to you! *muaks and hugs*