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The Mind is A Terrible Thing to Waste
This review isn't going to be as long as my regular reviews are, but I would frankly consider that to be huge progress for me! Anyway, this story was quite refreshing and unique. This drama tackled a plot that hasn't necessarily been done to death, much like other dramas within the C Drama space. Going into this review, I would like to emphasize the uniqueness of this plot as that's the biggest draw to this drama.
Again, the overarching concept was the biggest draw. The acting was okay; it wasn't bad. It was decent for a short length series so I wasn't expecting award-winning acting from the cast going into it. That wasn't my issue with this one. My main issue with this drama is the pacing. I'm not sure how or why but I found the pacing to be the weakest aspect of this drama. It's the strangest thing because this is a short-length drama and everything sort of, kind of just flies by before you even have the chance to register what's happening.
Somewhere along the way, I grew bored. Again, it was a shocker to me too. I didn't expect to find myself fast forwarding through this drama nor did I expect to start skipping entire episodes just to get through it but that's exactly what happened here. I think the pacing and storyline could have been MUCH tighter. I fear this drama wasn't as tight as it should have been. They played things too fast and loose considering the type of drama and the amount of runtime allotted here. I feel as if they spent too much time on certain things while rushing through other aspects of the overarching plot. HUGE SPOILER ALERT AHEAD: for example, the big reveal that the daughter was completely fine this entire time and was only doing all this to help her father work through his own grief by forcing him to confront what happened to his wife/her mother took wayyy too long.
That was the MAJOR plot point of this drama. However, it took about 13.5 episodes to reveal the plot twist in an 18-episode count drama. The majority of the drama was spent building onto a plot that was essentially proven to be pointless by the end of the drama. That part is what I would consider to be drawn out. They spent so much time building onto that plot point that it felt as if they were speed running the actual plot twist (see above). After watching episode after episode of them setting the stage to help the FL 'snap out of it', it grew old very fast. It became redundant and repetitive. It was like an episode of Groundhog Day every episode. It was the same thing over and over again. It's easy to lose interest, even in a short-length drama like this one.
Overall, the acting was okay. The story was unique and exciting in the beginning but you may lose interest before you reach the plot twist. The chemistry was decent and I would have liked to have seen more romantic moments between the lead couple. The ML was incredibly attractive, I must say. They were an attractive couple with decent chemistry and I just wish we would have seen more of it. Would I rewatch it? Probably not. Would I recommend it? Sure. It's not horrible; I would rec this for watchers who want a quick, bite-sized drama to watch after watching a more exhaustive, angst-ridden long-form standard drama series. It's a great palate cleanser, as I like to call them. Just remember that you're not going to walk away from this drama with a new lease on life or anything like that. It's not that kind of party!
Again, the overarching concept was the biggest draw. The acting was okay; it wasn't bad. It was decent for a short length series so I wasn't expecting award-winning acting from the cast going into it. That wasn't my issue with this one. My main issue with this drama is the pacing. I'm not sure how or why but I found the pacing to be the weakest aspect of this drama. It's the strangest thing because this is a short-length drama and everything sort of, kind of just flies by before you even have the chance to register what's happening.
Somewhere along the way, I grew bored. Again, it was a shocker to me too. I didn't expect to find myself fast forwarding through this drama nor did I expect to start skipping entire episodes just to get through it but that's exactly what happened here. I think the pacing and storyline could have been MUCH tighter. I fear this drama wasn't as tight as it should have been. They played things too fast and loose considering the type of drama and the amount of runtime allotted here. I feel as if they spent too much time on certain things while rushing through other aspects of the overarching plot. HUGE SPOILER ALERT AHEAD: for example, the big reveal that the daughter was completely fine this entire time and was only doing all this to help her father work through his own grief by forcing him to confront what happened to his wife/her mother took wayyy too long.
That was the MAJOR plot point of this drama. However, it took about 13.5 episodes to reveal the plot twist in an 18-episode count drama. The majority of the drama was spent building onto a plot that was essentially proven to be pointless by the end of the drama. That part is what I would consider to be drawn out. They spent so much time building onto that plot point that it felt as if they were speed running the actual plot twist (see above). After watching episode after episode of them setting the stage to help the FL 'snap out of it', it grew old very fast. It became redundant and repetitive. It was like an episode of Groundhog Day every episode. It was the same thing over and over again. It's easy to lose interest, even in a short-length drama like this one.
Overall, the acting was okay. The story was unique and exciting in the beginning but you may lose interest before you reach the plot twist. The chemistry was decent and I would have liked to have seen more romantic moments between the lead couple. The ML was incredibly attractive, I must say. They were an attractive couple with decent chemistry and I just wish we would have seen more of it. Would I rewatch it? Probably not. Would I recommend it? Sure. It's not horrible; I would rec this for watchers who want a quick, bite-sized drama to watch after watching a more exhaustive, angst-ridden long-form standard drama series. It's a great palate cleanser, as I like to call them. Just remember that you're not going to walk away from this drama with a new lease on life or anything like that. It's not that kind of party!
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