Secret Garden 시크릿 가든

[Genre: romance, melodrama, fantasy]

{Korean}

Recently, I have finished watching Secret Garden and loved it. It's definitely a drama I would watch again. I thought that the acting was superb, Hyun Bin (Kim Joo Won) and Ha Ji Won (Gil Ra Im) in particular. They both did a great job as acting as the other during the soul swaps. I really could see Gil Ra Im's personality in Kim Joo Won and vice versa. Even the other actors did a very good job, but I was mostly impressed with the leads.

In addition to the acting, I enjoyed the plot. I don't want to give too much away in case you haven't seen it yet, but one of the things I liked is how Kim Joo Won got to experience his mother looking down upon him when he was in Gil Ra Im's body. I feel like the body switching was necessary, because Kim Joo Won was a jerk in the beginning. How likely would it be that he would change if he didn't experience a bit of what Gil Ra Im does?

As for the Secret Garden OST, I wasn't too crazy about it like some people were, but I did like a few songs. For example, I like the song That Man by Hyun Bin. The Baek Ji Young version is mediocre, in my opinion. Hyun Bin does it so much better.

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One thing that disappointed me about the drama was that Han Tae Sun and Oska didn't end up together. I was hoping that Oska would turn out bisexual and choose to be with Han Tae Sun. I would really love to see a Korean drama that has a gay couple in it. Even if it was two females, I would like to see it. I have nothing wrong with straight romances, but some gay romance would be a nice change at times. To me love is love, so I don't mind either way.

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