Trees in Heaven

I don't think any Korean dorama has been as hard for me to rate as this one. Nearly perfect scenes were interspersed with scenes that got on my nerves. There wasn't a single episode where Hanna didn't cry. Sometimes I cried with her, sometimes I had to turn her off for a while. Wan Lee gave a great performance, especially in the first 3 episodes. His character was the most interesting of the entire series for me. At times it was 5 stars, at times it was 2 stars. As a whole, I think it deserves a weaker 4 stars. (09/06/2013)

Hana apparently got her name because it rhymes with "nana". That could also be a good description of her character. She's a whiny, annoying nag, and I don't understand what anyone could love about her. Her suitors aren't much better, and when they all fall in together it's my eyelids that did the falling, because they're unwatchable. It's pathetic, a hot mess. And the acting? Every now and then, somewhere, maybe an actor/actress shows up to play, but for 90% of the show, it's pretty awful. There's constant crying, screaming, getting together, breaking up, stalking, nothing at all moving, you just want someone to smack Hana and then get smacked themselves. The best thing would be to lock them all up in one place and then burn it down. At least it would save film... It's not the best Korean series I've seen, nor the worst; for me it fell neatly below average. But don't worry, I'm not heartless. Of course I was moved by the ending, who wouldn't be moved by his picture in that e-mail that's been going around all the mailboxes? As long as he moved on... But just because I was moved at the end doesn't mean that I’ll rate the show higher. Anything can move you. Few things can really excite you. This was disappointing. The best part was his bodyguards. (23/03/2012)