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A very anticipated series but it’s quite a disappointment
I was waiting for watching the series but honestly after 12 episodes watching it feels a bit like a torture. You would think it’s a musical series with lots of performances, singing, dances, stunning choreography well you won’t get almost anything here.The most problem part is changing the original plot and creating a couple out of nowhere from Sol and Nassy while in the Korean version Sol never cared about Nassy it was always SolPiano. If you don’t know Nassy just enough to say she’s the most annoying female character I’ve ever seen with very bad personality. Completely absurd why Sol would like her but unfortunately he does and without in love with her even starting a relationship with her.
While Piano gets Sun’s twin brother Ray for her love interest. So they messed up the original plot very badly and made the story unrealistic.
The good part of the series is Saint’s acting, he makes the series keep going but even Sol’s character is lacking, which is not his fault but it’s on the screenwriters
I’m most probably going to finish it after watching 12 episodes but it’s not a big pleasure.
If you like the annoying girlfriend trope this series is perfect for you or if you’re a devoted fan of Saint’s acting like me.
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Good story with flaws
I just finished watching the series.The story grew on me I have to admit, I loved the slow burn romance, that YoJom had time to get to know each other and through lots of fights and misunderstandings they started to understand and love each other and they built up their relationship brick by brick. It’s a very refreshing approach.
I loved the warm family feeling, the community, the Granny!, the comedy parts, also the cinematography is stunning!
I loved that this story has no unnecessary NC just for the sake of NC to attracting fans but the NC had the perfect timing and function at the peak of their relationship after 5 years of waiting. It was also beautiful choreographed and executed NC scene as expected from Saint, gentle and tender I liked it really.
What I didn’t like it’s the chemistry between Saint and Poom, I tried to see it but I still can’t, they have the most brotherly chemistry I’ve seen amongst BL couples and that took off from the value of the NC and overall of the romance of YoJom. No tension here, no fire, no yearning just 2 brothers trying hard to play lovers.
It’s like Jom as the guardian of Yothin has concerns to get into a relationship with Yo who’s much younger than him, I feel like deep down Saint as the CEO of IDF and the boss of Poom has the same concerns about playing lovers with his actor in MSJ, who’s even much younger than him and that put a wall between them they’re not like any other BL couples who consist of 2 equal partners.
About acting, Poom’s acting was ok but there were parts where he was weak, he couldn’t convey much emotions especially in dramatic scenes, he was quite good at the comedy parts though and I liked his scenes with AI boys they’re very natural maybe because of their closer age.
That was definitely not the big shining comeback of Saint to BL even if I loved his portrayal of Jom he did a fairly great job and I really loved the story.
I hope if Saint decides to make another BL he’ll choose a partner whom with he has much stronger chemistry, preferably someone outside of IDF and who’s more mature and having similar level of acting skills than him.
Overall I say you should give it a go if you are craving for a new approach of BL, something warm, light, easy to digest and charming.
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Cutie Pie series is very overrated. There are lots of issues with it, the most prominent is the lack of chemistry between the main couple ZeeNuNew. They're one of the worst match I've ever seen. Their huge, 10 years real life age gap isn't helping either. They can’t make me believe that their respective characters are in love with eo bc of the actors has no chemistry or bond or harmony. Watching them kissing is so painful, they're completelyout of sync, there's no chemistry here or emotions delivered or sexual tension.
Nothing happening, no butterflies no magic. Zee sweating blood to deliver the kiss scene but New is like a dead fish with open mouth. He doesn't know what to do with Zee, he can't respond the kiss, it's really a horrible experience to watch it.
New's acting skills are very poor, he can't convey any emotions, he can't control his facial expressions. His bad acting affecting Zee who was brilliant as Fighter in WHY RU but here he's struggling badly bc New isn't a partner for him.
The arranged marriage trope is toxic as hell, also the relationship between Lian and Kuea, Lian only using Kuea. The drunken kiss scene without consent is another big issue and people find it romantic which is very concerning.
Also CP is posing to representLGBTQ+ community but in reality they just make them upset, I read many comments about it.
MaxNat has more chemistry but they have the exact same huge age gap. New and Nat looks younger than their age so looks like two daddy is looking after their kids and making out with them.
If you like toxic and boring BL tropes than watch it but don’t expect any butterflies or magic nor great acting. The cinematography is nice and the locations but I can’t say any more positive things.
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