The Gentleman and the Lady (2021)

Long but was… Ok could have made the script shorter and better.

This one is a hard one for me. I really REALLY wanted to love it from beginning to end. The storyline caught my interest but sad to say it sort of lost me. I will explain some of the reasons why in “Storyline”.

Storyline - was a bit long and drawn out. The constant get-together-then-breakup drove me NUTS! So much could have been taken out. Sarah was a selfish woman and had not put the best interest of the children ahead of her own selfish desires. The memory loss bit could have gone away. It was unnecessary! (Memory loss is so over used it really needs to be ditched! It is getting old and boring!) So was her “I’m pregnant with your baby”. Come on! Get real… eye-roll! I do like how he did get his memory back and kicked the bad witch out. Was a great scene! (I do have a bit of wicked side to me lol and I was so loving this scene). But… Seriously can you stop writing so many dramas where the parents are over-protective/controlling to the point it is nauseating!?? The dad constantly going on and on about sending her to America was old right from the get go. The birth mother was selfish and so was her father. What he did to his wife and wanting to “stay by the ex’s side till she got better. Oh please let me do this this once!!” I give the wife high marks for wanting a divorce! It was not right the way he acted/treated her over his ex. I was shocked and appalled by his attitude.

So much of the heart ache could have ended if the two selfish parents would have just butted out of their daughters life. The daughter is an adult for crying out loud! Let her make her own choices! To many of these dramas are that way though! It is really getting old. I could sit and pick this drama apart but I will stop here.

Other than those hang ups… I liked most of the drama. I am glad they did not wait until the last 5-10 minutes to get them together. The story IMO could have used some polishing and made it a shorter drama with a better storyline.

Acting/Cast - did a great job. I really did like the main leads and hated those that were against them lol. So for me they did pretty well.

Rewatch - 50/50 for me. I liked it BUT there is stuff I mentioned and stuff I did not that might keep me away. We will have to see.

Lire davantage

It was so beautiful, i got attached to it, and got heartbroken when it ended.

This was my very first k drama, thanks to netflix i can watch many more after that, the drama was so good, there are only two shows that left a mark on my heart, a young lady and gentleman and the movie me before you, the characters portrayed the story so perfectly, the story shows how every character has agood side and also also some flaws just like real life, the kids were perfect and their acting was spectacular, the two leads dan dan and mr lee made the drama feel so real, i cried for two days straight when i finished watching the show and i have been re watching every episode eversince then, the show made me love korea, and i ahve started learning korean, i want to visit korea one day and experience their culture and meet the people.
In other words this show excedeed my expectations.

Lire davantage

Wholesome

I have been starting many shows and dropping them after 1 episode but this one caught my interest. I looked up the plot and realized that it has 50 episodes,I thought of not watching but idk I just wanted to give it a try. It did not disappoint me at all. However, I'd say if you don't like family drama and only wants to see the FL and ML then this might not be for you. This gave me the old kdrama kinda Vibe.The actors are very good and my favorite is the youngest child he is so adorable. It's very fast paced and binge worthy.
It might not be very aesthetically pleasing like the usual ones we see but trust me it's very wholesome.I'll add this into my comfort watch because I'm really enjoying the whole plot.Its going good so far and the storyline is not dragging.
Give it a try if you want to watch something that is family oriented and very wholesome

Lire davantage

Glad I dropped this when I had the chance.

I started this drama without knowing it has 50+ episode. I thought it had may 16-20 episodes by the looks of how the story was going. Something kept telling me in the back of my mind that this is not for me. I somehow knew this drama will waste my time and sanity. Screaming and scheming old people, clueless MCs and that annoying Sa Ra ruined it for me. When i heard it had almost 50 eps, i knew they'll stretch and drag the story to its death. Now after when I saw this drama in my currently watching list and decided to check how its going, the reviews were exactly how i thought its going to be.
Feel grateful and bad for the brave people who wasted there time watching this till the end and decided to give reviews just so they can save other people from this bad experience.

Lire davantage

Interesting idea, bad execution

Just watched lady and the gentleman, quit after ep 30, the show was really good in the beginning. ep 15 and down or around that area but once I reached ep 23 I was starting to get irritated with the show but I am not reviewing the show here because as awful as it is, I think the actors did good to a certain degree, might be biased to a certain degree but I just wanted to say Dan Dan was certainly one of my favorite characters just poorly written after a certain point, plus, the moment I saw her smile I was like "Damn, she is pretty but she will probably cry a lot." And low and behold I was not wrong basically after 20+ hours of watching the show I was like nah they shouldn't be together not because of all the outside voices telling them to be apart but simply because they are GROWN adults yet other people hold such power over their decisions the amount of pain they went through is just ridiculous honestly, at some point I'd like to think that any sane person would stand up and be like "Oi, come on now! Why does everyone feel the need to butt in? Keep your noses to yourselves!" Parents are one thing but toxic behavior is toxic behavior, they all kept hurting each other all the characters were in a race to hurt the others more and more, eventually that was what the show was about.

