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Tamra, the Island korean drama review
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Tamra, the Island
2 people found this review helpful
by OKasiandrama
May 29, 2015
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 8.5
Story 6.5
Acting/Cast 8.5
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 4.5
Of all the (so far) 97 dramas I've watched throughout my 5 years of kdrama-watching.. I'd have to say this is the most underrated drama I've ever come across. Now, I know there are a lot of super good dramas and if you're still in the new-addiction phase this is an absolute must watch. It has all the classic introductions to the kdramaverse. The mean mom (although I kinda love her in this), the good boy, the bad boy, the best friend side character you secretly wished got the girl.. the innocent, poor female lead.. Now, if you've been in dramaland for a long time I would still suggest this drama because it's so underrated and won't be anything you're expecting. The story line is, although a little plain.. sweet and cute and although there isn't much action to keep you interested.. the characters and their over-the-top personalities really keep you watching throughout the entire drama. Each character has their own stereotype but are also evading their stereotypes at the same time. Although the "bad boy" is stuck up, self centered, and irritable, he's also cute, silly, dumb and hilarious as he sits smack-bam in the middle of what he assumes to be his own little world. As for the female lead.. she's your typical poor wannabe someone but is too lazy to do anything. She's a little stupid but surprisingly likable for such an incoherent character. As for this William character.. well I have a lot to say about Americans in Korean dramas but.. even going so far as to compare his Americanness to the american characters in the drama King 2 Hearts.. he's one of my least-favorite American characters out of all the American characters in all the Korean dramas I've ever seen. Yes, you get the sweet, nice, second lead but he's a little too sweet and nice and.. stupid for me to enjoy. Despite this, his character kinda sits right in the middle of the storyline and he is necessary for all the good things to happen in this drama. Music. Yes, oh the music. Now when I first began this drama I kinda wanted to keep it on mute the entire time for fear that horrid song would replay yet again but after a while you begin to kinda become addicted to the bad theme song and you'll find yourself humming it later in the day after watching a few episodes. That aside, there are actually two more songs in this drama that aren't terrible. In fact, they're super pretty and "Your Tears" is probably at the top of my favorite ost list. This drama has one heck of a plot-twist. And although it's nothing like Kill Me, Heal Me (if you haven't seen it I HIGHLY suggest you do, RIGHT NOW.. after you watch this drama) it's definitely pretty close. I think the main reason I like this drama is because, unlike a lot of dramas, there are a bunch of tiny plot twists intertwined throughout the drama. Although they're not big and life changing for the main characters.. they're little things that slowly open up new ideas and stories for each character to explore and I really love how that happens. If you go back to re-watch it (which I just recently did) you'll notice how they give little hints even so far in the beginning as episode one.. to what happens later in episode 12 or further down that road. There little plot twists that are hinted at in the beginning really make up the story and it's totally fun to rewatch even though I loved it the first time around. As a last note, I want to say that the very first episode was kind of unbelievably boring and you really should stick around to at least episode three. It gets so much better and by episode 3 you really begin to like the characters and the relationships they have to each other. I highly suggest this drama and really hope everyone who reads this review will stick to it and watch the entire drama and finally notice that this is one of the must underrated dramas EVER!! So spread the word and have your other fellow kdrama addicts come and enjoy it, too!
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