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Silly, entertaining

BOGCHI Reviewed by BOGCHI
October 03, 2009

Overall rating: 
 
8.3
Story:
 
8.0
Acting:
 
8.0
Music:
 
8.0
Satisfaction:
 
9.0
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Do you recommend it? Yes

"It Started With a Kiss" is one of the first Taiwanese dramas I've seen, and made me want to see more.

Story - Based on a Japanese manga, It Started With a Kiss is about a clumsy air-head, but VERY patient girl, who likes a cold-hearted guy. Due to some some crazy circumstances, she and her father ends up living with him and his family.

I really liked this drama from the beginning, although it was UNBELIEVABLY unrealistic, it was very funny and entertaining. The drama goes on with the girl and guy's love and hate relationship, all throughout it was pretty much like that with different scenarios. When I got around the middle of this 24-episode drama.. it started to feel dragging. Nonsense, senseless things started to pop-up, which didn't seem to have done anything to the progress of the story. Fortunately, it picked up at the latter episodes.. the climax of the story really made up for the dragging parts in the middle.

Will it be a happy ending or a sad ending?.. it's for you to find out.

Acting - It wouldn't be such a good drama if it wasn't for the acting. I didn't think there was much to be acted though, but overall.. they delivered. One of the most memorable character would be Zhi Shu's mom (very hilarious), so watch out for it.

Music - "It Started With a Kiss" had a really good soundtrack. Fits the drama pretty well. Say That You Love Me was a very catchy theme song, and all the insert song where easy on the ears.

Overall, it was a silly, yet entertaining drama.