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It's okey, but it could have been better
Okey, so basically the series definitely did not meet my expectations. It was not great, BUT it was also not that horrible. It was mid. It's CH3 first Original GL and either they really didn't care, didn't want to spend money or they are just bad in making Originals. It's a shame that Lingorm had to face so much criticism because of the Directing and Bad writing.The Story:
The idea Bodyguard and Singer was great, but they Storyline was at some point just to chaotic and all over the place. I was enjoying it until Episode 4, after that i got confused alot. In my opinion it was a mistake to change the main subject so often. The Start was good, we have those 2 little love birds meet and than split because of some circumstances, than they meet again and one is protecting the other from a unknown enemy. And that's what i thought would be the main plot for the series. Which made the most sense based on the Pilot and because it's about a Bodyguard protecting a Singer. But they just ended that plot after Ep.4 and started focusing on the difficult relationship between ayla and Tawan, than they mixed in the family drama, than they mixed in a second enemy who was family, suddenly tawan is working for her dad, ayla gets a kidney disease and happy end, like what? I get they wanted alot of plot twist to make it more exciting, but it was to much. The focus should have been on the unknown enemy, protecting ayla and the relationship. It should have been mixed well together so we walk in one direction with the story, instead of splitting the way and walk into 5 different plots who are not connected well.
Directing/writing:
Ney what the hell, i wish we could give stars for the Directing, cause mhhh no 👎 that was not good. The Directing was bad. I understood that her POV was that they just met again so they slowly build up their closeness but with a duo like lingorm you could have done so much better. It was just so much holding back. You can see in the behind the scenes how much more affectionate they are. The Cinematography had its good parts but also enough not so good ones. It was just underwhelming. Which was surprising since CH3 is such a big company. The dialogues...lets saye we had here and there some good ones , but there are also so many cringe ones, everything in between was neither great or bad. Even the actresses recognised how some dialogues are just a bit to cringe.
Cast/Acting:
Overall I'm okey with the cast, i think everyone fit their role perfectly. Kate and gang, the step mom did they job good. Same goes for the dad. But since they didn't have that much dialogue anyways you can't judge that much. Yes sometimes it was a bit much but that had more to do with Directing. Ling did her Job as the Cold one.Positive is that her eye acting was really good, it was like her eyes did a conversation without saying anything. For the angry tawan scenes: some scenes are good some a bit cringe and to much, which again is more fault how it was directed, but lings angry tawan sometimes felt a bit forced. For Orm she did her job as ayla Overall well, but also at some point her characters reaction also felt just a to much and forced. It was like trying to be cute while not wanting to be cute. Also her crying scenes, she had some really great ones and her dialogue on the rooftop, chef's kiss, but sometimes again, just forced, to much and cringe. It was just so much i couldn't take it seriously. Mainly the Dialogues and Directing really let them look bad cause they had just to do so many cringe scenes.
Music:
First of all, i like the 3 soundtracks. They are nice and i like to listen to them. BUT WHOEVER DECIDED TO USE LINGLINGS SONG FOR LITERALLY EVERY GOD D*MN SCENE NEEDS TO BE FIRED. What the hell was that? Using one song for literally every kind of scene was just a bad choice. Its just ruins the mood. They did it so well in the TSOU, so how come they forgot that you need fitting music for scenes to be delivered emotionally well. Music is so important in movies and series to deliver emotions and they did a exceptional great job in ruining it with using one song for everything.
Rewatch value:
If i ever get bored maybe, cause it does have some enjoyable parts in it, but i would not rewatch like 10 times in a row.
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