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Manic Pixie Girl with a self Sacrificial Streak
The story started out good, but then the finish... I disliked how it finished.
First off, I have to say, I don't fall for the whole he's or she's so hot, OMG, I'm going to ignore the flaws of the drama. Not that sort I try to be fair and assess things in each category.
By far, the writing was probably the weakest, with the directing choices next, then the rest of it being stellar, but if you've read my reviews before, you can have the best costumes, the best set dressings, the best lighting, and the best actors, but the script falling short will always get to people.
In this case, I loved the premise, I loved the first part of the premise, but then the later execution failed to deliver on the first half. The female main character (who has several names) ended up sacrificing herself for the male's main interest in a "And they all die" motif.
She basically is boiled down to a literal pixie girl and a manic one that teaches him what the real world looks like, but there isn't an equal exchange, which made me feel sour about the ending.
Yes, yes, he goes and eventually sacrifices himself, too, and all of that, but I still felt like everything was rushed at the end and not enough detail was put in and mostly this was because of the excessive flashbacks, which could have been used to fill out the missing story more, because the story jumped around so much towards the end, I thought I had missed entire episodes.
I'm not quite sure if it was 100% a directing choice, or because they lost their lead actress and had to replace her suddenly, but I thought all the flashbacks made the drama suffer.
The story I was hoping for never really panned out, and I felt a little sour about the twist.
That said, the acting was really good and almost, almost pulled up the full-of-gaps storyline. But as the script couldn't quite pull out what it needed to get the arcs to complete, I felt a bit robbed about the female storyline arc. In the end it was all about the man and propping up the man, rather than them working together for a better future, which felt sour. If it had been more balanced, then I could have bought the storyline better.
That said, the costumes were gorgeous, and I was admiring them throughout—that was really good eye candy. The music was catchy in places... and if they had a better script, I would have been fully in. Not sure how much of it could be helped given what happened originally.
First off, I have to say, I don't fall for the whole he's or she's so hot, OMG, I'm going to ignore the flaws of the drama. Not that sort I try to be fair and assess things in each category.
By far, the writing was probably the weakest, with the directing choices next, then the rest of it being stellar, but if you've read my reviews before, you can have the best costumes, the best set dressings, the best lighting, and the best actors, but the script falling short will always get to people.
In this case, I loved the premise, I loved the first part of the premise, but then the later execution failed to deliver on the first half. The female main character (who has several names) ended up sacrificing herself for the male's main interest in a "And they all die" motif.
She basically is boiled down to a literal pixie girl and a manic one that teaches him what the real world looks like, but there isn't an equal exchange, which made me feel sour about the ending.
Yes, yes, he goes and eventually sacrifices himself, too, and all of that, but I still felt like everything was rushed at the end and not enough detail was put in and mostly this was because of the excessive flashbacks, which could have been used to fill out the missing story more, because the story jumped around so much towards the end, I thought I had missed entire episodes.
I'm not quite sure if it was 100% a directing choice, or because they lost their lead actress and had to replace her suddenly, but I thought all the flashbacks made the drama suffer.
The story I was hoping for never really panned out, and I felt a little sour about the twist.
That said, the acting was really good and almost, almost pulled up the full-of-gaps storyline. But as the script couldn't quite pull out what it needed to get the arcs to complete, I felt a bit robbed about the female storyline arc. In the end it was all about the man and propping up the man, rather than them working together for a better future, which felt sour. If it had been more balanced, then I could have bought the storyline better.
That said, the costumes were gorgeous, and I was admiring them throughout—that was really good eye candy. The music was catchy in places... and if they had a better script, I would have been fully in. Not sure how much of it could be helped given what happened originally.
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