This is one of my favorite dramas, I think it's underrated. It's a very cute, lighhearted and funny drama, but there are actually many interesting serious subplots going on there aside from romance story, if you care to dig in. The major one being how a public person's career can be ruined by easily swayed public opinion. It's real, you can see such sad stories about Korean actors and idols quite frequently. And it doesn't matter if allegations are proven wrong, it's still very hard to come back to work in the industry once the public image is ruined. It takes a strong, thick skinned person to overcome this. There are also several interesting legal cases shown throughout the series, a creepy stalker-san as a villain and funny side plots about law firm's coworkers and ML's friends.
It seems like people are downwoting this show for superficial reasons after dropping it after first two episodes, not giving it a chance, which is a shame. No, FL is not really a dumb diva, but actually is a strong willed, hard working, kind and quite intelligent woman. But she is a bit of a narcissist, because she knows she's very pretty and has high self-esteem. Her main problem is that she acted in so many TV projects, experiences taken from which sometimes interfere with her sense of reality. No, ML is not really an emotionless rude ass - he's an introverted, hard working guy, who quite frankly is overworked at his workplace, so he comes initially as very cranky and intolerant towards incompetence and anybody bringing chaos to his boring scheduled life. He also lacks self-awareness and they're both quite naive in some life aspects, and that's what makes it funny.
All the actors nailed it here, not only the main leads, who have great chemistry together and are great actors in general (I actually liked them here much better than in Goblin). But I also was really impressed with all the secondary cast, which is actually rather rare to see. I especially liked two Yeon relatives - law firm's and entertainment agency's CEOs, they were quite funny.
So if you want a nice, feel good drama with a happy ending without tired cliches like love triangles, angst, LDR, sappy childhood traumas, destiny etc. then give it a try. It's actually much better than many more recent overrated dramas.
Started very good, but then cliches started stacking up to a ridiculous level. And the ending was totally ruined by some last minute dumb plot decisions and being very rushed overall. This show definitely would have benefited from full 16 episodes. But then again, the plot stopped being interesting after about 6 episodes when the masquerade was over and the plot a-la What's Wrong with Secretary Kim? began. ML's actor was fumbling a bit, needs more experience I think. Second ML's actor seemed like he had nothing much to work with - his character was too bland. But FL and second FL totally nailed it, very cute BFFs, I'd rewatch this show just for those two. Not a bad drama overall, but definitely way overrated.
Why is this so underrated? This is a very solid drama, holding strong up until the end. Definitely better than Business Proposal and some other recent ones. I especially liked it's unpredictable plot in the first half and FL's and ML's crazy funny shenanigans. I really liked FL's somber self-reflecting scenes in the first seven episodes and ML's gradual shift of attitude towards her starting from around episode 6. And even though ML turned up as a real cold bastard due to everyone leaving and backstabbing him throughout his life, the show did a good job at portraying the why of it and his eventual path to redemption. So all in all, I liked how the show gradually showed their character growth and how competently all the plot points led to a satisfying conclusion, with a moral to the story even. Not every drama out there can boast the same. Maybe the list of people having a grudge against ML should have been shorter, especially considering some of them were not out there to get him for his nasty demeanor, but for their own selfish reasons. But I think it was done deliberately for that explosive dramatic culmination in the later episodes. A very good drama overall, definitely worth the watch. Starts a bit slow in the first few episodes, but gets very good by the end.
Very overrated. Series could have been shortened by about 6 episodes and nothing would be lost. Also, to prolong time even more there are many overly prolonged scenes and flashbacks. Main couple is very boring, didn't see much chemistry there. ML's actor doesn't have many facial expressions. FL's constant empty blabbering while ML blankly stares at her - that's the plot for like fourth of the series. I get it that she's young and naive, but it sounded like she was 12 or something. ML is very indecisive and melancholic. And in the end their overarching plot was not resolved in any meaningful way, Goblin's story is basically like Highlander. Some inconsistencies and plot decisions were also rather jarring, like: -poor FL, wearing expensive brands clothes, going to some fancy, definitely not free public school; -Grim Reapers having no memories of their sins don't even know what they should repent for, slaving away for the Almighty;
Second couple was more interesting - better actors, better chemistry, they had more interesting plot and it was completed in a more or less satisfying way. But I liked those actors way more in Touch Your Heart, good thing they were cast again together.
Bromance scenes were ok, if a bit self contained.
All in all, a big waste of time. My friend, who also watched it with me even fell asleep one time. There are better, more recent alternative dramas out there. About Grim Reapers, for example - Tomorrow. About reincarnation and ghosts - From Now On, Showtime!.
