On the way to the airport - Episode 9 and 10 Review

Jumping straight to the episodes as Annie's secrets are surfacing. Though we are still not fully aware of them yet, we got a significant glimpse into her world. 

I was really shock to hear that she had to "protect both families" and had to lie in order to achieve it. Why was such a young girl enduring so much, what exactly happened and does she know the full truth too?

... obviously not, she didn't know that her real dad was already dead and she was still positive about how waiting, waiting and waiting was a good thing at times. 

Then the editing suddenly changed it's tone slightly, bringing in doubts that Hye Won might not be the bad guy... In fact, she could be the victim in this whole screwed up situation. The show also introduced possibilities of the dad as the bad guy. Why did he suddenly bring Eun Woo back to the mum? I NEED TO KNOW. 

Haha I really enjoy this mystery part of the show, feels really cool to be figuring the situation out together with the characters. 

One last part I want to touch on, which was how Soo Ah was so "crazy", not from quitting her job but from how she "dragged" her child down with her with her impromptu plans to let Hyo Eun not attend school. I guess that was her bottled up feelings? But her behaviour was unexpected and was in a way frustrating to watch. I guess that might be because we normal people don't get the luxury of just getting away from our daily routine that easily... ): However, in this drama, sigh, I accept it. In fact, I was pretty glad for the happy ending!! Them settling down in Jeju Island just felt like a little piece of this mess fell in place. :)

Alright, not that much to say this time, just enjoyed the show well. :)

I would love to hear about how you guys feel about this drama. Feel free to comment below or tweet me @raycherr and I will be back next week! ^^ Thanks for reading~

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On the way to the airport - Episode 7 and 8 Review

Hi and welcome back! :) Did you know that this is actually a show about affairs packaged in a romantic slant? 😱

Haha alright, no judgement! Let's get on to this drama~
Let me start off with my thoughts on the actors. Seeing Shin Sung Rok in this show is really interesting, usually he acts as a very stern and robotic guy, which definitely came through especially in scenes at the airport. However, seeing his relaxed state in scenes outside the airport which were plenty in these two episodes was a nice change and great to watch. After all his symmetrical face does make him look too perfect and stern, hence the evil guy roles. Here though, it was wonderful to see more expressions every now and then, yeah! :)
I really like the drastic contrast between Soo Ah and Hye Won. Innocent v.s. Complicated... The characters in this show generally have a specific role/personality which I feel are awesome. It is very easy to identify them haha.
Also, Min Ji starts to have more lines these few episodes, which is fabulous. Love her character, so real and fun. Wouldn't mind having a friend like her hahaha wait... except that she didn't stop Soo Ah from marrying a playboy hmm.

Moving on, to do a little analysis between Soo Ah and Doh Woo's affair. There is no denying it, they had a bond from Annie's incident. With the recent Ms Go's incident, there is an even stronger bond now. I can't help but wonder whether their relationship is built upon wanting to escape from reality. It feels as if they have created a safe ground when they are together. After all, they are both bombarded by many other issues that are stressing them out. Though, sigh, why do I feel like Soo Ah is the only party losing out from this relationship? ): It is so sad. Like an alternate life that is so perfect, yet intertwined in real life and not that picture perfect.

But then again, Hye Won is the definition of obviously not living a perfect life. Behaving in such a screwed up manner, this interesting character brings lots of different perspective into the show, adding on a different kind of tension.

Looking forward to the next episode when apparently Hye Won will tell us everything?! Haha I doubt so... though let's just hold it out and see what happens.
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On the way to the airport - Episode 5 and 6 Review

안녕하세요~

This intense show. I will start off by saying I really liked the scene in episode 5 where Hye Won exclaimed her situation. So much new information was provided, yet so much mystery still surrounded her. I am just as eager as Min Seok and Doh Woo to figure the whole thing out. Who is lying??? Who is Annie's real dad and "who is Hye Won"(Episode 6 title)?

That being said, the whole show is filled with so much awkwardness hahaha, not a bad thing but yes exactly what Hyo Eun said at the dining table described this show perfectly. (';

The two protagonists' relationship paints having an "affair" in a romantic light, which contributes much to the "awkward" feels, but maybe that's just me and my conservative view points haha. ><

Overall, the story line is still a very interesting one and I am for sure hooked. After all, it is always good to challenge different view points, but at the same time I am just thinking the guilt levels are at a all time high while watching the show and "Sang Yoon, why are you so charming in this drama??!!" hahaha. 

Next, another scene that I must mention is the one where the grandma was interacting with Annie. Notice the colours? Annie was in colour but the others were all monochromatic... I didn't even notice this difference up till the close up when Ms Go(grandma) was shaking Annie's hand. 

