Alice

For those who are wondering if they should watch it, if you enjoy plot twists and intense moments then give it a shot. Personally, i enjoyed it and the actors lit up the screen. A good thing about alice (in my opinion) was that it was fast paced. it may not be the best time travel but it is certainly not the worst . time travel dramas will often have loopholes and leave users confused and honestly that goes for alice too. BUT a lot of my questions were answered and compared to other time travel movies/dramas MOST of this made sense and confusing parts were indirectly explained by characters through out the story.

Just my opinion though :)

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Alice was one of my most anticipated dramas of 2020, one that I couldn't wait to watch. I loved the concept of it, especially since fantasy is one of my favorite genres. As someone who loves romance, the thing I was most hesitant about involving Alice was the lack of romance, but this drama doesn't require a main romance to be a good drama for me. When Alice premiered, I already knew I would love this drama and it would be one of my favorites of the year, and even if it may not have unfolded perfectly, it definitely was a drama I loved watching and enjoyed a lot.

Plot:
The main premise of Alice is time travel, which in itself is a very complicated topic to incorporate. Because of this, I give stories involving time travel the benefit of the doubt, just as long as they keep to the formula. For Alice, I understood the way time travel was being portrayed, and even give props to the writer for going in-depth with many things. But overall, the plot fell short in multiple ways, some of which I believed could have been different. As I mentioned earlier, the first episode was no doubt one of the best first episodes I have ever watched, and the episodes that followed were strong as well. The half of this drama is no doubt the weakest part, but not to the point where it ruined the drama for me. I think many scenes could have been removed and replaced with either more backstory or more scenes with other characters, but that's one of the only things I would change. For a sci-fi fantasy drama, I think Alice did a good job with its elements. Of course, no drama is perfect, but it gives a good sci-fi fantasy feel throughout the drama.

Characters:
Alice is a drama that involves multiple characters in order to tell its story, but at the same time only values two characters: Park Jin Gyeom and Yoon Tae Yi. For Jin Gyeom, I really liked his character and how he was set up. I found his relationships with others very interesting. For Tae Yi, it's a bit different. She's not a character you want to hate, but a character that you find yourself, or at least I did, wanting to hate but couldn't. She's annoying sometimes then okay for other times, but overall, I don't think she's a bad character. Do Yeon and Min Hyuk were two characters that I found myself rooting for the most. I loved every scene Do Yeon and Jin Gyeom's were in together and thought they were cute together. The other supporting characters did a great addition to the story and I enjoyed watching them, even if some made my blood boil. Overall, the cast was excellent and I don't think I could find better actors for most characters.

Other:
The acting was fantastic, especially on Joo Won's part. I even give props to Kim Hee Sun for portraying two different characters, which isn't always easy to do. For the music, I was sad we only got 5 songs, but all of them were fantastic, especially The Star by Onestar. The cinematography was wonderful and I enjoyed the beautiful scenes we got.

Final Thoughts:
So why do I give this an 8.5? Simply because I enjoyed this more than I probably should have. I was happy, sad, angry, and frustrated while watching this, which are emotions I want to feel while watching dramas. I think the biggest problem I had with this was certain things that took place during the halfway point, but not to the extent where it ruined the drama for me. The first and last 6 episodes were the best for me, but the other 4 episodes in between weren't bad, just lacking in a way.

Do I recommend watching this drama? Yes, but no. This is a type of drama that certainly ain't for everyone, and that is okay. It forces you to pay attention and keep track of characters and decisions being made in order to fully grasp what is happening. For me, I have no problem with these types of dramas so I usually like them. If you are interested in this drama, I'd say go for it. It does a good job with twists and makes you anxious and not knowing what to expect, so if you're up for those dramas then you might enjoy this.

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Head aches watching this

Yes, I am at the 14th episode and my head aches with all this traveling through time. The jump from one timeline to another gets too confusing to the point that you start to question something you thought you understood in the first place.

I started watching this because of the promising trailer. The first few episodes were OK but as it progresses, I started disliking almost everyone on the show. Over lapping dimensions, doppelganger, AAARRRGGHHH.....

The last few episodes are too much for my mind's level of understanding LOL. Much as I loved the idea of going back in time to see a loved one, watching this turned out to be torture for me.

I am planning to drop it but I'm almost done so would probably see it through till the end

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Wasted potential

Oh Alice, you have such an intriguing overarching scifi thriller mystery, why that messy ending that is hard to overlook? Oh well, the writer already showed his fixation beforehand, I was just too stubborn to drop it.

