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Bad acting galore but so addictive
Things I loved
1 That the episodes were fast pacing and each had new twists and developments that kept you interested. There was no episode that wasn't interesting and for hat alone kudos to the writer. The plot wasn't bad. Formulaic, yes, bit also addictive, so it did its job.
2 The characters of ML's associate and his cousin the journalist. Two adorable characters I wanted together from the first time they met and my wish came true. Not only the characters were great, but the actors did a great job. Cute and talented.
3 The birth mother of the FL. Beautiful actress and I loved her character as the cook teacher and as the mother.
4 The mother of the ML. Also a good actress and her character was great. I loved her interactions with the ML and her MIL. The only thing that bothered me is that the couple with her husband was too weird. like he was her father seemed to me. I also loved that she didn't overacted.
5 The grandmother. The actress also was good, but to be honest I didn't like her reaction to the the reveal of what happened in the boat. That was nonsensical.
5 The sister of the ML. The actress had some weird expressions sometimes, but all in all her character was great enough to make me forget that.
6 The sister's husband. Nothing special, but he was a decent actor and a decent character so I have nothing to complain really. He didn't overacted either.
7 The ML's character. he was a green flag all over and never once he wavered about his feelings or his character. I loved that. it's nice to see someone who knows what he wants and how to preserve it. I loved how honest he was about his feelings. I loved how happy he was just to be with her. I just wish he was a bit more fun. That's what the drama missed a lot. There were no fun scenes, not really.
Things I liked
1 The father of the FL. Yes, he made mistakes, but I think he paid the price in the end. I wish he'd be together with the mother of the FL. I know it's more realistic the way they did it, but they both ere victims and why not give them a happy ending? OK they had a happy ending of sorts, but it's sad to be alone, no matter if you have a family and a granddaughter to dot on. Of course, he should pay for being stupid and marry the Wicked Witch, no argument there. At least the actor did a good job by not overacting.
Things I disliked
1 The ML's acting. Even though I loved his character and the actor himself seems a good guy and someone I would be friends with, his acting leave a lot to be desired. He isn't awful, but he's not great either. I've seen other series with him, and he is the same. His aloof acting bothers me. I think he tries, but it comes out as unnatural most of the times, robotic others, and even cringe and weird others. So I'm sad to say the acting wasn't up to par.
2 The FL's acting. She is as I said a beautiful actress with gorgeous features and lips and I can imagine her as a happy rom com heroine. I'm also sure she could be better in acting if she had a better director. Here he made her act like a sad heroine of a soap opera. What was the dal with the eyes always welled with tears. it was beyond awful. I wanted to smack her and the director. You can't possibly not see how awful that kind of acting was. I liked her much much better when she was happy, she was more natural.
3 The grandfather of the FL. I didn't like the actor or his acting. Weird to me and he never made me feel anything. There were many occasions I could feel his despair, his guilt or whatever, but whatever he said sounded bland to me.
4 The father of the ML. Another weird character and I don't like the actor either. Awkward and unfortunately a miscast to me. I imagine in real life the actors don't have a big age gap but it felt like he was her father in the drama. Not to mention that I found his character quite pathetic. I didn't feel anything from him either.
5 Kim Jae Won, Jeong Hye's secretary. Yes his character was a good one, and it was great to see him get closure, but for god's sake, he was also an awful actor. Some things he did with his eyes were like watching a dead fish act. Honestly, after a while I couldn't stand some of these actors. The way they acted is beyond bad and I can't imagine there were no better choices out there.
Things I hated
1 Yoo Se Hyeok. I could spare him the hate and go for dislike since he changed quite a bit and he had his life turned upside down, but the actor irritated me so much with his bad acting that I can't do that. Hare all the way. He reminded me of a child acting as an adult. I checked and can't believe that he is 35. I though he was 22 at best and that's not a compliment. Yes it is good to look younger in most cases but here it was distracting. It felt like he wasn't at his place and his acting was so bad I can't believe he ever got a role. I've seen maybe two scenes where he was decent. As of his character I'd like for him to be spared in the end to be honest. He made a mistake, a big one, but paying by being with that horrible woman it's a bit harsh.
