KFilm to Miss: 200 Pounds Beauty (2006)

200 Pounds Beauty (2006)

 Hannah, a fat girl, has a job as a ghost singer for a pop star and has feelings for the producer. She has few friends and is ridiculed for her size, so she decides to get extreme plastic surgery and come back a year later as Jenny. Since she already had the beautiful voice, she soon becomes a singer in her own right. Her former identity is revealed, but the crowd cheers for her anyway.

*I wouldn't watch this again. Not that great of writing, and the message of true beauty is fuddled.*

KFilm to Watch: Finding Mr. Destiny (2010)

Finding Mr. Destiny (2010) 

 A travel agent, Gi-joon, is fired from his job and decides to start his own business finding people's first loves. Stage director Ji-woo is forced to work with Gi-joon at her father's request, since she can't seem to get over her first love from ten years ago when she took a trip to India. Gi-joon is a bit of a goober, very nerdy, neat and clean, while Ji-woo is messy and unappealing, but as the movie progresses and they can't find the mystery man, they start to develop feelings for each other. 
 
*This movie has an indie vibe to it, and the humor is wonderfully quirky and therefore fresh and more funny than usual. Gi-joon's character is lovably clumsy, and the movie ends rather uniquely,with the characters' real beginning. VERY good, definitely watch again, if not own!*

KDrama to Miss: Shining Inheritance (2009)

Shining Inheritance/Brilliant Legacy (2009) 

Grade: C

28 Episodes

Go Eun Sung lives with her autistic brother Eun Woo, her successful father, Pyung Joong, plus step mother Sung Hee and step sister Seung Mi. Unfortunately the father's business is on the brink of bankruptcy, he is mugged one night, and the mugger – with the father's wedding ring on and wallet with ID in his pocket - dies in a random explosion. Sung Hee then viciously kicks Eun Sung and Eun Woo out of the house. A friend takes Eun Sung in, but the friend's boyfriend loses Eun Woo, and Eun Sung ends up selling dumplings on the street. This is where she meets Sook Ja, a self-made businesswoman who dresses up as a street vendor to clear her head about what to do with her spoiled grandchildren. Sook Ja has an accident, temporarily loses her memory, and Eun Sung takes her in, even though she herself is virtually penniless. Because of Eun Sung's selfless act, the grandma decides to give her inheritance to Eun Sung, much to everyone else's dismay. 
 
*This was a bit too much negative drama for me. I liked the main actors just fine, as well as the music and pace, but too much bad came from the evil stepmother. Pitiful creature. Probably won't watch again.*

KDrama to Watch: Protect the Boss (2011)

Protect the Boss (2011) 

Grade: B+

18 Episodes

  Noh Eun-seol is out of work and stumbles across entitled Cha Ji-heon, who has agoraphobia. He hides it from his hotheaded “mafia”-like father, who wants his son to take the company business more seriously. Eun-seol is hired as Ji-heon's secretary, after a passionate discourse at an interview in front of Ji-heon's cousin, Cha Mu-Won (also an executive at the family business) and feelings develop between them. She helps Ji-heon overcome his anxieties and appreciate a hard day's work, but inadvertently gets the father/CEO arrested for less than honest dealings, and he does not approve of their relationship. 
 

*Very cute, does drag in the middle a bit, but above-average entertainment overall. Top 5, would watch again*