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Feels like a knockoff, but it's not bad.
Another Oh Hae Yong is one of the best kdramas I have ever seen, It has minor flaws, but it's pretty much as good as it gets with some unusual elements for a kdrama.
Unlucky Ploy mostly -especially in the early episodes- is a very accurate adaptation. Most scenes are brought over verbatim, I can almost see the cast watch the relevant Korean scene before each filming session & then trying to mimic as perfectly as possible. There is no attempt at new interpretations here. (they've removed a few scenes related to poop & maybe even pee, it's been a while..)
So why is it a 7? Well it's worse than the original in every single way. The acting is much worse, It's not bad exactly, but it's like amazing acting and chemistry of at least two couples vs. just alright. The music, cinematography, the production & everything else is similar to the original, but clearly worse. Also the second couple's happy ending is mostly missing from this one.
I'm confident that even in a vacuum, where I would only know this show I wouldn't rate it above 7.5..
Oh I'm almost forgot it's not just the meh acting, but also the casting of the FL & second FL are not great. FL is just too radiant for this concept to be anywhere near believable. Second FL is pretty, but the somewhat quirky pretty that the main FL should've been.
Most lakorns are awful, at least in that space this has to be amazing, right?
Unlucky Ploy mostly -especially in the early episodes- is a very accurate adaptation. Most scenes are brought over verbatim, I can almost see the cast watch the relevant Korean scene before each filming session & then trying to mimic as perfectly as possible. There is no attempt at new interpretations here. (they've removed a few scenes related to poop & maybe even pee, it's been a while..)
So why is it a 7? Well it's worse than the original in every single way. The acting is much worse, It's not bad exactly, but it's like amazing acting and chemistry of at least two couples vs. just alright. The music, cinematography, the production & everything else is similar to the original, but clearly worse. Also the second couple's happy ending is mostly missing from this one.
I'm confident that even in a vacuum, where I would only know this show I wouldn't rate it above 7.5..
Oh I'm almost forgot it's not just the meh acting, but also the casting of the FL & second FL are not great. FL is just too radiant for this concept to be anywhere near believable. Second FL is pretty, but the somewhat quirky pretty that the main FL should've been.
Most lakorns are awful, at least in that space this has to be amazing, right?
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