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The Greatest Love - Review (Korean Drama)




Details :
Title: Choegoui Sarang
Also known as: Best Love, The Greatest Love
Previously known as: The Discovery of Affection
Genre: Romance, comedy
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2011-May-04 to 2011-Jun-23
Air time: Wednesday and Thursday 21:55

Synopsis :
Ae Jung was once the most popular member of girl band The National Treasure Girls. However 10 years ago the band broke up and she received most of the blame. Despite her warm personality her career has suffered ever since and she now spends her time fighting for air time on variety shows. Dokko Jin is a top movie star at the height of his career. The two meet and become involved in each other's careers. Yoon Pil Joo is a doctor of oriental medicine who has no interest in the entertainment industry but agrees to make a dating show. Dokko Jin helps get Ae Jung a role on a new reality show called Couple Making. Pil Joo is the bachelor being set up on Couple Making. Both men fall for Ae Jung both off and on the screen.

Cast :
Gong Hyo Jin as Goo Ae Jung
Cha Seung Won as Dokko Jin
Yoo In Na as Kang Se Ri
Yoon Kye Sang as Yoon Pil Joo

Extended Cast :
Choi Sung Min as Kim Eun Ho PD
Kim Mi Jin as Producer Han Myung Jung
Jung Man Shik as Director Jang
Hyo Young as Ha Roo Mi
Han Jin Hee as Goo Ja Chul
Jung Joon Ha as Goo Ae Wan (Ae Jung's brother/manager)
Park Won Sook as Pil Joo's mother
Choi Hwa Jung as Representative Moon
Lee Hee Jin as Jenny
Im Ji Kyu as Kim Jae Suk
Bae Seul Gi as Han Mi Na
Yang Han Yeol  as Goo Hyung Kyu

Cameos :
Lee Seung Ki as himself
Brian as Kang Min
Park Si Yeon as Kim Hee Jin
Ho Ran as radio DJ
Lee Je In
Kim Sung Joo
Jung Yoon Ki
Lee Byung Jin
Jang Hang Joon
Jung Doo Hong
Kim Goo Ra
Lee Hwi Jae
Park Mi Sun
Lee Kyung Shil
Jo Hyung Gi
Kim Ji Sun
Jo Hye Ryun
Ji Sang Ryul
Kim Hyun Chul
Park Kyung Rim
Kim Shin Young

Production Credits :
Producer: Kim Jin Man
Screenwriter: Hong Mi Ran, Hong Jung Eun
Director: Park Hong Kyun, Lee Dong Yoon

Recognitions :
2011 MBC Drama Awards:
Drama of the Year
Mini Series Top Excellence Award, Actor (Cha Seung Won)
Mini Series Top Excellence Award, Actress (Gong Hyo Jin)
Best Couple Award (Cha Seung Won and Gong Hyo Jin)
Child Actor Award (Yang Han Yeol)
Writer of the Year Award (Hong Mi Ran and Hong Jung Eun)
Popularity Award (Gong Hyo Jin)

Episode ratings for the MBC drama The Greatest Love
DateEpisodeNationwideSeoul
2011-05-0416.58.6 (11th)
2011-05-0527.1 (20th)9.6 (9th)
2011-05-1138.6 (14th)11.2 (7th)
2011-05-1249.7 (8th)12.3 (5th)
2011-05-18510.4 (5th)13.9 (4th)
2011-05-19610.2 (6th)12.7 (6th)
2011-05-25714.4 (3rd)17.9 (1st)
2011-05-26815.2 (2nd)18.0 (1st)
2011-06-01914.4 (3rd)17.0 (1st)
2011-06-021013.8 (3rd)17.4 (1st)
2011-06-081114.3 (3rd)17.3 (1st)
2011-06-091214.6 (2nd)18.5 (1st)
2011-06-151313.1 (4th)17.7 (1st)
2011-06-161414.5 (2nd)18.1 (1st)
2011-06-221515.9 (3rd)19.3 (1st)
2011-06-231617.4 (2nd)21.2 (1st)
Average12.5%15.7%
Source: TNmS Media Korea
(credit to : wiki drama, hancinema )

Review ala gw :

Gw nonton serial ini sebenernya krn "kecelakaan" hahaha...bukan salah 1 drama yg masuk dlm list gw utk gw tonton dalam waktu dekat, meskipun gw udah donlot dari bulan oktober taun lalu. Hanya krn buka salah 1 tred di forum LI yg segitu hebohnya posting komentar2 akhirnya gw memutuskan nyemplung dan nonton serial ini. Dan ternyataaaaaaaaaaa emang bagus-gus-gus!! Ga rugi gw memutuskan nonton...

Ni serial keknya emang sengaja ga memajang wajah2 cantik n ganteng sebagai lead female n male, malah second, third, forth etc (lebay)-nya yg pada cakep2, suweeeerrr deh !! Dan beruntunglah gw, secara gw termasuk penikmat drama tanpa peduli dg tampang2 bening. Klo emang cerita ok kenapa ga nerusin nonton?

Cerita utamanya ttg dunia entertainment di KorSel, yg segitu memujanya bintang pujaan mereka, sehingga ketika si bintang pujaan bertemu dg pasangan yg menurut mrk ngga sepadan langsung hujatan, pemutusan kontrak iklan dan film lah yg mrk terima. Menurut salah satu komen, emang penulis skenarionya mengakui ni drama emang kek "drama meets reality" en merever info dari wiki ada kejadian2 di drama ini yg dialami salah 1 bintang papan atas korea Kwon Sang Woo pada waktu dia memutuskan menikahi istrinya sekarang.

Sungguh tragis klo emang seorang artis serasa milik masyarakat n mrk ngga berhak atas dunia nya sendiri.

Dan cara Dokko Jin (si pelakon cowo) klo mampu dilakukan di dunia entertainment korea sono patut diacungi jempol sepuluh...hahaha...lebay...secara dia mati2an mempertahankan si pujaan hati meskipun dia dihujat dan banyak kontrak iklan n film yg dicopot. 

Banyak adegan konyol n ketawa garing si Dokko demi meluruhkan hati cewenya jg menjadi sentral keseluruhan cerita. Dari awal gw udah ngakak2, berlanjut ke episode sedih pun gw masih ngakak, bahkan sampe ending ada aja kelakuan mrk yg bikin gw ga habis2 menarik otot wajah ke atas hahahahaa...

Di samping itu, peristiwa yg dialami Ae Jeong (si pelakon cewe) dg masa lalu girlband-nya dan kemampuan dia bertahan di tengah persaingan ganas artis2 muda korea yg cantik2 dg oplasnya dan tingkat depresi yg tinggi serta maraknya aksi bunuh diri di kalangan artis, dia tetap bertahan meski udah ngga ngetop, bermasalah shg dikucilkan di dunia entertainment dan berwajah biasa2 saja....Mungkin ini sebagai inspirasi spy tetep kuat n ga gampang menyerah...Hanya butuh kepercayaan diri dan do the best :)

Ost na cucok deh ma kuping gw...enak2 banget apalagi yg Heartbeat :D

Kalo mau baca sinopsis lengkapnya, ini nihhh....
(credit to pelangi drama)





Nilai gw utk drama ini : 8/10

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