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Tide of Love korean drama review
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Tide of Love
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by AyanasPOV
11 days ago
10 of 10 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 4.5
Story 4.5
Acting/Cast 4.0
Music 4.0
Rewatch Value 2.0
This review may contain spoilers

So bad it’s actually almost good ?

This must have been the lowest of low budget lol. The sounds work is horrendous, there’s some plot holes and the story is presented in a convoluted manner that is unintentionally not in chronological order at times.

But I couldn’t stop watching, like we sometimes can’t stop ourselves from watching a car crash or bar brawl. The drama is short enough that it was fun to just hate watch it til the end.
Like, WTF are they doing in the classroom in broad daylight?
What’s with some of the chopped cuts and slow movements? And the the mediocre acting from the whole cast? 💀
Is the sub even enjoying himself? He’s always grunting in pain instead of moaning (or is that what the noises he makes supposed to be ?). And why does the Dom smiles like he’s stopping himself from bursting into laughter during the smut scenes ? And why do they kiss as if they’re trying to fight? 😂
Also don’t get me started on the non-accurate & non-consensual portrayal of a BDSM dynamic. No safe words, no soft and hard limits, no explicit consent, no aftercare… That’s an abusive relationship, not a BDSM one.

The leads have cute moments together tho, and the base concept of the plot is interesting and had potential. I also liked all the plants in the house this was filmed at. That’s about it.

I mainly watched this season 1 because I want to watch season 2 for the 3rd male lead, as I just watched another drama with that actor and found his acting pretty good. Plus S2 has a better rating than S1, which intrigued me, as it doesn’t happen often with sequels.

If you just let go of expectations and watch this drama as if it’s a spoof comedy of the “50 shades of gray” bdsm genre, then it’s actually a fun watch. I laughed the whole way trough at how bad and ridiculous it all was lol.
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