Why is it still underrated drama?
The story,the acting,the tension and the storyline are superb.I just can't get enough of it just one defect it has only 12 ep, I wish it had more and if so iwish to have a second season with same male and female leads.They are not giving drama banners for this show in many websites and it is not in top 10 in many websitez.
It will be awesome to see the coming episodes .
And I cant wait for how the story progress from here onwards.
And tvn I know that this year you are killing a lot of good characters but please dont kill the male and female lead.
And please tell me some news if there is a chance of
second season.
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I had high hopes
(contains spoilers)I admit I am only in 3 episodes in but I already got a feel of what this drama is about. Okay, so it’s a zombie thing but actually not.
Plot - it is interesting and the story could have been told better.
Romance - not buying it. It felt so forced. The 2 leading roles have no chemistry at all. Plus! They suddenly decided to get married all for one luxury rental apartment. I found it weird that they could move in in a day and things are smooth. Like, the guy just suddenly packed up all his things and move in a day? It just doesn’t makes sense!
Thrilling scenes - I got excited when the story picked up the pace at the second episode. Yes! Her hyung got scratched! Yes he is going to turn! So okay, this episode got me excited.
Disappointing unrealistic scene - so come this episode where her Hyung gets trapped in the refrigerated container with all the infected people and turned himself, the lead lady went in and tried pulling him out WITHOUT A SINGLE SCRATCH OR BITE! Then comes her “supposedly husband” and went in and pulled them both out! And she got out unscathed! That scene did not make any sense at all!
I am still going to continue watching it for the sake of knowing what really is going on so I hope it gets better towards the end.
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Addicting
As the title says, I think this drama is really catching! More you watch and more you want to see. In my case I've a weird reaction, because I'm watching other dramas right now, that I think are "better", but I don't wait for them as for this one. Happiness has that "I don't know what" that makes you stay with your eyes glued on the screen. But don't get me wrong, it's a really good drama, the acting is really really good I think that what works really good it's the dynamic of the characters.I don't find the story really original, but it works good, as I said in a comment I think who wrote this drama started from the idea of covid, because when I watch this drama I cannot not think it's what happened to us, just amplified to supernatural to make a tv product. And this is in my opinion what's make us love this drama, it's like they're joking us, a sad joke. The lockdown, people going crazy, people not caring, selfishness, stupidity and more..
Anyway I really like the leads and their chemestry, they work really good on screen, their characters compese eachother pretty well giving us balance. As I said the strong point in my opinion is how all the people interact with eachother once they're forced to lockdown together, the characters are so differents, and those two are practically the unwanted guardians of them, I still have to figure out some of them, because obviously, some are really shady!!
Putting all together this is a really good drama, this is just my opinion, but I really recommend this one! :)
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It's realistic but not, at the same time.
So far so great; it's really an amazing thriller. It's like zombies but make it more realistic and there's only one, single officer trying to save the world. It makes sense and follows general logic, but also doesn't in many places. What itches me most is how almost nobody in an entire building other than three police officers and a little girl understand the gravity of the issue. Now, obviously we need one of the residents to mess things up for others for the dynamics but I absolutely hate how literally everyone is so non-serious about a mad person disease, but then again I enjoy when they get in trouble and I go "See, I told ya this would happen!". If things like this don't itch you, it is the pitch perfect apocalyptic drama with, in my opinion, loads of survival skills if you take note.Was this review helpful to you?
One of the best kdramas of 2021
Honestly, I didn't start this kdrama with big expectations and I just gave it a chance only because Han Hyo Joo and Park Hyung Sik are starring in it. I didn't plan to keep watching it. I would've just given a chance at the beginning and that would be because from the description of the drama, it wasn't something I would usually watch. But oh, how wrong I was. Something that I started with little hope, it was actually one of the best dramas of 2021, and maybe not only.The plot maybe it won't be on everyone's liking and some people won't give it a chance but once you start it, you will love it.
Park Hyung Sik and Han Hyo Joo did an amazing job in portraiting their characters, and not only them. Each one of the actors did a great job giving life to their characters. I went through so many emotions and feeling while watching it. I was angry, I was sad, I was happy. I could see myself being immersed in each episode. I would want more and more after I finished an episode and I would need to wait for the next ones arriving the next week.
The chemistry between Sae Boom and Yi Hyun was over the top. You could see and feel that they care a lot for each other through their gestures and actions, without them needing much to show it. All the moments they had, all the soft intimacy and realizations, they got you through all of them. There are so many moments that I loved between them and indivually as well. They chose the right actors to portrairt the characters. Park Hyung Sik and Han Hyo Joo were truly an amazing pair for this series. They just fit in the drama, they fit their characters and portraited all their emotions so well and I really hope that if it will be another chance in the future, I would love to see them acting together again.
The music was also on point. It is so important to have good music in a series because it helps contributing to the emotions the people are watching feel. I found myself searching so many times for the OSTs from Happiness and listening to them and having the images of the drama running in my head. You can also feel the emotions in the singers' voice.
In the end, I'm not really ready to say "Goodbye" to Happiness but I'm also happy. I didn't expect to love this series this much and to be one of my favorite series ever but here I am. I loved every episode until the end. I would impatiently look forward to the next ones each time, until now, when Happiness ended. I really hope more people will give it a chance, because it's one of the best kdramas. I hope you all will be able to feel the same emotions and feelings through this series as I did.
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Wow just wow
I just finished this drama and wow. I am at a loss of words but in a nice way.Every week I'd be waiting eagerly to watch this drama, every week I'd be at the edge of the seat anxious to see what was up next.
This drama is full of drama, action, plot twists and anxiety. So fucking good im happy i decided to start it.
