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Shiny outside....messy inside!
Let me tell you the truth...I was extremely excited when they announced Perfect Crown,specially with IU and Byun Wooseok. I can trust IU after her fantastic script choices like My Mister and When Life Gives You Tangerines. And BWS has been an absolute sweetheart,and the way his career graph rose after Lovely Runner, been so happy to be a witness of that. So Perfect Crown was a fantastic opportunity to bring two of my favs together.
But...my oh my the way all my excitements went to drain after the episodes started to air. They had IU,BWS,catchy cinematography, shiny sets,eye catching entry of the leads,some good supporting casts and all the love from the fans.
But they lacked the most important things for a drama,some good chemistry between the leads,good development of the story,world building,character depths and overall a good ending of all the plotholes.
One thing I realised,IU shines the most in slice of life dramas. Romcom isn’t still her forte,most of the time her eye roles and unpleasant facial expressions were annoying. And her character was somehow shallow too....idk,a rich cinderella shouting on everyone cause of her issues with her father....and then going for a fake marriage with the prince who is ofcourse,already in love with her for YEARS but never made a move until she did...yeah,understandable ig. BWS has always been a pretty faced handsome actor and they used it well by introducing him as bare bodied,showering. But when these two met..there was very little spark. Idk whose fault was that,but there was very little chemistry in the whole show. Even their secretaries had better natural chemistry than these two.
And when you are working on such sensitive plot like the coexistence of monarchy and constituency, it becomes complex. 12 episodes can never do justice to this. The characters lacked depth and their motives were barely touched. I mean.... The PM of the country,such a high reputable status,kept burning the palace cause he can't accept his childhood crush, to whom he never confessed,marrying the Prince.... Isn’t it funny??? Give the characters some time to breathe, let them develop a proper motive,let their actions have some real issue of conflicts.
Also silly plotlines like that car accident... Only for giving the prince a HERO moment before his lover...instead of working on many plotholes like why the late king hated his son,what was the conflict between the prince and his late brother,how did their fake marriage contract got exposed,who sabotaged huijoos car,why there wasn’t any fire extinguisher in the palace when the same place got burned three times..... I lost count actually. They could make such a great drama with proper backstories,characters properly talking, without abrupt cuts if they made it at least 16 episodes.What a waste of potential. And that rushed ending just sealed the deal for me.Didn’t understand where did the PM go,why he just got vanished after his final confrontation with the prince. Also the whole thing about the abolishment of monarchy seemed like something they made up the last moment without any proper buildup or preparations only to give the drama an ending.
One character that shined the most even with intense complexity with her role was Queen Dowager. Gong Seung Yeon nailed it. Her guilt about the late king,her complex relation with the prince,her fear,her protectiveness towards her son....everything was portrayed perfectly.
If you want a romcom without any sort of depth of plot,just eye catching visuals and pretty faces,you will enjoy it. Unfortunately for me,it was'nt anything great from IU or BWS.
But...my oh my the way all my excitements went to drain after the episodes started to air. They had IU,BWS,catchy cinematography, shiny sets,eye catching entry of the leads,some good supporting casts and all the love from the fans.
But they lacked the most important things for a drama,some good chemistry between the leads,good development of the story,world building,character depths and overall a good ending of all the plotholes.
One thing I realised,IU shines the most in slice of life dramas. Romcom isn’t still her forte,most of the time her eye roles and unpleasant facial expressions were annoying. And her character was somehow shallow too....idk,a rich cinderella shouting on everyone cause of her issues with her father....and then going for a fake marriage with the prince who is ofcourse,already in love with her for YEARS but never made a move until she did...yeah,understandable ig. BWS has always been a pretty faced handsome actor and they used it well by introducing him as bare bodied,showering. But when these two met..there was very little spark. Idk whose fault was that,but there was very little chemistry in the whole show. Even their secretaries had better natural chemistry than these two.
And when you are working on such sensitive plot like the coexistence of monarchy and constituency, it becomes complex. 12 episodes can never do justice to this. The characters lacked depth and their motives were barely touched. I mean.... The PM of the country,such a high reputable status,kept burning the palace cause he can't accept his childhood crush, to whom he never confessed,marrying the Prince.... Isn’t it funny??? Give the characters some time to breathe, let them develop a proper motive,let their actions have some real issue of conflicts.
Also silly plotlines like that car accident... Only for giving the prince a HERO moment before his lover...instead of working on many plotholes like why the late king hated his son,what was the conflict between the prince and his late brother,how did their fake marriage contract got exposed,who sabotaged huijoos car,why there wasn’t any fire extinguisher in the palace when the same place got burned three times..... I lost count actually. They could make such a great drama with proper backstories,characters properly talking, without abrupt cuts if they made it at least 16 episodes.What a waste of potential. And that rushed ending just sealed the deal for me.Didn’t understand where did the PM go,why he just got vanished after his final confrontation with the prince. Also the whole thing about the abolishment of monarchy seemed like something they made up the last moment without any proper buildup or preparations only to give the drama an ending.
One character that shined the most even with intense complexity with her role was Queen Dowager. Gong Seung Yeon nailed it. Her guilt about the late king,her complex relation with the prince,her fear,her protectiveness towards her son....everything was portrayed perfectly.
If you want a romcom without any sort of depth of plot,just eye catching visuals and pretty faces,you will enjoy it. Unfortunately for me,it was'nt anything great from IU or BWS.
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