[Drama Review] Missing You (보고싶다)

MBC's Missing You  (보고싶다)
Park Yoo Chun, Yoon Eun Hye, Yoo Seung Ho

After being on hiatus from dramas for a few months, Missing You debuts as my first since BIG. And I have to say...

I AM DISAPPOINT.

Just goes to show, just cause you have an all-star cast doesn't mean an impeccably written plot. To be honest, I wanted to watch this drama because of Yoo Chun and a friend's suggestion finally pushed me to watch it. But it totally bombed and I got so disappointed and ugh, I just wanted to throw something.

Missing You was labeled as a Melodrama...

Melodrama - a dramatic work with an exaggerated plot and characters to appeal to emotions.
c/o Wikipedia.org

I wasn't appealed.

And that's just the problem, the writers tried to appeal too much to their audience that it was bordering on desperate. Most throughout the show I was scoffing at how easy it was for everyone to cry.

Sees person. Cry.

Sees person with another person. Cry.

Discovers person saw her with other person. Cry.

Kneel. Cry.

Stand. Cry.

Eat. Cry.

Cry. Cry.

There was just too much crying! And I could feel that the writers desperately wanted my tears. The ONLY scene where I did cry was when Detective Kim found out that there was a high probability that Lee Su Yeon (Kim So Hyun, young Eun Hye) was kidnapped by a previously convicted sexual assaulter and he said...

"Eun Joo-ya, can I go crazy? I won't go crazy as a detective, but as a father. So can I?"

A parent's love. Right in the feels.

But the rest of the show? Meh. Here's my summary of how the show went, from episode 1 - 21.

The last 3 screencaps are from episode 21.

And yeah, that's just about it.

Only the first 5 episodes appealed to me. The story of when they were children was probably the most heart-wrenching part (though not that much wrenching). As much as it pains me to say it, Kim So Hyun (Young Eun Hye) and Yeo Jin Goo (Young Yoo Chun) had a more believable chemistry than Eun Hye and Yoo Chun. Gah.

Though I loved Seung Ho acting like a mad man, great acting there buddy. The rest of the acting was done well too, but the plot didn't do them any justice if they only wanted to see how much tears one could shed in 21 episodes.

Mama rates this (4/10)!

Smells like: 20 crates of Eye-mo.

[Album Review] SHINee - Chapter 2. Why So Serious? - Misconceptions of Me

SHINee - Chapter 2. Why So Serious? - The Misconceptions of Me
Released: April 26, 2013Tracklist: 
1. Nightmare
2. Why So Serious? [TITLE]
3. SHINe (Medusa I)
4. Orgel (오르골)
5. Dangerous (Medusa II)
6. Like A Fire
7. Excuse Me Miss
8. Evil
9. Sleepless Night (떠나지 못해)

Wow.

With every comeback SHINee manages to grow, both musically and physically (Tae-Man anyone?). Midst the current trend of robotic, house-slash-club-ish, genre-confused music, they have taken a different route to their music. Despite venturing into the frequently traveled 'Retro/Vintage meets Pop' genre, unlike most, SHINee definitely succeeded, and the consummation of such is this wonderful album.

Their title track Why So Serious? in terms of production, doesn't represent the overall album, the arrangement is messy and it felt like they were talking and shouting rather singing. But I'm willing to overlook all those facts considering it's a very fun song. It's one of those that upon listening to it you can't help but get up and dance to.

I have to commend on Excuse Me Miss which, if you are a SHINee fan, would make you feel a bit nostalgic of what SHINee was like before. It felt somewhere along their Replay days and you can't help but be in awe at how much they have grown though not being completely lost of who they are.

SHINee though a dance group could definitely hold their own when it comes to ballads. Sleepless Night, their only ballad highlighted the powerful vocals of Jonghyun though not overpowering Onew's calming voice, Taemin's crispy clear notes and Key's steady notes. Minho's rapping/talking I would have done without.

Overall, I absolutely cannot pick a favorite from this album 'cause everything. is. so. GOOD. SO DAMN GOOD. I hope SHINee continues with this theme cause it suits them the most. SM Ent. you did good, you did good.

Mama rates this (9/10)!

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