Because This Is My First Life's rightful successor
Melo is just one of those dramas you finish and you want to rewatch immediately. The cast is fantastic, the chemistry between all of them insane, their lives and stories completely relatable to anyone in their early 30s. It also deals with such heavy topics in such a light-hearted way that it feels a lot like life. Sometimes we come across problems that we cannot prioritize because we have work, relationships and people important to us to care about. Melo is all about sharing our problems with those people and growing together with them. Another thing I loved was the meta commentary. You will find references to drama productions we all know and love, jokes about product placement, some aegyo-bashing, self-references to the drama’s low ratings (it has now become an underground hit with young people thanks to its wonderful soundtrack) and even previous works of the cast.Was this review helpful to you?
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Addictive but lost its way
I have already seen the clarifications on social media re: the scene that is causing controversy, so my review is not in any way affected by that incident. Regardless, this was my cup of tea for such a short time: I was right with Hee-Joo at the beginning of the drama, and was seriously intrigued and excited for a revenge story against what to me seemed like an emotionally abusive husband. Then surprise!! He isn't that bad! Okay, not what I expected, but I'll buy it. I was then in it for the intrigue of him finding out and then that was the most anticlimatic reveal in history. Regardless, I couldn't stop watching because the chemistry between Chae Soo Bin and Yoo Yeon Seok was great, and that kept me going up until the last two episodes, in which the characters made so many nonsensical decisions they turned what could have been a solid 7.5 to a 6. Why didn't they run the murderer over with the car? Didn't even have to hit him that hard, just get him out of the way until the cops came! Then the shooting fakeout, the disappearance and the worst plot point: THE NOBLE IDIOCY!!! Characters that were relatively smart kept making idiotic choices for the sake of plot twist after plot twist and it was just... not good. Listen, I can love a "so bad it's good" drama if it's at least consistent, but those last two episodes were "so bad it's really really bad" and ultimately made a huge disservice to what could have been a guilty pleasure show for me. Such a pity.Was this review helpful to you?
