Korean Mania - Elaine Style: March 2013

K-Dramas and Korean Movies I have watched and my brief opinion of them: This list will grow!

NAME OF DRAMA/MOVIE	COMMENTS
Prosecutor Princess	First Korean drama I saw, cute
Coffee Prince	Absolute #1 Romantic drama - changed my life - Gong Yoo and wonderful Yoon Eun Hye
Biscuit Teacher and Star Candy	More of my Gong Yoo, very good
Superstar/Mr.Gam (movie)	More of my Gong Yoo, not enough Gong
My Fair Lady/Take Care of the Young Lady	More of my Yoon Eun Hye, very good
The Vineyard Man	More of my Yoon Eun Hye, very good
Pasta	Very good - Lee Sun Gyun
My Lovely Sam Soon	Absolute #1 Comedy drama - Hyun Bin & Kim Sun Ah
Secret Garden	Best Fantasy drama - Hyun Bin
Goong/Princess Hours	Favorite of Yoon Eun Hye, next to Coffee Prince
Goong S	Very cute
One Fine Day	More of my Gong Yoo, very good
Boys Over Flowers	Couldn't get into, stopped at episode 10, too juvenile
The Snow Queen	More Hyun Bin, excellent, sad, tragic love story
She's on Duty (movie)	More of my Gong Yoo and Kim Sun Ah, very good
Spy Girl (movie)	More of my Gong Yoo, very good
S Diary (movie)	More of my Gong Yoo and Kim Sun Ah, sexy
Finding Mr. Destiny (movie)	More of my Gong Yoo, cute
I really, really like you!	Really good - ordered thru Netflix so had to wait
Triple	Dir of Coffee Prince & Lee Sun Gyun, watched thru epi 6, couldn't get into it
The World That They Live In	More Hyun Bin - wonderful eye candy!, really good
A Millionaire's First Love (Movie)	More Hyun Bin, beautiful, sad
Ireland	More Hyun Bin, 2004 very young, weird but beautiful Binnie
Spin Kick	More Hyun Bin very young, fight movie
NonStop4 Ep 134 to 140	TV series w/ Hyun Bin, teen series
City Hall	Kim Sun Ah from Lovely Sam Soon, excellent
When It's at Night	Kim Sun Ah from Lovely Sam Soon, very good
Crucible/Dogani (movie	More of my Gong Yoo, very good, very upsetting
My Black Mini Dress (movie)	Yooh Eun Hye, sort of Sex and the City, cute
Lie to Me/Sweet Scandal	new drama w/ Yoon Eun Hye, cute, not her best work
Late Autumn (movie)	More Hyun Bin, excellent but ended sad
Escaping from Charisma/Legend of the Seven Cutter (movie)	Yoon Eun Hye
Friend, Our Legend	Hyun Bin, gritty, sad, depressing but really good, great Binnie
Daddy Long Legs (movie)	Hyun Bin, bit part but Ha Ji Won from Secret Garden was in it too
I am Happy (movie)	Hyun Bin, good, sad, ending things were getting better?
Come Rain, Come Shine (movie)	More of Hyun Bin, really, really low key, very dark, imagery, no resolution
Royal Family	best song, Don't Cry, it's an anthem!, great cliffhanger
Shining Inheritance	good drama
49 Days	excellent, the idea of having 49 days as a chance to come back to life, something to think about
City Hunter	excellent, action packed, lot of blood, Lee Min Ho and Park Min Young
Sungkyunkwan Scandal	very good, premise like Coffee Prince!
The Greatest Love	Dok Ko Jo was over the top. Go ae Jeung had little expression.
My Girl	really cute
Iljimae	was hard to get into as the beatings were unrealistic but ended up great, has sequel
Ja Myung Go	fantastic historical drama, great tragic love story
Chunhyang (movie)	told in chanting story form, good & interesting, some nudity
The Bow (movie)	girl never spoke, bow music thru out, very unusual ending
My Girlfriend is a Nine Tailed Fox	really cute, fairy tale about a fox and a human love affair, Lee Seung Gi and Park Min Ah
Samaritan Girl (movie)	very sad all the way through and very strange ending
Tree with Deep Roots	historical, creation of Hangul, very good
Kimchi Family	fantastic, very good, very touching
The Princess's Man	pretty good but I don't care for the lead actor
Wild Romance	really funny and good, ended real cute
Hyunhaetan Marriage War	cute
All About Eve	Jang Dong Gun. Hard to get thru, Young-mi was so evil & everybody was dense not to see it.
Romantic Moments	short episodes, girl from Triple. What the ????
Damo	Ha Ji Won, had to get into but it was good, sad
Protect the Boss	Really funny, little guy from Royal Family
Winter Sonata	got to ep 6, just can't hack it. Don't see how dramas cont'd after this one
King 2 Heart	Ha Ji Won and Lee Seung Yi, very, very good, in Korean only in Korea
Special Investigation Unit (movie)	on airplane home
Modern Drama	don't know real name, in Korean only in Korea
Historical Drama	don't know real name, in Korean only in Korea
Drama City	on airplane home
Gentleman's Dignity	Jang Dong Gun - very cute, JDG had a lot of work done….
I do, I do	Kim Sun Ah - best since Coffee Prince, Lee Jang Woo!
Rooftop Prince	Mickey from Sch. Scandal, cute as a button!
Scent of a Woman	Kim Sun Ah & Lee Dong Wook , tear jerker! View inside Seoul Buddhist temple I visited
The Painter of the Wind	visited set at Jeju Island
After the Banquet (movie)	sort of like Mamma Mia without the musical stuff, good
Couple or Trouble	remake of Overboard, even better
Lovers in Paris	not much Namsan but romantic, and to turn out to be her screenplay!
Big	Gong Yoo, was disappointed, too childish
Mr. Wacky (movie)	Park Gun Hyung, doctor in I do I do, goofy
Innocent Steps (movie)	Park Gun Hyung, doctor in I do I do, very good
Haeundae Lovers	Busan and Hotel Commodore! Really cute
Can Love Become Money?	Very good
Kingdom of the Wind	Epic, grandson of Jumong, father of Hodong
Tamna Island	Jeju Island and divers!
Arang and the Magistrate	ghost fantasy, very good, just not quite my style
Faith	Lee Min Ho, very good, time travel to the past
Jumong	81 episodes, began 10/1/12
Nice Guy	Song Joong Ki, lots of twists and turns
Moon Embraces the Sun	loved the child actors, good story of how greed for power destroys
I Miss You	Yoon Eun Hye and Micky Yoochun, very good and child actors were great too
Five Fingers	Joo Ji Hoon from Gong. His come back drama after the military. Overly dramatic!
The King of Dramas	Kim Myung Min and Jung Ryeo Won (girl from KSS) & Choi Si Won of Super Junior, good
Smile Hongdae	159 1/2 hour episodes! Began in Jan. '13
Delightful Girl Choon Hyang	cute but dragged
Cheongdamdong Alice	okay, never liked Alice in Wonderland, lead in sex scandal
Sweet 18	guy from Lovers in Paris, really good!
Lovers	Very good girl from Lovers in Paris, real life lovers!
Level 7 Civil Servant cute
That Winter The Wind Blows absolutely gorgeous scenery, wonderful actors, wonderful love story Lovers in Prague Wonderful love story, last of the Lovers Trilogy A Frozen Flower (movie)	First R rated Korean movie I've watched! Love triangle. Great love scenes.
When a Man Loves - Good but I did not like the female lead. The male lead was gorgeous and so perfect!