Shopping King Louie (2016)

MUST WATCH DRAMA

This is my first time writing review in the middle of drama.....this drama deserves it like how it can be soo beautiful......
story line , characters all are soo adorably plotted ..... watching this drama in 2021 like seriously where I was living whole time....this drama is now best kdrama......
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comedy, romance, suspense, cute, sweet.........this drama is complete package what we all want in dramas.....generally I prefer romcom drama with little suspense,cute interaction and this drama stood up in all my criteria .......and acting of both lead is just soo mind blowing and also supporting characters played their role so damn perfectly like this drama feels so real because of the characters.....
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I wish I could forget this drama to watch again.....
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THIS IS THE BEST KDRAMA......I WOULD SURELY REWATCH THIS DRAMA

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Drama divertente con una storia carina.

Attori diventati piuttosto famosi che erano al inizio e che in questo drama sono alle prime apparizioni e sono davvero carini e già molto bravi.
La storia di per se non è un granché lui ricco bello è tremendamente viziato tanto che ritrovato in strada e senza memoria è un incapace. Lei una ragazzina povera che lotta tutti i giorni per sbarcare il lunario senza mai arrendersi. Si incontrano e succede di tutto tra soliti cliché,triangolo amoroso e varie disavventure finché non si innamorano.
Davvero divertente in certi momenti e lui troppo buffo così impacciato.
Happy ending per concludere il tutto.

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Sweet, fluffy and funny, the kind of drama you watch with a smile on your face.

The story is nothing original. Actually, sometimes it looks like the writers were really trying to mix all clichés of dramaland: amnesia, chaebols, poor female lead, lost brother, forgotten childhood encounter, evil relatives who want to steal the inheretance... Everything is just so cliché, but when put together somehow this drama made it work. Maybe it's because they wrapped everything in a nicely cute and light atmosphere, endearing characters and funny situations.

I know it might be my bias talking, but I really love Seo In Guk here. Unlike many others male leads, Louis is lazy, irresponsible, spoiled and dowringht annoying at times. He has the riches, that's right, but he lacks common sense and drive to spend money wisely. Actually, he pretty much lacks common sense in all matters of life. He's like an overgrow kid and, althought exaggerated sometimes, it's adorable how he slowly begins to learn how the real word works. Obviously that by the end of the show he's still got a long way to go, but it's so refreshing seeing such a different male lead.

I also have to praise Nam Ji Hyun for delivering Bok Shil, who begins as a cliché poor female lead but grows and grows, turning into a capable, independent woman who can take care of not only herself but others as well. She acomplishes all that but still keeping her sweet, sometimes naive personality. Also, kudos for Yoon Sang Hyun as well, I feel that he was more the type of the conventional perfect male lead but with quirks and flaws that made him humorous and cute at the same time. His chemistry with In Guk was astounding and I couldn't stop laughing every time.

I think the real strenght of this drama lies on it's characters and their interactions, because let's be honest and say that the plot was a bit of a mess. Like mentioned before, it has a lot of clichés, but I think what really stops it from being a flaw at all is because this drama, althought a trainwreck, is still perfectly aware of it's absurdity and sometimes seems to play on that.

Don't watch this thinking it will be a super serious, consistent drama.I think you already guessed by seeing it's poster.

However, even though the plot is not exact a flaw, I would've liked better if the lenght was shorter. It could've been 14 episodes long and still solve everything, leaving no holes. But it was cute the final additions of their past.

All in all it's a good drama. Not the best out there, far from that, but a good entertainment for pretty much anyone.

(Also, I'll never listen "A Whole New World" the same way again after watching this haha. Please somebody tell me I'm not the only one >.<)

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Sadly this drama didn't continue it's lightweight feeling through out the whole drama. Instead, it took the same path as many dramas do nowadays. Maybe I'm to harsh in my conclusions but I was hoping that it would stand out in this genre, sadly, it did not.
I got bored in the second part of the drama since it didn't live up to my expectations. It's a shame, I do think it got potential.
Most of the characters were cute and I liked Bok Shil's and Luis's relationship. Though I have to say that their kisses were awkward, like, always. I felt like they were selfconsious and made it so obvious that they were on a set, surrounded by the productionteam...