Trying to find a decent drama among the recent ones is a difficult task I see. Because the scores for some are so overrated, it seems, for various reasons. Like this one. It started interesting - rich bitch FL, ML with a difficult life. The premise about everbody having some quirks and mental issues and overarching moral about not putting labels on people so easily were also good. But then it turned into such a snorefest after about 6 episodes I had to fast forward lots of scenes up into the last one. Lots of predictable cliches, overly prolonged scenes, and villain could be seen from a mile away. ML being such a crybaby all the time and actor's constant use of dramatic pause in conversations was really annoying by the end. FL was more or less ok. Anyway, the only saving grace of this kdrama was the older brother - actor did a really great job at portraying a quirky guy with an autism, loved his acting in Touch Your Heart too. Also, fairy tales' vignettes were cute.
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It seems like people are downwoting this show for superficial reasons after dropping it after first two episodes, not giving it a chance, which is a shame.
No, FL is not really a dumb diva, but actually is a strong willed, hard working, kind and quite intelligent woman. But she is a bit of a narcissist, because she knows she's very pretty and has high self-esteem. Her main problem is that she acted in so many TV projects, experiences taken from which sometimes interfere with her sense of reality.
No, ML is not really an emotionless rude ass - he's an introverted, hard working guy, who quite frankly is overworked at his workplace, so he comes initially as very cranky and intolerant towards incompetence and anybody bringing chaos to his boring scheduled life. He also lacks self-awareness and they're both quite naive in some life aspects, and that's what makes it funny.
All the actors nailed it here, not only the main leads, who have great chemistry together and are great actors in general (I actually liked them here much better than in Goblin). But I also was really impressed with all the secondary cast, which is actually rather rare to see. I especially liked two Yeon relatives - law firm's and entertainment agency's CEOs, they were quite funny.
So if you want a nice, feel good drama with a happy ending without tired cliches like love triangles, angst, LDR, sappy childhood traumas, destiny etc. then give it a try. It's actually much better than many more recent overrated dramas.
ML's actor was fumbling a bit, needs more experience I think. Second ML's actor seemed like he had nothing much to work with - his character was too bland. But FL and second FL totally nailed it, very cute BFFs, I'd rewatch this show just for those two.
Not a bad drama overall, but definitely way overrated.
I especially liked it's unpredictable plot in the first half and FL's and ML's crazy funny shenanigans.
I really liked FL's somber self-reflecting scenes in the first seven episodes and ML's gradual shift of attitude towards her starting from around episode 6. And even though ML turned up as a real cold bastard due to everyone leaving and backstabbing him throughout his life, the show did a good job at portraying the why of it and his eventual path to redemption.
So all in all, I liked how the show gradually showed their character growth and how competently all the plot points led to a satisfying conclusion, with a moral to the story even. Not every drama out there can boast the same.
Maybe the list of people having a grudge against ML should have been shorter, especially considering some of them were not out there to get him for his nasty demeanor, but for their own selfish reasons. But I think it was done deliberately for that explosive dramatic culmination in the later episodes.
A very good drama overall, definitely worth the watch. Starts a bit slow in the first few episodes, but gets very good by the end.
Main couple is very boring, didn't see much chemistry there. ML's actor doesn't have many facial expressions. FL's constant empty blabbering while ML blankly stares at her - that's the plot for like fourth of the series. I get it that she's young and naive, but it sounded like she was 12 or something. ML is very indecisive and melancholic. And in the end their overarching plot was not resolved in any meaningful way, Goblin's story is basically like Highlander.
Some inconsistencies and plot decisions were also rather jarring, like:
-poor FL, wearing expensive brands clothes, going to some fancy, definitely not free public school;
-Grim Reapers having no memories of their sins don't even know what they should repent for, slaving away for the Almighty;
Second couple was more interesting - better actors, better chemistry, they had more interesting plot and it was completed in a more or less satisfying way. But I liked those actors way more in Touch Your Heart, good thing they were cast again together.
Bromance scenes were ok, if a bit self contained.
All in all, a big waste of time. My friend, who also watched it with me even fell asleep one time. There are better, more recent alternative dramas out there. About Grim Reapers, for example - Tomorrow. About reincarnation and ghosts - From Now On, Showtime!.
Anyway, the only saving grace of this kdrama was the older brother - actor did a really great job at portraying a quirky guy with an autism, loved his acting in Touch Your Heart too. Also, fairy tales' vignettes were cute.