BE WARNED THIS POST WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS
SYNOPSIS: The story revolves around Han Ji Eun who is a struggling writer. She lives in a large house named Full House which was designed by her late father. Han Ji Eun is a bit naive and very trusting, so when her two friends tell her they are giving her an all expense paid trip China she takes it. While she is gone her friend sale her house and take the money. On her trip Ji Eun runs into a famous actor Lee Young Jae. The two have a less then charming first meeting, however when Ji Eun finds herself stranded in China with no money to get home. She goes to Young Jae and lies that she is a friend of his friend's. Young Jae gives her the money she needs so she can return home to Korea. Ji Eun soon discovers that her troubles have only doubled as she discovers that her house has been sold to none other then Young Jae. Thus crazy events follow and the two end up not only living together but married.
MAIN CHARACTERS:
Rain as Lee Young Jae [A famous actor who is a tad bit OCD when it comes to house work and not very good at showing his feelings. He is in love with Hye Won, however he finds himself slowing falling for Ji Eunl.]
Song Hye Kyo as Han Ji Eun [A struggling writer, who is naive and too trusting of others. She at first hates Young Jae and his odd ways, and believes she holds feelings for Min Hyuk. However she can't help that her heart can't seem to forget Young Jae even when loving him hurts her.]
Han Eun Jung as Kang Hye Won [A designer who has been friends with Min Hyuk and Young Jae since they were nine. She has always had feelings for Min Hyuk, however he has not respond to her feelings and says he only viewers her as a younger sister. She then decides she will try and steal the attention of Young Jae as he is more then willing to give her his attention since he has been in love with her for a long time.]
Kim Sung Soo as Yoo Min Hyuk [He is a business man who has been friends with Young Jae and Hye Won for a long time. He is known as the man that all women want but never get, including Hye Won. So when he comes across Ji Eun he finds her innocent and naive nature refreshing and decides to pursue her even though she is married to Young Jae.]
SUPPORTING CHARACTERS:
Jang Yong as Dr. Lee [Young Jae's father]
Kim Ji Young as [Young Jae's grandmother]
Kang Do Han as Dong Wook [Ji Eun's male best friend]
Lee Young Eun as Hee Jin [Ji Eun's female best friend]
ACTING: The acting was ok, nothing amazing, some characters were lacking and others were down right confusing. To me the most noticeable would be Young Jae who is first introduced as this player who jumps from bed to bed. He also has this great love and longing for Hye Won. However as the show goes on he seems a bit bipolar because one moment he is cool then he is childish, then he is angry the next he is caring. I guess it speaks to Rain's amazing acting skills, however I find the character to be a bit all over the place. I mean at the very end his character is shy, which kind of makes no sense to me since he had no problems sleeping around. Also Min Hyuk is a character who seems mislabeled from the start. He really seemed to give off this player type vide a true heartbreaker, however he never really shows anything to that effect in his personality. In truth if he really was that big of a creep he would tell Hye Won to continue liking him just to get the attention. However he tells her frankly and flat out that he see her as nothing more then a friend. On top of that he take very good care of Ji Eun and is patient with her. So even though they claim him to be a player I really never seem to see any evidence of that. Also don't get me wrong he hot as all hell and really can act but Kim Sung Soo's acting can seem a bit flat at times. I did like that Ji Eun's character was straight forward most of the time and said what was on her mind, most of the time lead female characters won't yell at the lead male or stand up for themselves but she had no problem putting her foot down.
PLOT OVERVIEW: The plot at first was nice, however as the show went on it really felt like they were simply re-hashing the same plot over and over again. First Young Jae would go spend time with Hye Won and leave Ji Eun to wait for him, she would get depressed and he would end up having to make it up to her. Or Ji Eun would meet with Min Hyuk and Young Jae would get mad and she would have to make it up to him. I was also really disappointed with the lack of romance between the two main characters. I mean even though they clearly were resisting each other for their own reasons, would it really hurt for them to have an accidental kiss or a hug every now and then. Also the whole thing with why Young Jae left school and his family really isn't well explained nor is his whole hang up with his little sisters death I mean it somewhat makes because it shows that he replaces taking care of his sister with Hy Won, however it just feels thrown in there. And another thing, what is with never showing Hee Jin progress in her pregnancy. Also I had a problem with was the supposed time-lapse that happens after they divorce, just because you straighten a characters hair does not mean it shows the passage of time lol. Lastly I want to address the major elephant in the room and that is the lack of sexual tension. Now I understand that this was shot in 2004 so I know that back in the day they use to be really strict on what could be shown on tv, but I mean come on. These are two characters who are clearly attracted to each other and live in the SAME house and are married, yet their seems to be no notice of each other. Now i'm not some kind of perv, just as a human-being I know that when you like someone you would to physically interact with them (not always meaning in a sexual way, just touching someones hand or a hug can be enough).
ENDING: Where to start, first off let me say I really didn't like the last episode. It made no sense for Ji Eun to suddenly have this drastic change in personality where she is no longer forgiving and a lot more cold. I understand that the writers were trying to make it seem as thought Ji Eun and Young Jae had switched places from when the series began, however I simply found it annoying to suddenly make her less likable. I really felt it was unnecessary to show a flashback of the whole series at the end. However I will say that I did like the scenes where they were finally acting like a couple, though it did make me sad that I had to wait until the very last episode to see it. Also the fact that Min Hyuk was so supportive of Young Jae after he not only hurt the girl he like but stole her away from him really confused me.
SOUNDTRACK: Once again I have a case of the music in the show and the soundtrack not matching up. I actually liked the OST, however in the show they would often play these random and quite annoying English songs in the background which seems so out of place.
RATING: Ok time to rate this show, on a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 being the worst show i've ever seen and 10 being a show I could watch ever day for the rest of my life I give it a 7. The plot after a while became to repetitive, the vast change in the characters at the end was a little annoying and the utter lack of romance between the two lead characters is what made me rate this a 7. It not a bad show by any means, it simply not my type of show since I like more romance over the span of many episodes, not all the romance crammed into one episode.
As always I encourage everyone to form their own opinion about a show or movie, these are simply my views and reflections of what I felt about this drama.
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