Full House (2002)

Full House was my first exposure to Korean Drama (kdrama), and I must say I was taken hook line and sinker. This is coming from an American male who is tired of the aggressive, in your face, almost sexually explicit American soap operas, movies and TV shows.

The players are beautiful and if I was younger I would have grown my hair just like Rain after seeing him. The story is your typical love triangle comedy(or should I say quadrangle), but it is done in such a way that you find yourself emotionally tied to each characters circumstance.

The first three episodes are some of the best television I have seen in my nearly 50 years on this earth. The production quality, music and emotional tension are perfect.

This series I believe is about 16 episodes, and unfortunately, the series starts to sputter from repetition. The main characters are forced to break up so many times that it became hard for the director to find a new way for them to do this. In addition, by the time the series ends you would expect a grand finale twist or spectacle that would end up shocking the audience (in a good way), but instead, ends in a whimper.

A large part of the series was filmed at the "house" mentioned in the title, which from what I heard was built just for this series. I think maybe a little too much time was spent there. Its a very nice house and maybe I'm just complaining about the house when I should complain about the repetition that takes place there.

I don't want this review to sway anyone who loves a good romantic comedy against watching it. And I would almost say that Full House should be required viewing for everyone, especially for American film makers so they can learn a few lessons.

I think this story as it is could have been told in half the time, and had that been done, we might be talking all time classic here. But I cant change whats been done and I still say this show is worth every penny you spend on it. The first few episode are the ones I suggest you watch without interruptions or distractions. It is some very good stuff.