A minor plothole that irritated me was in a recordning from the mid 90's. In the video it was very noticable that the recording wasn't from 96, they looked way modern. I know this is something not many high producing networks are very particular about but it takes away from the quality.

All in all, it was cute but nothing more.

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This was very sweet. And funny. This was genuinely hilarious for the most part. Ko Bok Shil and Louis are two wildly naive characters who know nothing of the harsh world around them and they protect each other through trust and honesty. Now that's a warning relationship to witness. Louis is a sheltered baby, but he's loyal to a fault and Bok Shil is a hard worker who is nice and appreciative of the small things. The obstacles they overcome involve amnesia, kidnappings and petty spats and they do it together with a little help via friends and co-workers. King Shopping Louis is a simple show, but it's worth watching and super underrated in terms of getting you invested in the characters and their goals.

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What a refreshing and light-hearted drama series! Honestly, it surpassed my expectations and proved once again how you can't judge a tv show based on the written plot.

Personally, I started watching this for 2 main reasons. First of all, Seo In Guk is the male lead and he definitely played a completely different character than usual. Second, this drama had a very high rating in the romance category. However, it was not as good as suggested but not as shabby as described in the storyline. If I had to describe the drama in short terms, I'd say that this is a "filler drama". You know, it's one of those daily dramas that you watch as you're waiting for an epic drama to drop. Yes, it's filled with many cliches that are known to the every Kdrama fan's core. Yes, the whole story and characters seem absurd and unrealistic. But we shouldn't forget that this was made for entertainment purposes and we shouldn't judge it so harshly. To be clear, this had sad scenes as well as amazing comedy and fluffy romance scenes - a bit of everything to create an unforgettable drama. The actors did an amazing job as well. So many recognizable faces too like Nam Ji Hyun, Uhm Hyo Sub. Just as I mentioned before, it was super weird seeing Seo In Guk turning into a complete scatterbrain, but it weirdly fit him. Nothing special about the OST nor have I found anything to add about rewatch the series. There are just so many episodes and in my opinion, the last couple of episodes were completely unnecessary, so I started losing interest at the end.

All in all, if you're a fan of good acting and light romcom series, this drama is definitely for you!

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Typical amnesia drama

If you have watched the actress's "100 Days My Prince" then it is almost the same. Rich kid loses memory, ends up with poor girl who takes care of him, and the rich kid is incapable of doing anything other then spending money and sometime does some cool dude things, which steal the girl's heart. This drama's got a less serious tone to it but the basic premise is almost the same.

The best part of this drama was the music and that's all. I didn't see anything that I haven't already seen somewhere else. The acting was sub-par, the story was so-so and the comedy was ok. I didn't like the boring character of the female lead. The male lead didn't really have any charms either. The villains were jokes.

All things said the story was somewhat well paced and not too draggy. Showed minimal flashbacks. The general vibe of the drama was cute.

It's an ok watch if you have nothing else to watch and need to kill time. Not a masterpiece, but it's ok.

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This was fairly entertaining, it did not feel like time wasted. That said there were some cliche moments & some unnecessary plot developments. The second male lead definitely overstayed his welcome, the actor had the exact same character in I Can Hear Your Voice, but here he had a LOT more screen time.(I hate forced triangles) This feels like the same sub genre of romantic comedy that Secretary Kim & Oh My Venus belong to, but the writing is definitely inferior. For example I was anticipating the moment of Rui returning to work after his identity is known to everyone, but they completely messed up the timing with the "OH noez Bok Nam is dead, let's separate for life" plotline , so the comedy of that anticipated moment was completely destroyed for no conceivable reason what so ever. The ending is a bit of a mess too, it is supposed to be one of those 3 hour long happy endings, where everyone is getting the happiness they deserve, but then the focus has shifted to some side characters that I did not much care about and even for them I was like WHAAAT is happening at times, like how Mari's story ended on a sour note, or how that SooBin cameo has turned out.

