You're Beautiful

It's not quite 100% in the rankings of Korean series, but it's still a miracle compared to American series. In my book the cast was exceptional. Tae Kyung took me a while to get used to, but I loved Jeremy at first sight. My brightest shining star is of course Go Mi-nam. The story is beautiful, but a bit simple in places. I would have welcomed more plot twists and scares for our lovers. In the end I felt like the fight for love was pretty easy. Anyway, it had its charms. And the beautiful music... aah. 4.5 stars. (09.09.2011)

From a nun dusting David's behind with pigeon poop to a famous singer – on your mark – get set – go! A dorama where you won't get bored thanks to the characters and, sure, the story; the subject isn’t original, but the portrayal certainly is :-) What I have to highlight is the music – I don't mean the one they play as a band (which you listen to once), but all the music outside of it... :-D That sentence doesn't make much sense, does it?^^ But let's get back to the characters: Go Mi Nam (Nyu) is an interesting character who evolves from a naive and sheltered religious girl into a self-aware lady who isn't afraid to have an opinion. She may annoy you at times (maybe she sheds a few too many tears), but she's a heartfelt girl you'll grow to like. Her counterpart, Mr. Arrogant, I didn't like him at first, I was terribly annoyed by his emo sidekick and didn't understand what the girls saw in him; on the contrary, I quite liked the quiet, tea-offering underling, the guitar-playing one whose name I can't remember. Then they switched places in my favor. Mr. Arrogant changed his hairstyle and I slowly started to fall for his personality (like everyone else :-D) and the loser really annoyed me with his presence; too much of this, too much of that, you really can't sympathize with him or anything, you always wished the sunny Jeremy was there instead, he always livened up the scene and was fun to be around. My sister would always ask afterwards when he wasn't on screen for a long time: "Hey, where's that Jeremy? Why isn't he there yet? What's he doing?", so I guess it's clear that he's not hard to like either. The main bitch was good, I totally had my fingers crossed for her brain to come up with some proper hell for them, you kind of wish you could torment them. Why? Masochism? X-D Watching this series is not a waste of time, and I can declare with a clear conscience: "Watch it, it's fun. Especially some of Mr. Arrogant’s lines (or getting chased by a pig, that was fun)." :-) (13.03.2010)