When my friend Lily told me about Korean Dramas 2 years ago (as she was watching them shown on tv), I was thinking that watching foreign films will never be my cup of tea. I simply find it hard to enjoy a movie by reading subtittles or trying to understand the translated version. The acting could be good but sometimes bad efforts on traslating them might affect the drama itself (and this include the background music, using unsuitable voices to translate, and God knows... many others). Then, there was one night when nothing interesting was shown even on cable TV, that I tuned in to watch a Korean Drama and my whole perception about foreign films changed overnight. My friends at work called it a disease .. something that is responsible of waking me up as early as 4.30am in the morning to watch the video version, after wathing the same episode on national TV the night before. To me... its called the Autumn Story Disease which has paved a way for me to see, feel and understand another level of enjoyment that I have never experienced before. Its funny how many others feel that this is a tragic love story that probably shouldn't be crowned as the best considering the tragic end. To me, Autumn story is a beautiful love story which has it all, and the ending is beautiful as well. The fact that the main two actors are re-united in the end, simply shows that nothing could stand in between true love, even death. I remembered how this drama has raised many questions in me, on to what extent a man may love a woman and doubts on the logical part of every tragic elements. And after watching it many..many times, I am not just watching it anymore, but I am feeling it. And after two years of collecting and watching many other Korean Dramas, the Autumn Story will still remain as the best one that I have ever seen.
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