I listed many negatives, none the less this is still a great show. There were about 4-5 truly outstanding episodes & they did not drag out the stupid shit too much. I'm also surprised how I did not figure out the obvious meaning of Kobashi, I was embarrassed about my mind being blown in that big reveal scene at end, which was a pretty great way to end the show too.
Kim Byung Chul surprised me, at first I couldn't even recognize him being the same actor that played the main villain in Goblin. Such a great supporting actor! I'm suspecting that the gene that makes certain Koreans look like rock fishes, or blow fishes help them with acting somehow.

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first of all, this drama had the cutest fluffy romance ever. The couple both Louis and ko bok sil (as characters) are so soft and innocent. This drama is not something that will shook you or make you wonder about love. This drama is something really different. though, this drama does have many clichés like amnesia (memory loss), car crash, blah, blah & blah. BUT, this drama has so much perfection and beauty, like it's a simple and easy going drama but its not at all boring. Initially, I was like I would not like this drama or couple but still it works!!

I was so impressed with the acting of the characters and their roles were amazing. And omg!! Louis does speak English s well, that made me fall for him even more. The way he speaks English is just so adorable.

This drama also tells us various life lessons like if something is meant for you, it will come to you eventually. AND destiny is so powerful, believe in it and it will help you meet with the right person at the rightest time and another thing which is depicted in every drama is the significance of karma.

Overall, watch this show if you like
- cute fluffy soft innocent romance
- rich people things
- easy going light drama

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Interesting Story & Good Performance by Seo In-guk

Love the fact that they use American and European songs in the soundtrack in addition to Korean songs: She by Elvis Costello, 2 songs by Bruno Mars, A Whole New World from Disney's Aladdin movie, Be My Baby by the Ronettes, Can't Smile Without You by Barry Manilow, Memory by Barbra Streisand, The Winner Takes It All by Abba, My Way by Frank Sinatra, When You Wish Upon a Star from Disney's Pinocchio movie, and even All You Need Is Love (but not sung by the Beatles). The music director of the series must be a Baby Boomer 🤗
(Fun fact: the song She by Elvis Costello was also played in SML Yoon Sang-hyun's prior show in 2010, Secret Garden, in which Hyun Bin was the ML)

Predictable rom-com plot: Rich boy, poor girl, heir to a conglomerate, love triangle, initial parental interference, ML appears out of nowhere with an umbrella to cover FL in unexpected rainy weather, villain confesses and/or goes to jail at the end, FL and ML unbeknownst to them had met when they were children (plot also seen in What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim, 100 Days My Prince, Cinderella and the Four Knights, Moon Embracing the Sun, Hometown Cha Cha Cha). Nothing is outstanding or unique in this show, but enjoyable nonetheless.

This is the first time I've watched Seo In-guk and conclude that his acting skills demonstrated in this 2016 show have potential. I will watch him in his latest show, Cafe Minamdang (2022) next to see if his acting has improved.

I have previously seen FL Nam Ji-hyun in 100 Days My Prince and feel that she has grown in her acting abilities.

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Despite its flaws in the storyline, I found myself loving this drama. The amnesia thing was very cliche but there were some points that made it unique.

The characterization of Louis was fine but it was annoying me sometimes because what he had was amnesia but he was acting like he went bonkers.

I LOVED THE OST EVEN THE INSTRUMENTALS AHHHH A+

I will definitely watch this again because it is such a feel good series. It made me feel warm and I loved every moment Bok Sil and Louis made.

BONUS POINTS FOR FRAMING AND COLOR GRADING!!! I am such a sucker for nice views and pastel colors.

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