Hana Kimi Taiwan: Too Cute!

For starters, I love the blended mix of the cast in Hana Kimi Taiwan. Ella Chen, who played Lu Rui Xi, brought the cuteness and innocence aspect into this film. Then on the other hand, Wu Chun, who played the role of Zuo Yi Quan, showed off his cool attitude, with another one of those cold on the outside but sweet on the inside characters. Then on the other side of the planet, we have the too cute Jiro Wang. He's so naturally outgoing and fun loving that it just shows in his character.

I had a lot of fun watching Hana Kimi, just because of the goofy nature of the film. As I mentioned before in the review of You're Beautiful, I'm not a person who's too fond of gender benders, but this one's another exception. However, although all the actors did overall commendable jobs on playing their characters, I feel as if Ella made Rui Xi a little bit 'too cute.' Sure, she's supposed to playing a girl playing a guy, but it makes you think...

The story plot begins with Rui Xi five or so years ago, as an overweight teenage girl. One day she's watching TV, and she sees Quan high jump, and she gets inspired. So in the end she loses weight and is determined to meet him. However, he goes to an all boys private school, so she has to get in as a guy. She faints one day, and Quan is about to take her to the infirmary but then discovers she's a girl because he accidentally feels her boob (imagine how awkward filming that would've been...)

One part that constantly had me laughing was that Jin Xiu Yi (played by Jiro Wang) developed a crush on Rui Xi, when she's supposed to be a guy... So through the entire drama, he's conflicted with his feelings because now he thinks he's gay, when he's not, but technically is. Even though I adored this drama, there were a couple parts that were quite awkward, but we'll forget about those.

This whole drama demonstrates sacrifice for the ones you care about. To me, that's truly something that's really important. It does have a lot of exxagerated humor, though, so if you're not a fan of it, I probably wouldn't recommend it for you. It's one of my personal favorites!

You're Beautiful: Just Lovely

I really had a good time watching You're Beautiful. I was captured from the beginning. Honestly, I don't personally like gender benders, but this one was an exception. There were a couple spots that were iffy, but overall I thought it was pretty good. I do have to congratulate the cast of You're Beautiful for an amazing job of showing truly how important it is to have people by your side, whether it's bandmates, family, or friends.

Park Shin Hye plays a clumsy teenage girl studying to become a nun, in the countryside of modern Korea. However, her brother, Go Mi Nam, is pursuing to become a famous singer so that he will be able to find his mother. After some funny events, Go Mi Nyu pretends to be her brother so that he can pursue his dreams. While she's there, she meets the bandmates of A.N.Jell: Hwang Tae Kyung, Jeremy, and Kang Shin Woo. Personally, I love Jeremy the most- he's so adorable and funloving. I also think that Lee Hong Ki did a fantastic job of playing Jeremy, which also is a lot like his personality in real life (at least from what he shows to the public, hmm...) Go Mi Nam ends up caught by Shin Woo and Tae Kyung, and concludes in her getting involved in a complicated love triangle, but leaning towards the cold neatfreak Tae Kyung.

Throughout the entire drama, there's a lot of extreme humor, which I happen to be a huge fan of, and huge exxagerations, but hey, I'm not complaining. Go Mi Nam, (or Mi Nyu, which is who it really is) goes through a lot of difficult situations, but with the help of her bandmates, she is able to get through them. However, what originally began as Shin Woo liking Mi Nam, then turning into a love triangle with Tae Kyung, ends up in Jeremy liking her too! But in the end, like how all dramas end, Mi Nyu ends up with Tae Kyung.

Overall, I really enjoyed this drama and had a lot of laughs, but I think that Jang Geun Suk could've done a much better job in playing Tae Kyung, but that's just my opinion. This story is truly a great one with a big pot of jealousy, innocence, love, and the importance of family.