my ajumma notes

Sam-dal is not the only one with problems in life. Because this is my first life (2017) This was my first time watching Jung So-min.  She’s cute and sweet!  Ji-ho is so much more engaging than Sam-dal and she has  real  issues to deal with.  Poor girl works so hard and has her script made over into a cliché plot by the chief writer.  That assistant director she liked (Gye Yong-seok playing Kim Wook) is quite the jerk, trying to manipulate her and never truly supporting her.  Was I glad to see her tell them and the Director off.  This is how to deal with problems head on, Sam-dal! I couldn’t stand how Ji-ho is treated like an extra by her family.  Why does she have to be the one to move out of the apartment and find a new one on her own?  Since the father favours her brother so much, he should just get another place for him and the pregnant girlfriend.  At least Sam-dal had an extremely supportive family. Lee Min-ki playing stiff, anti-social Se-he?  Not very challenging, is it?  Well

Story-wise, a let-down, saved by the sea and little touches here and there.   First, the things that kept me on the show (I finished it). The sea and other Jeju scenery. Ji Chang-wook ’s voice and eyes.   His Yong-pil is exceptionally kind-hearted, big-hearted and strong-hearted but underuses his ability.  Yong-pil is a little layered and he could easily carry off more layers than that!  The man is nearly 40, so please don’t have him doing cutesy cringey parts, even if they’re meant to be flashbacks of their 20s.   The sisters’ stories, characters and acting. Jin-dal (Shin Dong-mi) is the one who makes a firm impression – steadfast and admirably standing up for what is right even if it's at her own expense, and hilariously paired with Jeon Dae-young (Yang Kyung-won), my scene stealer for this show!  The poor guy, called ‘that idiot’ by everyone, is one of my favourite characters – helpless, hapless and endearingly loving Jin-dal so much! Hye-dal (Kang Mi-na) is the dark horse who

Uni whodunit, with faculty and other adults who mostly shouldn’t be working in the jobs they’re in, and thankfully, a bunch of youngsters who represent some hope for the future.   Adults The adults first, helmed by vets Kim Myung-min (Prof Yang), Lee Eung-eun (Prof Kim) and Ahn Nae-sang (the murdered Prof Seo).     Kim Myung-min was fine as Prof Yang but I hated his hairdo. Lee Eung-eun delivered the part she was given but I hated how her character was written.  She was supposed to be fun and funny but I didn’t find her so.  Why make her somewhat bumbling, sometimes clueless and too emotional?  This weird caricature was unnecessary and I think someone who is dignified (like the dean) yet  really  fun would have been better for the plot.  Also, what was the point of her having a baby?  It didn’t add anything to the story or character.  A prof can be maternal without having a baby.  An ex-judge can be anxious when facing an ex-criminal without nearly losing her baby.  Plus, we don’t get