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Not my cup of tea
I feel bad because a lot of people have recommended this drama and I genuinly tried to enjoy it.I think this one might just be me more than the drama. I'm more of a main character focus first then slowly get into plot - high stakes - larger than life conflict sort of person. This drama just failed to make me care about the characters.
When I first started watching the very first episode we hardly spent much screen time with the MC. There is just too much going on, so many overly complicated political nuances that I honestly do not have the patience to follow at this point in the story. I usually can appreciate the political side of dramas and the evil overlords that want to conquer the world and kill ML but with this one, because I barely had any information about ML and the situation at hand, I couldn't care less if he died or not. It's a bit of a structural problem... like they're introducing the bad guys and side characters first and ML and FL second. It just felt all over the place and very disconnected. I gave it five episodes and each one felt like a chore and homework mixed together. I had to keep tabs on everyone all at once and the backstory is not very engaging.
ML is charismatic and has um.. visual appeal, but other than that I'm not really seeing much five episodes in. He might get better in the future but if you haven't been able to properly introduce your ML in five hours I can't help you. His connection with FL- them knowing each other as kids but maybe not remembering is something that I've seen being handled so much better in other dramas. A picture of both kids sleeping next to each other is just not enough to make me relate to them. If you're having them be childhood friends at least have them be awake. I don't care for sleeping characters as an introduction.
FL is annoying... such a disappointment from her wonderful introduction being raised by thugs. All that goes out the window very quickly for the sake of rescuing her. I love me some damsel in distress actually, but it felt... forced here.
I did not care for Reporter guy or his backstory. Sorry.
Overall this drama lacks the binge factor/page turner/mystery aspect that makes me click the next episode. I might come back to it one day and give it a chance, but probably not at the time being.
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but cast were good
i didn't like the first songs they could put better musics than those english songs...
ajuma(kim min kyung) was fantastic...
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The emperor is naked
All the reviews praised this drama as 10/10 best thing ever, and with netflix taking it down in a couple of weeks, "Healer" arose interest from fans both old and new.But is it worth the hype? Well, after seeing 5 episodes, I'm afraid to say....no, not really.
But first thing first. I realize I'm not a target audience. I expected a thriller with some love story, but instead I got love story with lots of melodrama and some thriller. Very little action.
The mc is batman-like hypercompetent gary stu, supported by super-hacker who can just hack anything in 3 seconds if she just looks at it through mc's magic super high tech glasses. No one must know his identity, which doesn't stop him from enlisting at news agency where he pretends to be a clumsy, stuttering dumbass in character development as old as Clark Kent.
There he falls in love with a girl he was originally paid to stalk. However, little does he know they are actually amnesiac childhood friends with childhood promise, and every single villain and side character they will encounter from now on is somehow connected to their past!
Oh did I mention that the first time they met in person the bus they were driving stopped too fast, and the female mc conveniently fell in Healer's embrace? Perhaps I also should mention that he's so hyper-competent at combat he can defeat multiple armed thugs at once, and parkour fast enough to catch up with a car. Oh, and of course, everyone takes notice of how handsome he is....
In other words, the story is full of tropes and cliches. It's fairly well-executed, as far as acting and production values and direction are concerned, at least based on these 5 episodes I've seen so far. But it's just....boring and predictable.
The FL is pretty cute, but so far, she's just been a clueless damsel in distress. Any sign of competence shown in the first episode went poof, she can't even notice she's being stalked by multiple people at the time.
And don't get me started on melodrama. I had to turn episode 5 off when FL's wheelchair-bound mother got the worst acted epilepsy attack I've seen in years just when the name of her amnesiac missing daughter was mentioned.
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Nauseating and cringy
I had high expectations about this show since reviews are glowing, but it's really weak.I liked main actors too, they are alright. Plot through 5 episodes I watched is nothing special, kinda cliche, but not worst too.
But let me tell you about how awful production on this.
1) Stylistically it's really laughably corny at times, with hacker aestetic from late 90s early 00s which feels just lazy and outdated even for 2014, let alone for 2022. It's really hasn't aged very well.
2) Action scenes are funny, it's like worst of CW shows (Arrow, Flash etc). Lack of creativity and cringy editing.
3) Overall editing is atrocious, camera always jumps, even in casual scenes. There was a classic scene with work get together at a bar. And they filmed convo at the table with jump cuts on every line said.
Editing was a breaking straw for me and I dropped it on ep.5
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Simply Thrilling
Love, love, love this drama.It's intriguing right from the very first episode that you wouldn't want to get up to do anything else. My first time watching this actor and I'll be watching more of his dramas. Every actor/actress played their part so well. Don't want to give away any spoiler but i would highly recommend. 👏 👏
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the blend of adrenaline-pumping thrills, a truly sparky, heartfelt OTP, a deeply melty – yet flawed and believable – hero, and a courageous, strong heroine, makes for an exhilaratingly heady combination of feels that just sends my heart in multiple directions all at once.
Highly polished camera work and its very effective, very immersive OST, and it’s a combination that’s pretty darn hard to beat.
A worth watching drama.
#Healer #kdrama #jeechangwook #parkminyoung
#thriller #hacker #romance #fighting
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ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE
I can't describe how much I loved this drama, everything about it was absolutely PERFECT is EVERYWAY. I loved every single second. It was so exciting, funny, adorable, sympathetic, sad, melancholic, action-packed, fast paced yet soooo many details and just an absolute masterpiece. The story was like mind blowing, it felt so original and just soo good to watch. I guarantee butterflies every minute of the drama, either because of the romance, the adorable comedy, exciting suspense or the awesome action. This drama was a true masterpiece. The Cast have done a FANTASTIC job like the acting in this drama is phenomenal! Huge fan of the ML after this drama and the FL was just dazzling. The music. THE MUSIC WAS AMAZING AmAZiNg like absolutely brilliant, especially the bgm during the scenes where the ML is jumping on rooftops and the action sequences their bgms were absolutely brilliant. DEFINITELY rewatch worthy and I don't rewatch dramas but this drama was a classic. Overall ABSOLUTELY phenomenal masterpiece that is literally perfect in everyway with exciting action-packed-suspense, adorable romance, melancholic backstories and brilliant comedy!🦻🏻🕶️ 🥷🏻❤️🩹👩🏻💼🎤📹Was this review helpful to you?
since mostly, she is a mom in every drama! But over all I loved it! gives me thrill! except the ending.
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Strong start but lacking ending
I won't lie. I'm kind of upset writing this review because I just finished the show, and the ending left me unsatisfied. It was a happy ending, but I expected so much more. There were questions unanswered, and some of the scenarios that happened in the show did not really get fixed. I also felt like some of the characters and their relationships should have been focused and delved into more. I do have to say that I loved the idea of this show (the whole night errand thing). All the main characters and their personalities were fun to watch. The action and fight scenes were exciting and fun. The actors did a phenomenal job and were the main reason I went back to keep watching. I only wish the storyline could have taken a better turn in the last half of the show. I still think everyone should check 'Healer' out because it's different from the typical K-dramas you see. It mixes action, comedy, drama, and romance, and it does a good job at it.Was this review helpful to you?
