"Watched" List

It was sorta fun in the first half but I got kind of bored in the second half tbh.... Also, don't want to hate on the actor and actress, but I just didn't exactly love their characters or their acting.. it was all just okay/meh..

so much wasted potential... the cast was absolutely amazing but the writing was not that good tbh... the depth of the characters and their relationships weren't so great.. they also barely explored the problems and traumas the characters have. They just kind of passively go through it, ignore some issues, and wrap up some things in like a picture perfect kind of way that feels sort of jarring honestly? it was just not good as I hoped it would be..

dropped.. was sort of interesting for what it was, but everything felt pretty cartoonish and at times bored me and made me cringe

meh.. was an okay romcom. not really that outstanding or that interesting..

if you don't overanalyze it, I think it's an okay drama. BUT the male lead does literally kidnap his ex at her wedding... their relationship is.. questionable.. but like I saw someone comment: they match each other's weird. and honestly, I agree so idk... besides that the plot is also sort of questionable? Like he searches for his biological father because his adoptive father abandons him, but then he realizes it's sort of pointless because what he was actually searching for was the love from his adoptive father. And I honestly like that sort of journey, but the drama doesn't really do it well and does it kind of weirdly?? Like they end up making him go find his adoptive father and try to make amends with him in like the last episode? And that's fine I guess, but they do it so badly.. like it's very lackluster, anticlimactic, and there ends up being no connection or deep moment. it's just kinda goes like: "hi" "hi, didn't mean to abandon you" "aw okay" "here's some of your old stuff I kept" "aw okay bye." Like what??? There should be a lot of anger and frustration and sadness and happiness between them after reuniting for so long!! Like he has so much desperation and frustration in him as a character throughout the drama and I understand the perspective of him just not releasing that anger to the father and just wanting the love when he finally sees him. BUT there should at least be some kind of deep intense conversation between them!! Also, the ml just randomly leaves after like 5 minutes of meeting him just 'cause the gf came and he doesn't even say goodbye?? And he's also dying soon so like ??  I thought there would be some kind of message that the drama would try to tell me?? But there really isn't so that's also why I'm disappointed in this drama...

It started off kinda rocky and the drama as a whole could have been better than it actually was, but it was pretty enjoyable and refreshing in a way. I felt like it had a decent balance of the serious moments and comedic/fun moments and heartwarming moments. It also did a decent job with showcasing the main leads' struggles and them dealing with it and supporting each other. The side characters were just kind of okay.. they were kind of one note in a way. I saw some people really liking the side couple more than the leads, but I honestly didn't like them that much.. I guess the idea of them was okay, but the writing execution was really weird tbh... and when the side female character was struggling and talking about her struggles, the guy would be like: you're pretty.. and I'm sorry, but I don't know how that should be comforting? like she's talking about how she doesn't want to judged in certain ways and how she compares her abilities to others, and all he says is "you're pretty"?? HUH?? Yeah, I don't get the romantic connection between them AT ALL!

The only saving grace in this drama is YiKyung and the actress who plays her... I really did not like any of the other characters except her.. Maybe Keon wook, but his character writing was also very questionable. All the characters in this drama were very cartoonish and not fully fleshed out and some of their motivations and actions did not make sense to me.. probably because their characters weren't fully fleshed out... YiKyung's character was also kinda weird and some of her actions didn't make sense and were contradicting, but I feel like her character was the most interesting and had the most potential.. She sees herself as like a "hero" or someone who'd to anything for the people she cares about, but she's also manipulative in her own way with the people she cares about. I think the writers kinda fumbled a lot there in showing her manipulative side because it made her feel sort of incoherent in a way? She also likes killing and hyperfixates on fairytales and stories. She also tries her best not to get caught, so she goes the long and meticulous way to not have the remaining evidence, which I appreciate about her. She's also very smart and patient about it and utilizes people who are desperate and have no one by their side. In some ways, she lacks the empathy or the clear distinction between good and bad, so she often looks to her aunt on those perspectives. And I love her relationship with her aunt.. It's just sort of heartwretching to see the aunt be so traumatized by the fact that her niece is murdering people. She doesn't fully come to the realization before she dies but still... You see me literally barely mention the other characters (the protagonist and "good" characters) because that's how irrelevant they are to my appreciation for this drama... they're just so bland and uninteresting and their characters and sometimes all over the place. I literally could not care less about them..

dropped?? I mean I stuff that messes with time and exploring the connection between past, present, and future. This drama was sorta interesting, but halfway through, it became sort of boring for me and it felt really dragged out... I also was not a big fan of the reveal of what actually happened... I guess I just wanted more of a simple plot?? I just did not like that the ml's wife and assistant turned out to be some kind of psychos who would fake a kidnapping and a suicide just for some sort of luxury life together.. I guess it also sort of feels like it sort of devalues all of the main characters' stress and hard work in trying to save his wife and child when they were perfectly fine and didn't need any saving... like he really didn't need to desperately try and communicate to someone from the past all that time because his wife and child did not need saving at all..

The cast literally carries the whole movie.. the plot is interesting in theory, but the execution ends up being wayyy off and it ends up being very lackluster.. this movie also has this sort of quirkiness and humor to it that just throws me off..

love it for introducing me to gugukdan and pansori and I love it for the whole cast  and their incredible acting... but that's kind of it tbh... the plot was kinda meh.. it could have been better and could've had more depth and layers to it. it also kind of felt rushed and glossed over in a way. There are so many interesting aspects to this form of theatre and the troubles korean women through during that time, but I feel  like it wasn't explored to its full extent.. Also, I absolutely loved Yeong Seo!! I officially became a fan of the actress who played her in this drama! I have seen her in other projects, but she just did so well in her role here!

Love the main leads but that's about it... I'm a sucker for undercover stuff and I enjoyed watching it here, but it felt really lackluster... 

chaotic and so unserious i love it tbh... sometimes the humor didn't hit for me but i still enjoyed it.. 

could have been better... It's enjoyable for a slice of life drama and I really enjoyed the sweet slow romance between the leads, but I feel like there wasn't enough depth in the characters and the situations that were shown..

it was okay, but pretty predictable and sorta boring... they kinda randomly switched things up in the last episode.. it was all about finding who killed the father and who was behind it all, but suddenly the main culprit realized her faults and turned herself in and they all ruined the uncle's random plan to make a fortune out of the father's paintings..