Baby and Me (Ahgiwa Na / 아기와 나 -2008)

Starring:
Geun-seok Jang - Joon-soo
Byeol Kim - Byeol Kim
Mason Mun - Woo-ram Han (baby)
Supporting Cast
Myeong-su Park - voice of Woo-ram
Jeong-nan Kim - Ms. Cho (Joon-soo's Teacher)
Byeong-ok Kim - Joon-soo's father
Hyeon-suk Park - Joon-soo's mother
Gyu-su Jeong - Byeol's father
Jeong-hee Jang - Byeol's mother
Jae-han Choi - Jun-seong
Se-hong Jeon
Kwang-rok Oh - older man trying to abandon his baby
Mun-shik Lee - Subway attendant (standing by locker)

Joon-soo is the kingpin of the Myungsung High School and an all around troublemaker who makes his parents even leave home in desperation. While shopping for a party at his now-empty home, he discovers a baby sitting in his shopping cart, with a name tag "Han Wooram" which points to Joon-soo as his father ...



Hmmm? This movie started off really cute and funny but it lost something near the end. I'm not saying this is a bad movie not at all. It was quite good but the ending just didn't satisfy me.

Was there supposed to be a romance going on between Joon-su and the girl? I really didn't see where she was supposed to be in the story except as his personal babysitter. That was just a waste of talent. Yeah, definitely. I was really hoping more from them both in that aspect.

I will admit I liked the twist at the end when we find out who the "real" father was. Wasn't really expecting that. That was really good how they through that in there.

Anyway, I was hoping for more out the ending but it was cute and sweet anyway. I cried a bit. Okay? There.

Jang Geun Seok

Lucky me! I share the exact same birthday as Geun-seok! Well, not exactly....different years. I won't say the age difference. *bummer*

Strongest Chil Woo

Starring:
Eric as Kang Chil Woo / Choi Chil Woo
Koo Hye Sun as Yoon So Yoon
Kim Byul as Yeon Doo
Yoo Ah In as Heuk San
Lee Un as Ja Ja
Jun Noh Min as Min Seung Kook
Extended Cast
Im Ha Ryong as Choi Nam Deuk (Chil Woo's adoptive father)
Kim Young Ok as Mong Dung Ne (Chil Woo's adoptive grandmother)
Choi Ran as Chung Ju Daek (Chil Woo's adoptive mother)
Jang Joon Young as Chul Suk
Kang Jae as Jo Ahn Joong
Im Hyuk as Kim Ja Seon
Jung Jin as Sa Na Jang
Shin Seung Hwan as Leader Oh
Park Joon Suh as Leader Jung
Nam Myung Ryul as Do Sa
Jung Won Joong as law expert
Choi Jung Woo as King In Jo
Song Yong Tae as Do Jae Jo
Son Kwang Up (손광업) as commander
Im Ho as Crown Prince So Hyun
Kang In Duk as the boss Eung Gi (cameo, ep7)
Han Ye In (cameo, ep3)
Oh Man Suk as Chil Woo's biological father (cameo)
Kim Ji Suk (cameo)
Choi Soo Han as young Chil Woo
Lee Han Na as young So Yoon
Lee Yun Sung
??? as Woo Young (Chil Woo's sister)
Lee Ho Sung

Kang Chil Woo is a lowly officer during the Joseon era. Chil Woo is not a very smart and one of his life long goals is to become a midlevel officer. However when night falls, he is no longer that low level officer but instead a top assassin in an assassination organization. He gives out punishment to criminals and gives justice where needed. So Yoon and Chil Woo have a tragic love story. Yeon Doo is the daughter of a fallen yangban who owns a textile shop. She falls in love with Chil Woo after he rescues her from thugs who were harassing her.

This was an alright drama. Not the best, not the worst. This was definitely no where near the quality of Iljimae.

I really don't know what the heck the makers of this show were thinking putting this out after Iljimae. This had pretty much the same concept as Iljimae but was waaaaaaay different in many ways. So in a way, I was dissappointed.

For a drama like this, I thought the skills and production would have been better. The acting sucked big time with the exception of Yoo Ah In. His character was nice. He did an outstanding performance but it wasn't able to hold the show up. Goo Hye Sun's performance, I thought, was the worst out of them all. I think I rolled my eyes everytime she spoke. Totally overacted and she just wasn't right for the part. Eric's character as Chil Woo was okay but I really don't think they knew if they wanted him to be serious or boring. Well, he came across, most of the time as boring. Or maybe his costar, GHS, just made him seem that way.

The story wasn't half bad, which made it easier to watch. I will say the first 10 episodes were stupid and made not a whole lot of sense. Eventually, thankfully, the story did pick up and I was able to finally enjoy it for the most part.

Yoo Ah In


Eric


Lee Eun