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How suffering can you self inflict
This serial was uneven for me. I started good, then it was boring, then it was good again. I suffered with that young woman and didn’t understand the male lead. I was definitely in favor of the other guy…The secondary couple is interesting. The walks in Seoul were very nice. To me the actors did well the issues are more related to the storyline. I didn’t like the end because he wasn’t sure the male learnt the lesson. Did he?Shorter (like 12 episodes) it would have been better drama. This deserves to be watch for the actors!!!
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I hate sci-fi and action, but I love that drama. I have seen it 3 times already. You are never bored during that drama, the pace is fast, The acting is well delivered by most actors (2 cops are bad someone needs to explain why cops are pretty dumb in KDramas, they might hate them because of the corruption 😄).Was this review helpful to you?
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Spell did not work on me
That drama gave me mixed feelings.* Story: the storyline wasn’t very interesting. For me the writer made the mistake to start the show with the two leads doing bad stuff. They never gained my favors after that opening and I wasn’t invested on what was happening to them. The end wasn’t very pleasant too and basically they finished exactly like they started, did they grow ? Did they gain a little bit of depth? Not sure.
There weren’t to me funny moments. The romance was not compelling. The business storyline was so predicted. How that script has been selected? 몰라!!!
* Photography: The colors weren’t appealing. I had the strong feeling watching this that it wasn’t made in 2021. Nothing gave me 2021 vibe, the light design looked 2014-2018, the fashion looks 2016-2018, the music, the acting too. Did they had that thing in their drawers for years and released in 2021 because Lim Ji-Jeon and Sung Joon looked straight from High Society. Even Kim Yoon-hye at the beginning (hair salon scene) looked like before 18 again.
The actors weren’t bad but the story and the production were less than average.
Nothing memorable. This doesn’t deserve to invest 16 hours of your life.
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Don’t waste your time here
Don’t get fooled by the 2 little bits going around that gonna make you feel this drama is fun or a romance.This drama never started for me. I was waiting for 4/5 episodes to get something from this and nothing came out.
First acting: no awfully bad actors but no good acting either. Everybody here was so bland. The parts were cliches after cliches. There is no chemistry between anybody. I don’t know why I know Sun Hoon when I think about it seriously he has not done anything worthy. He needs to get counseling as he doesn’t how to pick up a part!
I also realized the lead female (Han Bo-Leum) was the mean woman in Homemade love story which made me lost already 50 hours of my life.
The storyline was missing some excitement. Very fast in I realized that I didn’t care what was going on, no character catch my eyes…none had a real development. It could have been a serious business drama but they didn’t work enough the topic to make it interesting or find a good angle. Using 5 technical words doesn’t make you an expert of anything and I did feel like the author knew nothing about the topic or not enough to find something appealing to tell. Everything going here you have already seen it in 50 dramas.
Music: there was not a remarkable OST.
Photography: it was not pretty. Colors were sad, pale and beige. It was missing some warmth (red) and at night some blues or purple. Even in 2013, photo was better on my dramas.
Set design: they didn’t try to impress us. It’s pretty crazy as the last offices looked like the ones in Kiss Sixth senses (the stairs were identical) but as the 💡 were bad one drama those’d offices were modern, trendy and here sad.
Romance: if you don’t want to write a romance, it’s fine with me, I don’t need romance everywhere so don’t do it but don’t write a poor thin one which doesn’t make sense.
To conclude this is a boring and none memorable drama, you might end up disappointed if you pick it for the love of video game, if you pick it hoping for a nice romance, if you are looking for a slice of life.
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Overall I liked that drama and enjoyed watching it for the actors, the story, the music. One of 2024 best drama for sure and an international phenomenon. The lead couple had a nice chemistry, both of them were equally good. The secondary couple was adorably cute. There are a little bit of everything, funny moments, emotional… you go through some ups and highs several times. I hate love triangle and have a real challenge to understand people that can’t make up their mind and get rid of access luggage …but here it wasn’t dragged too much.