Don't get me wrong I don't have any malice towards the actors but the story itself and how it was written and displayed for the viewer to consume was just...for lack of a better word: BAD, I have personally decided to only watched KDramas with 16 episodes, no more and no less(maybe 25 episodes but that's the absolute limit) because once the story starts dragging on the plot falls apart because they have to now create more weird and unrealistic situations, just because the characters are saying and pointing out that they only see these things in movies and on TV does not give the writers the right to blatantly throw it in our faces multiple times , do you have any idea how many times I thought "YES! Finally, Dan and Lee are going strong!" And then they fall through because of peer pressure at first I assumed no I am not Korean so I do not understand the circumstances and how their culture works because I am obviously NOT Korean so perhaps they will solve this in an amicable manner(And plausible) but I was proven wrong multiple times, in fact, I even started watching another drama after I watched the fourth break up? (I don't even know how many times they broke up BECAUSE EVERYONE WAS DOING IT! It was a break up bargain sale!) Not sure but I know it was in Ep 30 then I came across a 16 episode Kdrama that did literally every SINGLE thing right so misunderstanding the culture was clearly not why I wasn't enjoying it,.

I have watched enough Kdramas to quell my own worry about my idea that I misunderstand Korean social cues like any other nations social cues but no it's almost like most of the characters created the mental block on their own and the adults who disagreed felt like they were put there to justify the reason why Dan and Lee were worried about revealing their relationship, I spent every night watching it hoping that it would work out but...I am currently typing on my second monitor while staring at my main monitor on EP 39 after I skipped three episodes .

Geez, I said it wouldn't be a review of the show but I couldn't stop myself from ranting about it! Because it HAD SO MUCH POTENTIAL! Personally Chairman Lee himself is pretty good looking for his age plus he has more than enough money to not worry about another child and Dan Dan's smile was captivating plus her innocence made me like her even more because her love felt pure which is why it sucked that her heart kept breaking every third episode, the show became more of a chore to watch which is why I am considering just skipping to the end and reading recaps of the episodes. I just feel like there was so much wasted potential, honestly there are LOT of parts in the show I had problems with but I think the actors did fine because I most certainly do not understand Korean but the actors didn't make me feel like damn that's some bad acting, no just bad writing because I will say Lee Se Ryeon was probably the cutest character around and not just because of her appearance simply because of her character she was adorable chasing after Park Dae Beom with such earnestness, the show might have been better off focusing on their love because the main love was all over the place if those characters were actual people (I mean their characters not the actors) they would honestly be living in hell. I think I have ranted enough even though I could break down every single thing that could have been done differently with all the relationships but I just won't because who wants to read a novel am I right? (I'm kidding by the way I am not that mean haha)

Regardless I have written a semi-poorly constructed review so I will probably post this on the actual shows review section, it's basically 4am cut me some slack I'm tired!

That was my ted talk thanks for reading.

Lire davantage

Excellent Drama to Watch!

10-15-2021: I absolutely LOVE this drama and the age gap is NOT an issue. This is 2021 and not the 1900's! There's many dramas and movies that have age gaps and this is "acting". I have already re-watched the available episodes (1-6) 4 times. I am impatient to wait for the others :-)! It is entertaining, not boring, the characters are doing a great job and it has become one of my many absolute favorites, like Dong Yi, Strong Woman Do Bong Soon, My Princess, Korean Odyssey, Bride of the Water God, etc. The music is good, the setting is appropriate, it is just the right touch!

Everyone should watch it and give the cast and director the available credits they very much deserve! It is a form of entertainment and THEY ARE DELIVERING!

Lire davantage

Could have been a Korean Sound of Music (minus the music) but too many characters who cant act!

Hmm... if this was a 12-16 episode drama that just focused on the story of the widower and his children, and the plucky young live-in tutor - of how she melted his hard heart and helped restore his relationship with his kids - this would have been a brilliant K-Sound of Music (without the music)
But sadly it's over 100 episodes, with a supporting cast who a) get almost equal screen time and b) are terrible actors that I found myself fast-forwarding their scenes. TERRIBLE ACTORS! But ! persevered through four and a bit episodes, only to find that in ep5, the production changed from the beautiful, glossy, well-produced practical sets that we know and love from good kdramas - to that of a daytime soap! #dropped
Such a shame as Lee Se Hee's character was adorable and that particular story arc had real potential.
What a shame!

Lire davantage

Give me vibes of Parasite but more melodramatic and not as Dark

The Story centers around Lee Young Kook, a widower, his family which is a bit complicated
and Pak Dan Dan and her complicated family of 4 (maybe her mother as well who left her)

It is interesting how the Pak Dan Dan father becomes the driver of Lee Young Kook, her step brother becomes boyfriend/lover of the step sister of Lee Young kook. Even the step mother of Park Dan Dan crushes in with her father/ now live in Driver of Lee Young Kook. Similar to a Dark and twisted movie Parasite the family is more or less interacted/ engaged with the household of Lee Young Kook. Though I hope it would not be just as dark

there are plot stories of the children, the family dynamics and how everyone will adjust to the already complicated situation
plus many twist and turns are expected making it more interesting to watch in a span of 50 episodes.

Will love if the villains are made sympathetic yet hatable at the end . Love how Dramas sometimes makes us realize to see their point of view, so that we as viewers know that what they were doing was bad but was still justifiable

Lire davantage

All it took was one flawed actor to sink this for me...

Must say...even though many are rankled by the age gap trope, it didn't bother me at all when the young girl crushed on the handsome soldier who bandaged her up and took her home on his bicycle. I wondered how they would tackle this storyline. However, now on episode three, I've reached my limit, all because of the female lead . Her talents as an actress fall way short of being able to pull off this storyline. Acting immature might be the writing or the director's coaching, but this 'lady' is overdoing it and keeps piling it on, in a most insincere way. Just doesn't have the acting chops to give us a layered performance and is too on the nose to be interesting. Apologies if I sound harsh, because I like the male lead, eversince "Queen In-Hyun's Man"...and there are many other seasoned professionals in this one too, BUT the pivotal role is way out of this 'Lady's' skillset.

Lire davantage