- 'that show was reality , in the past I'm in the same situation like female and understand her' Understanding a character doesn't justify the character's bad behaviour. Obviously you must've had your reasons in your personal life which is totally fine of course, but she didn't deserve JCW according to me. I never said the show wasn't trying to depict reality, it's just that it wasn't depicted in a way that I root for their relationship to work out. As the audience I'll always be ready for her to abandon him at the first sign of inconvenience in the future, while he stays waiting for her, eventually out of obligation more than love. It's massive injustice to his character in my opinion.
- 'that drama was psychological drama and not cup of tea for everyone' A bit of a patronising statement tbh, I've seen many psychological dramas where the character does horrible things, but in a way that justifies their character, and I root for them and for their story. One very easy example is My Ahjussi. IU's character does everything wrong to the nicest male lead ever, but her actions and thoughts were visible to the audience so that her character was cheered on, not despised. Even the loan shark (played by Jang Ki Yong) is arguably one of the 'true villains' but even for him I hoped for a good ending, because his thoughts and actions warranted redemption. I never saw a shred of that happening towards EO in Lovestruck, and even towards her best friend (who cursed at her boyfriend simply for trying to steer her towards a more stable life). I'm not hating on your comment btw, just trying to explain why the show genuinely disappointed me, and this is all my opinion, nothing else.
In Lovestruck, I'm not a fan of the lead actress at all either, so her character was even more unlikeable to me. And nothing could've justified her horrible treatment of him, not her past, not a 'mistake', nothing. The only dramas I have ever re-watched are CLOY and IOTNBO. Never repeated any other drama, but Suspicious Partners can definitely be repeated, maybe someday! Also wow just fyi, I saw your profile, it's amazing honestly. Must've taken you a long time to build it, looks great!
I couldn't agree more with each word you have said, honestly. Melting me softly was a good sci-fi, but I feel the concept was wasted on a boring story. But those two kissing scenes tho, WOW lol. Lovestruck could've been so much better if two of the lead female characters were written to be less selfish and idiotic (the 'serial dater' was amazing, the other two girls were horrid). The concept of the show otherwise was really unique. And let's not talk about Backstreet at all. What even was that show lol. The only good thing was that the female lead was obsessed with him and wanted to treat him right. The one thing that was common in the last two was JCW's kicked-puppy desperate-for-love character, which really doesn't suit his handsome face at all!!! He deserves a love story where his character is worshipped. His acting is always amazing, but the story should have some strength too!
I think 'meh' is an understatement to be honest. Im a hardcore JCW oppa fan (note my profile gif) and I love him so much, so I can understand and appreciate his need to not make himself into a cliche action star/actor (even though he does it SO well). But his recent scripts deserve more scrutiny before selection, thats for sure.
I don't know about the show, but I would most definitely recommend watching it on a website like kissasian, simply to laugh out loud at the hilarious comments on every single episode!!! BUT in all fairness, this was exactly what I expected, maybe a tad bit better.
Being obsessed with all things Sherlock (BBC Sherlock, RDJ version, Meitantei Conan to name a few), this is the latest thing that I've seen, and I LOVED it. The show really has a flavour of its own, and is able to sustain the gentle mystery theme throughout, and I loved the intros, and specially the restaurant murder in episode 9, the cast looked so damn good in formal wear. Also loved the cast and the engaging plot and also the 'Wakamiya-chan' cuteness from Shishio. Recommend to see a different type of Sherlock which is just as entertaining.
Understanding a character doesn't justify the character's bad behaviour. Obviously you must've had your reasons in your personal life which is totally fine of course, but she didn't deserve JCW according to me. I never said the show wasn't trying to depict reality, it's just that it wasn't depicted in a way that I root for their relationship to work out.
As the audience I'll always be ready for her to abandon him at the first sign of inconvenience in the future, while he stays waiting for her, eventually out of obligation more than love. It's massive injustice to his character in my opinion.
- 'that drama was psychological drama and not cup of tea for everyone'
A bit of a patronising statement tbh, I've seen many psychological dramas where the character does horrible things, but in a way that justifies their character, and I root for them and for their story.
One very easy example is My Ahjussi. IU's character does everything wrong to the nicest male lead ever, but her actions and thoughts were visible to the audience so that her character was cheered on, not despised. Even the loan shark (played by Jang Ki Yong) is arguably one of the 'true villains' but even for him I hoped for a good ending, because his thoughts and actions warranted redemption. I never saw a shred of that happening towards EO in Lovestruck, and even towards her best friend (who cursed at her boyfriend simply for trying to steer her towards a more stable life).
I'm not hating on your comment btw, just trying to explain why the show genuinely disappointed me, and this is all my opinion, nothing else.
The only dramas I have ever re-watched are CLOY and IOTNBO. Never repeated any other drama, but Suspicious Partners can definitely be repeated, maybe someday!
Also wow just fyi, I saw your profile, it's amazing honestly. Must've taken you a long time to build it, looks great!
Melting me softly was a good sci-fi, but I feel the concept was wasted on a boring story. But those two kissing scenes tho, WOW lol.
Lovestruck could've been so much better if two of the lead female characters were written to be less selfish and idiotic (the 'serial dater' was amazing, the other two girls were horrid). The concept of the show otherwise was really unique.
And let's not talk about Backstreet at all. What even was that show lol. The only good thing was that the female lead was obsessed with him and wanted to treat him right.
The one thing that was common in the last two was JCW's kicked-puppy desperate-for-love character, which really doesn't suit his handsome face at all!!!
He deserves a love story where his character is worshipped. His acting is always amazing, but the story should have some strength too!
But his recent scripts deserve more scrutiny before selection, thats for sure.
BUT in all fairness, this was exactly what I expected, maybe a tad bit better.
The show really has a flavour of its own, and is able to sustain the gentle mystery theme throughout, and I loved the intros, and specially the restaurant murder in episode 9, the cast looked so damn good in formal wear.
Also loved the cast and the engaging plot and also the 'Wakamiya-chan' cuteness from Shishio. Recommend to see a different type of Sherlock which is just as entertaining.