I have 2 issues, I feel like the cancer topic could have been better handled especially by the female’s lead mother who by the way was insufferable the whole thing. But problematic parents in kdrama could keep me awake for day if I start. By the way if you had a digestive cancer and your family decide to go get drunk after hearing the news trust me they are just morons!
My other beef is Jang Young-nam, since she bated Kim Bok Joo I am very uncomfortable around her but for sure they never tested her French before casting her because she obviously cannot pretend to speak it. She was just ridiculous during those scenes as she didn’t work her lines. it’s a pity as other Korean actresses can Hwang Seok-jeong, Moon Hee-kyung, Lee Mi-sook, Ye Ji-won…
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Easy watch
If you have low expectations you might be into that kind of movies.It could had have some potential but they missed the mark. Surface-leveled movie without gravitas. So many things are missing. That movie lacks skills in script-writing, directing, acting…even the set design has nothing remarkable.
The acting sorry is merely there so poor…women and men equally. The story might have been written by 2 left feet. Nothing is deep enough to make it special, nothing is witted enough to make it fun. Did Sung Hoon lost himself ? because I cannot remember any good from him lately.
To wrap it up, if you have 2 hours to spend when you have an hungover on a rainy Sunday afternoon you can watch this.
If you are missing the late and beautiful Jeon Mi-seon it can be another reason to watch this one…but she has no lines
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The main guy was weird to me and I didn’t like his teaching methods!
The show has to be watch for the medical aspect the romance to me is weak even though it started very strong!
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Easy watch
This drama is correct. It’s an easy watch kdrama. Short, entertaining, cute romance. But no depth neither on data privacy, on relationships, on harassment…They stay at the surface of everything. So don’t get your expectations too high because nothing is greatly executed. The techno part is badly written it could have been done better. This is only saved by the actors who are convincing and talented but the script and the production are weakWas this review helpful to you?
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제일 좋은
I love that drama. Sincerely with all my heart. Mostly everything is perfectly done, acted…this drama is fun, the romance is one of the best you can find, the story has so much depth, the acting is solid. I watch it like 6 times on Netflix, on Prime…OST is great too. It’s Kim Hye-young best work without any doubt. We haven’t had the opportunity to see Kim Jae-wook in a romances, so grab this one if you like him. There is only one story had the end that wasn’t necessary but other than that it’s really really good.Everybody that knows about the scandalous adoption system in Korea after the war gonna be deeply engaged with that story.
To me it’s the most genuine adult love story in kdrama.
Just speaking about it make me want to watch it again…but this time fully in Korean without subtitles!!!
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I was fooled by Netflix. The trailers made me felt that something exciting, sexy, forbidden and dangerous was gonna happen in that damn bank. But nothing!I never recovered of my disappointed expectations. They could have robbed that bank to make it at least interesting! But no!
The lead man was just a fool to stay focused on that woman! The lead female was annoying, I would put her on the top 5 of my most hated female leads. She did dirty to two men. She hated everybody, her parents and herself included. This drama was my 5th drama with that actress, I give 3 chances to anyone before coming to a conclusion…so now I can, without shame say that I don’t like her acting, I dislike everything she has done even in KDramas that I love (eg Don’t dare to dream). She cannot portrayed emotions correctly and fully, her face remains stiff with those moody lips whatever she has to play. Her pitch is also very high and childish. I even laughed when she was cast as Merteuil (cannot remember the Korean name they gave in that adaptation) in the Great Seductor as she has nothing to play such a part!!!
I hated the dirty trick they played on the viewers using the pretend hotel scene during the wedding as perpetual flashback…but this never happened!!!! I was screaming “why ????”
I was annoyed also by the fact that aside Moon Ga-young I liked the other actors and they played correctly but the story was so frustrating. I don’t mind a slow pace but here where they wanted to go wasn’t making sense. I have FMO but I dropped out after 14 episodes and didn’t even watch the last scene as I knew it would disappoint me.
I was frustrated because of the turn of each event in that drama, maybe I was too concerned and could stand seeing people making bad choices after bad choices.
If I had to give one good reason to watch this one: Keum Sae-rok (the other woman)!!!
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