Feels Low Budget, But Has Decent Characters
My 4 categories are Acting/Cast, Writing, Direction/SFX/Music, Entertainment Value.
I watched this drama for Lee Dong Wook (이동욱). I stayed for everyone else.
Acting/Cast: This is the only good aspect of this drama. I enjoyed the characters. However, I'm not a fan of the female lead, Lee Joo Bin (이주빈), as she seems to only have two facial expressions. I felt that she and Lee Dong Wook didn't have much chemistry together either. Surprisingly, Lee Dong Wook was the weakest character in this drama. Why was he even in this? Did he even want to be here? Lee Dong Wook, blink twice if you're being held hostage! The rest of the cast outshined the leads. Even Kim Won Hae's (김원해) character, who was really annoying in the beginning, grew on me. 5.5/10
Writing: The set up for this plot isn't great. I was bored by it, but I somehow made it through. The character writing and dynamics between the characters are much more entertaining. However, the romantic storyline between the two main leads felt forced. The conflicts between them felt even more forced. I enjoyed the romantic storylines between the other characters more and those storylines kept me from dropping this drama. Unfortunately, the payoff for these other romances isn't great either. Aside from the romance, the main plot is just so-so. This drama is about divorce. I can't relate. Maybe that's a big reason why the plot wasn't doing it for me? Seemingly random situations would happen, too. I think it may just be the comedic style of the drama though. 1.5/10
Direction/SFX/Music: The editing is bad...obviously bad with confusing scene cuts. I think it's the worst editing I've seen. There's also tons of PPL to the point of even having a commercial (for roadside assistance or something like that) that interrupts the drama. This drama one of the worst offenders for PPL I've ever seen. Not the absolute worst, but it's definitely right up there. This drama feels very "made for TV". It feels low effort and low budget with the half-assed editing (which actually does improve later on in the drama). The OST is surprisingly good. It adds some much needed charm to the drama. 1.5/10
Entertainment Value: I thought I would be dropping this one, but surprisingly I stuck with it. It's because of the cast and their characters. They had good chemistry as a group. Their dynamics together were entertaining enough to keep me watching. The ending is a bit disappointing though. I don't know if it was worth it... I definitely would have dropped this drama if I had been watching multiple interesting dramas at the same time. I was only watching The Witch at the time and that drama's not great either. This one's worse though. 2/10
Overall, I gave this drama a 2.5/10. I didn't hate it...but it wasn't good. I liked the characters even though the plot was kind of lame and the editing and PPL is terrible. This drama feels like it was just thrown together and the actors had to make it work.
I watched this drama for Lee Dong Wook (이동욱). I stayed for everyone else.
Acting/Cast: This is the only good aspect of this drama. I enjoyed the characters. However, I'm not a fan of the female lead, Lee Joo Bin (이주빈), as she seems to only have two facial expressions. I felt that she and Lee Dong Wook didn't have much chemistry together either. Surprisingly, Lee Dong Wook was the weakest character in this drama. Why was he even in this? Did he even want to be here? Lee Dong Wook, blink twice if you're being held hostage! The rest of the cast outshined the leads. Even Kim Won Hae's (김원해) character, who was really annoying in the beginning, grew on me. 5.5/10
Writing: The set up for this plot isn't great. I was bored by it, but I somehow made it through. The character writing and dynamics between the characters are much more entertaining. However, the romantic storyline between the two main leads felt forced. The conflicts between them felt even more forced. I enjoyed the romantic storylines between the other characters more and those storylines kept me from dropping this drama. Unfortunately, the payoff for these other romances isn't great either. Aside from the romance, the main plot is just so-so. This drama is about divorce. I can't relate. Maybe that's a big reason why the plot wasn't doing it for me? Seemingly random situations would happen, too. I think it may just be the comedic style of the drama though. 1.5/10
Direction/SFX/Music: The editing is bad...obviously bad with confusing scene cuts. I think it's the worst editing I've seen. There's also tons of PPL to the point of even having a commercial (for roadside assistance or something like that) that interrupts the drama. This drama one of the worst offenders for PPL I've ever seen. Not the absolute worst, but it's definitely right up there. This drama feels very "made for TV". It feels low effort and low budget with the half-assed editing (which actually does improve later on in the drama). The OST is surprisingly good. It adds some much needed charm to the drama. 1.5/10
Entertainment Value: I thought I would be dropping this one, but surprisingly I stuck with it. It's because of the cast and their characters. They had good chemistry as a group. Their dynamics together were entertaining enough to keep me watching. The ending is a bit disappointing though. I don't know if it was worth it... I definitely would have dropped this drama if I had been watching multiple interesting dramas at the same time. I was only watching The Witch at the time and that drama's not great either. This one's worse though. 2/10
Overall, I gave this drama a 2.5/10. I didn't hate it...but it wasn't good. I liked the characters even though the plot was kind of lame and the editing and PPL is terrible. This drama feels like it was just thrown together and the actors had to make it work.
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