Not Good Enough
Korean Drama '' Strong Girl Nam Soon '' is a fantasy comedy.The drama tries to live up to its popular prequel, but doesn't manage to be enjoyable. The main lead was not cute, but childish and immature, which ended up being annoying and tiring to watch.
The story was boring as well. After Nam Soon found her mother, which was probably the most interesting part of the drama, things went downhill. Overused tropes, a boring and without chemistry romance, a messy love triangle that didn't make sense, lukewarm action scenes, and cheesy comedy, were all elements that led to the disaster that the drama eventually was.
The performances, at least, were decent enough. The cameo of the old characters was a nice touch as well.
So, overall, two out of ten.
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ONSET LIVE WRITING
This drama follows the "save the world" trope, which isn’t my type. The drug plot feels weak and dragged out, making it hard to stay invested.The female lead’s mother has more focus than the lead herself, with too many slow-motion shots of her in fancy dresses that come off as cringe-worthy rather than empowering. It's hard to connect with her when she shows more empathy for a stranger who tried to harm her daughter than her own son. Her character, combined with the noticeable botox, makes it tough to take her seriously.
The chemistry between the male and female leads is lackluster. They feel more like an honest police officer and a lost child than a couple worth rooting for. The female lead’s childlike, goofy behavior doesn’t help, and the male lead adds very little to the plot, as even the writers seem to neglect him.
What stands out in this drama is the villain. His brief moments with the female lead are the most gripping parts of the show. It’s not just his striking looks; his performance stands out too. He’s ruthless with everyone else but a gentleman with the girl he likes. Unlike the other characters, his interactions with the female lead are genuine and compelling.
While the drama is poorly written overall, the villain’s character remains memorable and is the one redeeming factor of the series
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As mom says “don’t these people talk to each other”
In a world with 3 strong women, 3 weak men family, and one kidnapped grandma, you’d think they’d talk to each other and you’d think they’d know the 3 women are strong
She’s such a bad mom, yet again blaming the dad.. like first off they’re 21 year old adults, and secondly you are the reason for his insecurities so there’s only one person to be blamed
I reaallllyyy can’t feel like these 4 are a family, tbh she didn’t have to be lost, maybe a late bloomer or someone who hated her powers and wanted to be normal, now they’re like a bunch of ppl just there
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Disgusting - worst kdrama I had watched
its all disgusting.do not waste your time. Cringe overload on chemistry of female character.also the story was meaningless.it didnt have character development.the story messing with all the characters.if you watch this drama u will die bcoz of cringe female lead character. Want to banned like this drama not mr queen.its all disgusting its all disgusting its all disgusting its all disgusting its all disgusting its all disgusting its all its all disgusting its all disgusting its all disgusting its all disgustingdisgusting its all disgusting its all disgusting its all disgusting its all disgusting its all disgusting
You will thank me later.
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Think twice
From the start, this show was lacking. Unfortunately, all the "strong" women are roles that don't do anything for the seasoned actors. The plot and script were poorly developed and executed. The only strong point to the show is don't take any kind of "medication" from strangers. I continue to watch and keep hoping the show will pick-up but it is just more of the same. I guess reviews have to be at least 500 words, but this would be one negative review. I'm not sure what more I can say about this show. I guess if you like a particular actor, then the show is worth watching. Just don't be too disappointed.Was this review helpful to you?
A waste of time, honestly
This show gave me nothing. I had low expectations since I loved the first version, Strong Woman Do Bong Soon, but this one was even lower than my expectations. I didn't care about the characters, most of the were SO annoying and I couldn't get past it. I liked the grandmas storyline and that was about it.The drug plot was confused and weird and I found I got bored half way through and couldn't focus on what was happening.
The romance was boring and rushed at the same time. I didn't feel like the main leads connected at all and then suddenly they were getting married. It felt like they forced a romance plotline in to get the views but they didn't really want it in there.
The ending wasn't really satisfying for me. Nothing was fully wrapped up (possibly they want to follow the new trend of adding more seasons) but it's not worth a second season.
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Just save yourself and don't watch this.
oh gosh, where to start.Like the majority i was also really looking forward to this drama and boyyy was i disappointing. i was in no way comparing this to the prequel, it was just objectively a really bad drama.
- In my opinion the whole premise had great potential- who doesn’t like strong female leads! But even from the first episode i was side-eyeing the entire time, nothing made sense. For e.g. Namsoon initially getting lost in Mongolia was stupid anyway- but her rich family’s inability to find her was even more ridiculous. Having all that money and resources to be able to find someone anywhere, and they decide to hold a strength competition¿? within KOREA when your child went missing in MONGOLIA. how would a literal CHILD make her own way back to korea??
- though the first few episodes were silly it was still enjoyable, but as it went on it was just ridiculous and the humour seemed very exaggerated to a point it got me skipping most scenes.
- the plot in itself felt like there was too much going on. The writer could've done something profound and hard hitting with the drug storyline but it just turned out to be lacklustre and lame. There so many subplots that it actually took away from the interesting ones. and then more characters were added without any backstory or any real purpose other than highlighting certain plot points.
- Namsoon lacked the charm the writers intended for her to have, there was no use for her to be ‘childish’ considering she still had a good upbringing and had been around civilisation. Her initial lack of formalities was confusing considering she did spend her childhood in korea.
- unnecessary side characters i.e the homeless couple. What did they even bring to the story. I even thought the dad and brother were useless- i wish they gave the brother some sort of strength and substance. ANY sort of use tbh.
- min min couple were the saving point lol
- Even though i saw the charm of Ryu Sio, and i admit i had high hopes for him, but even his character was poorly written. Lets be honest, he was a sh*t villain, seriously how can you be so dumb to let his girl anywhere near you and your secrets? however he was just the best of the bunch, the only character that had some depth and a background story which made viewers like the guy, knowing damn well that he’s a murderous pyschopath. And even after his death they still added some MORE backstory. What do we now do with this info??
- gave all that character development to Ryu Sio to then have him kill himself in the first 20 mins of the episode and then have the other characters continue on with their day like nothing had happened. There was no real closure for his character.
- Heesik was just…THERE. lol ok he’s a cop and he's inherently good, he had a brother that died. WHAT ELSE?? PLEASE TELL ME MORE. He’s one of the main characters but there was nothing interesting about him. just bland.
- no chemistry between the leads in my opinion, It was cute that they liked each other from the get go, but as the show went they had less scenes together to a point that their ‘love’ seemed random and unnatural at the end.
- why did the grandma and her lover need all that screen time. Unnecessary and unwanted.
- how did Namsoon’s mongolian mum pass airport security with a BOMB? is the security in korea that bad?
- The mothers acting was just too over the top. Billionaire and secret vigilante, who gets their hair and makeup done before any heroism can take place.
- the women in show apparently had some connection when great strength is taking place but couldn’t use that connection to find their lost daughter.
- how did Namsoon become a police office when she evidently lacks any knowledge of the law or any form of training for that matter.
there’s so many things that i found ridiculous whilst watching this that i can continue the list but let me finish here. It was implied that there might be sequel… PLEASE NO. just stop right here lol
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WHAT THE ACTUAL
i am very dissapointed. i was rooting for this series because i love do bong soon so much. ga jelas bangettttt fakkkkk. things i hate :- they could just more focused about the comedy aspects, heesik and nam soon relationship, family things like in do bong soon
- the chemistry's kinda off between them as a family karena how can they made nam soon yang baru ketemu and they made her dealing with stuffs
- the first few episodes was good. tapi semakin kesini makin kesana GAJELASSSS
- i don't even know heesik's background i was so excited for his character but they made it looks like he's a second lead i hate ittttt
- one of the things that keep me going was hee sik and his team yang kocak abis and he got less screen time like are you kidding??
- the amount of people praising si-o, stop it
- im not here for that grandma's puber kedua thing. it was funny at first, and i can't take it anymore
- and how about that pappa's bell that hit heesik head?? they should made it as a memorial between heesik and nam soon SEMUANYA SIA SIA
anyways, the writer sucks. this series will remind as a series yang menemani saya di kala per stressan skripshit (like twinkling watermelon). if the rumors are true that they renewed this for the third season pls be better (honestly, don't do that)
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Do Not Watch!!!!
Seriously, I finished this drama when it was coming out. Technically I didn't cuz i couldn't even bring myself to watch the last two episodes. I initially went into this drama because I love love loved "Strong Girl Do Bong Soon" and because I absolutely love Byeon Wooseok but unfortunately my love for either of them couldn't make me like this drama one bit!First the story line and plot, what the hell was happening? Such a messy story writing cuz when did Heesik and Namsoon even started dating? The timing was so freaking off! And the whole Ryu Shioh plot didn't make sense at all! Now a lot of people came at me and complained about how its only because the villain is handsome and if it was an ugly actor then I wouldn't give a freak. Nope absolutely not, because what do you mean by Shioh being tortured all his childhood and abused then forced into this and is still the bad guy? What do you mean he bought the orphanage where he was kidnapped from and turned it into a boxing ring? What do you mean he opened a store for his father that abandoned him so that he could sustain himself? Please just start making villain actual villains if you are going to give them this kind of endings! Even if they choose the ugliest (I didn't wanna use this word but that's what people were coming at me with) actor for the role of Ryu Shioh I would have still feel bad for him and wished him a better future and a second chance at life.
Now I won't even talk about the mom because honestly she was horrible!!! What were those comments about Namin's weight and always criticizing him for the smallest things ever? Didn't like the grandma either. Namsoon's character was very cartoonish and stupid honestly, the only reason she became a cop at the end is because of her super strength and nothing else! What do you mean she and her mother saw the good in Hwa ja even when she tried to murder Namsoon but they couldn't use their brain to think for a single second about Shioh's situation and what might have caused him to become this person? I mean I guess Namsoon did think about that but when you might ask? The moment Shioh was holding that gun to his head.
The only tolerable characters were the dad and the whole reason why I watched this show was because of Byeon Wooseok. I also loved the Minmin and Bongbong Cameo but that's all, everything else was not satisfactory at all!
I hope that the whole sad villain backstory will stop in kdramas and I hope you all know that I am a hundred percent not hating the real actors and actresses, I am however hating on the director and writer of this story cuz how did you write this and read it and was like yes this is amazing like what part of it made sense to you for you to make it a drama? That plus making it a sequel to one of the best kdrama that exist? Lets get it together and not make a mistake like this again!
Honestly a big reason why I am so mad is because this drama had soooo much potential, like so much potential where if the changed the plot just a tiny bit this could have been a great kdrama. They could have not given Shioh the sad backstory, if they still did give Shioh the sad backstory they could have made him work together with the police in the end to take Pavel down completely. I just said it shortly and you might think it doesn't make sense but obviously they did need to change a few things like how Shioh was forced to distribute the dr*gs and that he was actually secretly making the antidotes and he also secretly wanted to take Pavel down but didn't have enough power alone because he knew that Pavel had connections with the police as well and Geum Ja, the mother, the grandmother, Namsoon and Heesik could have formed a secret group with Shioh to take Pavel down and distribute the antidotes so that people who took the drugs could survive.
Honestly I could go on and on but I'll just stop here, I have ranted enough, I got everything off my chest.
P.S If you loved this drama good for you, I am glad you enjoyed it but this is just my opinion. Or maybe you went into it with a lower expectation so it is not as disappointing for you, honestly that is great but as a drama that was promoted as Strong Girl Do Bong Soon season 2 and sequel it shouldn't have been this disappointing.
If you want to watch this drama I highly do NOT recommend it, save your time, save your tears that will go to waste and save yourself! Kisses~~~
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Funny in some parts, but would not reccomend
This show is quite cute/funny, but not one to be taken super seriously. Also, not to be compared to strong woman do bong soon at ALL,, bc it would get like a 1.5 comparatively. Thinking of it as a standalone drama: the first half started pretty strong/quirky, and I enjoyed the buildup to the story. My main problem with the drama was the second half of it, it really falls apart the last few episodes closer to the end.SPOILERS: There are so many side plots that end up hastily tied via just killing characters lmao. I feel like it derailed itself so hard. It made the villain the most interesting character in the show and then did nothing with it like he kills himself in the end no recourse. Like they wrote him super interesting and made us sympathize w his upbringing just to shoot him in the skull?I believe a strong part of why so many rooted for the villain in strong girl was due to Byeon Woo Seok and his character's chemistry with the FL (watch Lovely Runner if you want to see more of him!).
