Review: Wonderful Life

Title: Wonderful Life
Year: 2005
Genre: Korean Drama
Episodes: 16
Director: Lee Chang Han, Jo Soo Won
Writer: Jin Soo Wan

Bengalplot

Guy goes to Sing. Girl goes to Sing. Guy meets Girl.
Guy's Ex cheats on Guy. Girl comforts Guy.
Guy falls in... bed with Girl.
Guy loves Ex. Ex loves Other Guy. Other Guy loves Girl. Girl hates Guy.
Guy and Girl part.
Girl has a girl. Girl hates Guy more. Girl's Sis hates Guy even more.
Guy and Girl's parents find out.
Guy has to marry Girl. Girl has to live with Guy.
Ex wants Guy back. Guy wants Ex.
Guy can't because of Guy's girl.
Guy and Girl raise girl. Guy fights with Girl.
Ex hates Girl. Other Guy hates Guy.
Guy falls in... love with Girl.
Guy and Girl has a somewhat Wonderful Life.
Watch and see how wonderful.


Review

couple: cute
Shin-bi: Cute w/ Capital C
Min Do-hyun: Cute exclamation mark
pitiful: Min Do-hyun
hero: Min Do-hyun
riot: Jung Il-jin (Se-jin's older sister)
annoying and gay: So Chang-myung (Seung-wan & Do-hyun's friend)
storyline: superb and meaningful
themes: men & women equal rights, traditions, organ donation, Catholicism, God & Death, the principles of love, parental love, leukemia, on death
accurate portrayal: leukemia the disease, hospital ER & treatment settings
sometimes annoying: Han Seung-wan's big mouth and Min Do-hyun's pouty lips
ugly: Lee Chae-young's bangs in the latter episodes
mean: Se-jin's monster-in-law
Se-jin: good mother-acting
grandpa: too funny

Ratings: