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Despite All That, I Watched It Anyway
Much of this show was confusing and silly. The fun potential of the show was overshadowed by the villainous plotting of everyone - including (especially) the people who were supposed to be on the side of the FL. So many secrets where the only result was going to be pain.
The ML came across as forced, awkward and cold to the point I thought he was a jerk and stopped rooting for him.
"I'll never leave her." *Leaves her in the next episode.*
"I'll never leave her this time..." Sure buddy.
Amnesia plots are the worst. Seriously. (Except Alchemy of Souls -YOU PASS!) Just going over the same ground but with silliness.
From watching K dramas, it seems there is an intense amount of social and familial pressure on any given relationship. This is crazy to me. But I guess that's the flip side of the conservative culture that makes K dramas so engaging in the first place.
Jo Sa-ra's plot was both tragic and exhausting. I really wanted a solution that left her living happily ever after with some kind of accepted access to he son's life. But instead she went full crazy and ruined all her chances (and half the drama). Ultimately she was pretty insufferable, but no more so than half the other characters. It would be quicker to list all the characters who weren't insufferable (Children excepted): Dan Dan; Dae Beom. That's it.
I initially liked Park Su Cheol but he proved himself to be a complete jerk.
In the end, there we're a lot of episodes and not a lot of feel-good payoff. All the characters just grind against each other the whole time which as a viewer is emotionally exhausting. There we're plenty of external conflicts the main couple could have faced as a devoted unit rather than have those externalities drive them apart again and again.
Sure it was a happy ending, but at what cost? Over 50 hours mostly angst. I'll be wary of this screen writer in future. I feel they don't understand what the people want and are too preoccupied with their own cleverness.
The ML came across as forced, awkward and cold to the point I thought he was a jerk and stopped rooting for him.
"I'll never leave her." *Leaves her in the next episode.*
"I'll never leave her this time..." Sure buddy.
Amnesia plots are the worst. Seriously. (Except Alchemy of Souls -YOU PASS!) Just going over the same ground but with silliness.
From watching K dramas, it seems there is an intense amount of social and familial pressure on any given relationship. This is crazy to me. But I guess that's the flip side of the conservative culture that makes K dramas so engaging in the first place.
Jo Sa-ra's plot was both tragic and exhausting. I really wanted a solution that left her living happily ever after with some kind of accepted access to he son's life. But instead she went full crazy and ruined all her chances (and half the drama). Ultimately she was pretty insufferable, but no more so than half the other characters. It would be quicker to list all the characters who weren't insufferable (Children excepted): Dan Dan; Dae Beom. That's it.
I initially liked Park Su Cheol but he proved himself to be a complete jerk.
In the end, there we're a lot of episodes and not a lot of feel-good payoff. All the characters just grind against each other the whole time which as a viewer is emotionally exhausting. There we're plenty of external conflicts the main couple could have faced as a devoted unit rather than have those externalities drive them apart again and again.
Sure it was a happy ending, but at what cost? Over 50 hours mostly angst. I'll be wary of this screen writer in future. I feel they don't understand what the people want and are too preoccupied with their own cleverness.
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