Spoilers:
Joo Won is good in action, I really wished the show just stuck to be a straightforward thriller, and did not insert all those almost 'otp' scenes between Jin Gyeom and Tae Yi. It's plain weird and the worst part of the show for me, which is sad as they are the main leads and the focus of the show. Why show?! Such a waste of Do Yeon and Min Hyuk too.

Jin Gyeom was a bit uninteresting until that twist, which of course Joo Won always delivers. He is wasted on goody goody straight roles. I felt the show lacked the right comic actors too. I also felt more scared with that young evil Jin Gyeom, than the old teacher one (probably because of that weird makeup). 2020 Jin Gyeom warring with young evil Jin Gyeom inside 1 body was so fascinating, the show should have stuck with it more.

Well, all those can be forgiven, but that last part where they have to force the Jin Gyeom-Tae Yi OTP when it doesn't even make sense anymore, just NO.

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Fascinating take on time travel

Unlike most time travel dramas which assume a ripple in the past will change nearly everything in the future, Alice takes a more intriguing multiverse dynamic to spin its story. It would seem that you can be alive and dead in different realities that appear to be the same reality. Perhaps I haven't explained this well and truth be told, I've only seen 3 episodes but I am completely hooked. The characters are richly drawn and well-acted and the implausible premise become plausible thanks to fine writing. Kim Hee-Sun is predictably superb as the main time traveler but the complexity of her relationship with her son (in one reality) who suffers from an inability to feel emotions makes for some very dramatic moments. The chemistry with her son, well played by Jee Won and their quest to understand the truth that surrounds them is powerful. I'm not a binge watcher, so it will be a few weeks till I finish Alice but it is taking me on a very promising journey.

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Sizzling beginning but fizzling ending

After investing longer than 16 hours, as a sci-fi fan, all I can say that the drama started with a bang. The opening was mesmerizing especially with the impressive acting of Kwan Si Yang. He outshone the male lead and the female star every time he appeared on the screen. However, after the 6th episode, viewers are hesitant to go on watching as it is not clear whether they are watching the multiverse or the butterfly effect of the time travel as these two things seem to merge into each otherin the drama but they are different aspects in theory. The importance of the family bonding especially mother-son relationship takes so much time that some audience may find it repugnant to see the over emphasis on the romance between Tae yi and Park Jin Gyeom, mother and son in another time line.

If the script were written a bit more meticulously with a solid background of physics and some logic, the drama would have been very inspiring and aspiring. However, except for the acting skills of the main leads especially the top notch acting style of Kwak si yang, who wonderfully expressed the anger , sadness and frustrations of a father in micro details, there is nothing to recommend about the series. It is such a pity that a good opening which had the potential to have sparks on many fronts such as sci-fi, fantasy, alternate universe, multiverse, family bonding, present versus past lives sizzled so much that even the ending came out as non sequitor as to why after the reset it is only Tae yi who has not lost memory but the others all forgot everything in this new alternate universe. In order to have an open ending, the director and scriptwriter wasted both the talents of the actors and storytelling.

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Since this is Joo Won's first kdrama since his military enlistment I'm pretty excited to see how the drama will unfold. So far, Joo Won's character in Alice reminded me a bit of his character in Good Doctor, in which due to the circumstances of their birth they ended up living a life quite different than other people. Seeing Joo Won's performance in Good Doctor made me curious as to how he'll play Jin Gyeom and it was indeed interesting to see how much Jin Gyeom had grown throughout the series.

This drama had the theme of mystery and detective drama, added with time travel. While the detective theme at first appeared to be main thing that moves the plot of the story, eventually the scifi part starts to kick in and we can see how the time travel aspect with influence the story. And indeed, as the story moves forward we can see how the past, present and future started to mix together. It was interesting to see the drama dealt with the problem of paradox involving people from different points of time meeting each other at different stages of their lives. To which, it might end up very confusing for people who aren't quite used to the scifi genre, especially ones that involves time travel. In before I start quoting Doctor Who but I won't.

While some may have trouble watching some parts of the episodes due to the impression they may have regarding the doubtful relationship between Taeyi and Jin Gyeom, it may help a bit if one stayed open-minded while watching the drama by not immediately assuming that every single melodramatic scene in the drama to be a romantic one. Since the drama will involve a lot of paradoxes as people from past and future inevitably gonna cross each other's path, some emotional scenes may not be as straightforward as it appears. And love can be of any type aside from romantic feelings, so its better to not be so quick to assume the relationship that we see in the drama. Not to mention that we do have a character who had a disability in that he was not able to recognise emotions and understanding the meaning of said emotions.

