just learned that after touch your heart he has always been booked for thriler (the only romance he had was Tale of the Nine Tailed) — read somewhere that he hopes to get out of the dark roles and well, hope he really does get something more uplifting once in a while (bad and crazy was funny tho).
can someone recommend me an old drama of him that was really good? (really like him now in Bubblegum *and would be nice to see him in normal roles XD*)
the thing about watching bubblegum was I really loved its ambiance -- the vibes really fit my mood and it has…
some side characters frustrate me towards ep 10 as well because they think they're better than the FL and ML, but I can live with them -- I'll put them on a different rant (I'm talking about you Tae Hee and Seok Joon) and sometimes what they say makes sense, but they're very tone deaf on what the FL truly wants.
the thing about watching bubblegum was I really loved its ambiance -- the vibes really fit my mood and it has its share of melancholy to it but it's comforting and have quirky and very very uplifting vibes. however, that bubble gets bigger and it suddenly pops, and it shows you a melancholier and more depressing look of life and it was not bad -- definitely not bad. the execution was good. I also can understand most of the characters' decisions because people ARE not perfect and most of them are complex and very faulty beings.
However, personally, I prefer bubblegum to dig deep first on leads' rose-tainted relationship before it pops it bubble and shows the familial problems and issues underlying it. I want to see the characters' daily lives, how they try to make their relationship work with that first, how they make each other smile and help one another (they showed it but it was very short). Their flashbacks as children were very good, and I really liked it -- sort of poetic, but I wanted more of the main characters in their adult forms and their sweet moments together, and not as best friends but as a man and a woman. Also, I want to know more about them (their motivations) as individuals, and not through the family issues they're interlaced with -- I understand their family is part of who they are and their relationship, but I want more exploration of them as individuals and as a normal couple before the issues surfaced.
anyway, I'm holding on to it because the acting was really good, the ambiance though melancholy was still right, it became melo but it's really not bad -- it was just right. and the chemistry was really solid between Lee Dong Wook and Jung Ryeo Won that I wish to see more of them T-T
+ also would've been better if their family story was clearer because honestly, I'm confused 'til now haha.
Definitely, would still recommend if you love Lee Dong Wook and Jung Ryeo Won -- with a better pacing and more of the leads and had this drama explore more of their personal lives FIRST and their relationship, I think this would be rated way better.
I hope you won't stop being a fan and just have fun! At the mean time, let's have fun with other dramas and/or rewatch her other dramas^^. She's also trying her best to be more active on social media — I also feel like she'll have a new drama this year *fingers crossed*.
However, personally, I prefer bubblegum to dig deep first on leads' rose-tainted relationship before it pops it bubble and shows the familial problems and issues underlying it. I want to see the characters' daily lives, how they try to make their relationship work with that first, how they make each other smile and help one another (they showed it but it was very short). Their flashbacks as children were very good, and I really liked it -- sort of poetic, but I wanted more of the main characters in their adult forms and their sweet moments together, and not as best friends but as a man and a woman. Also, I want to know more about them (their motivations) as individuals, and not through the family issues they're interlaced with -- I understand their family is part of who they are and their relationship, but I want more exploration of them as individuals and as a normal couple before the issues surfaced.
anyway, I'm holding on to it because the acting was really good, the ambiance though melancholy was still right, it became melo but it's really not bad -- it was just right. and the chemistry was really solid between Lee Dong Wook and Jung Ryeo Won that I wish to see more of them T-T
+ also would've been better if their family story was clearer because honestly, I'm confused 'til now haha.
Definitely, would still recommend if you love Lee Dong Wook and Jung Ryeo Won -- with a better pacing and more of the leads and had this drama explore more of their personal lives FIRST and their relationship, I think this would be rated way better.