#move to heaven
Not me tearing up EVERY DAMN EPISODE of Move to Heaven
overhyped kdramas
Note: I am not here to criticize any actor, or director/writer, but sharing my personal opinion on these dramas.
Crash landing on you - brilliant cast with great bromance and chemistry amongst all characters. At some point, their romance felt hopeless because of where the two are from, but it’s your typical romance storyline, so of course they find a way. This is definitely an excellent drama that depicts life in North Korea (acclaimed by many refugees) but was too hyped.
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Start up - since reply 1988, I’ve never had a worse second lead syndrome. The drama opened up really strong with lots of backstory and then it went downhill from there. The highlight of this drama was the relationship between Ji-pyeong and halmeoni (grandma won-deok).
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Itaewon class - accurately captures the privileges (or self-righteousness one has) that comes with your social status. Aside from a great diverse cast and meaningful messages, we know how the story will unfold because it follows the typical kdrama troupe of revenge.
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The King: Eternal Monarch - whenever stories involve time travel, it usually gets messy and complicated (unless you’re the writer of back to the future or the avenger movies). I was expecting so much because of it’s talented acclaimed scriptwriter, Kim Eun Sook. I think this was a big flop due to it’s slow and confusing plot (and let’s not get started on it’s product placement). PS. I love you Lee Minho and Woo Dohwan.
Rating: ⭐️⭐️
Hey guys! I wanted to point out that the shows “Sell Your Haunted House” and “Move to Heaven”, that both came out this year, each offer very interesting, cathartic views on how to cope with death and loss. They also have a similar format of addressing the topic through a professional and personal lens.
Sell Your Haunted House ^
- I really wasn’t expecting this show to be as deep as it was. The main characters jobs are essentially to exorcise ghosts but there’s a lot more to it than that. There’s a beautiful message in it about letting go and not living life like the ghosts they’re tasked with getting rid of. I thought it was just going to be a supernatural drama but it gets very personal and real for the characters later on in the show as they’re forced to face their own pasts.
Move to Heaven ^
- Get ready to cry. This show is very obviously centered around death. I personally appreciated the respectful and peaceful attitude they maintained about death. It’s about a father and son business of doing the difficult job of cleaning up all the remaining things left behind by someone who died. I find those traces left to be one of the most painful parts of grieving but they face it head on and do a damn good job. Overall a very wholesome show.