As a scifi drama that dealt with time travel and parallel drama, I have to say that the plot of Alice was quite decent. While there are some parts that were still left vague and not executed well, overall it wasn't that bad a drama. With genre like this, it helps to have no high expectations and be open-minded to the many unexpected outcomes resulting from the timey-wimey.

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Don't always rely on Reviews

MY ADVISE - DON'T DROP THIS CAUSE OF LOW RATINGS OR REVIEWS ...

This drama some are find interesting while exact same amount of people find so FLAWS as a drama that discuss a Sci Fi matter , the Time travelling. When it comes to this kind of dramas TRY NOT TO DEPEND ON REVIEWS cause it changes according to how they wanted this drama, how many things should follow the Scientific rules things like that. Most people say that it doesn't make any sense that how the bloody bath scene turned upside down and it all started again, Of course it's a Huge problem but can't we let it slide, Think it like some Miracle or something like that and then Ignore it cause this is a drama. Why would we have to consider that and tell watching this a waste of time.
When I watch this drama I didn't care about any scientific matters or How is that possible or something like that , cause I was too focused on what will happen NEXT, that's what I thought. And how this will end, those are the only things that on my mind throughout the whole series.

STORY..
* It's a time travel story , not something like fantasy time travelling, It's through Scientific invention. I don't know about others but I found the story interesting. All started at some point and It end Closing at the same point giving me the ultimate Happy ending. If I want to say things that things that you should not get confused about,
* It's all started with a Book that telling the end of time travelling
* Time -- >the thing that you shouldn't messed up with,
* Mother - son relationship , this will be the spine of the Story
* Mother -A time traveler
* A son who is trying to prevent the death of his mother which happened at the past
* PARALLEL UNIVERSE THOERY ( simply - there is someone exactly look like you in another universe
* same person who has the same look( exactly same look) as his mother
* Like wise the story Going on
So isn't this story interesting , Why do we set low ratings after going through the story, BECAUSE of something that bother you at the end ,

Why ?
What's the problem with making that kind of plot?
Is it that Wrong ?

I don't find it like that, As I mention before think it as a Miracle or something that fits to your mind and then ignore it. Then look the whole picture. Isn't that interesting?

Cast, Acting..
Why bother reding about acting , They have done their best. So no worries

Ost/ Background sounds
It's all perfect, No need to worry

At last,

THIS DRAMA IS WORTH WATCHING

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The Time Travelling makes sense, the other reviewers are just too simple to understand it

The Time travelling theory itself and how it was portrayed is muuuch better that other kdramas with similar genre (im looking at you The King: Eternal Monarch), you kinda have to rewatch it to understand it better on how it works if you dont get it the 1st time.

The way characters portray while moving back and forth during the different timelines its more visible and easy to understand, something that other dramas tend to fail to address properly.

It does have flaws tho, for example there where some scenes where the music didnt really fit the vibe it was giving.
But other than that if your into Time travelling kdramas, you should go blind and skip reviews, its better that way to enjoy it.

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Worst time travel drama and worst drama for 2020

I don't even know where to start my review.. I'm disappointed with too many things specially the end. I wasted 16 hrs of my life to watch this bad drama. it's full of nonsense events.

let me talk about few things then I will write about the end.

First of all, they but rules in this drama, then they act opposite of it. For example , when the time gate is closed, all time travelers will disappear, so what happened when it was actually closed? Alice disappeared, but Yoon Tae Yi didn't!! ..why?? not only that, but she's the only one who remember what happened..again, why?????

Park Jin Gyum stays with his mother as high school student after he finally succeeded in preventing her death. So, what happens when became an adult in 2020..he passed by Yoon Tae Yi , but didn't recognize her..she looks like her mother, but didn't react when he saw a person who looks like his mother????

About the ending, why the writers stole the end from the famous German series (Dark)?? the old and bad Park Jin Gyum is the mastermind who prepared for all these events to happen..why he became bad to kill his mother? we don't know..it's like when Jonas "in the German series "DARK" became bad old Adam who planned for everything including killing his love "Martha"..etc

I can't even describe how much I'm disappointed :(

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