My Love From Another Star (2014)
Grade:
A-
21
Episodes
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Min Joon is an alien who was stranded in Korea during the Josen era,
400 years ago. He passes his time with intellectual pursuits,
studying law and medicine, changing his identity every 10 years or
so. He is a professor at a local university when famous actress Cheon
Song Yi moves in next door, and then his quiet life of solitude is
over. Min Joon has just three months left before his ride home
arrives, disguised as an asteroid, but when visions of the actress in
danger come to him, he has to intervene, using his unique powers of
speed, teleportation, and freezing of time to do so. Is she the same
girl he rescued twelve years ago, the girl that resembled so closely
the first girl he met on earth those many centuries ago? Will Min
Joon return to his home planet or will he choose to remain at Song
Yi's side?
*I
stayed up until 2 am when I started this show – it's been a while
since a drama kept me up that late. I had no real expectations for
this drama, but it turned out to be quite romantic. There is mystery,
supernatural elements, and it is very unique as far as dramas go.
In this show, both the main characters
have money and pride, yet Song Yi's character is easy to relate to,
even though she is an egotistical actress. I didn't give it a better
grade because I'm not quite sure I like the ending (it's almost a
non-ending, really). But I would probably watch this again.*
Be
sure to look up the song from the film, sung by the actor Kim Soo
Hyun himself (he has the voice of an angel!) It's called “Promise.”
