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Choi Jin-hyuk shines but lacks chemistry with Jung Eun-ji. Lee Jung Eun is brilliant
I put off watching this for a long time because the plot line did not appeal to me. However I had run out of fresh dramas to watch so I ended up watching it.
This drama is stuffed full of familiar actors, most of who are simply replaying similar roles. That was a little annoying. The first few episodes really drew me in & those performances by the male lead and the 2nd female lead were impressive so I was expecting this to be an 8/10 drama, so it makes me sad to give it only a 6/10
here are the Plus+ and the Minus-
- I had seen the Male lead Choi Jin-hyuk previously in "Devilish Joy /Charm" & his acting here was pretty much the same ( playing a broken man with a tragic past incident ) His acting is fine, it was just felt like the same character with the same emotions.
+ But having said that, it was his acting & Lee Jung Eun's (as the older version of the female lead) that were the best part of this drama.
- Female lead, Jung Eun-ji felt miscast & she had zero chemistry with the male lead, to the point where this would have worked better without any romance.
- The lead's first kiss suffered not only from lack of chemistry but also terrible timing. The circumstances were incredibly unromantic .
- Baek Seo-hoo, while nice eye candy, was underused. It really felt like there were whole scenes & story lines that he was cut out of.
+ + Lee Jung Eun really shines supernova bright as the older woman version of Jung Eun-ji. I've seen her in alot of dramas, & was not really a fan , but as an older actress; this part & the way she plays it is worthy of an award. Her zeal & mobility combined with her expressions & line delivery really won me over. I ended up liking her character more than Jung Eun-ji ,the female lead.
- I've seen alot of Jung Suk-yong over the years in various dramas. His part as father here felt like he was just playing to type & honestly I'm kind of tired of seeing the same actors in the same roles so often
-- Jung Young Joo as the mother was given way too much screen time. I have seen her in too many dramas, playing the loud aggressive overbearing female who goes around hitting people.
- The villain : It was never clear to me what the Villain's motivation was. Also, the villain was physically incapable of lifting & moving the victims the way it's implied that he did
( how far can a person of average strength drag dead weight or lift it into a car ?)
- The Cat: it was really unclear what we were supposed to believe about the cat.
- I really hated that Jung Eun-ji's character was hot & cold in the romance. She didn't even want to try & work around her condition , though the male lead was willing. Then once her life goes back to normal she seems just fine ,so you believe that if she hadn't met the male lead again, she would have been sort of sad, but not as broken up with longing as he was. Very unappealingly unbalanced romance
- There is a 6 month time skip into the future at/ near the end & though the leads do end up together, the ending is a bit lack luster, a very weak "yay" happy ending.
+ OST : I really enjoyed the as it used instrumentals a good bit & did not replay sung songs too much
This drama is stuffed full of familiar actors, most of who are simply replaying similar roles. That was a little annoying. The first few episodes really drew me in & those performances by the male lead and the 2nd female lead were impressive so I was expecting this to be an 8/10 drama, so it makes me sad to give it only a 6/10
here are the Plus+ and the Minus-
- I had seen the Male lead Choi Jin-hyuk previously in "Devilish Joy /Charm" & his acting here was pretty much the same ( playing a broken man with a tragic past incident ) His acting is fine, it was just felt like the same character with the same emotions.
+ But having said that, it was his acting & Lee Jung Eun's (as the older version of the female lead) that were the best part of this drama.
- Female lead, Jung Eun-ji felt miscast & she had zero chemistry with the male lead, to the point where this would have worked better without any romance.
- The lead's first kiss suffered not only from lack of chemistry but also terrible timing. The circumstances were incredibly unromantic .
- Baek Seo-hoo, while nice eye candy, was underused. It really felt like there were whole scenes & story lines that he was cut out of.
+ + Lee Jung Eun really shines supernova bright as the older woman version of Jung Eun-ji. I've seen her in alot of dramas, & was not really a fan , but as an older actress; this part & the way she plays it is worthy of an award. Her zeal & mobility combined with her expressions & line delivery really won me over. I ended up liking her character more than Jung Eun-ji ,the female lead.
- I've seen alot of Jung Suk-yong over the years in various dramas. His part as father here felt like he was just playing to type & honestly I'm kind of tired of seeing the same actors in the same roles so often
-- Jung Young Joo as the mother was given way too much screen time. I have seen her in too many dramas, playing the loud aggressive overbearing female who goes around hitting people.
- The villain : It was never clear to me what the Villain's motivation was. Also, the villain was physically incapable of lifting & moving the victims the way it's implied that he did
( how far can a person of average strength drag dead weight or lift it into a car ?)
- The Cat: it was really unclear what we were supposed to believe about the cat.
- I really hated that Jung Eun-ji's character was hot & cold in the romance. She didn't even want to try & work around her condition , though the male lead was willing. Then once her life goes back to normal she seems just fine ,so you believe that if she hadn't met the male lead again, she would have been sort of sad, but not as broken up with longing as he was. Very unappealingly unbalanced romance
- There is a 6 month time skip into the future at/ near the end & though the leads do end up together, the ending is a bit lack luster, a very weak "yay" happy ending.
+ OST : I really enjoyed the as it used instrumentals a good bit & did not replay sung songs too much
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