2 Yoo Se Hyeok's mother. For her karma worked well to be stuck with a horrible DIL. Big payback for being such a shallow and awful mother and MIL to the FL.
3 Same goes for the sister of Yoo Se Hyeok. No excuse for such a shallow character other than being brought up by an awful mother. At least she can escape hell when she builds her own family.
4 The brother of the ML. What an awful actor and a despicable human being. I won't even bother to note why he had no redeemable qualities. Jealousy is a poison and the older I get the less I'm ready to give the benefit of the doubt to people who feel it. You are an adult, whatever eats you alive and comes from jealousy you should fight it. Going as far as stubbing his brother I didn't expect that and to be honest I'd prefer they didn't go that way. That was too dark for me. Also I can't believe he is only a year apart with Yoo Se Hyeok. that's crazy. He looked at least 45.
5 Yoo Ra, the sister of the FL. I thought at first her character wouldn't be that awful. But they did her dirty making her a crazy witch that wasn't any different than her mother in the end. Karma worked on her, and it was satisfying in a way, but also not. I don't know. Her character was irritating but they could leave her room for improving. The major issue with her though is the actress. How can I say that politely? I can't actually. She was probably the worst of the bad actors and there were so many. Sometimes her grimaces had no sense. I was there wondering if she was constipated, I don't know so weird. I couldn't even look at her acting a few times. At least she made me laugh sometimes and I loved how she abandoned her mother. That was great to watch.
6 The stepmother from hell. The actress was awful, with maybe a few scenes where she was decent. Her character was Evil personified and it was fun to watch. I'm happy with how she ended and she deserved every bit of misfortune coming to her so that was the highlight of the drama. I just think the actress was miscast anyway. Not only because she couldn't act, but her whole look didn't work for me.
7 The director. I think his directing was sub par and his choices sometimes didn't make any sense. Like the effing tears in the FL's eyes non stop, the grimaces of so many actors that got fast ridiculous and so many other things.
1 That the episodes were fast pacing and each had new twists and developments that kept you interested. There was no episode that wasn't interesting and for hat alone kudos to the writer. The plot wasn't bad. Formulaic, yes, bit also addictive, so it did its job.
2 The characters of ML's associate and his cousin the journalist. Two adorable characters I wanted together from the first time they met and my wish came true. Not only the characters were great, but the actors did a great job. Cute and talented.
3 The birth mother of the FL. Beautiful actress and I loved her character as the cook teacher and as the mother.
4 The mother of the ML. Also a good actress and her character was great. I loved her interactions with the ML and her MIL. The only thing that bothered me is that the couple with her husband was too weird. like he was her father seemed to me. I also loved that she didn't overacted.
5 The grandmother. The actress also was good, but to be honest I didn't like her reaction to the the reveal of what happened in the boat. That was nonsensical.
5 The sister of the ML. The actress had some weird expressions sometimes, but all in all her character was great enough to make me forget that.
6 The sister's husband. Nothing special, but he was a decent actor and a decent character so I have nothing to complain really. He didn't overacted either.
7 The ML's character. he was a green flag all over and never once he wavered about his feelings or his character. I loved that. it's nice to see someone who knows what he wants and how to preserve it. I loved how honest he was about his feelings. I loved how happy he was just to be with her. I just wish he was a bit more fun. That's what the drama missed a lot. There were no fun scenes, not really.
Things I liked
1 The father of the FL. Yes, he made mistakes, but I think he paid the price in the end. I wish he'd be together with the mother of the FL. I know it's more realistic the way they did it, but they both ere victims and why not give them a happy ending? OK they had a happy ending of sorts, but it's sad to be alone, no matter if you have a family and a granddaughter to dot on. Of course, he should pay for being stupid and marry the Wicked Witch, no argument there. At least the actor did a good job by not overacting.