The plot is well written, there not many plot holes as far as i noticed, the only thing is that i wished they gave us an explanation of what happened during the year time skip at the end, but i figured they did it to keep us somewhat hanging curious.
I loved the casting choices, both good and bad characters were spotless, i loved and hated, i cried and i laughed.
The music didn't stick much to me, idk it was just there, but i cant wait to rewatch this masterpiece!
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Definitely worth a watch!
I literally just finished this drama today and I have to say, it’s REALLY good! It was recommended to me on Viki and after reading the synopsis, I was intrigued. I actually ended up watching most of the episodes in one day. Luckily for me, all except the last two episodes were already available. I loved the casting and the acting was AMAZING. There was a big plot twist that definitely caught me by surprise. Usually I can predict what’s gonna happen in these dramas but I was pleasantly surprised this time around! I definitely recommend this if you like apocalyptic/thriller/slightly dark dramas. Ah! It was just so good! I haven’t watched a kdrama all the way through in a WHILE.Was this review helpful to you?
Love it!
I really wished that I didn't start watching this until it has finished airing, because I would've binged this! I looked forward to new episodes every week. I love the characters (yes, some of those residents are just downright frustrating, but that's the point). Great chemistry between the leads, and I like the strong characteristics they posses, they're one of those incorruptible and sensible characters, and they care for the people around them, even when those people have done bad things, some even did it over and over again.I appreciate that this drama didn't go deep into the politics because it could easily become one of those, and instead it concentrated on the apartment complex and what was happening within it. I found the story to be a bit slow somewhere in the middle, especially with the usual residents acting up over and over again, but it was still very enjoyable.
Overall, I really enjoyed watching this, and I love the soundtrack too.
Rewatch value: I don't rewatch dramas, but MDL doesn't allow me to just leave it blank.
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Cool
First of all, I must say this is the first-ever zombie drama with a happy ending.“Only thing this drama don’t have is happiness” — this is what I heard most these days. But I cannot think like that. This drama does have happiness. If you watch this drama with a clear mind, you can see that everyone with a good family and a good heart stays happy even during this mad outbreak.
When I watched this drama, I just wanted all the idiots in that apartment to die. When I saw more good people getting infected and dying while those annoying bastards were still alive, my blood started boiling more and more.
It made me really sad because the gym guy, the cleaning lady, and Se-hun (Apartment No. 1501) died.
But I’m really happy that Apartment No. 302 (the old family and their idiot son), Apartment No. 401 (the sister and infected brother), Jung-kook (the detective), So-yoon (the lawyer’s wife), and the supermarket girl became safe without any problems. And of course, I am 1000000000% happy for our cute couple 😘😘😘
I am not happy about Yeon-ok (the apartment lady), the so-called doctor and his mistress, the lawyer, and the two beggars who came to the apartment for cleaning. I know they did not have a happy ending, but it is not a bad ending either 😠. I wanted to see all those annoying bastards dead. When they acted like crazy, it made me happy, but in the end, when I saw those two bitches in court wearing good clothes, it made me even angrier 😠😠.
This is a really good drama, but I don’t know why—something is missing, so I cannot give it a full 10 points. The drama had sad parts, but it did not make my heart ache. The only time I felt like crying (but didn’t) was when Sae-bom was watching Yi-hyun’s video. This is not the actors’ fault; it is the writer’s fault. The scenes change very fast, so we don’t have time to feel sad. I think this is a weak point of the drama.
While watching this, I automatically compared it to Sweet Home, and because of that, this drama loses points for me. Sweet Home made me cry even when small supporting characters died, because it was more dramatic. I like that this drama had a happy ending, but the ending felt a bit rushed. If they had given us one more episode with a detailed ending, it would have been much better. I wanted to see how the apartment people were doing, how the government made the medicine, how they gave it to the zombies, and how the zombies became normal again. I want to say again—it could have been the best if they ended it like this.
As for acting, I don’t have much to say—10000% points. Everyone gave their 100%. I don’t think I need to talk about the main couple’s acting; they are already the best. Even the small characters gave their best. The two zombies from the nearby apartment (the white-shirt guy and the guard) were really cool and good actors. And the apartment lady—when she went out of her mind—wow, that was amazing. Her acting felt real.
Overall, this is a good drama that never feels boring. If you start watching it, you will finish it in one go. Even with a few weak points, it is really good and exciting.
So don’t wait—just start watching. Fighting 🎉🎉🎉
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This is NOT a typical drama you'd see.
I'll write a review without spoilers so dw if you read this before watching or whatever.Also, considering you've already read the storyline above, I'll just get straight to the points not mentioned above.
This drama is a GEM. I mean yeah I prolly say that for every drama I've written a review for but seriously.
I'll start with the leads? They're so cool. I mean prolly the ideal couple you want in a drama. You know we fans have kdrama lead ships kinda stuff? Where we ship leads like Ko Moon young and Lee Rang? yes. In this drama, you need nothing except these two leads. Of course there were side characters too but I'll only talk about mains coz they outshine everyone.
They're both badass and awesome. Remember how kdramas make our blood boil and main leads only add to it by "leaving the matter"? NOPE. Mess with them if you want a kick on yo a**. I can go on for hours but I'll stop hehe.
Secondly the story. The story never gets old. There will be no scene which makes you go like- "Ah man too long" or "this is getting boring at this point". There are twists and jumpscares at every point you'd want. Also the story is so perfectly balanced. Not too much of zombie stuff n not too much of romcom.
And lastly the OSTs? The OSTs weren't as good as other dramas such as iotnbo or hdl or goblin or dots but still the background music went on at the right time, giving that extra push you need to cry out in the scenes and yeah that's it.
Make sure to check this drama outtttttt!!
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