DOTS, While You Were Sleeping, Children of a Lesser God and Devilish Joy (Korean Drama)

Lately I noticed Korean drama creators tend to take some familiar titles and themes for their drama and story themes to Hollywood  movies. 

It started from Descendants of the sun (DOTS) was somehow similar to Bruce Willis's Tears of the sun movie with Monica Bellucci. Bruce willis played as a senior and skillful army chief member who was ordered to save Monica Bellucci, a pretty doctor who caught up in the middle of African country's conflict. I don't think I should explain about Song joong ki and Song hye kyo's roles in their drama because it was pretty much the same with slightly different story.

 As for 'While you were sleeping' (WYWS) was the 2second Kdrama with similar (read: same title) as Sandra Bullock's movie back then. Perhaps the spelling in Korean language might have totally different translation in English, however, their official English title was this. The story in both were totally different though. You can check out in any movie website for it. 

The third one is 'Children of a lesser God'. The movie was good and the actress got herself awarded as the youngest ever actress with Oscar trophy. The story yet again is different as for one was about a woman with disability and her rocky relationship with her teacher while the Kdrama version was about a detective story which I don't bother watching for now. 

As an additional info, I currently watch this Kdrama 'Devilish Joy' on web. The story is about a doctor with Cinderella syndrome illness due to his past accident which allowed him to remember everything within a day only and forget it the next day and fall in love to a woman who used to be a famous actress. It reminded me of Drew Barrymore's '50first dates' movie with the same topic of illness. The rest is different though. 

Maybe all are just merely coincidence or inspired by the previous movies. 

I drew the pic in speedpaint process randomly yesterday.    

Something in The Rain / Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food

A speed paint drawing I made based on the drama cover

I watched this Kdrama almost in the same time as I watched 'My mister / Naui Ahjussi / My Ahjussi' drama back then several months ago.  

It was said that this drama was inspired by Songsong couple ( Song hye kyo and Song joong ki) love story. I kind of put some expectations for it especially the casts were good. Son ye jin is a famous veteran Korean actress who is not only pretty but experienced as well and paired with new heartthrob Jung hae in who gained recent popularity for his acting in Kdrama 'While you were sleeping' (I bet that this title rings a bell in your head first as Sandra Bullock's movie).  

The story revolved about an older woman who fell in love with a younger guy who happens to be her brother's best friend and she is his  older sister's best friend. It was becoming more and more complicated as one of the parent did not give their consent of their relationship. The rest would be about how they tried to find the solution for all despite the problems in their love, lives and family. The beginning was promising however it has gone pretty plain and sour towards the end for the script, dialogues, conclusion and acting. It was unfortunate for such a good start. Personally I would give only 7/10 for I praised Son ye jin's good acting on it.

MY MISTER / NAUI AHJUSSI

I was so underrated this 'My Mister/ Naui Ahjussi drama when they announced the casts back then. IU is too young to be paired with Lee Sung Kyun. 

However, I literally ate my own words and thinking after I watched the drama a few months ago because it turned out  to be so good and I love it very much. I think this is the best drama of 2018 so far.

The story depicted so much of real everyday life that most people are dealing with. Every episode and even every word spoken in it is meaningful for us to think back of our own life. The characters represented the struggling part time worker girl with dark past, a kind-hearted manager whose wife cheated on him with his boss, and useless mid 40s and 30s brothers with lack of hope for their futures. However, if you're looking for some steamy cheesy Cinderella romance, you will not find it here as this is heavier than it looks and deeper than any other love stories ever told in Kdrama before.     

I will give this drama and any other drama a chance without minding all the age gap, no chemistry, and all other cheesy excuses. If you are a true drama lover, you will not judge a book by its cover and will find this is a worth time spending one. I would say 9/10 for personal score.

Graphic drawing was done by me in about 30 minutes speed paint when I was so hyped with this drama. :)