Contrary to the viewers in Korea, I actually like Air City a lot. In fact, I think it's my favourite korean drama ever and it is the sort of drama that I have been waiting to watch.

It felt like Jeffrey Archer's 'Shall We Tell The President' put on screen to a different context and different characters. I say so because Air City is more of the suspense and mystery solving drama (which is really good because the scriptwriters have dang good brains and smart ways to link and solve things!) instead of a purely romance drama. 

Dramas like Winter Sonata and Summer Scent pissed me off while watching because the characters are either talking over a cup of coffee about relationship problems or walking on the beach / sitting at some random place that brings back old memories and tearing or just gathering around seated down talking and crying. I love how in this drama they bring in suspense, and a little sweetness between Lee Jung Jae and Choi Ji Woo (not too much too!). Maybe it's because the koreans are not yet as open to such dramas as you can see from the history of dramas and the genres that they fall into, but I think MBC did a great job in casting the characters, and Lee Jung Jae looks really good and Choi Ji Woo complements him really well too. I think the scriptwriters were really good, as with how the production team used the Incheon International Airport and all of its relevant facilities instead of crappy cafes and tissues and teary eyed females nursing a broken heart.

I've watched many many dramas and even those that I actually do like, like the over-rated My Girl, I do fast-forward cause they really have some of those unbearable and repetitive scenes as mentioned above. My fingers are far away from the keypad when I watch Air City and I only pause or stop the video when I have something else to do so my point is that I haven't fast-forwarded any of it! And I always fast-forward my shows! 

I personally think KBS and SBS have more boring and less action-packed and more family oriented dramas which cannot impress me! I like MBC the best out of the 3 more reknowned broadcasting networks in Korea. MBC came up with Goong and Coffee Prince, and you can see that they're super rich because it's not cheap to film Goong and in Coffee Prince I guess they built the cafe from scratch. And in Air City, needless to say, I think they pretty much mobilised a lot of airport stuff to help out in the filming and there's just one word to describe this drama and everything of it: IMPRESSIVE.

Even the supporting characters each have a little story to tell of their own, and I especially like Han Do Kyung (Choi Jo Woo)'s boss. HE'S SUCH A FUNNY GUY and (a little) sadly, he reminds me of Kim Dong Wan. His smile and actions and voice hahaha just watch it and maybe you'd agree with me (i.e if you know who KDW is). 

I like all the characters in this drama (minus the baddies even though they are really interesting to watch), you won't hate them unlike in some dramas when one is prejudiced against the 3rd party and think he/she's universally bad (or maybe it's just me cause I watch all dramas like that cause I abhor love-triangles!). I think the $6 millon MBC invested is money well spent because I really do enjoy every minute of this drama!

So, if you're bored at home and have nothing to watch, try this. You might or might not like it, but I LOVE IT! (: (: (: