honeykiss wrote: You're definitely not the only one thinking like that, I agree with you! I just finished this disappointing episode that just got worse and more difficult to watch towards the end. I think the helicopter "joke" and the conversation in the car about the meaningful beverages were about the only good/okay scenes in this episode but other than that? There's not much to praise, really.
I didn't like the way Gi Joon was showing off his power and connections and language skills and winning Ah Jung to his side that way. I've seen it before so many times but somehow it just annoyed me this time. And the scenes with Western actors - so stupid somehow. (Actually I hate watching the scenes with Western actors in every other drama, too, since those scenes are always so stiff and unnatural that it's hard to watch them.) Even the getting-to-know-each-other conversation about dead parents was quite boring. The final dinner scene, on the other hand, was too sugarish to my liking. Yes, Ah Jung's dress was pretty but the scene felt so stiff and too grand and ceremonious for this couple. The whole scene was very slow-paced and simply lacking the electricity and chemistry - something that was in missing in many other scenes of this episode as well. The dialogue wasn't that great either.
Despite my disappointment I'm still looking forward to the subs for ep 12. Maybe I was too harsh and this episode had some good in it - if so, please remind me of that because I'm just feeling very disappointed right now and I, too, want to ask the writers: "What did you do?!"
AMEN.
I didn't even bother to elaborate because I was too furious at this boring episode. Sorry about that. It felt like I was waiting for something but nothing ever happened. On the other hand, everything was over the top like you said. Gi Joon, we know you're a wealthy well-educated man since episode 1, why the need to show it all off again when things should be simplier and more natural between you two (like the Cola kiss, hint hint). When he kneeled down to wipe her tears off, I thought he was going to say 'let's have a fresh start... Gong Ah Jung, will you marry me?'. Thanks god he didn't do it.
Also, I really liked AJ's character until recently. She now gives off this victim image since Yoon Ju messed up with her. I understand she was hurt but she didn't even give room for Gi Joon to clearly explain and would rather wallow in misery. Now that they both opened up their true feelings and regret their lies - which would be able to finally push them into a real relationship - Gi Joon has to act like Ah Jung is this tiny fragile bird. Yes, it's a proof of love from Gi Joon, but FFS, aren't you guys adults?
OH GOD the western actors yes! The French couldn't even speak French correctly. I am French so I know what it should sound like (at least the dudes in the first episode with Yoon Ju were the real things lol). This was so awkward... and AJ's description of Jeju island which was "like a mother", I didn't even get it, ah ah. I didn't even get what she was doing in Jeju for her work... promote the island orr something?