The main girl gets annoying/grating after a while bc she wont take anything seriously and her mom is almost more of the main character than she is. The ML is just boring after a while tbh like he has less chemistry with the FL than her and the villain do like ur shows kinda fked if everyone's rooting for the bad guy. They tried to set up for another season at the end bc they left so many sub plots open as well.
There was this whole subplot that was so lame like this girl was an evil orphan who pretended to be Nam Soon and tries to kill the real Nam Soon, but then the mom's like we can live happily w u as my daughter too if u change ur ways and she DOES and its like a really sweet happy ending about redemption and stuff and then second to last episode villain kills her in an alley like what was the messaging there: don't turn good bc u think it'll be happy ever after but it won't and you'll diE??? I saw the vision in the story before that, it was like teaching u the lesson that if u choose good, good things will come to you, which was a really nice message even with the story being a bit unrealistic, but to toss it out like tieing down a loose end seemed poorly thought out.
I think that was a lot of ppls complaints with it is like they had so many sub plots and shit they panicked at the end and were like how can we tie all these loose ends down? ah yeah; death
villain story? dead. second daughter story? dead. love story? (they've been together for 2 months) marriage.
Its like u took some highschooler, hired them as an intern, and they're practicing basic story concepts but they're like well we need to have a happy ending w no complications.
All in all, I think it could have been executed much better and the only reason I'm giving it a non zero score after flaming it so hard is that I really enjoyed the first half as a comedy, and appreciate the actors and team's work on the show. Just wish the script/storyboarding was thought out a little better on the grand scale of things. I will say this show introduced me to Byeon Woo Seok as a compelling actor so I'm appreciative of that! I don't think I would have watched Lovely Runner if not for that, and that's a really nice romance show~
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MOST AWAITED SEQUEL to WORST MADE SEQUEL
I’m gonna keep this brief and to the point-1. The mother gets more screentime than the actual FL.
2. ML is boring af and has no chemistry with FL.
3. Villain is 10x more attractive, has an actual interesting backstory & had more chemistry with FL.
4. Nobody gaf about the police officer being dr*gged for 10+ episodes.
5. Nobody also gaf about the grandma's love-story.
6. Storyline sucks. It had so much potential and they could’ve taken advantage to make it more interesting.
7. Only good thing was Bongsoon & Minhyuk's cameo (+villain).
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The women are way too overpowered and that makes it boring
Namsoon is born with a superhuman strength from her mother's blood, but she went missing as a child in Mongolia. When she grows up she comes to Gangnam, South Korea to find her parents. Her mother tried to find her while also tried to live a righteous life with doing good deeds, but her family is involved in a drug case. A young detective join forces on the drug case to solve it together...First impression 4 eps in, too much overacting in my opinion and I wasn't in the mood for it at that time, So I pause it and caught up on the final week it's airing because I do like how the story focused on the women. You get to see them all in their different personalities, and how they use their strength and how their strengths are perceived by other people in their lives and around them... Namsoon and her interactions with people in her life is beautiful. This part is cute and fun but it doesn't really move the plot. Apparently the women seem to always win and while it is cool to see it makes it kind of boring. No tension in the fights because she will definitely beat them, it's like Tom and Jerry. I need my hero to struggle a bit in dealing with challenges.
Ong Seong Wu… He's in his coming-of-age phase and wuaw, so handsome! His acting impressed me in Moment of 18 but unfortunately, his character here is not very interesting. I feel no romance chemistry between the leads – but they're very good as friends. The only character who is most interesting throughout is the villain. Some characters has no real purpose in the story. It's fun to watch if you enjoy a cheesy & campy superhero story, but that's it.
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