cryswash

This was sort of a jumbled mess. It was definitely poor writing with poorly written characters. Sometimes the time portrayed in the show made things confusing. Sometimes they kept track of it and other times we had no idea how much time passed which bothered me. I prefer consistency. I actually wanted to see more of the shoes and shoe designs because it would have made for a better story.

The Good

I liked that everyone used their own voices and seemed more mature. They could have went the childish route and that would have really made this story stale. I also liked the idea of the shoes and running. They at least tried to keep that part of the story somewhat coherent even though there were many other unnecessary plot devices surrounding the shoe business. Soundtrack was good.

The Bad

So many things. The plot was dragged out, the relationship was dragged out, the side character’s stories were dragged out, the breakup was dragged out, and the shoe business failures were dragged out. Most of these things could have been wrapped up much quicker than they were and there were so many unnecessary filler scenes and subplots. 1) The main couple’s relationship was somewhat unconvincing. They seemed like they could have both just moved on. 2) The teacher/student relationship was unnecessary. They seemed odd and out of place. Also not convinced. 3) The 3rd couple was the only somewhat convincing couple since they gradually built their relationship but they just weren’t interesting or better yet, the woman wasn’t interesting. Her character wasn’t very likeable so it was hard to care. 4) You cannot tell me that Mr. Wang actually liked Ding Zhitong…I’ll throw this out there but most of these people were stale in their acting which is probably why everything seemed unconvincing.