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A great production of an unhinged fanfic
First, I'll star with what I loved.
Since you read the premise, you know what you'll get. Yes it is unrealistic, but I don´t think anyone expected that. I loved it was sort of a love letter for fan culture. It was great to see all sides of fandom, from the good to the ugly, and also, the representation of a grown, succesful woman who enjoyed beign a part of a fandom as a hobby. People tend to think it's a "teenage" or "childish" thing but never bat an eye when men ar die-hard fans of sports too, but I digress.
The cinematography was great, this has so many beautiful scenes, very well shot. Soundtrack was great too.
The casting, superb. Everyone had chemistry with one another, from the Gold Boys members, to the prosecutor and the detective. You could actually bought they all knew each other from a long time before the start. Same with Hye-Joo and La-Ik, you could feel the history and the broken bond between them whenever they interacted.
Main couple, excellent. Their banter and flirting and of course their kisses 10/10.
Yes you do have to suspend your disbelief a little, in real life something like this probably would never happened, but it is like a fanfic adaptation, and a great one at that.
Now for the one thing I didn´t like, I believe the murder mistery could´ve been handled better and tbh at some point I actually lost interest on who the culprit was. Anything they could've done would've been meh to me cause I don't think it was handled well and I did not like at all mental health issued being the reason for the murder.
The final episode, I loved. It was cute, sweet, everything resolved, lots of cute scenes, everyone happy.
I do recommend to watch, always keeping in mind it is a fanfic, don't expect the logic of the real world here.
Since you read the premise, you know what you'll get. Yes it is unrealistic, but I don´t think anyone expected that. I loved it was sort of a love letter for fan culture. It was great to see all sides of fandom, from the good to the ugly, and also, the representation of a grown, succesful woman who enjoyed beign a part of a fandom as a hobby. People tend to think it's a "teenage" or "childish" thing but never bat an eye when men ar die-hard fans of sports too, but I digress.
The cinematography was great, this has so many beautiful scenes, very well shot. Soundtrack was great too.
The casting, superb. Everyone had chemistry with one another, from the Gold Boys members, to the prosecutor and the detective. You could actually bought they all knew each other from a long time before the start. Same with Hye-Joo and La-Ik, you could feel the history and the broken bond between them whenever they interacted.
Main couple, excellent. Their banter and flirting and of course their kisses 10/10.
Yes you do have to suspend your disbelief a little, in real life something like this probably would never happened, but it is like a fanfic adaptation, and a great one at that.
Now for the one thing I didn´t like, I believe the murder mistery could´ve been handled better and tbh at some point I actually lost interest on who the culprit was. Anything they could've done would've been meh to me cause I don't think it was handled well and I did not like at all mental health issued being the reason for the murder.
The final episode, I loved. It was cute, sweet, everything resolved, lots of cute scenes, everyone happy.
I do recommend to watch, always keeping in mind it is a fanfic, don't expect the logic of the real world here.
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