I Love My President Though He's A Psycho
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Absolute garbage, but a lot of fun
A rather questionable and degrading drama in many ways, following the pattern of many C-Dramas of making apologies for sexual abuse, control and patriarchal domination. Everything we see is horrible, the actors are lousy and the melodrama is on full display. But I genuinely had fun watching it. I mean, I didn't take it seriously at all as a drama series, much less a romance series. But as an unintentionally embarrassing and absurd comedy, it has a lot of potential.Was this review helpful to you?
Waste of potential
I have mixed emotions about this drama. No shade to the lead actress, but I didn't like her character at all. I think it's more the writer's fault than hers. Kim Dal was always crying and although there is an effort to talk about her mental health issues and the sense of guilt she experiences, it's just hard to believe because of the inconsistency with which the plot treats her character.The star is Kim Min Gue, who shines as a sweet, naive character with a heightened sense of morality that makes him charmingly funny. Anyway, the story is a bit of a mess, questions are left unanswered in the last chapter, the ending is extremely rushed, and... what a shame that a drama about a K-pop band has such unmemorable music.
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Cute and simple
I'm not a fan of sports dramas but I found this one quite enjoyable. It gets straight to the point with the love story, the lead couple has chemistry and there are no stilted villains. Plus, the members of the couple have more personality than just being in love, I wish other dramas would learn from that.PS. It's absurd how hot Chae Jong Hyeop is, just surreal.
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Disgusting propaganda and meaningless history
A fundamentally problematic series because its ending turns out to be Israeli propaganda, no matter how much it wants to change the names. It turns a blind eye to who are the perpetrators of the genocide taking place in Palestine.But even if we ignore its problematic ending, it is a series with little to highlight. Some screenwriters confuse “more story” with “good story”. Then they unleash stupid, implausible, messy, chaotic, and difficult-to-understand plot twists just to leave the viewer with their mouths open, although the only thing they do is distort the plot and the initial themes of their story.
Chae Soo-bin gives a good performance, but overall, this drama is pathetic, with the initial intentions of talking about a marriage in crisis and then getting into an inept thriller with lost siblings, serial killers, and a war pulled out at the last minute. It's an embarrassment that takes viewers for fools as it pulls out a more ridiculous twist than the previous one in every episode.
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Interesting and boring in equal parts
I don't understand the need for such long and boring episodes. I mean, if I wanted to listen to characters talking about inconsequential work issues, I'd stay at my own job all day. This is a drama so focused on the work dynamics of the main characters that it ends up being listless, repetitive, bland and tedious.Mind you, there is an excellent female cast. This is good because it allows the drama to feel quite feminist, focused on probing the way the three female leads view life without making easy judgments. But on the other hand, it leads to the male characters never standing out. As a series of 10 episodes of 45 minutes each it would have worked much better. I never want to hear about web search engines again in my life.
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Millennial Existentialism done right
One of my favorite dramas. I wish the writers understood that THIS is what many of us want to see: realistic, complex, bitter, unhappy characters who want a better life with all the complications that entails.This is one of the best series about young adults trying to define their lives. There are no millionaires who will solve your life overnight, no magic formulas or stupid plot twists to make love arise between the main characters. It's pure realism, uncomfortable and funny. A clear reflection on what it means to grow up and realize all the beauty and horror we take on in the search for our independence.
One of the best couples in the history of K-Dramas and oh my God Lee Min Ki in this bitter facet changed my brain chemistry because of how hot he looks.
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The true meaning of friendship
An undeniable masterpiece. The drama offers us a complex journey through basically every emotion known to humans. Sadness, love, joy, and horror. It is fascinating for its feminist approach to portraying the girls' experiences from the empathy and validation of emotions, understanding that each of them faces a personal process of overcoming, either with love expectations or with grief. I was impressed with Jeon Yeo Been's performance, what an actress. It's one of those series that make you cry when they end because you just don't want to say goodbye to the characters. I wish half the kdramas wrote female characters with such intelligence and compassion.Was this review helpful to you?
It could have been much, much better
I like complicated love stories when presented with maturity. The truth is that romance is not always “politically correct” and in the process of falling in love, it is easy to fall into dysfunctional relationships. On the one hand, I appreciate that this drama proposes a different theme; what if you fall in love with a guy who is gorgeous and nice to you, but hides a dark secret: he has sociopathic tendencies.The problem with this show is that it squanders its interesting premise and 16 episodes that turn out to be boring and strangely long. It's almost as if they were afraid to make Park Hae Jin's character more extreme, embellishing his attitudes and patronizing him. I think if they had made him a person who directly has no reason to be “evil”, or at least have sociopathic tendencies, it would have been more interesting since the justification turns him into a generic victim, a poor misunderstood person with whom we must feel compassion by force.
Anyway, there are good moments that are clever in their subtlety, dropping little hints about Yoo Jung's behavior. The performances are also quite competent, especially Kim Go Eun.
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