Usually, colour symbolises life. In this case, I was thinking it could mean that Ms Go felt that Annie was still alive in her heart. (Plus she mentions later that she remembers Annie wearing something colourful.) That she herself was living but actually felt less alive than her vision of Annie. In a way, living but not really living. So much brilliant foreshadowing was done as Ms Go passed away later... ):

To me, there's two main flows going on at the same time. Soo Ah and Doh Woo's relationship and Hye Won's secrets. They could have been two different movies/dramas but they are appearing together... However, I kind of like the different dynamics from the different plots intertwining. Hope this drama will keep up the great work! :)

Back next week with a new review~~ 

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On the way to the Airport - Episode 3 and 4 Review

So much confusion! There's still so much mystery as we go into ep 3/4. Is this a reflection of how we don't know much about each other as we make friends in our adult lives...? Sigh.

I think that Soo Ah's quote sums things up really well. "Things are complicated." 

First, we find out that Doh Woo is not Annie's actual father. Which makes it even weirder how he is so caring and "perfect" towards Annie and in life in general. Increasingly greater contrast is shown between him and his wife, Hye Won as well. Apparently, she had Annie when she was 20 and believes that she's not a good mum. Basically, she appears to be guilt driven and not easily understood by others. So psychotic! I am almost scared to find out more...

Then Hye Won says something along the lines of "her biological mother" which got me real confused. Who is "her" referring to? I am assuming it's her own mother and not Ms Go, whom I assume is Doh Woo's mum. Let me know in the comments below if you know! >< :)

Also, a flashback to the last phone call between Hye Won and Annie. Woah, I didn't catch them too well in the first two episodes. "Tell the truth", "no one will blame you"... I am still not figuring the situation out too well. >< I guess the only way would be for me to continue watching. :/

Side tracking for some off beat scenes... >< The scene in which Doh Woo and Soo Ah meets each other on the stairs(screenshot above) was so dramatic. Maybe I wasn't in the mood enough, but it was a little laughable to me. I'm apologise... 

However, the first person view in episode 4 when Soo Ah scanned Doh Woo's work room was pretty interesting. This one I quite like, as it fitted well in the story, trying to put us into Soo Ah's position to experience her emotions. 

Following, the helicam scenes through the windows were absolutely beautifully done. Ahhh just love it when technology brings about such great cinematography.

However, while they placed us in Soo Ah's view, we saw, as viewers, how we actually knew things that she didn't. For example, I didn't catch that she actually didn't know that she rubbed shoulders with Annie until now. >< But this realisation also made for a emotional poke from the show. Plus, that one flashback was brilliant and powerful. I had chills watching it again, scanning from the air stewards to the accident through the mirror.

Last stray thought, I can't really feel much love between the two couples, especially between gentleman of sydney and iron lady. ;) Not too sure, but I still feel weird seeing Shin Sung Rok playing such a "cool" character. The most personality I felt from him was when he played soccer with his daughter LOL.

And that's all for this week! Really enjoying the show thus far. New review next week~~
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On the way to the Airport - Episode 1 and 2 Review

Hey,
melodramas are coming back at me.

Yea.

So, this new KBS drama caught my attention because LEE SANG YOON.

Therefore, I shall blog about it hahaha, yea I saw him in Liar Game (Korea) and Sangyoon is definitely my top fave korean male actor right after Song Joong Ki. Despite my hiatus, I feel like it is mandatory to watch and just write stuff about it.

Spoiler alert! (Ep 1 and 2)

A short summary about what I understand of the show
There's two family involved, one of which includes Annie(young girl) who was overseas studying in Malaysia, while her parents Doh Woo(Sang Yoon) and Hye Won(Jang Hee Jin) are in Korea. The other revolves around Hyo Eun(daughter), who was sent overseas to the same homestay as Annie by her parents, Soo Ah(Kim Ha Neul) and Jin Suk(Shin Sung Rok). With most of the scenes happening around the airport/airplanes, this drama features Soo Ah as a flight attendance who gets deeply intertwined into the plot when she rubbed shoulders with Annie right before an accident that killed Annie. As Soo Ah and Doh Woo moved back and forth Malaysia and Korea, they got to meet each other while settling their kids' issues.
And here you go, the premiere episodes pretty much went by like that, though I'd have to say, it's definitely better if you watched it yourself. (After all, I haven't written much in a while... >< argh my summary skills)

Back to the review and of course I have to praise the cinematography. One particular scene I really like was when they had the close up of the hands. It just feels like a tug of war emotionally. Really like it. I love it when I can feel the emotions through body language. (ahhh I felt the same way when Song Joong Ki acted with his neck in Innocent Man...)

Also, the tension brought about by Hye Won! Intense! I really like Hee Jin's acting here. Though I have to say I am so confused by her character's actions, like okay I can only make guesses as to what's an acceptable way to react to a child's death... but why did she not want Annie to come back in the first place? And why is she acting so mad and ridiculous? Pretending to still be fine, pretending to think about wanting her daughter's stuff back and then asking for them to be thrown away. ): I think that there's more to the story than meets the eye, and I am anxious about what's to come.

However, other than that, it is just the really bold Air Asia product placement that catches my attention hehe.

This is not the kind of drama I usually watch, but I'll definitely give this a chance! Let's see how it goes for the next few episodes. :)

Next review will be up next week, stay tune! Meanwhile, find me on twitter @raycherr ^^

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