Comments on: Story of a Man: Episode 20 (Final)

By: tinyviolin

tinyviolin — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:26:25 +0000

I have to agree with rentao…this is the best drama I’ve seen so far.

I was totally like “WTF!” when Eun Soo died, and–I admit–I actually started to hope that she was really alive, hidden somewhere, as part of a Big Twist (that satisfies viewers). Then I started tossing in other characters I would have minded dying less.

But, I came around. I see how her death, her removal, makes sense. I think. It’s right, right? Ahhhh, Eun-Soo….

As great as the actors were: huge, huuuge props to the writer! Thanks for making a drama that was entertaining and made sense, and for treating your viewers like adults. Specially that last part, kdrama-land could take note…

I’m in heavy love with the character Shin. But, Kim Kang-woo, OMG. Moar!

By: rentao

rentao — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:32:43 +0000

I just finished watching this drama and my only comment is..this is the BEST drama I’ve seen so far. From the plot, directing, actors, charcters..I so love them all!!! I think it’s because I love stories like Story of A Man that is uncommon. Indeed, it’s difficult to include a psychopath in a storyline with a combination of law and stock market. I felt sad at the end because the writer didn’t consider Kim Shin and Eun Soo to end up with each other but without Eun Soo dying, it wouldn’t have a very nice ending anyway.. Thanks dramabeans for your recaps and comments! I learned a lot from them especially the deus ex machina part..hehe..that was interesting.

By: tonia

tonia — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:06:46 +0000

LOVE THIS SERIES! I am so in love right now. For me I hate surprises, so the reason I got hooked on this series is because I honestly read your recaps and reactions before I started this and I found it very intriguing and so now I am totally hooked. I love Kim Kang Woo…..he is now my favorite villain in K-drama history. I love how he played Chae Do Woo from the tip of his hair to the tip of his toes….he embodied that character. I love the Kim Shin character but it started far too late cause my heart already belonged to the crazy character that was Chae Do Woo. I was also captured by Chae Eun Soo, she truly was the heart of the story, this character was more integral to the story rather than the lead female Kyung Ha. The Kyung Ha character could have been absent and still the story would be still stand on its own but Eun Soo truly held the two lead male character together. I just love this series and I hate that I am done and am clamoring for more, but I am also very satisfied on how it end. Do Woo smiling at Kim Shin in the end, sort of reiterated how far gone he is now, no more Eun Soo to somehow affect him and give him a semblance of conscience. But for Kim Shin it is her memory of her kindness and love for the oppressed that makes him to continue on with his life and live it as well as he could. I miss all the characters already.

By: Suzumi

Suzumi — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:26:11 +0000

I just wanted to let you know that Story of a Man won Best Drama Series at Seoul International Drama Awards 2009.

http://www.allkpop.com/index.php/full_story/seoul_international_drama_awards_2009_wrap-up/

By: fansuri

fansuri — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 05:36:21 +0000

Hi…thanks for the recaps. I was away when the last 2 episodes were shown. Thinking i missed the important episodes (after watching it faithfully every week) i feel so sad. But after reading your recaps, the whole scenes are like showing in front of me…thanks again…good work!!

By: phiphi

phiphi — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:11:12 +0000

With 3 episodes to go I did not like and was unsure of how the drama was heading to (total destruction). So when I finished the last episode, I had to swing right over to the recap for your reaction to the final episode.

Except Park Shi-yeon, it’s my first time seeing this cast and bravo to them for a job well done. Kim Kang-woo & Park Yong-ha are not very handsome in my book but they exude lots of charisma & screen present. My hat off to Kim Kang-woo for portraying such a challenging roll. It’s a fine line to portray a mentally ill character. Overdoing it and we will have nothing but a plain wooden block! Kang-woo balanced that out nicely. Yep, Do-woo is cold and devil but we also see other ranges of emotions: obsessive, anger, anxiety… through Kang-woo’s intense eyes, sharp voice, subtle & delicate facial movements. Honestly I got a chill down my spine with his satanish cold right from the start.

In contrast, I don’t feel Kung-ah character, not because she’s a bad character. It’s the yo-yo between Good & Bad of her characterization. She was a good girl to start off when she sold herself as a hostess at a high-end club to pay for Shin’s debt. She later accepted becoming Do-woo’s Queen without a place in his heart. Then to protect her own investment in Chae Dong, she jumped to the father’s camp to bring down her husband. And by the end we see a dedicated wife staying by her man. Lol, she did not want to carry his child early on and how many times in the married she had to remind him: “I’m your wife”. It’s really hard to believe this money/fame driven women, now CEO of Chae Dong, still stuck by her institutionalized, “mentally ill” husband for anything but love!

For me, the ending turns out quite satisfied between Shin & Do-woo. It did not let you hang out dried or too inconclusive but left off a good base for another sequel, if there will ever be one.

btw, this American lawyer’s butt is Korean any way! o_O XD

By: Jam

Jam — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:40:10 +0000

So ironic that do woo spent time in the mental hospital while waiting for a chance to attack Kim Shin, on the other hand Kim Shin went to jail and sworn to revenge his brother when he comes out.:) Hope there is a sequel and a final showdown.