Life as Fiction

I finished this 10 episode long series in less than 24 hours. I started it last night and finished it today. I'm still trying to decipher how I feel about the open ending. It left me feeling sad, and yet, hopeful. This story felt so real. A sincere love that started too young and with too much baggage. They were both young people who were also taking adult responsibilities, caring for their families, trying to figure out their lives while holding on to the love they had for each other.

That first breakup. . . that second breakup. . . both painfully inevitable. My heart went out to Yeon Tae Seo. Mo Eun Ah sometimes drove me mad, I found her so selfish at times. When Tae Seo was willing to sacrifice in order to meet her in the middle, she was always thinking about herself first. Im Ah Sol annoyed me too, specially towards the end. So persistent, knowing Tae Seo was hurting, knowing he loved someone else. Another selfish person who just used him for her whim. This series explores complex and difficult relationships, specially those family ones.

In any case, that third goodbye was hopeful. That last couple of minutes hinted at a reunion but watching Tae Seo alone in that lonely road at night, thinking about her was painful. . .

Didn't have time to put the trailer. Started watching it a couple of days ago and finished it today. I liked this series. It showed us the world of home shopping networks and cosmetic companies. They explored the consequences of tampering with ingredients that can damage customers' health. It also dealt with insomnia. It is a story about redemption and starting again.

I liked the characters and their arcs. I think the townspeople kind of took advantage of Matthew and gave him their back as soon as he was in a jam. I'm glad that Yang Sang Keum didn't him that way.

Dam Ye Jin was a character that could be persistent to a fault, but we can't help like her as she grow

It is a nice story, made up of characters that will make you wish them to succeed.

Just finished watching The Point Men, film inspired by real events. Intense story that keeps you at the edge of your seat as you watch two men fight to get hostages safe back home.

Sweet. That's the best word to describe this series. It is not a happy, bubbly story. It's not devastatingly sad. It's sweet, with its touch of cute and fun, with it's touch of sadness and redemption.

Soon Woo Hae grew basically alone. Raised his little sister when his father was too immature and left a teenager to raise a little girl. Kim Seok Joo enters the picture by marriage as his mother marries Hae's father. And here is the thing, I love that relationship between Hae, Seok Joo and Eun Na Ri. These two young men cared for this little girls, teaming up to make sure she had a good life and that she was supported at home and in academics.

Sung Je Yeon and Mo Tae Rin know Hae and Seok Joon since their school days and now as adults, when they meet again, there are things that just fall naturally back to how they were and others that are born now. Again, I like the relationship between these four characters too.

It is the relationships - in all their variations - that make this series sweet.

I liked this story about five friends who work on the same building. They are all lawyers with their own situations, and this friendship that unites them and give them strength to face challenges head on. There is growth in each of them as they discover themselves with each case they undertake. At the end you are happy to see each of them shed their skin and work towards their dreams and remain the best friends they have been for years.

If you loved 51st Dates, the you will definitely love this movie. Han Seo Yoon suffers from anterograde amnesia, which means that every night when she goes to sleep, her brain resets and when she wakes up she is back on the day she had the accident that provoked this amnesia in her. That's where the similarity between 51st Date and Even If This Love Disappears Tonight ends.

Han Seo Yoon keeps digital and paper journals, she keeps notes all over her room and documents her days and the people she cares about in her phone through photos and videos. She wants to keep living even if her memories are stuck in the past.

Kim Jae Won sits next to a boy who is being bullied and in order to end this situation he agrees to ask Seo Yoon to go out with him. He expects her to reject him, just like she has done to others, but he - and their class - is surprised when she accepts with 3 conditions. . . And this is where their story begins.