Things I disliked
1 The ML's acting. Even though I loved his character and the actor himself seems a good guy and someone I would be friends with, his acting leave a lot to be desired. He isn't awful, but he's not great either. I've seen other series with him, and he is the same. His aloof acting bothers me. I think he tries, but it comes out as unnatural most of the times, robotic others, and even cringe and weird others. So I'm sad to say the acting wasn't up to par.
2 The FL's acting. She is as I said a beautiful actress with gorgeous features and lips and I can imagine her as a happy rom com heroine. I'm also sure she could be better in acting if she had a better director. Here he made her act like a sad heroine of a soap opera. What was the dal with the eyes always welled with tears. it was beyond awful. I wanted to smack her and the director. You can't possibly not see how awful that kind of acting was. I liked her much much better when she was happy, she was more natural.
3 The grandfather of the FL. I didn't like the actor or his acting. Weird to me and he never made me feel anything. There were many occasions I could feel his despair, his guilt or whatever, but whatever he said sounded bland to me.
4 The father of the ML. Another weird character and I don't like the actor either. Awkward and unfortunately a miscast to me. I imagine in real life the actors don't have a big age gap but it felt like he was her father in the drama. Not to mention that I found his character quite pathetic. I didn't feel anything from him either.
5 Kim Jae Won, Jeong Hye's secretary. Yes his character was a good one, and it was great to see him get closure, but for god's sake, he was also an awful actor. Some things he did with his eyes were like watching a dead fish act. Honestly, after a while I couldn't stand some of these actors. The way they acted is beyond bad and I can't imagine there were no better choices out there.
Things I hated
1 Yoo Se Hyeok. I could spare him the hate and go for dislike since he changed quite a bit and he had his life turned upside down, but the actor irritated me so much with his bad acting that I can't do that. Hare all the way. He reminded me of a child acting as an adult. I checked and can't believe that he is 35. I though he was 22 at best and that's not a compliment. Yes it is good to look younger in most cases but here it was distracting. It felt like he wasn't at his place and his acting was so bad I can't believe he ever got a role. I've seen maybe two scenes where he was decent. As of his character I'd like for him to be spared in the end to be honest. He made a mistake, a big one, but paying by being with that horrible woman it's a bit harsh.
2 Yoo Se Hyeok's mother. For her karma worked well to be stuck with a horrible DIL. Big payback for being such a shallow and awful mother and MIL to the FL.
3 Same goes for the sister of Yoo Se Hyeok. No excuse for such a shallow character other than being brought up by an awful mother. At least she can escape hell when she builds her own family.
4 The brother of the ML. What an awful actor and a despicable human being. I won't even bother to note why he had no redeemable qualities. Jealousy is a poison and the older I get the less I'm ready to give the benefit of the doubt to people who feel it. You are an adult, whatever eats you alive and comes from jealousy you should fight it. Going as far as stubbing his brother I didn't expect that and to be honest I'd prefer they didn't go that way. That was too dark for me. Also I can't believe he is only a year apart with Yoo Se Hyeok. that's crazy. He looked at least 45.
5 Yoo Ra, the sister of the FL. I thought at first her character wouldn't be that awful. But they did her dirty making her a crazy witch that wasn't any different than her mother in the end. Karma worked on her, and it was satisfying in a way, but also not. I don't know. Her character was irritating but they could leave her room for improving. The major issue with her though is the actress. How can I say that politely? I can't actually. She was probably the worst of the bad actors and there were so many. Sometimes her grimaces had no sense. I was there wondering if she was constipated, I don't know so weird. I couldn't even look at her acting a few times. At least she made me laugh sometimes and I loved how she abandoned her mother. That was great to watch.
6 The stepmother from hell. The actress was awful, with maybe a few scenes where she was decent. Her character was Evil personified and it was fun to watch. I'm happy with how she ended and she deserved every bit of misfortune coming to her so that was the highlight of the drama. I just think the actress was miscast anyway. Not only because she couldn't act, but her whole look didn't work for me.
7 The director. I think his directing was sub par and his choices sometimes didn't make any sense. Like the effing tears in the FL's eyes non stop, the grimaces of so many actors that got fast ridiculous and so many other things.
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