Finally finished watching yesterday! The last 2 episodes felt kinda rushed 'cos there were side stories that were kinda left hanging loose, and that was already as if the writers tried to cramp as much story as possible into that 2 hours. I thought the ending was okay, though. At least everyone is happy :).
The bad first:
1. Way too little JunPyo/JanDi scenes, in comparison to JiHoo/JanDi scenes. I get this nagging feeling that the writers couldn't decide between a JunPyo/JanDi or JiHoo/JanDi ending before the last 3 episodes, which is kinda irritating. There are supposed to be a lot more JunPyo/JanDi shippers than the other pairing, which I don't think is the case for this version; a lot of people would have jumped ship around the middle, which WASN'T supposed to happen if the ending was gonna be JunPyo/JanDi. I think the scriptwriter is a big JiHoo fan. (Which, by the way, is nothing surprising and totally understandable, but she (it's presumably a female haha!) should have been more professional.)
2. This version of JanDi is the weakest out of all the versions :((. I've always liked the character of Makino since she's a strong girl who knows how to stand up for herself and her friends, but JanDi isn't like that. She shouts at people loudly sometimes, yes, but that's about it. Sometimes I got frustrated and felt like shaking her shoulders and telling her to sober up, especially when she walked around with a :'((( expression on her face.
3. The fashion coordinators should have given JanDi cheaper clothes. Even I who have only surfed a few sites selling Korean brand clothes once or twice, know that those sweaters she wore are expensive -.-.
4. There are some serious problems with the editing; the frames don't flow sometimes. And what's up with the inconsistent relationships? For example, it's super weird that after some upsetting events, GaEul and YiJung could be all friendly-chirpy the next moment they were together, and turn all emo again the next.
The good:
1. Great actors! All of them pulled off their charaters well. Lee Min Ho definitely takes the Best Actor award for this drama, though. The way he expresses emotions with just the movement of his eyes is just amazing, guh. Gu Hye Sun did very well in the emotional scenes too, that I can easily forgive her over-the-top expressions in the first few episodes. Hyunjoong improved by leaps and bounds; I'm so proud of him :)).
2. Pretty people :DD. This version of F4 is the best-looking, and even the other less important characters (SeoHyun, GaEul, JunHee, JaeKyung, JaeHa, etc) are good-looking. The kid version of F4 are totally cute too, especially the kid JiHoo x).
3. Beautiful scenery and props! I had to stare in wonder at times, thinking about how much must have been spent on this drama. F3's sport cars and JiHoo's motorbikes alone must have cost a hell lot of money. *shudders*
Picspam! I previously did a picspam of episodes 1-4, so I'm only posting pictures that I didn't post there before :). I've been saving a freakin' lot of pictures, which is why I didn't post this yesterday, lol.
1. JunPyo.
PAIN.
!dorkface
Just looking handsome xD.
2. JanDi.
^One of my favourite JanDi scenes, where she bashed up GaEul's jerk-of-an-ex-boyfriend. It's one of the only scenes where she is actually strong and Makino-ish.
EMO alert.
Looking pretty!
3. JunPyo/JanDi -- Honestly, they don't have that many scenes that are angst-free. Not nearly enough, at least. But I already ranted so much above, so I won't repeat it again.
^My favourite JunPyo/JanDi, where JanDi and JunPyo stood by the pool and JanDi told the then-having-amnesia-JunPyo what kind of person he was, then she let herself fall into the pool and waited for him to save her. GREAT acting by both leads, especially HyeSun. That one scene alone almost made me wish I had been a JunPyo/JanDi shipper.
Kiss scenes x).
The LOOK!
Other cute/heartwarming, angst-free scenes ^^.
Tokens of love x).
4. YiJung -- The adorable playboy who is almost too cute to be a playboy xD.
Being the serious potter.
Emo-ing away -- He does too much of this in the middle episodes :(.
Being hot while angry.
Just being cute!
5. YiJung/GaEul (Soeulmates!) -- This couple is really cute!
6. WooBin -- I actually like him a lot, but unfortunately I didn't save many pictures of him ^^;;. It kinda sucks that he didn't have any side story at all. Anyway, his English phrases are so LOL, haha! And I LOVE his action scenes; he's so cool in them x).
7. F4.
^JiHoo kissing YiJung on the cheek *squeals*.
BFF!
JunPyo/JiHoo -- JunPyo relied on JiHoo a lot, a lot. Even when they were rivals in love. But really, some of these pictures make me giggle as much as YiJung/WooBin does sometimes. Especially the one where JiHoo is tucking JunPyo in, and where JunPyo fed JiHoo xP.
YiJung/WooBin -- The suspicious pair xDD. Nah, they're just really cute, together, like little kids x).
8. Other memorable scenes/things.
^F3+GaEul revamping JanDi's house! One of my favourite scenes ^^. The revamped house was really pretty!
^JanDi and GaEul being BFF! They're both so cute, guh :D.
^The photoshoot JanDi did with JaeHa. JanDi has pretty legs and she looks really pretty too *__*. They're pretty cute together, actually! Too bad, huh? He's Euichul anyway, that guy who acted with Jang Geunsuk in Doremi ^^.
9. Other gorgeous/cute people that are impossible to miss -- I have a feeling that everyone that was cast on this show was chosen partly because of their looks, 'cos almost every character, even the minor ones, are pretty.
GaEul
JunHee -- She's such an awesome sister :)).
JaeKyung -- She actually has chemistry with JunPyo! Too bad, too bad.
KangSan -- JanDi's little brother! He's cute ^^.
Mini JiHoo -- SO CUTE!!!
10. Behind-the-scenes -- It'd be much better if the drama itself is as cheery as the behind-the-scenes, haha.
^Adorable KimBum cracking up xDD. It's in these behind-the-scenes pictures that we can really tell how young he really is, haha.
Done~! Well, as you should have noticed by now, there is an obvious absence of JiHoo in this post. But that's because being the awesome person he is, he deserves another post all by himself xD.
